It let them use the tactile interface of a phone screen to explore new combat features that weren’t compatible with the mouse-and-keyboard setup of past Diablo games. “But with Diablo Immortal,” Cheng says, “we thought, ‘Hey, we know that we're a mobile-first game, we're going to have most people direct control let's go ahead and add the Icy Ground property.’ And now you really feel like you're sliding around on a slippery surface.” Fluid fightingĭesigning for mobile allowed the team to play around with other gameplay mechanics, too. Pointing your character to walk across a frozen lake, and watching as the game automatically takes care of the slippery surface, doesn’t feel nearly as engaging as it does to directly control their movement and slide your way across the tundra.

With players controlling their character’s movement by pointing and clicking around the map, the game’s auto-pathing takes over to compensate for the icy ground beneath them. 'Diablo Immortal is probably the most ambitious Diablo game' Rod Fergusson Platformers like Mario, Kirby and Rayman have had players sliding across slippery surfaces for decades, but Cheng says Diablo’s traditional, indirect control scheme made the feature tricky to implement.

They're so pretty and the class gameplay looks neat.It’s a simple concept and one that may not strike you as particularly challenging to implement. 😒 Comment by Ant343 on T13:30:45-05:00īig meh, accidentally clicked cuz thought it was D4. Wasn't this already basically confirmed a year ago or more now? So no big surprise other than not going to D4 first or simultaneously. Comment by Htacid on T13:12:58-05:00īrand new class to the diablo universe. Comment by Khoiboi on T13:12:31-05:00ĭisappointed in wowhead for even including this garbage in their newsletter. No bad to waste some time on your phone during work or something, plenty people do this.

Does anyone besides the East play this? Comment by Bleedmode on T13:10:31-05:00

Any news on diablo immortals