First of all, you don't have to pay money in Immortal if you don't feel like it. You'll still be able to play the entire story and get plenty of loot and take part in all the side events. In the initial 20 or 30 characters levels you might not realize that you're missing a lot.
A few hours later, playing, the pace slows down dramatically, and the F2P grind comes in. (This happens at just about the same time as you begin to feel truly invested in the game. Just imagine this.) Contrary to other Diablo titles, Diablo Immortal occasionally just will stop the plot in its tracks, and will not let you continue unless you've met an unspecified threshold. This wouldn't be a problem, except the game severely restricts your options to earn significant amounts XP each day. After a few missions with time limits the options are pretty similar to "run the same dungeons over and over again" as well as "buy an item called the Battle Pass."
(It is also telling that the game strongly recommends buying the Battle Pass as an efficient means to upgrade your skills.)
This is, of course the point where all the predatory F2P nonsense kicks in. The game offers five or six currencies, and it's entirely clear what you can earn, or which you need to buy. Battle Pass Battle Pass costs between $5 and $15, depending on the number of cosmetics you're looking for. However, there are two other "daily reward" subscriptions, that cost $10 and $20, respectively. If you're keen on earning every reward game gives you, it's an initial cost of $45.
Premium currency packs range between $1 to $100. Additionally, there are "bundles," which feel very squishy by F2P standards. When you have completed each major plot dungeon and complete the game, it will give you a bunch of items as a reward - but you'll have to pay for the bundle. The price starts at a fair $1 for each bundle, but they quickly increase up to $20. As of this writing in the event that I purchased every bundle the game offered me and I spent 46 dollars.The artistic direction of , which leans heavily on inspiration from Medieval or Old Masters paintings, applies to the creation of characters as well. There are many different hairstyles that are green and vivid body paint, custom players in Diablo 4 look grounded and realistic , not as though they've been created from an episode in Monster Factory, or out of the Saints Row cutscene.
