Diablo Immortal (Mobile) Announced
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Mobile ARPG are not about this. This is a mobile ARPG. Sure it is called Diablo, but is catering to the mobile ARPG market. Mobile ARPG means a very different thing.
It's a place for adults to play dress up.
Asking the devs if their game is an off-season april fools joke isn't immature? But saying that it's full fledged Diablo experience on mobile is? What? Also, would it be better if Blizzard was themselves focusing on developing a mobile spinoff rather than focusing their work more on mainline games? That's what you want, but not the game? Just them working on it?
Diablo 3 sold tons, why does Blizzard treat Diablo like the ugly stepchild with a mobile game they are not even developing themselves?
I don't understand it.
I don't understand it.
That's why i never liked mobile games, i will never touch anything for it.
Wow, if that person's question was hostile, the world must be a scary place for you.
The huge amount of dislikes on that gameplay trailer, oof....
I will try to give this a fair chance though. I hope it gets native gamepad support.
I will try to give this a fair chance though. I hope it gets native gamepad support.
Bet ya 50 that a lot more people would want it on HD hardware.
Seems like it's getting similar levels of ire but sure, believe whatever you want lol...
Bet.
I'd say there's a lot more people that want Artifact. There's actually a lot of hype for it.
So you also want Blizzard developing a mobile Diablo?
Fine doesn't change the main reason people are pissed, waiting years for main stage blizzcon. Here ya go mobile diablo.
Calling someone's work a joke because you aren't interested in a mobile game is not hostile? Also, have you seen the tsunami of toxic shit that Blizzard "deserves" for "spitting on the fans."
Imagine if Pokemon games released once a decade and then they capstoned a major Nintendo Direct with a Pokemon Announcement...and it was Magikarp Jump.
The core of the problem is that they are revealing it as the next Diablo-thing for everyone, and not as a small sidegame to tide people over to the next game. They're trying to both have the cake and eat it.
Well Xbox One X already has the 4k enhanced version so that cancels that out right away. It's never been on PC so meh, they aren't missing out on what they never had. Also it's a dumb hypothetical because it wouldn't happen.
Do you have shares in Blizzard, you're really defending them hard in this thread. Diablo fans have been neglected for years and years, while being some of the most loyal fans out there, it's a disgrace to treat your fans like this. No one wanted some crappy mobile game, it's not aimed at the core Diablo community at all. There's a reason the crowd was dead, and why everyone is upset, it's just the latest slap in the face in a long line. Plus the way they're handling the cristism is shameful, deleting all the negative comments on Youtube for example. I've been a big fan of Blizzard for more years than I can remember, but this is total bullshit and no one should be defending them.
I would be genuinely shocked if this isnt F2P and packed to the gills with microtransactions. They should just go all the way and have skills unlocked through a paid gacha.
Lol, this is gonna be micro transaction to hell. No one doubts that.
Right well if your response to Blizzcon is adults playing dress ups then it's clear your mindset is as childish as you seem to think these responses are. So the problem here isn't that it's a mobile game, whatever on that part as I myself actually enjoy a few solid mobile titles like Animal Crossing or Go. The problem is the timing of such an announcement and then the proceeding panel handling.
This isn't a game being developed by Blizzard but is their IP fair, yet they took the time to think such an announcement was worth it at the end of an opening ceremony to their most hardcore enthusiast convention. How does that not strike you as a bad decision?
They even removed tweets and tweeted it again because of the negative comments, pretty awful from them.
The more I think about it, the more I think the right move would have been to show this off at Gamescom. It would have given players time to adjust and see the merits of the game, whatever they are, before the BlizzCon panels had to face them. And there was a precedent for how mobile titles were cautiously introduced outside of the standard calendar, if you look at how Hearthstone was announced several years ago to considerable doubts about Blizzard venturing into mobile. This was a publicity misfire no matter how much they did to contain it in advance (as they did), even if expectations from the base were unmanaged, as they've been every year for the Diablo crowd since the release of Reaper of Souls.
I think the atmosphere surrounding Immortal's announcement has made it difficult for anybody to cut through the crap and give the developers a fair hearing instead of turning away at the "mobile spinoff" headline and the uninspired, D3-derivative exterior. And I say this as someone who isn't in the market for it at all. Blizzard makes questionable decisions but they don't do shovelware; they've earned some benefit of the doubt even if you don't see yourself playing the game (and I don't). Then again... NetEase.
The showing in the opening ceremony reminded me of Super Mario Run. But the reaction I've been hearing about, though I haven't caught up on it properly yet, reminds me of Federation Force.
I think the atmosphere surrounding Immortal's announcement has made it difficult for anybody to cut through the crap and give the developers a fair hearing instead of turning away at the "mobile spinoff" headline and the uninspired, D3-derivative exterior. And I say this as someone who isn't in the market for it at all. Blizzard makes questionable decisions but they don't do shovelware; they've earned some benefit of the doubt even if you don't see yourself playing the game (and I don't). Then again... NetEase.
The showing in the opening ceremony reminded me of Super Mario Run. But the reaction I've been hearing about, though I haven't caught up on it properly yet, reminds me of Federation Force.
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To recap: this... thing here, this has 6 man MP, arguably has more graphical definition in the details than D3 had and there's fucking verticality now?
Bet it'll have MTX out the ass, too. Just shoot me already.
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To recap: this... thing here, this has 6 man MP, arguably has more graphical definition in the details than D3 had and there's fucking verticality now?
Bet it'll have MTX out the ass, too. Just shoot me already.
I don't want to play it, just out of spite. But I will.
Sorry blizzard, but I don't need anymore mobile games..
Balls in your court for the next diablo thing, because for me this sure ain't anything noteworthy..
Balls in your court for the next diablo thing, because for me this sure ain't anything noteworthy..
I just don't know how Blizzard didn't have the self-awareness to not only put this last in the conference, but also open it up as the first panel.
I love how the schedule had changed the "Diablo: What's Next?" panel to "Diablo Immortal Unveiled".
I just realised this will likely have microtransations.
Microtransations in a loot game defeats the purpose for me. Reminds me of the auction house of Diablo 3 launch which killed looting.
So this is a definite pass from me.
It's funny my reaction for this game wasn't the same as everyone else.
First announced.
- Cool I'll give it a chance, I'm actually excited to play a quality loot game on my phone as I don't really have the time to play a loot game on my TV these days, rather play a big story driven game on the TV.
Outsourced to a Chinese Dev
- Hold on Blizzard are not internally making this, then what makes it any different from the other crappy Chinese action games on phones other than the IP. I guess my anticipation of this being good quality has dropped as Blizzard have made decent game on phones (Hearthstone) and have succeeded in trying something new (Overwatch).
Microtransactions likely
- Microtransations in a loot game I'm out
Microtransations in a loot game defeats the purpose for me. Reminds me of the auction house of Diablo 3 launch which killed looting.
So this is a definite pass from me.
It's funny my reaction for this game wasn't the same as everyone else.
First announced.
- Cool I'll give it a chance, I'm actually excited to play a quality loot game on my phone as I don't really have the time to play a loot game on my TV these days, rather play a big story driven game on the TV.
Outsourced to a Chinese Dev
- Hold on Blizzard are not internally making this, then what makes it any different from the other crappy Chinese action games on phones other than the IP. I guess my anticipation of this being good quality has dropped as Blizzard have made decent game on phones (Hearthstone) and have succeeded in trying something new (Overwatch).
Microtransactions likely
- Microtransations in a loot game I'm out
Fans are being spit on.
A disgrace.
A slap in the face.
Keep the hits coming. These are certainly fascinating ways of saying "I'm a bit bummed there was no news for a version of Diablo on a platform I might be interested in, despite being explicitly told to temper my expectations."
And this.
So Diablo is reduced to a third hand shovelware game at this point...
I really don't blame people who paid a ton of money to be in that audience wondering if all of this was some kind of cruel joke. Its maybe the most tone deaf announcement I've ever seen at a conference. They could have just said Diablo 4 was in development and slapped a 15 second teaser afterwards or something. The fact they didn't... probably means it really is a -long- ways off.
