I just love how rich the story is in Diablo Immortal. The moment you “Tap to Play”, you are drawn into the world of Sanctuary and plunged into the epic tale of finding and destroying world stone fragments. I also love how it builds up to killing this demon who wants the fragments for himself. I definitely did not see that coming. Well done on the story Blizzard!
I absolutely praise the team for designing the game’s visuals from the ground up. All original artwork, dungeon tile sets, character and enemy models. I know it took a long time for the game to release but it was worth it to get to experience the all new and never-before-seen art in the game. They definitely didn’t reuse any assets from any of the previous games.
The combat is S teir thanks to a deep and rich character builds and abilities. I know there are 3 suggested builds in the codex – thank you for putting those there. It saves me the time of looking up builds on the internet or experimenting myself. But you can actually mix and match any of the abilities in the game and it doesn’t seem to matter which ones you use, so those builds are just suggestions anyway.
Okay, the elephant in the room and what most people are blasting this game for. The microtransactions/shop. I am happy to say that I have not spent a single penny on the game and I’m having fun! I don’t care that shop offers are thrown in my face after finishing a dungeon or boss. I don’t mind that there are 10 different battle pass/prodigy’s path/boon of plenty/subscription services. Slow and steady wins the race.
I look forward to the daily login rewards, it keeps me coming back because I know if I don’t, I’ll miss those free rewards. I love feeling like I have to login to claim rewards versus wanting to login to play the game (you know, because it’s fun). I don’t even care that what a whale gets in rewards compared to what I get as a free-to-play player is exponentially greater. I mean, it’s a mobile game.
Which brings me to PVP. I know I am getting smashed by whales right now, but that’s okay. I know they will eventually fall into their own rank, and we’ll eventually get matched up with other free-to-play players. I know Blizzard would never design and patent a system to match f2p players with whales. This goes against their philosophy of “Gameplay First”. So PVP will get balanced I’m sure.
Lastly and probably the most important reason why I love Diablo Immortal is the gameplay loop. It’s just so revolutionary. You kill things to get better gear to kill things better. Fascinating! That alone keeps me logging in every day.
TLDR: Diablo Immortal is the best game ever designed in the history of games and I just cant say enough good things about it and best of all - its free!
