Diablo IV

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  1. maxflexpl
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    Diablo 4 - A Journey of Potential Dimmed by Missed Opportunities

    In the realm of action RPGs, the Diablo franchise has always held a legendary status. Thus, the arrival of Diablo 4 brought with it an air of anticipation, a hope that this installment would maintain the engaging and exciting standards set by its predecessors. Regrettably, however, while there are a few commendable    Diablo 4 - A Journey of Potential Dimmed by Missed Opportunities

    In the realm of action RPGs, the Diablo franchise has always held a legendary status. Thus, the arrival of Diablo 4 brought with it an air of anticipation, a hope that this installment would maintain the engaging and exciting standards set by its predecessors. Regrettably, however, while there are a few commendable aspects, the game largely feels like a shadow of what it could have been.

    Firstly, Diablo 4 does an admirable job with its story, even though it's quite brief. The narrative weaves a gripping tale of demonic intrigue that serves as a compelling backdrop for your quest. The graphics, too, are worthy of mention, being both pleasing to the eye and comfortably accessible to a wide range of system specs.

    However, the merits of the game are sorely outmatched by its drawbacks. The most glaring issue lies with the absence of a true endgame. After reaching level 100, there's little to keep players invested, with a noticeable lack of incentivizing progression factors.

    The gameplay, while initially captivating, begins to feel monotonous as you proceed, suffering from a high degree of repetition. Furthermore, the lack of build diversity is a major disappointment. The constraints placed on the development of paragon gems further this problem, stifling creativity and variety in character development.

    The absence of a player search feature for co-op experiences such as dungeons or world bosses hampers the social aspect of the game, which was a pivotal part of past iterations. Moreover, the low cap on stones, combined with the restrictive inventory space, results in frequent, frustrating interruptions to gameplay as you manage your inventory.

    The game's perspective, too, leaves much to be desired. The zoomed-in view restricts vision compared to previous titles, making the gameplay feel uncomfortably claustrophobic at times. Add to this a host of bugs - with lagging and troublesome mount movement chief among them - and it's clear that Diablo 4 could use substantial improvements.

    As for the seasonal approach that Blizzard has taken with new features, it discourages play outside of these periods, effectively alienating those who aren't interested in seasonal gameplay. The notorious 1.1 patch only exacerbates these issues, delivering arguably one of the worst update experiences in gaming history with across-the-board nerfs and decisions that confound logic.

    In conclusion, Diablo 4 seems to have stumbled significantly in its quest to continue the legacy of its forebears. While its engaging storyline and impressive graphics provide a glimmer of what might have been, the numerous issues and missed opportunities present a significant hurdle that may prove too high for even the most dedicated fans to overcome. The hope now lies with Blizzard to address these problems and help Diablo 4 achieve its potential.    … Expand
  2. krisu50
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    Always online single player game? check. Predatory monetisation? check. **** seasons passes and bad design? check.
    I really liked what I saw when I played the beta, and I stupidly decided to get the game based on that good opinion, however since release of the full game I have been completely disappointed by the all the bad things attached to the game and regret spending money on it.    Always online single player game? check. Predatory monetisation? check. **** seasons passes and bad design? check.
    I really liked what I saw when I played the beta, and I stupidly decided to get the game based on that good opinion, however since release of the full game I have been completely disappointed by the all the bad things attached to the game and regret spending money on it.
    Don´t buy this piece of garbage.    … Expand
  3. Varlord
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    We have no new ideas. Please pay us 100$.
    We made your gameplay worse. You have to buy a battle pass to make the same as before. Modern blizzard in nutshell.
  4. davidlbowman
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    I played the beta, bought the premium game, and purchased the battle pass. They got everything they wanted from me and gave me little in return. I loved the campaign, story, and cinematics, but everything else is a worthless grind. They stared down decades of innovation from PoE and took a massive step behind Diablo 2. If you're into the story, play it for the story, and maybe check outI played the beta, bought the premium game, and purchased the battle pass. They got everything they wanted from me and gave me little in return. I loved the campaign, story, and cinematics, but everything else is a worthless grind. They stared down decades of innovation from PoE and took a massive step behind Diablo 2. If you're into the story, play it for the story, and maybe check out the new content every few years. Because they promised so much, I feel let down. I wish I hadn't played it.… Expand
  5. MistyFreak
    Aug 30, 2023
    1
    No craft, no endgame content, awful monetization, no variety of endgame builds, tremendous amount of bugs. Don't you dare to play it on Hardcore.
    It feels like almost every part of this game is made to make you slower and less happier.
    Diablo IV is not about to entertain you. It's about to make you work, like if you have second job. But in this case you paid for that. Boring. Weak.    No craft, no endgame content, awful monetization, no variety of endgame builds, tremendous amount of bugs. Don't you dare to play it on Hardcore.
    It feels like almost every part of this game is made to make you slower and less happier.
    Diablo IV is not about to entertain you. It's about to make you work, like if you have second job. But in this case you paid for that.
    Boring. Weak. Clunky.
    One point for sweet OST.    … Expand
  6. amrrahmy
    Jul 27, 2023
    2
    the starting levels and campaign cut scenes were pretty good. Unfortunately, the classes were not balanced enough, some classes are very resilient and others are too squishy. Some builds are much stronger than others. After the main story, leveling from 45-ish to 70 is a slog and mmo like for no reason other than prolong repetitive game play. Most of the people i played with were not atthe starting levels and campaign cut scenes were pretty good. Unfortunately, the classes were not balanced enough, some classes are very resilient and others are too squishy. Some builds are much stronger than others. After the main story, leveling from 45-ish to 70 is a slog and mmo like for no reason other than prolong repetitive game play. Most of the people i played with were not at level 100 when season 1 started some of which played every day and were only level 85-90, and that includes multiple sessions of party co-op, nightmare dungeons and helltide events.

    Then, blizzard decided to nerf the xp which was already an issue in my opinion. I don't have unlimited time to play the game nor do i want to play this game exclusively. According to d4armory, I had more than 3 days played or 72 hours before or at level 60-ish. I can't check now because battle net is down as i am writing this.

    There have been a few network issues since launch, which I won't blame blizzard for too much, but network delay seems to affect the player and enemies/creatures/npcs in a different way. the game doesn't slow down for both player and creatures, the player character starts to glitch and teleport or stand still but the monsters keep there pace which leads to unresponsive game play and deaths when the server is not cooperative or being DDOS-ed.    … Expand
  7. Kublai
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Very disappointed with the game's development after launch. Stay away for at least the first few seasons until they figure it out.
  8. ERiKoChAn
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Very bad...the season is empty and nothing to chase for. The root cause of the problem can't be solved. (storage, backpack, rewards)
  9. R4bisco
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    What to say about Blizzard? They did what they are good to do.
    A full price game with pretty bad microtransactions.
    About the game? Well, feels like an improved version and less greedy of Diablo Immortal but the same bad design is behind. The start story and graphics are great, the horror feeling is also great but that's it. End game is boring and now with the new season they made it    What to say about Blizzard? They did what they are good to do.
    A full price game with pretty bad microtransactions.
    About the game? Well, feels like an improved version and less greedy of Diablo Immortal but the same bad design is behind.
    The start story and graphics are great, the horror feeling is also great but that's it. End game is boring and now with the new season they made it even slower. I am not wasting my time with Blizzard lazy games anymore.    … Expand
  10. Basiheu
    Jul 23, 2023
    3
    Shockingly sloppy for its price and pedigree.

    Story: Interesting enough, I felt that the main antagonist could've been fleshed out more Technical performance: Awful. Plagued with VRAM issues still even after alleged hotfixes, minimum requirements are understated Gameplay: Conflicting visions here are causing a lot of turmoil in the community. Do they want slower more strategic    Shockingly sloppy for its price and pedigree.

    Story: Interesting enough, I felt that the main antagonist could've been fleshed out more
    Technical performance: Awful. Plagued with VRAM issues still even after alleged hotfixes, minimum requirements are understated

    Gameplay: Conflicting visions here are causing a lot of turmoil in the community. Do they want slower more strategic gameplay or do they want a fast paced power fantasy with a ton of synergies that explode entire maps? You'll find both depending on what class you pick and what you build with it. Warning: The game doesn't accommodate the slow way, until they decide to nerf monster density, which causes a conflict with the michael bay players. They'll nerf many things without any kind of second order thinking or any insight as to what was causing problematic metrics in their systems. There's just a total lack of cohesion here, I feel like there's no communication between teams at Blizzard and/or a really apathetic person responsible for overseeing decisions. The balance between classes re: the seasonal mechanic is non-existent. One class's "caged hearts" (special socketable maguffins that do fancy stuff) lets them play the game AFK. Another class's caged hearts come with barriers that they don't generate to begin with or that grant them resistances that are mathematically broken (by blizzard's own admission). Actually, quite a number of things are broken mathematically.
    Who thought it was a good idea to make a multiplicative damage bucket? And then wonder why people want that multiplicative damage+ affix over all others? Was anyone home when this decision was made?

    What you chase in your gameplay loop is a minor smattering of items, a fraction of what's available in other Diablo iterations, So naturally people are tired of finding the same items over and over again. And consequently the team at blizzard makes it harder for you to find those same items over and over again. MIMS.

    Overall blizzard needs to pick a vision and stick to it. I think that would be step one to avoid insulting players who felt like they've paid 70+euros for amateur hour. Like it's shocking, once you have more insight to the game, you realize just how poor quality it is. The pricing is actually offensive in its audacity.    … Expand
  11. SimplyInspire
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    As of now the game is in extended beta mode and You can participate in it for just short of $70.
  12. Ramset
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Wofür spielt man denn bis tief in die Nacht um das letzte bisschen Item voll auszukratzen um wenigstens etwas auszuteilen nur um dann zu sehen das all die Arbeit mit Füßen getreten wird. Nun macht das Spiel so wie es ist einfach keinen Spaß mehr. 1 Schuss sofort tot! Am liebsten würde ich mich hier ganz anders äußern aber das würde auch nichts ändern.
  13. Hendrikk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Always online however the servers are awful so unless you plan to play at 2am in your time zone you will rarely be able to even login.

    The end game is non existent. Spam extremely boring nightmare dungeons hundreds if not thousands of times for 99.9% of the time worthless loot and a tiny amount of experience. There is zero content and you would have completed everything the game has    Always online however the servers are awful so unless you plan to play at 2am in your time zone you will rarely be able to even login.

    The end game is non existent. Spam extremely boring nightmare dungeons hundreds if not thousands of times for 99.9% of the time worthless loot and a tiny amount of experience.

    There is zero content and you would have completed everything the game has to offer after reaching level 60-65 making reaching level 100 a pointless goal and waste of time.    … Expand
  14. MadnezZ
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    If you're thinking about buying this game, I never recommend it. There's nothing you can imagine here, and there's not a lot of content in the game. All you can experience in this game is terrible boredom.. The only future you'll have if you buy this game is the horrible, stupid developers mocking you. The game's Metacritic score was manipulated by Blizzard's money. To be honest, theIf you're thinking about buying this game, I never recommend it. There's nothing you can imagine here, and there's not a lot of content in the game. All you can experience in this game is terrible boredom.. The only future you'll have if you buy this game is the horrible, stupid developers mocking you. The game's Metacritic score was manipulated by Blizzard's money. To be honest, the current level of this game is reasonable between metacritic 70-78. For example, if PoE gives 100 content and fun, Diablo 4 gives 10 content and boredom. Even Diablo 4 developers have no in-depth understanding of this genre game. This fact is a bigger sad problem than the game.… Expand
  15. DragonHawk-
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Had a blast at the beginning, the campaign was great.

    The grind to level 100 was crap until the previous update which it then became fun again after buffing nightmare dungeons, but after getting to 100 I used all savings to respec my barbarian in hopes of defeating Uber Lillith, only to be constantly killed by cheap one shot mechanics no matter how tanked I was. One shots are not fun,    Had a blast at the beginning, the campaign was great.

    The grind to level 100 was crap until the previous update which it then became fun again after buffing nightmare dungeons, but after getting to 100 I used all savings to respec my barbarian in hopes of defeating Uber Lillith, only to be constantly killed by cheap one shot mechanics no matter how tanked I was.

    One shots are not fun, there's no sense accomplishment from nearing death only to just be able to overcome the battle.

    I persisted with the barbarian as I enjoyed the class despite them being nerfed to death since launch, barely hitting for 1 million crits as a whirlwind barb while the necro hits for 1.8billion, but now after the latest patch I don't see the point in continuing with my eternal character as the cost to respec is far too expensive.

    I spent around 10 million to respec from a solid whirlwind build to HOTA as I heard they were better for lillith, only to have the class destroyed.

    It's disappointing to work full time but manage to spend over 100 hours on one character as a casual player in hopes of beating the final boss and getting the platinum trophy, but still not be able to defeat the final boss because of dumb one shot mechanics.

    Meanwhile streamers and non-casual gamers are offering real money and in game money to carry players through the final fight. What the actual ****

    Main points are.
    - Cost to respec paragon and skills is     … Expand
  16. SolitaryGamer
    Aug 12, 2023
    3
    Bought it launch week after some of the server issues got resolved. The game looks fine and mechanically it played like other games clogging up my Steam Library. But there in lies the problem, this game didn't do anything particularly better than any other games I own. After a while I lost interest. The gameplay loop, loot, environments, and story just don't do enough to keep you invested.Bought it launch week after some of the server issues got resolved. The game looks fine and mechanically it played like other games clogging up my Steam Library. But there in lies the problem, this game didn't do anything particularly better than any other games I own. After a while I lost interest. The gameplay loop, loot, environments, and story just don't do enough to keep you invested. I stopped playing back in June, the game resting on version 4932. Save your money.… Expand
  17. TLOU2ISGARBAGE
    Aug 12, 2023
    1
    Blizzard....what happened to you? What happened to the company that we loved, respected and cheered for? What happened to the company that gave us Lost Vikings, Warcraft-Orcs vs. Humans, and the original World of Warcraft?

    What happened to the passionate devs that made games we would line up at midnight on release date to get? I never thought I would write this about the company    Blizzard....what happened to you? What happened to the company that we loved, respected and cheered for? What happened to the company that gave us Lost Vikings, Warcraft-Orcs vs. Humans, and the original World of Warcraft?

    What happened to the passionate devs that made games we would line up at midnight on release date to get?

    I never thought I would write this about the company that gave us Diablo 2, but Diablo IV is a transaction ridden unfun slog.

    Disgusting company with disgusting management making disgusting "games".

    RIP Blizzard. You don't exist to me anymore.    … Expand
  18. Lother
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was playing the game, having fun blasting with Necro level 100, killed Uber Lillith. Then I decided I would try Sorcerer as well, having a blast, reached level 75.

    Then the patch for Season 1 hit. Hundreds of hours of min-maxed gear turned to garbage in an instant for both my characters. It used to feel "fun". Blizzard HATES fun. Now I do 2 Nightmare Dungeons, 4 levels higher than    I was playing the game, having fun blasting with Necro level 100, killed Uber Lillith. Then I decided I would try Sorcerer as well, having a blast, reached level 75.

    Then the patch for Season 1 hit. Hundreds of hours of min-maxed gear turned to garbage in an instant for both my characters. It used to feel "fun". Blizzard HATES fun. Now I do 2 Nightmare Dungeons, 4 levels higher than what I am and can't even get ONE SINGLE PARAGON POINT. The XP nerf is ridiculous.

    Was planning to do all classes in Eternal. Now I want my 60 bucks back.    … Expand
  19. Savage1983
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    So the games campaign wasnt bad at all. When you get past that you will start to notice how hollow the game is at its core but yoj find some cool things and the world looks nice so you will try to ignore it. Then someone opens the flood gates from the good idea devs and they put out patch 1.1 that literally guts everything decent out of the game. This is after they said no more nerfs andSo the games campaign wasnt bad at all. When you get past that you will start to notice how hollow the game is at its core but yoj find some cool things and the world looks nice so you will try to ignore it. Then someone opens the flood gates from the good idea devs and they put out patch 1.1 that literally guts everything decent out of the game. This is after they said no more nerfs and we do buffs, in all fairness they did do a small buff of lets say 10% then the next patch the nerfed everything from damage to defense to xp to drops by 50% to 80%. I would not recommend this dumpster fire to anyone because the devs are either getting told to do this, think its a good idea to or completely incompetent. I didnt want to believe it but Blizzard north is in fact dead and we are left with this.… Expand
  20. Lareolan
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    There's the real Diablo 4 Blizz were planning all along. Is anyone really surprised? The shills have given it all the glowing reviews, they won't change their scores. The fools who believed Blizz already paid their $70, now it's time to monetize the hell out of the rubes by creating the problem and then charging for the solution via MACROtransactions. I bet you'll see a 2x XP booster inThere's the real Diablo 4 Blizz were planning all along. Is anyone really surprised? The shills have given it all the glowing reviews, they won't change their scores. The fools who believed Blizz already paid their $70, now it's time to monetize the hell out of the rubes by creating the problem and then charging for the solution via MACROtransactions. I bet you'll see a 2x XP booster in the shop for $10 shortly, and many other scummy manipulative tricks will soon follow.… Expand
  21. kjby
    Aug 3, 2023
    3
    Even though I gave this game a low score I'll have to admit that I like playing the game and if Bliz can fix the points below I would give it a better score but to be honest I wouldn't hold my breath. If POE2 was around the corner Id think I would sink my hours into that game instead... D4 is just to expensive for what you get.

    First rather unstable and laggy game, like that one time    Even though I gave this game a low score I'll have to admit that I like playing the game and if Bliz can fix the points below I would give it a better score but to be honest I wouldn't hold my breath. If POE2 was around the corner Id think I would sink my hours into that game instead... D4 is just to expensive for what you get.

    First rather unstable and laggy game, like that one time when you finally manage to catch the world boss and your game crashes and you don't get any rewards... Thank you Blizz! Don't understand how you can risk playing HC...
    Second, and kind of big one for me. When the transmog you can find in a 70 $ game look like dog **** and then have to PAY for the good looking ones.. you know you are dealing with POS greedy MF who have a spot reserved in HELL!!! I honestly feel like an idiot paying for this game when there are free games with the same system...
    Third, I find the game play very slow, waiting for resources and cool downs is externally annoying and disrupts the game flow. Sure I'm only lvl 70-ish and you can farm better gear but that will take a lot of time and I wouldn't recommend this game for "casual" players. Do not think you'll find the progress fast enough. Find the flow in POE much better...
    Forth, so much TRASH gear that fills up your inventory and you have to spend as much time sorting gear as doing dungeons. Someone called it vendor simulator, and that is kind of right    … Expand
  22. basicb
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    Giving it a score of 2. 1 point for dog that can be pet, and 1 point for the quality of the cutscenes.
    Never been so unhappy with a purchase, and going forward will not be purchasing Blizzard/Activision games. Below is a list in no particular order of things I'm not happy about:
    Price (70+) - For reference, Baldur's gate 3 released at $60 Itemization - Wayy too many useless stats with    Giving it a score of 2. 1 point for dog that can be pet, and 1 point for the quality of the cutscenes.
    Never been so unhappy with a purchase, and going forward will not be purchasing Blizzard/Activision games. Below is a list in no particular order of things I'm not happy about:
    Price (70+) - For reference, Baldur's gate 3 released at $60
    Itemization - Wayy too many useless stats with too specific requirements to utilize
    Getting one shot too often: My partner gets one shot wayyy too often on Barbarian. Only reason I survive is keeping my distance on Necromancer and making my pets tank.
    The huge nerf: Contributes to above issue, and has made killing bosses take far more time than necessary. Post survivability nerfs, my necromancer feels even more like a glass cannon
    Drop rates: Season 1 has quests to complete which require you to get an item with a 3% drop rate from a crafted box item, that had no other way to acquire it until a recent hotfix basically letting everyone know they had the drop rate at 3% and bumped it up to 15%. Absolutely no reason for that low of a drop rate to begin with. Absolutely a huge middle finger to their players.
    Legendaries: I feel no happiness from finding legendary drops anymore. They have turned into aspects only and nothing really special about them anymore. The aspects just take up so much space.
    No real crafting: Can craft potions and some of the seasonal mechanic items. No gear crafting
    Price of premium currency: Intentionally set the price point so you either have to buy 2 of a cheaper pack and have too much currency, or 1 of a more expensive pack and... still have leftover currency with no way to use it (nothing cheap enough)
    Season pass doesn't provide enough premium currency to purchase next pass. Actually doesn't provide you enough to do much of anything with.
    Performance: Servers still feel Beta quality with lots of rubberbanding unless I play at non-peak times to avoid this.
    Horses: Still bugged where if I mount my horse in town and exit town, more often than not I can't use my speed boost (bugged out). Have to dismount the horse and wait 10 seconds, then mount again. Also 10 second wait to mount horse again or 30 seconds if you get hit too much and knocked off.
    Uniques: Only found 1 that was good enough to use. The rest seem somewhat uninspired and underwhelming
    Skills: Skills feel underwhelming, and the modifiers you can level up for a skill feel like they could have just been folded into the skill and provide the bonuses as you level a skill up. The modifiers should have let you change the skill like in Diablo 3 where I can turn say Spirit Barrage from a channeled attack to an AOE, or to a summon type skill to suit my build and play style.
    Leveling: Takes so long for no reason except to extend game time. Recently played Diablo 3 again and I can get from 1-70 in a single day. Maybe find a happy medium between a single day and the current slog fest. They even nerfed the ability to power level your friends just to make it take even longer.
    Almost every change since Season 1 has been designed to extend the time it takes to accomplish anything. Before Season 1, it wasn't the best, but it's gone considerably downhill.    … Expand
  23. Dagaren
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    It's just a run around no nothing content game. the new patch proves the 3 potatoes working on it cant even understand it themselves. to say D4 has fallen is generous. they bricked everyone's character on the eternal realm on purpose. this was not an accident. they desperately needed current players on eternal to make the switch to the seasonal server. they doge numerous questions in theIt's just a run around no nothing content game. the new patch proves the 3 potatoes working on it cant even understand it themselves. to say D4 has fallen is generous. they bricked everyone's character on the eternal realm on purpose. this was not an accident. they desperately needed current players on eternal to make the switch to the seasonal server. they doge numerous questions in the dev fires. they didn't even address flat-out ruining so much stuff. the patch notes didn't even include everything they changed/nerfed/removed. Barb and Sorc are yup you guessed it still ass. Blizzard does not care about its players and this patch shows that in detail. Blizzard will continue to disappoint players like they have for the past 4+ years straight.… Expand
  24. Scarecr0wn
    Aug 13, 2023
    2
    The onle enjoyable part of this game is the main story. Enjoyable, that does not mean great. The second point I am giving it is for the art style, that is also.. good.
    Otherwise Blizzard, as is now expected from them, ruined literally everything about this game. The first season should have been the big "Hey, come here! We have so much fun for you!". Instead they broke all characters,    The onle enjoyable part of this game is the main story. Enjoyable, that does not mean great. The second point I am giving it is for the art style, that is also.. good.
    Otherwise Blizzard, as is now expected from them, ruined literally everything about this game. The first season should have been the big "Hey, come here! We have so much fun for you!". Instead they broke all characters, builds, they made it insanely repetetive (and not in fun grind way), they introduced the dumbest seasonal mechanic I have ever seen in live service game and now they are apparently releasing hyper politically correct videos about a "dev" playing the game where she dies on WT1 dungeon spamming the 1 basic ability and acting like it´s the best, most complex game she ever played.
    Blizzard is dead. Deadest.    … Expand
  25. yolosan
    Aug 14, 2023
    4
    Beautiful art & design, unfinished beta gameplay, which is kind of garbage after you get into the end-game.
  26. Fu3kEA
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    This is my review after quiting the game after the most recent patch. I have a min maxed level 100 Barb that has cleared uber Lilith and NM 82.

    I started D4 as a whirlwind BB. Thanks to the content creater Rob he used this class as the first to get to level 100. Blizzard saw this decided to nerf it into the ground including it's only decent unique Gohrs gauntlets. I wasn't happy at my    This is my review after quiting the game after the most recent patch. I have a min maxed level 100 Barb that has cleared uber Lilith and NM 82.

    I started D4 as a whirlwind BB. Thanks to the content creater Rob he used this class as the first to get to level 100. Blizzard saw this decided to nerf it into the ground including it's only decent unique Gohrs gauntlets. I wasn't happy at my class being nerffed but I was not in end game yet so the WW class was still viable but the cooldown reductions resulted in gameplay of having to wait around until shouts come back up before I can damage mobs again which is not fun. A class should not have to rely on cooldowns before you do damage again. When I got to level 68 I decided to do the capstone early as I wanted to get into WT4 as soon as possible. This was the hardest challenge the game had to offer so far as I was 5 levels under the recommended level. I died allot to this capstone but managed to clear it and moved into WT4. My Reward for doing this finding out that Ancesteral items will not start showing until I reach level 73. So I had just wasted my time and had to level another 5 times before I could start actually getting ancestral gear from this WT. I levelled to 100 prior to the xp buffs. This was an extremley tedious task. What makes it tedious is the end game content is non existant. I forced myself to level to 100 so that I could take on uber Lilith. So I go up agaisnt uber Lilith with a fully min maxed WW barb and I can't do any damage to her at all. I then see videos of other classes that are able to melt her in seconds with huge damage numbers. This is the point I realised Blizzard had totally ruined the WW class and made it fully reduntant at the most difficult end game content. I was ready to quit at this stage but since it would not require much gear/aspect change I decided to switch to HOTA. This actually rekindled my enthusiasim for the game. I was having allot of fun running NM and seeing those big crit numbers. Seeing a 30 million crit was something I never saw on WW barb. WW barb I would very occasionally see 2 million damage. HOTA allowed me to go back and I was able to beat Lilith. I was also able to push to NM 82. I wasn't excatly excicted for season 1 but I was going to give it a shot since I had got the battle pass version of the game. Then the latest patch comes out and HOTA is given the WW treatment. My damage output is more or less halfed or worse. I allowed my time to be wasted once with investing into WW but when it happens a second time I do not allow a third chance. I value my time I refuse to invest any more time into a class/build that will be ruined by Blizzard. Barbarian is a dead class. I have uninstalled the game.

    TARGET AUDIENCE: CASUALS. Blizzard pumped allot of money into the marketing getting idiots like Megan Fox to promote the game. They have tried to reach a much wider audience of players and it has worked. This has resulted in us getting an extremeley easy game with bosses that have braindead mechanincs and a game that takes no risks.

    ITEMS/GEAR: Legendaries are just items to rip aspects off. They have no other use apart from selling for money or breaking down for mats. Out of all my play time I think 1 legendary dropped that had the correct aspect and rolls where I can actually equip it. All the rest just get sold or have the aspect removed and stuck on a yellow. I think this system is terrible. It removes all the excitement of getting a Legendary item.
    The cost of rerolling increasing every time is an absolute joke and pointless. I only re reroll perfect 3/4 stat items. It can take a very long time for one of these items to drop. Especially amulets and rings etc. For you to then get shafted by gold price for a re roll going up and up. I have a ring on 33 million a re roll. There should be a cap for re roll price.
    Uber uniques are pointless. What does adding items that have a 1 in 5 million hour drop chance add to the game ? You would need to be reincarnated 5 times and live 80+ years on all those 5 lifes and play D4 24 hours a day for a chance of a drop. Basically these are non atainable items. Their purpose is for players to think they have a chance to get them but they wil never drop. Uber uniques are a cash shop mechanic. More players playing more chance spend in shop. They are a carrot on a stick for idiots.

    END GAME: D4 biggest problem as it does not exist.
    You kill the same 3 world bosses that have braindead mechanics. They die in seconds.
    You run the same repetitive NM dunegons and kill the same braindead bosses over and over. There is also a serious lack of bosses. They become repetitive very fast and offer no challenge.
    D4 is halfcooked when it comes to end game. That is why they are nerffing xp again. They want to slow all progress to the end game as there is nothing to do when you get there.    … Expand
  27. Xiones
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    I can not affort the new battlepass with the 666 coins i got? Goodbye Diablo IV. Hello POE nice too meet you.
  28. Hacktr0n
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    While the game started off relatively shallow, I began to finally learn the few sorcerer mechanics that made the game feel enjoyable enough in WT4 at level 75. Then the latest "balance" patch came around this week and set me back what felt like a week. Just no motivation to play and afraid to waste any more time with Season 1 until it seems this Blizzard team knows what makes Diablo fun toWhile the game started off relatively shallow, I began to finally learn the few sorcerer mechanics that made the game feel enjoyable enough in WT4 at level 75. Then the latest "balance" patch came around this week and set me back what felt like a week. Just no motivation to play and afraid to waste any more time with Season 1 until it seems this Blizzard team knows what makes Diablo fun to begin with. It feels like decisions are being made more by the likes of Activision than the Blizzard of old. They used to have a reputation for impeccable detail and quality.… Expand
  29. Kal21
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    An Absolute Disaster: A Patch That Ruined the Game

    Where do I even begin with this so-called "patch"? It's an absolute train wreck that's left the game in shambles. I can't believe developers had the audacity to release this disaster to the players. If I could give it zero stars, I would. First of all, the patch was supposed to address bugs and improve gameplay, but it somehow managed to    An Absolute Disaster: A Patch That Ruined the Game

    Where do I even begin with this so-called "patch"? It's an absolute train wreck that's left the game in shambles. I can't believe developers had the audacity to release this disaster to the players. If I could give it zero stars, I would.

    First of all, the patch was supposed to address bugs and improve gameplay, but it somehow managed to introduce even more issues. The game is now plagued with glitches and errors that make it almost unplayable. It's like the developers didn't even bother testing it before pushing it out to the public.

    And let's talk about the supposed "balance changes" they made. Instead of creating a more enjoyable experience, they've ruined the game's core mechanics. Classes that were once balanced are now overpowered or useless. It's clear the developers have no clue about game design, and they've destroyed the delicate equilibrium that made the game fun.

    But that's not all. The patch also brought with it a slew of microtransactions and pay-to-win features. It's evident that the developers care more about squeezing money out of their players than providing a quality gaming experience. Greed has triumphed over integrity, and it's a disgrace.

    The communication from the development team has been abysmal. They ignored the community's feedback and released this travesty of a patch without any consideration for the players. They've shown a complete lack of respect for their loyal fanbase, and it's a slap in the face to all of us who have supported the game since day one.

    I've invested hundreds of hours into this game, and this patch has made me regret every single minute. It's heart-wrenching to see a game I once loved reduced to this pathetic state. I wouldn't recommend anyone to touch this game with a ten-foot pole until the developers fix the mess they've created.

    In conclusion, this patch is a colossal failure on every level. It's a disgrace to the gaming industry and a blatant disregard for the players who have supported the game. The developers should be ashamed of themselves for releasing such a monstrosity. Save your time and money, and stay far away from this broken mess.    … Expand
  30. Schwifty69
    Jul 21, 2023
    2
    Do NOT let the positive reviews from hardcore fanboys fool you. This game is an unfinished copy paste mess rotten at the core made to make as much money with as little effort as possible.
    Not to mention the boring repeating content, campaign is meh (more like an intro). Engame is boring, systems are garbage or straight up broken. The recent patch has also shown how absolutely incompetent    Do NOT let the positive reviews from hardcore fanboys fool you. This game is an unfinished copy paste mess rotten at the core made to make as much money with as little effort as possible.
    Not to mention the boring repeating content, campaign is meh (more like an intro). Engame is boring, systems are garbage or straight up broken. The recent patch has also shown how absolutely incompetent and out of touch the devs are bringing only more issues, not to mention the tons of new bugs introduces with season 1. This game is early access at best, there is no PTR, players just need to suffer in this game at the expense of their incompetence. The online (mmo) aspect is a gimmick, you still play alone, it doesn't matter, no body gives a **** it just adds rubber banding because even though WoW comes from the same studio they can't manage to sync players correctly. This is THE WORST Blizzard game I've ever played and I would refund and forget if I could with 0 regrets.    … Expand
  31. Dethstarr
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    This is a pretty sad end to a good franchise.

    It initially feels like a great quality game. But the further you go the more it exposes that core mechanics are completely broken. Looting, Resistances, classes, even connectivity and lag issues. Since the original patches everyone I joined with abandoned it. Given we spent about 100 Euros each on it, we were motivated to give it a fair    This is a pretty sad end to a good franchise.

    It initially feels like a great quality game. But the further you go the more it exposes that core mechanics are completely broken. Looting, Resistances, classes, even connectivity and lag issues.

    Since the original patches everyone I joined with abandoned it. Given we spent about 100 Euros each on it, we were motivated to give it a fair shot.

    They made characters feel weak and powerless, nerfing many end game charateristics and build while at the same time making the broken and frustrating loot system worse. So, where you would normally automatically change build, though it is painful, you cannot as they are totally gear dependant and the loot you need will never drop. I am have a lvl 77 druid and it is miserable to play at this point.

    But the core game just doesnt exist. There is literally no depth. They did nothing but mimic D3 in an extremely flawed way. Making it not only pure repetition, but totally frustrating and unrewarding. I got to the point of playing while listening to audio books and with the last patch, just gave up entirely as they made it worse and worse.

    I hear microsoft are buying Blizzard. I normally would not wish that fate on an enemy. But it somehow seems like a fitting punishment for a game company that lost all their best people, flirted heavily with woke and are now inevtiably, destined to go broke.    … Expand
  32. besmart
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is an total buy to play an beta version, far away from an finished game. I do NOT RECOMMEND this game.… Expand
  33. atyss
    Aug 20, 2023
    1
    Sosem játszottam még ilyen unalmas Diablo játékkal. Minden dungeon ugyanolyan, akár az eventek. Nem pörög a játékmenet, unalmas a sztori, minimális epic jelenettel. Kb. mint egy modolt diablo 2. Árnyéka önmagának a game. Vagy nevetségesen könnyű a játék, vagy lehetetlenül nehéz. Vicc az egész. A karakterfejlődés irritálóan nehézkes, mivel velünk erősődik a map, így lehetetlen pörgetni aSosem játszottam még ilyen unalmas Diablo játékkal. Minden dungeon ugyanolyan, akár az eventek. Nem pörög a játékmenet, unalmas a sztori, minimális epic jelenettel. Kb. mint egy modolt diablo 2. Árnyéka önmagának a game. Vagy nevetségesen könnyű a játék, vagy lehetetlenül nehéz. Vicc az egész. A karakterfejlődés irritálóan nehézkes, mivel velünk erősődik a map, így lehetetlen pörgetni a játékot, farmolni. Még mindig egy szar casino szerencsejáték az egész. Időrabló fos. A necro petjei még mindig agyhalottak, össze vissza szaladgálnak, ütik a jelentéktelen mobokat. 20 év alatt nem tudtak egy normális diablo játékot csinálni, gyerekkoromban még elment hogy egész nap ilyen szarokkal játszak, már nincs időm 25x ugyanazt az unalmas szart végigfarmolni, hogy a végén lófaszt se kapjak érte.… Expand
  34. best-of-max
    Aug 29, 2023
    2
    Just boring from the go. Making an open world is just a good idea if you can fill it. They couldn't.
  35. trylemontea
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    worst games on the earth. Blizzard what are you doing? disaster. awful game.
  36. Kufir
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    I'm 40 years old, I've been playing video games since I was a kid. I love Diablo 1 I love Diablo 2. Diablo 4 looks and works great but is weak in the most important aspects. Weak items, no motivation to play. I'm going back to Diablo 2 Resurrected. 3/10
  37. VuTeK
    Aug 5, 2023
    3
    Just shows how out of touch the Diablo 4 leadership are. After the preseason the game has become bland and feels like a chore to play. Mindlessly grinding to level 100 and redoing a lot of the renown every season isn't my idea of fun. They have nerfed everything into the ground and slowed many aspects of the game down. After watching the POE2 showcase and comparing the gameplay with D4 IJust shows how out of touch the Diablo 4 leadership are. After the preseason the game has become bland and feels like a chore to play. Mindlessly grinding to level 100 and redoing a lot of the renown every season isn't my idea of fun. They have nerfed everything into the ground and slowed many aspects of the game down. After watching the POE2 showcase and comparing the gameplay with D4 I have to say POE2 is way out of D4's league.

    During the campfire live stream the leadership played the ignorant card and said it wasn't there intention to do those changes yet it took a look of planning and coding to implement that dog **** patch. None of the people in charge of making all these stupid decisions in the game actually play the game in their own time.    … Expand
  38. MT7
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    patch 1.1 notes: Increasing mystery chests in Helltides from 175 to 250 cinders, while the rewards were already lacklustre. Swinging the nerf bat at the builds that were actually fun.

    You finally have your build together, you start cruising more and more like a sportscar, Blizzard says "no", and puts you in a 60 year old discarded car..., and now try to have the same fun again. That, or    patch 1.1 notes: Increasing mystery chests in Helltides from 175 to 250 cinders, while the rewards were already lacklustre. Swinging the nerf bat at the builds that were actually fun.



    You finally have your build together, you start cruising more and more like a sportscar, Blizzard says "no", and puts you in a 60 year old discarded car..., and now try to have the same fun again. That, or you can always respecc ofcourse; which is tedious AF, by having to click all the seperate nodes, and spending millions of ingame gold. Now you got that covered; ofcourse all the gear you spend gold on is worthless, as specific things like crit and vulnerable are nerfed to hell and back again. Go and grind that new gear; but we made the options of farming gear way slower. Blizzard, you've killed your own game and you know it.    … Expand
  39. 420NL
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    they nerfed everything fun you will be grinding the same couple nightmare dungeons allday cash shop is all super overpriced and the game loads everybodys stash and inventory everytime you load a new zone so you lagg super hard most of the times on zone swap
  40. FeXY
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    What kind of game it will be when its designers do not play their own game. When you put everything in one game but master nothing, it is just a huge piece of crap. Not mentioning current Blizzard designers are really keen on teaching players how to play a game, even they do not even play it themselves. The scene, music and plot is the best among Diablo series. But nothing else. The endWhat kind of game it will be when its designers do not play their own game. When you put everything in one game but master nothing, it is just a huge piece of crap. Not mentioning current Blizzard designers are really keen on teaching players how to play a game, even they do not even play it themselves. The scene, music and plot is the best among Diablo series. But nothing else. The end game is now even worse than Diablo 3. You have more than 100 dungeons, but most of them are quite the same thing. And you have to carry chests and search for keys when you just want to MF. Meanwhile, you have to wait for certain time for events when you just want to relax after working for a whole day. The worst of all, the designers will always nerf everything players found to be efficient, because they think it is cooooooooool.… Expand
  41. marshmallow_op
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    I really wanted to like this game, but it felt flat, it felt bland, no passion from the devs, I have played hundreds of hours of Diablo 1, 2 and 3, repeating their campaigns over and over, and never felt bored, Diablo 4 even though felt as part of the game franchise, it lacked a lot of the flame that had all the previous Diablos, it lacked personality and lacked purpose, it felt for theI really wanted to like this game, but it felt flat, it felt bland, no passion from the devs, I have played hundreds of hours of Diablo 1, 2 and 3, repeating their campaigns over and over, and never felt bored, Diablo 4 even though felt as part of the game franchise, it lacked a lot of the flame that had all the previous Diablos, it lacked personality and lacked purpose, it felt for the entire game as a forced experience.
    After I finished the campaign, I felt uninspired and not engaged into continuing playing, there is no reason to keep playing as there was on the previous games, the entire open world felt empty, half of the missions feel absolutely meaningless, the devs not just made me waste 70 dollars, they decided it was a brilliant idea to put inside their full priced 70 dollar game a paid premium shop and a paid premium battle pass, I literally feel like Blizzard is squeezing me for my money and I feel as I got nothing in return, I wish I could had got a refund because it was absolutely NOT worth my money, it was one of the most unsatisfactory and unwelcome game experience since I played Diablo Immortal, another terrible release IP of Blizzard, it is really sad to see what they did to Diablo franchise, it is a no return train to deception to the fan base, and the entire experience feels empty, these are no longer games for the players, Diablo 4 was not made for you nor for Diablo fan base in mind, and Diablo 4 is a fine example of predatory game company degeneracy and its truly insulting to all of us who have been following to this franchise for so long, Diablo 4 for sure was what the Diablo franchise needed to completely prove to their Diablo fanbase that the franchise is dead, what is left behind is a rotten corpse of a game that pretends to be Diablo, but its nothing more than a money grab machine.    … Expand
  42. Majinbeb
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    blizz devs just have to stop thinking they know anything about video games and just do what players/beta tester tell them to, only way to save that game. Worst loot system i've ever come by, got 1 upgrade from 76 to 100, you just drop thousand of garbage and spend your time looking at it instead of actually playing the game, bad endgame, you spam **** dungeons, way too narrow for an hack'nblizz devs just have to stop thinking they know anything about video games and just do what players/beta tester tell them to, only way to save that game. Worst loot system i've ever come by, got 1 upgrade from 76 to 100, you just drop thousand of garbage and spend your time looking at it instead of actually playing the game, bad endgame, you spam **** dungeons, way too narrow for an hack'n slash, and only 3/4 of them anyway cause most are long and tedious, helltide are super low density, with very bad rewards, boring as **** to do, still you can't skip those if you want to optimize your character. Class balance is atrocious, only good class pre 1.1 patch was necro, everything else felt super underwhelming above nightmare 70 or on lilith, have to level character to realize numbers are just **** Mount are actually worse than in lost ark, couldn't believe it, you stuck in everything, get bodyblock by mobs, you go backwards nonstop cause of lag/mount not adapted to maps design. Gear is bad, most unique are useless so you end up disappointed when they drop most of the time, uber unique might be the worst idea blizzard ever had (and i've been playing wow for the past 15years, that says something, even titanforge was better), basically a carrot you keep running after but you know you can't reach it, (1drop in 5Milllions hours of gameplay average). If you want to play this game, don't. If you play it already just give it up, only way to force blizzard's hand into making actual decent games,… Expand
  43. Joshuaholdiman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This game could have been great, but bad design choices forcing long play times for relatively no reward, no workable goals, loot drops that are rarer than winning the lottery, nerfs that make everyone feel like they wasted their time with their builds, limited storage space, alt unfriendly design, and poorly optimized gameplay hold it back. If it wasn't for almost everything about thisThis game could have been great, but bad design choices forcing long play times for relatively no reward, no workable goals, loot drops that are rarer than winning the lottery, nerfs that make everyone feel like they wasted their time with their builds, limited storage space, alt unfriendly design, and poorly optimized gameplay hold it back. If it wasn't for almost everything about this game it would have been great.… Expand
  44. Derbernd
    Aug 13, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ich war nach 25 Stunden durch die campain und alles danach is eigentlich nur noch das ein und selbe dungoen immer und immer wieder machennich hab lange auf ein diablo2 gewartet was an diablo 2 rankommt aber das hier is es definitiv nicht Die angeblich 200 dungoens sind nur 15-20 die einfach copy Paste über die ganze map verteilt sind und das fühlt sich nicht nur so an das ist auch so
    Die Bosse später sind auch nicht wirklich herausfordernd sogar uber nicht Dann dieser überlegung komm wir machen jetzt die nightmare dungoens level 100 für die nächsten 6 seasons schon mal aber was die Leute nach dem ersten Season Start oder nach dem Leveln machen scheiss egal … die können ja was anderes spielen is ja kein spiel das man länger spielen sollte für 120€ in der teuersten Edition Und der eigentliche Witz kommt jetzt ich hab 350+ in dem Spiel und hab noch nicht mal jemanden mit nem shako oder einem von den Entwicklern gezeigtes uniqe GESEHEN nicht ich hab keins ich hab bis jetzt niemanden gesehen der eins hat und das ist ganz ehrlich ne üble sauerrei in der Zeit hätte ich bei dia2 n Magier ne amazone und noch n Pala halb aufgebaut klar nicht auf 100 beide allerhöchstens auf 80 aber da hätte wenigstenseiner n shako 100%
    Es ist einfach nur simple hinhalte Taktik mal schauen wie lang se sich die scheisse noch geben und das ist ziemlich übler scheiss find ich Diesen hate von den POE entwicklern kann ich zwar auch nicht verstehen POE ist in meinen Augen noch viel üblerer Schrott aber Ich hoffe das dieses Baldurs Gate mal die Leute wach rüttelt und mal wieder zum normal denken bringt und nicht blind jeden scheiss zu kaufen so wie ich dieses Mal wieder    … Expand
  45. ezki
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad
  46. Prolly
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Was hopeful for the game, but enough is enough. Its not even just some but 99% of the game design decisions are absolutely the worst in video game history. Blizzard isn't the same company that makes great games anymore. They simply use the names of a once great game and company to get loyal customers to buy products while not listening to the player base at all and making changes to theWas hopeful for the game, but enough is enough. Its not even just some but 99% of the game design decisions are absolutely the worst in video game history. Blizzard isn't the same company that makes great games anymore. They simply use the names of a once great game and company to get loyal customers to buy products while not listening to the player base at all and making changes to the game no one has ever asked for. Its clear they use the names of titles simply to make money off once loyal customers. As a long time customer (played WoW since vanilla, D2, D3, D4, SC2, HOTS, OW and having thousands of hours spread across these titles) I am officially fed up and done with this shell of a once great company.… Expand
  47. aurelius420420
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Was great before the season 1 patch thought the game could just get better. Thought they'd buff sorc survivability and leave it's damage alone. Ruined my favorite class. Ruined the game already.
  48. ZeeRoX
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    Game has many problems, necromancer for instance, excel at not using minions. Even now, after release many things regarding the minions doesn't work. They promised they will look into necromancer minions in patch 1.1.0, but there was none of it, a small buff to one thing, but so many things are broken.

    Blizzard doesn't respect your time, at all they forcing you to regrind the renown    Game has many problems, necromancer for instance, excel at not using minions. Even now, after release many things regarding the minions doesn't work. They promised they will look into necromancer minions in patch 1.1.0, but there was none of it, a small buff to one thing, but so many things are broken.

    Blizzard doesn't respect your time, at all they forcing you to regrind the renown again, and again with new seasons.

    It also seems Blizzard doesn't really know what they are doing, they changing things, that doesn't need to be changed. They needed to fix things and make sure everything works first of all, add new content later!

    I will check from time to time to see how it evolves but I really don't have any hopes for the future of Diablo IV.

    The foundation is strong, but they need to rethink their approach to the game, maybe one day they will and maybe Diablo IV will be good.    … Expand
  49. TyrealArchea
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Endgame is repetitive. Useful gear doesn't drop enough. Lack of viable builds. And all of that before they made the game worse with the Season 1 Patch. Feels like an alpha release.
  50. WavelessOcean
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Disgustingly gory, I forced myself to go through it and skip they cinematics which made the campaign somewhat enjoyable but my wife, who loved Diablo 3, could barely finish it.

    The game also has lots of bugs, including some serious ones like Barrage Rogue not getting glyph altars in nightmare dungeons, which took more than a month to fix. There are also other more annoying issues like    Disgustingly gory, I forced myself to go through it and skip they cinematics which made the campaign somewhat enjoyable but my wife, who loved Diablo 3, could barely finish it.

    The game also has lots of bugs, including some serious ones like Barrage Rogue not getting glyph altars in nightmare dungeons, which took more than a month to fix. There are also other more annoying issues like ridiculously low stash space: it's not like it's blizzard's first Diablo game.

    A big part of the game is its slot matchine random rewards system whereby it drops random items, but some class-specific uniques don't drop over the course of 100h of play like Tempest Roar for the druid while at the same time you get 10+ copies of the equivalent item for another druid build.

    To top it off, they now have nerfed everything in the game to, I guess, have a KPI to show progress towards now that they can't easily increase "Number of active players". This pre-season 1 patch took a game that was ok despite the bugs and removed all that made it fun. But I guess this is what I get for buying a service at a fixed rate instead of a game and expect the provider to have fun and enjoyment and the player's interests in mind.

    I gave Blizzard the benefit of the doubt with Diablo IV despite Diablo Immortal, and I really wanted the game to become another classic but it's clear to me that it's very unlikely to happen at this time.    … Expand
  51. daspectrum
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    Huge range of issues from resistances being borked, off screen one shot kills on players, lag, and a battle pass that was no where near the value. Only decent clothing for you hero is in the store for over $25AUD per item.

    Minimap unable to be moved for blind players, inability to see any ground effect when playing with certain classes storage space it extremely small and devs are just    Huge range of issues from resistances being borked, off screen one shot kills on players, lag, and a battle pass that was no where near the value. Only decent clothing for you hero is in the store for over $25AUD per item.

    Minimap unable to be moved for blind players, inability to see any ground effect when playing with certain classes storage space it extremely small and devs are just rude when asked for a response or a solution to these certain issues.

    Stay clear save your money til real change is made through a philosophy change or staff termination and replacement.

    The battle pass cost an extra 30 on top of the base price and did not contain any decent cosmetics or emotes truly stingy. Needs on top for the season makes the time to level extremely bad to keep time played for shareholder quotas indicators. Limited color palette for dying cosmetics is just horrible.    … Expand
  52. Fukushimiste
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    I didn't see a studio which is killing himself so much, even Ubisoft, or EA are currently better than this **** of studio
  53. Kre1
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    I'd love to give it a better review, this game has potential to be 7 or 8/10. But the devs are just absolutely clueless on what they're doing. Overnerfing abilities, not buffing severely undertuned abilities and making bad changes overall. They're latest patch slowed most of the game and was backwards from what everyone wanted.
    I understand some nerfs are good to fix the balance of the    I'd love to give it a better review, this game has potential to be 7 or 8/10. But the devs are just absolutely clueless on what they're doing. Overnerfing abilities, not buffing severely undertuned abilities and making bad changes overall. They're latest patch slowed most of the game and was backwards from what everyone wanted.
    I understand some nerfs are good to fix the balance of the game, but when those nerfs affect a wide range of players or abilities, they have to compensate them so the weak don't get weaker. Of course they didn't do this though.
    Oh and also **** the monetisation of this game. The price is nuts, then of top of that there's a battle pass like 4 times a year? And then an in game store? Disgusting.    … Expand
  54. Deathmournex
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    total disaster game. When activision first merged and fused with blizzard they are making a BIG **** MISTAKE. Thought we were having so much fun. They sound like the boy who cried wolf someday no body will ever **** trust them again. If Ion is a lawyer joining a game development team with no experience he should not be there my friends all said so. Phil spencer said he wants everyonetotal disaster game. When activision first merged and fused with blizzard they are making a BIG **** MISTAKE. Thought we were having so much fun. They sound like the boy who cried wolf someday no body will ever **** trust them again. If Ion is a lawyer joining a game development team with no experience he should not be there my friends all said so. Phil spencer said he wants everyone playing wow, then why wasnt xbox game studios the parent company instead of activision? Activision is nothing but a boy who cried wolf someday everyone will not trust them and they will all go to phil spencer and xbox game studios. Nixxiom a graphic designer voice actor, and wood carving enthusiast, he shouldve been the game director from day one like falmea leah ruben not ion he knows nothing about game design. Ion taking over the wow team and activision hijacking blizzard may have "killed" the game. No wonder its a skin suit since the merger makes since. Maybe King triton ariels father is right about humans, she shoulda never left atlantica EVER!… Expand
  55. Worfy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard killed the game whit the 1.1 patch. Theres not much to say realy , there are 1000 threads about this abysmal patch.Either rerroll back to the game before the patch or apply a new patch that fixes this patch. Any case game is garbage now
  56. EstebanRLS
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    A Diablo game without Diablo.
    It has no variety, tedious and boring.
    It has no end game, they just want to sell SP & cosmetics.
  57. Liquid_Cold
    Aug 1, 2023
    3
    Ожидал намного большего... Разочаровала своей вторичностью.
    BLIZZARD уже не та, что раньше, измельчала.
  58. PongEnjoyer
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Wasn't expecting anything good from the modern blizzard, but omg this is the worst diablo-like game I ever played.
  59. metalfacechad
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. Blatantly designed to extend your engagement time the game by any means possible. Absolute Disgrace. Blizzard we once knew has been stomped into the ground and replaced. This is not the Diablo Franchise we have come to love.
  60. JudgementKazzy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    If I were to sum Diablo 4 in two words, it would be "D4 BAD".

    This shallow, lazy and uninspiring excuse of a game had the audacity to price itself at a next gen triple A price tag and an obnoxious microtransaction store while under delivering on every possible aspect of an ARPG. It feebly attempts to incorporate aspects from your cookie cutter MMORPG from the last 20 years however    If I were to sum Diablo 4 in two words, it would be "D4 BAD".

    This shallow, lazy and uninspiring excuse of a game had the audacity to price itself at a next gen triple A price tag and an obnoxious microtransaction store while under delivering on every possible aspect of an ARPG.

    It feebly attempts to incorporate aspects from your cookie cutter MMORPG from the last 20 years however all of that falls flat. Its easy to imagine during this games development, they must have had a list of buzzwords on a whiteboard(MMO, Open world, 100 unique dungeons, etc.) that the team must have felt beholden to, then those buzzwords eventually make it into the final product but only on a technicality, none of it feeling organic, belonging or even fully incorporated.

    Sinking time into this game, chasing any semblance of joy while drowning in sunk cost fallacy will only leave you with a bitter aftertaste you wish you never had.    … Expand
  61. angryangel
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It is not fun. it never was and now never will be after this bs from Blizzard. The game is dead
  62. Fkublizzcompany
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    I was expecting a game like D2, but got a worse game than D3/Immortal instead.

    A soulless game, It seems to lack even the most basic features. It's actually quite simple, why do you have to reinvent the wheel? Why not use the features you already have and know? You simply add new features to these features. So you then have a better game than D4. I don't know which apprentice    I was expecting a game like D2, but got a worse game than D3/Immortal instead.

    A soulless game, It seems to lack even the most basic features.

    It's actually quite simple, why do you have to reinvent the wheel? Why not use the features you already have and know? You simply add new features to these features. So you then have a better game than D4.

    I don't know which apprentice Blizzard has a say in, but apparently the whole team is made up of amateurs.

    The Diablo team only had 1 task! Just use the basics you already have. Say Diablo1, Diablo2, D2R, i also call Diablo3 .

    Just use the fking Basics whats the Problem!
    OKAY!OKAY! you want to make a new game out of Diablo, blablala "Open World" "Meghan Fox"
    all well and good but WTF! add all the stuff we already have at the previous games!!!

    This game is a shame I don't recommend it to anyone, especially not for $70.    … Expand
  63. Soulgix
    Jul 23, 2023
    3
    I see a lot of fake review votes, giving this game a 0 or a 10, so I wanted to bring some honesty in this.
    This game is a solid 4/10 for me. 3/10 after patch 1.0
    Back to 4/10, more 3.5 after the hotfix 1.1 But while you can say giving a 0 score is too low and fake...all the 10/10 reviews should face the same critic. If this game was early access or beta it would be a solid 5-6/10 hoping    I see a lot of fake review votes, giving this game a 0 or a 10, so I wanted to bring some honesty in this.
    This game is a solid 4/10 for me. 3/10 after patch 1.0
    Back to 4/10, more 3.5 after the hotfix 1.1
    But while you can say giving a 0 score is too low and fake...all the 10/10 reviews should face the same critic. If this game was early access or beta it would be a solid 5-6/10 hoping for a 7-8/10 game release. Being a full game at 70$, with 1 month of basically open beta before Season 1, and going into S1 without ANY of the numerous problems reported in this month resolved....3-4/10 is the best I can give. Inventory space, UI still not fixed
    Resistances in season 2
    Uber unique are a joke. Too much randomization and too little customization for drops.
    Respec is costly and a chore in the best scenario (just copy WOW for talent loadout and respec.....is also a blizzard game...just copy that part)
    Some specs are extremely underperforming.
    World chat doesn't work so the feeling is that of a single player game
    And.....NO END GAME

    Before 1.0 endgame was very poor, made by uber lilith and dungeons T100, mostly the latter.
    Then devs said they didn't want dungeons to be endgame so they nerfed them.....ok
    ...leaving as the ONLY end game challenge uber lilith who doesn't even drop loot.......

    If they wanted to remove dungeons as end game content they should have given a replacement before nerfing them.... after the campaign is done... there is really nothing to do in the game but mindlessly farm loot for no real purpose Anyway I didn't vote 0/10 but I believe that until there will be people giving this game a score of 10/10, any 0/10 is totally justified to bring the total score of the game close to its true value    … Expand
  64. RadDad0728
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is trying to make and loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system; the loot is just boring. An ARPG without action; progression is slower than a sloth. A MMO without a social system; does not even have basic groupfinding for ANY of the very little content in the game.

    It tries to be everything, and fails at every turn.
  65. Squize
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It could have been a great game, but after recent patch the game is unplayable.
  66. Belhaven
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was great woth some issues that needed touching on but the developers decided to nuke it from orbit for some reason. I played Diablo 2 when it came out, Everquest for decades, WoW for a long time, and Diablo 3 so I have a lot of both ARPG and MMO experience and this patch was somehow the worst. The Devs showed that nobody who worked on it actually plays the game or has any trueThe game was great woth some issues that needed touching on but the developers decided to nuke it from orbit for some reason. I played Diablo 2 when it came out, Everquest for decades, WoW for a long time, and Diablo 3 so I have a lot of both ARPG and MMO experience and this patch was somehow the worst. The Devs showed that nobody who worked on it actually plays the game or has any true experience working on ARPGs.… Expand
  67. Paulmor07
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    They butchered my boy! D2 was better in every way. Even D3 was better in every way. They ignored 20 years of progression and released a pile of garbage. ... Then nerfed that garbage into the ground and expect us to pay more for it.
  68. Vandolin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They probably shouldn't have tried taking on this franchise. Just a bad attempt at taking feedback and a premature release. Don't think there was any sense behind releasing the game with this little developed, and even less with the damage control of that mistake.
  69. ArkWulf
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    With every update Blizzard brings out for this game. My enjoyment and wanting to play it lessens and lessens. At this point if you want a wave slaying power trip. I'd stick with Diablo 3
  70. baasb
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game is still in a beta stage and the patches are only there to keep you from finding out that it is missing endgame content.
  71. MollaneGreed
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Just uninstalled Diablo IV after taking time to digest and think about patch 1.1 for season 1 and came to the conclusion that it's just shafting absolutely everyone. I won't go into specifics because I would essentially be writing out all the patch notes again.

    My friends and I have enjoyed the game greatly since launch, but after the release of patch 1.1 just before Season 1 we are    Just uninstalled Diablo IV after taking time to digest and think about patch 1.1 for season 1 and came to the conclusion that it's just shafting absolutely everyone. I won't go into specifics because I would essentially be writing out all the patch notes again.

    My friends and I have enjoyed the game greatly since launch, but after the release of patch 1.1 just before Season 1 we are seeing just how out of touch the company's management is with the game. With all the sweeping nerfs, they have taken so many elements that made the game fun and completely killed it for me and my friends. Though I play Druid and came out mostly on top, my friends that love Sorcerer are getting completely shafted. I really wish the company was putting time into restoring all the quality of life improvements from Diablo III into Diablo IV instead of wasting time backtracking and making their game worst than the launch and beta experiences.    … Expand
  72. Esc74474
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Has continually gone down hill with changes since testing through live. Devs don't have a grasp on fun. The their strategy to increase longevity of the game is to make it a slog to grind. It's Diablo: Korean MMO. I was hooked in an earlier test phase, so it's a shame to see the state it is in now.
  73. Aristat
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Started playing at launch and thought I would return to my roots by playing the sorcerer. Tried several builds and just trying out my own build, but they made the character way too squishy. After the recent patch they've made it even worse. Was talking to my friends about how I wasn't having much fun with the nightmare dungeon grind, helltides, and whatnot. Further nerfing so many buildsStarted playing at launch and thought I would return to my roots by playing the sorcerer. Tried several builds and just trying out my own build, but they made the character way too squishy. After the recent patch they've made it even worse. Was talking to my friends about how I wasn't having much fun with the nightmare dungeon grind, helltides, and whatnot. Further nerfing so many builds will just make the game that much more miserable to play. Original story is great, but the end game just isn't adding up to what it should be. Uninstalled it from my computer and I might come back to it in a few months, only time will tell.… Expand
  74. Denkata07
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Giving 1 as the game surely had some minor fun until the recent patch S1. Now a ND I used to clear in 10 minutes ( yeah, I play sorc) now takes 30 if at all manage to finish it. Besides, they broke even more my fav class.
  75. GlassDragoon
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    This game has terrible loot which makes the desire to grind nonexistent. They've made gearing alts almost impossible. Trade is very limited. Uniques are ok, but they also have "uber" uniques whos drop rates are so low they might as well not be in the game. A lot of players were waiting on the 1.1 patch for buffs and nice balance changes, what Blizzard delivered shows how out of touchThis game has terrible loot which makes the desire to grind nonexistent. They've made gearing alts almost impossible. Trade is very limited. Uniques are ok, but they also have "uber" uniques whos drop rates are so low they might as well not be in the game. A lot of players were waiting on the 1.1 patch for buffs and nice balance changes, what Blizzard delivered shows how out of touch they are. Also in normal Blizzard fashion if a bug is beneficial to players they can fix in in hours, if it's a detriment they need months. Please fix this game Blizzard!… Expand
  76. nintendonerd282
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    They really brought back the tone and enemy designs of Diablo 2, which is great. But, in my 20 years of Diablo fandom, this is the first Diablo game I won’t finish. Even Diablo 3 was better which is kind of shocking to say. Loot feels worthless. The leveling system is a joke. Enemies level with you so there’s really no point. The number of spell slots is too few. Feels like a mobile game IThey really brought back the tone and enemy designs of Diablo 2, which is great. But, in my 20 years of Diablo fandom, this is the first Diablo game I won’t finish. Even Diablo 3 was better which is kind of shocking to say. Loot feels worthless. The leveling system is a joke. Enemies level with you so there’s really no point. The number of spell slots is too few. Feels like a mobile game I paid too much money for.… Expand
  77. Ravenfell
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    the devs just keep killing the game by doing exactly the opposite of what the community wants and nerfing everything into oblivion while also not solving any of the problems.
  78. Kirbinho
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    In a game with literally no endgame Blizzard decided it is okay to nerf everything from player power to experience gain to slow down player progression instead of addressing major design issues with this game. Pretty disappointing to be honest.
  79. Glubski
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The campaign is worth playing - but that's about it. Rarely did a game **** up an endgame by this margin. The grind feels absolute unrewarding. Backtracking in dungeons. You have to spend countless minutes sifting through an inventory with yellow items clogging up your bags is my most dreaded thing to do after a couple runs. Tons of affixes, most of them useless. Dropping a legendary orThe campaign is worth playing - but that's about it. Rarely did a game **** up an endgame by this margin. The grind feels absolute unrewarding. Backtracking in dungeons. You have to spend countless minutes sifting through an inventory with yellow items clogging up your bags is my most dreaded thing to do after a couple runs. Tons of affixes, most of them useless. Dropping a legendary or unique is 100% unrewarding, because those are by design worse than the best yellow roll. Nightmare dungeons are simply unfun and with thr new patch blizzards idea of making the fun last longer was to just make the entire gaming experience dreadful, so that it's the same amount of cancer from beginning to the end. Go outside, touch grass, **** blizzard....… Expand
  80. grimdank
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Diablo is in a really bad state right now with controversial changes. Boring ARPG.
  81. izzomnia
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    So unrefined. So many glitches, invisible bats, doors that don’t visibly open but you can walk right through them. Balance issues are monumental. Zero endgame playability. Linear game that seems to have been yet another blizzard failure. Diablo franchise has progressively been getting worse and worse since Diablo 2. Loot system is a joke. Game feels more and more like a cartoony world ofSo unrefined. So many glitches, invisible bats, doors that don’t visibly open but you can walk right through them. Balance issues are monumental. Zero endgame playability. Linear game that seems to have been yet another blizzard failure. Diablo franchise has progressively been getting worse and worse since Diablo 2. Loot system is a joke. Game feels more and more like a cartoony world of Warcraft game. Server lag is atrocious. Rubber banding with fantastic internet. Giant polygons periodically pop out of characters bodies. One big steaming pile of doggy doody.… Expand
  82. Slickricky
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    A shell of its former self. Once was a great series but now they seem lost. Game is boring and quite frankly, pointless. Once you finish the campaign i wouldn’t bother playing anymore. Was excited for the first season to start but 2 days before they put out patch notes that made the game even worse. Making it slower and harder to progress in an already slow and boring game. Paid $100 CadA shell of its former self. Once was a great series but now they seem lost. Game is boring and quite frankly, pointless. Once you finish the campaign i wouldn’t bother playing anymore. Was excited for the first season to start but 2 days before they put out patch notes that made the game even worse. Making it slower and harder to progress in an already slow and boring game. Paid $100 Cad for this game and i feel like someone should be paying me to play it whenever i log in. Avoid this game.… Expand
  83. qanik
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible end game loop. No chase items. No crafting. No agency on the contents and rewards. Bad itemization. Forced builds by devs. Buggy and imbalanced tuning. Thoughtless implementation of many systems, such as open world, elemental/phys dmg types, resistance, white/blue items(why do they exists lol?), hardcore/softcore etc.. Missing tons of QoL features(search function, lack of stashesTerrible end game loop. No chase items. No crafting. No agency on the contents and rewards. Bad itemization. Forced builds by devs. Buggy and imbalanced tuning. Thoughtless implementation of many systems, such as open world, elemental/phys dmg types, resistance, white/blue items(why do they exists lol?), hardcore/softcore etc.. Missing tons of QoL features(search function, lack of stashes period). Quin is a clown.… Expand
  84. heAVen93
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    - Diablo 4 has good ambiance, graphics, decent overall atmosphere, and lastly, the combat is fluid too.

    - Diablo 4 has poor itemization (they force you to pick very specific stats if you want your build to succeed, the skill tree (twig) is very lacking, no variety in builds (at most you have 2 to 3 viable builds per each class), and then we have the paragon board, in my opinion it's    - Diablo 4 has good ambiance, graphics, decent overall atmosphere, and lastly, the combat is fluid too.

    - Diablo 4 has poor itemization (they force you to pick very specific stats if you want your build to succeed, the skill tree (twig) is very lacking, no variety in builds (at most you have 2 to 3 viable builds per each class), and then we have the paragon board, in my opinion it's currently below average (I'd love to see an overall revamp of the paragon board being more intuitive and interesting). Anyways, the current state of the game is below average, i'd rate it a C.    … Expand
  85. gkh
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    End game contents are lacking during launched and people are getting bored after 3 weeks. So instead of creating more contents, Devs decided to nerf everything to slow down the game progress, to keep people playing longer, instead of putting in more new contents. Under cooked over priced game. Dare you Blizz to put in refund button and see how it goes.
  86. RaistlinDourden
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.
  87. Ethas
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only 2/6 campaign acts are likeable, the last 3 being convoluted and seem to have been rushed to get completed. Ending is about as nonsensical as possible and prepares for a $40 expansion in about a year. About 25 hours long if you take your time, most of which is running between npcs to get orders from since your character is as close to a mindless drone as you can get, and you only unlock the horse after the first 3/4 of the story. What is canon is also inconsistent, with characters referencing having a surplus of health potions, but not using them when they are stabbed and dying in the dumbest way possible.

    After the most recent 1.1 patch, most meta builds have been nerfed damage wise by 40%, but are still the meta since the other builds suck that much. Enemy health has also been buffed and player survivability nerfed. For example, the worst performing class by a significant margin had to rely on a specific passive to stay competitive, and that was nerfed by 20%.    … Expand
  88. kappak
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    A game that had so much potential, but gets increasingly worse with each patch and decision made by the dev team. D4 isn't it, go next.
  89. GregGarigreh583
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard has signaled loud and clear what this game is going to be: a product made by analysts to drive engagement as though it were an Amazon sweatshop.
  90. Dekzter
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Super slow and grindy just for the sake of being grindy. And the Patch 1.1 changes have made it even worse. Just awful.
  91. heshman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    All the grind and none of the fun. Staggeringly out of touch devs just looking to maximize play time. Serious risk of losing the player base. It looks nice though. So, thats worth one point.
  92. laidback_talent
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Latest patch notes make this game even more painful to play. Nerf upon more nerfs. It feels like the devs don't know what they are doing or at least it seems their main priority is to make everything a cash grab.
  93. QueefSupreme
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You have cross network play enabled, and may encounter players on other platforms.… Expand
  94. catimusprime
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game was mediocre when released but patch 1.1.0 made the game miserable to play. D3 might have been a mindless casual shell of a Diablo game, but at least it was fun to play for a week or two every few months because it rewarded you for playing instead of D4 which almost punishes you for playing.
  95. Celticlasm
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Already unhappy that they made it online only - when they have server problems, it means you don't get to play their $70-$90 game. The team didn't take ANYTHING learned from Diablo 3, and instead of giving you an aRPG power fantasy, you get a game of constant nerfs and game "fixes" that ultimately seem in place purely to slow player progression artificially, and thus, make their gameAlready unhappy that they made it online only - when they have server problems, it means you don't get to play their $70-$90 game. The team didn't take ANYTHING learned from Diablo 3, and instead of giving you an aRPG power fantasy, you get a game of constant nerfs and game "fixes" that ultimately seem in place purely to slow player progression artificially, and thus, make their game appear to have more replayability. The copious loot you could find in previous titles is now scarce, upgrading your gear ends by level 70 at best, and the unique artifacts in the game are laughably garbage. They DID make a massive map, but then wasted it on having the same mobs literally everywhere, so you don't *feel* like it's a massive map - the same generic setting of desert, jungle swamp, or forest spread over the map. I hate having spent money on this game.… Expand
  96. frank796
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard does not care for it's player base, nor does it want them to have fun. The latest patch proves it. They nerfed everything, but did not address the bigger issues like lack of stash space, being able to respec easily, terrible uniques / lack of diversity in itemization, etc. They didn't even fix the memory leak issue affecting the game a month after it's release. Many high endBlizzard does not care for it's player base, nor does it want them to have fun. The latest patch proves it. They nerfed everything, but did not address the bigger issues like lack of stash space, being able to respec easily, terrible uniques / lack of diversity in itemization, etc. They didn't even fix the memory leak issue affecting the game a month after it's release. Many high end computers will experience stutter and freeze.… Expand
  97. FooFargles
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard is a shell of what it used to be. They are now a pathetic, predatory, money hungry bunch of guys in suits who have no idea what a video game actually means. R.I.P. Blizzard.
  98. Stripe
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    If you buy Diablo 4 expecting an ARPG, you will be disappointed. There's less action, no depth to character builds, no interesting loot, and a whole lot of walking from point A to B in a mostly empty world. What you get is a uniform, drawn out "Hack & Slash game where Numbers Go Up"

    At launch, the game was a slog at best - player power kept in check by every enemy levelling up alongside    If you buy Diablo 4 expecting an ARPG, you will be disappointed. There's less action, no depth to character builds, no interesting loot, and a whole lot of walking from point A to B in a mostly empty world. What you get is a uniform, drawn out "Hack & Slash game where Numbers Go Up"

    At launch, the game was a slog at best - player power kept in check by every enemy levelling up alongside you, from start to finish. There is no feeling powerful in this game, even in the starting area. But with Patch 1.1, player power and progression has been significantly gimped even further, to the point where you have to wonder what the motive could possibly be.

    And I think the motive is to cover up the fact that the game lacks any sort of depth or interesting loot whatsoever. Gems are worthless. Uniques are just souped up rares with a random aspect on em, that you can extract. Items don't have any identity beyond arrow up or arrow down. Crafting is basically nonexistent, and choice of skills and character builds has been dumbed down even compared to Diablo 3.

    It's the action RPG without action, without interesting loot, without depth in character builds, and also you'll be running across the entire world - a huge empty map - for fetch quests over and over. Just walking. And you don't get a mount until you beat the main campaign for some reason.

    Also, they're pinging you to check out and preview microtransactions whenever a new one becomes available... each costing upwards of a third of what you paid for the game. Complete insanity.

    On merit of its game systems, it's not worth playing BUT
    Combat and visuals are solid.
    Story, writing and voice acting is solid.
    For those two, I award one point each. If you *really* care about the lore, consider dragging yourself through the campaign once. 2/10    … Expand
  99. Epacs
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Been a long time Diablo fan since D1. I pre-ordered D4 without hesitation because I expected it to be a top tier AARPG. It's not. There are roadblocks (some literally) to slow progression at every corner in this game. The newest S1 patch further amplifies the slowdown with huge nerfs across the board. The developers have seemingly sought out to squash any fun to be had. So far this gameBeen a long time Diablo fan since D1. I pre-ordered D4 without hesitation because I expected it to be a top tier AARPG. It's not. There are roadblocks (some literally) to slow progression at every corner in this game. The newest S1 patch further amplifies the slowdown with huge nerfs across the board. The developers have seemingly sought out to squash any fun to be had. So far this game feels like an extended beta, truly disappointing.… Expand
  100. EleazarMD
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Released with potential but incomplete feeling and then Devs actually made it worse with most recent patch instead of addressing many valid complaints. Just drawing out the grind. Unfortunately the grind only shortens if people stop playing.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 0 out of 90
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 29, 2023
    66
    It’s almost like Diablo 4 developers are consciously fighting against everything that made classic Diablo fun. [Issue#262, p.80]
  2. GameCritics
    Jul 10, 2023
    65
    While the future of the game is anyone’s guess, at present Diablo IV is a solid, but strangely unambitious take that fails to bring much new to the table. By the end of my travels, I was more than willing to put it down and take a break — somewhere amongst all the grinding, Diablo IV had unfortunately ground me down as well.
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  3. Meristation
    Jul 7, 2023
    90
    The best Blizzard launch in a long time and a worthy game to be called Diablo.
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