WTMG's Thomas Medina: "You have to wonder how Blizzard thought this announcement was going to go down with their extremely volatile fanbase."
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Today Blizzard Entertainment had plenty of news to share about Diablo IV and its cousin Diablo Immortal, including details of the former's Season 1.
I might last four seasons as I'm just waiting to run through the game with each class. I'm not sure I'll even last that, but I see no reason to go further unless they have plans to truly expand the game beyond that and maybe add a story that actually has some sort of definitive ending rather than dangling the carrot we're currently following.
Join us for a deep dive into the latest Diablo Immortal and Diablo IV news!
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Diablo Immortal - Tune in and learn more about the monstrous new Class coming to Diablo Immortal in mid-July
Diablo IV - Join us and learn about the first Season of Diablo IV, along with incoming quality-of-life updates.
New Diablo Immortal Class: Blood Knight on July 13th. Very Castlevania-esque class.
They don’t care about their fan base. Just like i’d imagine Epic doesn’t care much about anything besides their fortnite base now. Activision doesn’t care about story anymore or SP content anymore. Simply put, they have gone full casual because it’s easy money. Good riddance.
It was very naive to think that their fanbase would eat this up like all their other properties. But what's confusing to me is that I saw the trailer and footage for the game, myself, and I'm not understanding where all the hate is coming from? I'm usually right there with people for the mobile-only continuations of beloved series (coughCommandandConquercough), but that's because the mobile platform tends to have cheaper, weaker gameplay with very little depth and very little in terms of comparison to the series proper.
With Diablo: Immortal, though, it looks like a Diablo game. It doesn't look watered-down to the point that its soul is diluted. The only thing that looks watered-down significantly is the graphics. They don't have that sharp feel of the big boy platforms.
So I understand where the initial hate is coming from, but I'm not sure why it continues past that point. It looks like Diablo to me...
A misfire? It's the equivalent of that video of the cute blonde girl trying to look cool firing a gun and it recoils and breaks her nose.