
Its quality has nothing to do with whether or not Blizzard slapped its characters and lore onto someone else’s gameplay. Even if it is a reskin, so what?īut let’s say that Diablo: Immortal is a reskin. People think that Diablo: Immortal looks like games that are trying to look like Diablo games. Many of the elements are even in different places.Īnd even some thinks it doesn’t looks like Crusaders of Light … and something more like a different game called Endless of God. Look at the rest of the UI beyond the controls. Doesn’t it make sense that the two companies decided to use similar controls because NetEase knows it works? This seems like it’s the result of mobile game best practices. Blizzard is working with NetEase, who has experience making these kinds of games. And that’s because it’s the only thing that really looks like a direct copy. The onscreen controls are what most fans are latching onto. “UI is 100 percent the same, and some skills they showcased even look simular to skills in Crusaders of light. “It because it is,” Reddit poster Whitw0rth123 wrote on the Diablo subreddit. But many fans already seem convinced that this is the case. I haven’t played Diablo: Immortal, so I don’t know how it compares to Crusaders of Light.

Of course, NetEase is a Chinese company, and that country’s reputation for bootlegs could play into the fan perception as well. And characters in each game both have faces. For example, the button placement in Crusaders of Light is similar to the one in Diablo: Immortal. “Blizzard, in partnership with NetEase, has built Diablo Immortal from the ground up for iOS/Android.”įans are basing the reskin claim on just a few things. But Blizzard provided the following statement to USGamer. I’ve reached out to Blizzard and NetEase to ask about the relationship between Diablo: Immortal and other NetEase gamers.
