At the surface, Diablo Immortal is clean, has good graphics, is moderately fun albeit watered down and plays worse than other Diablo games. All in all, it has the makings of a pretty good mobile game.

But why do these giant conglomerate behemoths of the gaming company insist on making predatorily-designed games and never again serving an audience that wants to spend a moderate amount of money for a complete game? Diablo Immortal is pretty and it is fun those qualities are the flickering light at the bottom of the ocean to the true anglerfish, the microtransactions. Never before has a 1st party game been so pay-to-win. It is nauseating and Blizzard should continue to be embarrassed after an already embarrassing last few years. And the worse part is that the bottom line will love this game and more resources will be funneled into it and away from Diablo 4 and similar projects.

Nowadays the only alternative to 1st party greed is indie titles, and honestly, that's fine by me. Diablo Immortal is terrible and should be avoided at all costs.