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.

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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.

Diablo Immortal Metacritic Score

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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 completely change the game's economy and microtransactions, but it's unclear if Blizzard is willing to dedicate the time and resources to do that.

Browsing through the Diablo Immortal reviews, it's clear that the game's microtransactions and free-to-play model are the main sticking points that fans have with it. Some of the reviews even call on the government to do something about games like Diablo Immortal, and as a matter of fact, some countries in the world have already done so. Diablo Immortal isn't available in Belgium or the Netherlands because of their laws against loot boxes.

To put into perspective how frustrating Diablo Immortal's microtransactions can be, a streamer spent nearly $4,000 on the game and didn't get a single 5-star legendary gem. It's clear that drastic changes need to be made, but it might be too late to fix the game's reputation.

Diablo Immortal is out now for iOS and Android devices with a PC version in early access.

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Source: Metacritic