{"id":32483,"date":"2022-06-12T16:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T16:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/diablo-immortal-review-bombed-metacritic-worst-score-history"},"modified":"2024-07-19T13:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:34:29","slug":"diablo-immortal-review-bombed-metacritic-worst-score-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/diablo\/diablo-immortal-review-bombed-metacritic-worst-score-history","title":{"rendered":"Diablo Immortal review-bombed on Metacritic – Worst score in site’s history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diablo Immortal<\/a> has attracted a wave of negative criticism, as evident on the game’s Metacritic page. Accordingly, the mobile and PC versions of the game were review-bombed as players complained about the game’s implementation of microtransactions.<\/p>\n

Atop the many technical issues some players experience, including losing high rarity gear, this controversy has plunged the franchise to an all-time low. This recent news doesn’t bode well for Blizzard, who’s facing several investigations<\/a> over its management of sexual assaults, discrimination, and harassment against its female employees.<\/p>\n

Blizzard’s Diablo Immortal gets lowest Metacritic score<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Diablo Immortal is Blizzard Entertainment’s latest entry in the Diablo franchise. Since its release on PC and mobile devices on 2nd June 2022, Blizzard has claimed the game is the publisher’s “biggest launch in franchise history,” having celebrated 10 million installs.<\/p>\n

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Blizzard announced on social media that their latest Diablo game, Diablo Immortal had the “biggest launch” in the franchise history. (Picture: Twitter \/ Diablo Immortal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite their claim, the game suffered a widespread backlash after thousands of Diablo and MMO players took to the online aggregating site, Metacritic, to address their criticisms and vent their anger.<\/p>\n

This resulted in the game’s PC version<\/a> getting review-bombed based on a staggering 2031 ratings, bringing its User Score to 0.2. Noteworthy also is that the iOS version<\/a> of Diablo Immortal is not far behind, with a Metacritic User Score of only 0.5 (n=4343).<\/p>\n

This User Score is the lowest for the publisher, with Warcraft III: Reforged and World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade re-release receiving below-par user reviews. This revelation comes as the YouTube channel Bellular News<\/a> exposed the game’s monetization strategies by revealing how much players will spend on Legendary Gems to max out a character.<\/p>\n