Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. alex5277
    Jul 30, 2023
    1
    If Blizzard didn't have stupid 2-hour gameplay rule refund policy, I would have filed for refund long ago. Played for 3 weeks.
    Balance doesn't exist even among classes. Level 55 Barbarian easily outdamages level 75 Necro.
    There's no build variety. Each class has only one viable endgame build. Difficulty spike after campaign is insane. On Torment you can be one hit killed by regular mob.    If Blizzard didn't have stupid 2-hour gameplay rule refund policy, I would have filed for refund long ago. Played for 3 weeks.
    Balance doesn't exist even among classes. Level 55 Barbarian easily outdamages level 75 Necro.
    There's no build variety. Each class has only one viable endgame build.
    Difficulty spike after campaign is insane. On Torment you can be one hit killed by regular mob.
    Glyph upgrade system that involves Nightmare dungeons with even higher difficulty is insane. Of course, you don't have to go to higher difficulties, but you will never have unique items and will not be able to upgrade glyphs.

    The only two things good about the game is visual design and optimization hence 1/10    … Expand
  2. Hellnoman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Pre-ordered the game because I had a lot of fun playing their beta test. Since launch there were a few hiccups, but things were looking positive, with a lot of hopium balancing on the table to make the game better. Then come season 1 patch, this really showcase that D4 devs doesn’t **** know what they’re doing, and a bunch of morons. Classic Blizzard.
  3. Phana
    Jul 6, 2023
    1
    Impossible de jouer! J'ai des lag réguliers qui montent souvent au-dessus des 1000ms. Je crash tous les 2 donjons!
  4. 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
  5. daveigr
    Jul 7, 2023
    1
    The game started out relatively strong, but with every game as a service they announced things after launch making it nearly unplayable for me as a casual adult solo player. They have "re-balanced" the game which completely made my character of 40 hours useless, which I can deal with, but then tell me that I can't even continue using this long term investment of a character in the seasonalThe game started out relatively strong, but with every game as a service they announced things after launch making it nearly unplayable for me as a casual adult solo player. They have "re-balanced" the game which completely made my character of 40 hours useless, which I can deal with, but then tell me that I can't even continue using this long term investment of a character in the seasonal content. I'm a filthy casual and we're the ones who have the money to pay for the $100 version. If I had known about the seasonal content restrictions I never would have bothered purchasing as a couple hour a week game. Activision/Blizzard has burned me for the last time.… Expand
  6. hallfrom
    Jul 11, 2023
    1
    The game came out in a very bad state. Non-working skills, disgusting balance, complicity in exploitation.
    The next solutions to problems are not earlier than 4-6 months.
    The price of the game is clearly too high.
  7. PandaSalad
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    BLIZZARD BUYERS BEWARE! (the new BBB?)

    I purchased this game on 7/16.....horribly long d/l time for my 1 GB internet....maxed at 8 MB/s, avg. 6. ok fine, maybe BNET is just busy. Game looks nice, graphics aren't particularly great outside of cut-scenes and even then, SC2 and D3 looked pretty much the same. Maybe my RTX 2080, i9 and 32 GB just doesn't cut it anymore. Storyline    BLIZZARD BUYERS BEWARE! (the new BBB?)

    I purchased this game on 7/16.....horribly long d/l time for my 1 GB internet....maxed at 8 MB/s, avg. 6. ok fine, maybe BNET is just busy. Game looks nice, graphics aren't particularly great outside of cut-scenes and even then, SC2 and D3 looked pretty much the same. Maybe my RTX 2080, i9 and 32 GB just doesn't cut it anymore. Storyline seems vaguely interesting, but in a few hours of play on 7/16 and 7/17, i was disconnected from server at the end of 3 separate dungeons. Blizzard refuses to help or fix the issue. It seemed this was ongoing from the number of complaints. As many others are experiencing, all Blizzard will do is point you to a forum with unsuccessful fixes and tell you that your ISP is the issue (i've got guaranteed 99% uptime and i experience relatively zero network issues during my gaming sessions, so understandably my ISP took offense to this accusation).

    With this in mind, I requested a refund as I had played the game less than maybe 8 hours and about 40% of that was forfeit/wasted due to disconnect, can't say for sure how long because after doing some digging, I learned that Blizzard actively hides this stat so that they can tell you that you've played for too long. I had not yet gotten to level 15 of my character. How far could I honestly get that warrants keeping my $75? Purchased 7/16, requested refund 7/17. Denied. Pretty sure there's a non-revocable 3-day right of rescission in my state that they're violating.

    This is a money-grab by Blizzard and it would be nice if a class-action attorney group stepped up to pursue refunds for unhappy customers. They have clearly failed at 2 provisions regarding faulty digital content: 1) of satisfactory quality, 2) as described by seller. (I didn't see any disconnect warnings in any advertising campaigns). So if/when this happens, Blizzard doesn't just deserve it, they actively earned it for themselves.

    I hope the game works fine for whoever reads this, but just to re-iterate below:

    BBB

    BLIZZARD BUYER BEWARE!    … Expand
  8. qunghuypng
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Kinda like this game until today. Blizzard Just Killed Diablo 4 with Patch 1.1.

    Classic Blizzard move. I can't even say I'm surprised anymore!!! Thanks Blizzad
  9. Shipetopic
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    The game had some good parts, but game lead devs take it in a wrong direction making it worse and worse without resolving issues with the game. Not solving issues that matter to the players. Wasting player's time. Making players spend more time on the same activities than before.
  10. 6packshortcuck
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Bad, boring story. Inconsistent with lore. Mephisto is the lord of hell, not the lord of lies. Trash writing.

    Character creation: You are not allowed to create good looking characters. All the options are despicable and limited. Can't alter look when your character's been made which is.. you can change tattoo but you cannot change hairstyle? That's great I guess. Music: Whatever,    Bad, boring story. Inconsistent with lore. Mephisto is the lord of hell, not the lord of lies. Trash writing.

    Character creation: You are not allowed to create good looking characters. All the options are despicable and limited. Can't alter look when your character's been made which is.. you can change tattoo but you cannot change hairstyle? That's great I guess.

    Music: Whatever, hardly ever paid any attention to it. The only one that stuck in my head is the theme for the main hub of fractured peaks.

    Skills: BOOORING. It's D3 skill table without runes. You have slightly more freedom during leveling, but as soon as you hit max points, it starts to show how unintuitive and useless it is.

    Paragon board: you have nods, common, magic, rare, legendary and sockets for glyphs.
    Forget legendary nods. They are pretty useless. Focus on common nods giving you stats like in diablo 3. Pick all the matching stats for the glyph around it for maximum benefit. That is so exciting right? Especially when you realize how expensive and painful it is to refund each point 1 by 1.

    Items: Itemization is a joke, bloated with useless affixes, useless uniques, legendaries are just rares with an extra affixes. Rerolling items is a major pain in the a**. Multi-tier system. Sacred-Ancestor. It's worthless, it's a bad joke, it's bad design. When you play at lvl100, and sacred items start raining for you. Free gold I guess, same as when uniques drop. Few 100k gold or don't even pick it up, because apparently ancestor rare items have better potentials and values.

    UI: Console Trash.

    There's so much to talk about, but I just don't care. This game doesn't deserve more effort from me. It managed to make some cash so good for blizzard. S1 will be a blast, low latency due to the absence of the majority of people who read the v1.1 patch log.

    I hope my review will deter some customers from making the same mistake I made, wasting money on a product that isn't even loved by the same people who are developing it.    … Expand
  11. Klausens
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring gameplay
    Artificial stretching of content
    No team gameplay at all
    1 point for graphics and sound    … Expand
  12. linuses1020
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Although diablo 4 is potential to be a great game, Blizzard obviously don't know how to manage their game. There are tons of ui design can be fixed easily to make the game fluently, but Blizzard decide to ignore those important ui design but focus on diminishing players interest. well done!
  13. Tork45
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The nail in the coffin was the latest patch. We've been lured by blizzard to a game that never existed and we've been charged 70 to 100€ for that. How silly i am....
  14. Squize
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It could have been a great game, but after recent patch the game is unplayable.
  15. Carthax
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game had some serious issues that needed tweaking, and then the 1.1 patch came out. ...the patch nerfed everything, increased leveling time by 30%, and literally double-nerfed the sorcerer -- which was already nearly unplayable because of its lack of defense.
  16. Belhaven
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was great woth some issues that needed touching on but the developers decided to nuke it from orbit for some reason. I played Diablo 2 when it came out, Everquest for decades, WoW for a long time, and Diablo 3 so I have a lot of both ARPG and MMO experience and this patch was somehow the worst. The Devs showed that nobody who worked on it actually plays the game or has any trueThe game was great woth some issues that needed touching on but the developers decided to nuke it from orbit for some reason. I played Diablo 2 when it came out, Everquest for decades, WoW for a long time, and Diablo 3 so I have a lot of both ARPG and MMO experience and this patch was somehow the worst. The Devs showed that nobody who worked on it actually plays the game or has any true experience working on ARPGs.… Expand
  17. Doc85
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game has a solid base, but patch after patch Blizzard makes this game worse for the average player, because 1% of players are doing too well, so they need everything to make gameplay longer.

    It is ridiculous and I am sad I spent money on it, believing Blizzard might have changed its ways.
  18. Jevans6450
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Just bad. I miss 90s and early 2000s Blizzard that cared about their product.
  19. Dchamp
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    No QOL improvements. The grind to 100 is slow and boring. Every patch makes all the characters weaker.
  20. Deesweigert
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Atleast the blizzard devs listened to me more than what my parents did. I believe they made their damage buckets so convoluted that they don't realize how it all works. Instead of patching for balance they patched for frustration.
  21. schlakkofatz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Would not recommend as of right now.
    Had short fun when the game came out, got bored by lackluster endgame dungeon design very quickly. I was anticipating season 1 to hopefully bringing the missing fun, but patch 1.1 is the final nail in the coffin for me. the devs clearly dont play their own game and its bad... like really bad.
  22. Janbanaan
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    There is a certain level of expectation when it comes to the release of a new installment in a beloved franchise, particularly one with as storied a history as Diablo. Since the release of the first game in 1996, Blizzard's dark fantasy hack-and-slash series has been a mainstay in the gaming community, boasting a dedicated fanbase eagerly anticipating each new release. Unfortunately,There is a certain level of expectation when it comes to the release of a new installment in a beloved franchise, particularly one with as storied a history as Diablo. Since the release of the first game in 1996, Blizzard's dark fantasy hack-and-slash series has been a mainstay in the gaming community, boasting a dedicated fanbase eagerly anticipating each new release. Unfortunately, Diablo 4 fails to meet these lofty expectations, presenting a slew of issues that render it a significant disappointment.

    Firstly, let's address the elephant in the room - Diablo 4's glaring lack of innovative gameplay mechanics. The franchise has long been praised for its strategic depth and rewarding loot system. Yet, Diablo 4 seems stuck in a time loop, regurgitating gameplay elements from its predecessors without any substantial additions or improvements. The result is a game that, while familiar, feels stale and monotonous.

    The RPG elements, a cornerstone of the Diablo series, have been oversimplified to a disappointing degree. Character development and customization options are sadly lacking, offering a watered-down experience that lacks the depth and complexity that fans of the series have come to love. The skill tree, once a rich ground for character customization, has been minimized to a collection of linear, unexciting choices.

    Graphically, Diablo 4 is adequate but fails to impress. Despite being a 2023 release, the game doesn't showcase the graphical improvements one might expect. The atmospheric, gothic visuals that defined the earlier games are present, but without a significant upgrade in quality, they lose some of their charm.

    The game's storyline is equally disappointing. The Diablo series has always offered an intriguing narrative backdrop for its action, but Diablo 4's story feels underdeveloped and at times, even forced. Key plot points are often hastily explained or not fully fleshed out, leaving the player disconnected from the events unfolding around them.

    Lastly, the game has been plagued with technical issues since launch. From server instability to random crashes, these problems have made an already lackluster experience even more frustrating. Blizzard's slow response to these issues has only added to the overall dissatisfaction.

    It is difficult to overlook these problems and give Diablo 4 a pass solely on the strength of its legacy. The game's failure to innovate or deliver on the level of its predecessors makes it a hard sell for both long-time fans and newcomers to the franchise. Blizzard must address these issues swiftly and decisively if Diablo 4 is to regain the trust and admiration of its fanbase. Until then, it remains a disappointing addition to a once revered franchise.    … Expand
  23. Serge2lynx
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Campaign is half-baked storywise. Cutscenes are cool. Endgame is in a terrible state, and they just gutted all fun from the game in new patch. Hold off on buying until blizzard starts listening.… Expand
  24. baasb
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game is still in a beta stage and the patches are only there to keep you from finding out that it is missing endgame content.
  25. Meowjoker
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Never thought I have to rate a game that I enjoyed a 1/10

    It had everything. The enjoyable campaign, the big dopamine damage number, the sfx, the atmosphere. Everything were there, it just need a couple of tweaks with the loot table and that's it. But no, classic **** move and ruined everything. The already lackluster endgame? Now with the latest "patch", even more lackluster. A    Never thought I have to rate a game that I enjoyed a 1/10

    It had everything. The enjoyable campaign, the big dopamine damage number, the sfx, the atmosphere. Everything were there, it just need a couple of tweaks with the loot table and that's it.

    But no, classic **** move and ruined everything.

    The already lackluster endgame? Now with the latest "patch", even more lackluster.
    A large patch for only 6 uniques that aren't even good.

    And an army of nerfs that nobody asked for, especially the poor Sorc players who have to witness as their already weak and underperforming class now perform even worse.

    Not to mention **** server stability and netcode, along with town stuttering, mount that moves like it is walking through molasses and other performance issues that will take them until Season 666 to fix one of them.

    Good thing for the deluxe edition players who have to pay them $100 for this garbage is that they can chose to activate the BP (yes, the $70 base P2P game has a BP and a skin shop) whenever they want. So they can chose to activate it until season 666 when this "patch" is reverted and Sorc finally gets buff.

    And I'm even a Sorc player, I'm a freaking Barbarian. All classes were nerfed but Sorc got it the worst. Give them the buffs they deserved and they will GIVE YOU THE LONG RETENTION PLAYTIME YOU GUYS DESIRED.    … Expand
  26. Chickadee1786
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After being a dedicated D2 player for years and then taking a long break from gaming, D4 was my introduction back into the gaming world. On the plus side, the game is gorgeous. The campaign was fun and the cut scenes were top notch.

    However, after level 60 or so, the game starts to slow down and by endgame, it a bit boring, and yet, frustrating, because playing as a sorceress meant a lot    After being a dedicated D2 player for years and then taking a long break from gaming, D4 was my introduction back into the gaming world. On the plus side, the game is gorgeous. The campaign was fun and the cut scenes were top notch.

    However, after level 60 or so, the game starts to slow down and by endgame, it a bit boring, and yet, frustrating, because playing as a sorceress meant a lot of deaths from off screen enemies or taking ages to slog through mobs waiting for my skills to be available again. I was sticking in there though and for the most part enjoying it.

    And then came the patch on 7/18. Sorceress class went from a tough and frustrating to just about unplayable. Before I could maybe get enough each helltide just barely to open a mystery chest. Now they made it even harder. My skills are junk, cool down is an issue and I tried a NM dungeon that a few days ago was manageable and now is like trying to run through jello. No longer fun. Just added slog to the game, took away the fun parts, and didn't add anything fun back in. Seriously considering Uninstalling and moving on. Major fail which is sad because early game was fantastic.    … Expand
  27. Mikereeves89
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Out of touch devs nerf hammer to all builds/xp/helltides.

    No buffs in sight, no qol changes, just removing all fun from the game
  28. MollaneGreed
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Just uninstalled Diablo IV after taking time to digest and think about patch 1.1 for season 1 and came to the conclusion that it's just shafting absolutely everyone. I won't go into specifics because I would essentially be writing out all the patch notes again.

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

    My friends and I have enjoyed the game greatly since launch, but after the release of patch 1.1 just before Season 1 we are seeing just how out of touch the company's management is with the game. With all the sweeping nerfs, they have taken so many elements that made the game fun and completely killed it for me and my friends. Though I play Druid and came out mostly on top, my friends that love Sorcerer are getting completely shafted. I really wish the company was putting time into restoring all the quality of life improvements from Diablo III into Diablo IV instead of wasting time backtracking and making their game worst than the launch and beta experiences.    … Expand
  29. rcztx2
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    유저기만 그만해라
    니들맘대로 운영하지말고 플레이어들의 의견을 모니터링 해라 에초에 준비도 안되어 있는 게임 정신차려야한다 망하기전에
  30. Mesmeru
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Dude, i literally proposed to a whole woman who used her vacation days to play Diablo 4 at Launch Day and now the devs dragged the game we waited 11 years for through the mud. Great.
  31. BOBBY2753
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This game before yesterday patch 1.1 was okish, I would say 6/10 (for semi-Hardcore players), for casuals 9/10. After patch, game its unplayable for 2 of 4 characters in game, Blizzard nerfed everything in game that was fun to the ground... Less exp, less dmg, less defense. For ma as a hardcore(mode) player I know that we cannot ever reach, super high tiers of nightmare dungeon or pinnacleThis game before yesterday patch 1.1 was okish, I would say 6/10 (for semi-Hardcore players), for casuals 9/10. After patch, game its unplayable for 2 of 4 characters in game, Blizzard nerfed everything in game that was fun to the ground... Less exp, less dmg, less defense. For ma as a hardcore(mode) player I know that we cannot ever reach, super high tiers of nightmare dungeon or pinnacle boss ... I hope something will change, if not there is no hope for this game to last, with that mind set of developers who 100% surely don't even play game after patch...… Expand
  32. Ninjackz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    New patch is garbage and developers are put of touch with the players and the game itself
  33. geetee79
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    bleeZARD you stuid phguc you make me drink the alcoho and brke the game. UI ne ver play this game again . Never again bleezard. NO ME GUSTA
  34. Aristat
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Started playing at launch and thought I would return to my roots by playing the sorcerer. Tried several builds and just trying out my own build, but they made the character way too squishy. After the recent patch they've made it even worse. Was talking to my friends about how I wasn't having much fun with the nightmare dungeon grind, helltides, and whatnot. Further nerfing so many buildsStarted playing at launch and thought I would return to my roots by playing the sorcerer. Tried several builds and just trying out my own build, but they made the character way too squishy. After the recent patch they've made it even worse. Was talking to my friends about how I wasn't having much fun with the nightmare dungeon grind, helltides, and whatnot. Further nerfing so many builds will just make the game that much more miserable to play. Original story is great, but the end game just isn't adding up to what it should be. Uninstalled it from my computer and I might come back to it in a few months, only time will tell.… Expand
  35. Denkata07
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Giving 1 as the game surely had some minor fun until the recent patch S1. Now a ND I used to clear in 10 minutes ( yeah, I play sorc) now takes 30 if at all manage to finish it. Besides, they broke even more my fav class.
  36. MKan
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Out of touch developers doing what they can to slow down player progression and remove any resemblance of fun. Loot system is unrewarding, end game content does not exist, end game grind is tedious and boring. Developers are heavy handed and clueless as to how the game feels to play and how it could be improved. Disappointing but unsurprising from Blizzard.
  37. TheMagicianNow
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Thank you for destroying the game at the start of S1. Blizzard will NEVER change. Remember that.
  38. Lonewolfshade
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard decided to kill of every single build in the game just days before the start of the first season.

    Blizzards devs seems to love to shoot themselves in the foot. They seems to have no clue what so ever why players like me have deleted all their eternal realm characters and uninstalled the game after the patch notes where released. So i give it a rundown. Its not fun to see    Blizzard decided to kill of every single build in the game just days before the start of the first season.

    Blizzards devs seems to love to shoot themselves in the foot.

    They seems to have no clue what so ever why players like me have deleted all their eternal realm characters and uninstalled the game after the patch notes where released.

    So i give it a rundown.

    Its not fun to see multiple offensive options reduced in power by 40% or more while getting nothing in return.

    Its not fun to see survivability reduced across the board without any thing to make up for it.

    Utterly patetic lines in the patch notes like increased the time it takes to leave a dungeon from 3 to 5 seconds.

    Really show how utterly incompetent the diablo 4 devs are when it comes to figuring out what players find fun and enjoyable in the game.

    I have played the diablo series since diablo 1 and i cant recall ever seeing a worst patch released for a game ever in my life.

    I am glad genuinly good games like grim dawn still exists in the genre.

    I for one has no hope that blizzard will even underatand what a **** they created until several years down the road.

    At that time with games like PoE 2 and BG3 having already been released i am not even sure its worth my time as a gamer to even give the game a second look.

    I would suggest anyone looking into arpgs to avoid diablo 4 for the moment until at least 5 or more seasons have passed.

    Diablo 3 has always been the ugly duckling when it comes to the diablo series but even that game has diablo 4 beat by leaps and bounds nowadays.

    For those that are new to arpgs i would suggest last epok, grim dawn and later when you want more meat on the bones PoE for your arpg needs.

    At the moment diablo 4 after the patch is not even a better arpg the wolcen and that is obe of the lowest bars to reach in gaming history.    … Expand
  39. Dimonium
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    a completely clueless development team who instead of improving a mediocre game with fixes that try to correct what is currently a paid Beta, decide to make up for the shortcomings of an endgame simply by making people get to it as late as possible before to realize that the endgame does not exist. Don't buy it until the game is worth your money
  40. MrPlowww
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    No endgame content ? Well let's nerf everything with this crappy 1.1 update so it takes a long time for everyone to do the same things again and again.
    Dev need to play their own game.
    Let's wait or BG3
  41. notradament
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Having played D1 , D2 , D2LOD , D3 , D2 resurrected and D4 i must admit fun is no more an option.
    What baffles me is that Blizzard seems trying to kill the genre volountarly cause even a 70 years old burraco champion can see that the path is following the game is bad for the player and is not involving any type of fun. even the most fanboy Diablo fans are giving up. They literally copy    Having played D1 , D2 , D2LOD , D3 , D2 resurrected and D4 i must admit fun is no more an option.
    What baffles me is that Blizzard seems trying to kill the genre volountarly cause even a 70 years old burraco champion can see that the path is following the game is bad for the player and is not involving any type of fun. even the most fanboy Diablo fans are giving up. They literally copy pasted a random PoE mechanic , throwed some useless uniques , announced the mainstream battlepass , marketed the other horrible game (DI) while people was giving ) f**ks about it and voila , season 1.
    I'm personally angry with myself falling again for this utterly **** bait but i loved old Diablo , now it's a clownfiesta.    … Expand
  42. Despaer
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Absolutely tone deaf dev team. We asked for QOL improvements and we got ham fisted nerfs and slight buffs. Season 1 will be rocket tag on steroids.
  43. Ravenfell
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    the devs just keep killing the game by doing exactly the opposite of what the community wants and nerfing everything into oblivion while also not solving any of the problems.
  44. Glubski
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The campaign is worth playing - but that's about it. Rarely did a game **** up an endgame by this margin. The grind feels absolute unrewarding. Backtracking in dungeons. You have to spend countless minutes sifting through an inventory with yellow items clogging up your bags is my most dreaded thing to do after a couple runs. Tons of affixes, most of them useless. Dropping a legendary orThe campaign is worth playing - but that's about it. Rarely did a game **** up an endgame by this margin. The grind feels absolute unrewarding. Backtracking in dungeons. You have to spend countless minutes sifting through an inventory with yellow items clogging up your bags is my most dreaded thing to do after a couple runs. Tons of affixes, most of them useless. Dropping a legendary or unique is 100% unrewarding, because those are by design worse than the best yellow roll. Nightmare dungeons are simply unfun and with thr new patch blizzards idea of making the fun last longer was to just make the entire gaming experience dreadful, so that it's the same amount of cancer from beginning to the end. Go outside, touch grass, **** blizzard....… Expand
  45. diabolopomidoro
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I was waiting for that game since they announced that it will come out. First i want say is that some parts of the game deserve an 10/10 and other things deserve an 1/10. The game looks pretty and atmospheric..the dungeons, music, voice acting, skill animations etc. just perfect... BUT! when it comes to the animation of the item drops and how the items look on the ground then it feels likeI was waiting for that game since they announced that it will come out. First i want say is that some parts of the game deserve an 10/10 and other things deserve an 1/10. The game looks pretty and atmospheric..the dungeons, music, voice acting, skill animations etc. just perfect... BUT! when it comes to the animation of the item drops and how the items look on the ground then it feels like a cheap indie game and i can give only 1/10..this is just sad because item drops is all about in that game and it looks so bad...same with that hp potion icon that we have to collect to heal up, it looks so bad..also the font of the items that drop on the ground, feels like i would read some word document and not play a diablo game. Then the mass of items that drop all the time in that game, it feels bit boring walking all the time and deconstructing things..The dungeon quests are also bit weird.."pick up a stone and bring it from A to B" is ok i mean i could do that once or twice but not all the time, people make that kind of games at first lesson in programming school...or better "kill all monsters" ..the creators just have no imagination. The other bad thing is the price for that game..is way to high because it feels like some cheap game made by few people. The view on the character is kind of weird..looks like ppl from POE worked on it or something..missing a bigger zoom out for sure. Also when we get a reward at the end of some quest and a big chest drops from the air ..this looks like diablo 3 style or some torchlight game..it makes d4 not so atmospheric anymore. The other thing what i don't understand are the ratings for diablo 4 from PC magazines and why they are so high compared to normal player ratings...
    Last but not least..
    Putting a store into the game with cosmetics is so - so, will not comment this BUT! the premium battle pass where people lvl or the option to lvl up for platin money (real money) is just pay to win, nothing left to say.    … Expand
  46. Stonesy
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Would not reccomend after the recent patch notes. Game isn't fun anymore and everything is nerfed. I might come back some day, the game has potential...if the devs start to actually listen to feedback and what the players want
  47. malf86
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It takes the qualities to ruin ahead of time an experience that, even with many problems, had potential.
    What's the point of extending a season patch to the inside world since the new mechanics will be eliminated in the third month.
    With what courage can I now buy the Battle Pass, or rather with what desire can I face the new season which basically only has the mechanics of these hearts    It takes the qualities to ruin ahead of time an experience that, even with many problems, had potential.
    What's the point of extending a season patch to the inside world since the new mechanics will be eliminated in the third month.
    With what courage can I now buy the Battle Pass, or rather with what desire can I face the new season which basically only has the mechanics of these hearts which on paper really sucks.
    The patch had only one effect making me return to PoE making me regret having abandoned it for these 5 weeks and making me wait even more hype for the presentation of PoE2.
    As for WOW, Diablo 4, personally, is done with me too... they will be able to release all the seasons and DLCs they want but the point is that by now we can no longer trust Blizzard and that band of developers who after this patch have shown that they have never played the game they developed themselves.
    I strongly advise against the purchase and save the money that it is not really worth it. GG BLIZZARD    … Expand
  48. Moccojoe
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I paid $100 just to get a unfinished game that they bait and switched before the season started.

    Devs ignore legitimate feedback and nerf everything to slow people down to try and squeeze as much time and money out of them as they can.
  49. edgedsword
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    So many QOL changes missing (stash space/search function/camera zoom - to name a few among many); balance issues; general arbitrary/artificial difficultly to slow down the game for no reason; repetitive dungeons.

    If you try to push high dungeon levels, it is basically either you one shot the enemies or they one shot you. The bosses are trivial compared to a caster mob that will snipe    So many QOL changes missing (stash space/search function/camera zoom - to name a few among many); balance issues; general arbitrary/artificial difficultly to slow down the game for no reason; repetitive dungeons.

    If you try to push high dungeon levels, it is basically either you one shot the enemies or they one shot you. The bosses are trivial compared to a caster mob that will snipe you off screen. Also, the affixes they have are terrible and intentionally designed to slow you down.

    Giving it a 2 because I honestly have to force myself to even open the game.

    It is so disgusting that this is a $70 game (minimum.)

    I cannot fathom how the developers are thinking through their decisions. There is NO WAY they play the game. Plain and simple.    … Expand
  50. Slickricky
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    A shell of its former self. Once was a great series but now they seem lost. Game is boring and quite frankly, pointless. Once you finish the campaign i wouldn’t bother playing anymore. Was excited for the first season to start but 2 days before they put out patch notes that made the game even worse. Making it slower and harder to progress in an already slow and boring game. Paid $100 CadA shell of its former self. Once was a great series but now they seem lost. Game is boring and quite frankly, pointless. Once you finish the campaign i wouldn’t bother playing anymore. Was excited for the first season to start but 2 days before they put out patch notes that made the game even worse. Making it slower and harder to progress in an already slow and boring game. Paid $100 Cad for this game and i feel like someone should be paying me to play it whenever i log in. Avoid this game.… Expand
  51. contradic
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    gave it a 1/10 because they managed to bait me into spending money in it, RIP diablo
  52. Tros4294
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Only good for the first play through. Diablo should be a game with replayability. This game has no replay factor and is not worth the pricetag. Gave it a 1 for the first play through. Already removed it from my PC. I don’t like keeping trash on my desktop.
  53. RaistlinDourden
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.
  54. thorp113
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They killed the game. There is no endgame in this game. Past lvl 50 is nothing but repetitive chores.
  55. Treadwyck
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The first 50 levels and campaign were pretty fun, even though certain classes had a MUCH easier time than others. Endgame really started to drag, but I was looking forward to Season 1. Then came patch 1.1.0. Never, in over two decades of gaming have I seen or experienced a game being gutted to this extent! Every build fit weaker while the weakest class got even worse. Meanwhile, nothingThe first 50 levels and campaign were pretty fun, even though certain classes had a MUCH easier time than others. Endgame really started to drag, but I was looking forward to Season 1. Then came patch 1.1.0. Never, in over two decades of gaming have I seen or experienced a game being gutted to this extent! Every build fit weaker while the weakest class got even worse. Meanwhile, nothing players actually wanted (more endgame activities, more stash space, reduced reroll and respeccing cost etc) was added. It is insane to me the gulf that is the disconnect between Blizzard and the players. This game feels half finished. Thankfully, I got my money's worth from this game. I don't think I'll be buying anything from Blizzard again.… Expand
  56. turboska5
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The first 50 levels are ok, in which they clearly removed mount access to extend the playtime. From there it gets worse. Itemization, build diversity, and end game all miss the mark. Paragon is a neat design paradigm. Music is good.

    Pretty much ignored what people love or found helpful. Pets? Armory? Inventory space? Forget all of it.
  57. Khalburo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Feels like horse riding simulator cosplaying as Diablo game.

    All the fun aspect of Diablo 1/2/3 were ignore and put some random garbage thats was not fun
  58. Insanity91
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Instead of fixing the game and make it better S1 patch killed the game.....
  59. GregGarigreh583
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard has signaled loud and clear what this game is going to be: a product made by analysts to drive engagement as though it were an Amazon sweatshop.
  60. mythicalbeard
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I like it ok when it launched. I had it at 8/10 knowing it had flaws that could easily get patched out. But multiple patches later and Season 1 about to drop I cant help but update my review after the latest "6600 Word" patch (1.1.0). They made the game grindier, longer, harder, and less rewarding. Introduced gatekeeping of the more fun aspects of the game while not addressing any ofI like it ok when it launched. I had it at 8/10 knowing it had flaws that could easily get patched out. But multiple patches later and Season 1 about to drop I cant help but update my review after the latest "6600 Word" patch (1.1.0). They made the game grindier, longer, harder, and less rewarding. Introduced gatekeeping of the more fun aspects of the game while not addressing any of the main quality of life issues players are talking about. Was a very tone def patch and rather than make the game more enjoyable they made it impossible for casual players to enjoy the game. I would hold off on buying it until I see what they do from the backlash.… Expand
  61. Sucemabite
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Le jeu de la honte, cette société de pute LGBT prend tes 70 euros pour bien t'enculer plus tard avec un patch de merde. Aucun QA, aucun end-game, rien à faire dans le jeu.
    Ils nerfent comme des ânes par manque de vision globale sur ce qu'ils veulent faire.

    Good luck with your "campfire **** **** junkies.
  62. Haurdead
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Patch gutting my willingness to keep playing and it seems like they have never played the game.… Expand
  63. Dekzter
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Super slow and grindy just for the sake of being grindy. And the Patch 1.1 changes have made it even worse. Just awful.
  64. dreisonic
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    avoid this game and avoid spending money on blizzard stuff. they have no clue what their doing, they are disconnected with their players.
  65. heshman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    All the grind and none of the fun. Staggeringly out of touch devs just looking to maximize play time. Serious risk of losing the player base. It looks nice though. So, thats worth one point.
  66. Ddddkeane
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Unfinished game. Blizzard decided to nerf everything because players were completing the campaign and material too quickly. No effort to improve other classes or weak builds, just nerfing skills and items. You wake up and your character does 40% of the damage you used to, what a joke. I would steer away and look for games such as baldur's gate 3.
  67. abryenton
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 fails to capture the essence of what made the franchise legendary. As a long-time fan of the Diablo series, I had eagerly anticipated this installment and was having a great time playing through the campaign and just started dipping into the end game content.. then patch 1.1 came...

    Patch 1.1 - Reduce fun by 95%
  68. Sangreal_Gloam
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This has to be a joke (but yet it isn't). The latest entry in the Diablo frachise is nothing more than a coldly calculated cash grab.

    D4 premiered on 6/6/23 and it was a decent experience: very nice graphics, great music, sounds, voiceovers, somewhat lacking in the QoL department, but then again, we thought Blizzard will come around to implement these in time. Yesterday came the pre    This has to be a joke (but yet it isn't). The latest entry in the Diablo frachise is nothing more than a coldly calculated cash grab.

    D4 premiered on 6/6/23 and it was a decent experience: very nice graphics, great music, sounds, voiceovers, somewhat lacking in the QoL department, but then again, we thought Blizzard will come around to implement these in time.

    Yesterday came the pre Season 1 patch, that changed everything - for worse. It was nothing but one long nerf to everything that made our characters feel powerful and satisfying: character power, experience gained, loot (in a LOOT BASED GAME ffs). They even made a "teleport from the dungeon" action longer for some reason, lol. Why all this? To make people reroll to the Seasonal realms, in which the characters might find some paltry compensation for all that lost power in form of some borrowed power mechanics.    … Expand
  69. PsYkHoTiK
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I have never seen a developer so militant on killing off anything that is performing well in their game.

    And to make everything be harder and longer instead of more interesting and engaging. And their philosophy on balance isn't by improving how enticing other aspects, skills, or items are, but instead to bury those to be as mediocre as the rest. All while ignoring the far bigger    I have never seen a developer so militant on killing off anything that is performing well in their game.

    And to make everything be harder and longer instead of more interesting and engaging.

    And their philosophy on balance isn't by improving how enticing other aspects, skills, or items are, but instead to bury those to be as mediocre as the rest.

    All while ignoring the far bigger issue that drives dissatisfaction (like item management, quality of life, other viable builds, actual broken bugs, etc).

    Very out of touch of reality.

    Don't waste your time - you'll spend 100 hours trying to find the best things (while managing it horribly in their inventory management) only to have it rendered useless and now you have to spend more time finding mediocre loot and spend a lot of time and money unclicking all of the dots to try and find relevancy..    … Expand
  70. Badmajic
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The laziest rendition of the Diablo franchise to date. Much better ARPGs out there that don't abuse your time. Worthless uniques 99% of the time and no real trading. I could go on but this game has wasted enough of my life.
  71. catimusprime
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game was mediocre when released but patch 1.1.0 made the game miserable to play. D3 might have been a mindless casual shell of a Diablo game, but at least it was fun to play for a week or two every few months because it rewarded you for playing instead of D4 which almost punishes you for playing.
  72. ervin0812
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    暴雪不會理會玩家的需求，並總是在更新後摧毀玩家遊戲的心態。
    放棄這家遊戲公司吧，不要再信任對方了
  73. coamicAllstar
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    There are fun ways to make this game more difficult and balanced and then there's what Diablo 4 has done. It's a bad feeling to think a company is feeling like they made a mistake by giving us too much for $100 and now they need to take some away. The season 1 update creates a really grim foresight as far as things to look forward to. It seems like they need to cut it thin and keep playersThere are fun ways to make this game more difficult and balanced and then there's what Diablo 4 has done. It's a bad feeling to think a company is feeling like they made a mistake by giving us too much for $100 and now they need to take some away. The season 1 update creates a really grim foresight as far as things to look forward to. It seems like they need to cut it thin and keep players held back because there isn't much in the works. It would be great if there was a diverse amount of ways to do damage but this is currently a game where you work towards one specific min/max build for one month and never even perfect it due to drop rates just to have it nerfed tomorrow.… Expand
  74. autoentropy
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard never fails to remove any fun from a game. The game started great and with multiple updates they ruined it. Instead of adding new good content they destroyed balancing and gave us boring items.
  75. coconutcyclone
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard hates fun. Blizzard hates it's own player base. Don't give them money.
  76. jdw23
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game had promise on launch, but the first large patch is so bad that I doubt I will ever play again… Expand
  77. frank796
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard does not care for it's player base, nor does it want them to have fun. The latest patch proves it. They nerfed everything, but did not address the bigger issues like lack of stash space, being able to respec easily, terrible uniques / lack of diversity in itemization, etc. They didn't even fix the memory leak issue affecting the game a month after it's release. Many high endBlizzard does not care for it's player base, nor does it want them to have fun. The latest patch proves it. They nerfed everything, but did not address the bigger issues like lack of stash space, being able to respec easily, terrible uniques / lack of diversity in itemization, etc. They didn't even fix the memory leak issue affecting the game a month after it's release. Many high end computers will experience stutter and freeze.… Expand
  78. trowieuk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Repetitive.
    Lack of content.
    Basic and lazy season feature.
    Incompetent devs.
    Sticking around for the story, other than that I am out.
  79. Gorgorel
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Grew up with D1, binged D2, skipped D3 because of AH and no PvP fiasco till later season, was hyped for D4. Got a couple hours in: 85 Barb & Sorceress in closed beta, all other classes in the open betas, 2x lvl 100 in the released version.

    Does it feel like a finished AAA game? Absolutely not. Just sit on the wonky mount for two minutes and you wish you're back in the "New World:    Grew up with D1, binged D2, skipped D3 because of AH and no PvP fiasco till later season, was hyped for D4. Got a couple hours in: 85 Barb & Sorceress in closed beta, all other classes in the open betas, 2x lvl 100 in the released version.

    Does it feel like a finished AAA game? Absolutely not. Just sit on the wonky mount for two minutes and you wish you're back in the "New World: walking simulator" instead. Short: too many mechanics feel awful and have been done/solved better by a plethora of much older games.

    QoL. I gave them the doubt of catching up to what people want, somewhere between "NO CHANGES vanilla WoW" masochists & people whi come from a more recent generation and ARPG games. Like PoE, Last Epoch, Undecember, D3, etc. I am not doubting anymore. I am sure now old Blizzard is definitely dead and it's name is just used by a cash grab company that cares about quick profits but not about making games for people anymore.    … Expand
  80. chaosgrid
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The developers of this game decided that anything the players find to be good, needs to be removed. The methodology here was to make the game as grindy and slow as possible, instead of letting people ENJOY the game. The recent patch honestly provoked me to write this after about 100 hrs of gameplay. The game is out of touch with the players, it's not very fun, the endgame is superThe developers of this game decided that anything the players find to be good, needs to be removed. The methodology here was to make the game as grindy and slow as possible, instead of letting people ENJOY the game. The recent patch honestly provoked me to write this after about 100 hrs of gameplay. The game is out of touch with the players, it's not very fun, the endgame is super lacking, and I didn't really care much at all about the plot. The ending was super lackluster and nothing about this experience felt rewarding and what they had left in grinding lvls or item hunting, is fully throttled and actively tweaked on the whim. If players find something that works, again, they patch it out because you can't have any classes designed to actually do well in this game. I can turn on Diablo 2 and replay it anytime, and have more fun, than anything offered by this brand new version. It's total crap.

    Look at my boy, look what they did to my boy!    … Expand
  81. Skidmarke
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 destroyed the last few good things remaining in the pre-season game. The pace now moves extremely slow and it feels like Blizzard wants you to spend more time playing to get to the same point so they can avoid adding end game content.

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

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

    I do have faith in the potential of this game, but developers will need to focus on improving the loot system, end game content, and PvP areas in order to bring me back to playing regularly.    … Expand
  82. FooFargles
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard is a shell of what it used to be. They are now a pathetic, predatory, money hungry bunch of guys in suits who have no idea what a video game actually means. R.I.P. Blizzard.
  83. mousley83
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It was an okay game at first, but missed a lot of things that made D3 great (particularly QoL stuff). Now they have objectively made the game worse with the latest patch. It's a shame.
  84. Eustaquinho
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was ok, until patch 1.1, where they removed the possibility to create fun builds (some were broken and deserved nerf), but the nerf reached all classes and all builds. Now all the characters are basically paper and the sense of progress is gone.

    Obviously there were much bigger problems to be dealt with...
  85. Wurboh
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I was having fun playing through my first time, it was a little bit of a slog but later learned it was because of the class i had chosen to play. Early game was difficult but as i progressed into level 50-60 my build started coming together and i started feeling powerful. It was getting more and more fun. I was excited to play season 1 at this point. Then they dropped the mostI was having fun playing through my first time, it was a little bit of a slog but later learned it was because of the class i had chosen to play. Early game was difficult but as i progressed into level 50-60 my build started coming together and i started feeling powerful. It was getting more and more fun. I was excited to play season 1 at this point. Then they dropped the most disappointing patch known to mankind. Fixing no QoL and completely gutting player power and progression. I immediately felt the power loss as i logged in to play my character after the patch. After slogging through the campaign and dealing with the low damage of my class, it now carried over into the mid and late game. It sucks cause i was just starting to have fun. By no means was my build perfect, but it was feeling like it was coming together. Now i feel like i got kicked in the teeth and the game is now telling me i need to play another 30+ hours to achieve the power i had just began to unlock. I really hope they do something about this.… Expand
  86. Nizler
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Disappointing grind. Everything scales to your level so there's really no point to leveling at all. Nothing ever gets easier or harder, it all stays scaled.
  87. EleazarMD
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Released with potential but incomplete feeling and then Devs actually made it worse with most recent patch instead of addressing many valid complaints. Just drawing out the grind. Unfortunately the grind only shortens if people stop playing.
  88. Gimpzor
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Clueless dev team. Game is still an active beta. Do not recommend. The devs either don't play their own game, or simply want to drive it into the ground. Not sure which. Maybe both. Probably both.
  89. Grymfait
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The story isn't bad, interesting characters and designs but after the story finishes and the "endgame" starts it is an absolute molasses filled slog through a dreary repetitive wasteland.

    The purpose of the endgame in a title like this is loot and power fantasy neither of which are interesting in this game. It feels like a chore to do or try anything as the prices to roll gear are    The story isn't bad, interesting characters and designs but after the story finishes and the "endgame" starts it is an absolute molasses filled slog through a dreary repetitive wasteland.

    The purpose of the endgame in a title like this is loot and power fantasy neither of which are interesting in this game. It feels like a chore to do or try anything as the prices to roll gear are astronomical and the developers constantly destroy any hope of it getting better by nerfing the "hell" out of anything interesting or fun.

    You are failing the lore, the title and the fans. Focus on fun ffs.    … Expand
  90. tycobu
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Really mad at myself for buying D4 and giving Blizzard more of my money. Had been severely jaded as an Overwatch player since beta. Swore off anything touched by Blizzard when Overwatch 2 came out. All my friends were excited about D4, played the Beta together and had a great time! Decided to go for it knowing I would probably regret it cuz Blizzard but stayed positive thinking no matterReally mad at myself for buying D4 and giving Blizzard more of my money. Had been severely jaded as an Overwatch player since beta. Swore off anything touched by Blizzard when Overwatch 2 came out. All my friends were excited about D4, played the Beta together and had a great time! Decided to go for it knowing I would probably regret it cuz Blizzard but stayed positive thinking no matter what at least playing with my friends would be worth it!

    LOL

    It really feels like all the passionate gamer nerds that used to make up blizzard have been replaced by corporate drones. So sad to see and experience. Not even considering the patch, what really set me off is the lack of QOL features that are just common sense. A game focused on loot, but extremely limited storage, no custom sorting, no search function, no way to favorite an item in your inventory, no way to refund all paragon points. A game focused on creating and experimenting with OVERPOWERED builds, but no way to easily swap your build or save builds. Bug that lets more people find a unique item? Patched same day…. within hours??

    Bug that causes cinders to drop at like 5% the intended rate, effectively making helltides unplayable? Eh they’ll fix it in the next hot fix. No big deal!

    So frustratingly stupid.    … Expand
  91. ccie25143
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    What a rip off. Legit paid $100 to be a part of a beta. The new patch 1.1 that they released was such a joke. I was playing Sorc prior to season 1 and now it's not even viable build. Please stay away from this game until the next few seasons.
  92. akakurt
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Gameplay is extremely repetitive as an ARPG there are not effective chase items that are obtainable. Fun unique items are completely unable to be grabbed. At least with other ARPG titles the chase items can be farmed constantly via money or other currency. Blizzard are actually choosing to not listen to players for any fun amount of changes for several seasons behind instead of addressingGameplay is extremely repetitive as an ARPG there are not effective chase items that are obtainable. Fun unique items are completely unable to be grabbed. At least with other ARPG titles the chase items can be farmed constantly via money or other currency. Blizzard are actually choosing to not listen to players for any fun amount of changes for several seasons behind instead of addressing feedback immediately as they should. Spent $70 on the game and I do not recommend others do the same until (if ever) Blizzard decide to make FUN changes instead of gutting every build that has any amount of fun to it. The game has no real way to trade items or currency with other players, yet we are super worried about builds being overpowered and fun. It makes no sense at all.… Expand
  93. Phoenix7499
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    1.1 patch is a giant dumpster fire. Anything past level 80 is completely pointless. There have been no meaningful QOL changes that have been desperately needed already, not even but a little over a month after launch. 90% of what the community has asked for has been ignored/communication has been radio silent. I do not recommend touching this game for at least another year at this rate.
  94. Molcutz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I am insanely dissappointed in what this game has become in 1 patch ONE PATCH its the last time i will ever give blizzard any attention and i will never recommend their games to anyone ever.
  95. Maizen
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Very grindy, unfun game play loop. Low gear drop rates and vast gulfs between power points makes it feel tedious and unrewarding. Dev updates just exaggerate the bad while doing nothing to make the game feel better. Best to avoid until things change.
  96. AlvinS
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Mildly entertaining campaign, completely let down by a boring slog afterwards. Dull itemisation with very little if any gameplay defining items to chase. Zero endgame and an out of touch dev teams whose response to the no endgame complaints is to gut what little fun there is in the game and slow people to a crawl. I guess i cannot fault the logic. If they cannot reach end game they cannotMildly entertaining campaign, completely let down by a boring slog afterwards. Dull itemisation with very little if any gameplay defining items to chase. Zero endgame and an out of touch dev teams whose response to the no endgame complaints is to gut what little fun there is in the game and slow people to a crawl. I guess i cannot fault the logic. If they cannot reach end game they cannot complain its garbage.
    I dont know how much money Larian paid Blizzard for this marketing campaign but patch 1.1 is the best Baldurs Gate 3 add so far.    … Expand
  97. lovinlifejbc
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Well I figured since Diablo III towards the end was decent I thought maybe this will be good... I get more enjoyment out of Chronicon. The one thing I will say is I enjoyed the storyloop but other than that end game not so good. So when the latest patch came out(1.1) it became even worse. Like I'm seriously aggravated I spent money on this game.

    Like this is getting to the point of    Well I figured since Diablo III towards the end was decent I thought maybe this will be good... I get more enjoyment out of Chronicon. The one thing I will say is I enjoyed the storyloop but other than that end game not so good. So when the latest patch came out(1.1) it became even worse. Like I'm seriously aggravated I spent money on this game.

    Like this is getting to the point of insulting peoples intelligence. I really want this game to be decent but it's like all the decent stuff is getting reeled back.

    Really feeling like my money was seriously wasted.

    Wake up blizzard before this gets even worse.    … Expand
  98. titusspqr
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Started off strong at launch. Season 1 patch ruined the game for all classes. They nerfed class abilities, already equipped gear, paragon board, important damage types. For anyone trying to do the end game World T4 have replaced fun/excitement with BITTER resentment for wasting our +50 hours into each class we tried. The NERF HAMMER was too BIG, waste of my time to play the game withStarted off strong at launch. Season 1 patch ruined the game for all classes. They nerfed class abilities, already equipped gear, paragon board, important damage types. For anyone trying to do the end game World T4 have replaced fun/excitement with BITTER resentment for wasting our +50 hours into each class we tried. The NERF HAMMER was too BIG, waste of my time to play the game with useless abilities/gear/dmg output that makes anyone want to throw their keyboard/controller across the room. It's a single player Action RPG and the action is now a *wet noodle* and getting destroyed by content that used to be manageable or easy in World T4. There is no END GAME worth playing before the NERF patch, WHY would anyone roll another alt to suffer. Why spend +100 hours to get what used to take +50 hours? It's SINGLE PLAYER game Blizzard! What happened to the hype of telling us we could build *powerful characters*? And destroy HORDES of monsters? Not anymore, not with NERF hammer that BIG. Moving on to Baldur's Gate 3 & Starfield! Don't buy ANYTHING else, no battle passes, Expansions, DLC, etc until they reverse across the board damage nerfs.… Expand
  99. Klick89
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Went from decent to sadness in patch 1.1. Was so looking forward to playing a lot more of this. #redo1.1… Expand
  100. thothsquill
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Like with all Blizzard titles, here are devs who ignore all the feedback. They would rather see the game fail (which it will if S1 first impressions are terrible), than drop the arrogance and pride and make the experience fun and memorable. It's INSANE how they ruin all their games with these selfish and short-sighted dev teams.
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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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