Even after a few tweaks, the UX kept showing how much it was designed for touch gestures. Plugging in a controller didn’t solve my problems, either, as it also defaulted to the layout and handling used on phones. Its assets were simply made for the limited processing power of mobile devices, and do not look good blown up on a monitor or TV.īut what really made me upset was how poorly this supposed ‘PC game’ controlled with mouse and keyboard. Its UI is zoomed in to be readable on a phone screen. It’s full of prompts intended for mobile players, such as ‘tap to’ do this or that. It doesn’t assign any function to right click by default. The fact that it came from Blizzard, a studio whose entire history is built on the making of PC games, really does put things in perspective.ĭiablo Immortal on PC doesn’t recognise the scroll wheel, you have to click and drag the window as if you were using a touch screen. I’m going to generously call Diablo Immortal on PC a ‘mobile port’, but it has to be one of the lowest-effort I have ever seen. No more of this nonsense – it’s mouse and keyboard time, baby! But we can’t have nice things. I no longer have to worry about setting up the iPad just right or wrangling my phone into becoming a miniature console.
I even made peace with the fact that I’d be playing Diablo on a phone, and I rarely want to play anything on phones.īut then Blizzard said fuck it, and decided to put it out on PC. My deluded anticipation held firm as I continued to ignore all signs to the contrary. Nothing I’ve played feels as good as Diablo 3.įrom the moment Diablo Immortal was revealed, I've been naively thinking of it as an expansion to Diablo 3 – just one that happens to be on mobile.
I don’t care that Path of Exile has deeper progression, Wolcen has better graphics, or whatever other quality (or qualities) any new ARPG could claim over Diablo 3. I go through the whole campaign every 12 months or so, and jump in every now and then when I want to listen to a lengthy podcast – because it also happens to be an excellent podcast game.Īction RPGs and Diablo-likes are not exactly in short supply these days, but I find myself habitually going back to Diablo 3, particularly when I’m done playing a new one of those. I’m positive I’ve played Diablo 3 more than any other game ever.
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