It comes out in June. I don’t understand why it’s so widely available to play, and review? Why wouldn’t they just release the whole game now? Is there enough there to decide whether it’s good or not?
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minev1128 t1_je76vdz wrote
Do you know what Open Beta is?
Warlock2019 t1_je79dso wrote
The first 6-9 months after a games official release while the company repeatedly thanks us and asks us to be patient?
(I mean this to sound more humorous, than bitter)
Moridin67 t1_je7nz7z wrote
No, no. That's the Charlie testing phase. As in the developer is Lucy holding the football, and we are Charlie Brown about to fall on our face when they pull it away as we kick.
A_Wild_Sableye t1_je7c3uk wrote
I'd give bitterness a pass anyway. The whole "open beta" tactics games are doing nowadays is annoying. Don't even get me started on how multiversus did it
Yes-Mum OP t1_je7nfpn wrote
No
Damaged_Eidolon t1_je8n5oz wrote
In Alphas, the game is still being developed: the models, the math, cinematics. Those usually start with a version number of "zero point (0.xx)" and this continues (0.1, 0.15, 0.3, etc) until the game is pretty much done, when it becomes version 1.xx. Some Betas may open before that, but that is where some developers have the near-finished game tested for bugs.
Closed Betas require you to be part of that company or a firm or invited to test the game and likely an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement- ya can't talk about the game to others). An Open Beta isn't so restrictive. Anyone with (whatever requirement, in my case I guess it was having an xbox) can join the testing. I logged a number of bugs for them to fix. Game review isn't part of it. Stress test having a bunch of people on the servers, cross platform interaction, find things the closed beta might not have found because there's just so many of us and everybody plays a little different.
The goal of the Open Beta is to fix all the stuff prior to the release date. Lately, that doesn't happen so much- examples being players clipping through the ground on Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, or servers crashing with... dang what was it, Overwatch 2?
Anyway, I'm sure I'm wrong on some of the nitty gritty, but that's basically what an Open Beta is and what was going on with D4.
ryefry77 t1_je7dxpd wrote
God damn he even said he was stupid in his stupid ass question
Reynard203 t1_je7ogp1 wrote
They were stress testing their servers with a marketing ploy. It happens all the time.
OokySpookums t1_je91t1p wrote
You're not stupid. Essentially it's a way for them to test the game without having to pay QA testers.
You're basically doing the job of a QA tester and paying them to do it lol
dracoolya t1_je9ykyx wrote
> I’m really stupid
If only more people could freely and openly admit to this about themselves.
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Pureshark t1_je7aewp wrote
In June just after the release of Diablo 4 humans perfected the Time Machine - they then returned to our current time to tell us about and review Diablo 4 - isn’t it obvious
Majestic_Preparation t1_je7i3k3 wrote
Reviewed by who? spam youtube videos?
it was just beta of chapter 1 of the game with much higher look chance. Blizzard tested waters for the game and got feedback for class balancing and performance issues some users had they can fix in next 2 months before full game comes out.
MutedHornet87 t1_je878k4 wrote
It’s not being reviewed
ThunderSnowDuck t1_je76vjw wrote
Can't forgive the ignorance because the answer is so easily available: It's in open Beta right now