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Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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It was developed by NetEase, which is even worse than Tencent.

In Tencent's game, if you pay some money, then you can enjoy the game. The more you pay the better experience you will get.

NetEase: "Yes, you paid some money, but I'm still your father"

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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> The lootboxes in the game are against the law in your country, so unless the gambling restrictions change, the game will not be released in the Netherlands and Belgium. Anyone know what the law is?

Here's a good article on the law in Belgium and the issue generally.

https://thelawreviews.co.uk/title/the-gambling-law-review/be...).

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Immortal can be played for the mainline story without spending any money at all. So far, at least up to level 40 (about 12 hours of gameplay) I haven't felt the urge to spend money. It's a little like Path of Exile in that you can enjoy the base game and the story for free; it's only if you "get into it" that you start spending money (I never "got into it). I can't help but feel it's fair to give away a really nice g…

Some "free to pay" games are actually quite fun if you force yourself to not pay (or severely limit paying) - Hearthstone is a good one - I've hundreds of wins across the various game modes and only made one purchase to get the beta gold legendary something or other.

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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post #17

Immortal can be played for the mainline story without spending any money at all. So far, at least up to level 40 (about 12 hours of gameplay) I haven't felt the urge to spend money. It's a little like Path of Exile in that you can enjoy the base game and the story for free; it's only if you "get into it" that you start spending money (I never "got into it). I can't help but feel it's fair to give away a really nice g…

It's not fair, it's predatory behavior aimed at addicts and children. I hope the rest of the EU will follow the fine example set by NL and BE.

it's predatory behavior aimed at addicts and children.

Have you played the game? I saw the OG YT video on this, and I was expecting to see lots of in-your-face tactics, but wanted to be fair before passing judgement. I really don't think it's predatory. At least, not yet. Maybe things change at higher levels - they sometimes do. (I'm looking for points where you can't progress in the mainline quest without spending money or ridiculous time. Haven't seen that yet but it may be there.)

Re: Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law

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Diablo Immortal faces a backlash as Metacritic user score drops to Blizzard’s third lowest ever https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/diablo-immortal-fac...

A fitting fate for the "do you guys not have phones"[0] game. [0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/do-you-guys-not-have-phones

A substantial portion of that audience probably wishes they could get away with not having phones.
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