It’s definitely been a busy two years and it’s very rewarding to be able to “show don’t tell”. Wyatt Cheng (Lead Designer): I’m really overwhelmed by the positive reception. Leviathan: Has there been anything from the reports, videos, streams, that has surprised you in the alpha whether pleasantly or unpleasantly?What do you think of the alpha thus far, community reaction, etc. They are adapting the motto “Show Don’t Tell” and they are succeeding.

The Immortal team doesn’t even bother to entertain or try to convince those haters. According to the interview with Wyatt Cheng and other popular streamers, so far Immortal is getting a positive reception from many alpha players.

True, but either way, their hatred over Immortal won’t triumph. Kind of like not being able to say you like a couple Nickelback songs because everyone is supposed to hate them. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.I honestly think they are channeling their “announcement hate” into “immortal hate”, and some are possibly riding the “hate train” because it’s trendy. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. This was not the way to bring confidence back to Blizzard as a brand, and I’m not sure they’ll ever get it back now.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

The sad part is you can easily see how great a full Diablo game could have been on mobile, as the design and controls are really fantastic here, but you have to be content with a campaign marred by XP gates, and then a more or less non-existent endgame unless you are spending truly insane amounts of money.

But even by those standards the monetization is wildly out of hand, and of course actual Diablo fans running into these systems are going to be upset. This is a game made purely for the whale-heavy gacha mobile market. This is pretty infuriating, given how misleading it is to make a huge point that you don’t sell “gear” and yet you sell the most powerful items in the game in the for of gems, and the means to max them out, for final builds that can cost upwards of $100,000 per character ( literally).

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