Immortal has full support for Bluetooth controllers too, and so i decided to connect a Dual Shock 4 if the experience held up to Diablo 3 on console control wise. It mostly does, with your abilities mapped towards the face and shoulder buttons – but menus could be a pain since they use a pointer you move using the analog stick. Using a pointer with an analog stick has sucked in each and every game I’ve played that utilizes it, which is the same. At least you may still make use of the touch screen to navigate menus having a controller connected, and it’s things i wound up doing more often than not.
My biggest concern going in for this game was how invasive the microtransactions could be. Free to play mobile games can do this well, however when done poorly they can sour even otherwise fantastic games. During my early access period in-app purchases were disabled, so I can’t really give a definitive answer about this, however i can say that in my small amount of time by using it I never felt like I wasn’t getting decent gear through regular playing so that’s promising. Immortal has the full suite of free-to-play engagement machines you’ve probably observed in other games. Daily login bonuses, side quests to unlock bonuses – you’ll never log in towards the game and have absolutely nothing to work towards.
The quest for loot and bonuses hooked me in only as it has for past mainline Diablo games. There’s a big overworld to understand more about, dungeons you can undertake having a party of friends as well as designated solo areas. Challenge dungeons make their way from Diablo 3 as well as a way to test out your character build and choose the sweetest gear.
Graphically I was impressed using the game with an iPhone 12 Pro. I was able to turn the frame rate limit as much as 60, and adjust other graphics settings to high even though it ate my battery in the morning doing so, it looked pretty great and maintained a solid frame rate. Even playing with my Necromancer having a screen full of enemies, summmoned ghouls and projectiles going everywhere, things never obviously chugged or slowed up for me.
The always online nature from the game, along with it being mobile means it’s hugely important that the game holds your place should you close it suddenly. Thankfully I had been in a position to just close the app at a moment’s notice, so when I came back I was pretty damn close to where I left off. You won’t need to bother about losing progress if you go through a tunnel and lose connection, or you need to suddenly close the game because someone came up to inquire about you an urgent question on your work break.
This is just a very early impression, but in my experience it’s promising. The core exploring, fighting and equipment grabbing gameplay of past Diablo games is just as fun here, the controls even on the relatively small phone are responsive and simple to use. There’s controller support if that’s your choice (not to mention laptop computer version as well). I’ve were built with a great time levelling and fighting with my Necromancer so far, and am super excited to be able to take part in the game with friends when the game is released for everyone very soon. As long as the monetisation strategy doesn’t get in the way from the game being fun to experience, I believe this could be a game I get hooked on for a while.
