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  1. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Greedy company. Incompetent employees. What more could you ask for. Their most recent patch single handedly created the best end game content ever. By actually ending their game. Rip D4 6/23-7/23
  2. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.

    It tries to be everything, and fails on every aspect. And this patch made everything so much worse.
  3. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    PROS
    -Story
    -Voice Acting
    -Cut Scenes
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    CONS
    -Gameplay
    -Developers DO NOT listen to you (the player)
    -Constant Nerfing which leads to zero build variety
  4. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was already full of problems, unbalanced, tier 80+ monsters causing one shot, mods that didn't work and full of bugs.
    Blizzard releases a patch notes that made what was strong stronger and what was weak useless
    Nerfed: damage
    Nerfed: defense
    Nerfed: Leveling
    Nerfed: Helltide
    Among other things.
  5. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I played sorcerer in Beta, I played to the first 70 levels and convinced myself I loved it after beating the main storyline.

    Then forced myself to 100 to only realize how even after grinding 200+ hours I was screwed. 2 weeks an update would come out making my progress worthless. If that were not enough this was a game of trying to get a few rings a few % points higher only to grind for
    I played sorcerer in Beta, I played to the first 70 levels and convinced myself I loved it after beating the main storyline.

    Then forced myself to 100 to only realize how even after grinding 200+ hours I was screwed. 2 weeks an update would come out making my progress worthless. If that were not enough this was a game of trying to get a few rings a few % points higher only to grind for Uber Lilith.

    All the other classes could max dmg, sorcerer... you have 1-2 builds and even then your stuck spending hours on Helltides "hoping" you can get 1-3 pieces.

    Worthless.... Then hoping for a patch they nerf it even more.

    Somt buy the game, maybe if free. Even then wait until they fix it.
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  6. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was waiting for the season to start, as we're all of my friends who play the game since launch. I'm not interested in playing at all after the latest update, and nobody that I know is planning to play the game again, even the ones who purchased ultimate edition.
  7. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    its clear after the 'balance' update that they are so out of touch with the players its actually insane. Microsoft should fire all of the current diablo team. Nothing added to endgame instead they are making everything harder for people to reach to endgame which isnt even rewarding. Where is the mount rework? Who asked for leave dungeon time to be increased from 3 to 5 seconds? Where isits clear after the 'balance' update that they are so out of touch with the players its actually insane. Microsoft should fire all of the current diablo team. Nothing added to endgame instead they are making everything harder for people to reach to endgame which isnt even rewarding. Where is the mount rework? Who asked for leave dungeon time to be increased from 3 to 5 seconds? Where is the fix for the absurdly poor performance whenever teleporting to a town? Nerfing even the weakest class both damage wise and defense wise... For all the nerfs they brought they didnt even had the courtesy of making all renown progress account bound. Nobody has time for that bs renown every 3 months. STAY AWAY FROM THE GAME. Wouldnt play the game even if it was free. Cant believe they managed to send d4 to the grave in under 2 months. Never trusting blizzard in any game they release from now on. Expand
  8. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a casual player who put a lot of time building my character to lvl 100 alongside grinding for the best gears to fit my build, only for them to literally pull the middle finger on me and say f you and your time ... here is the worst patch to make you feel bad. They buffed the uninstall button to 80% more.
    I uninstalled both Diablo and battle.net.
    Worst decision I made is buying this
    As a casual player who put a lot of time building my character to lvl 100 alongside grinding for the best gears to fit my build, only for them to literally pull the middle finger on me and say f you and your time ... here is the worst patch to make you feel bad. They buffed the uninstall button to 80% more.
    I uninstalled both Diablo and battle.net.
    Worst decision I made is buying this pathetic game whose developers wont even glimpse at the feedback people are giving them.
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  9. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    player want a good and fun game, fun game means no blizzard style balance, fun game means innovative to play even its not a intend gaming style.
  10. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Seasoon 1 patch is terrible. Uninstalled once i read the patch notes. Blizzard clearly does not even care about their own game.
  11. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They should have nerfed bank stash at this point.... not even 2 months from the game release date and they screw everything up. That's borderline fraud...
  12. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I don't know if they made this a game...
    Diablo series was the best game of my life and Diablo 4 smashed everything. It's the worst game and the more uncomfortable and unpleasant it gets
  13. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Officially modify the game content all day long
    Losing gamers is only a matter of time
  14. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Patch 1.1 worst patch in gaming history, made everhthing worse, less fun garbage.

    Blizzard shoulf be ashamed
  15. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Never seen someone fudge a Season 1 update so hard. Blizzard no more. Blizzard north for life.
  16. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    graphics and story are good but frankly speaking this game is clearly going nowhere as the devs have clearly demonstrated a mindset of "make the game as long and tedious as possible so players cannot accomplish anything and therefore will not quit"
  17. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The developer who develops this game seems to mistake himself for an artist. I think I don't need the idea of the user who enjoys the game. Now there's no Blizzard we knew. Expand
  18. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard: check this cool stuff you can do Us: wow cool early game and campaign (looks harder) holy **** Where’s the end game/ meaningful progression/ stash tabs/ itemisation/ actually good uniques and affixes/ resistances and any other form of good changes?!?
    Blizzard: Don’t worry we hear you, so season one we will nerf everything, cool down reduction? Don’t worry you don’t need that.
    Blizzard: check this cool stuff you can do Us: wow cool early game and campaign (looks harder) holy **** Where’s the end game/ meaningful progression/ stash tabs/ itemisation/ actually good uniques and affixes/ resistances and any other form of good changes?!?
    Blizzard: Don’t worry we hear you, so season one we will nerf everything, cool down reduction? Don’t worry you don’t need that. Defensive stats? That’s nerfed too you don’t need that either, actual good balances? Don’t worry season 2 it’ll be there we promise. Stash tabs we hear that a lot but it’s too hard to add right now so just hold out till season 2. Build diversity? Yeah we hear you… anyways… oh wait we got something cool to add, another UBER unique that’s pretty cool right? Maybe you’ll be the lucky 35k hour player who gets it ;) oh also we hear some classes are abit strong so we decided it’s best to sort that out like for example Sorc crazy class too over powered so we decided to delete it out of the game. Us: d4/10 baseg trash bad game Blizzard: wow okay we hear you we will have a campfire chat a day after release and try our best to convince you that all these nerds are actually good for the game. By season 2 it’ll be good trust me guys we hear you.
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  19. Jul 20, 2023
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  20. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Season 1 Patch notes show that the developers don't know what their playerbase wants in a game and they're willing to overhype pages upon nerfs as something to be excited about in order to generate sales.
  21. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The 1.1a patch is unplayable, and this company does not care about it's community.
  22. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I made this account just to give Diablo 4 an honest review. Blizzard never passes up a chance to disappoint.
  23. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I never write reviews but for this piece off crap i'm willing to make an account and start giving it the points it deserves.
    Hopefully the colonoscopy results nerfs devs life expectation.
  24. Aug 2, 2023
    0
    I don't think the designers understand what the purpose of the game is, they just keep prolonging the game.
    It is recommended to save money to play other games

    Example POE

    Blizzard says it's understaffed but updates unimportant stuff

    like the sound of a camel that no one cares
  25. Jul 21, 2023
    3
    The game is just not fun. It seems like they're trying to make it more like Path of Exiles. If I wanted to play Path... I'd play it!!

    You dont feel powerful. The mob density is bad. The paragon system makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.. If you're not strictly following some meta build, you're literally trash. The loot system OMG.. I dont have time in my day to unpack that.
    The game is just not fun. It seems like they're trying to make it more like Path of Exiles. If I wanted to play Path... I'd play it!!

    You dont feel powerful. The mob density is bad. The paragon system makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.. If you're not strictly following some meta build, you're literally trash. The loot system OMG.. I dont have time in my day to unpack that. Trust me its annoying.

    The only good thing i can say about it is the overall aesthetic look of the game.
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  26. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I signed up reddit just to review this piece of sxxx.
    Lacking end contents. Unbelievable user utility. Can't believe this game came out in 2023 with such rip off price.
    1. Sorcerer is dead. And after latest patch, is in the coffin buried in the ground. 2. Why do I have to put EVERYTHING in my inventory until is full, then go back to town? This is so dumb. 3. Horse is imbecile. Yeah.
    I signed up reddit just to review this piece of sxxx.
    Lacking end contents. Unbelievable user utility. Can't believe this game came out in 2023 with such rip off price.
    1. Sorcerer is dead. And after latest patch, is in the coffin buried in the ground.
    2. Why do I have to put EVERYTHING in my inventory until is full, then go back to town? This is so dumb.
    3. Horse is imbecile. Yeah. Absolutely. With imbecile horse, Blizzard thought it wasn't enough to make us angry? They built up well trained skeleton archers with barricade to block this imbecile horse. Pretty sure horse can't really speed at the first place, Now that it is stuck in places forever. No wonder movement speed is s tier option for most class.
    4. So many bugs unfixed. They come up with 1 solution and ta dah! 10 other bugs! We will fix it 6 months later folks! Don't worry
    5. Terrible balance. Druid can clear the level 100 nightmare dungeon while watching porn and jerking off. Meanwhile, sorcerers are playing dark soul 1 in level 50. ROGUE is somewhat better, still not much of a difference 6. Nerf Nerf nerf !!!!!! It's like Reaper from overwatch using nerf ult. Everything burnt to the ground. 7. No paragon preset? LOL . If I were to make another build, it takes annoying 10-20mins. 2023 game?.really?
    8. Developer comment: F you all, F you sorceress, and there will be no refund. And see you next season(we all are hearing from you!! Suckers)
    9. The chair. OMG... the intention is pure to give player pain in the A. (haha take that!)
    10. Dungeon escape time 3secs to 5secs? Why??? Why is this necessary????????
    11. Believe it or not, this game is hack and slash genre.
    Yet they nerfed mob pack. Like why? Is anybody in blizzard sane? Do these devs actually played the game? I think LGBT is their first priority it seems.
    12. Boring endgame, coupled with repetitive dungeon, and I remember they advertise something like hunters? Thousands? Dungeons will be there!
    Yet all I do is carrying stupid stones 3TIMES ACROSS THE MAP for like nothing at all 13. Wo wo wo ya all having fun eh? We will nerf the FUN(eridu, crit damage, vulnerable damage etc)
    14. Nightmare dungeon not rewarding. This is worst combination when coupled with end content(=nothing)
    And the dungeon options are also ridiculous. Like there are only maybe 10 options? Players care about. Rest is pure trash. Like lightning thing, resource diminish, crit damage diminish, the shade Everything basically FORCE player to take certain actions are not fun and not rewarding.
    15. The weeping tree reward is just unbelievable. I didn't actually this was end content.
    So many other things...sad thing is that I'm posting this on mobile. Maybe I will finish this in my PC
    God trash game
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  27. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    instead of fixing the game in patch 1.1.0 they nerf everything. The game is no longer fun. DO NOT PLAY!
  28. Jul 31, 2023
    0
    Garbage cash grab by Blizzard, waste of $70, just play PoE and wait for PoE 2, it's free and miles better than this garbage.
  29. Jul 23, 2023
    0
    First few days of playing Diablo IV was actually pretty good. But eventually, this game have created a lingering desire to kill myself, to the point that I had to seek a medical attention. AVOID AT ALL COST!
  30. Jul 24, 2023
    0
    First, the server lag crushed this game. I bought it solely to play single player, and was extremely disappointed that I couldn't turn off the online gaming aspects (I was able to disable cross-platform). Teleporting, rubber-banding, freezes, stutters... they were all there, constantly. During peak gaming hours the game was unplayable.
    Second, there just isn't a lot of game here. The
    First, the server lag crushed this game. I bought it solely to play single player, and was extremely disappointed that I couldn't turn off the online gaming aspects (I was able to disable cross-platform). Teleporting, rubber-banding, freezes, stutters... they were all there, constantly. During peak gaming hours the game was unplayable.
    Second, there just isn't a lot of game here. The pacing is horrible. You will have maxed out your character skills before you are even 50% through the main quest line. You will have gotten pretty optimized loot by the time you hit about level 40, and after that you will game entire evenings without upgrading a gear slot. Instead you will spend tons of time looking at every piece of loot, just to decide it isn’t that good and needs to be sold to the vendors.
    Speaking of vendors – why? I played the entire game without buying a single thing from the vendors, ever. They never offered upgrades! I played the entire game without using a single potion (other than healing potions). Even gems were boring – and I was astonished to see that gems are maxed out by level 30ish. Because your skills are maxed out at level 40, about half of the entire game you press the same skill buttons over and over and over… for every encounter.
    Bottom line, the game was a well-produced, but poorly designed, repetitive slogfest. It provided a couple of weeks of laggy diversion… and I will forget about it within hours of deleting it from my PC. I think it is over-priced for the entertainment value.
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  31. Jul 23, 2023
    0
    Can't believe I paid for it. I won't be wasting money on the shop of a dying game.
  32. Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Westerners are bias,they critized ff16 then they go play this **** game,what a hypocrite
  33. Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Anfangs gut, gegen Ende Schlecht und die Season ist einfach Schlecht... es geht los von Nerfs ins Bodenlose, bis hin zu den nicht vorhandenen Endgame-Kontent.

    Tut euch selbst den gefallen und lasst den kauf!
  34. Jul 31, 2023
    2
    I'm soooo angry with this game! Constantly NOOOO F...'n MANA!!! Upgrade to world IV tier is so hard because THERE IS NO WEAPON UPGRADES about 60LVL and monster LVL in pass dungeon is 70 but boss is 73-5?!?!?! WTF blizzard did you play your games or what?!?!?! Toooo long cool down to much cost of mana to fragile :( I played hundreds of hour but I'm done with this **** season and this ****I'm soooo angry with this game! Constantly NOOOO F...'n MANA!!! Upgrade to world IV tier is so hard because THERE IS NO WEAPON UPGRADES about 60LVL and monster LVL in pass dungeon is 70 but boss is 73-5?!?!?! WTF blizzard did you play your games or what?!?!?! Toooo long cool down to much cost of mana to fragile :( I played hundreds of hour but I'm done with this **** season and this **** that destroyed FUN FROM GAMING!!!!! Go fu...k your selves and never again touch DIABLO franchise - sell it to someone who actually played diablo 1 and 2 and even 3 and wil not make same mistakes or even worst!!! Expand
  35. Aug 2, 2023
    0
    It's completely obvious that Blizzard is Blizzard in name only. Diablo 4 is awful in every way that matters. Forget about the late game, everything about it is just boring. The way it feels, the way it plays, the inconceivably bad loot. Like someone else on here said, they could strap me to a heart rate monitor and it would show absolutely no change with a legendary drop. The items feelIt's completely obvious that Blizzard is Blizzard in name only. Diablo 4 is awful in every way that matters. Forget about the late game, everything about it is just boring. The way it feels, the way it plays, the inconceivably bad loot. Like someone else on here said, they could strap me to a heart rate monitor and it would show absolutely no change with a legendary drop. The items feel inconsequential. Though what's even worse is that the entire game world feels inconsequential. Going ever deeper into the world beneath Diablo 1's Tristram... goddamn if that wasn't an incredible experience. Diablo 4 on the other hand feels like a cynical theme park ride version of that designed to achieve other things instead of evoking that experience in the player. What a terrible shame to see what has become of my favorite game of all time. At least we'll always have Diablo 1 and 2. Expand
  36. Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Dont bother, they've nuked everything that ws fun about this game. Its become Diablo Immortal, all take and no give.

    Abilities = Nerfed to death. Weapons = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons. Aspects = Nerfed to death. jewelry = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons. Events = Waste of time. Cosmetics = Nearly the price of the game.
    Dont bother, they've nuked everything that ws fun about this game. Its become Diablo Immortal, all take and no give.

    Abilities = Nerfed to death.

    Weapons = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons.

    Aspects = Nerfed to death.

    jewelry = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons.

    Events = Waste of time.

    Cosmetics = Nearly the price of the game.

    Fun = Non-existent.

    Season = Progression far too long. Unless you're playing this game for hours every day in a team, you won't complete the battlepass.

    Battlepass = Anti proactive, you'll not earn enough currency to buy the next, you'll need to pay.

    Support = Devs, simply don't care. The nerfs will keep coming untill it takes players years to level up.

    Stability = Extremely unbalanced, rubberbanding and lag in general.

    Gameplay = Repetitive, extremely slow, unfair and just not enjoyable.

    Please don't buy this game, it pains me thinking people out there are expecting to enjoy this game.
    This is nothing but a cash grab!

    The Devs need firing and banned from the game developing industy if they think they done any sort of good with Diablo 4
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  37. Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Absolute rubbish. A typical Blizzard game... Graphics and marketing are ok, but it's no fun, has no soul and no good story. The main thing is that there is an ingame shop.
  38. Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Long time fan of the series, absolutely dissapointed. All "additions" to this game fail to relate into meaningful content. Expected content missing (rune/runewords, set items, actually unique uniques), all the things that make Diablo, Diablo.
  39. Aug 11, 2023
    0
    If you haven't bought the game, please don't
    Because you don't want to play a malicious game with random changes
  40. Aug 16, 2023
    1
    It's not you playing the game,
    this game is playing you.
    Blizzard has changed to a greedy company that no one cares about making a good game to make players happy but only cares about how to make a fortune. They want you to spend a lot of your time playing this game, by making players not able to get what they want in a short time. Players have to work harder on it to achieve the same
    It's not you playing the game,
    this game is playing you.
    Blizzard has changed to a greedy company that no one cares about making a good game to make players happy but only cares about how to make a fortune.
    They want you to spend a lot of your time playing this game, by making players not able to get what they want in a short time. Players have to work harder on it to achieve the same goal, but only get frustrated in return.
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  41. Aug 19, 2023
    0
    I have been playing blizz games since wrath. I have no lifed wow for years. Played a bunch of SC2, and absolutely LOVED D3. thousands of hours.

    I have never reviewed a game. I created this account specifically for this review. This game is complete trash. Especially in comparison to D3. It is soulless and empty. It is extremely grindy. Leveling experience is good until about level
    I have been playing blizz games since wrath. I have no lifed wow for years. Played a bunch of SC2, and absolutely LOVED D3. thousands of hours.

    I have never reviewed a game. I created this account specifically for this review.

    This game is complete trash. Especially in comparison to D3. It is soulless and empty. It is extremely grindy. Leveling experience is good until about level 10-20, than its just garbage. Super boring. The story is mid but mind numbing a couple acts in a not interesting to follow. The background art is utter trash. The world map is huge but its the same boring background of desert and plains. A lot of running and wasting time in the same boring environment. You never feel strong during the leveling process.

    I have been waiting for years for this to squad with the boys, but this is just garbage. Not even close to D3.

    I would refund if I could but you cant refund after 2 hours played. Blizz is officially dead. Soulless corporation that only wants your dollars. Buy this game if you hate yourself and the gaming community and want to buy bobby another yacht.
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  42. Aug 21, 2023
    0
    In general, the game is very poor, the story is not bad, but the endgame is one of the worst things I've seen in my more than 30 years of playing video games. Many things can be said, but it can be summed up by the fact that it is an extremely boring game, with mechanics designed by children. It seems like a game from 15 years ago, with no content and no motivation to keep playing.
  43. Aug 21, 2023
    0
    After lvling 2 characters to endgame (launch day character blood necro lvl 90, and Seasonal Character Twisting Blade Rogue lvl 100) I have come to the conclusion that the game is great from 1-60 but really shallow and undercooked beyond that. The game was so obviously released to appease the shareholders by appealing to the casual crowd by raking in as much profit as possible at theAfter lvling 2 characters to endgame (launch day character blood necro lvl 90, and Seasonal Character Twisting Blade Rogue lvl 100) I have come to the conclusion that the game is great from 1-60 but really shallow and undercooked beyond that. The game was so obviously released to appease the shareholders by appealing to the casual crowd by raking in as much profit as possible at the expense of the hardcore fans of the diablo series and ARPG genre in general. Profit before quality, as per Bobby Kotick's plan. Blizzard needs to stop trying to satisfy shareholders and start making well considered finished great games again. POE 2 is going to make D4 look like an absolute joke. Expand
  44. Aug 28, 2023
    0
    Incredibly boring and repetitive, feels like a grind and cant bring myself to play it any further. I am 100% done with blizzard games.
  45. Jul 23, 2023
    0
    The game is litterly unplayable, because of the constant online requiremenet and Blizzard are being too greedy to provide enough server capacity to support this.

    Boss fights are too long, too tiresome and too boring dodge fests vs bullet sponges. On top of that, if you ever get it to run, its very grindy and boring once you complete the main story. Also, they keep nerfing the
    The game is litterly unplayable, because of the constant online requiremenet and Blizzard are being too greedy to provide enough server capacity to support this.

    Boss fights are too long, too tiresome and too boring dodge fests vs bullet sponges.

    On top of that, if you ever get it to run, its very grindy and boring once you complete the main story.
    Also, they keep nerfing the classes for what ever reason, my guess is that they want the grind to be even bigger.

    This is the last time i have bought a blizzard game.
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  46. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    A far cry from what the newest title in the legendary Diablo series should have been
  47. Jun 16, 2023
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    ce jeu ne mérite peut être pas un 2 mais il faut bien compenser le loobing e
    des critiques professionnels.
    Les + : la narration globale de la campagne, les arbes de talents, les compétences.
    Les - une évolution trop lisse en terme de puissance, des décors qui se ressemblent trop entre les régions. Je suis passé du début de la campagne à la fin sans me rendre compte que j'évolue ni à quel moment je change de régions.
    wft aussi les graphismes devant lesquels tous les critiques se pavanent...euh ce n'est pas si mal mais c'est loin d'être magnifique
    This game may not deserve a 2 but you have to compensate for the loobing of professional reviews.
    The +: the overall narrative of the campaign, the talent trees, the skills.

    The -: too smooth evolution in terms of power, regions look too similar. I went from the beginning of the campaign to the end without realizing that I was evolving or when I was changing regions.
    wft also the graphics in front of which all the reviewers are strutting...uh it's not that bad but it's far from being magnificent
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  48. Jun 17, 2023
    0
    This game has been modified to the point where it’s no fun. Blizzard’s officials don’t like the players at all. The previous elite monsters have all been changed. It’s okay if the PvP mechanism is bad. There’s no way to play PVE well. It’s really bad.
  49. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The devs destroy the game with a single patch. Well done. Very impressive
  50. Aug 12, 2023
    0
    Game was good at launch with minor bugs, but it was fun. They patched the game and nerfed a whole lot of things prior to the launch of the new season. I was disheartened reading the patch notes, but I gave the game a chance. I made 2 characters for the season and leveled them decently, and it was a significantly terrible experience compared to the launch. The game itself has becomeGame was good at launch with minor bugs, but it was fun. They patched the game and nerfed a whole lot of things prior to the launch of the new season. I was disheartened reading the patch notes, but I gave the game a chance. I made 2 characters for the season and leveled them decently, and it was a significantly terrible experience compared to the launch. The game itself has become borderline unplayable and definitely no longer any fun. Expand
  51. Jul 23, 2023
    0
    Worst games of all time
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  52. Jun 30, 2023
    0
    It's **** it's pee diarrhea DIABLO IV is **** 4". It is a sleeping pill game that makes you fall asleep. it's not fun.
  53. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Complete junk. Dull story, I skipped every cut scene, dull game play loop, boring world that looks like it's been churned out by an algorithm, same with the dungeons, all non-memorable computer generated bores. Skip this junk.
  54. Aug 15, 2023
    0
    As a HC player, and a former HC player that has hundreds of hours spent on D3, further more, as an old blizzard player that’s been playing their amazing games since WarCraft 2. Spent more than a decade on WoW. And more time on other blizzard games.

    I’m frustrated when, they said you level up to fast and you will have to spend more time on leveling each time your character dies -a
    As a HC player, and a former HC player that has hundreds of hours spent on D3, further more, as an old blizzard player that’s been playing their amazing games since WarCraft 2. Spent more than a decade on WoW. And more time on other blizzard games.

    I’m frustrated when, they said you level up to fast and you will have to spend more time on leveling each time your character dies
    -a useless, dreadful, repetitive gameplay that feels like work.

    I’m frustrated when, I found out each time I teleport to a dungeon I’m right outside of the entrance instead of inside. Causing me to go through the laoding process one more time, each time I decide to play dungeon again.
    -a useless, dreadful, repetitive gameplay that feels like work.

    I’m frustrated when, I have to unlock the waypoints each time my character dies.
    -a useless, dreadful, repetitive gameplay that feels like work.

    I’m frustrated when, I found out this game isn’t about you defeat a herd of demons with a carefully combined actions, and feels good and powerful like a true hero. Instead your gameplay is filled with small kicks that slowly kills your passion for the game. And feels like s**t each time some “flaw” that’s designed to get in your way.

    What a dreadful game that cost me $89. Twice as much they cost in the past, twice of the frustration comparing to other games that only cost a fraction.

    The old blizzard is long gone, I will not buy any of their games anymore. And more than gladly to tell my friends not to.
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  55. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Pre S1 game was mid , but the latest update killed my will to ever log in.

    Even double goblins would've been better.

    GJ Blizzard.
  56. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    The latest patch's new aspects and uniques are incredibly disapointing. This gives us a sign in the lack of build diversity. Copy + Paste builds still rule. Fix minions so they don't die so much for all classes. Season 1 looks ok, but nothing I'm hyped over. QQ
  57. Jul 27, 2023
    1
    This game was decent through the campaign, but I could not get through the mid 60's without feeling like I literally was running the same things over and over and over. Leveling after the 50's took too long, and before season 1 started I took a break. I figured I'd come back to it once the season started. After I heard you had to make a new character I was done with the game, andThis game was decent through the campaign, but I could not get through the mid 60's without feeling like I literally was running the same things over and over and over. Leveling after the 50's took too long, and before season 1 started I took a break. I figured I'd come back to it once the season started. After I heard you had to make a new character I was done with the game, and uninstalled it. Honestly the campaign was good, but I cannot say the same for the rest. Expand
  58. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    The most **** diablo with the most tone deaf dev team. Do not buy this. Go play POE 2
  59. Aug 4, 2023
    0
    Grossly overprized + ridiculous in game shop. Why does a game for 70 damn bucks need to have a ridiculously overprized only shop? On top of that, they added extremely boring and worthless MMO style quests which obviously just serve the purpose of having you engage in multiplayer so people can show off their skins (so that people actually buy those skins and waste their money on thisGrossly overprized + ridiculous in game shop. Why does a game for 70 damn bucks need to have a ridiculously overprized only shop? On top of that, they added extremely boring and worthless MMO style quests which obviously just serve the purpose of having you engage in multiplayer so people can show off their skins (so that people actually buy those skins and waste their money on this excessively greedy company named Blizzard). Expand
  60. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Don't waste money on this game. Had a decent foundation, but devs just took it in the completely wrong direction. Feels like playing a beta, half the things are bugged, half the skills aren't competitive with each other, in a game that already only has 5 main skills you can play around with
  61. Jul 31, 2023
    0
    I accepted a quest and then there were no more enemies on the map, after that it crashed, it's not the first bug of the day, **** update.
  62. Aug 15, 2023
    0
    The 1.1.0 patch just destoryed the game. All the nerf. Do the game developers really play the game? Or just check the numbers and did this patch??? If you not buy this game yet. Congrats. The way Blizzard running this game just like a fraud. If Blizzard been sued, I will not suprise.
  63. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV...

    I may give a positive grade to a game that's finished, not a beta as it is on the launch day of season 1. When you get people to pay up to 20% more than what the price fore a usual AAA game used to be, you just buy servers, or you make your game available offline. Until then, you get zero, which is frankly undeserved because the game is truly awesome. Just too bad that I
    Diablo IV...

    I may give a positive grade to a game that's finished, not a beta as it is on the launch day of season 1. When you get people to pay up to 20% more than what the price fore a usual AAA game used to be, you just buy servers, or you make your game available offline. Until then, you get zero, which is frankly undeserved because the game is truly awesome. Just too bad that I can't play it, especially on launch day, where all my hype is focused. Please start caring about our experience... Thank you!
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  64. Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The graphic is good. The story is fine. The end game sucks, How devs treat the game balance sucks. Blizzard do not listen to players and just do what they want to do to upset players. They just do everything to remove your joy from the game. It sucks.
  65. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Game was a grind before the season patch, but they went and made it worse by nerfing everything into the ground.

    Seems they would prefer to use time played as their main KPI instead of number of active users.

    We can only hope the directors of Diablo 4 get Jay Wilson'd
  66. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Seasonal patches are supposed to bring players back. This patch is about as appetizing as a week-old sundried piece of dog crap.
  67. Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Absolute Frechheit dieses Spiel im aktuellen zustand zu verkaufen. Das ist eine Zumutung.
    Buggy und unter Alpha, das Game wirkt als wäre es in 6 Monaten dahin geklatscht worden.
    Frech einfach frech.
  68. Jul 20, 2023
    4
    While the story is actually enjoyable, the game strives to be a mmo instead of a diablo game, and it goes with pretty slow endgame. To the point where it becomes boring. You can't stuff yourself, the end game is out of reach if you don't have time to farm, and the best farm spot is actually the market, out of the game. It's diablo 3 launch again, with the in game activities that are notWhile the story is actually enjoyable, the game strives to be a mmo instead of a diablo game, and it goes with pretty slow endgame. To the point where it becomes boring. You can't stuff yourself, the end game is out of reach if you don't have time to farm, and the best farm spot is actually the market, out of the game. It's diablo 3 launch again, with the in game activities that are not rewarding.
    And that slow pace kinda eclipse all the good stuff in this game, because the art direction, the writing, even the impressive open world technology is good. I'll even say that the class design is really fun.. with a lot of builds if they were playable at high level of course.

    But the fact that the end part is so slow, so expensive when you want to change your build (because of the nice idea that the enchanting cost should be exponential, for some reason), means that you usually don't want to grind to infinity and beyond.

    And when the grind becomes a bad thing in a diablo like where it's usually core, that really means they push way too far on this.
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  69. Aug 17, 2023
    0
    Got a Bad reward system. the legendary chest at the end of the season 1 journey is a damn joke.... 3 yellow items with bad stats and item level 772???? this entire value assignment on the items is completely exaggerated and badly done. I play it through to the end, but it was more excruciating than fun. game deleted. shame on you blizzard.
  70. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    As someone with thousands of hours in every Diablo game created so far I just can't even stomach this. I feel so betrayed I just can't even.
  71. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I played Diablo 1, 2, 3, and now 4. The developers of 4 are completely out of touch with the users. From the betas to Season 1 the game has been on a downward spiral only getting progressively worse.

    From start to finish your character will feel weak and pathetic by design. You get suitable new gear pieces very slowly yet mobs scale every time you level so every time you level you feel
    I played Diablo 1, 2, 3, and now 4. The developers of 4 are completely out of touch with the users. From the betas to Season 1 the game has been on a downward spiral only getting progressively worse.

    From start to finish your character will feel weak and pathetic by design. You get suitable new gear pieces very slowly yet mobs scale every time you level so every time you level you feel progressively weaker. This is compounded by constantly seeing other players everywhere making your character not feel special whatsoever and certainly not some heroic world savior as per previous Diablo titles. Diablo 4 isn't a power fantasy. It's a resource starvation and suffering simulator.

    Mob density is bad and if it's ever good it's nerfed and the itemization is appalling. Rerolling a stat a few times shouldn't completely bankrupt you but it does. My class (Sorc) felt bad to play from start to finish and it's only gotten worse. Random elites and capstone bosses are harder than any boss in the campaign and it's not even close. Uber Lilith is a joke taking difficulty from about a 10 to a hundred with no reward to show for it. Uber uniques are so "rare" they effectively don't even exist.

    Seeing nothing but constant nerfs to anything remotely good made me lose any hope of ever finding anything actually good that didn't suck. And when they nerf your build into the dirt they don't even have the courtesy to give you a free reroll. In fact, you probably can't even afford one.

    There are some dire issues like storage space, reroll costs, build variety, etc that could be fixed in the future. But there are core fundamental issues with the game that I don't think they will ever fix.

    With massive nerfs to damage, defense, and XP I'm honestly not sure who this game is even for because it's certainly not casuals. A casual player will never make it to 100 in 3 months. It's worse than most MMOs as an ARPG.

    The developers use a heavy handed clueless approach to managing the game. They see what most characters are using and decide it must be OP so they nerf it into the dirt without understanding the underlying basis of WHY they're all using it or providing any viable alternatives. Their approach is instead to nerf everything good to try to force players to use a greater variety of skills and affixes instead of making other skills and affixes actually viable and giving the players a reason. They clearly don't even understand how their own damage system works. For instance, nerfing crit and vulnerable damage won't make people use other damage bonuses because those two are multiplicative rather than additive so even heavily nerfed they're still better than the alternatives because there are no alternatives. Users heavily used cooldown reduction and lucky hit so they can actually use their skills and manage their mana in this resource starvation simulator but they took that away too with nothing to compensate. Diablo 4's season 1 patch alone is probably the single worst Diablo patch in the past 20+ years of the franchise and I doubt the game will even be worth playing until many seasons from now once this terrible dev team is cycled out and a new one actually give the players what they want.

    There are some things the game does well. The art department did a good job, and cinematics that feature your custom characters is really cool. I also like that there's (albeit limited) character customization and we can zoom in. Many praise the story though personally I don't think it was very good. There's no Diablo, Mephisto is an absolute joke, the Nephalem from Diablo 3's existence is directly ignored, and the ending is just stupid. If you liked Mephisto in Diablo 4 keep in mind in Diablo 2 he said "The skies shall rain fire, and the seas will become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked, and all of Creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" Now compare that with his presentation in Diablo 4. It's an absolute joke.

    Ultimately if the story is bad, the gameplay is bad, there's no endgame (you think nightmare dungeons that actively punish users by design is an endgame?), it isn't fun to play, and the developers are actively doing their best to ruin the player experience then there's not really any way to give this a decent rating. I didn't have fun, everything felt punishing like it was designed to make us suffer. So a 5/10 for an average run of the mill game is out of the question. During the preseason I would've thus given the game a 4/10 as I considered it bad. Though with season 1 it's clear that a rating of 4 was too high with these developers at the helm.
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  72. Jul 8, 2023
    0
    Flame shield, despite saying it makes you immune, apparently doesn't 30% of the time.
  73. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    No end game, lacks the depth of community or gameplay to keep you playing after finishing the campaign.
  74. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Season 1 patch just sucked out all the fun and made the grind unbearable.

    The made almost every huild weaker and the weakest class (sorc) worse, while decreasing xp gain, increasing monster health and decreasing values such as damage reduction and armor.
  75. Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Completely ignored the player base with the new update. Everything is so much worse, and it wasn't great before.
  76. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was fun until latest Patch 1.1, un-installed game will check again a year or two later.
  77. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    we have to nerf some things some times we can’t always buff all other things
  78. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Started out as decent then slowly went downhill fast. The latest patch destroys builds, mitigation, loot, and strategies while addressing none of the concerns the community had. Its obvious that the dev team is not only out of touch but arrogant and lazy. I had a lot of hope for the game but in the end, its a massive disappointment.
  79. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 destroyed the last few good things remaining in the pre-season game. The pace now moves extremely slow and it feels like Blizzard wants you to spend more time playing to get to the same point so they can avoid adding end game content.

    The end game loot system is pure luck, where you will spend days playing without finding any useful items. The dungeons are extremely repetitive,
    Patch 1.1 destroyed the last few good things remaining in the pre-season game. The pace now moves extremely slow and it feels like Blizzard wants you to spend more time playing to get to the same point so they can avoid adding end game content.

    The end game loot system is pure luck, where you will spend days playing without finding any useful items. The dungeons are extremely repetitive, and now with patch 1.1 they are slow and repetitive.

    I do have faith in the potential of this game, but developers will need to focus on improving the loot system, end game content, and PvP areas in order to bring me back to playing regularly.
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  80. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Started off strong at launch. Season 1 patch ruined the game for all classes. They nerfed class abilities, already equipped gear, paragon board, important damage types. For anyone trying to do the end game World T4 have replaced fun/excitement with BITTER resentment for wasting our +50 hours into each class we tried. The NERF HAMMER was too BIG, waste of my time to play the game withStarted off strong at launch. Season 1 patch ruined the game for all classes. They nerfed class abilities, already equipped gear, paragon board, important damage types. For anyone trying to do the end game World T4 have replaced fun/excitement with BITTER resentment for wasting our +50 hours into each class we tried. The NERF HAMMER was too BIG, waste of my time to play the game with useless abilities/gear/dmg output that makes anyone want to throw their keyboard/controller across the room. It's a single player Action RPG and the action is now a *wet noodle* and getting destroyed by content that used to be manageable or easy in World T4. There is no END GAME worth playing before the NERF patch, WHY would anyone roll another alt to suffer. Why spend +100 hours to get what used to take +50 hours? It's SINGLE PLAYER game Blizzard! What happened to the hype of telling us we could build *powerful characters*? And destroy HORDES of monsters? Not anymore, not with NERF hammer that BIG. Moving on to Baldur's Gate 3 & Starfield! Don't buy ANYTHING else, no battle passes, Expansions, DLC, etc until they reverse across the board damage nerfs. Expand
  81. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Deleted the game, pay to play base, no enjoyment at all, every update made it even worse
  82. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is absolute garbage, and a disgrace to the Diablo franchise.

    They released a game in beta. The 5000 max characters is not enough to describe this atrocity of a game.
  83. Jul 19, 2023
    2
    First two weeks of the game were amazing! Campain and progress through world tiers to world tiers 4 was nice. After that game become null and boring. Loot become terrible and looking for upgrades with at least 3 good affixes (1 to roll) feel tedious and extremaly rng as there is no way to target specific loot. Most uniques are bad via stats or effect. A lot of aspects are generic, not aFirst two weeks of the game were amazing! Campain and progress through world tiers to world tiers 4 was nice. After that game become null and boring. Loot become terrible and looking for upgrades with at least 3 good affixes (1 to roll) feel tedious and extremaly rng as there is no way to target specific loot. Most uniques are bad via stats or effect. A lot of aspects are generic, not a lot of build altering. No real endgame loop --> nightmare dungeons are failed copy of greater rifts in every aspect.

    And when u think it can not get any worse, patch 1.1 comes :) As the saying go: "if it aint broke, blizzard will break it" and "we asked for end game, so blizzard delivered and ended the game"
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  84. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Game is very repetitive
    Season 1 patch notes nerfs around the board is a bad choice
    Cash grab compares to other Diablo games
    Fixing issues the players care about isn't important to Blizzard but nerfing stufff that wasn't broken is important to Blizzard
  85. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard has sucked all the fun out of this game and made it harder and more of a grind for no reason.

    They fix nothing of note with the latest 1.1 patch.
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  86. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Used the release as a beta and absolutely gutted everything to extend the leveling process instead of adding content.
  87. Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Blatant predatory business model which drives profits at the expense of customer enjoyment. THERE ARE NO better examples of Company-Client disconnect.
  88. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Played for over 300 hours leveled all the way to 100 on hardcore almost twice, Why almost? Cause my other character died at level 99, 55% to 100 dies to a disconnect.

    Even still, I kept playing and was even looking forward to season 1. But what the fk are these patch notes. They are basically forcing their hardcore players into softcore. with all these damage and survivability nerfs.
    Played for over 300 hours leveled all the way to 100 on hardcore almost twice, Why almost? Cause my other character died at level 99, 55% to 100 dies to a disconnect.

    Even still, I kept playing and was even looking forward to season 1. But what the fk are these patch notes. They are basically forcing their hardcore players into softcore. with all these damage and survivability nerfs.

    On top of that, they heavily gutted exp and put a **** level cap on Tier 3/4.

    I get it you want to stop level boosting. How about you just put an exp reduction on lower level players for every 10 levels below they are from their party member. And what still no "Scroll of Escape" fix? It's been a month blizzard? the tool tip on the items says it will automatically activate on disconnect. and you dont want to fix it till season 2? with the heavy nerf on survivability on all classes?

    Also thes exp nerfs as well as capstone level cap are **** since every build for every class needs minimum level 60 to actually have a working/functioning build w/ a useful paragon board. And need to be at WT4 to actually have a finalized build because their aspect and Unique drops are capped behind level 85 monsters.

    And what minimum level for WT3 is 50 and WT4 is 70? How the fk are people going to try different classes with different builds in a span of 3 months? Did they expect everyone to play the game 24/7?

    At lest have the decency to refund players after you make them pay $100-150 to playtest your game for a month Blizzard.
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  89. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Don't waste your time on a game run by developers that do everything they can to extract money from you as a consumer while simultaneously going out of their way to make things unnecessarily tedious, slow, and frustrating for you as the player. I've never seen such a disconnect from developer to playerbase in my entire life.
  90. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Would have rated it a 4, the latest patch has lowered the quality of the gam significantly.
  91. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Artistic team, the game is beautiful. But that won't make me stick around. Every thing about this game is repetitive and boring, and just a total grind. Its. Just. Not. Fun.

    Every thing that was great about D 1/2/3 has disappeared, and in its place it utter **** Loot? Dream on,. This long ass grind to 100 just so you can play seasons? Pathetic. A micro transaction game after spending
    Artistic team, the game is beautiful. But that won't make me stick around. Every thing about this game is repetitive and boring, and just a total grind. Its. Just. Not. Fun.

    Every thing that was great about D 1/2/3 has disappeared, and in its place it utter **** Loot? Dream on,. This long ass grind to 100 just so you can play seasons? Pathetic. A micro transaction game after spending more than enough to purchase the base game? You should be ashamed of your selves.

    This is just a beautifully drawn rehash money grab. My gaming time, dollars, goes elsewhere.
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  92. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    A game that cost over 70 Dollar, yet it fails to provide any improvement or more gameplay and only cut down the fun from player.
    The lag/rubber banding from server was never fixed. But in newest patch, they fixed nothing about the game. Only making the gaming experience even worst.
    It's clearly the dev/blizzard were incapable to listen to players or they have run out of things they can offer.
  93. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Disappointed in the new patch. It feels like the dev forgotten the core fundamentals of the Diablo series. Guess I will be playing something else.
  94. Jul 19, 2023
    2
    One of the worst patches ever released by a gaming company in history. Only SW Galaxies NGE has achieved to do worse.
    Whoever is managing the balance of the game, either the devs or if they have a specific "balance team". They better have a meeting real quick and explain that in ARPG games people want to have fun and not go thru gaming torture. If they disagree with this vision then maybe
    One of the worst patches ever released by a gaming company in history. Only SW Galaxies NGE has achieved to do worse.
    Whoever is managing the balance of the game, either the devs or if they have a specific "balance team". They better have a meeting real quick and explain that in ARPG games people want to have fun and not go thru gaming torture. If they disagree with this vision then maybe is time for them to change their career path.

    I find it fair and square since they nerfed the game in everything possible and imaginable, that we repay with the same coin. By nerfing the game score all across the whole internet, all across social media and stop giving them a single penny until they come back to the real world.

    I am going to give a 2. 2 as a sign of hope, if things won't change this will be changed straight to 0.
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  95. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Only 2 classes are any fun to play for the first 20 levels. 1 Class is never any good. Once the main questline is done its gets harder and harder to keep playing. If you are good with 20 - 30 hours of play time for that price then its fine, but if you want 100+ hours out of it, best of luck. No signs of improvements on the horizon.

    So its about 8/10 for 40% of the classes for about
    Only 2 classes are any fun to play for the first 20 levels. 1 Class is never any good. Once the main questline is done its gets harder and harder to keep playing. If you are good with 20 - 30 hours of play time for that price then its fine, but if you want 100+ hours out of it, best of luck. No signs of improvements on the horizon.

    So its about 8/10 for 40% of the classes for about 40% of the game. 8*0.4*0.4 = 1.3 Stars.
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  96. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Sadly, and I'm sorry to say this: I _was_ having a lot of fun with D4. Until 1.1 patch. I'm sure the uber gamers love how hard it is now. But for me, as a more than casual player but never top tier, it's not fun anymore. I understand the re-balancing is most likely for season 1, but unless they go back on the nerfing they did to eternal realm, I won't be discovering that. For me at least,Sadly, and I'm sorry to say this: I _was_ having a lot of fun with D4. Until 1.1 patch. I'm sure the uber gamers love how hard it is now. But for me, as a more than casual player but never top tier, it's not fun anymore. I understand the re-balancing is most likely for season 1, but unless they go back on the nerfing they did to eternal realm, I won't be discovering that. For me at least, the fun of D3 was always in discovering how OP you could get. If you tell me I can still do that, I believe you, but I'll never discover it for myself. It's just not fun at this level. And I definitely feel like I've wasted my $100. All IMHO. Expand
  97. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    No spoilers You greedy monsters need to start listening to your fans before your shareholders.

    Don't pat yourself on the back for 6k words in a patch release bozos

    Fix the update.
    Do what's right
  98. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Disappointing doesn’t begin to describe how this once great franchise is now a laughingstock. This game quickly becomes a chore. It does not resemble an Action-RPG; rather leaning towards slow pace, monotonous, painstakingly boring MMO-like gameplay with painfully long cool downs. The story is woefully bland. Endgame results to uninspiring dungeons that are far from rewarding.

    You know
    Disappointing doesn’t begin to describe how this once great franchise is now a laughingstock. This game quickly becomes a chore. It does not resemble an Action-RPG; rather leaning towards slow pace, monotonous, painstakingly boring MMO-like gameplay with painfully long cool downs. The story is woefully bland. Endgame results to uninspiring dungeons that are far from rewarding.

    You know what made Diablo great? The items. Good luck sifting through to find ANY items that either make you considerably more powerful OR excited to use. Legendary aspects often boil down to absurd conditions that are overly convoluted for no real purpose. X skill deals +Y% damage if Z happens. Why? Better yet, some items have aspects that somehow aren’t 100% positive. I haven’t even delved into how the sorcerer is basically unplayable. Old Diablo games would have items that differentiated you from the pack. Get this: you’d be REWARDED for all the time you spent farming. On top of that, farming would be fun because you didn’t have to spend 25% of your time using an underpowered skill that deals a fraction of your real damage against spongey mobs. These older items would have affixes that players revered. Enigma was such an awesome example. Any character can teleport now with this? Skills transcended characters because of the items. It was an extra layer of itemization when you could use barbarian shouts, or equip fanaticism aura to make your attack speed faster. Instead, you get uninspiring items in D4 that absolutely no one clamors for. Zero creativity and worse yet, minimally game-changing for the time invested. In previous Diablo games It took time to get powerful, but the climb was exciting AND you FELT when you got considerably stronger. You could go to different areas of the game now, you could farm for different items now. You accomplished something. Diablo 4’s level scaling gives you no such satisfaction, rather just a constant slog of mobs who will almost always take the same amount of time to kill. I had very low expectations for this game, but it’s time to just give up hope on Blizzard entirely to rectify this once upon a time titan in the ARPG landscape. Any hope of Diablo going back to the great game it was means slamming on the breaks with the direction it is going.
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  99. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It took one major patch for Blizzard to Blizzard Diablo IV. Were you having fun three days ago? Welp, too bad. Blizzard does such an awesome job listening to their communities! The new WoW!
  100. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Very short live gameplay, doesn't worth the AAA pricing. There's simply no reason to buy Diablo 4 over Diablo 3 if you want to play a diablo game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 90
  2. 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. 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.
  3. Jul 7, 2023
    90
    The best Blizzard launch in a long time and a worthy game to be called Diablo.