they did that with D3 already (I don’t care that it sold a lot of copies, that was not on the strength of D3 but of the Diablo name), nothing really has changed since, DI is just consequently following the path set by D3
Lost Ark turned out to be another Korean MMO, have to wait for a Western version if you want to play anyway.
did anyone ever realistically expect anything else…
Last Epoch has a ridiculous entry fee, I got into the Grim Dawn beta for 15 dollars, they ask for 35.
not ready for prime time yet anyway, I can wait before I throw money at it
Wolcen is a mess that more and more looks like a cashgrab that will never be finished.
indeed, I was skeptical going by their KS already, but things are definitely out of control with that one
Titan Quest: Ragnarok was made by a different company which did a sub-par job.
it couldn’t very well be the original team… that we got this one at all is a huge surprise, even if it is of lower quality than TQ:IT itself
Grim Dawn itself is going to be on a hiatus for what looks like a whole year.
after balance patches and bug fixes, a game is eventually finished, no surprise there… Also a new expansion is a few months away
Path of Exile devs must be having a great time right now.
the only thing here that is possibly sufficiently important for them to matter is that no D4 was announced, and even then that would not have an immediate impact because D4 probably would still be at least about a year away. All the others you mentioned are basically business as usual.
Overall, how is that different from the state of ARPGs in the past ? To me we have more of them than ever before, with mixed quality (which was always the case), so not exactly the worst of times for fans of the genre…