![]() ![]() ![]() But something about it feels wrong to me in a Diablo game especially. This will be some people’s first introduction to Diablo at all and they won’t know any different, and it’s also a game focused on the Asian market which is more permissive of microtransactions and buying power. Though this game wasn’t made specifically for me, I suppose. I mean, the game has to make money somehow, but after years of farming Diablo endgames without paying extra to do so, I worry about the long term potential here. I do not, however, know what the endgame will be like, and if it does in fact revolve around the Rift system, I fear that’s where the P2W elements could come into play, something that Diablo 3 and its rifts never had to deal with. I played for a couple hours at most yesterday and already hit level 30+. But in practice, the look and feel of this game are decidedly Diablo 3.5, including a lot of improvements from the aging game like more engaging live sequences and greater character customization. This takes place right before Diablo 3 and deals with a ton of NPCs from that game before you aid/kill them there. The story is…well it’s a Diablo story, which I’ve never found terribly compelling. But I understand that some things had to be slimmed down in order to make this work, and so far, all the sacrifices are things I’ve been willing to part with. My Barbarian, for instance, cannot wield a sword and shield or a two-handed weapon, only two-weapons, berserker-style. It will be shorter, and it has been streamlined. I never feel like the game isn’t doing what I tell it to, and the system they’ve developed here is fantastic. The touch controls for one-off, aimed and channeling skills all feel shockingly good, all with some amount of auto-aim in there to help you out rather than frustrate you. Like I was when I played the alpha, I am deeply impressed with how Diablo Immortal plays on my iPad, and also impressed with the fact that they realized they should do a PC port as well, which launches later today, in case everyone does not in fact, have phones. ![]()
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