With the start of season 1, user criticism… Looking for a mood reversal with a new patch
Delivery date 2023. 08. 11
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[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Oh Dong-hyun = Activision Blizzard’s blockbuster game ‘Diablo IV (4)’, recognized by Elon Musk, CEO of global social media ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), has been rearmed with a new patch. Attention is focusing on whether it will recapture the hearts of game users who have turned to the previous patch’s downward (nerf) adjustments, user convenience problems, and various bugs.
According to the official website of Diablo 4, Blizzard ▲ through the 1.1.1 patch on the 9th, ▲balance adjustment for all classes (barbarian and elementalist) ▲increased monster density ▲increased boss strength over level 60, etc. applied
Diablo 4 is the sequel to the Diablo series released by Blizzard after 11 years. It is continuing the reputation of ‘Diablo 3’, which was released in 2012 and set a record of selling more than 30 million copies.
According to Blizzard, the game recorded global sales of $666 million (approximately 859.1 billion won) in just five days after its release on June 12 (local time). It was named the fastest-selling game in Blizzard’s history.
Delivery date 2023. 06. 14
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Kwon Chang-hoe = Diablo 4 surpassed $666 million in sales worldwide in just five days after its release. This is the largest launch sales in Blizzard’s history. The photo shows the Diablo 4 pop-up store in The Hyundai Seoul in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 14th. 2023.06.14. kch0523@newsis.com
It is also popular in Korea. According to ‘The Log’ of N Media Platform, ‘Diablo 4’ occupied the 7th place in domestic PC rooms for a week from July 31 to August 6.
Elon Musk, a celebrity around the world, also shared a picture of himself enjoying Diablo 4 on X (Twitter). His Diablo 4 character nickname is known as ‘Monkeyballs’. Recently, on his X account, he praised the Blizzard team that made the game, saying, “Diablo 4 is a great game.” Also, when asked if he had played the previous Diablo series, he replied, “Diablo 1 and 2 were great, but Diablo 3 was not good.”
However, as the first season ‘Seed of Evil’ started and the 1.1.0 patch was applied, users’ evaluations were negative. It suffered from strong criticism from users due to nerf patches, user convenience issues, and various bugs. Shortly after the 1.1.0 patch notes were released on July 19, the global review site Metacritic received a harsh rating of 0 for gamers.
Delivery date 2023. 05. 19
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Kim Geun-soo = On the 19th, visitors are experiencing the game ‘Diablo 4’ at Hellstation, a game culture experience center prepared at Yeongdeungpo Market Station on Seoul Subway Line 5, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. 2023.05.19. ks@newsis.com
In response, Blizzard acknowledged and apologized for the error regarding the direction of the 1.1.0 patch through an emergency live broadcast ‘Campfire Chat’ on July 22nd. Afterwards, the user feedback was applied to the 1.1.1 patch. Currently, users seem to be generally satisfied with the upward adjustments to barbarians and elementalists, which were the biggest problems of the past.
Recently, joint marketing is being conducted with Burger King, Baekdabang, and CJ CheilJedang to attract domestic users. The official music video of ‘Lilith (Diablo IV theme song)’, which he worked with BTS Suga, was also released, and the pop-up store was opened in The Hyundai Seoul.
Diablo 4 is set 50 years after its predecessor. The protagonist is Lilith, a demon summoned to the sanctuary. For the first time in the series, an open world was provided and more than 120 dungeons were implemented. Diablo 4 supports cross-platform play and progress data synchronization on Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and 4, and supports up to 4-player co-op mode and 2-player co-op mode on consoles. do.
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2023-08-12 09:15:00
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