Devs and players accuse Diablo 4 of menu design that makes you accidentally pay for its Battle Pass
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Developers and players are less than impressed with how easy it is to accidentally activate Diablo 4's Battꦛle Pass, and are accusing Blizzard of purposely designing it that way.
Diablo 4 streamer Rurikhan recently took to Twitter to share their frustration at the game's menu design after they inad𒁏vertently redeemed their own Premium Battle Pass while trying to view their progress in the Season menu. As the accompanying video clip shows, all it takes is a single click, and the transaction goes through. "What a f**king scam," the streamer said after realising the paid content had been activated. "It was deliberately and maliciously designed that way."
So Blizzard placed the 'Activate Premium Battle Pass' button right next to the button you have to constantly press to check your Season Journey. Guess what happened to me and at least 5 others on my stream. This is straight up Malicious Design. @Diablo pic.twitter.com/99KhTR51꧂ad
Having opted for the Digital Deluxe Edition, the Battle Pass had (in essence) already been paid for, but as further tweets show, Rurikhan was planning on "saving it for a more interesting season." As Battle Passes are linked to Diablo 4's seasons, if the streamer does want to get t🐻he premium content in a future season, they'll have to purchase another pass.
Others who've seen the footage have come out in support of Rurikhan. "Single click interaction lol," Obsidian's Josh Sawyer, adding, "Absolute dogshit." Glauber Kotaki, an artist on Vampire Survivors, , "꧋Blizzard is using freaking dark patterns in their game." Twitter user @envinyon , "It's really impressive how developers come up with ways of designing games that feel like they should be illegal."
Responding to Rurikhan's tweet, Diablo 4's global community development director, Adam Fletcher, says Blizzard is currently working on a way to fix the issue. "We have a temp fix in the works that will at least ensure the cursor isn't defaulted there [on Activat🌞e Premium] and will instead be defaulted on Season Journey," Fletcher says.
Just had a poww🐲ow with people on this post stream. We have a temp fix in the works that will at least ensure the cursor isn’t𝄹 defaulted there and will instead be defaulted on Season Journey.
This comes after a rather frosty reception from fans to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Diablo 4 Season 1. Blizzarꦿd acknowledged that the game is less fun following the update and has made some 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:big promises for the future, including faster levelling, few♛er player nerfs, a🐲nd a better endgame.
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Originally from Ireland, I moved to the UK in 2014 to pursue a Games Journalism and PR degree at Staffordshire University. Following that, I've freelanced for GamesMaster, Games TM, Official PlayStation Magazine and, more recently, Play and GamesRadar+. My love of gaming sprang from successfully defeating that first Goomba in Super Mario Bros on the NES. These days, PlayStation is my jam. When not gaming or writing, I can usually be found scouring the internet for anything Tombꦡ Raider related to add to my out of control memorabilia collection.