Diablo laid the foundation for the ARPG gameplay driven by build and equipment, and after 20 years he has become synonymous with the "brush" game, the undisputed top series, the first work released in 1996, and still maintains the GameSpot#1 PC game, scoring 9.6 (out of 10), no one can surpass or level.
Now it's on mobile, ushering in a new era with Diablo: Immortal, as a spin-off game, it not only retains the essence of "Diablo" that players love, but also adds many exciting missions and stories with the joint efforts of multinational development teams, and all of this will begin with Wosan - this comfortable place that first appeared in Diablo 3 will become a new refuge for players, and discover new stories and adventures.
Players will travel through a forest of corruption to the center of the town of Vossan, from here near Queen Asilah's birthplace: Ashward Cemetery. After she died at the hands of her mad husband, King Leoric, her remains were buried here. Walk through basements and ancient manors, and face rampage of the walking dead, lucky players will have the chance to encounter haunted carriages through the cemetery and harvest legendary items.
Diablo Immortal will be available in the first half of 2022, so please come and book the game, and we'll let you know as soon as the game goes live!
Recently, I had the pleasure of participating in the game's internal testing, and after a limited time of experience, I thought I could simply share with the players how the game brought me the experience.
The basic experience
Dumb Mao brother used Xiaomi Mi 9 as a test, in the configuration of Snapdragon 855, the use of sub-top picture quality, can ensure the smooth operation of the game, occasionally dropped frames and accompanied by heat (but not large), can get a better experience, it can be seen that the current optimization of the game has made considerable progress, I believe that there will be further improvement when it is officially launched in the future.
On the screen, the style of Diablo 3 is continued, and the darkness assisted by lighting effects is more mysterious. The Gothic architecture has been preserved, while the 3D effect has been adjusted, and enough detail can still be preserved on the phone.
In addition, monster models also have a ragdoll system, and when we kill these monsters, they will also have corresponding action feedback. If we use a powerful skill to kill it, we will even see it fly a considerable distance. This part of the combat experience can be said to be satisfactory.
Unchanged classic ARPG core gameplay
After an epic CG show, the game offers 6 classes to choose from, such as Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Warrior Monk, OccultIst, Holy Sect Army (Crusader) and Necromancer. This part seamlessly corresponds to Dark 3, and small partners can choose directly according to the original career preferences.
The game adopts the current mobile phone mainstream left direction remote sensing + right side skill release screen operation mode, with general attack and three skills in addition to a new ultimate skill, there is no more operation, this simple, efficient, intuitive approach, greatly simplify the player's starting cost, with time to reduce the operation while enlarging the core of the equipment drive.
More diverse means of starting with equipment
The equipment system is basically copied from Diablo 3. The equipment level is still white, blue, yellow, legendary and green.
As we all know, the real starting point of the game is after the character has reached the full level, and the pursuit of orange suits and suits, better gems is our ultimate goal, and the way to obtain these contents has become more free and diverse on mobile phones.
Brushing is no longer the only option, and with it killing elite enemies, completing adventure missions, scavenging dungeons, daily quests, etc. have become one of the key elements to obtain important items. The newly launched "Eternal Strife" gameplay is a module for more and stronger equipment content, and it will also be the part of this experience that gives me the most novel experience.
Unity and cooperation are the strongest pursuit
Of course, the big and small secret realms are still the fastest way to improve their own strength. In response to the complete closed loop of the attribute improvement cycle, the game also launched a super-large group and PVP team battle system, and the new gameplay also implicitly matches the strong social attributes of THE MMO, and the gameplay of "Eternal Dispute" is divided into three camps, namely the opposing "Shadow Society" and "Immortal", as well as neutral adventurers.
All players will begin by participating as neutral adventurers, unlocking more weekly quests, including high-intensity secrets of the Blood Path, mechanistic quests for the Immortal Treasury, and more, as well as various personalized content.
Subsequent adventurers can decide whether to become members of the Shadow Society and challenge the Immortals for the throne in this capacity.
When the player wins the battle against the Other Shadow Society in the Battle of Exile and becomes the final Number One Shadow Society, the Shadow Society will start a new full-level PvP confrontation - fighting the successor of the Immortal.
30 Shadow Society players will play against an Immortal, and the player who ends up with the Immortal and his 4 members will be able to display in the most prominent positions in the game, as well as statues.
summary
Brush refresh poses, new experience of numerical games.
That's how I feel about Diablo: Immortal. Regardless of the fusion of gameplay and new elements, the game finds a balance between new and old players, coping with a more fragmented time experience, adding more ways to start equipping, and maximizing the retention of the soul.
In terms of payment, the direct transaction of values is prohibited, more value-added and efficient content is introduced, and the original brush brushing experience is retained as much as possible, on the other hand, players are at risk of bursting liver.
Whether new-age players will board the remounted giant ship will have to wait to be tested.
As far as I'm concerned, the story of the Eternal Station of the old era is not over, so the Diablo saga will continue to be written.
And for those who want to experience the classics, Diablo: Immortal is the best entry.