‘Diablo Immortal’ is Blizzard’s lowest rated game on Metacritic

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Diablo Immortal has become Blizzard Entertainment‘s worst-reviewed game on Metacritic with a user score of 0.5 out of ten.According to the current user reviews on Metacritic of the free-to-play game, it has the label of “overwhelming dislike” and has over 3,120 negative reviews.

This is based on 3,265 total user reviews as of writing (via, VGC).Diablo Immortal isn’t the only Blizzard game with a low user rating.

The 2021 re-release of World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade also received a 0.5 user score, which received player backlash for its inclusion of microtransactions.However, the recently released Diablo title has a higher percentage of negative reviews compared to The Burning Crusade and has many more reviews from players.Diablo Immortal launched on June 2 for iOS and Android mobile devices, as well as on PC as an Open Beta.

Following its release, it received criticism for its microtransactions and it was recently calculated that gearing out a character’s stats completely would cost players £87,568.The main issues with the microtransactions stem from Legendary Gems, a premium in-game currency which is used to upgrade stats.