![]() Loot is where Diablo has always shined and what has given the Diablo series its replayability and longevity. Showing off the wizard’s skill synergy between ice crystal and disintegration Skill unlocks and skill levels are tied to your character levels, and while you can pick your loadout of skills, there’s no other customizing the skills through runes or anything similar. Another wizard synergy is casting ice crystal and then disintegration into the crystal, which causes the beam to be split and hit all nearby enemies. If you cast scorch and then arcane wind, for example, it will create a firestorm that does higher damage. The wizard, for example, has a couple of neat synergies. Immortal has streamlined the skill system down to a much smaller number of skills, but there are now skill synergies. One of the main draws to the Diablo games is the variety in character builds and the skill combinations you can put together. Casual players will be able to easily play through the story mode without any additional purchases. ![]() The story takes about 6-8 hours to finish, and it’s about 20 hours or so to hit the level cap of 60. These dungeons are completely optional as far as the story goes, but they are good sources for equipment and loot. Each area has a main dungeon, with some optional smaller dungeons that can spawn. You kill the baddie, get the shard, and Cain tells you that the next shard is in the next area. The main gameplay loop is exactly as expected, with each area containing a Worldstone shard that’s been captured by a baddie. The game’s areas are very familiar as well, with your standard graveyard, desert, and, of course, a winter area for the barbarians. Likewise, similar to the returning NPCs, there are a number of returning bosses, one of which you can probably guess based on the game’s name. There are some new enemies, such as the game’s first main baddie, Skarn, the Lord of Damnation, though he’s truly nothing more than a run-of-the-mill demon. In this installment your character is tasked to track down the shards of the shattered Worldstone and destroy them. Otherwise, though the story is forgettable, it’s standard Diablo fare. Some notable returns are Charsi, the blacksmith, and, of course, Diablo staple Deckard Cain. The story in Immortal takes place between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, and there are familiar characters that make appearances. Skarn the Lord of Damnation makes an appearance early on It’s of no surprise that a free-to-play mobile game has monetization, but this game does contain some concerning mechanics. The final aspect of Immortal that I will go into depth later is the monetization and microtransactions. I ended up mainly using my iOS Backbone to play, but found myself using the touchscreen for menus and inventory management. The game does feature touch controls with a virtual joystick on the left and button controls for skills on the right hand side, and it also supports a multitude of different controllers. ![]() Another nice feature of the game is its control scheme. Also, impressively, the game is almost fully voice-acted the voice acting may not be top-notch, but to see the level of it in a mobile game is an impressive feat. Immortal’s level design and hub areas have been streamlined and reduced in size for the mobile platform. The 6 character classes available in Immortal are copied from Diablo 3, with only the witch doctor absent. I will go into the aspects of the game in more detail, but, overall, Immortal will feel very familiar to anybody who’s played Diablo 3. So what is Diablo Immortal? Immortal is a free download game currently available on Android, iOS, and PC. Immortal ended up launching about a day early, and I was playing it on June 1st. Later in April, 2022, Blizzard released a new trailer and announced that Immortal would also be available on PCs. Blizzard announced the game’s June 2nd release date in March 2022, with Android and iOS pre-orders available. Since it’s 2018 announcement, there have been a handful of closed alpha and beta tests, none of which I was picked for, and like many games, it faced delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Intro movie recaps the ending of Diablo 2 to set the context for Immortal’s storyline Cheng’s quote also became a tagline for any company that showed how out of touch it was with their customer base. This announcement was more than disappointing to fans of the Diablo series as fans wanted information about Diablo 4 or anything other than a mobile game. And then he coined his infamous, “Do you guys not have phones?” line. During BlizzCon, Diablo Immortal was announced, and when a YouTuber asked if the game was coming to PC, Lead Designer Wyatt Cheng replied that it would only be on Android and iOS mobile platforms. On November 2nd, 2018, a game was announced, and a meme was born. You can find Seasoned Gaming’s review policy here
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