Diablo Immortal players blast in-game microtransactions: \u201cIt\u2019s like P2W Exodia\u201d Blizzard EntertainmentAs players flock across from every corner of Sanctuary to try out Diablo Immortal, the microtransactions have led to some fans dubbing the game \u201cpay to win.\u201d At long last, the veil has dropped around Diablo Immortal, the next chapter in the eternal conflict between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. Set between the events of Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction and Diablo 3, players are thrust into a gorey world defined by darkness, demons, and destruction. While the gameplay itself largely seems to have been a hit, its mysterious ambiance has been ruined by a slew of microtransactions, leading many to ask whether or not Diablo Immortal is pay to win and, in turn, a \u201ccash grab\u201d. With the gates to hell open on both PC and mobile, the community has been quick to voice its opinions on the monetization in latest installment in the Diablo saga \u2013 and they\u2019re not particularly positive. Diablo Immortal fans slam microtransactions In the days following launch, Diablo fans have been quick to criticize Diablo Immortal\u2019s reliance on paid systems. \u201cEvery predatory monetisation feature under the sun is jammed into this game,\u201d writes one player on the game\u2019s official subreddit. \u201cIt\u2019s like P2W Exodia,\u201d making reference to the iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! character whose limbs are split across multiple different cards that have to be put together. \u201cWe should start calling it \u2018Diablo: Immoral\u2019 instead,\u201d jibes another. \u201cI feel robbed of good content for Diablo 3 that was instead put into a predatory P2W mobile game.\u201d Another post argues \u201cDiablo Immortal is one of the most frustrating games I\u2019ve ever played. There\u2019s a great Diablo game here that wants to be seen. It could have even been a D3 expansion. But it\u2019s saddled with f**ked up monetization and frustrating gameplay to go along with it. \u201cThey built the next Diablo game, a good game with solid mechanics and (so far) a good story, and then turned it into one of the most aggressively-monetized pieces of s**t I\u2019ve ever seen whose purchasing tactics are downright insulting. The more I play this game the harder it becomes to express my distaste in words.\u201d While Blizzard promised to change up the Immortal\u2019s purchasable content post-Beta, it appears their attempts still haven\u2019t quite hit the mark with the majority of players. As the game continues to grow and contort into the monster it was created to be, it\u2019ll be interesting to see if the devs look into the microtransaction feedback. Until then, it looks like the cost of saving Sanctuary is a little too much for some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diablo Immortal players blast in-game microtransactions: \u201cIt\u2019s like P2W Exodia\u201d Blizzard EntertainmentAs players flock across from every corner of Sanctuary to try out Diablo Immortal, the microtransactions have led to some fans dubbing the game \u201cpay to win.\u201d At long last, the veil has dropped around Diablo Immortal, the next chapter in the eternal conflict […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}