Diablo III

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10199 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 2,918 out of 10199
  2. Mixed: 1,570 out of 10199
  3. Negative: 5,711 out of 10199
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  1. krisko1989
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    It is hard from me to understand how in today's age of advanced technology and with Blizzard's experience + money, they have failed to deliver a game at least half as good as Diablo 2.
  2. ReziuS
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    A simplistic skinner box with uncharacteristically bad for Blizzard presentation and voice acting, even after many major improvements over the years.
  3. James432023
    Aug 8, 2023
    10
    I know a lot of people would probably disagree, but this is one of the best games. The many difficulties allows for a seamless transition. The slaughter and combat is addictive but unlike Diablo immortal it is me doing the slaughtering all the time.I would highly recommend this game.
  4. Azureblade187
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    To date, the worst Daiblo ever. Not from the graphics or the good work of the designers, but the absolutely stupid annoyances of the developers. The game doesn't feel like a hack and sly but like a boring job creation.
  5. donthurtm3
    Aug 19, 2023
    9
    One of the best games you can play in between. It's fun on so many levels. You really can't take the negative reviews here seriously. There are actually people who give a 0 or a 1. A 0 or 1 would be an alpha game with broken mechanics where development was not finished and where the players were scammed. These negative reviews can be neglected. Anything less than a 6 is a rating from aOne of the best games you can play in between. It's fun on so many levels. You really can't take the negative reviews here seriously. There are actually people who give a 0 or a 1. A 0 or 1 would be an alpha game with broken mechanics where development was not finished and where the players were scammed. These negative reviews can be neglected. Anything less than a 6 is a rating from a frustrated child

    Original Version: Eines der besten Spiele die man zwischendurch spielen kann. Es macht auf so vielen Ebenen Spaß. Die negativen Reviews hier kann man echt nicht ernst nehmen. Da gibt es tatsächlich Leute die geben eine 0 oder 1. Eine 1 wäre ein Alpha Spiel mit kaputter mechanik wo nicht zu ende entwickelt wurde und wo die Spieler gescamt wurden. Diese negativen Bewertungen kann man vernachlässigen    … Expand
  6. cranos96
    Aug 13, 2023
    6
    I remember that when it came out they put the shop in, but then they realised that they didn't even have to make money on a masterpiece of the Diablo series, so they took it out. DLC yes, but I reject the shop. The game is fun and there's a lot to do and explore, but... after 1 year it gets boring, and why? Because the seasons make the game recycle and recycle and recycle, always the sameI remember that when it came out they put the shop in, but then they realised that they didn't even have to make money on a masterpiece of the Diablo series, so they took it out. DLC yes, but I reject the shop. The game is fun and there's a lot to do and explore, but... after 1 year it gets boring, and why? Because the seasons make the game recycle and recycle and recycle, always the same old thing. You get the chance to experiment with various sets and sets of armour, but that's the game in the end.... I can't give Diablo III a 8, but a pulled 7 it deserves.… Expand
  7. HolyDiver005
    Aug 12, 2023
    0
    Copying and pasting item tables from Diablo 2 is too hard. Heres 17 more ch
  8. PR9Gaming
    Aug 12, 2023
    7
    Cute for a weekend when a new season comes out, but they didn't even try to match the basic end game systems PoE has so there's not much to do after you finish a character. I'm not gonna grind forever for perfect rolls on my gear since they're just 1s and 0s in a game.
  9. sandreid
    Aug 12, 2023
    2
    Probably the worst iteration of the Diablo-franchise, to date:
    Real life-money auction house, stupidly steep difficulty curve (With only 2 classes being able to cheese (And there by survive) the inferno-difficulty, at launch), no Magic Find-stat, horrendous story, way too much focus on action and none what so ever on roleplaying, forced cutscenes, recycling of old bosses like the Butcher    Probably the worst iteration of the Diablo-franchise, to date:
    Real life-money auction house, stupidly steep difficulty curve (With only 2 classes being able to cheese (And there by survive) the inferno-difficulty, at launch), no Magic Find-stat, horrendous story, way too much focus on action and none what so ever on roleplaying, forced cutscenes, recycling of old bosses like the Butcher and the Skeleton King, no Horadrim Cube but instead useless artisans, error 37, terrible plot, Cain dying in a cutscene to a butterfly lady we were just introduced to, dumbed down skill system, worst design of Diablo himself to date, awful itemization, useless items dropping 99.9% of the time, stripping us of the badass that was the Archangel Tyrael, and an underwhelming Heaven. Diablo III vanilla was confused about what it should be. It was an ARPG that tried to be an MMO, and failed at being both.

    Fewer kinds of gems than the predecessor, a clear defined endgame, boring copy-paste builds, no depth in gameplay, and a downright broken class balance.    … Expand
  10. Liquid_Cold
    Aug 1, 2023
    5
    Игра откровенно не оправдала возложенных на ней ожиданий, чего-то явно не хватает.
  11. Bulaa
    Jul 29, 2023
    5
    Average game for premium price.
    Gameplay is really good.
    I like new art style.
    Rest of systems: loot mechanics, end game content, skill trees need reworking.
    120 repetetive dungeons which are rifts from diablo 3.
    Only 3 world bosses, each can be killed in 3 minutes.
    No guilds/clans content, no challenging raids.
    Game made by multibillion company..... no comments.
    Meh.
  12. Gams1
    Jul 27, 2023
    9
    i played D3 since the beginning and all seasons since 4. I still think today that it is an excellent Hack&Slash for casuals. You can have fun in a few hours of games. And you can have a challenge if you want to reach gr 150 solo. the design, well, we like it or not. Personally I like it reminds me of Wow and it suits me. At least he has his own identity.
  13. prudenzano23286
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    lack of offline mode is a dealbreaker. if this was playable offline, we'd have lots of mods. modders could fix this mess of a game.
  14. PantsHalo
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    I bought this on a whim packaged with Diablo 2 Resurrected. I found the Necromancer to be really boring, so I switched to Barbarian and had a wonderful time. I did notice that there was a whole lot of streamlining compared to the previous games but I was havin fun.

    Then I started a new game and saw it was not just streamlined, it was simplified to such a degree that it almost feels like    I bought this on a whim packaged with Diablo 2 Resurrected. I found the Necromancer to be really boring, so I switched to Barbarian and had a wonderful time. I did notice that there was a whole lot of streamlining compared to the previous games but I was havin fun.

    Then I started a new game and saw it was not just streamlined, it was simplified to such a degree that it almost feels like a mobile game. I had fun once, but there was no replay value at all, and the fun I did have was more due to the basic Diablo elements, and not from any particular thing that is new to Diablo 3.

    Basically, every class has an identical skill loadout now. They're all even labelled with the same categories, with Left Click being "weak attack/spell", Right Click being "stronger attack/spell", etcetera. Number 4 being big huge special skill with the longest cooldown timer.

    There's a lot fewer skills overall, but they have variations on them with "runes" which are just sub-settings for the skill.

    The whole of the gameplay revolves around these skills. There aren't any more attacks with weapons, so to speak; you can put a sword or spear on a necromancer or a wizard but they will never actually use them, unlike Diablo 1 and 2. They're just numbers adding to the damage done by the skills.

    The whole game is like this, all ground down to a bland numbers game. And the game absolutely loves its frigging numbers. In Diablo 1 and 2, you were using weapons generally that did damages like 2 to 6 damage, 8 to 20, 100 to 200 for highest levels, hundreds of HP, hundreds of armor.

    In this game, the numbers literally go into the millions and billions. Number pop-ups when you deal damage show when your attacks do damage, going up to literally hundreds of thousands by mid-high level, and HP going into the tens of millions or hundreds of millions for highest level bosses.

    What's the point of this huge number inflation other than to waste screen space?

    Actual combat overall has basically been cut down to just one specific style. Every single group of enemies is a pack of dozens. Almost all the skills you get are area of effect damage skills. Combat always amounts to "use the skill that does the most splash damage". You get XP boosts for combo kills, which very easily go into the dozens in just a single encounter. It almost cheapens the combat experience as you're no longer actually clicking on enemies to try to kill them, but just mashing the clicker wherever you can hit the most number of enemies at once. If it were a zombie movie, Diablo 1/2 would be more like Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead and Diablo 3 would be like World War Z.

    Virtually everything that previously served a purpose in D1/D2 returns in D3, but not to actually serve a purpose but just as nostalgia bait. "Remember potions?" There's no potions anymore, BUT there is a health potion button you can press for free health and a 30 second cooldown. "Remember runes and gems and the horadric cube recipes?" Some of that is here, but you have to spend gold to upgrade, spend gold to upgrade gems, and the gems effects have been simplified, with only chest armor and weapon sockets havin unique boosts.

    "Remember unidentified weapons and scrolls of identify?" There's still unidentified weapons, but they are extremely rare, and you can identify them for free in town. "Remember the town portal scrolls?" Town portal is now free and available to you at any time with no cooldown. Worse, there's also waypoints but you can use them literally anywhere and at any time. They're no longer like waypoints of D2 but just permanent town portals you can access from anywhere.

    As well, there is no real Singleplayer mode. You have to be connected at all times, even if you want to play by yourself. And you will be playing by yourself, in 2023, because there's so many different game modes, all subdivided by difficulty (of which there's literally like 12 or more difficulty levels) and by level, and almost no way of keeping track of other players outside of a game, so you can spend a hundred hours in a public game and literally never see another person ever.

    If you've never played a Diablo game before, this would be a fun enough one-time single player experience. If you've played Diablo 2, all you can really focus on is how much everything has been streamlined, to such a degree that you barely feel like you're playing a full fledged AAA game, instead of a quick, cheap mobile or arcade game to bang around in while on the toilet or waiting for the dentist.    … Expand
  15. Kre1
    Jul 23, 2023
    10
    Unfortunately the majority of negative reviews are ancient and about poor server performance and issues that have been fixed long ago.
    The game right now still have a fun and exciting story, the gameplay is extremely fun and rewarding. Although I would admit the power creep has been excessive the past 2 years, it's still a very fun game to play.
  16. SammyHauguth
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    The game could be good, but the people making the game keeps making it worse with new patches. Blizzard is not the same it once was, the people working at Blizzard ain't same and I think everyone can see this. They only makes the game worse instead of better with patches. Other companies i prove the game, but Blizzard are fifferent and make it worse..
  17. fith
    Jul 21, 2023
    6
    I am a huge Diablo fan. I absolutely loved the D3 beta. I also enjoy playing Diablo 3...but in the long run, it's become stale an repetitive in a way D2 never was (I played that from 2000 until D3 came out. But it is overall enjoyable.
  18. Bigwillyhaver69
    Jul 21, 2023
    4
    The worst diablo game in the series.Not as fun and not as good of a story as diablo I or diablo II
  19. Homwer
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Playing a sorcerer… was not much fun before patch 1.1 - is no fun at all with patch 1.1.
    Endgame is boring as hell…
    I’ll go back to POE…
  20. MrSaVaGE59
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard hates fun. In all honesty, this is my first Diablo game and enjoyed the first 40 hours with my friends, but realized I wasn't getting anything back for my time. The legendaries and good loot wouldn't be enough for me (Sorcerer) to be viable in the ene game content compared to other classes. When you've done all the statues and main story, things fall off after level 70 because you're left with nothing new to do. Tree of Whispers becomes repetitive, world bosses don't spawn enough, helltides are now bugged. You're left grasping for straws trying to get a unique in hopes it will being back the dopamine of fun you had in the beginning.… Expand
  21. Captain_pappy
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This game is still in Alpha. It's not fun, it's buggy as heck, wildly unbalanced, the graphics are dark and brooding everywhere. The dungeons all look the same, the rewards that drop are pretty crappy even by diablo standards. Overall...it's just not fun. Go back to Diablo 3 or POE
  22. Pizzaz1991919
    Jul 20, 2023
    10
    Diablo 3 is one of my favorite games. It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty close. If only blizzard actually used Diablo 3 in the making of Diablo 4, then Diablo 4 wouldn’t be the dumpster fire it is today
  23. just_a_gamer69
    Jul 20, 2023
    6
    The release was horrible. With later addons they fixed the game and it was actually good and fun. In the end they were just dragging it out, only making minor changes and it just ended up being a dead game.
  24. Oodleaf
    Jul 20, 2023
    10
    Still great after all this time. Best return on investment I've ever seen entertainment-wise.
  25. Acelyt
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This is the greatest letdown. To regress this badly, proves that Blizzard once again can and will kill their game in a single patch, just like WoW Dragonflight 10.1.5, similar treatment. Immediately uninstalled.
  26. rberg
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst update ever due to their lack of end game content, they prefer to nerf everything to the ground!
  27. foxexary
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard looked at all the advances that ARPG's made in the last 20 years. Ignored all of it. And decided to start from Square 1 again. This is like playing a 2009 game released in 2023.
  28. StuRedman
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    I have been enjoying the game since launch.
    The disaster with D4 has shown me how good D3 actually is.
    Seasons have kept the game alive - quick leveling, fun new builds to try, interesting new seasonal content. You can set up a build quickly (and switch it if you don't like it), then spend as much time as you want to slowly optimize gear to do harder content. Gear gives you actual    I have been enjoying the game since launch.
    The disaster with D4 has shown me how good D3 actually is.
    Seasons have kept the game alive - quick leveling, fun new builds to try, interesting new seasonal content.
    You can set up a build quickly (and switch it if you don't like it), then spend as much time as you want to slowly optimize gear to do harder content.
    Gear gives you actual power unlike garbage "plus one digit percent" stats in D4.    … Expand
  29. Gyungrae
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    단점 : 이게임은 놀랍도록 지겹습니다.
    장점 : 수면효과에 플러스 불면증 치료에 탁월합니다.
  30. TheSixActual
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is the worst Diablo game I have ever played, the developers are tone def, and believe that making the game take longer is "adding content".. They made changes to builds that took hundred of hours to farm, without reducing the cost to switch. There where no quality of life changes, I.E. larger storage, gem tabs, etc etc.

    This game was designed to sell seasons, the nerfs where    This is the worst Diablo game I have ever played, the developers are tone def, and believe that making the game take longer is "adding content".. They made changes to builds that took hundred of hours to farm, without reducing the cost to switch. There where no quality of life changes, I.E. larger storage, gem tabs, etc etc.

    This game was designed to sell seasons, the nerfs where designed to make them last longer, and its catering to hardcore players and content creators NOT a casual player.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#12 Best PC Game of 2012
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 86
  3. Negative: 1 out of 86
  1. Thunderbolt
    Aug 31, 2012
    90
    My one major complaint is that the game never feels very difficult, especially on Normal. There are frustrating moments, hordes of baddies, and increasing difficulty levels, but the same feeling of utter defeat never really happens as it did in the past.
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  2. Hyper Magazine
    Jul 18, 2012
    80
    For all the game's missteps, though, you certainly can't accuse Blizzard of phoning it in - if anything, the game suffers from the tendency to try a little to hard at times to evolve the design. [Aug 2012, p.61]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Jul 3, 2012
    80
    When it works, Diablo III is the best of the Diablo games. When it doesn't, all it does is make you mad. [July 2012, p.54]
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