Diablo Immortal has had it rough right from the start. The game was mired in controversy since its first reveal, with fans accusing Diablo Immortal of being an out-of-season April Fool's joke. Over time, public perception of Diablo Immortal seemed to shift a bit in the other direction, especially after Blizzard confirmed another main series Diablo game was also on the way in the form of Diablo 4. But now that Diablo Immortal has officially launched on mobile devices, the game is being ripped apart by fans who are upset about its egregious microtransactions.
The consensus seems to be that Diablo Immortal is actually fairly fun to play and functions well as a mobile take on Diablo, but the game's microtransactions, especially as they pertain to endgame leveling and PvP content, have not been well-received, to say the least. Diablo Immortal has been accused of being pay-to-win, and some calculations have claimed that it would take north of $100,000 to fully upgrade one's character.
Some Diablo Immortal Players Are Having Their Resource Packs Uninstalled
Diablo Immortal's microtransactions have resulted in an intense backlash from the community. Users are in the midst of review bombing Diablo Immortal on Metacritic, lowering its user score on the review aggregate platform to one of the lowest possible.
Right now, the Diablo Immortal Metacritic score is 79 when it comes to professional reviews, and an eye-watering 0.6 when it comes to user reviews. This makes it one of the lowest-rated games of all time in terms of user scores, and with 1,631 users submitting reviews at the time of this writing, it's unlikely that it will improve. It seems as though the only way to improve public perception of Diablo Immortal would be to
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