Diablo IV

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  1. Pancakes1
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    No way to connect with new people to run quests or dungeons. Bland and uninteresting item/gear system. Barely any monster density so your just running around most of the time. Overly bloated/complicated systems like aspects, the skill tree, reknown, paragon, world tiers etc.

    The saturation and colors are all monotone so everything looks the same, almost like a different shade of Zerg    No way to connect with new people to run quests or dungeons. Bland and uninteresting item/gear system. Barely any monster density so your just running around most of the time. Overly bloated/complicated systems like aspects, the skill tree, reknown, paragon, world tiers etc.

    The saturation and colors are all monotone so everything looks the same, almost like a different shade of Zerg creep everywhere. UI is comically bad. Wheres the story ?

    Gameplay is VERY average. I am not excited to log in and play like other diablo games

    Why is there a cash shop at release ? Perfect the game first.

    Anyone who thinks this is a 70$ + game is delusional. I am full of regret.    … Expand
  2. Paulx1234
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    The Items look soo terrible - like WoW. No Runewords. Diablo is an Item-Game!!!

    +world scaling..... too much effects action etc.
  3. Xena2005
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    Considering this is made by a billion-dollar AAA game company over the course of a decade and the vast amounts of lore and groundwork that was laid from previous Diablo games, it's awful. You get two amazing cinematics, 1 of them being the game launch cinematic, awfully scripted storyline portraited through cutscenes. Lorath's voice acting is on point but his lung cancer voice seriouslyConsidering this is made by a billion-dollar AAA game company over the course of a decade and the vast amounts of lore and groundwork that was laid from previous Diablo games, it's awful. You get two amazing cinematics, 1 of them being the game launch cinematic, awfully scripted storyline portraited through cutscenes. Lorath's voice acting is on point but his lung cancer voice seriously gets on your nerves after cutscene #29. Not to mention how hard they push you to use their in game shop after having already paid 60, 90 or 100 dollars. Game design is awful as always from Blizzard, bland talent tree, green and red tooltips making us think we're stupid and can't figure out what's better ourselves. UI feels extremely mobile because the game is catered to console users for maximum profit. Further, they're giving us only a few keybinds and they're massive and glued to under your action bar and cannot be turned off.

    Stop feeding greed, force AAA game companies to go back to the basics of game design and not
    chase maximum profit for minimum effort, ruining every single artistic and fun aspect that good games can bring.    … Expand
  4. WhyDiabloDoThis
    Jun 7, 2023
    2
    *every game studio in 2023: "OUR live-service game will be different, you'll never even question the lack of an offline mode."
    *the live-service game: "START GAME PENDING"

    The game is phenomenal...when you can log in.
  5. Ellhans
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV, the much-anticipated entry in the renowned franchise, falls disappointingly short of its predecessors and fails to carve its own path. As an ardent fan of the series, it pains me to say that Diablo IV feels like a shadowy imitation of other successful action RPGs, lacking the depth, gameplay, and substance that makes games like Diablo II and Path of Exile so beloved. While theDiablo IV, the much-anticipated entry in the renowned franchise, falls disappointingly short of its predecessors and fails to carve its own path. As an ardent fan of the series, it pains me to say that Diablo IV feels like a shadowy imitation of other successful action RPGs, lacking the depth, gameplay, and substance that makes games like Diablo II and Path of Exile so beloved. While the graphics and cinematics stand out as commendable, the overall experience leaves much to be desired.

    First and foremost, Diablo IV shamelessly borrows systems from games like Path of Exile and Lost Ark, but disappointingly waters them down. Rather than innovating and introducing captivating new mechanics, Blizzard seems content with imitating without adding any meaningful improvements. This lack of originality and the diluted nature of these borrowed systems fail to evoke the same excitement and engagement as their inspirations.

    One of the most glaring issues with Diablo IV is its noticeable lack of gameplay and substance. The game feels like a hollow shell, offering little depth or complexity in comparison to a certain predecessor. Diablo II and Path of Exile set the bar high with their intricate skill systems, diverse character builds, and engaging endgame content. In contrast, Diablo IV feels shallow and fails to provide the same level of depth and long-lasting appeal.

    Lazy development practices are also at the fore-front of Diablo IV. One example of this is the level scaling. Whenever your character levels up, all the monsters around you level up too. This can actually result in your character getting weaker whenever you level up.

    Repetition quickly becomes a prevalent issue in Diablo IV. The lack of varied and engaging content leads to a monotonous gameplay loop that loses its charm all too quickly. Quests and encounters become predictable, and the lack of meaningful progression or impactful choices dampens the sense of excitement and exploration that should be inherent in any good action RPG.

    While Diablo IV's graphics and cinematics deserve some praise for their visual fidelity and production value, they become the sole redeeming features in an otherwise lackluster experience. The haunting atmosphere and impressive visual effects do little to make up for the game's shortcomings in terms of gameplay depth and overall substance.

    Blizzard's sales and marketing practices surrounding Diablo IV are questionable at best. The exorbitant pricing for the game is difficult to justify, especially when compared to other outstanding titles like Path of Exile, which offers a superior experience at no cost. The base edition's price tag of $70 and the ultimate edition's $100 price point appear predatory, preying on the loyalty of dedicated fans while failing to deliver a truly exceptional experience. For the same price as the $70 base edition of Diablo IV, you could buy Last Epoch, Grimdawn (plus both expansions), and Torch Light 1, 2 and 3. Not to mention games like Path of Exile and Lost Ark which come at no cost.

    Diablo IV feels like the older sibling of Diablo Immortal with a heavy price tag, lacking the ambition, innovation, and passion that fans have come to expect from the franchise. It fails to carve its own identity, leaving players yearning for a fresh and transformative experience that matches the legacy of the earlier Diablo titles.

    In conclusion, Diablo IV disappoints on multiple fronts. It imitates successful systems without improving upon them, lacks the gameplay and substance of its predecessors, succumbs to repetition, and relies heavily on its visuals to compensate for its deficiencies. Blizzard's development, sales and marketing practices and the steep price tag only amplify the sense of disappointment. As an avid fan, I can't help but feel that Diablo IV falls short of capturing the essence that made the franchise so beloved, leaving me longing for a more remarkable and memorable experience.    … Expand
  6. Ixoziel
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Update: The game launched in a poor state and Blizzard has made it far worse with nonsensical patches and changes. It apparently takes them months to add stash tabs but good builds and farming methods are nerfed overnight. Meanwhile they keep talking about the shop and diablo immortal every time the devs make a video. The new score of 0/10 will reflect that.

    A little background for me,    Update: The game launched in a poor state and Blizzard has made it far worse with nonsensical patches and changes. It apparently takes them months to add stash tabs but good builds and farming methods are nerfed overnight. Meanwhile they keep talking about the shop and diablo immortal every time the devs make a video. The new score of 0/10 will reflect that.

    A little background for me, I'm an ARPG fan that's played everything from D3 to POE to Lost Ark. I preordered the game because I found the beta to be very fun. I've played to endgame and I'm roughly level 66 but have pretty much stopped playing.

    Graphics: 8/10

    The graphics are pretty good. The only major fault I can find with it is that everything is a little too gray. The world is very gory and dark, which I enjoy.

    Sound: 4/10

    People regularly comment on how good the music was, but I haven't noticed the music a single time while playing the game for better or worse. The sound effects are decent enough, but nothing really stands out.

    Story: 5/10

    The story is mediocre but it's far better than Diablo 3's story. If you don't play a lot of games or read a lot of decent fantasy books (to have a point of comparison) you will probably enjoy the story a lot. The cinematics carry most of the weight and are extremely good. There are issues with characters acting conveniently stupid and dumb deaths in order to move the story along, much like in really **** horror movies.

    So let's get to the categories that matter the most in an ARPG, the gameplay.

    Character customization: 0/10

    Character customization / building is EXTREMELY boring. Once you hit level 25, you've basically unlocked all the actives your character will ever have. After level 25 all your points will go into passives that give you 5% more damage or mitigate 3% damage from elites, et cetera. You only get TWO major options per spell, which is pathetic even compared to Diablo 3, a game that wasn't renowned for its depth. A lot of times even these options are relatively cosmetic and give minor bonuses.

    Paragon boards (endgame skill trees) are 98% just boring stat increases, like +5 intellect, +10% damage vs burning targets, etc etc. It looks interesting to begin with, but you quickly realize that it won't change the gameplay at all and each paragon point you get is barely noticeable.

    Itemization: 0/10

    Items are similarly insanely boring. "Legendary" items for my class do stuff like +20% damage while you have a barrier up (which will be 100% of the time,) 20% more damage vs frozen targets (which once again will be all of the time vs trash), and other similar ones. There are a FEW that are interesting for some classes, which is why I'm giving it any points at all, but the vast majority of rares, legendaries, and even uniques are absurdly boring stat sticks.

    If you've played POE, the items in this game will not satisfy you at all past ~50 hours played. It gets insanely repetitive and boring. There are very few build defining items. There's nothing for your imagination to work with.

    Combat: 3/10

    Combat is repetitive and dull, and a lot of it stems from poor character customization. Combat "feel" in general is a step down from Diablo 3, which felt very, very smooth and impressively flashy. As a sorceress, you get a spell called Blizzard and the AOE is absurdly tiny, like the size of a puddle. You would have to cast it 10 times to fill up your screen. Other skills similarly lack impact compared to many other ARPGs out there.

    As of right now the ARPG that has the best combat is probably Lost Ark, and if you want a good idea of the difference in combat between the two games, check out what meteor looks / feels like in Lost Ark vs what meteor looks like in D4.    … Expand
  7. ExMachine
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV, after the biggest disappointment that Diablo 3 was in the beginning, we waited so long for worthy successor to Diablo Series , at the end we were fouls to believe in such thing.

    Forced Timed Events Awful Mobile UI Character movement doesn't feel right, the npc's don't feel right, seems like the game is lifeless mobile trash adaptation for pc gaming. World bosses that    Diablo IV, after the biggest disappointment that Diablo 3 was in the beginning, we waited so long for worthy successor to Diablo Series , at the end we were fouls to believe in such thing.

    Forced Timed Events

    Awful Mobile UI

    Character movement doesn't feel right, the npc's don't feel right, seems like the game is lifeless mobile trash adaptation for pc gaming.

    World bosses that forces a once solo player awesome experience to play with other players more like a MMO.

    The amount of time from the announcement to the release, there wasn't just enough time to create the d4 we wanted, if you believe in fairy tails that they were on it for almost 10 years, believe in whatever you want, they saw an opportunity to create a cashcow since fans were asking for a sequel and they probably just used diablo immortal assets and create something new here and there.

    Like many of us, i was a foul for believing in D4 when we already have the REAL worthy successor do D1 and D2 and i hope you go back to play it instead of wasting your free time.    … Expand
  8. Derep
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no development in this game. I can't believe this horrible game's price is 80$… Expand
  9. Foobar6475
    Jun 8, 2023
    4
    No matter how great a story is or gameplay mechanics are, none of it matters if there are so many technical issues that the game becomes unplayable — which is the case for Diablo 4.
  10. Jofrey
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    You don't mind dying in the middle of a gameplay section because of a server disconnect?
    You don't mind to wait until the server is online to have your gameplay section?
    You don't mind sharing your campaign with other random players?
    So this game is for you.
  11. Abomlol
    Jul 21, 2023
    3
    A true successor to Diablo 2. Love the art, voice overs, core gameplay. Blizz has done an awesome job. Hopefully the seasons add new activities and fresh takes.

    EDIT: my rating was revised down due to the poor ongoing design decisions from the developers. While most looters respect player's time, D4 does not. Inflated XP curves to mitigate a lack of content, high respec costs for a game    A true successor to Diablo 2. Love the art, voice overs, core gameplay. Blizz has done an awesome job. Hopefully the seasons add new activities and fresh takes.

    EDIT: my rating was revised down due to the poor ongoing design decisions from the developers. While most looters respect player's time, D4 does not. Inflated XP curves to mitigate a lack of content, high respec costs for a game that supposed to be build and item diverse, along with turning Eternal Realm characters into the Eternal Graveyard has soured the gameplay loop.    … Expand
  12. Rocknrolla777
    Jun 8, 2023
    4
    Disregard the super negative reviews. Yeah there are issues but this game is fantastic. Yes it sucks there is a cosmetic cash shop and that the leveling has been slowed, but it’s so much better than Diablo 3, and it’s so much fun. Back to sanctuary with the friends
  13. retropacman
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Season one sucks. At release I loved the game and got my money's worth of entertainment. When they nurfed everything it took all that time I spent on my character and threw it in the trash. I will no longer be playing this game. I am done.
  14. Squad
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    I will give a rating of "2" only because of the graphics, optimization, cinematics and storyline, otherwise it's definitely a "1" as the worst game in the series.
  15. Tsyuko
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I gave it 9 at first. And up to lvl 70 I still think it can be 9. But endgame is not good.

    Positives: Good story with nice dark atmosphere. Great core gameplay and graphics. Negatives: Repetitive annoying dungeon objectives. Renown - once its acceptable, cant imagine doing it again. Its gives me WoW Chorelands vibes and that is not good(PTSD trigger). Devs are very fast on nerfing    I gave it 9 at first. And up to lvl 70 I still think it can be 9. But endgame is not good.

    Positives: Good story with nice dark atmosphere. Great core gameplay and graphics.

    Negatives: Repetitive annoying dungeon objectives. Renown - once its acceptable, cant imagine doing it again. Its gives me WoW Chorelands vibes and that is not good(PTSD trigger). Devs are very fast on nerfing stuff (like mob density in dungeons) but very slow on buffing stuff like higher nightmare dungeons XP gain. Inventory and stash space are terrible and will not be fixed even in season 1. Levelling above 80 feels more like Vanila WoW than ARPG. Drops are also terrible. Did not get single upgrade for like 15 hours. If seasons are anything like this there is zero chance I will play them. Full respec price (talents+paragon) is crazy expensive. I have 40 mill gold and I could fully respec like twice. Which means I cant experiment with my own builds. Have to copy some tested build from the internet and even then have to think twice.

    I also dont like paid cosmetic battlepass being exclusive to seasons - first you pay for it, then you have to grind it for 80 hours and on top of that you have to create new character for it. Like what? OW2 has seasonal battlepass which starts and ends with ranked season and yet you can grind it in unranked. No game with paid battlepass forces you to play one specific mode.

    This game has huge potential. Like in my original 9/10 review - it can get there. Question is when and if. Right now its like 2 games in one. First one (story+early endgame up to 70 or even 75lvl) is fine. Endgame (80+) is just terrible. Does not respect your time and effort, is repetitive and hollow.

    EDIT2: OK, 1.1 patch is up, read the patchnotes, played the game. They somehow downgraded the whole game. Now there is the biggest d**k in the salad. Stinks like WoW BfA and SL. Devs vision is terrible. Game over.    … Expand
  16. Invertedace
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    As a first time diablo player this has been a blast.

    I will say however, minus points for level scaling because it really does mess with the rewarding nature of finding great gear only for it to be obselete in an hour of gameplay or so EDIT: the current season has so many issues and nerfs with it that I’m just speechless. The fact that I logged in to my eternal realm character and had    As a first time diablo player this has been a blast.

    I will say however, minus points for level scaling because it really does mess with the rewarding nature of finding great gear only for it to be obselete in an hour of gameplay or so

    EDIT: the current season has so many issues and nerfs with it that I’m just speechless. The fact that I logged in to my eternal realm character and had renown that I already farmed was TAKEN AWAY FROM ME is just outrageous, what are you doing Blizzard?? Holy #@$%    … Expand
  17. Apollo
    Jul 22, 2023
    4
    Good graphics and sound. The gameplay is extremely simple and easy. The monsters are sponges armed with toothpicks (they take lots of damage but deal very little), making playing the game an almost unbearable chore. Blizzard needs to introduce higher difficulty levels. Also, it's simplified over other diablo games in that almost every item base is the same (same stats, only picture andGood graphics and sound. The gameplay is extremely simple and easy. The monsters are sponges armed with toothpicks (they take lots of damage but deal very little), making playing the game an almost unbearable chore. Blizzard needs to introduce higher difficulty levels. Also, it's simplified over other diablo games in that almost every item base is the same (same stats, only picture and name are different).

    Immersion is frequently broken by the bizarrely high diversity in, for example, a quasi-Russian setting. If everybody is speaking in a Russian accent, they should look Russian. It's fairly obvious that Blizzard is doing what every major company around the world is: cashing in on that DEI / ESG money.    … Expand
  18. Slamdance
    Jul 18, 2023
    4
    Bruh, patch 1.1 lol

    New unique "The Oculus" (Unique Wand): Gain the effect of the Teleport Enchantment for free. When you Evade using Teleport Enchantment, you are taken to a random location.

    The random location it took me to is another game.
  19. Lokia987
    Jun 18, 2023
    2
    Endgame is so boring. Quality of life thing are non existent in this game. Lags everywhere
  20. ZloyRoy
    Jul 12, 2023
    2
    I do not understand how it was possible to release the fourth part and leave all the best that was in the third part in the third. Diablo 4 is not a game, it's a game layout where only nightmare dungeons are content types and there is nothing else to do there. You must go through 250 dungeons to upgrade your character from level 85 to 100.
    Diablo 3 was a game about builds. We wanted to    I do not understand how it was possible to release the fourth part and leave all the best that was in the third part in the third. Diablo 4 is not a game, it's a game layout where only nightmare dungeons are content types and there is nothing else to do there. You must go through 250 dungeons to upgrade your character from level 85 to 100.
    Diablo 3 was a game about builds. We wanted to play with all the characters and all the builds. It's all taken here. I am sure that 90% of players will not level even one character and quit the game. It's boring, it's unprincipled, it's bad, it's 2 points maximum. Blizzard can do nothing more than squeeze money out of thin air.    … Expand
  21. factory_ro
    Jun 19, 2023
    2
    Horrible experience. You pay 80$ and the connection drops all the time and then it gets you kicked out for 5 minutes. Then you cannot connect anymore.

    Also, graphics are mediocre at best. I came playing this after Star Wars Battlefront 2 - that game is from 2017 and the graphics are 15 years ahead of D4. Appalling graphics, no ray tracing... Some good stuff: now the items you get are    Horrible experience. You pay 80$ and the connection drops all the time and then it gets you kicked out for 5 minutes. Then you cannot connect anymore.

    Also, graphics are mediocre at best. I came playing this after Star Wars Battlefront 2 - that game is from 2017 and the graphics are 15 years ahead of D4. Appalling graphics, no ray tracing... Some good stuff: now the items you get are more geared towards your character. Which is nice. There might be some other ones I will find out.

    What else... there is NO STORY to this game. The progression is slow and the game is not fun compared to D2. I played PoE recently - so much more fun!! And it is a free game and it has zero connection issues. Blizzard, ripping people off since ... I don't know since when, because this game is nothing compared to D2 or PoE. Definitely not worth the money - buyers beware!    … Expand
  22. sebfys
    Jun 18, 2023
    3
    I have never played at game with this many bugs at release day. With all of the money Blizzard earned from pre-sale, you would think that they could afford to hire a decent test team.
  23. Sodacan70
    Jul 16, 2023
    3
    AAA++ Price tag for a B- Game.
    It's got a polished look but countless bugs, and with a gamebraking bug fix and rollback later, this game is showing itself to be an untested waste of time and money.
    -There is zero QA testing - so it's up to players to find out what is broken (they even ask players to sign up for beta releases - they have no shame), meaning you will find something broken    AAA++ Price tag for a B- Game.
    It's got a polished look but countless bugs, and with a gamebraking bug fix and rollback later, this game is showing itself to be an untested waste of time and money.
    -There is zero QA testing - so it's up to players to find out what is broken (they even ask players to sign up for beta releases - they have no shame), meaning you will find something broken every other day.
    -Frequent lag, so bad there's rubberbanding, makes play frustrating - Don't bother playing at weekends when the lag can be so bad it's borderline unplayable.
    -The game itself has absolutely no sense of achievement; it's far too easy - after 5 days of playing I found myself playing on the highest tier of difficulty: Torment. For context this is about as difficult as watching Bambi. There is no endgame - with the right build (not hard to achieve) you can one shot kill most bosses - It's a joke.

    Blizzard are charging AAA++ and taking you for a mug.    … Expand
  24. mininova
    Jul 13, 2023
    2
    Terrible itemisation, bad skill trees and designs, only 6 skill slots, lack of sense of progression, scaling is utter cancer, no runewords, lack of community feel as promised, lack of balance.

    This should be the last diablo game. Let it die in peace, cause blizzard is truly incompetent. They only chase money and they flex about it so much it couldnt be obvious.
  25. dasboot
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Loved beta, server slam and first 2 weeks of D4.

    Then things started getting bad.

    Patch 1.1.0 DESTROYED this game. It will go down in history as the WORST PATCH OF ALL TIME.

    Why do you hate your customers Blizzard?
  26. Lyvione
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Omg now i like DIablo III. You need to have a talent to make me like D3 more that what this excrement of a game D4 is. Its Essentialy an improved payed Diablo Immortal but with even lesser storytelling, some upgraded skill systems and less in-your-face MTX store. You had one task Blizzard - make a decent ARPG - and u made a game worse than DIII. Impressive
  27. voidisme
    Jul 6, 2023
    3
    Game is unfinished. Campaign was pretty good for an arpg. Art and sound design are good for an arpg. But there is no endgame. Itemization is horrible in general, not just for an arpg, and isn't loot the point of an arpg. Once you finish campaign and get to WT3, game is pretty much over. It requires you to waste a lot of time grinding with mostly trash dropping. Since you can't target farmGame is unfinished. Campaign was pretty good for an arpg. Art and sound design are good for an arpg. But there is no endgame. Itemization is horrible in general, not just for an arpg, and isn't loot the point of an arpg. Once you finish campaign and get to WT3, game is pretty much over. It requires you to waste a lot of time grinding with mostly trash dropping. Since you can't target farm for anything, gameplay loop is just kill monsters and hope rnjesus favors you. So if you want to play a few hours everyday and have a life, this game is not for you after lvl 50 or so. Imagine playing 2 hours a day for a week and just getting trash everyday, game makes you feel frustrated and make you realize it is a waste of time. Blizzard are good at making hamsterwheel type games, but they don't work if you have a life. If you play a limited amount daily and can't no life this game, then you will never have any functioning builds, just subpar trash. Not for functioning adults, only for no lifers.

    They finished the campaign, slapped on a half assed endgame with horrible itemization and shipped it out. Game needs a couple more years in development for the endgame systems but I guess the execs were too greedy and it worked, they earned like 600 mil in a couple days, which is probably more than what poe earned in its lifetime. Based on blizzard's track record, I don't think you can even hope they will fix it, feels like I got scammed. Game is a complete mess with a shiny coat of paint to fool you into buying it. It feels bad that their talented art and sound teams were just used for scamming purposes.    … Expand
  28. Rooach
    Jun 17, 2023
    4
    Playing the campaign was ok i guess. Everything after is a **** The game is so boring, i went 2 days without an item upgrade. IN A DIABLO GAME. Combat is pretty much: Press your generator 5-7x then unload into a spell that doesnt even oneshot creeps. The game is such a huge downgrade from diablo 3. What did blizz do in 11 years?
  29. Lionheart_Alpha
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Started ogmff great but developed ruined the game with slowing down progression and massive nerfs to mechanics of the base game
  30. p0k3m0n
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    This is early beta state product based on 13 years old tech engine. Refunded. I hope there will be major personnel changes at Blizzard after the Microsoft takeover.
  31. BeardGuardian
    Jun 23, 2023
    4
    The only redeeming quality of the game is the art though they it still looks generic compared to the OG dark look of diablo 2 or POE, on top of that things like the music are cool to listen to outside of the game but boring as hell when you are supposed to be fighting through hordes of demons only to hear some vaguely tense drone music in the background, this also applies to the vfxThe only redeeming quality of the game is the art though they it still looks generic compared to the OG dark look of diablo 2 or POE, on top of that things like the music are cool to listen to outside of the game but boring as hell when you are supposed to be fighting through hordes of demons only to hear some vaguely tense drone music in the background, this also applies to the vfx looking cool on their own but cluttering and distracting more than anything in actual gameplay.

    The story and even most side quests are netflix tier bad with all the cringy modern tropes like a self inserted annoying teenager that instantly bosses everyone including the player just because or sidequest where you spend 30 seconds listening to a character sigh and take long breaths to tell you they are dying and you need to fetch some random mcguffin.

    The game play feels fine for the first few hours but eventually it boils down to 1 or 2 viable builds and then farming for aspects with the right stats to hopefully put on the right gear ( and hopefully you'll get all this before you switch world tiers or level past the aspect power, this should be fun in theory, but somehow manages to get terribly boring because of the level scaling making you dread leveling up while and at the same time the lack of enemy diversity and boring dungeons ends up feeling repetitive very quickly.

    another pain point is the UI, it seems they focused so much on making everything huge and readable so that grandmas could see it that they forgot to let people with normal eyesight customize it back to normal.For example you can choose any bright color outline for every enemy but you cant turn it off making the game feel like im playing LOL, at the same time there's no options for scaling the UI or moving/removing the **** mini map which due to the way the game is designed is the thing you'll be looking at 70% of the time, not the screen not your character, but the damn icons on your minimap.

    Finally the last thing I was hoping to enjoy despite everything else was pvp, I knew it wasnt supposed to be balanced or play a huge part of the game, but they still managed to **** it up and design it so it only works for people praying on other people who have no fighting chance against them. It lacks the most basic level matching system, you can be a lvl 40 entering a pvp zone for the first time in world tier 1 and you'll get matched against a lvl 70 player who has been farming equipment from world tier 4 which means entering the pvp zone before lvl 100 is utterly useless unless you enjoy being a gimp.    … Expand
  32. whiterice781
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Loot is awful. Combat is slow. You get one shot late game and can't build defensively. No build diversity. Wasted my time on this **** Out of touch devs.
  33. Psichoz
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Graphics +
    Music++
    Gameplay - Auto leveling ----- Depreciated and meaningless legendary items --- Repetitive and boring dungeons --- 0.05% damage buildup when enemies grow with you --- The failed third part was better. Much better. Ah yes, while part 3 has been played many times in many seasons with high paragon... in this part since the release, I have only level 41. Not    Graphics +
    Music++
    Gameplay -
    Auto leveling -----
    Depreciated and meaningless legendary items ---
    Repetitive and boring dungeons ---
    0.05% damage buildup when enemies grow with you ---

    The failed third part was better. Much better.

    Ah yes, while part 3 has been played many times in many seasons with high paragon... in this part since the release, I have only level 41. Not interesting at all, but for the sake of the story, I'll have to play...    … Expand
  34. Tinhoso
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    Very disappointing game. Three words: boring, unfinished, shallow.This game is much worse than Diablo III. Boring gameplay. Drops and the endgame in general is just non existent. Zero build variety and no monster density at all. Tedious and boring
  35. Tsirche
    Jul 7, 2023
    0
    Blizzard made the same mistake again... ARPG's main goal is the joy of killing, slaughtering tons of monsters while your character is getting stronger and better. But in D4 the combat is slow and boring, the skills are unimaginative, the loot (legendary stuff) is crap and the whole game is just flat. Doing rifts/grifts in D3 is still a great fun and joy, but playing D4 is already a pain. IBlizzard made the same mistake again... ARPG's main goal is the joy of killing, slaughtering tons of monsters while your character is getting stronger and better. But in D4 the combat is slow and boring, the skills are unimaginative, the loot (legendary stuff) is crap and the whole game is just flat. Doing rifts/grifts in D3 is still a great fun and joy, but playing D4 is already a pain. I think this game needs a complete rework.
    +1 for the graphics
    +1 for the sound    … Expand
  36. Abrakkar
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    The classes and the paragon board is nicely designed, but very few builds are playable, a few are overpowered, others aren't playable at all.

    Itemization is horrible. It feels like a garbage collecting simulator. Nearly all unique items which have fixed stats are useless. So you need to use yellow/legendary items, where the stats are completely random, so only one of 1000 items you find    The classes and the paragon board is nicely designed, but very few builds are playable, a few are overpowered, others aren't playable at all.

    Itemization is horrible. It feels like a garbage collecting simulator. Nearly all unique items which have fixed stats are useless. So you need to use yellow/legendary items, where the stats are completely random, so only one of 1000 items you find has the right stats.

    Main story is short (8 hours max) and linear (no even different endings) and side quests are just, collect/kill 10 something.

    Game is fun for a few hours, but definitely not worth the high price 10$ at most. It has less content than Diablo 2.    … Expand
  37. armandgt
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Very boring game. Lame skills. Always no manna. Levelling up is so SLOW! The placement of NPC is horrible! They are scattered everywhere. Bad design. Very limited stash. This is like a single player game with random people. You just keep on running everywhere. What a waste of time. I played thinking to myself, it will get better, keep on playing! No, it did not, it became worse. Better toVery boring game. Lame skills. Always no manna. Levelling up is so SLOW! The placement of NPC is horrible! They are scattered everywhere. Bad design. Very limited stash. This is like a single player game with random people. You just keep on running everywhere. What a waste of time. I played thinking to myself, it will get better, keep on playing! No, it did not, it became worse. Better to quit than live with frustration. Skills in POE, D2R, D3 are way better. D4 is like a game made by kids and graphics done by adults. Don't buy!… Expand
  38. CnPx98
    Jul 13, 2023
    2
    The level scaling made the game extremely easy and boring. I never felt like I was getting more powerful and every encounter felt the same. The hole game felt like a boring grind fest and every interesting part took 10 to 20 hours to get to. The main focus was clearly quantity isntead of quality. The hole game has been focused around wasting your time instead of making the content fun.The level scaling made the game extremely easy and boring. I never felt like I was getting more powerful and every encounter felt the same. The hole game felt like a boring grind fest and every interesting part took 10 to 20 hours to get to. The main focus was clearly quantity isntead of quality. The hole game has been focused around wasting your time instead of making the content fun. Don't waste your time with this. Just another cash grab from act blizz.… Expand
  39. ShadowRayz
    Jul 16, 2023
    0
    Major disappointment, I haven't even finished the campaign, it's just bad, unbelievably boring, poor skills, just feels bad, Diablo immoral is actually more fun.
  40. Troll84
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    It's absolutely **** and the devs are a bunch of **** idiots. They ruin the masterpiece franchise of the Diablo series. Stupid patch notes made it way worst and I've believe these punks are the reason why the game is dying so fast. Say goodbye to your precious game because these idiots are run and created and fixed by a bunch of stupid **** white monkeys!!! Yeah you heard me...I said WHITEIt's absolutely **** and the devs are a bunch of **** idiots. They ruin the masterpiece franchise of the Diablo series. Stupid patch notes made it way worst and I've believe these punks are the reason why the game is dying so fast. Say goodbye to your precious game because these idiots are run and created and fixed by a bunch of stupid **** white monkeys!!! Yeah you heard me...I said WHITE **** MONKEYS!!!… Expand
  41. HatchAdi
    Jun 23, 2023
    4
    Let me just say after lvl 35 I've gone to play Diablo Immortal, way more fun gameplay than this, the grind is real, not fun, watch some reviews and wait for a 50% off deal
  42. orhankoroglu
    Jun 21, 2023
    1
    Her yerde aynı moblar toplasan 10 çeşit mob yok oyunda .
    20 lvl de ne gördüysem 50 lvl de de ayni moblari görüyorum kusucam artık.
    Boss'ları hiç sorma hiç sevmediğim Diablo İmmorta'da bile Bosların mekaniği daha iyi ikinci fazları var, Farklı farklı mekanikleri var. İtem düşürme desen hak getire. Set item yok, rün yok . Karakter desen topu topu 5 tane nerde Witch doctor, Monk,    Her yerde aynı moblar toplasan 10 çeşit mob yok oyunda .
    20 lvl de ne gördüysem 50 lvl de de ayni moblari görüyorum kusucam artık.
    Boss'ları hiç sorma hiç sevmediğim Diablo İmmorta'da bile Bosların mekaniği daha iyi ikinci fazları var, Farklı farklı mekanikleri var.
    İtem düşürme desen hak getire. Set item yok, rün yok .
    Karakter desen topu topu 5 tane nerde Witch doctor, Monk, Crussader? büyük ihtimal Dlc diyip onuda itelemeye çalışacaklar.
    Diablo 2 Resurrected bana göre hala serinin en iyi oyunu.
    Kesemediğin bir boss yada mobu gidip güçlendikten sonra gelir keserdin bu oyunda güçlenme hissi yok Sen kaç level isen moblarda o lvl de scale oluyor.. Eee ne anlamı kaldı bu kadar lvl almamın yada skil kasmamın
    Hele o zırh görünümleri nedir ya ? Muşamba gibi ? Yok battle pass, yok kozmetik ayağına set item yapmışlar 800 TL verip zırh alıcam ne alaka Diablo oyununda yahu .. Ve işin kötüsü para verip alsan dahi herkes ayni Gözükecek Ee ne anlamı kaldı rpg oynamanın?
    Diablo 2 de bir itemi duşürme hazzı vardır kimseye düşmez birine düşer fark yaratır. Farklı rün düşürür kendi silahını oluştururdun. Ve bir başkası Aynı rün’ü düşürmediği yada satın almadığı sürece sendekinin asla aynisini yapamazdı.
    Ama burada herkese ayni uniq yada turuncu itemi atıyor.
    Sıkıla sıkıla oynuyorum artık. Oyun bildiğin Diablo 3’ün karanlık temalı versiyonu.    … Expand
  43. self-confidence
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    There is nothing new. There are a lot of things to be improved. Has the know-how accumulated while making the Diablo series been deleted?
  44. CrimsonKing21
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    I've come to the realization that Blizzard will never remove level scaling as it is baked into the game. This makes this game close to unplayable for me. As I felt sad about this hoping season 1 might fix a couple of these issue, I suddenly remembered. Path of Exile 2. The Diablo killer. The first game damn near killed D3 and honestly I kinda want the second one to bury D4. D4 is not aI've come to the realization that Blizzard will never remove level scaling as it is baked into the game. This makes this game close to unplayable for me. As I felt sad about this hoping season 1 might fix a couple of these issue, I suddenly remembered. Path of Exile 2. The Diablo killer. The first game damn near killed D3 and honestly I kinda want the second one to bury D4. D4 is not a good ARPG. It's badly designed from the ground up and some of the issues like level scaling will never be fixed due to it being such a central part of the game. I'll be skipping season 1 and any subsequent season of D4 until blizzard changes level scaling. I honestly can't wait for POE 2 after experiencing the trainreck that is D4. Save your damn money. Wait for POE 2. It's free.… Expand
  45. sprowa
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Diablo 4's endgame system falls flat. Lackluster rewards, repetitive gameplay, and shallow progression make it a major disappointment. The grind feels unrewarding, leaving players unsatisfied and unmotivated. It fails to deliver the depth and variety expected from a Diablo title. Overall, a letdown for fans longing for a compelling endgame experience.
  46. Mid304
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    The selection of basic and core skills is very unfulfilling, after the campaign the endgame gameplay cycle is... awful
  47. Kimaralba
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    No entiendo como lo puede gustar este juego a la gente, la única explicación que veo es que no conozcan lo que es la calidad de verdad como lo fue diablo 2, me siento engañada sinceramente.
  48. vinort
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    Это не игра, а недоразумение. Серия свернула не на ту дорожку с момента 3 части, эти дурацкие зелья по кд и все такое. Сюжет тут скучный до последней главы, только в ней начинается какая-то движуха, мало того, сюжет тупой, но это заметят не все. Сложность до прохождения изменить нельзя и всю игру вы будете скучать так как враги тут очень легкие. После сюжета вы будете тупо качаться аЭто не игра, а недоразумение. Серия свернула не на ту дорожку с момента 3 части, эти дурацкие зелья по кд и все такое. Сюжет тут скучный до последней главы, только в ней начинается какая-то движуха, мало того, сюжет тупой, но это заметят не все. Сложность до прохождения изменить нельзя и всю игру вы будете скучать так как враги тут очень легкие. После сюжета вы будете тупо качаться а прокачка на хайлевелах идет невероятно медленно. И тут есть проблема. Вся игра за исключением данжей на переход на высокую сложность а их тут два, это единсвтенное что здесь реально трудно. Всех остальных врагов вы будете закликивать зевая, то есть вы будете огребать в данже за переход, до того, как достигнете нужного левела на текущей сложности, а качаться тут очень уныло и долго. А сложность нужна чтобы получать лучшие эпики, потому что дроп тут неинтересный. Почти весь лут это разное барахло (даже легендарки) с унылыми статами +5 силе и.тд. но это не важно так как тут решает ТОЛЬКО ваш уровень. На все эти характеристики можно не обращаться внимания. То есть не может быть ситуации, что вы выбьете крутую шмотку и игра пойдет веселее: все что вы выбиваете плюс минус одно и то же. И тут возникает вопрос, а нафига в это вообще играть? Ради чего? С другими игроками никакой коммуникации нет, половина приставочники и они вам даже написать не смогут. Ничего кроме лагов они не несут в эту игру. Короче полная бредятина эта часть. Я думаю, когда хайп утихнет, большая часть игроков отсюда свалят.… Expand
  49. Diablo2
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all Diablo 2 is the Golden Age. Remember it forever because they aren’t going to make it like that anymore. love the ghotic setting of diablo 2 forever the perfect game

    But diablo 4…i liked it but when i got accustomed to the gameplay-loop, after level 50 the game drops it facade and reveals its just a trash mobile game! , weak loot, and legendary items showering over you in the gamble section. What makes this diablo so **** is that you don’t feel the power of the items, its just that the monsters level scale with you and the only personal choice is how you assemble different legendary suffixes to complement the liquid skill tree. Thats why the game is weak.

    Thats right Were in diablo 2 choices are hardlocked, in diablo 4 all is liquid: socket slots, gem insertion, weapon/armor magical suffixes AND legendary suffixes. All can be salvaged and swapped on another piece of loot. When the total property you can lood is just like a moving river, i can just walk in the rain or go fishing staring at the water instead of playing this boring videogame.

    The only truth of this game is when the horadrim wolf spirit said that the horadrim will fall and that the true hearted warriors of diablo2 must jump ship. This acknowledgment is build in diablo 4 itself. The wolf acknowledged blizzard can never return to diablo 2 so there is really no point making a new game.    … Expand
  50. brentc7
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    sigh.. trying to stay positive.. but for now, this is my review.. a poor score.
  51. Flameseal
    Jul 5, 2023
    0
    This game is so bad I regret buying this trash it's boring and expensive I got the 89.99$ version and I regret buying it. It's a SHAME charging so much for such a bad game everything its bad only the art team did something but everything else it's **** This is my last time spending money on blizzard games. For 10 years of working they did nothing literally diablo 4 is just scraped contentThis game is so bad I regret buying this trash it's boring and expensive I got the 89.99$ version and I regret buying it. It's a SHAME charging so much for such a bad game everything its bad only the art team did something but everything else it's **** This is my last time spending money on blizzard games. For 10 years of working they did nothing literally diablo 4 is just scraped content from diablo 3. If I could I would rate -10 not 0 that's how bad this game is.… Expand
  52. Heatgamernopro
    Jul 6, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game starts out ok, but after level 50 it gets very very boring. I'm currently level 94 with the same gear I had at level 69-75. I'm running T50 nightmare dungeons fighting monsters at level 105 and the drops don't improve in power rating or affixes. Progression feels severely stagnant. I've had around 10 unique drops over the course of playing, but it's always the same 4 items, never anything useful to my build. It feels like a very shallow grinding korean mmo.… Expand
  53. laramie
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Won't activate abilities when you hit the button 20% of the time, fake telegraphing of attacks from enemies. Overall a downgrade from D3.
  54. Gray_Saber
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    The game has a decent story and a few flashy cinematics. It feels a bit like a fun Diablo game at first but the second you hit the paragon board and world tier 4 it all turns into a mess.

    If you're not a hardcore gamer or a child you'll burn out with how many hours it takes to max a rune let alone level up. You're pigeon holed into a single build because of specialized gear half the    The game has a decent story and a few flashy cinematics. It feels a bit like a fun Diablo game at first but the second you hit the paragon board and world tier 4 it all turns into a mess.

    If you're not a hardcore gamer or a child you'll burn out with how many hours it takes to max a rune let alone level up. You're pigeon holed into a single build because of specialized gear half the time and there's very little quality of life in the game.

    It takes several hours to get a single level up and you lose armor effectiveness and usually do less damage while gear doesn't improve anything. You'll do a tier 48 dungeon struggling to get by and get a sacred drop with bad stats at item level 686 for your efforts. Sure, you can get some paragon points every now and then to improve yourself a few percent but that doesn't stop monsters from doing more damage and having more life points.

    You'll run out of inventory space easily and waste time trying to find things. You'll spend an entire day just trying to get a single rune to level 15 out of 21 hoping maybe it'll improve your abilities while the monsters at higher tiers can still one shot you.

    But really, knowing they're just going to delete your character and make you start over once they start selling season passes? This game doesn't have any replayability. There's no enjoyment in it.

    Nothing exciting happens and there's almost never any new gear that improves on the stuff I have that drops. Weekly world boss chests? Yeah, there's nothing good in there. Helltide chests? Sometimes but almost never.

    It's just a soulless grind and slog that I always feel disgusted for having played again when I should have been out touching grass. Trust me when I say I regret buying it because of how much time I've wasted on it for a bad after taste. The story was amusing and I'm sure the developers were doing their best under Blizzards conditions but it's as though they took the idea for nightmare dungeons from World of Warcraft and made a game with even more grind and spiders.

    They purposely try to make things take longer because they want your money, not because they want to provide entertainment. The game is awful even if it's pretty and decent for the first few days.

    In the end, it's only remotely worth it if you want to just beat the relatively short story and call it quits from there. If you don't, you'll end up just as sour and annoyed as I am. At least, unless you're a bizzarro person who likes second jobs you had to pay for sucking away at your life.

    Update: Giving it a zero because of the season garbage and the fact their patches only make it worse. Wanting to charge us money for battle passes every season for a game that's more of a chore than entertainment is just nonsense. They actually saw the bad reviews and must have thought "Hold my beer, I'm going to make the game WORSE."    … Expand
  55. Mantasaurus
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    I cant even begin to describe my disappointment witht this game. Everything from lack of economy, boring items, same level monsters, boring bosses. Like you could have special bosses that spawn in a specific region of the map that drops a cool item that you can trade so you go to that area and camp it. The lack of different level areas means that a level100 player comes to your legionI cant even begin to describe my disappointment witht this game. Everything from lack of economy, boring items, same level monsters, boring bosses. Like you could have special bosses that spawn in a specific region of the map that drops a cool item that you can trade so you go to that area and camp it. The lack of different level areas means that a level100 player comes to your legion events and just 1 shots everything. And last but not least isnt this suppose to be a social game? Where is the dungeon party system? This game is a pile of trash.… Expand
  56. Netleren
    Jul 12, 2023
    0
    My first acquaintance with Diablo universe happened back in 1998 when my brother brought Diablo at our home – we liked this game since for its super atmosphere, music, story and gameplay. Diablo 2 was a little different but still we quickly loved it for many improvements compared to its processor. We were really hoping Diablo 3 will improve many things from Diablo 2 and will bring evenMy first acquaintance with Diablo universe happened back in 1998 when my brother brought Diablo at our home – we liked this game since for its super atmosphere, music, story and gameplay. Diablo 2 was a little different but still we quickly loved it for many improvements compared to its processor. We were really hoping Diablo 3 will improve many things from Diablo 2 and will bring even more new stuff but it did not happen – that game completely destroyed not only the story of original games and became horrible step backward. After such failure and many others from Blizzard I did not expect anything good from Diablo 4 and I was right by doing this.
    Story: It’s horrible even after Diablo 3 it still horrible. Dialogs, narration, characters, everything is bad. I don’t know who wrote dialogs and the whole story but it so stupid, primitive and unlogic. When I was playing I did not care about what was going on – you just cannot care for such soulless characters and story at all. Many in-game cinematics are just pathetic and even main antagonist Lilith brought only one feeling from me – disgust.
    Gameplay: this is where the game failed so hard. The gameplay is repetitive, monotone, easy and boring. Developers did not even bother to bring some new mechanics into the game. Monsters are easy to kill and do not bring you any challenge despite the difficulty level. Whole game you will have to make same activities over and over again in hopes of getting new legendary item. Many dungeons look absolutely the same and looks like developers did not even bother with its design. Besides you just cannot make game interesting when you have to kill your mouse with 2 spells when other 4 spells have 20-45 seconds cooldown.
    Character development: you level up and get new skills from talent tree but very-very soon you realize there is no choice in talent tree and it is only an illusion – there is no diversity in character build. The only thing you will care and will make you stronger – items but not just items – only legendries since other categories exist just for nothing and on higher levels you will just ignore them.
    Atmosphere: developers tried to bring dark atmosphere from Diablo and Diablo 2 but succeed only partially. The game does not look so cartoonish like Diablo 3 but still it is not even close to the first two games. The world itself is empty and does not create a feeling of fear and helplessness. You could see the developers was in a hurry and many things in the world made poorly or not made at all.
    Graphic: it’s ok but nothing outstanding. Still it brings very big resemblance to Diablo 3 which in my opinion is nothing good. The character looks ugly as hell you just cannot even crate normal looking man/woman.
    Audio: it is quite bad since you will spend almost whole your time in the gray mass of monsters on your screen you just cannot highlight anything good in it. If you think I forgot about music, I did not – there is none here, something playing in dungeons, cities and fields but most of time you just cannot say it is even existing.
    The last two nails on the coffer are monetization and many bugs in the game.
    Diablo 4 has nothing common with Diablo and Diablo 2 – you cannot even call this game Diablo anymore – it looks like Diablo Immortal 2.0. If you ever loved Diablo and Diablo 2 stay away from this horrible game made by lazy and greedy people from Blizzard – believe me when developers who does not care what are they are doing, does not care about world they are using and developers who are lazy as hell and cares only for money – you cannot get anything normal game from them (I just even cannot say good).    … Expand
  57. DaPeeg
    Jul 12, 2023
    2
    Here's my two cents (well, $100).

    If you are having the D4 blues, try a little game on Steam called "Last Epoch." It's everything D4 should have been and isn't. Great progression and leveling. You feel powerful but challenged. Deep and wide skill trees and great loot diversity. Can change builds in the same mastery easily. Unlimited stash space. I have 130 hours in and am just starting.    Here's my two cents (well, $100).

    If you are having the D4 blues, try a little game on Steam called "Last Epoch." It's everything D4 should have been and isn't. Great progression and leveling. You feel powerful but challenged. Deep and wide skill trees and great loot diversity. Can change builds in the same mastery easily. Unlimited stash space. I have 130 hours in and am just starting. It's still beta but quite polished. Constantly rewarding.

    I have played them all: four Diablos, POE, Grim Dawn, Remnant, Outriders, Fate, Titan Quest, Torchlight, Destiny 2, Division 1 and 2, on and on. I know what I'm talking about.

    Hope they can fix D4. I was really expecting so much more.    … Expand
  58. jgeiger007
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    July 18, 2023 Blizzard decided to nerf everything in the entire game and ruin our enjoyment.
  59. Redstar71
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    At best this game is in beta test. Following the truly baffling 1.1 patch for Season One this game is best to avoid. Developer is so out of touch from the player base its unreal. At every step they aim to strip the fun out of playing the game fun and incrementally turn it into a drudge. Their clear aim in this patch is to slow progress, make everything difficult and leave you with a gameAt best this game is in beta test. Following the truly baffling 1.1 patch for Season One this game is best to avoid. Developer is so out of touch from the player base its unreal. At every step they aim to strip the fun out of playing the game fun and incrementally turn it into a drudge. Their clear aim in this patch is to slow progress, make everything difficult and leave you with a game that you have no desire to get home to log into. Mind boggling approach from an entertainment company as the game is not entertaining in any form what so ever. Its like this was created by a team of interns and that's being kind.… Expand
  60. erayerkan
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    People have been giving very abundant amount of feedback on youtube, reddit, official forums, twitter and all kinds of other platforms to all the issues and unfun things in the game. Guess what Blizzard decided to do instead of addressing these issues? They made everything people had fun with less enjoyable and increased the tediousness of the game in the most unfun way possible whilePeople have been giving very abundant amount of feedback on youtube, reddit, official forums, twitter and all kinds of other platforms to all the issues and unfun things in the game. Guess what Blizzard decided to do instead of addressing these issues? They made everything people had fun with less enjoyable and increased the tediousness of the game in the most unfun way possible while giving nothing to compensate it. There is no end game, there is no enjoyable content to do after finishing the story, itemization is incredibly unfun and pigeon holed, skill trees are boring. On top of all these things, developers hasn't even bothered fixing the bugs and issues people clearly and repeatedly reported during the beta. Do not, I repeat, do not buy this game. I have been playing video games for over 20 years now and they just dropped the worst patch I have ever seen in any game while they already had a pretty terrible game.… Expand
  61. chinarr0
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Shameless attempt at a diablo game, unfinished, boring, dull mechanics. Do not buy
  62. Johndes
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    With Patch 1.1 they ruined all the fun of the game, I am siderated by such low creativity. They nerfed everything instead of creating new content and upgrade user experience by adding T5, Stash, Gems emplacement. On discord they are spammed with clowns since 5 hours and the release of the patch.
    I decide to uninstall my 100 level Druid Shred Build which was not tiers S but the most    With Patch 1.1 they ruined all the fun of the game, I am siderated by such low creativity. They nerfed everything instead of creating new content and upgrade user experience by adding T5, Stash, Gems emplacement. On discord they are spammed with clowns since 5 hours and the release of the patch.
    I decide to uninstall my 100 level Druid Shred Build which was not tiers S but the most funniest build to play POE back.    … Expand
  63. deepend
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Dear Blizzard top management (not the devs, the top management).

    I’m a former strategy consultant (not that it matters), and please let me tell you this. The brand “Blizzard” was an amazing asset in 1998. I mean, it was worth hundreds of millions, billions. Today I would say Blizzard brand is a liability. Add the tag “Blizzard” to a video game and it will instantly emanate a    Dear Blizzard top management (not the devs, the top management).

    I’m a former strategy consultant (not that it matters), and please let me tell you this.

    The brand “Blizzard” was an amazing asset in 1998.

    I mean, it was worth hundreds of millions, billions.

    Today I would say Blizzard brand is a liability.

    Add the tag “Blizzard” to a video game and it will instantly emanate a pestilential aura of half baked brainless game with the potential to disappoint even more one game after another.

    How have we come this low ?

    How are we still surprised that we’ve come this low ?

    Blizzard top management & shareholders, your decision-making IS ruining your games.

    Perhaps you think “we have to generate the revenue in the short run”, but you know very well that the only way to ensure a steady stream of revenue is building your brand equity.
    You are destroying your company in the long run. I mean, you’ve been destroying it for a while now.

    I was one of your biggest supporters. And I've been for 25 years.

    Today I decide to finally let you go.

    It feels like a break-up, I have hard time letting you go but I have to let you go.

    I swear this is the last time I'm involved emotionally in anything related to Blizzard.    … Expand
  64. salt12
    Jul 18, 2023
    2
    The only reason the game gets a 2 is because of the story which was OK. Beyond that it becomes immediately apparent that this is an unfinished mess. The "end game" consists of Uber Lilith and an endless grind for no apparent reason. No reward. Blizzard has shown it's complete detachment from the community with any attempt to balance. Any kind of fun or power fantasy that you might expectThe only reason the game gets a 2 is because of the story which was OK. Beyond that it becomes immediately apparent that this is an unfinished mess. The "end game" consists of Uber Lilith and an endless grind for no apparent reason. No reward. Blizzard has shown it's complete detachment from the community with any attempt to balance. Any kind of fun or power fantasy that you might expect from a typical arpg is not allowed. Even going as far as to nerf the very few abilities that even made some classes playable at all. They've already killed OW2 and it seems like the Diablo franchise is next.… Expand
  65. Mulazo
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Devs are completely out of touch with the needs of the player base that supports them. Latest patch (1.1) was a slap in the face.
  66. fifdseven
    Jul 18, 2023
    2
    TL;DR: Activision-Blizzard's only concern is for players to engage with their game for as long as possible to sell more Macrotransactions. Season 1 patch notes show a lack of respect for the players' time and compell me to review the game when I would have left it be before. Campaign is fun but the characters are forgettable, gameplay feels fluid but post campaign the game becomes tediousTL;DR: Activision-Blizzard's only concern is for players to engage with their game for as long as possible to sell more Macrotransactions. Season 1 patch notes show a lack of respect for the players' time and compell me to review the game when I would have left it be before. Campaign is fun but the characters are forgettable, gameplay feels fluid but post campaign the game becomes tedious and Season 1's only going to add to the tedium.

    A friend of mine bought me the game a few days after it came out when he saw that I was the only person on his friends list that was not playing it. I was not playing D4 because the parent company Activision-Blizzard killed one of my biggest gaming hypes, Overwatch 2's PvE story mode. "Acti-Blizz" had become an actual husk of what the company used to be and I didn't want to support them any more but it was a gift, it felt rude to refuse the game so I broke my principles and played the game.

    The story is neat and the art style of the whole game is very "dark" (a drastic change from the rather "cartoony" looking Diablo 3) though after the first act there is an absolute bombardment of characters to keep up with for their respective Act story lines, making it hard to form a connection with any of them (except Donan, his story is pretty memorable). I played a Twisting Blades rogue after hearing all over the Internet that the class played like the rogue lite game Hades and it did; the movement was so fluid and dashing around damaging enemies and waiting for the returning blades felt so fun and reactive, had a lot of fun. Then I beat the story and ran dungeons until beating the Tier 3 Capstone Dungeon to upgrade the difficulty of the world, then ran dungeons until I could beat the Tier 4 Capstone Dungeon. While there seems to be a lot to do in the overworld, it and the dungeons (which are presented as all unique but most are just tilesets) started to feel very same-y over time and I hit "the wall" at level 72. Hoping for major changes to add content and buff other playstyles and builds, I put the game on the digital shelf to play some other games.

    I had no intentions of leaving a review for this game anywhere; I got my money's worth from the game for the "preseason" and felt contented with the product I received. Having read the Season 1 patch notes, I now feel greatly compelled to leave this review. While I cannot post the notes in detail here, the general gist of the Diablo 4 Season 1 patch notes was "Players are beating the game too fast, we need to slow them all down." Instead of buffing weaker builds and classes (looking at Sorceress), they decided to nerf skills and stats across the entire board with some very small class-specific buffs that are completely outclassed by the game-changing nerfs to stats like Vulnerable that help do more damage to enemies. They make Helltide chests, loot chests that have higher chances at the best gear but you have to farm the temporary currency to open them in a specific zone that is populated with other players, even more expensive so that players are required to engage in the helltide events for longer, to increase the chance of them seeing other players possibly with all their Macrotransaction cosmetics and getting caught in the Fear of Missing Out on the cosmetic gear that should just be earnable. But if there's money to be made on cosmetics, Activision-Blizzard has it on lock.

    While there are some positives in the patch notes (over 6600 characters long, a statistic the Diablo 4 developers are VERY proud off), over 10% of those 6600 characters pertained to something along the lines of "Fixed issue with..." With so many changes that reduce the power of the player/character. it is very bold to be proud of these notes. Obviously this isn't going to kill Diablo 4, Activistion-Blizzard cast such a wide net with this game (and caught so many fish, holy **** they sold so many copies) there are many players who aren't even going to know what "patch notes" are. But I bet a few of them are going to notice when it takes even longer than it currently does to get to where they are now, because of course, with a seasonal system comes making a new character every 3 months if you want to engage in the new content.

    I wished for better but this is what we get; I've already uninstalled the game with a number of friends just straight up not going to play this season (for those who purchased the $100 edition I believe you can "save" the battlepass they gave you and use it on a future season). I hope those who do enjoy the game continue to do so, and I look forward to playing the fixed and complete version of the game sometime around Season 28 in the year 2030.    … Expand
  67. ender666
    Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Very boring, repetitive, no dungeon finder, no world chat, no trade, bad design. I feel more alone than in some old offline game!! NO ENDGAME! DI immortal is much more fun.. Graphic average, game is often lagging.. FU Blizzard, you robbed me, this game is not worth so much money!!
    Take baldurs gate 3 as an example, that is a game made with love in every way better than d4 garbage..    Very boring, repetitive, no dungeon finder, no world chat, no trade, bad design. I feel more alone than in some old offline game!! NO ENDGAME! DI immortal is much more fun.. Graphic average, game is often lagging.. FU Blizzard, you robbed me, this game is not worth so much money!!
    Take baldurs gate 3 as an example, that is a game made with love in every way better than d4 garbage..

    UPDATE: this game terribly lacks content and what they offered now? To get new content you have to create new lame character.. will never do, this is most stupid thing in history of gaming..    … Expand
  68. iLi87
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    After spending approximately over 2000 hours in Diablo I and over 5000 hours in Diablo II, this feels like a game made by 2 teenagers with google searches on a Friday night drinking spree. I regret buying this product and I feel scammed. Sadly I cannot sue them for this scam because I would in a heartbeat
  69. Chong07105
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 ruined everything, nerf too much and make this game very harder to enjoy
  70. kalmado23
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I have logged more than 439.85 hours in my account which is around 18days+ since Early access. This game is most likely dead already because of the recent Patch. They reduced the total defense of all classes and damage. All the days farming specific roll for your items to clear out high tier nightmare dungeons become useless. The endgame is just running the same NM dungeon. I must also sayI have logged more than 439.85 hours in my account which is around 18days+ since Early access. This game is most likely dead already because of the recent Patch. They reduced the total defense of all classes and damage. All the days farming specific roll for your items to clear out high tier nightmare dungeons become useless. The endgame is just running the same NM dungeon. I must also say that theres no point clearing high tier NM dungeons because it will basically give you the same reward as the lower tiers. This is my first review in this site and I just created an account specifically for this. My druid is lvl100 already but cant clear anymore NM T70+. In order for you to adjust to the current change, you will need to grind again lower tier dungeons to farm golds to respec your paragon board and also haunt items again with other aspects, game is dead. Dont buy this game. Devs didnt give a damn about the player base and they will tell you that they are being review bomb by trolls in this site. LOL pathetic… Expand
  71. EinarX
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is absurdly boring. It’s the fourth installment and I thought they had finally surpassed themselves… but nothing could be further from the truth, I spent almost 100€ on a BORING game.

    A game where luck and pure lottery predominate. Dungeons: (NO COMMENTARIES…) Whisper missions: You can put it in… Outdoor events and bosses: SIGH… PVP: UNSMOKING Chat: NO ONE USES IT!! Dungeon    Diablo 4 is absurdly boring. It’s the fourth installment and I thought they had finally surpassed themselves… but nothing could be further from the truth, I spent almost 100€ on a BORING game.

    A game where luck and pure lottery predominate.

    Dungeons: (NO COMMENTARIES…)
    Whisper missions: You can put it in…
    Outdoor events and bosses: SIGH…
    PVP: UNSMOKING
    Chat: NO ONE USES IT!!
    Dungeon groups: NO ONE SETS UP GROUPS!!!
    Joining a Clan to meet and play in groups: NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY IN GROUPS
    I raised 2 characters, one out of season with all the missions and another in season the same. I REFUSE TO DO IT ALL FOR THE THIRD TIME

    You pay for the battle pass to get **** REWARDS.
    The base item sets in the game: HORRIBLE, what for? so you keep spending money on more HORRIBLE sets
    In conclusion, Diablo 4 is a boring, repetitive, and disappointing game. It’s not worth spending money on it.

    Leave the world of videogames and dedicate yourself to making animated series, which is the only good thing you do.    … Expand
  72. skankerveen
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    A huge disappointment, so many changes in the new patch. Constantly making the game a grind, but not the fun kind. The legendaries are milquetoast, the campaign is boring and lame. Biggest flop since CP2077
  73. A_NOOBY
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It's a reverse Santa Claus. Santa comes bearing presents to make your life better but the Dev team decided to take all of the goodies you already had and break them. Gamers put hundreds of hours into building a character that they liked to play only to have that taken away by a bad patch. Its not the same game anymore. They want folks to move to seasonal content so they nuked the baseIt's a reverse Santa Claus. Santa comes bearing presents to make your life better but the Dev team decided to take all of the goodies you already had and break them. Gamers put hundreds of hours into building a character that they liked to play only to have that taken away by a bad patch. Its not the same game anymore. They want folks to move to seasonal content so they nuked the base game to make it less playable. My Sorcerer was already a challenge to play and I went from being able to make it on world tier 4 back to world tier 3. All that grind I did to get to world tier 4 with a character that worked was undone by a patch to move gamers to season 1. I was not done with my base game character yet.… Expand
  74. nofunaloud
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    The story is basic but keeps your interest. But that is the only positive I can say about the game. The devs will just completely nerf builds into the ground to force people to spend more time on a game, instead of having people spend more time on a game because you added more content. If this is the type of behavior that the player should expect, and the player should expect to be nerfedThe story is basic but keeps your interest. But that is the only positive I can say about the game. The devs will just completely nerf builds into the ground to force people to spend more time on a game, instead of having people spend more time on a game because you added more content. If this is the type of behavior that the player should expect, and the player should expect to be nerfed for every patch, then I just cannot recommend anyone play it. It might be like all other live service games. Where it isn't worth it to play until year 3.… Expand
  75. sovex
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Wasn't good at launch, todays patch ruined any hope for season 1 too. Let's get this game to below 3 score maybe blizzard will get the hint then.
  76. tsnglec
    Jun 29, 2023
    1
    I think d3 had more fun builds (a lot more variety). and D2 still seems better in almost every way. Almost all "endgame" builds are pretty boring and are visually a let down. none of the classes really get me excited. I'm sad its the same type of classes they have always had. My only hope is that seasonal content is pretty substantial.
  77. Sanbarra
    Jun 29, 2023
    1
    Thanks to Metacritic's ridiculous forbidden bug, here's the short version: Boring garbage! Sorry for the environment artists. You did a good job.
  78. TheBimpy
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Wait for POE2 if you want a fun ARPG - Blizzard are constantly patching out anything that even remotely resembles fun.

    Insane blanket nerfs for patch 1.1, just in time for Season 1 (which I won't be playing now).

    I'm just waiting for Baldurs Gate 3 release at this point.
  79. neverlast25
    Jul 5, 2023
    1
    For respect of this game, i give this review, is not ok when you sell an unfinished game, skill tree is broken, the paragons is broken is not fully working or a percentage of that is working for example resistance 6% with 3 nodes in paragon give increase to you status 1.5% which is wrong. item is limited to 820 which also drop even from level 60+, nightmare dungeon over 50 are overpoweredFor respect of this game, i give this review, is not ok when you sell an unfinished game, skill tree is broken, the paragons is broken is not fully working or a percentage of that is working for example resistance 6% with 3 nodes in paragon give increase to you status 1.5% which is wrong. item is limited to 820 which also drop even from level 60+, nightmare dungeon over 50 are overpowered because of level increase and monsters have boost for defence and dmg as well which should be and you are stuck at level 100. there is no player choice everything is linear, I hoped I see elements from D2 but i only see the environment as dark as D2 which was ok, character customization could have been more better i mean only 11 choice is poor. shop items are very unprofessional the only cool things were in shop where the necromancer stuff rest was a joke, rogue skins looks like a castle guard seriously? nerfed everything, the necromancer is a joke totally the only thing worth it was bone build rest is a joke for real, look again at skill tree and be amazed. loot is bad compared with D2, rare suppose to be rare, world bosses a joke killed 1 sec, crowd control effects from monsters not fixed, from what i see campaign was very short on act 4 i did not feel it. everything seem to be a still beta test and the game shouldn't be launched until tested which i doubt was it tested, everything was a lie since beta - they told us that beta was just for testing but i feel the game has not change a bit from slam to official launch, right now is still broken and characters are overpowered, nerved to the end .. barrier and fortified is broken.… Expand
  80. Bauuer
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Game is built around monsters scaling with players. Beta was basically full gameplay loop… No amount of updates will fix a **** structure but it sure does boost copium….
  81. Aisllin
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    Diablo without Diablo.
    I like the combat and hate everything else.
    No more words.
  82. Iheartgames90
    Jul 4, 2023
    0
    For the critic reviews to have zero negative and democratic reviews to have overwhelmingly negative ones should tell you something about where Blizzard is at right now.
  83. Cognipop
    Jul 7, 2023
    1
    The meat is in the campaign, maybe worth 20$ not the 100 CAD I paid. Complete lack of a proper end game other than wander around the map killing things to get stronger to wander around amd kill even more. Once they add rifts that would be nice I guess.. Pvp is not an option until you're max level since it doesn't scale you up or them down - so maybe a few hundred requisite hours to tryThe meat is in the campaign, maybe worth 20$ not the 100 CAD I paid. Complete lack of a proper end game other than wander around the map killing things to get stronger to wander around amd kill even more. Once they add rifts that would be nice I guess.. Pvp is not an option until you're max level since it doesn't scale you up or them down - so maybe a few hundred requisite hours to try that out. You can tell they deliberately held back features from previous games to drip feed as new content which feels pretty icky. Allegedly an mmo but you won't see other players, it's just a good way of making live service I guess? There's no match making etc seen in other games because there's no activities to funnel those players into even if they did match.

    Sorry for the salt! Hopefully some people will enjoy thus more than I did. But in my opinion a very lack luster gamer.    … Expand
  84. IPAITH
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    Played for 200+ hours, lvl100, killed uber lilith, done lvl 96 nightmare dungeon, even tried grinding out all the challenges until i kinda just gave up because it's boring af:

    As a single player game: It's ok, but u don't get challenged at all and the whole campaign is a walk in a park. In true blizz fashion, art team tries to carry and actually make good cinematics, apart from that,    Played for 200+ hours, lvl100, killed uber lilith, done lvl 96 nightmare dungeon, even tried grinding out all the challenges until i kinda just gave up because it's boring af:

    As a single player game: It's ok, but u don't get challenged at all and the whole campaign is a walk in a park. In true blizz fashion, art team tries to carry and actually make good cinematics, apart from that, nothing special, challenging or incredible, you can simply face tank every boss. Takes like 12 hours.

    As a live service ARPG: U finished the good part when u finished the campaign, now you're in the realm of grinding non stop to get your first set of items that make sense for your build, which will happen within a day or 2 depending on luck, and then getting minor upgrades after reading over thousands of items. You're grinding for no reason because there's no difficult content (Or more like no reason to do it), completely overblown lilith as the last boss, which most builds wont even kill with best gear, unless you're playing that 1 specific broken build on your class currently. And then she drops nothing, just like the 90+ lvl nightmare dungeons. None of it makes any sense, ur character is built and done by level 80-85 and there's nothing to do apart from more of the same. Skill choice doesn't exist, u have 2 skills that are good and actually do dmg per class and even those are constantly getting nerfed. U can't give any of the gear u drop to ur alts or friends either cuz they're all lvl locked to ur current level, so if u're at 100, anyone that wants to wear that also needs 100. UI of a mobile game. No transparent map in an ARPG. Whoever came up with the scaling prices on rerolls and gear enchanting without a cap, should be fired and never hired for any game design position ever again. Spending 120 mill on an item and still not getting the 1 stat you want, wtf is that. All of the content is useless apart from nightmare dungeons and hell tides. Tree, world bosses, goblins, world events, legion all drop nothing and are a complete waste of time in comparison.

    If some random gaming studio released this, people would be **** on it 24/7 and it would've already been buried. But Blizzard has an army of shills. I really tried giving this game a chance and a lot of patience, but it's as barebones as ARPGs get.

    Not worth your money or your time.    … Expand
  85. czlowiek488
    Jul 10, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I made 311 hours in the game. After this time I think it's just stupid, I was so happy to get 100 level on my Necro but after another 100 hours I couldnt find anything else for me. This game is overpriced, season 1 is gonna add content for one week which should be already in the game.
    I can't believe this game was developed more than 2 years.
    Microsoft please hurry up with buying blizzard, the doom has already began.    … Expand
  86. Wierzbolas
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    Blizzard disapoints like always, just good looking first layer, deeper its empty piece of **** with mechnaics from 90s.
    Game for so much money with microtransactions...
    Thats why 0, if game would be free to play maybe 4-5.
    Fk blizzard and his crap season as well.
  87. TomLouvat
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    I'm sure the game would be pretty okay, with decent servers which it has NOT, for a week now I have been disconnected every time I enter a dungeon, and lost two hardcore characters (no respawn) to catastrophic disconnections from the server.
  88. Hpvybes
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Slimy company and devs. It's astonishing how disconnected they are from the player base. We made them BILLIONS and they can't roll out half-decent updates. DO NOT BUY. If there are other games on your radar, please play those instead.
  89. RhetoricalJack
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 effectively killed this game. Everything is a nerf/fun prevention. just why? The straw that broke the camel's back : "Leave dungeon cast increased from 3sec to 5sec". Literally just a middle finger to the player base. Thanks blizzard, but no thanks. uninstalled.
  90. Acus
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Was decent before, patch 1.1 ruined everything. The game feels like **** now.
  91. CrimsonGT
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    It's amazing how out of touch the Blizzard's dev team is these days. At this point, they seem to ruin everything that they touch.
  92. Tykauffman
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Honestly, it's astonishing how poorly the developers are treating the community. I had a blast playing this game before the season 1 patch. Afterwards the character that I worked so hard to build and farm gear for became almost useless in comparison. If you haven't bought this game already don't waste your money. There are many other games that are going to come out that are going to beHonestly, it's astonishing how poorly the developers are treating the community. I had a blast playing this game before the season 1 patch. Afterwards the character that I worked so hard to build and farm gear for became almost useless in comparison. If you haven't bought this game already don't waste your money. There are many other games that are going to come out that are going to be much more fun and won't stab you in the back after they've got your money in pocket.… Expand
  93. Joss34
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Trash. No qol changes. Nerf everything to make maglignant hearts seem appealing and game changing. Released an unfinished game. No public testing servers. Paid 80 bucks to be a game tester. Trash devs, trash management, trash company and trash investors.
  94. Tllew
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Hyped up season 1 and then made the game a grinding simulator without considering what was actually going to be fun with the game,

    Devs so far out of touch with what people actually want it hurts.

    genuine shame, it was so close to greatness
  95. jgmhjc
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    after patching 1.1 my barbarian became **** trash! all of my effort into build up my character no longer useable! what the hell did blizzard were doing?! im out.. so regret i paid 70 bucks for this **** stupid game
  96. nausea87
    Jul 30, 2023
    3
    I'd say Blizzard is officially dead. Doubt I'll ever buy another game from them. Sadly.
  97. Khaosmachina
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Three dollars and two spoiled bananas valued company releases a broken bland 70$ indie game, **** all over their player base and then lights everything on fire.
    I'll never trust Blizzard ever again.
    An absolute disgrace. Just end it already and stop trampling on our beloved IP. Sell it to someone actually competent or passionate about the IP. I'm getting more and more excited about PoE2    Three dollars and two spoiled bananas valued company releases a broken bland 70$ indie game, **** all over their player base and then lights everything on fire.
    I'll never trust Blizzard ever again.
    An absolute disgrace. Just end it already and stop trampling on our beloved IP. Sell it to someone actually competent or passionate about the IP.
    I'm getting more and more excited about PoE2 now. You should play PoE2 instead because their devs actually care.

    1.1.1 Update: Still ****    … Expand
  98. blizter
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    A game released full price while in an early access state with egoistical developers who don't understand that the power fantasy is what makes ARPGs fun and would rather have you do damage like a wet nooddle for 10 hours to go up 1 level, fighting trash mobs to loot the same trash loot, because the only way they found to have players play for a longer amount of time, to up their playtimeA game released full price while in an early access state with egoistical developers who don't understand that the power fantasy is what makes ARPGs fun and would rather have you do damage like a wet nooddle for 10 hours to go up 1 level, fighting trash mobs to loot the same trash loot, because the only way they found to have players play for a longer amount of time, to up their playtime stat and sell you more MTX in the cash shop, is to make everything slower and more tedious instead of making the game fun to play, simultaneously making sure you never reach endgame too fast so they can hide the fact that this trash game endgame is non-existant.… Expand
  99. Chronfox
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Terrible. The only good things about this game are the art, cutscenes, and animations. The rest is trash, especially itemization and build variety. The devs have no clue what they’re doing. It’s obvious the blizzard I grew up with is dead. Wish I could get a refund. Only worth 30-40 bucks max.
  100. DnA1337
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Owned the obvious errors in the CF discussion, shame that it took some of the shine off the launch but I’m glad to see the focus going forward to ensure fun remains at the core of the live service.
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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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