There's actually a decent game hiding under the pay-to-win madness.
If you play Diablo Immortal for about 4 hours, then quit and never touch it again, chances are you're doing to have a fun experience with a decent Diablo game. The classes are good, the gameplay is decent, the online multiplayer is new and interesting. There's a lot here that's interesting and not bad.
But all of that good is absolutely washed away by some of the worst microtransactions I've seen in games in a while. Absolutely predatory levels of microtransactions. In the beginning you don't notice it much, but it doesn't take long before they make it clear that the 100% free version of this game is handicapped. There have been several articles covering how unhinged the microtransactions are in this game but it's still hard to believe.
I enjoyed the free version of this game for a bit but the free version of the gameplay loop got stale fast and I yearned for a better Diablo. Best I can say about this game is that it gets me excited for a fully featured Diablo 4.
+ Classes feel good
+ Character creator!
+ Neat MMO-like online
+ Controls surprisingly decent for a mobile game
+ Decent voice acting
- Predatory microtransactions that become hard to ignore
- Free gameplay loop quickly gets stale
- Tiny phone screen is hard on my eyes
If you play Diablo Immortal for about 4 hours, then quit and never touch it again, chances are you're doing to have a fun experience with a decent Diablo game. The classes are good, the gameplay is decent, the online multiplayer is new and interesting. There's a lot here that's interesting and not bad.
But all of that good is absolutely washed away by some of the worst microtransactions I've seen in games in a while. Absolutely predatory levels of microtransactions. In the beginning you don't notice it much, but it doesn't take long before they make it clear that the 100% free version of this game is handicapped. There have been several articles covering how unhinged the microtransactions are in this game but it's still hard to believe.
I enjoyed the free version of this game for a bit but the free version of the gameplay loop got stale fast and I yearned for a better Diablo. Best I can say about this game is that it gets me excited for a fully featured Diablo 4.
+ Classes feel good
+ Character creator!
+ Neat MMO-like online
+ Controls surprisingly decent for a mobile game
+ Decent voice acting
- Predatory microtransactions that become hard to ignore
- Free gameplay loop quickly gets stale
- Tiny phone screen is hard on my eyes