Not long after Overwatch 2 released on Steam, we now have Diablo 4 confirmed to be launching on Steam making it easier than ever to play on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Another Blizzard game is coming to Steam. I cannot wait until WoW is available so I do not need to use the battle.net client.

    • @molochthagod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18•1 year ago

      I’m with you! Blizzard has been nothing but disrespectful to the Diablo franchise, original devs and players. Not to mention, buying an online-only game is basically renting it. I’d rather just replay the masterpiece that is Diablo 2, which they will never match.

    • Zellith
      3•1 year ago

      Yeah it’s on my recommendations and all I can think is “why?”

    • @FinalBoy1975@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      All you have to do to test this theory out is try a Grand Theft Auto game or just go for Halo. Classic bullshit signing up for shit, having to have a secondary launcher installed. blah blah blah, yadda fucking yadda. Take your friggin’ pick. Rockstar, Microsoft, and now Blizzard. Shit’s pretty much all bought up, doesn’t mean the companies don’t act like they always have with their brands.

    • VoytrekkOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Overwatch on Steam does not require b.net, so I do not see why it wouldn’t be the case with their other titles.

      I do agree with having to repurchase. I don’t really play D4, so I might just wait for a big sale if I do go with a repurchase.

        • VoytrekkOPEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Probably not. I only got thru the first act, game just isn’t for me.

        • BungeefanEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          Not sure where you get that information from

          Probably from playing it themself. Nowhere in the text you linked is stated that you need the client. Only a valid account and internet.

          So no, Overwatch 2 on Steam doesn’t require a secondary launcher. Source: me, I play it on Steam.

    • DarkThoughts
      2•1 year ago

      Every freaking little indie game can give you an extra Steam key but Blizzard can’t? The game was expensive enough already, what the fuck do we even pay for? To be just another cow to be further milked?

      • @Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Pretty much. Pay 70 bucks, no variation in gameplay or enemies, enjoy and restart each season.

  • @jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Nah. Diablo 3 kind of sucked. I’m pretty sure blizzard has more abuse internally than we’ve heard of. They don’t get my money.

    (I say this, but it was free or like $2 I might crack. We’ll see.)

    • sebinspaceEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      I feel like buy it for $2 would be better than taking it for free. Had a horrible waiter once, and we decided that tipping then $0.02 was more of a fuck you than not tipping them at all