Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Yuubah
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Sold as a game and it was fun at first. Story was good, gameplay was fun albeit repetitive.

    Newest patch was just released, and blizzard decided to make it even grinder. Nerfs all classes, makes it harder to lvl up, barely addresses any of the bugs in the game. Feels very short sighted and has made the game boring and not fun. This is a lot based game, and the loot in end game is just    Sold as a game and it was fun at first. Story was good, gameplay was fun albeit repetitive.

    Newest patch was just released, and blizzard decided to make it even grinder. Nerfs all classes, makes it harder to lvl up, barely addresses any of the bugs in the game. Feels very short sighted and has made the game boring and not fun. This is a lot based game, and the loot in end game is just terrible. Every ancestral or legendary item is dismantled or sold. You're only chasing a very specific roll set, since that's the only way your build can be competitive. I would hold off buying and playing this game until these issues are addressed.    … Expand
  2. rektincel
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    So far from D2 :

    No potion management
    No Item set / Rune words
    Damage boom boom just to make yourself proud "i did 1 million damage"... so ?
    No mercenaries (i loved them)
    Already dissapointed by D3 when i instabuy it few years ago, i'm not falling in your trap blizzard i didn't bought your 70€ game

    See ya blizzard
  3. viti87
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 is an empty world, with big empty dungeons. Where a level 10 character is killing the same mob faster than a well geared level 80 character
  4. MrSaVaGE59
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard hates fun. In all honesty, this is my first Diablo game and enjoyed the first 40 hours with my friends, but realized I wasn't getting anything back for my time. The legendaries and good loot wouldn't be enough for me (Sorcerer) to be viable in the ene game content compared to other classes. When you've done all the statues and main story, things fall off after level 70 because you're left with nothing new to do. Tree of Whispers becomes repetitive, world bosses don't spawn enough, helltides are now bugged. You're left grasping for straws trying to get a unique in hopes it will being back the dopamine of fun you had in the beginning.… Expand
  5. skubiak
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    Constant rubberbanding and lagging. Happened in beta and has not improved at all after realease. Fps drops from 144 to 4. Yes, 4. EU servers. 1gbit fiber optical connection.
  6. TheRealWitblitz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They managed to make the game "unfun". The grind from 70+ to 100 took already too much time, they are trying to compensate for the lack of content by dragging it out.
  7. effme
    Jun 20, 2023
    1
    Looks good. That's about all I can say about it. The classes are kind of boring. Haven't played the druid because I won't support morbid obesity. I do really like the vanity system. I have a good bit of nice outfits to pick from, which is good considering they want to sell so many for like $20 - $30 bucks. Would suck 2 less stars if it was offline or had an offline story mode. Maybe theLooks good. That's about all I can say about it. The classes are kind of boring. Haven't played the druid because I won't support morbid obesity. I do really like the vanity system. I have a good bit of nice outfits to pick from, which is good considering they want to sell so many for like $20 - $30 bucks. Would suck 2 less stars if it was offline or had an offline story mode. Maybe the first season will drop and I'll wet my pants. I do like getting to ride around on a horsie and unlocks and items being account based. I do wish they had more than the same 4 faces for all of the characters. But, hey, I can play a generic European, Asian, African, and angry looking Italian. Could use some more hair styles too. Maybe they plan to drop a DLC for $400 with 4 more faces and 10 more hair styles. *fingers crossed*… Expand
  8. Sheiny
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    No endgame, Battle-pass activation scam, lags and rubberbanding for 90€ - biggest disappointment in my gaming history - no thanks Bli$$ard
  9. nzxt_extreme
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    0.33 Point for Story
    0.33 Point for Sound
    0.33 Point for Graphics Game get's boring & meaningless more time you spend leveling up. When you reach end game you realise your time is getting wasted since there is nothing but peace of garbage content waiting at the end. Beauty about it season 1 is coming and they made end game content garbage into BIG PILE of JUNK TRASH ! Take my    0.33 Point for Story
    0.33 Point for Sound
    0.33 Point for Graphics

    Game get's boring & meaningless more time you spend leveling up. When you reach end game you realise your time is getting wasted since there is nothing but peace of garbage content waiting at the end. Beauty about it season 1 is coming and they made end game content garbage into BIG PILE of JUNK TRASH !

    Take my advice stop playing , if you are thinking of purchase stay away. If craving for ARPG there are better ARPG Out there who respect what you do.    … Expand
  10. kosar1k
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    I really love Diablo 2 and really dislike Diablo 3, but compared to Diablo 4 the third one doesn't seem so bad. The most mediocre part of Diablo from all that was, they also did not forget about SJV, bravo, well-deserved 1 point.
  11. Algeroth
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    Worst spended money ever.... Game keeps tou entertained only through the campaing, after that you can unistal it... 70$ for couple of hours and thats it, theres no point in playing more...
  12. Neyaria
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    this is the WORST Patch in History of Gaming, what a mess. we got nothing what we wanted or asked for, this patch 1.1 was a reminder to us : how you dare to tell them they have to change the game in a better way for players, we got that answer clearly from Blizzard. this game is done
  13. Torreyes
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The patch ruined the game more than it was. The loot scaling was already a major problem, now it feels like someone from inside blizzard was sabotaging the game... Well guess what it worked. Not getting a battle pass anymore.… Expand
  14. Rekterino
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    worst endgame content in any action-rpg, even worse than diablo 3. multiplayer events suck, bosses suck, class balance sucks, skills suck, item crafting sucks, everything sucks in this game.
  15. InfinityOwns
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It went from being pretty unbalance in the launch patch to downright unfun in the first major patch.
  16. Bodom
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Sadly Activision/Blizzard hasn't learned a thing. They should probably focus on crappy mobile games to keep milking the whales. Meanwhile regrets ensue for spending full price on this.
  17. jessegreathouse
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    The game is incredibly boring. It's fun at first but almost immediately its obvious that it relies on extreme repetition to support the gameplay. The campaign story is hollow at best and completely incoherent in a lot of ways. There's no reason to continue to play the game beyond the campaign and even that is demonstrably bad compared to other game titles. To top it all off, you have to beThe game is incredibly boring. It's fun at first but almost immediately its obvious that it relies on extreme repetition to support the gameplay. The campaign story is hollow at best and completely incoherent in a lot of ways. There's no reason to continue to play the game beyond the campaign and even that is demonstrably bad compared to other game titles. To top it all off, you have to be online to play, and even if you are online, Blizzard's servers have been randomly offline preventing their entire player base from playing. There is no reason whatsoever that a game like this needs to be online only. It was an inexplicably stupid choice for them to make being online a requirement. I paid $70 for this game and I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from wasting my money. This game is terrible and Blizzard should feel bad for ripping people off.… Expand
  18. Ayumie
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    There is way to much to complain about, for every hour of fun i had with this hot piece of garbage i had at least the same ammount of Frustration and Hate for it in the End.
    Blizzard is clearly out of touch and not able to deliver a Game well done and polished.
    I played it pretty hardcore since release every Day 8 hours upwards cause i was craving for a worthy Diablo II or III    There is way to much to complain about, for every hour of fun i had with this hot piece of garbage i had at least the same ammount of Frustration and Hate for it in the End.
    Blizzard is clearly out of touch and not able to deliver a Game well done and polished.
    I played it pretty hardcore since release every Day 8 hours upwards cause i was craving for a worthy Diablo II or III Experience, i got tired of all the Copycats even when i enjoyd most of them like PoE.

    This Game has so many Bugs, some small some big, and with each update that fixes an unbeleavbly ton according to the patchnotes and hotfix notes it adds more new ones and didnt even fix the ones that were fixed according to the patchnotes.

    Rubberbanding of Doom at random times.
    Badly coded like for example our client always reads out all inventory/stash/whatever of any player we encounter while yet theres no benefit for that except the performance issues on client side this creates.
    Mico stutters since Patch 1.1 everywhere at the worst times.
    PAtch 1.1 was a Joke too, and the Emergency Campfire with excuses and promises that this should have come together with the so called "buffs" in three weeks is the Joke of the Century.
    They did not expect that kind of Backlash and had to find an excuse , they never planned to balance it out with buffs and tweaks, they simply wanted to extend playtime and make it more tedious so people will buy pass lvl ups more likely to get the rewards without that hassle.
    Forcing PvP Quests on Players in Seasonjourneys in a Game that is as unbalanced with oneshot mechanics and builds left and right is a bad choice too, one that lead to my unistall of both the Game and Battlenet in total.
    If i want to have PvP i play real PvP games and not a friggin Hack And Slay Looter !
    Yeah yeah go grab a friend and kill him excuses ive heard it all, give me a break with this whiteknighting.
    Where are Sets?
    Oh a hundred people of a few millions got uberuniques? Quick lets nerf that down hard, god forbid people have fun finding an Endgame BiS Item.
    The Whole Idea of grabbing Affixes from one item and put it onto a perfect Yellow Item is so bad and boring.
    Only in the first week i got exited for legendary drops, once i understood all the Mechanics i didnt even bother picking stuff up, hell it even gets send to you box then.
    Wich has way to less space for all the Classes and Builds anyway.
    And thats not even a thing they can fix easily cause now the Devs mentioned that the Box is perma dupe cheking all the Things wich impacts Performance heavily...... is this a Joke? Not for Blizzard in 2023! JEsus Christ.
    The Story itself was pretty mediocre, the Characters where great and had much potential but in the End it felt rushed and to short, and yes i did it all, twice. Then i skipped everything for the other Toons
    Multiple 90-95 Classes.
    No Quest sharing? No group progress for questing together on sidequests and that? I have never ever played a Game Coop that was supposed to be an MMO type of Game that was so poorly designed on its Multiplayer aspects, jesus christ.
    No more Trading at all for Leg or Uniques, not even with your Partymembers.
    What happend to Diablo III´s one hour of Trade possibility with the people you where together after finding it? Nah that could reduce actual playtime if people give away the items they dont need to their partymembers, instead lets just let them hope to find the right thing themselfs.
    No MAtchmaking or anything ingame, Chats Dead, why going a Lost Ark Copycat route of beeing an MMO Diablo when you dont even provide the simple things. there is absolutly no Point in making it the Way it is right now, no Housing No show off to other people cause everyone looks the same anyway, the Costumes are bland as hell.
    #God am i mad, this was the Last Time Blizzard has seen me as a Customer, i did quit after the Blizzcon Disaster with Immortal after owning all their Games and blowing Money at em, only came Back for D4, noticed how much of a S* Show it is and now im gone forever.
    Also it tells alot of the Industry and Media when you compare User Reviews and "professional reviews" even before Patch 1.1, its sickening.    … Expand
  19. DerangedGinger
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It gets a 1 because it looks good, but also because it's an abomination. The constant crashing. The mediocre performance (my 4090 doesn't work this hard in other games). The inability to balance the game or have any sense of direction. It's just a cruel joke. RIP Diablo, you were one of my favorite series.

    I've played Bethesda games that were better at launch than this. Fallout 76    It gets a 1 because it looks good, but also because it's an abomination. The constant crashing. The mediocre performance (my 4090 doesn't work this hard in other games). The inability to balance the game or have any sense of direction. It's just a cruel joke. RIP Diablo, you were one of my favorite series.

    I've played Bethesda games that were better at launch than this. Fallout 76 wasn't this bad, and that game was bad. It's like Blizzard hates their playerbase. Every chance they have to make the game better they go and do the opposite. D3 had a rough start, but I didn't loathe the game. This is so bad. I'd get a refund if it was possible. I've played indie games from small studios that were better and did a better job of balancing and listening to players.

    They ruined one of the best franchises in history. Oh and there's a cash shop too.    … Expand
  20. NashEquil
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    I enjoyed it the first time through the campaign, up until about level 60. It was then, I knew... this game was done. I am going back to PoE.
  21. Lucyferer
    Aug 1, 2023
    1
    The most uncomfortable and lowest HNS i ever played that is even simpler than HNS like titan quests that are 20y old. This game is pathetic that shows what corporation shhh talk do with games.
    A game for everyone with no face - that uses just brand and corpo talking that lies in words that can be understand in many ways.
  22. Piroggi
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    LANGWEILIG alles ist langweilig. Das lvln ist zäh und LANGWEILIG. Selbst im unteren Lvl Bereich sollte wenigstens die Möglichkeit bestehen die Weltbesten items zu finden. Das würde wenigstens etwas motivieren. Die Items die man findet ich schaue fast gar nicht mehr nach wird direkt verkauft nur kurz die Aspekte. Irgendwas fühlt sich da Falsch an.
    Was ich mache? Ich steh Doof in der Stad    LANGWEILIG alles ist langweilig. Das lvln ist zäh und LANGWEILIG. Selbst im unteren Lvl Bereich sollte wenigstens die Möglichkeit bestehen die Weltbesten items zu finden. Das würde wenigstens etwas motivieren. Die Items die man findet ich schaue fast gar nicht mehr nach wird direkt verkauft nur kurz die Aspekte. Irgendwas fühlt sich da Falsch an.
    Was ich mache? Ich steh Doof in der Stad rum und Warte auf den Weltboss bzw... Die Legionsereignisse. Ansonsten hab ich nix mehr zu tun Quest sind alle erledigt Lilith Stauen sind alle eingesammelt und die Aspekt Dungeons sind alle gemacht. Was soll ich machen? Wie gesagt das Lvln macht einfach kein Bock und ist zu zäh. Ich bin Ratlos. Ich werde ein Scheissdreck tun und die Season mit einem neuen Charakter Starten. Ich will mein ein Charakter stetig ausbauen und Spass haben. Nicht immer wieder von neu anfangen. Blizzard kümmert sich um Dinge die Nutzlos sind anstatt das Spiel zu verbessern und auszubauen. Wenn alle so zufrieden mit Diablo 2 sind warum nicht einfach nachmachen. Weniger Arbeit mehr erfolg. Wir brauchen nichts neues. Altes bewährtes noch besser gemacht reicht. Ade Blizzard    … Expand
  23. Crpaton
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Was fun until Patch 1.1. Now it’s too much of a grind. Not sure I’ll be back, since most of my friends have stopped playing…
  24. queerchameleon
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It’s just NOT FUN

    Necromancer class based around not removing your minions. No proper pet build Major game mechanic resistances not working at all Not enough space to have a main and an alt character Skill trees that are completely simple and endgame boards that are completely over complicated and full of bloat Spells that are just a rehash of tired stuff nothing innovative    It’s just NOT FUN

    Necromancer class based around not removing your minions.
    No proper pet build
    Major game mechanic resistances not working at all
    Not enough space to have a main and an alt character
    Skill trees that are completely simple and endgame boards that are completely over complicated and full of bloat
    Spells that are just a rehash of tired stuff nothing innovative
    Nothing that made me go wow look at that or wow this is so cool.
    Art direction is uninspired
    Only a few mob types
    30 some different stats that are all just bloat
    Endgame is just doing the same dungeons over and over with 3 even more unfun things happing inside the dungeons
    Paid money to be there free beta tester for a month
    Item level restrictions on gear not fun for alts    … Expand
  25. Goldbondx
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    Another franchise ruined by Activision. How much longer can this CEO remain. I suspect he is just buying time until the MSFT deal. This game has zero depth, repetitive, focused on mindless grind for console players. 20 year old WoW and D2 stands up better today than this garbage..
  26. metrojethro
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Devs dropped a patch two days before season one that significantly nerfed players, made monsters tougher, and significantly lowered xp making it a tedious grind to level. They killed season one before it even got a chance.
    There is absolutely no point in playing once the quests are completed. Unless you just want to run the same content over, and over, and over. The devs borked the    Devs dropped a patch two days before season one that significantly nerfed players, made monsters tougher, and significantly lowered xp making it a tedious grind to level. They killed season one before it even got a chance.
    There is absolutely no point in playing once the quests are completed. Unless you just want to run the same content over, and over, and over. The devs borked the enchanting system recently so that it's even harder to get the gear with rolls you want. This game is definitely not worth the price. Wait until it's on sale for 10 bucks.    … Expand
  27. MistyFreak
    Aug 30, 2023
    1
    No craft, no endgame content, awful monetization, no variety of endgame builds, tremendous amount of bugs. Don't you dare to play it on Hardcore.
    It feels like almost every part of this game is made to make you slower and less happier.
    Diablo IV is not about to entertain you. It's about to make you work, like if you have second job. But in this case you paid for that. Boring. Weak.    No craft, no endgame content, awful monetization, no variety of endgame builds, tremendous amount of bugs. Don't you dare to play it on Hardcore.
    It feels like almost every part of this game is made to make you slower and less happier.
    Diablo IV is not about to entertain you. It's about to make you work, like if you have second job. But in this case you paid for that.
    Boring. Weak. Clunky.
    One point for sweet OST.    … Expand
  28. 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.
  29. Noca
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    Game is boring as hell. Blizzard should have just remade Diablo 2 with some better graphics, new maps, new items, and bosses and it would have been worlds better than this crap. The items in this game are just meaningless numbers on a page that are completely uninspiring and unrewarding. The combat is slow and painful given that enemies just match your level, just why?? Why the hellGame is boring as hell. Blizzard should have just remade Diablo 2 with some better graphics, new maps, new items, and bosses and it would have been worlds better than this crap. The items in this game are just meaningless numbers on a page that are completely uninspiring and unrewarding. The combat is slow and painful given that enemies just match your level, just why?? Why the hell would you do this blizzard? The only redeemable qualities this game has is that is doesn't crash, isn't poorly optimized and there aren't any bugs other than the odd invisible wall my character got stuck on. The game is boring to look at, boring to play and dreary to listen to, nothing that I could remotely describe as fun. Nothing about this game is fun. Overrated, over-hyped, overpriced trash.

    1/10 (would have given zero but Blizzard earned 1 point for releasing a game that runs in 2023)    … Expand
  30. ruslantsm
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    this is a terrible online shop with a little game if you are lucky enough to log in
  31. HugeyBear
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Not good enough. I could spend hours writing all the problems and give solutions but that would waste more of my time which the game has already wasted.
  32. Kublai
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Very disappointed with the game's development after launch. Stay away for at least the first few seasons until they figure it out.
  33. 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
  34. DarthNasty
    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
  35. 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.
  36. heathmcrigsby
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Game is just not good. It's like if they took base Diablo II and made a sequel to it 10 years ago. It's just not fun. They tossed all the QoL made during D3. It really boggles the mind.
  37. ByndHumn
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    I'm giving this game a 1. It was enjoyable around launch, It was relatively smooth. Game play was fun-ish with only minor issues. The end-game a little shallow, and simple, but it's sometimes fun splashing around at the shallow end of the pool.

    Now they're taking the water out of that pool, and quickly. With the latest patch (1.1.0) They've made it so everyone has to huddle at the    I'm giving this game a 1. It was enjoyable around launch, It was relatively smooth. Game play was fun-ish with only minor issues. The end-game a little shallow, and simple, but it's sometimes fun splashing around at the shallow end of the pool.

    Now they're taking the water out of that pool, and quickly. With the latest patch (1.1.0) They've made it so everyone has to huddle at the shallow end. The suits above, or whoever is in charge of making the game focused on "player engagement/playtime" has ruined the game. Slows its pacing down so you spend more time grinding away at the same content you've already experienced over and over.

    They want you to spend more time leveling, playing through the story, dying over and over again to simple monsters, because forget survivability in a ARPG game, you want glass cannon! So maybe, just maybe, you'll look at the cosmetics shop and buy something because you're that bored, so its worth it for them in the end.

    They don't respect your time as a gamer, you shouldn't have to respect their game.    … Expand
  38. Shelltox
    Jul 11, 2023
    1
    a complete waste of time. all very same and without any interest. truly annoying.
  39. dafunkk
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    Pros: Good sound design. Risky and unique soundtrack. Unmistakably next gen visuals.

    Cons: Slow and boring combat. Low mob density. Long cooldowns. Laughably bad quest design. Lazy boss design. Poorly tuned level-scaling. Overall an unsatisfying, shallow, frustrating gameplay loop. Not worth $35, let alone $70-100. Also the best looks are locked behind literally hundreds of dollars of    Pros: Good sound design. Risky and unique soundtrack. Unmistakably next gen visuals.

    Cons: Slow and boring combat. Low mob density. Long cooldowns. Laughably bad quest design. Lazy boss design. Poorly tuned level-scaling. Overall an unsatisfying, shallow, frustrating gameplay loop. Not worth $35, let alone $70-100.

    Also the best looks are locked behind literally hundreds of dollars of cosmetics. Sickening. Normally I'd only give a game a 0/10 if it won't boot, constantly crashes or bricks your system. So that rating of 2 should tell you everything you need to know.

    Lowered to 1/10 due to disgusting monetary structure behind season one.    … Expand
  40. ONEEX
    Aug 16, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately all that's left of "Diablo" is the name.
    It used to be an exciting adventure - but since the 4th part "Diablo" can be safely called an MMO Service platform for users' money.
    •••••••• К сожалению от "Диабло" осталось лишь название. Раньше это было увлекательное приключение - но начиная с 4-й части "Диабло" смело можно назвать ММО Сервис платформой за деньги    Unfortunately all that's left of "Diablo" is the name.
    It used to be an exciting adventure - but since the 4th part "Diablo" can be safely called an MMO Service platform for users' money.
    ••••••••

    К сожалению от "Диабло" осталось лишь название.

    Раньше это было увлекательное приключение - но начиная с 4-й части "Диабло" смело можно назвать ММО Сервис платформой за деньги пользователей.    … Expand
  41. braddeus
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The game on release was acceptable, if not great. Then the devs actively made every single aspect of the game slower or more tedious for no apparent reason other than to artificially slow down progress.

    At this point, Blizzard does not make games for fun. They make vile sociological experiments designed to extract a finely-tuned amount of time and money from the consumer. Come back    The game on release was acceptable, if not great. Then the devs actively made every single aspect of the game slower or more tedious for no apparent reason other than to artificially slow down progress.

    At this point, Blizzard does not make games for fun. They make vile sociological experiments designed to extract a finely-tuned amount of time and money from the consumer.

    Come back in two years when it's time for the game's redemption arc.    … Expand
  42. victor8719
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The dev team doesn’t respect players time. They can nerf a build that you spent hours on it anytime. I don’t believe that a game has such dev team can make their product enjoyable
  43. Mjr85
    Sep 2, 2023
    1
    Only reason it's not getting a zero is because the graphics are decent for an ARPG. With that being said, the rest of the game is just terrible. I put countless hours into D1-D3 and this is a huge step back from all of them. The worst part? The loot. My God it's uninspired, unimaginative and just downright boring. No sets, no runewords, nothing new or fresh, no build alteringOnly reason it's not getting a zero is because the graphics are decent for an ARPG. With that being said, the rest of the game is just terrible. I put countless hours into D1-D3 and this is a huge step back from all of them. The worst part? The loot. My God it's uninspired, unimaginative and just downright boring. No sets, no runewords, nothing new or fresh, no build altering uniques/legendaries, just **** stat sticks that give percentage increases. Blizz really phoned this one in and I've never been so disappointed in a gaming studio.… Expand
  44. wubingwayhotmai
    Jun 7, 2023
    1
    I played for about 40 hours. Like D3, D4 can't find a trace of past glory in the past. They are parasites of masterpieces made by their predecessors. Honestly, it's more fun to watch D2's Cinematics.
  45. Xalmo43
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    Blizzard had 7 years to do this, a basically worse version of nearly any season of D3 RoS with 1/10th the endgame choices or diversity of PoE. This games highly rated reviews are all great examples of sunk cost fallacy, astroturfing , paid reviews, bribes(twitch drops), and brainrot from living off of Blizzard games for so long. If you want to experience D4 watch the cutscenes on oneBlizzard had 7 years to do this, a basically worse version of nearly any season of D3 RoS with 1/10th the endgame choices or diversity of PoE. This games highly rated reviews are all great examples of sunk cost fallacy, astroturfing , paid reviews, bribes(twitch drops), and brainrot from living off of Blizzard games for so long. If you want to experience D4 watch the cutscenes on one screen while you play any % multiplying damage game like vampire survivors or cookie clicker on the side, this also avoids you having to deal with Blizzards horrible balancing team. If you have to play it then create a new battlenet account and chargeback the trash after beating it like I did. This game will be a 7/10 in 2 years once Rod Ferguson is gone and a expansion gives it actual content. This game gets a 2/10 solely due to the fact it will light a fire on Chris Wilsons bald head to fix PoE and give other actually decent ARPGS a boost after the fake hype dies down.… Expand
  46. MrSupreme
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    So played through campaign with 1 character, and got a total of 5 characters on T3 already so figured a good time to review.

    World / story. Story was decent, side quests forgettable. World events are ok, just lacks variety, gets boring quick or the voice lines makes no sense. (ghost complaining along the lines got lost in the woods, but the event is happening in a damn desert with no    So played through campaign with 1 character, and got a total of 5 characters on T3 already so figured a good time to review.

    World / story.
    Story was decent, side quests forgettable.
    World events are ok, just lacks variety, gets boring quick or the voice lines makes no sense. (ghost complaining along the lines got lost in the woods, but the event is happening in a damn desert with no tree in sight).
    3 world bosses only and one only every 6ish hours kind of sucks as you normally can only do 1 a day with the spawn times being so far apart.

    Gameplay
    Feels fine on the most part but there is this horrible issue where the character completely misses the target or fires the skill at another enemy, this has caused me a lot of deaths as something I need to kill gets ignored. if this is fixed perhaps I will give +1 to rating.
    Skill tree is meh compared to Diablo 3. The builds in Diablo 3 could vary so much and I loved it for it.
    Skills were completely changed in some cases by a click of a button, now you have to pay to change it? Why? There is no point to it. In Diablo 4 it is 2 options for a skill on what it does differently, and most of the times it is very minor changes.

    Performance
    Game is smooth once everything is loaded in, before that good luck with rubber banding after you return to town or back to where you just were. They are trying to make it seems like they have these amazing short loading times between areas but stuff are not loaded in yet. I would rather wait the extra 5-10s and have a smooth experience than what ever this garbage is.

    General stuff
    For some reason this online game again, no point though as you mostly play alone or with some friends at most. The open world MMO experience is just bad, you see a person do things but you never communicate, there is no point to it. Elden Ring's system had more interaction and those were some word on the floor.
    4 stash tabs, that is it, they are also small so good luck storing all your items and all the potions and all the legendary aspects. Per character.
    Also gems worth 4 gold? and a white item more than that? feels like they just assigned some random value and forgot to change it back.
    rerolling item stats are stupidly expensive, starts at 20kish and next roll it is already 100K+, their balance team are clearly bad.
    Reroll a character skills costs 150k where I am at.
    Some endgame content is unbalanced or not rewarding enough for the effort you need to put in.
    Loot drops are unrefined and just plain bad atm.
    World lvl 50 is where you start T3 on avg and endgame starts and items lvl 50+ have better stat rolls on them. You do the world boss and it drops lvl 44 legendaries which is garbage since you are 50+ on T3 and your yellow items are better than they are. This also happened turning in the tree of whispers' and getting rewarded with subpar items.
    There are still bugs in their dungeons' progression as multiple times I got stuck not able to progress in the dungeon and had to restart it.
    Also be prepared for unexpected server restarts as they do not have any warning in place, so enjoy redoing the stronghold or dungeons.

    Shop is trash, prices are insane and it should be criminal to charge so much for stuff after charging a ridiculous amount for the base game in the first place.
    There are some cosmetics for the horse dropping, but very rare, got like 2 in about 70ish hours of playing.

    Releasing the game on a Tuesday and 4 days early access by paying more is just scum, honestly.

    TLDR
    Activision Blizzard is being greedy once again, the game is average at best currently and not worth the price. Plenty of bugs and boring skill system makes me not want to continue playing for much longer. Should have been an offline game, as it is a bad attempt of an online game.

    Update:
    S1 patch notes just dropped and time to nerf the scores just like all the classes in the game. -2 to Score
    Update 2:
    Just tried to play the season and loading simulator season 1, uninstalling. -2
    Update 3
    Baldur's Gate 3 is awesome, don't think I will ever reinstall Diablo 4, BG3 is how a game is supposed to be made.    … Expand
  47. Ronj
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The devices would walk past a bus full of virgins if it mean screwing their playerbase. Why all the nerfs? Diablo 3 put an emphasis on fun, the rift and bounty system were amazing. Could get in, go nuts for a while and it was a blast. What happened to just getting in a dungeon and killing bosses? None of that in D4. Fetch this, go to this pedestal, it is the same dungeon in 100+ differentThe devices would walk past a bus full of virgins if it mean screwing their playerbase. Why all the nerfs? Diablo 3 put an emphasis on fun, the rift and bounty system were amazing. Could get in, go nuts for a while and it was a blast. What happened to just getting in a dungeon and killing bosses? None of that in D4. Fetch this, go to this pedestal, it is the same dungeon in 100+ different coats of paint.

    Nerfing Helltides why? Because screw you, that is why. The itemization in this game is probably worst than anything I've ever played. Dreadful really. Remember that awesome crafting system Diablo 3 had? Could make gear, set items, amazing stuff for your toon as you level, that is not here Chief. All gone. Oh, but you can enchant your items? Well yes, but we are not going to tell you what you can get and the cost will rise significantly, why even bother.

    Blizzard, you don't have to gaslight me into thinking you want me to play, your actions show me that you don't so I am not going to. I really hoped there would be some depth to Diablo 4 but it is really just a very large mud puddle.    … Expand
  48. Ixxon
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Activision got their money and don't care now if the game is fun, save your time and money. Just don't play it. The story was good but the gameplay is bad so it's a slog to get through.
  49. Eremoo
    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
  50. ewat
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    No endgame, unfinished and developers CLEARLY do not listen to the community and do not play their own game. Do not waste your money on this unfinished product at all.
  51. YouKnowWho2020
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    Great atmosphere but ultimately ruined by poor design choices, hamstrung by corporate greed.
  52. MadnezZ
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    If you're thinking about buying this game, I never recommend it. There's nothing you can imagine here, and there's not a lot of content in the game. All you can experience in this game is terrible boredom.. The only future you'll have if you buy this game is the horrible, stupid developers mocking you. The game's Metacritic score was manipulated by Blizzard's money. To be honest, theIf you're thinking about buying this game, I never recommend it. There's nothing you can imagine here, and there's not a lot of content in the game. All you can experience in this game is terrible boredom.. The only future you'll have if you buy this game is the horrible, stupid developers mocking you. The game's Metacritic score was manipulated by Blizzard's money. To be honest, the current level of this game is reasonable between metacritic 70-78. For example, if PoE gives 100 content and fun, Diablo 4 gives 10 content and boredom. Even Diablo 4 developers have no in-depth understanding of this genre game. This fact is a bigger sad problem than the game.… Expand
  53. igruprohodil
    Jul 9, 2023
    1
    Game was fun until lvl 50, and then there is nothing to do, so boring. why make only so limited ammount of skills? paragorn board is most boring thing .....
  54. jackSSS
    Aug 8, 2023
    1
    就是一個設計垃圾的遊戲，不值得花錢買，售價還比其他3A遊戲貴，他們哪來的自信
  55. DragonHawk-
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Had a blast at the beginning, the campaign was great.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Main points are.
    - Cost to respec paragon and skills is     … Expand
  56. TLOU2ISGARBAGE
    Aug 12, 2023
    1
    Blizzard....what happened to you? What happened to the company that we loved, respected and cheered for? What happened to the company that gave us Lost Vikings, Warcraft-Orcs vs. Humans, and the original World of Warcraft?

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

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

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

    Disgusting company with disgusting management making disgusting "games".

    RIP Blizzard. You don't exist to me anymore.    … Expand
  57. hydai
    Jul 23, 2023
    1
    I bought Diablo 4 ULTIMATE EDITION.

    The 1.1.0a made this game worse. They nerf everything. The skills are weaker than before, the enemies become stronger, and gamers must spend more time doing the same things to get them leveling up. I have no idea why I should spend more time wasting on this game. The team doesn't care about the gamers. They are always correct. Everyone with brains    I bought Diablo 4 ULTIMATE EDITION.

    The 1.1.0a made this game worse. They nerf everything. The skills are weaker than before, the enemies become stronger, and gamers must spend more time doing the same things to get them leveling up. I have no idea why I should spend more time wasting on this game. The team doesn't care about the gamers. They are always correct. Everyone with brains knows how the 1.1.0a is a disgusting update; however, the team doesn't.
    I already uninstalled this game, I don't want to join season one, and I will never install it back. I don't want to waste any time on this boring game ever. Thanks to the teams, now I can have more time to play another game.

    The score will be 1/10, and the one is for the video part, which is excellent; the team should take their time to make a great movie, not on the stupid game design.    … Expand
  58. DingerDonger
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    The music and sound design are both fantastic, but that's about where the praise ends.
    The gameplay is the same snoozefest that Diablo 3 was. Boring spam skills that you use to keep yourself busy while your other skills come off their insanely long cool downs. The absolute worst game design for an ARPG, yet blizzard insists on being as stubborn as ever with this approach. Path of Exile    The music and sound design are both fantastic, but that's about where the praise ends.
    The gameplay is the same snoozefest that Diablo 3 was. Boring spam skills that you use to keep yourself busy while your other skills come off their insanely long cool downs. The absolute worst game design for an ARPG, yet blizzard insists on being as stubborn as ever with this approach. Path of Exile gets it right.
    I'm not impressed by "open world" games that are open world for the sake of being open world, and I don't think this type of game benefits from that. Sure you get things like world bosses, but ultimately the ARPG is best played with smaller groups in instanced areas, not like an MMO.

    I could go on for hours about why this game is a complete failure, but honestly those two reasons are enough for me to consider it one of the biggest disappointments of this year. Just wait for PoE2.    … Expand
  59. FarEastPlayer
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    The Blizzard is just keeping gaslighting players and nerf everything that could possibly make players happy. They are anti-players, they should burn in hell.
  60. Famishedu
    Aug 17, 2023
    1
    This absolute dumpster fire of a 'game' gave me an aneurysm. Fire the entire dev team and ban them from working in the industry.
  61. Phi_gg
    Jul 6, 2023
    1
    Good game that is completely ruined by monetization and a decade old seasonal model that doesn’t align with live service games and paid battle passes. I’m not sure what is worse: Diablo 3’s auction house, Diablo Immortal, or Diablo 4’s season and battle pass model.
  62. flobv86
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    They absolutely butchered the game after the first "major" patch. The character I have spent nearly 200 hours is unplayable now. Less damage and dies instantle when 2 days before I was having great fun. No thanks. Absolute garbage now.
  63. AstroJunkee
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    As a casual who still hasn't been able to make it to Lvl 100 (currently at 88), I don't understand the recent changes to the game. The Diablo 4 team has seemingly invested in the idea that very few players represent the mass of players. It took me weeks to finally get the unique piece I needed, only to have the whole class nerfed the next day. I have no time to try new builds constantlyAs a casual who still hasn't been able to make it to Lvl 100 (currently at 88), I don't understand the recent changes to the game. The Diablo 4 team has seemingly invested in the idea that very few players represent the mass of players. It took me weeks to finally get the unique piece I needed, only to have the whole class nerfed the next day. I have no time to try new builds constantly and this new update will keep me off the game till they fix my character. Horrible game now.… Expand
  64. NegativeZer0
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Review notes:
    Fixed an issue where the user score was unintentionally too high.
  65. 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.
  66. Peperules
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The game is extremely incomplete... This game launched when it was not ready and complete. 1000 bugs
  67. morbidreich
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    Sooo bad, sooo disappointing. Of course score depends on your background. And context aside, i find D4 really solid, well made game. But for me personally, veteran with hundreds of hours of playtime in every other diablo game, it's utterly dissapointing. I cant force myself to play anymore, i wonder if i'll find stamina to at least finish main storyline. This is so repetitive, i cannotSooo bad, sooo disappointing. Of course score depends on your background. And context aside, i find D4 really solid, well made game. But for me personally, veteran with hundreds of hours of playtime in every other diablo game, it's utterly dissapointing. I cant force myself to play anymore, i wonder if i'll find stamina to at least finish main storyline. This is so repetitive, i cannot find any aspect of the game that feels fresh or encourage me to continue to play. Boring, with huge capital B. I've seen all of that before. Storyline is painfully unengaging, i find myself skipping all dialogues cause i really dont care about them. Combat is so flat, so unrewarding, so repetitive. If that's your first diablo game, you might find that really, seriously really nice. But for everyone with history... just not.… Expand
  68. Ginglz
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    It was like "OK" before season 1, but now I'm not enjoying the game anymore, after Season 1 start. :(
  69. Ignacy420
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Recent patch took away from the game. The endgame is extremely sad. This is supposed to be a mm light, a live service game with social elements but it has even less of social elements than diablo 3. No matchmaking, no trade chat.
  70. Demky
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    Very boring game, hard to meet people to play with.
    I wanted a multiplayer game, I really liked diablo2.
    I'm lvl 52 and I have never meet anyone to do dungeon, quest, xp together... I did everything alone that's so sad.
    There is not even a global channel to find players.
    They said it would be like diablo2; it really feels like a copy of diablo3.
  71. Criticsaretrash
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    **** game as trash as d3 but with battle pass and microtransactions. ITEMIZATION in this game is so bad it makes tetris UI look good , overall complete garbage with decent graphics (D2R have better graphics tbh)
  72. birdmannimbus
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    The only reason im scoring this so low is because of the poor performance in early access (4days before launch) and the poor performance as of current. The game stutters and freezes on the splash screens and when opening up the menu's. You can be waiting just to change tabs in the menus from 30seconds to 5minutes. And worst yet the game will crash during these freeze not all the time but iThe only reason im scoring this so low is because of the poor performance in early access (4days before launch) and the poor performance as of current. The game stutters and freezes on the splash screens and when opening up the menu's. You can be waiting just to change tabs in the menus from 30seconds to 5minutes. And worst yet the game will crash during these freeze not all the time but i does happen. I'm assuming this has to do with the game being fully online. I wish there was an offline option as my experience would've been so much better.

    Apart from the poor performance and the game always being online i really love the story and the dark atmosphere thats been created. The game play is also much better then any of the other diablo games. I can see blizzard monetizing the crap out of this game. We all know its going to happen at some point. Who knows if its going to be a disgusting as diablo immortal but i'm feeling there going to try something. I paid $140 for the early access and the game is contantly freezing and crashing at times this is the main reason im voting this so low. Hopefully in a month or two this is fixed but i feel that also in a month or two heavy monetization bs will be added.    … Expand
  73. PrzekletyMis
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Are you kidding with this 1.1 patch update? Season 1 is going to be a disaster! What have you done with Diablo? All these years for nothing...
  74. viper949
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard doing modern Blizzard things. They deserve all the hate that they are receiving
  75. maddaF007
    Aug 6, 2023
    1
    Blizzard lost its way and its soul.
    Yes, the Game looks somehow good, but not state of the art, even with little no go errors like floating charakters on texture, shadow not fitting to the scene, or rain thats not dropping on ground like ... rain? Sometimes it looks stupid clunky.
    Menues are confusing, not my taste for an good looking UI and sometimes a nightmare finding back    Blizzard lost its way and its soul.
    Yes, the Game looks somehow good, but not state of the art, even with little no go errors like floating charakters on texture, shadow not fitting to the scene, or rain thats not dropping on ground like ... rain? Sometimes it looks stupid clunky.

    Menues are confusing, not my taste for an good looking UI and sometimes a nightmare finding back something.

    Story is ... not bad, but not the best. It has its moments, cutscenes are rly great, but the Logic and the progress is far behind what it could be.

    And the game itself?

    It feels incomplete to me. No Set items, rly less uniqes, no one remembers the name of the smithes in towns. I mean ... come on, everyone knows who is Headrig.
    The world feels empty, soul less, cold, but not in an creepy way, more like "i don't have fun doing this or that in here" way.
    To small personal chest, no build switch closet, rly to less level of difficulty, just 2 ... TWO perhaps rememberable bossmonsters ... all others ... i couldn't tell.

    Yeah you have an open World with always online thingy ... but ... this don't feel like diablo.
    It's just annoying "ah, look over there, my questmob ... is gone, ... by screendmg from character "4rsWhole5587" .... "

    The ingame shop is way to expensive for an uncompleted software like this.
    The battlepass don't give enough ingame currency to even buy one item ... you can't buy nothing with the currency from the battlepass, everything in shop costs more than you'll get.

    For me, Diablo V is for sure the dissapointment of the decade and rly for sure not worth any playtime in there.

    This happens, when publishers are getting greedy, lazy and presumptuous.    … Expand
  76. CrowRezin
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 ruined the game and the season experience. Leveling will now be more of a slog with less XP. Removing the ability to power-level alts or friends kills any chance of making alts or experiencing different characters. Apparently, we are all having fun wrong and they "fixed" it for us. Forcing players to only do nightmare dungeons to level up is BORING. Let us play the game the wayPatch 1.1 ruined the game and the season experience. Leveling will now be more of a slog with less XP. Removing the ability to power-level alts or friends kills any chance of making alts or experiencing different characters. Apparently, we are all having fun wrong and they "fixed" it for us. Forcing players to only do nightmare dungeons to level up is BORING. Let us play the game the way we want. We aren't hurting anyone.… Expand
  77. vlecp
    Aug 31, 2023
    1
    According to Blizzard 9000 people worked on this game.

    Blizzard has never heard of the "dead-sea" effect and proudly announces their absolutely bloated process. The dead-sea effect is truly showing. I give it a 1 for nice looking graphics.
  78. ragnar007
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    A great foundation ruined by poor execution. Constant updates, nerfing builds, and completely removing items after people have put dozens or hundreds of hours into them. When you hit world tier 3, you hit a wall. Nothing beneficial drops from world tier 2, and you constantly die on world tier 3. Balancing the entire game around a few broken builds makes it tedious and frustrating forA great foundation ruined by poor execution. Constant updates, nerfing builds, and completely removing items after people have put dozens or hundreds of hours into them. When you hit world tier 3, you hit a wall. Nothing beneficial drops from world tier 2, and you constantly die on world tier 3. Balancing the entire game around a few broken builds makes it tedious and frustrating for everyone else. It feels like the game is made for hardcore streamers and the like. I really want to enjoy this game!!!… Expand
  79. kwasek2525
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    The only thing that is nice is the story. The system of items, activities, monsters, everything can be improved.
  80. Nilloc1221
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately the game appeared to be promising but is very lacking at the moment. They should have delayed the game.
  81. d49
    Aug 10, 2023
    1
    According to d4armory 400h in and uninstalled.
    Not that D4 is a D3 v2.0 but this is literally D3 development hell history repeating itself. Why? Read on. Bad project management and staff changes mid-way, constant changes with no clear direction or clear identity what it wants to be or which type of players it wants to target, and because it tries to cater to everybody, it ends up pleasing    According to d4armory 400h in and uninstalled.
    Not that D4 is a D3 v2.0 but this is literally D3 development hell history repeating itself. Why? Read on. Bad project management and staff changes mid-way, constant changes with no clear direction or clear identity what it wants to be or which type of players it wants to target, and because it tries to cater to everybody, it ends up pleasing nobody. The endgame, however you define it, is already done around level 85-90 where you get most of your BIS gear and get maybe 1 or 2 small upgrades. Leveling up to 100 will get you not much more than a couple paragon points, and whether you want to push 100 NMDs or uber Lilith is up to you, but there is very little to do around after 85-90: no item farming (grailing), no crafting, no trading. The bugs and missing QoL features and the fact that game requires multiple balance changes, and some emergency changes 1.5 months already after it launched, are clear indicators that they've totally messed up the testing phase.

    tl;dr: game released too early, too many bugs & missing features, no clear direction

    EDIT: Oh btw, there is no Diablo in this Diablo game. Who cares about Lilith, the very evil, the franchise's namesake, Mr. Big D himself, who returned time and time again, is NOT in this game. Ridiculous! Obviously reserved for an expensive $70 expansion.    … Expand
  82. Decawliss
    Jun 18, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finished the game, uninstalled it. No point in continuing. Gear sucks, leveling sucks. Classes suck. Never do you feel any stronger than I did at level 1. The bosses suck, they feel like all the same. This game is garbage.… Expand
  83. Koose
    Sep 1, 2023
    1
    Paid game, Battle pass, $25 skins that work for only one class. I could go on forever about what is good and bad about this game, But if the developers do not even care about their game, why should I spend any more time than needed to review on it.
  84. BZRKNT
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    1 Nice graphics
    2 ZERO endgame content
    3 Unbalanced classes
    4 Grindy and boring leveling after 70lvl, on top of it - every new season you will need to grind all from scratch to have acces to battepass and new content... perfect if you have no life and job, sitting in basement and playing all day liong
  85. Dethstarr
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    This is a pretty sad end to a good franchise.

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

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

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

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

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

    I hear microsoft are buying Blizzard. I normally would not wish that fate on an enemy. But it somehow seems like a fitting punishment for a game company that lost all their best people, flirted heavily with woke and are now inevtiably, destined to go broke.    … Expand
  86. Duke86
    Aug 21, 2023
    1
    Until Season 1, everything was great; after that, it went downhill. Why do you keep introducing new characters for the new seasons? Could you not proceed similarly to World of Warcraft (WoW), where players can experience every seasonal content with their main character, such as through Season Stones for seasonal dungeons? And what on earth have you done with the Sorcerer, while otherUntil Season 1, everything was great; after that, it went downhill. Why do you keep introducing new characters for the new seasons? Could you not proceed similarly to World of Warcraft (WoW), where players can experience every seasonal content with their main character, such as through Season Stones for seasonal dungeons? And what on earth have you done with the Sorcerer, while other classes breeze through the instances? Is it truly that difficult to achieve balance? Wouldn't it be possible to increase the damage of an attack by just 1% to see where things lead? The Season Stones are utterly ridiculous, and is that really all? Why must players level up an entirely new character when only 1-3 stones are required? Seriously, Blizzard? This deserves a solid 6! And then these extremely rare uniques, where the drop chance is at 0.00000000001? The season lasts for 3 months – how much time are you giving the players when it would take over 10 years to get something with that drop chance?… Expand
  87. atyss
    Aug 20, 2023
    1
    Sosem játszottam még ilyen unalmas Diablo játékkal. Minden dungeon ugyanolyan, akár az eventek. Nem pörög a játékmenet, unalmas a sztori, minimális epic jelenettel. Kb. mint egy modolt diablo 2. Árnyéka önmagának a game. Vagy nevetségesen könnyű a játék, vagy lehetetlenül nehéz. Vicc az egész. A karakterfejlődés irritálóan nehézkes, mivel velünk erősődik a map, így lehetetlen pörgetni aSosem játszottam még ilyen unalmas Diablo játékkal. Minden dungeon ugyanolyan, akár az eventek. Nem pörög a játékmenet, unalmas a sztori, minimális epic jelenettel. Kb. mint egy modolt diablo 2. Árnyéka önmagának a game. Vagy nevetségesen könnyű a játék, vagy lehetetlenül nehéz. Vicc az egész. A karakterfejlődés irritálóan nehézkes, mivel velünk erősődik a map, így lehetetlen pörgetni a játékot, farmolni. Még mindig egy szar casino szerencsejáték az egész. Időrabló fos. A necro petjei még mindig agyhalottak, össze vissza szaladgálnak, ütik a jelentéktelen mobokat. 20 év alatt nem tudtak egy normális diablo játékot csinálni, gyerekkoromban még elment hogy egész nap ilyen szarokkal játszak, már nincs időm 25x ugyanazt az unalmas szart végigfarmolni, hogy a végén lófaszt se kapjak érte.… Expand
  88. bablaguy
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    I am a huge fan of D1, D2 and D3, having hundreds of hours in the latter. Basically it was obvious that Blizzard wasn't going to take any risks with this game, every bit of info they'd dropped after the initial announcement screamed that they are going to make the same ugly decisions all over again. And it is basically what we got. It is the same vanilla pre-RoS D3 with the new graphicsI am a huge fan of D1, D2 and D3, having hundreds of hours in the latter. Basically it was obvious that Blizzard wasn't going to take any risks with this game, every bit of info they'd dropped after the initial announcement screamed that they are going to make the same ugly decisions all over again. And it is basically what we got. It is the same vanilla pre-RoS D3 with the new graphics and the same systems they renamed and repacked to different containers. Same very casual, very clean, very controlable (by blizzard) way of playing the game with nothing of interest for your average player, let alone hardcore fans of the genre. Runes system is your "new" skill tree. Kanai cube is your new aspect thing. Your class-sets are paragon boards now. Same D3 1.0 skill system: generators, spenders. Your vanilla D3 inferno is the new world tier 4.

    The story is retconned and is really nothing special despite really being darker.
    The graphics are mostly mediocre by today's standarts. The game engine really lacks contrast and sharpness, the picture is just blend and gray. The art style is superb though. Designers, artist, modelers outdid themselvels once again. The cinametics are fire. The audio-design is good.
    The monetisation and policies are pure cancer.
    The endgame is non-existant. Same with the replayability.
    The game is just boring. It doesn't demand any brain activity from you from second one. Eventually it will become D3, meaning every season you start from scratch following some easy guide from some dude, never required to make any decision for yourself. You just grab a list of items from the floor, do some obvious mumbo jumbo and you're done.
    People will forget about D4 very very soon. There's just not enough stuff to experiment on there. And there's no signs that is about to change, on the contrary.

    Overall.
    As a single-player story game 710.
    As an online multi-player service game 010.
    Oh, and let's substract some points for the beyond good and evil greed behind the monetisation plan.
    The final score is 110. And honestly I am being generous. Let's not forget I've been waiting for this game for 10 years. And that is what I've got.    … Expand
  89. Byron858
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I was playing the game, not enjoying it so much, because the itemization, and all that wasn't great. But then the 1.10 patch came that made it a slog xp wise on the eternal realm, nerfed all characters in order to funnel us to the battle pass and seasons. So now it wasn't really fun before, but now its like a second job. I want to play on the Eternal Realm AND the Seasonal pass. ThereI was playing the game, not enjoying it so much, because the itemization, and all that wasn't great. But then the 1.10 patch came that made it a slog xp wise on the eternal realm, nerfed all characters in order to funnel us to the battle pass and seasons. So now it wasn't really fun before, but now its like a second job. I want to play on the Eternal Realm AND the Seasonal pass. There is NO point to play seasonal if you end up with a character once it become Eternal and its zero fun to play. This game will always have a nerf for every new season, that will gut your main eternal realm characters. Why haven't they done something with storage, why do we have to wait will Season 2 for a gem tab? Why, well because they want to make it a slow painful slog. I've been on the last couple of days and its a ghost town. Everyone I know quit the game, because it wasn't fun. If they come back, IF, why would they stay? Diablo Immortal's taint has... its just NOT Blizzard North anymore. Miss the days of DIablo 1 before Sierra Online ruined it with Hellfire. Spend your money elsewhere. Me, oh I'll keep playing Eternal Realm. Its my second job now. Do you think I want to actually have to interact with my family? Nahhhh. So yeah, see you in Season 1 along with everyone else who said they quit. Eternal Realm is a ghost town.… Expand
  90. Bloodg0d
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    I was super excited when this game was announced. Now that I own this $90 cash grab, I have buyer's remorse. The wife likes to play this game together, but not being a gamer, she doesn't know how bad this game is. Some aspects are pretty to look at, but it has the same feel to it. I could spend all 5000 characters complaining about various crappy/boring aspects of the game but that wouldI was super excited when this game was announced. Now that I own this $90 cash grab, I have buyer's remorse. The wife likes to play this game together, but not being a gamer, she doesn't know how bad this game is. Some aspects are pretty to look at, but it has the same feel to it. I could spend all 5000 characters complaining about various crappy/boring aspects of the game but that would be as tedious as playing the game itself.… Expand
  91. Bullemann1887
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    After you reach level 50, it sucks!
    The only activities are dungeons that aren't even worth it at world level 4. The nightmare dungeons are also not worth it, neither for levelling nor for the gear. There is far too little XP for everything.
    Every effective way to collect XP is patched immediately.
    In any case, I am extremely disappointed and will now stop at level 75.
  92. MT7
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    patch 1.1 notes: Increasing mystery chests in Helltides from 175 to 250 cinders, while the rewards were already lacklustre. Swinging the nerf bat at the builds that were actually fun.

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



    You finally have your build together, you start cruising more and more like a sportscar, Blizzard says "no", and puts you in a 60 year old discarded car..., and now try to have the same fun again. That, or you can always respecc ofcourse; which is tedious AF, by having to click all the seperate nodes, and spending millions of ingame gold. Now you got that covered; ofcourse all the gear you spend gold on is worthless, as specific things like crit and vulnerable are nerfed to hell and back again. Go and grind that new gear; but we made the options of farming gear way slower. Blizzard, you've killed your own game and you know it.    … Expand
  93. Fix_your_game
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    Tooo much lag.. it's not worth the money. Systems suck. One hand gaming till 50 woot... so freaking bored. I hate the leveling sync crap.. not fun. Stats are terrible. Looking through any gear sucks. Legendarys drop all the time, the **** ones.. I had more fun in beta, which says alot. I'm just tired of click corpse explosion 50 million times in a fight. my finger hurts. I asked for aTooo much lag.. it's not worth the money. Systems suck. One hand gaming till 50 woot... so freaking bored. I hate the leveling sync crap.. not fun. Stats are terrible. Looking through any gear sucks. Legendarys drop all the time, the **** ones.. I had more fun in beta, which says alot. I'm just tired of click corpse explosion 50 million times in a fight. my finger hurts. I asked for a refund several times got no replies back..… Expand
  94. ChishidoRae
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    wow Blizzard really want player to play other game, weak gameplay, repetitive
    make game look like mmo, game play like a single player game
    make build harder to build
    make fun game not fun
  95. LordLegolas
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Have thousands of hours in Path of Exile and other ARPGs, had some hopes to maybe buy this game sometime after release. And after the latest patch notes.... those hopes are gone...

    Was not that surprised after OW2 disaster tbh, hopes are gone for Blizzard in general at this point...

    1.0 just for bringing Lilith into r34 community
  96. nisekoayami
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    It is mostly an okay game until you reach the endgame. After that it just fails to deliver.
    -Story is nothing special.
    -Gameplay is smooth but lacks variety. -The endgame is horrible. -The UI simply just looks wrong. -Lot of missing features. This game is one perfect example of how the d4 team at blizzard does not know their games audience, and what people who play this genre    It is mostly an okay game until you reach the endgame. After that it just fails to deliver.
    -Story is nothing special.
    -Gameplay is smooth but lacks variety.
    -The endgame is horrible.
    -The UI simply just looks wrong.
    -Lot of missing features.
    This game is one perfect example of how the d4 team at blizzard does not know their games audience, and what people who play this genre actually like.
    The interviews before the games release and after the games release were already made me think that they have no idea what they are doing, and they are definitely not playing their own games.
    After the first season it is very much clear that they do not know the basics as well.
    Until they change the director, and the executives I don't think this game will be fixed, doesn't matter how much good developers they have.    … Expand
  97. jomdarbert
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    The Diablo franchise no longer respects players' intelligence. Skill and gear choices are simple, giant glowing arrows point where to go, and difficulty is lower than ever. Blizzard has failed to deliver on their promises. Again. This release is a buggy, shallow running simulator laden with "micro"transactions that cost half the price of the full game.

    If you want to play a title from    The Diablo franchise no longer respects players' intelligence. Skill and gear choices are simple, giant glowing arrows point where to go, and difficulty is lower than ever. Blizzard has failed to deliver on their promises. Again. This release is a buggy, shallow running simulator laden with "micro"transactions that cost half the price of the full game.

    If you want to play a title from this developer, Candy Crush requires you to think more critically than Diablo IV and will drain your wallet more slowly.    … Expand
  98. FeXY
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    What kind of game it will be when its designers do not play their own game. When you put everything in one game but master nothing, it is just a huge piece of crap. Not mentioning current Blizzard designers are really keen on teaching players how to play a game, even they do not even play it themselves. The scene, music and plot is the best among Diablo series. But nothing else. The endWhat kind of game it will be when its designers do not play their own game. When you put everything in one game but master nothing, it is just a huge piece of crap. Not mentioning current Blizzard designers are really keen on teaching players how to play a game, even they do not even play it themselves. The scene, music and plot is the best among Diablo series. But nothing else. The end game is now even worse than Diablo 3. You have more than 100 dungeons, but most of them are quite the same thing. And you have to carry chests and search for keys when you just want to MF. Meanwhile, you have to wait for certain time for events when you just want to relax after working for a whole day. The worst of all, the designers will always nerf everything players found to be efficient, because they think it is cooooooooool.… Expand
  99. Zackson228
    Aug 13, 2023
    1
    it was an amazing game until it was fked by it own "BALANCE TEAM"
    cool graphics and the gameplay feels some what okay atleast for some class. (barb and druid early game feels GARBAGE) i changed my class twice and saw how much better rogue was. so theres no point to continue when ur fav class is dudu and the team decides to nerf the intire game
  100. Morphyrus777
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll give 1 for the sake of graphics and the new cutscenes improvements. I was expecting this game for so long, paid so much for this in a hope for hours of fun. The results? Horrible lore, it has no final! PLUS, Horrible skills, horrible builds, horrible and confusing equipments.. I don't wanna other players interacting to me, stealing my monsters and events, causing lag.. They promised a consistent paragon system, and all i see is a bunch of +5 **** nodes. Seriously? Just the worse deception ever. A SHAME!… Expand
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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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