Diablo Immortal Alpha Gameplay Review - First Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- After months with no Diablo Immortal news or update, we revisit and review the game after the Blizzcon 2018 announcement reaction. I got early access to an alpha build and compare Diablo Immortal vs. Diablo 3. Barbarian gameplay shown. We also talk about the story and lore of Immortal.
No release date or launch date yet. No update on Diablo Immortal on PC.
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Hey Rhykker this is folks
This comment is the best lul 🤣🤣
Never gets old.
i just chuckled
Down voting because its immortal. "Bleep" you rhykker, you know better.
Immortals seems like it would be a really great game on the Switch
Honestly, you're right.
Fallout Shelter was a mobile game before it was a Switch game, so maybe the same could happen here.
Isn't d3 on switch as well? Dunno how good/bad that is though
@@azyrael96 it's pretty good.
I’m hoping blizcon will announce this tbh ... would make so much sense plus literal touchscreen controls map perfectly
Yeah. A Switch release would definitely be good for Immortals. Would probably have gone over better if they made it a Switch game first and then moved it over to Android/Iphone after. Even if the PC players still gave it shit a handheld console game would've been far more of a palatable middle ground than jumping right to phone.
I've waited 2 years for this, and now my device isn't compatible anymore lol
So will I have to watch a 30 second ad every time I use leap?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m willing to bet that identifying legendaries will take a long time, and that you can pay to make it instant. That’s what most mobile hack n slash do already.
Wow never heard this joke before
they seem to have changed to a more dark atmosphere to get positive reactions
I always said that if they announced this with the D4 announcement it would have gotten a great welcome
I wouldn't say that. It just would not have pulled that many punches as it did. But a "great welcome"? - Doubt.
Yeah, they screwed up in 2018, Blizz should have taken the lesson from Bethesda. They announced TES VI first (almost just a title drop) then announced TES Blade for mobile, and nobody mind it and it almost got no backlash like Diablo Immortal.
Not necessarily. People would have argued A) it's another company being subcontracted to make the game rather than an in-house Blizzard game B) it's a mobile game, but the core audience of Blizzard is on PC C) Resources are being allocated for Immortal that could have been used to make Diablo 4 even better.
@@p0ma147 That's not what pulled punches means.
@@harbhub C: More Resources do not mean a better game. Cyberpunk is a recent example of that. Their management even said that bringing in more people would not have made the game any better for release. B: With Hearthstone on the market the audiance for blizzard games is also on mobile. It's entitled to think that they should only look at PC. A: Everything looks like diablo 3 pretty much so outsourcing something is not neccesarily bad. Many assets on other blizzard games are not made in-house either, outsourcing is very much industry standard for many things.
Wow my brain completely refused to read "immortal" when I went to click on the video
Probably braindead.
same here, I was thinking Diablo 4 alpha. I was gonna ... well, let's say... "get retarded"
So why you here
@@DarkWanderer666 cuz we still in shock with bli$$
@@banishedbr They're a company. Making Diablo for the mobile not only makes perfect sense, but man is it smart. Yet we somehow forgive companies like GGG when they make Path of Exile for mobile, because they promise "It will be good!"
Srsly, people need to chill their literal tits. We're talking about video games here. If you don't like it, it's as simple as just not playing it.
Am I the only one that feels that they coulda add a lot of these features into D3 with relative easy, making their PC fans happier?
But then they couldn't milk the mobile market.
they do not care about PC players
I know the mobile gaming market is huge but is it not casual gaming? Why produce an MMO that can only be played on a phone..seems very short sighted to ignore the console and PC market entirely. By all means develop a game for mobiles but an MMO? MMO's require hours of play to enjoy and grind for resources etc so Phones will heat up and will require to be plugged into the mains to keep it charged. Maybe I'm missing something here lol
What sense does upgrading a game being replaced make?
Is not "relative easy"
Ill play this, i got a phone, sometimes i need to play a game laying down to help me fall asleep. PC games make you wake up lol.
Toilets friend, a quick rift/poop is game changing
Thats what d3 on switch is for!
what exciting about this is lots of my friends / family members who dont have a pc will play this game with me. No matter how may good PC games i have, playing with someone is always more fun for me
Led screens make you wake up. The only reason you might get sleepy while on your phone is if you are holding it below eye lever were the light doesn't register in the part of your eye that recognizes light so that you stay awake. Honestly, not a healthy habit to have
@@bombomos Apparently the game has a blue light filter you can enable.
Thanks for reporting in, definitely not interested in the upgrade system, battle pass, micro transactions pay 2 win portions. I was hoping for a good mobile game, but I’m out. Will stick with PD2 for now.
nope, i give up. PD2, whats that? PayDay 2? no idea here tbh :(
@@heroicgoo915 Project Diablo 2, a popular mod that was just released a few months ago for Diablo II. Nice balance and quality of life changes.
@@GamerDad720 - thnks for reply.
Curious what you would pay for a good mobile game.
@@xjohnny1000 same price as a desktop game, 20-50$
Dark Wood isn't where the Countess is. She's in Black Marsh. Who's this 'her' he speaks of that is meant to be in Dark Wood?
Whoops
Blood Raven?
Treehead Woodfist instantly came to my mind when he said dark wood. Not sure if male or female tho!!
#itscomplicated
@@Riotlight Respect.
Thank you for the first impression!
I'm trying my best to keep an open mind for Immortals. Over time I've actually allowed myself to be kind of excited for it. At the very least, as you said, we'll get more lore. At best, it could be fun if I go in with the right attitude.
well at the VERY least it is free.
Having seen how League’s Wild Rift mobile game is, I am cautiously optimistic for Immortal. Rhykker said it improved on D3 in a lot of ways, and I actually enjoyed D3 for a good while.
I think the monetisation scheme will be what makes or breaks the game for me, since Wild Rift is extremely F2P friendly like other Riot games, and it manages to transfer the League gameplay into the mobile medium into a pretty satisfying way: I have my criticisms, but there’s less of them than joys felt.
If Diablo Immortal -despite Blizzard’s recent track record for prices- is friendly enough to F2P players, I will enjoy it.
@@bromora989 It's hard to not improve on D3 lol.
@@MAarshall well as I said, I actually enjoyed D3 for a good while, whilst I certainly had bits I disliked, I really don’t think it was a bad game (at least not after Reaper of Souls), just not really how people knew Diablo to be: and that’s what people disliked about it.
what good lore you can have when the core creators are not even there lol
I have only one question though: why not make It multi-platform like Genshin Impact?
They proved a mobile game can be and work perfectly fine as a multi-platform.
So , why not?
Because Diablo 4, Genshin Impact is a new franchise
I'd say "perfectly fine" is a slight overstatement. The whole resin mechanic doesn't translate that well on pc.
Just use bluestacks...
@@helloworld6160 i dont think bluestack good to emulate those press and point gesture.
@@johant73 you can bind keys on your keyboard to press specific areas of the screen, so you could bind keys for the different skills.
Excellent review. Detailed coverage of game systems without overly promoting or hating on it. Well done!
I have a question. How many people play Diablo for the lore?
I liked the weapon damage and the numbers... not 3217892319213828% like D3.
Excellent overview! Thanks for that. Certainly not for me, but would be a bad move to not keep an eye on this and its approach to solving various design problems. Seems competent at what it does for sure! Cheers
Yeah I was honestly considering playing it till I heard the monetization... Classic mobile for me, so much good but with a strong gotcha!
@@zebedeesummers4413 So far it seems the only things that are behind the pay wall are chances to increase rewards -- all the content is still free to access.
@@rendelldraw increased rewards = increased power. I understand that the content is the same but with lessor gear it isn't. Especially with the breakpoints in efficiency. I get that this is better than the norm for the market but I'm not a fan regardless.
@@rendelldraw it is normal to hit limits that you need to change your character or grind a bit to surpass but the experience is greatly changed the moment people can skip said effort via real money.
@@zebedeesummers4413 I understand how that feels...
I remember my cousin spending almost all day, everyday playing D3 because he didn't have to work back then, so he ended up kinda having "increased power" compared to me who can only play during weekends.
I couldn't help but feel a bit of bitterness about it and I remember kinda wishing that Blizzard also put a limit (decreasing drop rates if playtime reaches certain consecutive hours) to those who have the luxury of time just to be fair to those players with more common normal lives.
I agree with most of your points. However:
Pay to win: you pay money to get a win.
Winning in HnS games is tied to getting items that let you progress farther into the game's difficulty.
This "pay to progress" system gives you items, which in turn lets you progress farther into the game's diffuclty. Items you'd normally have to play and win consecutively to acquire.
You pay money so that you don't have to win by yourself. It's pay to win.
The necessity for completing battle pass tasks is just another system to make you return every day and train you to do so. To work the game into your daily schedule, so it stops being a game and becomes a habit.
My real problem with these systems isn't the pay to win system in itself. It's the fact that over a few months of play you will pay for the game more than for a properly made and finished game like Diablo 3. That increased cost should translate into more regular new content with new dungeons, items, classes and story, but most mobile games don't release new content in a timely manner. The most you can expect is a very minor event or a couple of them every month and a big event every 3-4 months. And all those events are based off making you login daily to do your quests, not rewarding binge play once a week.
I'd rather pay an upfront price for a game I can decide when and how to play myself, rather than be milked throughout the span of months or years. I still return to D3 every season and have fun. I won't be playing Immortal.
I like a monetization method that pays upfront. They can still sell stuffs, but not power. This is selling power. A loot I need 10 hours to grind might take only 10 mjnutes if I pay 5 bucks. For diablo immortal, I will just play through storyline for free and then put it away.
If people end up liking this game it would be the most hilarious thing ever.
I bet the dev team is like lets prove those idiots wrong, we are the professionals we know what we are doing.
@@kaydens6964 lmfao!!!! they did it to appease china
@Reclusiarch Grimaldus If you are not capable of finding the good games, then it's your fault ;)
There are plenty of free games as well as games that have upfront costs that are a lot of fun. You can even play games such as Baldurs Gate on your phone.
NGL. I had my reservations about this game, figured it be another run of the mill mobile ARPG which is flooded on the app store already. But this legit looks good. From the gameplay, the depth, the gameplay systems. Im actually impressed and now really looking forward to its release. Good job Blizz.
Just here to drop a like on the video as I know a lot of Diablo fans are going to be disliking the video for no reason other than it's discussing Diablo Immortal. I'm in the same boat as all the other Diablo fans here, but don't shoot the messenger. This video provides great info, even if we don't agree with all of the choices Blizzard made.
I'm a huge diablo fan and I'm very excited for this game. Stop claiming you are one when you dislike the game just cause of the platform
@@vansserafim Pretty much this. Not gonna spend a cent on it, but I'll play it at least once and prolly enjoy it a lot for that time.
@@vansserafim Where did I say I dislike the game as a whole? I said I don't agree with all the choices Blizzard made such as the monetization aspect. Did you even watch the video?
I am disliking it because it does not focus on the monetisation enough, which is a very important aspect of immortal.
Diablo + MMO + portable? I’m hyped.
The hate is literally unjustified at this point.
lol ok
How time easy subvert the ones with a memory of a goldfish.
your going to be looking real silly with they finally release the monetization for this game - but you do you
I have always been curious what his Real voice sounds like..
Immortal is free, so paying for a battle pass is basically buying the game. People will always complain just to bitch about something. This honestly looks good, and will no doubt crush the mobile gaming niche!
It looks like shit
It’s better graphics, pvp, actual character customization and worth while grinding rewards... Everything d3 should of been. you are in denial about mobile games is all. Pc’s are a thing of the past
@@Clout_207 PC's a thing of the past? Mobile games are for kids and casual gamers, is not and never will be an optimal platform for gaming. Real gamers use a PC.
Boy am I glad Rhykker has phones.
Thank you clown
imagine a diablo that took place between diablo 2 and diablo 3, but it came out on pc :o
Marvel Heroes was for me personally my "Diablo 2.5" 😉
ye i know right cant stand mobile games lol
You make Immortal on pc then
@@DarkWanderer666 could probably use a chromebook or even use the windows phone link app thingy to stream it onto a pc but it just wont be the same:( or maybe it will, i guess i'll judge it when i play it
@@DarkWanderer666 The only thing thats annoying at the beginning, and often even after long time is that there is no right click.
And else i mostly now play with controller in right hand for WASD movement and mouse just for all the other stuff. But i was already a bad "mouse clicker" for long years in MMOs.
Pay to go faster always means they slowed down the game to a frustrating level. They can shove this where the sun never shines.
Sadly too many chinese people for them to lose on investing in this.
This right here
Some PC games slows their progression and adds payed ways to speed up.warframe
@@funnyanimalworld7579
yyuuppp, but warframe is at least free to play and after roughly 20 bucks you are good to go. If not for the devs being complete assholes it wouldn't have been that bad imo.
I'd be okay if said boosts were awarded behind a 20sec or 30sec add so long as the ads aren't intrusive to the game like some mobile titles out there.
have you noticed that rhykker didn't "call us to action" to post comments? like "what to do you guys think about this and that..."
makes you wonder...
There's nothing to wonder: any time I talk about Immortal, the comments are toxic. I'll "call to action" comments on Immortal once we can have a civilized discussion about it.
@@Rhykker Everyone wants to ride the hate train instead of having an open mind. The same could be said for any controversial topic.
In the end it’s a massive maturity issue.
This game gonna be a success I think. Despite the few cranky boomers not letting go of the hate (but secretly eager to play it anyways)
Nah. Looks like a generic chinese cashgrab with BPs and shit lol. Oh look tap this red dot and you get this oh also tap this red dot and you auto path there, talk to this guy, you get this item, everyone gets the same item and everyone looks the same lmao.
Also of course people will play it, it's free. I will try it myself but seeing this and some pictures of items I can already see how generic it is.
Looks like a pile of shit. Honestly.
It will do well.
Let's not bullcrap. The only reason they made this game is micro transactions. Unless there's a cracked version that disables the timers it's a no go
They made it for the Chinese.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm going to play this game on my phone when it comes out. Not going to buy any paid content. I'm going to try and enjoy it by playing just before going to bed at night 😅
@@PineappleBaconPizza Same here. Should every Diablo game be solely about being the earliest to be the strongest player? And that the story, the lore and other gameplay elements are just padding?
I'll play at my own pace and not compare my progress with other players (I've learned to do so in D3). This will be a fun way to dive back into the game's world.
... when you suddenly realize that you ACTUALLY HAVE A PHONE
yep and still won't play this micro transaction bullshit
wait a minute.. i do have a phone!
@@Adam-082 yeah... and my phone sucks and I have sweaty ass hands :(
@@Adam-082 damn LOL so true
I was being close minded about immortal, but now I am excited. Diablo at work? Sold.
As a Barbarian, do we have to stick to dual wielding? No 2hander?
I only saw dual wielding
People should ignore this game like the plague. Don't reward Activision for betraying us.
Totally agree, they had a chance and now after all their promises to community they just represent a FULL COPY of Raziel 🤷
Cant they just start a ranking which also reveals how much $$$ the person spent on the buy-options of the game... so people playing free could compete
People playing free doesn’t help their business and goes against the business model. Don’t be a freeloader, support companies that make you happy
Diablo Immortal is Pay to Win. Won't be playing it.
Had it only had cosmetics, mounts, etc. I'd be fine with that. Anything that speeds up progression in what is intrinsically a grinding game... means it is Pay to Win and is garbage.
In a game which has co-op elements but no PvP how can you use the term pay to win, you're not competing against each other so where is the "win" aspect... just grind longer and play f2p (grinding is half the fun anyway in Diablo) honestly this model looks much less predatory than other games with pulling systems where you simply can't progress without certain characters, abilities, or items, or worse where said items give a completely unfair advantage against other players in a PvP environment.
Game developers have to make their money back somehow when they give the game away for free, would you prefer that they charge £30 For the game?
In the mobile community no one would buy it and the playerbase would be so small it would be taken off the market in a matter of a couple of months.
Not trying to be antagonistic just pointing out it's the only way games survive on mobile these days
They shouldn’t even have pay-for-cosmetics because that just allows them to add pay-to-win items later down the line. Pay once, premium game. With additional add-on expansion packs that are pay to unlock. - But it’s easier to get players on a dopamine high with a loot box that costs a buck and loop millions into the pay-to-get-high style all the other mobile games tend to run with.
@@michaelwatterson600 you fight against the game, and the developer adjust drop rates and XP at their will, so being able to defeat it by just paying is immoral
Also the "they have to make their money" is a lie, they want all the money.
You say "would you prefer to pay 30 bucks for the complete game". So then why there is no limit on how much money can be wasted in the game, once you pay the 30 bucks you get all the paid unlocks.
Nah, it's a system to steal all the money with systems they completely control, and you pay to win the game even in just co-op
@@michaelwatterson600 you never played any mobile games?
@@marceelino played loads, just quit playing ffbe WotV now there's a predatory game! my point is that it could be much much worse and for a mobile game it looks as though f2p is a viable option and won't effect your experience as much as in other games that force you down the pay to play route. At the end of the day it is what it is, if your not happy with it or it's buisness model then skip it or play f2p and wait for diablo 4. People certainly aren't going to change blizzards minds by complaining about it or after the disaster that was Blizzcon they would have cancelled producing it
i just want to get my hands on it. I was one of the few who was not angry at immortal. i had no hard feelings hell they even said it was not diablo 4 when it was released. More angry at the wait then anything. Going into the Third year since it was announced Damn a interesting idea for the charm, Using a single charm to help build along with
Immortal itself wasn't bad, it's how they set up the event itself. If Diablo 4 was announced as just a trailer for the main event, nobody would have cared about Immortal or at least would have been more receptive. The issue was that Blizzard marked Blizzcon 2018 to have this Diablo news only to use Immortal as the head main event and that pissed gamers off. Rightfully so. But the concept itself is fine since when I'm not at home, which is majority of the time, I am on my phone. And since I'm a PC player, I can't lug that shit around to play my games. A Looter JRPG for mobile is desperately needed, I've been bored of Archer Hero but it's the only thing that gives me progression where other games use paywalls and shit.
umm is sub-30 fps an artefact of the recording software, or...
what is the performance like? what device did you use? how hot did it get?
what about battery consumption?
(can you answer those, or are these no-noes regarding the nda?)
is talking about what is and isn't allowed under the nda, ok under the nda?
how about answering that question? does that break nda?
Lmao NDA lifted before I posted video, I can talk about anything. Fps was solid 60 in game, my recording is shit. I used a pixel 5. It got hot, but battery lasted forever (compared to my old phone; I just got the pixel 5)
@@Rhykker ayy thx for the info. if the fps is 60 even in alpha, should be good on that front then. say what you will about blizzard and activision and the direction they're taking. but they sure can optimize and polish their games pretty well.
I still won't ever understand why they didn't just announce that they were working on Diablo 4 when they announced this. Literally all they needed to do. The idea of a mobile game with the scale of Diablo is awesome. But you don't tell PC players to play with their phone.
Investors. If they announced Diablo 4 during that year's blizzcon - it would have been priced into the company's share price, and in turn inflated the stock price. Not necessarily a bad thing, however, depending on the horizon in when they predict to launch D4, it may turn out to be a PR nightmare. Gamers do not like to wait, just look at what happened with Cyberpunk.
im so sick of the ignorant comments that diablo3 auction house was the problem with the game at launch. surely it couldnt have been the insane volume of lvl 1 items we were getting at lvl 60 because "more RNG means it takes longer to get a BiS therefore more replay-ability" - wyatt cheng
Can't it be both?
Also throw in a ham-fisted story with over-the-top voice-acting and a weak plot, and we got a trifecta.
it was obviously one of the MANY problems
Is this playable with a controller? Please no more stash space problems. Oh, are there achievements in the game? Thanks for the informative video again Rhykker!
Currently there isn't controller support as far as i know. I don't know how it would work either as you have to aim skills with your right thumb when you click on them and you can't do that with a normal controller button.
I've read from other comments there is already controller support in the game but not certain. ?
younger? i don't remember cain ever being young even in d1
Also, stop saying it's all free it's all accessible. Playing for 50 years to finish a short game by grinding because you are slowed to turtle speed if you don't pay isn't called free or accessible.
I like to call this payment model the pay-to-enjoy box - or in this case one could say that it's the "Nephalem mode" where you get your godhood in the actually intended pace; losing your wallet, but actually gaining air in the process.
Game is accessible, from the store, because it can be downloaded for free by anyone who has a mobile device (not to those who can't use these), but all the content is not due the implemented division. Technically some of it is free, but actual enjoyment has a price. Instead of an up-front cost, the goal post has been moved and shaped into a gateway cost popping up inside the game in certain intervals.
I personally like the up-front fees, but occasionally a subscription is okay too. Gateway pop-up ads can show themselves out.
I was almost getting a little exited and then the monetization came up and that implementation is a dealbreaker for me. Exactly what I dislike about mobile games.
So, bassicaly will be a pay2win game? Hope not...
Yeah same. I'm interested in the story, so probably do the campaign once and then delete it. It's Free to Play so I don't have to spend money to do that. Not interested in the battle pass, daily quest, crafting part.
Bas de Ruiter: you almost make it sound like you are asking for a f2p game with no monetisation mechanics. From what I have seen here, the monetisation seems to be very appropriate. If you don't want to spend money on games, then you should stick to browser games.
@@Toopa88 please point out where I said I don't want to pay for games? As a matter of fact I buy a couple of games each month. On pc. Mobile games often build in pay-to-win walls, which is never fun.
im actually looking forward to try it, not gonna quickly judge it based on the announcement because this actually looks decent
I would have no problem paying 20€ for a mobile game, if it is as expansive at this, but i will not pay for a goddamn battlepass.
I hate battle passes, they are slavery contracts.
Then dont?
only acceptable battle passes are the ones that give you enough "gems" or whatever to repurchase it next time. that way if you keep playing you only have to buy it once. but idk if that's the direction they are taking.
@@7kortos7 yeah, that would be ok. Alternatively, if you could get enough gems to purchase a battlepass just by playing the game, i would be fine with that too. But taking Diablo and making it a "free" game, only to then make good items and rewards a subscription-service is bullshit. and a battlepass is nothing different than a subscription. If you get it once, you will get it again, because playing normal without the battlepass after you had it once, feels like cutting down a tree with wet bread.
@@WilliamAndrews0 agree 100%
I'll decide if i bother when i see the monetization. The mobile market earned absolutely no good faith in that regard and i don't expect Blizzard to be any different.
I plan on playing for the lore. Not really sure if ill play past the story so monetization doesn't matter that much to me.
Did you even watch the video?
@@synmad3638 Yep and seeing a ton of potential for bullshit. Just the fact he was power-gated at some point means xp boosters and shit like that are likely.
Yes i'm aware none of that is in the alpha right now.
He explains the monetization in detail near the end of the video.
@@krectus Because companies can't patch in stuff a month after release (and after reviews) right?
Not sure I like how they basically took the D3 art style and made it even more flashy/cartoony and over-the-top.
i liked the presentation of how the story is being handled
It has more of that D4 flavor into it. Darker, colors are a bit more subdued. I like it.
I would love to see you doing a mini series on the lore of this game as some of us will not be touching the game solely because its a mobile game and our thumbs arent cut out for these small screens xD
Bluestacks
Free to play, with optional ingame purchases.
if that dies not raise 100 red flags, i don't know......
Oh ya and how's that AAA non-MTX huge launch Cyberpunk working out...oh not good...cool.
When I hear about another AAA title with no MTX, red flags pop in my head, I'm thinking, how are they even making money on this title? Oh its because they're gonna No Mans Sky it, release it broken and patch it over the next years...
Name me a single AAA title that released 'finished' in the last two years....GL with that.
@@mrobject9113 no need for me to name any game, since i despise AAA games. but i will name one. Doom Eternal.
my comment was more targeted at the "marketing" and "monetization" of Mobile games.
the problem is, activition-blizzard will make lots and lots of money with Diablo Immortal... even if its bad.
since there will be sketchy micro transactions that will make them money money money.
AAA does the same thing, with the "Battle passes" "deluxe editions" "lootboxes" and so on and so on.....
we as fans are only money-cows to be milked. this is why i hate their step to go mobile.
Did it work with Spen!? Love Note10 this is a must!!!
Thanks for this expansive covering on DI... I've been impatiently waiting for this to drop for a long time now and this was a great watch!
What phone do you use? How is fps?
Charms is still a thing I love about Diablo 2. Hope they'll implement it again in D4 but using a different approach such as offering a dedicated inventory solely for charms or something
Wasn't the point of charms that they buffed you but took inventory space? Otherwise it'd just be another ring or amulet.
@@martinatzejensen6787 look for last epoch idol system - doesnt take inventory per se, but its own dedicated inventory can take 4 of the biggest ones or 16 smallest ones. Big ones = better bonuses, just like large charms and so on.
They already have "charms" in Diablo Immortal - it's gems. There are less slots for them, but functionally they are identical, the only difference is naming
@@martinatzejensen6787 They can make it like Project D2, whereas the charms still function like that, but this time with a semi-dedicated inventory space.
Well i hated them personally, because they sucked up your inventory space. So you were basically sacreficing quality of life for power.
Gonna try to keep an open mind for D Immortals despite the Blizzcon mess, but probably going to see if it'll be available on Bluestacks upon actual release. I'm no mobile gamer, as touch controls aren't for me.
Had the same thought. How ever they might make where you have to have blizz account to log in. Im still new to blue stacks and have trouble logging in with my google account. Emulator community does like a challenge though!
I run Nox for most of my mobile games for the same reason, and it's been great. It doesn't emulate any version of Android higher than 7 though, which is fine for what I do.
I'm fine with a Battle pass I think that is fair and shows support for the game with giving the player goals and accomplishments.
Wait, there was no one note worthy that we encountered in Dark Wood in D2. If you're referring to The Countess, she was in Black Marsh
Yeah I screwed up :(
hi bro, love ur diablo videos, btw diablo immortal suddenly vanished from my google playstore, i was pre registered in there for 2 years, does it need more than 4gb ram to play?
IDK, theres a lot of hate, but this looks pretty cool for a mobile game. I might play this actually.
I liked everything as a mobile action game.. Up until the monetization.
I have no gripes about Microtxn but DImmortal is selling power
there was never any sense in that hate in the first place
@@marlowencna maybe i didnt notice but i only saw currency? are there endgame weapons being sold? if not i dont consider it selling power.
is that a location called Rhykker's Plaza? (pronounced in local accents, obviously, but we know, we know)
Timestamp?
@@alantremonti1381 0:06
Imagine if all this was folded into a new Diablo 3 expansion..... But, nope, here we are.
MTX will be strong in this one
PC gamers need to calm their tits, mobile players need something great to play as well
I think the very fact that they didn't do that shows you what's actually profitable. How do you even know D4 isn't gonna be a MTX stuffed F2P mmo-lite
@@mrobject9113 oh im pretty much sure D4 will hawe tons of MTX maybe not in EU/USA but in china that will be completly different game.
It’s not a big deal at all, but does it allow you to remove the footprints guidance mechanism? Thanks for the video!
So Rhykker if I want to play a portable Diablo game, what gives the best experience in your opinion? Diablo Immortal for Mobile or Diablo III for Nintendo Switch?
PC gamers thinking they're forced to play this on mobile
me: *opens up bluestacks*
And connecting a second mouse? Movement + using skills with just one is going to be a nightmare.
@@i_am_ergo bluestacks lets you use your keyboard or even a controller but I still don't think its ideal
I prefer PC but I can't take my PC to work, set it up, and play it during lunch.
Looking at the monetization. And I'm out.
One of the channels out there that I hit LIKE 👍 button before even playing the video.
Keep it up Decard "Rhykker" Cain.
We're always listening!
Hey Rhykker, I haven't watched the full video yet as I would like to experience the game for myself but a thing that I haven't seen discussed anywhere so far is whether the game allows for the use of external controllers (via bluetooth or other means). Or does it require you to hunch over the little screen with thumbs covering half of the screen?
Basically I'm thinking if it's possible to have a PS4 controller control the game while it's being cast onto a huge TV, turning your phone into a console?
As far as we know the external controllers have not been supported officially in Alpha, I've seen one or two streamers tried with their keyboard though.
@@yuqijiang5903 Did they manage to navigate the menus with it?
I am a gamer. Yes I primarily play on a pc..but I have an ipad pro and I do play games there .. so I am definitely pumped for Diablo Immortal and I was pumped when they first announced it period. I was not suprised that Diablo 4 is taking time to be made and I am glad for that.
the fact you get legendaries from battlepass just ruins the game :/
Maybe they aren't as good as legendaries that you can get without the battle pass.
it seems only from the free side, not from the paid side.
I'm a PC gamer through and through but I could see myself having fun with immortal if I were visiting family for the holidays or something.
I definitely don't like the "pay to speed up progress" model, because that indicates that progressing will be slow enough to make you want to spend money. Progressing in an ARPG is supposed to be the fun part, and if you can just pay to skip through it, what's the point?
I have been watching you for a long time. I usually love your videos. This feels like Diablo devs have paid you off and it’s missing the info why the people are ticked about this being a phone game in the first place. Computer game company making a game on the phone to drastically rip off us, the people.
Game companies make games in order to make money, mobile or not. The mobile market is huge, not making a mobile game would be idiotic. If you have no interest in mobile games, then this is not for you. Stop bitching about it and wait for D4.
@@Evento0 STFU don’t come here in the comments section acting high and mighty talking finances. Nobody gives a shit about all that. They spat in the face of gamers, and this YT has been compromised.
I know most people are gonna be a little disconnected from this game because it's mobile, but I'm genuinely hyped about this game. I love Diablo 3 like crazy, and I don't have an issue with different control schemes. And that it's free to play will mean it'll be 10x easier to get my friends to try and join me. Thanks for the detailed rundown, Rhykker! Can't wait to get to try it myself!
Hey Rhykker. I got question and related to Diablo 2. Can I use mods like visual upgrade on Diablo 2 without getting banned ?
There's something really off with this video. I've watched so many of Rhykkers videos. This sounds like it was a sponsored raid shadow legends type of video. Rhykker just didn't have the usual enthusiasm. I'm not accusing him of not disclosing a sponsorship btw. Just the tone and feel of the video. The 2 red flags to me were when he says how he's not a controller player or phone player but a die hard mouse and keyboard player then goes on to say how playing Diablo immortal on the phone felt natural. Then when he talks about the monetization near the end and talks about legendary crests and what they do and then quickly says how it's not pay to win though! Idk I just feel like something is off here
Illuminati thinker over here. Somebody likes something that you don’t like so lets think that something “fishy” is going on. Maybe he just likes the game and gave his proper opinion about it?
@@kasperk679 when did I say I didn't like it? It actually looks pretty fun due to the new systems in the game.
Maybe now we find out more about, what happened to all the D2 characters!
They got raped by the farmer, milking them til the last dollar
@@Steph1 the one in Diablo Hellfire? He was always fishy.
They die, a butterfly kill em all...
snuffeldjuret nah I just mean that Activision Blizzard is raping the entire series including the characters
@@Steph1 I know :D I just wanted to make an obscure Diablo reference :D.
Haters are gonna hate, but I am looking forward to the D2 nostalgia and being able to play the game anywhere/time I want to.
d3 switch left the group
Have you tried connecting a controller to your phone? Does the game support it?
Because I'll be honest, I'm probably going to play this for the lore, so if I need to bloody play it on my phone, I'm going to stream it to my TV and use a controller
Didn't they say the game is almost ready like 2 years ago?
doesn't look better than D3. Not sure where anyone is seeing this.
Great selling point. "We got this game, now it's a slightly different version of a game you've already been playing for years, but you can play this one on a very small screen and you will end up getting forced adds and "micro" transactions down your throat" Sounds great.
“You can play this one a very small screen” is the whole point, and a good thing for many people
ahh yes crafting mtx incoming as expected
Do you know if you can play the same account on two devices like switching between your phone and then your iPad?
Is there an option for immediate execution of skills? I hate the blue targetting markers. I learned to execute diablo skills at the right distance and angle without those stupid blue markers. Adding that blue marker is another command input on the player
Great overview. Monetization is just about what we thought it would be. A lot of good looking improvements over D3 is kinda unexpected. Obviously worth checking out because its free. But damn still in Alpha, that sucks, hoping its going to take too much longer. Sorry you're getting so many downvotes, PC babies, err, PC gamers are a fussy bunch aren't they?
Because people are not allowed to be upset with a garbage pay to win and barely ready for testing considering how far people expected this small game would be by now? But ohh no, instead it must be those cry babies. Use logic next time instead of crying about people crying.....
@@nbs90 what are your actual complaints about this video that you think warrants it getting downvoted?
Stopped watching at battle pass. It was already painful but that just put the nail in the coffin. Diablo is dead
Why are you even giving attention to the stupid haters? No one cares about them. Only people who interested in the game watch this. Don't give credit to the haters
People hate being abused and harvested, but, screw the haters am I right.
It’s really crazy (and good) to see a mobile game analyzed and critiqued like a full PC game. I hope other IPs are watching and we can get better mobile games for when I am out and about and want to play my favorite franchises. I have a switch, but I am way more likely to kick back for a few minutes with my phone than pull out a mobile game system. Game looks great and I appreciate your top notch review/coverage!
I think they moved skill runes into legendary equipment. There are equipment that change how certain skills work.
This video is a solid 10/10 for Rhykker trying to hide his pain.
Shout out to Filthierich 9:26 my favorite Glacius player from Killer Instinct.
Okay, so pay to win, 'nuff said. Pay to win and pay to "speed up/progress" is the same, no matter how else you word it; if a whale can surpass all your hours of hard work and grinding with a simple transaction, then he wins. Props to Rhykker for speaking his mind enough to voice some negative feedback about this and not simply shilling for the company though.
Thanks for the preview.
The only question remains is the system requirements. What kind of device did you play it? Based on the video there were constant drops to-, or even under 20fps which seemed choppy.
I don't have time to watch the whole video. Will it have guild system? Or will it be coop only like genshin.
Thanks
I finished the Alpha content a few days ago and so far loving it. It really does feel like Diablo3 mobile edition, but there are certainly some nice quality-of-life changes. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next. Transmogs would be great, but I hear that's a no. Also, Monks are OP and play great. Performance is fantastic on my Note10+, graphics look amazing.
WOW! Is that a whole 7 FPS? POGGERS!
It's not p2w.
chances of getting attributes you want without reforging/runes: 0.01%. Chances with reforging/runes: 50%.
chances of getting legendary gems and rune drops without rift shards: 0.01%. Chances with rift shards: 100%.
chances of getting some op build defining legendary without battle pass: 0.0%. Chances with battle pass: handed to you at x level.
Yeah, not p2w at all bruddas.
looks kinda nice, I hope it isn't bad on release, will play this definitely
No idea when it will be released to the public or if new people can get in on the Beta time?