A lesson to learn: While it might seem sensible to try to monetize Diablo’s treasures, but when you start doing it you’re removing the enjoyment out of the game. The same thing happens with Diablo Immortal and it’s evident before you reach the final game because it’s built into the game design Diablo IV Gold. Loot drops aren’t as impactful as character development is artificially slowed and dispersed across too many different games, that are gritty and granular. It’s more cleverly concealed than at the beginning in Diablo 3, but it’s a similarly unrewarding slog. Buying a battle pass or investing big bucks in legendary crests doesn’t help much to get an amazing item drop won’t be as exciting as simply getting one.

I’m not sure if it is a way to isolate the essential elements of what makes Diablo fun from the mechanics of free to play commercialization. If it is, Blizzard and NetEase have not found the answer. They’ve come up with a mobile Diablo that’s slick as well as enjoyable and generous at first. If you’re spending enough time with it there’s no doubt that the essence of the game was cut from the game, then chopped into pieces, and is being sold to you in pieces.

Diablo Immortal isn’t the same as a free-to-play Diablo could have been. It’s true that the game can be challenging at every turn , with a variety of microtransactions, but they are all in obscure currencies. It is necessary to grind until you win especially if you choose not to pay for the game. And the reward for all this is a weaker duplicated version of Diablo II’s tale.

Yet, despite the flaws it has, I enjoyed Diablo Immortal more than I disliked it. It’s still packed with all the things that make Diablo Immortal a success and enjoyable, from its intense gameplay, wide-ranging customization of characters, to its strong sense of place, to its endless supply of fascinating loot buy Diablo 4 Gold. The fact is, Diablo Immortal even has several clever gameplay ideas that I’d like to see Blizzard retains as they work on Diablo IV.