In a post-announcement QA, a member of the audience asked if it would ever come to PC and Console, to which the developer responded there are no plans to do so. Blizzard was shocked at all the negative buzz about the game. Secondly, is the reaction to the announcement.
Instead, the audience, being primarily PC and Console players, were given the grand presentation of a mobile game, a game that inherently does not target them as the core players. The audience was expecting a Diablo 4, or at least an announcement that is was being developed. Gamers have been clamoring for the next step in the Diablo Franchise, and this announcement was the capstone announcement at the event. There is a myriad of reasons as to why it didn’t go over well, all of which can be represented by knowing your audience.
Here’s hoping something else besides this game is in the works for this series as besides this reveal, the whole Blizzcon schedule was absent of anything else Diablo related.During Blizzcon 2018, Blizzard announced a new mobile game: Diablo Immortal, that did not go over well with fans in the audience and online. What is most confusing though is when presenting the new title, the Diablo dev team said it as a full entry to the series, falling between the second and third games, rife with lore and new lands but it is what it is: a flashy and high budget yet casual, mobile game. Skills are simplified, graphics are bright and flashy but low res. Overall, the game controls fine and graphics look great for a mobile game but make no doubt, this is a watered down, mobile phone version of Diablo 3 through and through complete with the exact same classes. The skills were simplified to a few icons.
The game demo was limited to four local players in a confined area with just three classes. As a fan for over 20 years, despite being crushed and confused by this announcement, I ran over to the demo stations and sure enough, the demos were being presented on large screen android phones.
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