Seriously, the idea of thirty players trying to take down one massive mega player strikes me as a recipe for chaos – the good kind. Reading about leaderboards, the ability to become a golden god and crush people in the Challenge of the Immortal mode I’m intrigued enough to want to give it a go.

Now I am nowhere near elite enough to dip my toe into the PVP action of the game – but it’s actually quite surprising how developed the player bloodshed offerings are. With any Hacky McSlashy game, if I can enjoy the minutiae of the combat engaging and fun at all times, I will remain on board. Sweeping enemies with giant spectral scythes, impaling baddies with skeletal fingers erupting from the earth it’s a bonanza of bone-shattering bliss.

The Necromancer of Diablo Immortal does exactly this – nailing the core, while also giving some tasty fleshed out changes to some old favourites. There is a core bingo sheet of Necromancer mechanics that feel essential – summons, explosions big flashy projectiles – and as long as you nail this, the rest can be souped up and changed to really embrace the evolution of the class.

You can make a hundred Diablo games, and I promise you the ones that will be the most popular will always include the manipulating master of morbidity – the class is just iconic. While the closed beta is packed to the BRIM with exciting stuff, the real highlight to me is the Necromancer. Sure, I keep asking the question as to why not simply release on PC ( which seems to be happening whether Blizzard likes it or not) but given how bloody solid the title words on a phone, I will continue to crush my Pixel 5’s battery life with nightmarish monster mashing. My experience with the closed alpha revealed that the handheld hell game was incredible competent – with a very tight and enjoyable gameplay loop that worked beautifully in portable form. The closed beta for Diablo Immortal is in full swing, and I have to admit my trips to bathroom have taken a fairly demonic turn.

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