Daily Long 27/07
Transcript
00:00 In this Daily, we'll start with Blizzard, who apologizes for the last patch of Diablo 4,
00:04 and promises us that it's the last time.
00:06 Then we'll continue with your Ubisoft games, which can disappear if you go on vacation for too long.
00:11 And finally, we'll finish with the new trailer of the One Piece series.
00:15 The Daily, let's go!
00:17 Diablo 4 is a huge financial success for Blizzard, you know it.
00:22 It's more than 666 million dollars generated in 5 days,
00:25 and more than 10 million players at the time we're shooting this video.
00:28 Diablo 4 being a service game, it's important to add content regularly,
00:32 to keep players constantly offering new things.
00:35 Last July 20th, it was the release of the first season.
00:38 There are a lot of new features, and as usual on Diablo,
00:40 if you want to participate in this first season, you'll have to remake a character on a new server.
00:45 A lot of people weren't aware of it because they were discovering the license with this game,
00:48 but it's a habit for fans of the series.
00:50 In terms of new features, there's a new storyboard, a new boss,
00:54 new equipment and legendary aspects that have been added,
00:57 a combat pass, and a progress bar with rewards to unlock.
01:01 Don't worry, you won't start from scratch,
01:04 because the whole map is discovered if you did it on an old character,
01:07 by teleporting points.
01:08 You won't have to farm the Lilith's hotels, for example.
01:11 Same for the countryside, if you already did it, you can skip it.
01:16 But before this first season, Blizzard deployed a patch to prepare the new content,
01:20 and they brought a balance to the classes, among others.
01:23 On paper, it's cool, but in reality, it was very badly received by players.
01:27 Basically, they complain about a loss of power on all classes,
01:32 a lower XP when you kill high-level monsters,
01:35 and a nerf to the armor stat.
01:37 A lot of people see a step back in the game experience, which makes it unpleasant.
01:41 One of the main novelties that was very mocked is the new unique item of the Sorcerer,
01:45 the Oculus wand.
01:46 Basically, it unlocks teleportation,
01:49 but the problem is that you teleport to a random position.
01:52 Being teleported randomly in a game like Diablo,
01:56 where the positioning is very important, is not crazy.
01:58 But there are several clips on the Internet where people are teleported directly into the background,
02:02 and their character is blocked.
02:04 You get the idea, it's a lot of work.
02:05 Adam Fletcher, the community manager on Diablo 4,
02:08 did a little live stream to explain himself.
02:11 He heard the feedback from the players,
02:13 he knows it's not fun to have a generalized nerf on all classes,
02:17 and he promises us that such a patch will never be put online again.
02:20 Or at least, it's not planned.
02:22 Gioppiet Piora, the game's assistant director, continued in the explanations.
02:26 The reality is that the players found builds that smoked too much quite quickly.
02:30 It allowed them to expose the HL content very early,
02:33 and Bizarre decided to nerf all this,
02:35 so that they continue to feel this power gain over the course of the updates.
02:38 Personally, I think the players would have appreciated more difficult content,
02:42 rather than take the problem the other way around by re-releasing all classes.
02:44 Or at least mix the two,
02:46 because there, for many, the game has become boring and slow.
02:50 If you still haven't played Zelda Tears of the Kingdom,
02:53 maybe this is the right time.
02:55 It's super rare to be highlighted,
02:57 but one of the most popular games on Switch is in sale at Micromania,
03:00 and it's none other than Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, the last of the license.
03:05 You can get it for 49.99 euros instead of 69.99 euros.
03:09 It's even cheaper than Breath of the Wild.
03:12 Amazon will also make you the game at this price,
03:14 and for such a nugget, really go for it, it's worth it.
03:17 There are plenty of video game launchers.
03:20 The most famous is Steam, of course,
03:22 but there's also the Epic Game Store, Origi, the Electronic Arts launcher,
03:25 Battle.net, Blizzard's, or Ubisoft Connect, it's in the name.
03:29 Steam has largely dominated the market for a long time,
03:32 and today, more and more publishers want to get involved.
03:34 I don't know about you, but I'm a bit annoyed to have games on 37 different launchers.
03:38 You have to juggle according to the games, but then, I can understand,
03:41 it's never a good idea to leave the monopoly to a company.
03:43 The info that interests us today comes from Ubisoft Connect,
03:47 Ubisoft's launcher.
03:48 A few days ago, the Ubisoft Support's Twitter account
03:51 tweeted in response to someone who claimed to have received an email from Ubisoft,
03:54 who basically sent him, "Bro, you haven't been connected for a while,
03:58 we took the liberty of suspending your account,
04:00 and if you want to get it back, hurry up and connect in the next 30 days,
04:04 otherwise, it's ciao."
04:04 The Support clarified the situation in response,
04:07 well, in truth, he only paraphrased the email.
04:10 "Hi, we just wanted to tell you that you can avoid closing the account
04:14 by connecting to your account in 30 days.
04:16 We're telling you about the reception of the illustrated email,
04:18 and by selecting the link, cancel the closing of the account contained in the email.
04:22 But we certainly don't want you to lose access to your games or your account.
04:26 If you have difficulties connecting, please create an assistance file with us."
04:30 The tweet made a lot of people react, and rightly so.
04:32 First, because to my knowledge,
04:34 it's the only ones to require a connection every X days under suspension,
04:38 but in addition, 30 days, well, in truth, it's super short.
04:41 If we're on vacation or on professional trips for a long period,
04:44 we're going to go back to the country, we're going to want to restart our run on Assassin's Creed,
04:48 and, well, actually, no.
04:49 So, be careful, we're not blaming Ubisoft,
04:52 who only respects the RGPD, as they say themselves in the tweet.
04:55 It's part of the data protection framework,
04:57 and in these terms of use, the company mentions that they can suspend
05:01 or close an account at any time if the account has been inactive for more than 6 months.
05:05 And in rare cases, they can even close it earlier,
05:08 according to local legislation on RGPD.
05:11 But now, a question arises, and our games in all this,
05:13 we're not only talking about personal data like our name and address,
05:17 here we're also talking, and that's what's controversial,
05:19 about our game library that we bought.
05:21 The legislation around RGPD should be clarified and updated according to some players,
05:26 protecting our data is good,
05:27 but if it's done at the expense of the digital content we bought,
05:30 well, some may really have it bad, and they'll be right.
05:34 Before moving on, we're going to please you with some good news.
05:37 You may know it, but every week, the Epic Game Store offers one or more games on its launcher.
05:42 This week, it's not one, but two games that are available for free.
05:46 The first one is Murder by Numbers, a game that mixes visual novel and puzzle game.
05:50 And the second one is none other than The Elder Scrolls Online,
05:54 the MMORPG of Bethesda's cult license.
05:57 Go ahead and tell your friends, it's free.
05:59 The One Piece series by Netflix is the live-action of all hopes.
06:03 The shonen adapted in real-time is rarely crazy,
06:06 but Netflix still bet on adapting one of the most popular manga in history.
06:10 After a first trailer that had split,
06:12 here's a new trailer that shows us the rest of the casting.
06:15 So, let's start right away, the AVF is really clean.
06:19 The trailer opens with the speech of Gold Roger,
06:21 the late pirate king executed by the Navy,
06:24 who launches a new era of piracy on his execution platoon,
06:27 revealing the existence of his legendary treasure, the One Piece.
06:30 In terms of casting, we see Shanks a little more in detail, but also Meowk and Garp.
06:35 If Shanks and Meowk haven't really made anonymity on social networks,
06:39 it's mostly Harlong who made a lot of talk.
06:41 Many consider the character failed, but personally, the more I watch the trailer, the less it shocks me.
06:46 After the guys, Harlong is a fish man,
06:48 so it's a bit tricky to adapt it in real-time.
06:51 Overall, the trailer continues in the vein of the first,
06:54 with some humorous scenes so close to manga and anime.
06:57 One Piece is not just a crazy story,
06:59 it's also moments where we laugh sincerely,
07:01 and I'm really happy that the live-action takes them.
07:04 We also see Baggy in full use of his fragmenting powers,
07:07 but also a Luffy who drops a Jetto Gatling,
07:10 and the famous Ono or Axe, the technique he uses against Harlong.
07:13 The Zoro-Sanji rivalry is also teased in the trailer,
07:16 and we can also see some cult One Piece scenes,
07:19 like the moment when Nami asks Luffy for help,
07:21 or when Shanks puts his hat back on Luffy.
07:23 In terms of combat, it really looks solid.
07:25 The CGI goes well on the scenes of the use of the powers of the devil fruit,
07:29 and the choreographies look clean, without doing too much.
07:31 We remind you that the One Piece series of Netflix is scheduled for August 31st.
07:35 It was supervised by Eiichiro Oda, the author of the manga,
07:38 who really got involved in the shooting,
07:40 and season 1 will have 10 episodes.
07:42 It's about 10 million dollars of budget that were allocated for each episode,
07:45 so about 100 million dollars for this first season,
07:48 which will cover the whole East Blue part of the manga,
07:51 the first 12 volumes.
07:52 Don't hesitate to tell us if you're as impatient as me in the comments.
07:55 The fun is almost over, it's now time for the poll.
07:59 We asked you on Friday if the new King Kong games hyped you.
08:02 25% of you are wondering if it's not a fake,
08:05 that's the level.
08:06 13% think we should give it a chance,
08:09 2% loved it,
08:10 and 59% have no opinion on the question.
08:12 Today, we're going to ask you if you have an account on Ubisoft Connect.
08:16 The poll is already available in the community tab of our YouTube channel.
08:19 Don't hesitate to give us your opinion, we'll debrief on the next daily.
08:22 And this time, the daily is over, but we'll meet again tomorrow.
08:25 Kisses to all, ciao!
08:27 (whooshing)
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