Diablo Immortalhas had it rough right from the start. The game was mired in controversy since its first reveal, with fans accusingDiablo Immortalof being an out-of-season April Fool’s joke. Over time, public perception ofDiablo Immortalseemed to shift a bit in the other direction, especially after Blizzard confirmed another main seriesDiablogame was also on the way in the form ofDiablo 4. But now thatDiablo Immortalhas officially launched on mobile devices, the game is being ripped apart by fans who are upset about its egregious microtransactions.
The consensus seems to be thatDiablo Immortalis actually fairly fun to play and functions well as a mobile take onDiablo, but the game’s microtransactions, especially as they pertain to endgame leveling and PvP content, have not been well-received, to say the least.Diablo Immortalhas been accused of being pay-to-win, and some calculations have claimed that it would take north of $100,000 to fully upgrade one’s character.
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Diablo Immortal’s microtransactionshave resulted in an intense backlash from the community. Users are in the midst of review bombingDiablo Immortalon Metacritic, lowering its user score on the review aggregate platform to one of the lowest possible.
Diablo Immortal Metacritic Score
Right now, theDiablo ImmortalMetacritic score is 79 when it comes to professional reviews, and an eye-watering 0.6 when it comes to user reviews. This makes it one of the lowest-rated games of all time in terms of user scores, and with 1,631 users submitting reviews at the time of this writing, it’s unlikely that it will improve. It seems as though the only way to improve public perception ofDiablo Immortalwould be to completely change the game’s economy and microtransactions, but it’s unclear if Blizzard is willing to dedicate the time and resources to do that.
Browsing through theDiablo Immortalreviews, it’s clear that the game’s microtransactions and free-to-play model are the main sticking points that fans have with it. Some of the reviews even call on the government to do something about games likeDiablo Immortal, and as a matter of fact, some countries in the world have already done so.Diablo Immortalisn’t available in Belgium or the Netherlandsbecause of their laws against loot boxes.
To put into perspective how frustratingDiablo Immortal’s microtransactions can be,a streamer spent nearly $4,000 on the game and didn’t get a single 5-star legendary gem. It’s clear that drastic changes need to be made, but it might be too late to fix the game’s reputation.
Diablo Immortalis out now for iOS and Android devices with a PC version in early access.
