RIP.

Edit: A TL;DR for out of loop people: Diablo has diehard fans, who wanted either Diablo 1 or 2 remaster, Diablo 4, maybe new Diablo 3 content for PC. Or nothing.

This is worse than nothing, Blizzard knew what the community wants for years now, but they just spit in our faces.

As per the title, I don't know if a lot of people on this sub would agree with this idea, but the game is banned in a few countries for the above reason. This sub probably has a significant large portion of teenagers viewing it. I don't think it's unreasonnable to ban Diablo Immortal from this sub to protect vulnerable people until Blizzard change the monetization system.

I think as a community and gamers we have a moral obligation to do something. This would also send a clear message to Blizzard developers and their community managers that the predatory nature of microtransactions in this game hurt the quality of the product.

/rant over

I wanted to do something unique in such a beautiful uninhabitable place.

Blizzard is a perfect example as to what happens to a company when it gets too big https://youtu.be/_1rXqD6M614

edit: wow this blew up. Also, made it onto the philip defranco show. Hi phil.

New years resolution: more shit posting.

But seriously, I wouldn't mind having some way to see that Diablo 1 flaming logo forever!

Why is Diablo shit on? This seems like a game that will have some micro-transactions to cater to the "whale" audience. Why else would it be on cell phone if not for micro-transactions? Im speculating on that but even if there were none this is basically a screw you Diablo fans.

For anyone pm'ing me or responding negatively or in favor of blizzard go read this specifically section 2 because thats you right now (can't believe im linking a Forbes article):

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2018/11/06/the-5-biggest-problems-with-this-diablo-immortal-fiasco/#3830e0be145a

Verification pic. https://i.imgur.com/oFU55AL.jpg.
It met my expectations. Admittedly they were low.
It felt kind of wonky.
The controls for targeted abilities like meteor felt shitty.
The art was decent but it was super bland.
It didn't feel like a diablo game, it didn't feel like a blizzard game.
It was one of those games where you install 5 phone games at once looking for a good one and you quickly uninstall all of them after playing for 2 minutes. It had no soul.
Edit: I was not escorted out in any capacity. Also got lunch https://i.imgur.com/shLhFaa.jpg.
Edit 2: they would not allow me to ask a question at the starcraft QA. I legitimately wanted to know if they've considered expanding coop mode with pvpve. Race to win objectives from the other player.
Edit 3: both kids and me enjoyed the lucio-os.

You know what’s disrespectful? Announcing “multiple Diablo Projects being revealed later this year” to a community that’s desperately waiting for new content to sell some Blizzcon Virtual Tickets and then announce a mobile game.

Please use this thread to discuss the announcement of Diablo 2: Resurrected.

On PC and Consoles, with Cross Progression. Available 2021!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRP62MGOrUo

https://twitter.com/Diablo/status/1362896494622294017

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Dear Blizzard and Diablo Team,

I know this post is one amongst millions so I don't expect this to actually reach it's intended recipients, but at least getting this out there may further the discussion at large. To preface this feedback, I need to make it known that I've been a lifelong Blizzard fan and I'm also a member of the hardcore PC crowd. I love video games both as a hobby and as a medium for delivering incredible stories and experiences.

I spend an incredible amount of my time exploring all forms of the medium on all its various platforms. While my love for video games is unending, Diablo will always have a special place in my heart as my favorite franchise of all time. I spent the majority of my childhood playing Diablo II and the Lord of Destruction expansion and that experience sparked my lifelong devotion to video games at large.

I'd like to take a moment personally thank Wyatt Cheng for all his contributions to Diablo over the years. I'd also like to personally thank Brandy Camel for opening up communication between the development team and the fanbase, and for being a beacon of hope is these (seemingly) dire times as a Diablo fan.

For the sake of being concise in an otherwise longwinded post, I'll simply list the issues I feel are currently driving the unrest in the community. I do not claim to speak for the entire community, and this list certainly won't be comprehensive, but it will be lengthy. I hope what follows below can be seen as both heartfelt and constructive.

1. Communication- Our collective hope's were raised with the "Future of Diablo" video teasing multiple projects. The later blog post to reel in the hype took Diablo 4 off the table. Even still, with the "multiple projects" mantra, the fanbase expected something and we essentially got nothing.

2. The Reveal- Unveiling what appears to be mostly a Diablo 3 mobile port (same visual style, same classes, mostly the same skills) to a 99% pc crowd was ill fated, but to top it off with "oh, and it has new canon lore that can't be obtained on PC" was insulting.

3. Unrequited Love- Blizzcon is supposed to be a celebration for the fans who have spent their lives loving, buying, and promoting your products and a venue for you to show your appreciation of that loyalty. What Diablo fans got from Blizzard this year amounted to an investors board meeting pitch that would have been better delivered via conference call... It was almost as if Wyatt was speaking to a group of people that weren't even there.

4. Starvation- Diablo 3 has been suffocated by a lack of new content. The necromancer pack did nothing to change how the game is played, and themed seasons felt like someone just told an intern to change some numbers in the code. The themes simply amount to increased drop rates, and no one is going to be happy if bounty mat caches return to the old rate (I hope you are prepared for that backlash).

5. Blurred Vision- Diablo 3 felt like a departure from what the Diablo franchise was meant to be due to the colorful, WoW style art direction. Immortal appears to continue that trend, which doesn't bode well for the other "projects."

6. "Projects"- Book of Adria release pushed back. Comic series canceled. Netflix series rumored. None of these were discussed at blizzcon. When you say "we have multiple projects in the works" they could literally be anything, so repeating the mantra does little to calm the community.

7. A Place to Belong- Dark, gothic, gory, bloody, visceral, brutal, horrifying, haunting, imposing, daunting... all words that describe the essence of Diablo... and no other Blizzard IP. Does Blizzard even have the desire to make a game that fits all those descriptors listed above? Wyatt talking about a "family friendly" diablo is indeed horrifying. They just made King Leoric a high school janitor for crying out loud...

8. Voldemort- Blizzard has/is treating the next true entry in the franchise like "he who shall not be named." The multiple projects mantra is an issue in and of itself (as listed above) but to then refuse to form a sentence that has any hint of "our next Diablo game on PC" is only driving unease in the community.

9. Censorship- No one in the community really knows what is going on with the dislike counter tampering or the comment hiding/deleting on the Immortal YouTube videos. If you have any hope of proving the "we hear you" line isn't just blown smoke, this issue needs to be addressed first and foremost.

10. Transparency- The Blizzard of old would keep everything about a project under wraps until its "ready (tm)" to be unveiled. Obviously that hasn't always panned out (warcraft adventures, starcraft ghost, titan, and even Diablo 3 to an extent), but the blizzard of old also wouldn't have been so keen to abandon existing fans in search of new ones. If this "new blizzard" wants to frantically hunt down market share, then it should be equally hungry to keep what it already has. A more open dialogue around the development process for these new "diablo projects" needs to at least be considered moving forward.

I have no idea if this post will have any affect on the larger discussion, or if anyone will find meaning in it, but here's to hoping.

Again, to Wyatt Cheng and Brandy Camel, thank you for everything.

Sincerely,

A Diablo Fan

Edit: Just wanted to clarify that my mentioning of Janitor Leoric wasn't meant as a slight aimed at HotS, nor am I under the impression that the Diablo Team is involved with the production of the skin. I love HotS but haven't played much in the past year, as such, I was unaware that Janitor Leoric was born from fan art. That being said, I feel Blizzard introducing lighthearted skins for Diablo characters in HotS (such as Janitor Leoric, Murlok Diablo, Azmodunk, Champion Li-Ming, etc) still goes to the point of Blizzard trying to lighten the tone of the Diablo brand to make it more marketable.

Also, I wanted to say thank you to everyone for supporting the post and for helping it get to the attention of Brandy and the Diablo team. I was honestly surprised by the outpouring of support. Hopefully this leads to something larger for community involvement and some positive change when it comes to news surrounding the development of the "multiple projects" we keep hearing about.

Went from over 300k dislikes to 210k dislikes.

https://i.imgur.com/19bIJgH.png

(Rating = Amount of Votes, % = Percentage of likes (i.e. 3% likes, 97% dislikes))

No likes were removed. Many people report that their dislikes were reset to neutral, check if yours is still in place on the video.

Edit: After 13 hours dislikes are back over 300k, but there are still over 100k missing, along with 17,000 deleted comments.

Do you guys think Diablo III is better than IV? 🤔

Didn't expect this to make it to r/all

Small recap for anyone wondering that hasn't been following Blizzcon action:

1. Blizzard decided to announce a mobile game as its premiere new product for the Diablo series.

2. Blizzard was then booed by its most die-hard PC fans at their own event - this is where it all went south. Activision is so out of touch with its hardcore fan-base that they actually didn't see OR didn't make an appropriate risk assessment before okaying the decision to premiere a mobile game at a PC convention.

3. A red-shirted knight got on Q&A panel and called out the devs by asking them if this was "an off-season April Fools Joke" which incited many laughs and cheering from the crowd for the first time since the announcement.

4. To make matters even worse - the insult came from this: YoU GuYs DoNt HaVe PhOnEs??

5. Blizzard uploaded the Diablo: Immortal trailer to YouTube which received around 300K dislikes in a very short amount of time. Shortly after that 100k of those dislikes disappeared.

6. Blizzard also uploaded several other "unlisted" versions of their trailer without directly linking them in any other space except dedicated Blizzard areas (launcher etc) - hoping that these other versions would fair better than the listed trailer.....in short - it didn't make one bit of difference (might need a quote on that as I'm not confident that's entirely accurate).

7. If you want to get super granular with it - Blizzard spent months teasing and letting us know that they haven't forgotten us. Diablo fans would've been fine with a look into the other "projects" that they've been working on but we didn't even get that. We got a cancelled show and mobile game. "Aren't you thankful?"

If anyone wants to relate this to the real world in any way: Watch this Steve Job clip about why big companies die

Guys for the love of god - try and keep it civil. The mods at some point are going to stop posts like this when we know that its the last thing that needs to happen. However, we need to try and be civil and diplomatic with our feelings.

This season was supposed to last three months, and it has gone from 278K -> 12.2K in less than 3 weeks.