Diablo IV

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2.0

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  1. Worfy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard killed the game whit the 1.1 patch. Theres not much to say realy , there are 1000 threads about this abysmal patch.Either rerroll back to the game before the patch or apply a new patch that fixes this patch. Any case game is garbage now
  2. Inhward
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Good job bllizzard, nerf all fun

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  3. angryangel
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It is not fun. it never was and now never will be after this bs from Blizzard. The game is dead
  4. Jmoneyk344
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Maybe one day we will receive patches with QoL improvements and cool, new upgrades and storylines.
  5. AstartesXVI
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Lizzard kill Diablo.....

    Where to start? how about a diablo game where DIABLO is actually a boss in said game? The art style is lacking and just looks bad compared with D2R same for the music and story. Skill trees are garbage as are stats its all simplified when it comes to these things but then they go and throw in these new convoluted idiocy "modifiers" I suppose you could call them    Lizzard kill Diablo.....

    Where to start? how about a diablo game where DIABLO is actually a boss in said game? The art style is lacking and just looks bad compared with D2R same for the music and story.
    Skill trees are garbage as are stats its all simplified when it comes to these things but then they go and throw in these new convoluted idiocy "modifiers" I suppose you could call them like vulnerable, overpower, fortify, lucky hit? lol....

    Most of the characters are ugly with maybe ONE single option for each class that looks decent, Transmogs are rampant and just trash. Then we come to the items......the itemization is probably the worst in any diablo game so far and that what make the grind in this game pointless, the loot simply blows. D4 is a joke...the end of a once great franchise and absolutely not worth your time.    … Expand
  6. Deeboomer
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I played Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, and now Diablo 4. I have to say, coming from a long history of playing the Diablo series, blizzard has literally crucified Diablo 4. When they dropped this current patch on the 18th of July, it just totally destroyed the game completely. At the current state of Diablo IV after this patch, any game out there is better than Diablo 4....
  7. Spectrum47
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Diablo is about the search for better and better gear to build your power to more quickly find even better gears. It's the dopamine of glowing items dropping. D4 does not have this... the gear is water downed, the progressive is awkward. The game is bad - under baked and not played by the dev team. Don't buy, I was scammed by Blizzard.
  8. IJustWorkHere
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    Played the heck out of Diablo 1, 2, and 3. In Diablo 3 I had 500+ hours last time I even bothered checking. Made it to level 66 or so in Diablo 4 before it became just an absolute boring slog. All Diablo games involve repetition but Diablo 4 takes it to the extreme. It adds some new things on top of Diablo 3, but none of them are fun. Itemization is boring, I think I might havePlayed the heck out of Diablo 1, 2, and 3. In Diablo 3 I had 500+ hours last time I even bothered checking. Made it to level 66 or so in Diablo 4 before it became just an absolute boring slog. All Diablo games involve repetition but Diablo 4 takes it to the extreme. It adds some new things on top of Diablo 3, but none of them are fun. Itemization is boring, I think I might have upgraded one item in the last 5-10 levels? That isn't how Diablo is supposed to work. Not a terrible game in the grand scheme of things if you are satisfied with a few dozen hours of play time....but end game is awful and once you beat the campaign there isn't much point in playing. Definitely the worst of the Diablo series so far. Frankly I should probably rate this lower but I suspect end game will be improved in a few months... whereas with Battlefield 2042 there was never any hope ;-)… Expand
  9. Copernic8
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They don't care for the game, they only care for the money. I don't see how people are going to play months after months, seasons after seasons, after such a vivid look into their intentions. As a player who wants to invest his time into a game where I can progress, I'm sorry, but this "game" isn't meant for that. Everything that we made until this present day is worthless. Basically, allThey don't care for the game, they only care for the money. I don't see how people are going to play months after months, seasons after seasons, after such a vivid look into their intentions. As a player who wants to invest his time into a game where I can progress, I'm sorry, but this "game" isn't meant for that. Everything that we made until this present day is worthless. Basically, all the hours invested are just gone. They want us to play again a game that is now harder, not fun, takes way more time with a lot lot lot broken builds and functions. This is an insult for every one of us. There is going to be a PLANNED campfire on the 21 to probably just emphasis that we are all delusional and that this is a good thing for the game. 2.6 and going down on Metacritics and you're going to say that ? I'm out for some months to see where this is going and WILL INVEST MY TIME WHERE I can do it without the fear of it being erased for MONEY ! Man, you already got my $100 and I would've bought your battle pass. Now, you better be aware that you won't have anymore money from me for this game and all the other ones you're going to create.… Expand
  10. Lucyller
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Wrote a nice and long explanation on why this game was worth a 0, metacritic gave me a error 403.

    In short : This game is **** and is not worth anything right now. They had years of development and hundred of millions of dollars and the first season they drop is a massive **** nerfing everything you could work toward. Massive nerf of Exp, CDR, damage, tankyness... The game was already    Wrote a nice and long explanation on why this game was worth a 0, metacritic gave me a error 403.

    In short : This game is **** and is not worth anything right now. They had years of development and hundred of millions of dollars and the first season they drop is a massive **** nerfing everything you could work toward.
    Massive nerf of Exp, CDR, damage, tankyness... The game was already slow before and basically had no endgame by 70. Now it will be the same, but you will be even slower and weaker by the time you get there.    … Expand
  11. danthemann5
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I've been a player of Diablo games on and off for 20 years or so. This latest iteration of the franchise cost me $100 for the top tier package.

    1. The game offers (for me) about 1 month of content. Replay value is minimal for various reasons explained below. 2. The grind to max level is long and brutally repetitive. Repeating the same actions over and over for minimal results is    I've been a player of Diablo games on and off for 20 years or so. This latest iteration of the franchise cost me $100 for the top tier package.

    1. The game offers (for me) about 1 month of content. Replay value is minimal for various reasons explained below.

    2. The grind to max level is long and brutally repetitive. Repeating the same actions over and over for minimal results is not fun.

    3. End-game content is minimal. Once a character is max level, the game becomes a garbage man simulator. You pick up the trash, you take the trash to the dump. Repeat ad infinitum.

    4. Certain items, "Uniques", some of which are necessary for a particular class or build to reach maximum potential, are essentially unobtainable without devoting huge amounts of time to the same boring and repetitive grind. If you have a full time job, or a family, or any other commitments which may preclude devoting vast quantities of time to farming the same content over and over, you might as well forget about it.

    5. My experience, typically, over many years of playing various games, is that the longer you play the game and the more time you spend working on your character, the better and more powerful it becomes. That is NOT the case with Diablo 4. This is not a fault with the game itself, but rather the developer. You can have a perfectly built character, and in a single stroke, with one patch, your ability and power is gone. What you could do yesterday you cannot do today. What was easy yesterday is hard today. What worked yesterday does not work today. What used to be good is now bad. What used to be bad is still bad. The time you spent to build your character has been wasted. These heavy-handed and arbitrary changes can happen at any time, and for any reason, or for no reason whatsoever. Your character is worse today than it was yesterday through absolutely no fault or error of your own.

    In short, the game is very grind-oriented with minimal end-game content and the very high possibility that any work you do will be negated with the next patch. Essentially, it's a less rewarding job that you don't get paid for. it's a working-in-corporate-America simulator. Anyone who enjoys working as a middle management drone for a large corporation will probably enjoy Diablo 4. Most of the elements are there: the soul-crushing grind for little reward, the long hours sitting at a computer, completely arbitrary changes in corporate policy with no warning or explanation, the unobtainable rewards, the stress, the family problems, the hopelessness, the "voluntary" corporate events that you really have to go to if you want to stay competitive, etc. The only things missing are the mediocre paycheck and health insurance. Instead, you have to pay for the experience.    … Expand
  12. dunpealzz
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    One of the first major red flags was the devs completely disabling certain aspects because, ultimately, the game is just severely unfinished and most definitely untested. These actions made certain characters unplayable. That was over a month ago, and it's been a worsening **** show since.

    There is no possible way this game was worked on consistently for 10 years and probably not even 5.
  13. IBShowny
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It's so bad. Save your money. They went backwards in terms of quality of life. Diablo 3 is still a much better game. It will take years for this to catch up and be nearly as good even with the good graphics. It's not even worth half the price
  14. Calculon1234
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Will change review when deserved.

    1. Some of the worst patches of all time, the devs are making the game worse in many areas and show a lack of listening to the community. 2. Many bugs and certain stats for your character dont work as intended, or not at all, like resistances, overpower and many more. 3. Lack of end game content. There are 2 bosses in endgame currently. Why not re-use    Will change review when deserved.

    1. Some of the worst patches of all time, the devs are making the game worse in many areas and show a lack of listening to the community.

    2. Many bugs and certain stats for your character dont work as intended, or not at all, like resistances, overpower and many more.

    3. Lack of end game content. There are 2 bosses in endgame currently. Why not re-use some campaign bosses as endgame bosses in the meantime while you create more new bosses for the game? The loot they drop is terrible... make them have a higher chance of dropping uber uniques so people have a reason to replay these bosses more than once per character. We cant trade uniques and seasons only last 3 months so who does it hurt if a player got one of these? Whats the harm?

    4. 'Uber uniques'... I understand the carrot on a stick helps arpg games last longer but there is no carrot when the chances of getting one are rarer than winning a large sum in the lottery.
    I would love to see one of these items at somepoint in my life.

    5. Scaling is very bad. At the endgame, there is a sudden extreme incline in difficulty. Nightmare level 100 and uber lilith are so far ahead of anything below, it makes for a very poor difficulty curve.

    There are many more gripes with the game but these are the main points of issue.

    I liked the story and the gameplay feels good but there are so many issues with the game right now so i have to give it a low review.    … Expand
  15. 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.
  16. Seraph38
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    As a fan of Diablo I'm disappointed. Looks cool and sounds ok but the rest.... Can't give it more.

    Btw i've been looking at comments and found two identical ones from today giving Diablo 4 "10". Good job Bli$$ard at hiring people you "really need".
  17. Planisphere
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    When this game first came out, although it had bugs and didn't feel complete - at least I felt like it had a good fundamental base with extreme levels of potential. This was all true until I started to see a trend in how the devs approached the direction of this game. They intentionally nerf everything you've worked for the sake of elongating how long it takes people to get to end game;When this game first came out, although it had bugs and didn't feel complete - at least I felt like it had a good fundamental base with extreme levels of potential. This was all true until I started to see a trend in how the devs approached the direction of this game. They intentionally nerf everything you've worked for the sake of elongating how long it takes people to get to end game; effectively killing any fun. When you lose sight of your core values as a game developer which is simply make fun games that people can enjoy, no matter how good of a base a game has isn't going to save this. Save your money or at least wait at least 6 months to a year until they get their **** together.

    300+ hours play time,
    2 level 100 characters    … Expand
  18. dmcejosh
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    New Patch has made the game worse in every way. They have no respect for their players time and I will not be playing it any longer. Shame!
  19. T3hdon
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Blizzard is out of touch with the player base and what actually makes this game fun.
  20. Zelda9
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I registered the account just to write my honest review and hopefully other people don't waste money to buy. I'm a Diablo fan. I saw all the early issues with the game but still trusted the company due to my D2 and D3 experience. I even bought a 2nd copy because the D4 stash is too small even after I created mules - I wanted to play 3 different classes and there's no way the stash plus allI registered the account just to write my honest review and hopefully other people don't waste money to buy. I'm a Diablo fan. I saw all the early issues with the game but still trusted the company due to my D2 and D3 experience. I even bought a 2nd copy because the D4 stash is too small even after I created mules - I wanted to play 3 different classes and there's no way the stash plus all the rest mules is enough.

    But the recent patch 1.1 gave me the wakening call that the team running this game will never fix it, nor making it good. Because what they think the game should be is totally different from the user base. The addressed 0 issues raised by the user base, including stash space, resistance doesn't work, sorc unplayable end game because all the mobs can one-shot you. etc. etc. Sorc was a powerful class in Beta which caps at lv 25, so they simply nerfed the popular skill Hydra by 60%, and a few others skills which can reduce cool down. The user base complained. Sorc could only run the frost build. Devs in the fireside chat said they listened, and they had this long list of patch note prepared. Everyone was looking forward to the patch note, everyone assumed sorc can be fixed. Ha! Can you imagine they nerf sorc, and especially hydra even more? They didn't mention this in the patch notes, but they changed the lucky hit rate of hydra from 53% (cast based) to 2.5% (hit based). Ice blade 71% to 5%. Yes it's a huge nerf because the conj stills won't hit that many times (especially ice blade, so clumsy).

    They nerfed all classes. Why, why??? Because they don't have other ways to engage players. Instead they make it harder to pass the game, so we are forced to stay longer, and they may make money in this.

    Or, perhaps they've already got our money, and they just choose the most annoying changes so we don't stay, no pressure to their server, and they can use the money to develop WoW - btw the D4 feels like WoW which I don't like.

    You won't find the Diablo game you like in D4. It's frustrating, repetitive, and I don't feel their team has good decision makers. It's unbelievable they'd do this unless, really, they want to push us away so their server maintenance cost is lower.    … Expand
  21. Diablo4FunNerf
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I want to go to sleep and wake up to a different game. They fixed a bug where players could have fun
  22. Alcander
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV at its core HAD potential to be a great ARPG, instead it was squandered by making inane changes to the game in its first major patch instead of fixing glaring issues since launch.

    At the time writing this review, here are the issues: 1. No real end game; Only Nightmare Dungeons, Echo of Lilith and PvP to fill the entirety from 50 to 100. 2. Nightmare Dungeons with no    Diablo IV at its core HAD potential to be a great ARPG, instead it was squandered by making inane changes to the game in its first major patch instead of fixing glaring issues since launch.

    At the time writing this review, here are the issues:
    1. No real end game; Only Nightmare Dungeons, Echo of Lilith and PvP to fill the entirety from 50 to 100.
    2. Nightmare Dungeons with no competitive features and stale bosses. No leader board, dungeon's end boss is often times much easier than the rest of the dungeon.
    3. Lack of attention from the developers with gear. Over 95% of the unique gear you receive is complete garbage due to its stats being useless for its intended build. (Gohr's with attack speed???)
    4. Trigger happy nerfs. Instead of buffing the weaker classes, the developer chose to nerf the better classes.
    5. No respect for the players' time. With Season 1 drawing closer, the developer's idea of fixing the lack of end game, is to make everything that are needed to be done take longer. Lesser mob density, lesser experience gained, lesser damage etc. Having to take longer to do the same thing in the pre-season is simply appealing.

    Diablo IV at its current iteration is not worth the purchase. You might want to check back after Microsoft has a better handle on Blizzard.    … Expand
  23. HaplosDog
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Requires online connection for a single player game, but doesn't have any tools to take advantage of playing with other people. Unless you want to seek out a community to try and match up with people outside of the game, you will be playing alone (except when the servers go down of course). Loot drop rates seem to be based on trading with other players, but there is no way to do so. EndRequires online connection for a single player game, but doesn't have any tools to take advantage of playing with other people. Unless you want to seek out a community to try and match up with people outside of the game, you will be playing alone (except when the servers go down of course). Loot drop rates seem to be based on trading with other players, but there is no way to do so. End game activities were already lacking, and they have now been reduced even further. So, things now take longer, reward less, and appear to have but a single design gial in mind: Delay everything so that Activision can artificially inflate their aytime metrics. Instead of accomplishing this by making an enjoyable game that people want to play, they make every activity take longer and actively hotfix anything that people find to make the game enjoyable. They actually increased the channel time to leave a dungeon when it is finished...

    To quote an almost perfect synopsis of the most recent patch:

    "This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals." https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/153hzqg/what_blizzard_doesnt_understand/ Collapse    … Expand
  24. reviewman2
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Gameplay just keeps getting slower and slower.

    Not much has changed above level 80 for me as my gear for my build was almost BiS, and even then it was pretty much unnoticeable as it was a fraction of a percent upgrade. Possibly I missed some but looking through my entire inventory every 10-15 minutes for stupidly small upgrades before selling or dismantling them got boring incredibly    Gameplay just keeps getting slower and slower.

    Not much has changed above level 80 for me as my gear for my build was almost BiS, and even then it was pretty much unnoticeable as it was a fraction of a percent upgrade.
    Possibly I missed some but looking through my entire inventory every 10-15 minutes for stupidly small upgrades before selling or dismantling them got boring incredibly fast. I would have to check 4 stats on every item, check which is BiS for the build, compare to my current gear, figure out if I can reroll one stat to make it better etc. Most of the time when you can reroll a stat, you get 3-4 attempts and don't get anything good then it costs 1 million+ gold to continue rerolling so you just scrap it.

    I had pushed to lv96 before the season 1 update and was somewhat still enjoying it for short bursts of play but since the update my character has become laughably weak. I could push nightmare dungeons 20ish levels above my character as a whirlwind barbarian (not anywhere near as high as other classes could) and now I'm struggling to manage 5 levels above without dying multiple times.

    The story was good and the CGI scenes were amazing but if I was given the choice of going back before I spent 70 quid on this, given the direction it is heading, I would not buy it again.    … Expand
  25. KB24Gold
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Terrible patch. More nerfs than balanced, season content doesn't look promising. Development team has failed listening to its fan base. Other game titles out there worth the investment. Don't buy or if already brought, shelf it.
  26. jommy999
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    0/10 with the new patch season 1 . Devs are out of touch with players, they only want to try to slow players down so we stuck to this contents longer which they don't have any good end game contents and main problem is the LOOTS, most unique gears are useless and uber uniques are like 1 out of million players to get one which no point to farm them at end game.
  27. Froh
    Jul 20, 2023
    4
    While the story is actually enjoyable, the game strives to be a mmo instead of a diablo game, and it goes with pretty slow endgame. To the point where it becomes boring. You can't stuff yourself, the end game is out of reach if you don't have time to farm, and the best farm spot is actually the market, out of the game. It's diablo 3 launch again, with the in game activities that are notWhile the story is actually enjoyable, the game strives to be a mmo instead of a diablo game, and it goes with pretty slow endgame. To the point where it becomes boring. You can't stuff yourself, the end game is out of reach if you don't have time to farm, and the best farm spot is actually the market, out of the game. It's diablo 3 launch again, with the in game activities that are not rewarding.
    And that slow pace kinda eclipse all the good stuff in this game, because the art direction, the writing, even the impressive open world technology is good. I'll even say that the class design is really fun.. with a lot of builds if they were playable at high level of course.

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

    And when the grind becomes a bad thing in a diablo like where it's usually core, that really means they push way too far on this.    … Expand
  28. Chnmmr
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    What started as a good experience became atrocious with the newest patch. Nerf everything to the group, add nothing of what the players need. We see you and what you’re trying to do. Nerf everything into the ground to make the non-seasonal realm miserable to play on so people need to go and play seasons with mechanics that counter the nerfs to maybe have fun again.

    Total coincidence    What started as a good experience became atrocious with the newest patch. Nerf everything to the group, add nothing of what the players need. We see you and what you’re trying to do. Nerf everything into the ground to make the non-seasonal realm miserable to play on so people need to go and play seasons with mechanics that counter the nerfs to maybe have fun again.

    Total coincidence that the seasons have a battle pass and the non seasonal realm doesn’t… total coincidence.    … Expand
  29. Mainakin
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Very lazy devs, using free assets and stolen art. Didnt listen players pushing their own **** agenda thats not working.
  30. X-eq
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Same mistakes as DIablo 3, different crew. The game director is giving speeches about his rectum operations, instead of fixing the game. Constant nerfs to classes that don't need nerfs and buffs to classes that don't need buffs, leaving you the option to go with the option to play a class that they force you to play. They slow player progression by nerfing armor or GCDs because they don'tSame mistakes as DIablo 3, different crew. The game director is giving speeches about his rectum operations, instead of fixing the game. Constant nerfs to classes that don't need nerfs and buffs to classes that don't need buffs, leaving you the option to go with the option to play a class that they force you to play. They slow player progression by nerfing armor or GCDs because they don't have enough content ant they're afraid that people will go through what content exists too fast.

    Not to mention the fact that you have no room in the stash, you can't save your build or change it You always need to have gold if you want to change the skills. You have high re-enchant fees for armor / weaps / jewelry, for re-rolling stats on loot. Even the events on that map are repetitive and meaningless.

    This game is not fun, it's not what was advertised. It's only a cash grab for Blizzard. Stay away from this vendor simulator of a game. I'd fire the director and the content writers in a second and never look back.    … Expand
  31. rancid
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Dev team is completely detached from reality and what fans really want. Blizzard has made more poor decisions since the launch of this game that it would be better if they rolled back to the beta version. Not the same blizzard we all know and love, decisions fueled by greed and corporate policies. We should not support this horrible game and company, they should unlaunch this productDev team is completely detached from reality and what fans really want. Blizzard has made more poor decisions since the launch of this game that it would be better if they rolled back to the beta version. Not the same blizzard we all know and love, decisions fueled by greed and corporate policies. We should not support this horrible game and company, they should unlaunch this product and try again in a year with an entirely different dev team.… Expand
  32. Xarver
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    While I have not made it fully into the min/max build grind of World tier 4 post game I have made it into world tier 3 and was enjoying the start of doing Helltides and Nightmare dungeons. Then after the newest patch I have almost no survivability it seems. The story is possibly the only saving grace, the main quest line got a bit tedious but now,... the game itself got overly nerfed
  33. bfg90000
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Poor itemization
    cant use abilities due to long cooldowns
    not fun
    out of touch development team makes it worse
    save your money for something else
  34. Johndohh
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t know how a company can have a negative effect on its consumers when the consumers originally loved the game. It went from extremely great to good to now I want a refund. Except for the fanboys out there no one is happy with the state of the game.… Expand
  35. FrDrunK
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Good game for campaign + Sound + Effects, that's all. So I give 1 point.
    The Diablo Franchise was my favourite since D2 vanilla. Now I am boycotting D4.. Well done Blizzard
    Last patch for Saison 1 is an atrocity. Diablo fans are just moked ... - all class nerfed --> You can now do less content than before - XP reduced and even more reduced if you kill higher lvl monsters - Uniques    Good game for campaign + Sound + Effects, that's all. So I give 1 point.
    The Diablo Franchise was my favourite since D2 vanilla. Now I am boycotting D4.. Well done Blizzard
    Last patch for Saison 1 is an atrocity. Diablo fans are just moked ...
    - all class nerfed --> You can now do less content than before
    - XP reduced and even more reduced if you kill higher lvl monsters
    - Uniques that never drop
    - 0 point into trying harder content because you get NO better XP or reward --> No need to challenge yourself
    - All quality of Life issues were ignored

    Blizzard take everything you've done recently and do the EXACT CONTRARY!    … Expand
  36. jeff_fanzi
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    There is just absolutely nothing positive with the recent updates coming from blizzard. Might as well stop playing the damn game.
  37. creekabsorption
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Hot garbage of a game with incompetent developers, but it'll eventually be decent in a few years.
  38. chris82009
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler alert! If you find a build that works they will nerf it into oblivion. Would not recommend, I have uninstalled it and don’t plan on coming back. Lots of other games out there to play.… Expand
  39. Davesti
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Played for only a few weeks, then realized things were not going to get better for a while so I just gave up.
    They nerf classes that managed to create nice niche and creative build while they should be improving the quality of life of the players. Who cares if a specific build is OP, the game is brand new, it's to be expected. But everybody cares about the insanely bad way to manage    Played for only a few weeks, then realized things were not going to get better for a while so I just gave up.
    They nerf classes that managed to create nice niche and creative build while they should be improving the quality of life of the players. Who cares if a specific build is OP, the game is brand new, it's to be expected. But everybody cares about the insanely bad way to manage inventory, loots, social, aspects, etc.
    I can't talk for other classes but I've played a Necromancer, that only has a single viable spec (bone spear) that was terribly nerfed. Out of all the talents and possible build this class had to offer, only one can be realistic played without depending on those crazy niche build and items synergies and they broke it.
    And let's also please mention that this build feels nothing like a Necromancer. It's just a rebranded mage that throw bones instead of ice shards. Blizz refused to give the Necro a decent summon build which is the core of the identity of this class.
    I will maybe get back to the game next year, when Blizz decides to listen to it's user base. This reminds me of the D3 auction house disaster when they tried to ruin the whole game and decided to move away from it after months of critiques.    … Expand
  40. Mallanders
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Just installed the latest patch and now my Druid build sucks!
    Stash space means I cant do other classes without ditching items that I want to keep for other Druid builds.
    I dont understand why they thought nerfing the crap out of the game would want players hyped for season 1. I was playing LAst Epoch before the D4 launch and looks like I will only be back for D4 Season 2 if by then they    Just installed the latest patch and now my Druid build sucks!
    Stash space means I cant do other classes without ditching items that I want to keep for other Druid builds.
    I dont understand why they thought nerfing the crap out of the game would want players hyped for season 1. I was playing LAst Epoch before the D4 launch and looks like I will only be back for D4 Season 2 if by then they get their s**t together    … Expand
  41. Rawse_
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    D4 BAD
    Prob gonna charge more so you can get more stashes and to go to s2 etc
    Pretty selfish Devs and company I would suggest that you wont buy the game and wait for a good game like POE 2 to get released, so that you can actually enjoy your time. story 4/10, visuals 8/10, gameplay 3/10, loot 0/10, endgame 0/10. Overall enjoyment 0/10. Even a Free to play game like POE does way better    D4 BAD
    Prob gonna charge more so you can get more stashes and to go to s2 etc
    Pretty selfish Devs and company
    I would suggest that you wont buy the game and wait for a good game like POE 2 to get released, so that you can actually enjoy your time.
    story 4/10, visuals 8/10, gameplay 3/10, loot 0/10, endgame 0/10.
    Overall enjoyment 0/10. Even a Free to play game like POE does way better job than a cashgrab and rushed game.    … Expand
  42. spoingus
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    So funny to look at all the shills now. Clowns were sucking on that blizzy glizzy since the $200 preorder packages came out and look where that got them
  43. japruetting
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The latest patch ruined the game. You take more damage, do less damage, helltides are worse, gearing is made so you struggle, and every class is NERFED. Loot will drop less and still drops useless loot at max level. You are penalized for group play due to increased mob health. There is no endgame content. Build diversity doesn't exist. DON'T BUY THIS GAME.
  44. Resinmage
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    I have played this game countless hours making a strong character after 4 weeks on the to have the developers release an update that made my character week and the game a lot slower and more unenjoyable and quit
  45. quinlank57
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This has been a pile of steaming dog crap. This patch has made me question why I even got the game in the first place. If this is how devs view the direction of the game…just uninstall. Cut your losses now.
  46. Pumuu
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved this game, but the devs absolutely hate us, this recent patch made this game very boring, slow and tedious, I recommend you do not play if you value your time… Expand
  47. ARandomNovel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This patch is just awful. Plain and simple. I know it is true, but it FEELS like they are almost intentionally trying to kill their game ASAP.
  48. sirxazor
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I "beat" the game at level 37, I didn't follow guides I just did whatever I wanted to do with my skills etc. (you can rush with main story without doing anything else in game)

    At level 85 I was farming nightmare dungeons 65+ I don't have the best gear, i'd say 3/4 at best and some 2/4 but after patch I was getting 1 tapped left and right. The game is unplayable with the v1.1 patch    I "beat" the game at level 37, I didn't follow guides I just did whatever I wanted to do with my skills etc. (you can rush with main story without doing anything else in game)

    At level 85 I was farming nightmare dungeons 65+ I don't have the best gear, i'd say 3/4 at best and some 2/4 but after patch I was getting 1 tapped left and right.

    The game is unplayable with the v1.1 patch they did pre season 1. I'd say I can now farm nm dungeon 50ish or so without getting killed.

    Instead of providing alternatives for current "OP" classes or builds they nerf the crap out of everybody across the board, rendering some classes (sorc) obsolete.

    I still, cannot believe to this day the did not copy paste many of the great features diablo 3 had (more stashes? armory swap? better itemization? ease of respec?

    so many quality of life missing from previous games, like what?

    so my quality of gameplay fun decreased across the board in this game, i'd say its unplayable at this point. Wait for season 3 or 4 they might have fixed all the crap that's missing at this point.    … Expand
  49. Fubanuba
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Lets summarize the latest release. You take more damage,resists are still broken. You do less damage and level slower. Loot will drop less and still drops useless loot at max level. You are penalized for group play due to increased mob health. There is no endgame content. Build diversity doesn't exist.
    You are playtesting a unfinished product. DONT BUY THIS GAME.
  50. birchy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Another classic tale of greed over entertainment. The price was paid, they got their money, and now they treat fans like dopamine addicts and data to analyze. Newsflash: No one is going to buy your lame cosmetics if the game isn't fun. Ridiculously tone deaf and a sign of the times for "AAA" gaming. Sad all around. Do not play this game, you have more to do in life
  51. Lemonadecandy
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Waste of time monetization carnival. Clown developers have no idea what theyre doing.
  52. langer80
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    dev team altered/nerfed existing items to lengthen the grind and promote their season pass with latest patch. scummy.
  53. bearjoo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard sure knows how to keep the players..... this patch is completely tone death to the community.
  54. Azrael0904
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    We all know that big companies are primarily out to make money, but the obvious greed with which Blizzard is shovelling their pockets full here just disgusts me.
    The first time I played Diablo I really enjoyed it, I found the story pleasantly adult, the graphic style more to my taste and the progress you could make okay. Especially as an after-work gamer who can't go all out every day.    We all know that big companies are primarily out to make money, but the obvious greed with which Blizzard is shovelling their pockets full here just disgusts me.
    The first time I played Diablo I really enjoyed it, I found the story pleasantly adult, the graphic style more to my taste and the progress you could make okay. Especially as an after-work gamer who can't go all out every day. The game content after the story was more for the really dull mind, but okay. It's Diablo and Diablo is the grind. But their now presented "solution" for missing content is just silly and the logic behind it simply disgusting. Instead of working with new, creative ideas that would get players into their season (and yes, spend money there too.) they just make everything take longer, become more annoying and overall much less fun. And then you're supposed to pay for that and enjoy playing the game? Practically none of the things that were criticised and denounced in the run-up have changed, and after hundreds of hours of play in Season 1 you might be back where you were before the season, thanks to the mostly rarely stupid Season 1 content? Thanks for that. Only 2 weeks until Baldur's Gate 3, Blizzard can learn how to create a game that is fun for the customers.    … Expand
  55. Bansheeman87
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard has lost its connection with its audience. Dev's have asked for our opinion and done the opposite. They claim to have played their games but with how poor Diablo 3 had done why on earth would you rinse and repeat? This game is so unbalanced as well as endless pointless game play. Should have been done before release. My rating reflects only on the game as a whole and blizzardsBlizzard has lost its connection with its audience. Dev's have asked for our opinion and done the opposite. They claim to have played their games but with how poor Diablo 3 had done why on earth would you rinse and repeat? This game is so unbalanced as well as endless pointless game play. Should have been done before release. My rating reflects only on the game as a whole and blizzards performance on addressing issues at hand.… Expand
  56. Akeki
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Made a account to post this. This patch broke so many things that shouldn't have been broken. Why would you break to the game to "even" the playing field. Should've buffed up the underperforming multipliers. Whomever is making the decision is incompetent. Patch 1.1.0 has made a good/great game is into a pile of hot s***.
  57. Faceroller24
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    A fine example of what happens to a game when developers are this bad.
    Good job.
  58. Comron
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Boring loot, refiltered ideas , mob density, stash space, horse movement, no endgame content, casting 1-3 spells before resource starved, lack luster story, every patch is a slap in the face, there is no ingenuity, nothing that shows this took 10 years to make, skill tree, paragon board, “crafting”, and the list could continue. Then the audacity of the devs to get on camera and talk aboutBoring loot, refiltered ideas , mob density, stash space, horse movement, no endgame content, casting 1-3 spells before resource starved, lack luster story, every patch is a slap in the face, there is no ingenuity, nothing that shows this took 10 years to make, skill tree, paragon board, “crafting”, and the list could continue. Then the audacity of the devs to get on camera and talk about their butthole; after all the allegations, and on going lawsuits to blizzard. We don’t care about your colonoscopy Rod. But kotoku will go write an article how d4 is a masterpiece. Paid promotional articles praising games should be criminal at this point. D4 is trash.… Expand
  59. Gulmak
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Neither playing their own game nor listening to actual community feedback. Company seems to have lost the grip on their playerbase. Poor waste of talent.
  60. Velleid
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    With all the problems blizzard has had with ignoring the playerbase in the past 10 years, it's impressive how hard Diablo 4 is trying to 1up it by releasing the worst patch in years. Game isn't run by passionate devs, it's run by a group of psychopaths that get off on watching the players suffer.
  61. HeiGVN
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The patch for Season 1 kills the game. Barbarian got nerf too much that force players to switch to other class completely. I don't like this change.

    If they feel players progress the game too fast, they should add more stronger enemies, instead of nerfing everything without thinking.

    Disappointed.
  62. Druxlolz
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard did it again once again they killed a old game the old blizzard made made it a stain on our memories. if anyone is considering buying it i would recommend looking elsewhere.
    The devs are out of touch and the game is getting worse by every update even tho it was bad from the start..
  63. AburninFire
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I'm sorry but Blizzard isn't blizzard anymore. This game could be great, but were not in the early 2000s anymore. They didn't fix anything the community been asking about. Instead they slowed down XP, increased the damage we took, reduced the damage we do. They hurt the game across the board, everything is slower now. They wanted to nerf the 1% of players making the end game look like aI'm sorry but Blizzard isn't blizzard anymore. This game could be great, but were not in the early 2000s anymore. They didn't fix anything the community been asking about. Instead they slowed down XP, increased the damage we took, reduced the damage we do. They hurt the game across the board, everything is slower now. They wanted to nerf the 1% of players making the end game look like a joke but instead the hurt everyone else. Ooo the game is slower now, maybe i need that battle pass. They don't care about the player experience, they released a game regardless of the status to max profits. We paid 90$ to beta test for them… Expand
  64. Xelguru
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Season 1 Patch notes show that the developers don't know what their playerbase wants in a game and they're willing to overhype pages upon nerfs as something to be excited about in order to generate sales.
  65. diablo4patch
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Why bring out a patch with nerfs nobody wants except you! Patch 1.1.0 is an absolute joke!!!
  66. theionbull
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard and all the devs there just keep killing this game. I do think they are doing this intentionally so they can just walk away with the money that they have made of everyone. Just wait for PoE2 or BG3 for your gaming fix I would say.
  67. Palamoule
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard est tellement décevant que je regrette sincèrement d'avoir pris ce jeu.
    On se sent complètement pris pour des pigeons ....
  68. impervious
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard does not care about its player/fanbase. Since launch to s1 they have removed basically all the fun parts about the game. All they care about is analytics and data.
  69. Amrit81
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The game developers are scammers, after 1,5 months after game release, the devs applied nerfs that hurt the Eternal Realm more than seasonal play. This was done in order to further push players into seasonal mode where monetization occurs. Nerfed eternal characters also make seasonal power seem more appealing. Stay away from predatory marketing tactics that Blizzard are employing.The game developers are scammers, after 1,5 months after game release, the devs applied nerfs that hurt the Eternal Realm more than seasonal play. This was done in order to further push players into seasonal mode where monetization occurs. Nerfed eternal characters also make seasonal power seem more appealing. Stay away from predatory marketing tactics that Blizzard are employing. Blizzard needs to offer refunds for this travesty. I have played a beta test up until now and the game is now going backwards into alpha. Quality of life changes present in previous games in the series aren’t even in the pipeline yet, the dev team is flailing about with no direction and they can’t even add stash tabs. This game is not release worthy and should not be worthy of my money. Give us refunds.… Expand
  70. kkkk66666
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Do not buy this game
    Do not buy this game
    Do not buy this game
    if you do ,you will regret to do this.
  71. Kpal11
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Good patch blizz. Great patch. AMAZING patch! Not. This is the last game I'll buy from you.
  72. Lavantgarde
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Developers are intent to ignore players with constant nerfs and absurd drop rates.
    This is getting worse and worse, i lost interest in the game.
  73. md905
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Completely ruined the game. Buying this game was a mistake. Trusting Blizzard to provide post-launch support to improve the game was a mistake.
  74. Veradox
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I had to make an account just to leave a review. I have never made an account to review a game or anything but this first season patch was so bad I changed my ways. This feels more like a scam at this point then a AAA game.
  75. Doofi
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    LMAO this game is garbage. Nothing good about this game besides the uninstall option. Waste of money
  76. scorchsev
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    At this rate, this game is going nowhere. Just scrap it and make a new diablo 5 under microsoft.
  77. newsama
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This is probable gaming's worst case of bait switch in modern times. They took what was already the weakest class in the game (sorcered) and killed it for good. RIP my fellow sorcs
  78. TwinkleDD
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    1. the graphics and arts are good, but thats it.
    2. core game mechanism is obviously unfinished.
    3. the scaling is bad, game devs clearly didn't finish high school Math 4. rerolling stats is insanely expansive, almost impossible to switch builds, if your current builds gets nerfed, you are cooked. 5. devs refused to listen to the community in any case. Don't buy any product from    1. the graphics and arts are good, but thats it.
    2. core game mechanism is obviously unfinished.
    3. the scaling is bad, game devs clearly didn't finish high school Math
    4. rerolling stats is insanely expansive, almost impossible to switch builds, if your current builds gets nerfed, you are cooked.
    5. devs refused to listen to the community in any case.
    Don't buy any product from Blizzard any more, they died long ago.    … Expand
  79. DrZhark
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The foundation is good, the graphics are excellent. The monster variety is very lacking. I feel we are fighting only a hand full of different monsters. The campaign is good. Then once the campaign is finished, the end game content is very limited. There are dozens of dungeons, but they all feel the same, repetitive. There are random world boss events that occur at odd hours and areThe foundation is good, the graphics are excellent. The monster variety is very lacking. I feel we are fighting only a hand full of different monsters. The campaign is good. Then once the campaign is finished, the end game content is very limited. There are dozens of dungeons, but they all feel the same, repetitive. There are random world boss events that occur at odd hours and are easy to miss. There are helltides that are fun for a short while and then become very repetitive. The worst part of the game is the itemization, once you reach level 60ish, it is extremely difficult to get any upgrades, everything that drops is usually worse than what you already have. the grind becomes very tedious without a chance to upgrade, so there is very little reward for your efforts. I had a cautious expectation that the game will slowly improve and end game content will be fun and rewarding, however after seeing the patch 1.1, I have lost hope. It seems the devs are very disconnected with the reality of the game and what makes an ARPG click. I am afraid they are repeating Diablo 3 early drama, it took a major shift in the dev team to salvage Diablo 3, and seems we are going the same route. I doubt the current team is playing their own game, perhaps they're looking at spreadsheets and making changes. The patch 1.1 has removed the little fun there was in the endgame.… Expand
  80. Kaeyz
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Diablo 3 was out forever. You had your playground and ideas right there!
    Nobody ever come to the idea that people might wanna swap skills and trees? Therefor you may wanna have a mechanic to swap like you did in d3.
    Seems like non of the Devs ever played this game, otherwise these mechanics would have been implemented. Now, i am a barb player. It was never easy to be a Barb, Alphas,    Diablo 3 was out forever. You had your playground and ideas right there!
    Nobody ever come to the idea that people might wanna swap skills and trees? Therefor you may wanna have a mechanic to swap like you did in d3.
    Seems like non of the Devs ever played this game, otherwise these mechanics would have been implemented. Now, i am a barb player. It was never easy to be a Barb, Alphas, Betas... Barb SUCKED. Now that people start to build up decent builds and Barb is one of the longest Lilith kills to exist... you nerf again. Like do you even want us to play or enjoy the game? I mean.. half the amount of xp gained per mob seems that you want us to grind forever to reach lvl 100... I HATE LEVELING and it takes way to fkn. long as it was... now you doubled the time. Guess whats not going to happen?! Me playing this piece of trash after you nerfed event the only class that was in my interest. Why not go shake hands with New World devs, ya'll are a good match in "how to f'up a game"
    Why not listen to the community? You want us to play your game and enjoy it or play because we feel guilty for buying the battlepass and now drag us along as long as possible?
    This SUCKS! Nobody is saying you had to make us D3 2... but you had the ideas of a good gameplay right there!
    It looks beautiful tho. Thats why you get 2 Points.
    CU at the day when Barb will be viable to play dencently. If it takes 2 years.. then miss me 2 years.    … Expand
  81. kwanyau30
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This loot-hunting game is unfinished and not worth USD 59.9.
    The storyline is weak and shredded.
    The loots are account bound and have a level setting, which you can't give to your friend even your new character, and also Blizzard launched 1.1.0 season 1 patch to make a long hard empty gameplay.
  82. Chiconyx
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poor patch delivery. Feels like devs don't read their own patch notes. Changes should be small and gradually done.… Expand
  83. BMDoublePew
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    People play games to have fun. Game was fun.
    Blizzard patched the game, cut off everyone at the knees and now we’re dual wielding peg legs instead.
    Game is no longer fun. So why play non fun game?
  84. jacky1007
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    **** game Not worth the price. Its weird how they managed to throw us a bait on the beta and server slam phase, everything was looking decent...
  85. Shinryus
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    When the game first came out it was amazing. I spent three weeks playing it and was going to take a break for the new season to come out. Fast forward to 7/19/23 they released a patch that nerfed everything about the game. I use to be able to push high level nightmare dungeons now it's not even worth it. Everything got slower, skills lost cool down reduction, enemies got more health, theWhen the game first came out it was amazing. I spent three weeks playing it and was going to take a break for the new season to come out. Fast forward to 7/19/23 they released a patch that nerfed everything about the game. I use to be able to push high level nightmare dungeons now it's not even worth it. Everything got slower, skills lost cool down reduction, enemies got more health, the player takes more damage, and overall everything got way worse. i suppose they nerfed everything to keep people playing but this is a dungeon crawler game, it's suppose to be fun, not a worse game in every aspect compared to Diablo 2.… Expand
  86. jbthatsme1
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    fix the game blizzard quit making it worse how about you make items obtainable, create a gem tab, make side quests carry over, you can add a battle-pass but everyone has to wait 6 months for any decent QOL changes... what a joke
  87. bokothelocochoc
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    As a life long Diablo fan it pains me to write this review but I feel that I have to be honest with my opinion here in hopes that in the future developers would listen and improve upon the past. The game is fun through the campaign and once again the Blizzard animation team carries. However there are many flaws with this game, my first issue is that there is a keybind to the in game shop,As a life long Diablo fan it pains me to write this review but I feel that I have to be honest with my opinion here in hopes that in the future developers would listen and improve upon the past. The game is fun through the campaign and once again the Blizzard animation team carries. However there are many flaws with this game, my first issue is that there is a keybind to the in game shop, their greed couldn't be more blatant. Instead of working on balances and content for the game they are busy pushing out skins and cosmetics for the in-game shop. The season 1 battle pass is a joke, I was defending Blizzard for awhile but this is the last straw for me. Please Blizzard remember all the great games you used to create.… Expand
  88. blizter
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    A game released full price while in an early access state with egoistical developers who don't understand that the power fantasy is what makes ARPGs fun and would rather have you do damage like a wet nooddle for 10 hours to go up 1 level, fighting trash mobs to loot the same trash loot, because the only way they found to have players play for a longer amount of time, to up their playtimeA game released full price while in an early access state with egoistical developers who don't understand that the power fantasy is what makes ARPGs fun and would rather have you do damage like a wet nooddle for 10 hours to go up 1 level, fighting trash mobs to loot the same trash loot, because the only way they found to have players play for a longer amount of time, to up their playtime stat and sell you more MTX in the cash shop, is to make everything slower and more tedious instead of making the game fun to play, simultaneously making sure you never reach endgame too fast so they can hide the fact that this trash game endgame is non-existant.… Expand
  89. mirrorzoom
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    I'm not here to review bomb the game. The newest patch release is a big issue, but not the only issue. The bottom line is this game is not worth $76, not even close and I'm certainly not going to be buying any seasonal pass. And this is coming from someone who have played and enjoyed both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3.

    1. Storyline is boring. I know a lot of people don't play Diablo for the    I'm not here to review bomb the game. The newest patch release is a big issue, but not the only issue. The bottom line is this game is not worth $76, not even close and I'm certainly not going to be buying any seasonal pass. And this is coming from someone who have played and enjoyed both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3.

    1. Storyline is boring. I know a lot of people don't play Diablo for the plots, but to me it's still an RPG game. Blood and gore is fine, but if that's the only thing you offer players, it gets repetitive and nobody cares. Any good storyteller knows that you have to balance the good and bad, levity with seriousness. Diablo has none of that.

    2. The LAG is INSANE for a mostly single player game. I'm constantly running in place like I'm playing an MMORPG with 40 people casting spells on my screen, and I know it's not on my side because I can log off immediately and get in another online game and the lag would be totally normal. This is tolerable in early games because of how easy it is, but a complete disaster when you get into nightmare dungeons later. At higher level, the game is literally unplayable when the lag hits. To say this about a single player game is absolutely crazy.

    3. Patch 1.1 made things a lot worse. It was supposed to be a class rebalance, to nerf OP builds and elevate others. It did neither. Necromancer is the only class I played, the OP build is still OP, just a little less so, other builds are still trash, but multiple game mechanics are made harder. This essentially rewarded all the early players who exploited glitches and broken mechanics to get to lvl 100 and farmed out all the best loots, while punishing new players with a much steeper grinding curve and difficulty level. The Helltide used to be the place to farm gear, but the new changes made it irrelevant. I literally could not farm 250 shards in an hour to open even just one mystery box, when I used to be able to do 2-3 an hour consistently. Again, punishing new players who didn't start on Day 1 or casual players who just want to take their time.

    The list of issues with Diablo 4 goes on, I could keep going, but I won't, because I literally don't care about this game anymore. When you are looking at a sinking ship, you don't need to stand there and list out all the bad decisions that led to this juncture, you just need to get the hell off that ship.

    The $76 was a scam, for maybe 20 hours of decent gameplay that reminded me of the D2 or D3 I used to enjoy. That's why I give this game 2 points. And now they want to charge more money for more content?

    No thanks. Time to move on.    … Expand
  90. Blizardsuckadik
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizztrash literally killed the game with their balances and patches making truly unfun, boring. They only care about profit and money grab. Dont spend your hard deserved money in this **** crap.
  91. Archaius
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
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  92. MestreRothMC
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Easily the worst Diablo game made. Everything is bland and the progression is barely existent. Each update makes the game worse. Avoid it at all costs.
  93. lawnchairhero
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The instant "success" and profit figures of Diablo 4 are totally based on the franchise name and history, not this game itself. Sure the graphics and UI are good but the game is completely missing decent lore and feel that made Diablo 1 & 2 so great (skipping over Diablo 3 which many people will understand why). Diablo 4 doesn't FEEL right, it just feels scattered and pointless.The instant "success" and profit figures of Diablo 4 are totally based on the franchise name and history, not this game itself. Sure the graphics and UI are good but the game is completely missing decent lore and feel that made Diablo 1 & 2 so great (skipping over Diablo 3 which many people will understand why). Diablo 4 doesn't FEEL right, it just feels scattered and pointless. Everything seems off from item design to the overwhelming quest queuing. The countless towns all feel exactly the same, it seems like just a big random mess of dungeons and towns with no rhyme or reason to any of it. I've played one character through veteran into the nightmare difficulty, I'm already bored and back playing other games. I had my hopes high for this but they completely missed the fantasy story like lore part of Diablo that everyone loves and make another key smashing boring game just like Diablo 3.… Expand
  94. MDBphat
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs destroyed eternal realm to try to force seasonal content on players. If they stopped trying to pad seasonal content and battlepass sales to try and look good for shareholders, the game might of had hope. No hope for this game anymore. Well done to the management and dev team in destroying your game before you even had first season. Uninstalled and will happily eat money lost to noDevs destroyed eternal realm to try to force seasonal content on players. If they stopped trying to pad seasonal content and battlepass sales to try and look good for shareholders, the game might of had hope. No hope for this game anymore. Well done to the management and dev team in destroying your game before you even had first season. Uninstalled and will happily eat money lost to no longer support this company… Expand
  95. Nerfsinc
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They fked up big time, season 1 patch just ruined the game for many many people.
  96. Kisejohn
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I purchased the digital deluxe version and leveled an arc lash sorcerer to level 80 prior to season 1 starting. I enjoyed the campaign through level 50, but felt the sorcerer class was very weak. Once I reached nightmare difficulty and again at torment difficulty, the my character became weaker with every new level. I continued leveling until 80, but decided my enjoyment from level 50I purchased the digital deluxe version and leveled an arc lash sorcerer to level 80 prior to season 1 starting. I enjoyed the campaign through level 50, but felt the sorcerer class was very weak. Once I reached nightmare difficulty and again at torment difficulty, the my character became weaker with every new level. I continued leveling until 80, but decided my enjoyment from level 50 to 80 was so poor that it was not worth continuing. I plan to pass on season 1 and hope for an improved player experience in subsequent seasons. The season 1 patch notes only confirmed my feeling that Diablo IV feels bad and needs improvement any more time investment on my part. Hopefully things will improve over the month ahead.… Expand
  97. Greekgod_elvin
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Not much has to be said because the user score speaks for itself. The last patch was the biggest progression slow down that clearly is an attempt to milk the game in Blizzards fashion. This game last patch is so bad that I had to make an account here to save people money and to help expose Blizzards corruption because the cash grab schemes that gaming companies have gotten too comfortableNot much has to be said because the user score speaks for itself. The last patch was the biggest progression slow down that clearly is an attempt to milk the game in Blizzards fashion. This game last patch is so bad that I had to make an account here to save people money and to help expose Blizzards corruption because the cash grab schemes that gaming companies have gotten too comfortable with exploiting need to come to light and its honestly repetitive. Actions have consequences. Blizzard deserves all the backlash for believing they would ruin another game scot free. Stop being greedy Blizzard. Reform your company before its too late.… Expand
  98. Mycatdied
    Jul 20, 2023
    10
    Best Diablo yet! Thank you devs for not listening to the overly loud and snowflake minority that think internet forums and twitch streamers are the only voices for an entire player base. It's always interesting to see that everyone is a professional game developer/business expert and knows every nuance of game design, balancing systems, etc. If you don't do what the minority wants or ifBest Diablo yet! Thank you devs for not listening to the overly loud and snowflake minority that think internet forums and twitch streamers are the only voices for an entire player base. It's always interesting to see that everyone is a professional game developer/business expert and knows every nuance of game design, balancing systems, etc. If you don't do what the minority wants or if X streamer/youtuber stops playing then "dead game". Get over yourself kids, the majority doesn't give a sh*t about patch notes, and something getting "nerfed" is not the end of the world, grow up. Along those lines I find it funny when a "nerf" happens, people whine, but then realize there build is fine, if not still really good. It's obvious that the game has content ready for the next several years and I for one look forward to playing each season till I get bored, move on to something else, and then come back for the next season. Appreciate the work of all the Diablo team members, you knocked it out the park.

    Combat - Easily best in the series and of any arpg on the market today. Combat feels great, attacks almost have a weight to them, and it makes the repetition satisfying. I also like that combat is somewhat slowed down (depending on the build).

    World Design - Back to OG diablo with a dark setting. I love the world map with the random events and dungeons. Looking forward to what will be added in the future.

    Campaign - Great story. I agree there was a little filler around Acts 4 and 5, but overall satisfying story that kept me engaged, and now I want to see what's happening next.

    Sound - Not much to say other than awesome.

    Systems - Skills system and paragon tree is the perfect balance between robust but simplistic enough that any arpg enthusiast can understand how to craft their build. No 3rd party apps needed here.

    Endgame - For the first month of this live service game that planned early on to have seasons and introduce new systems with each season. I think the end game was fine. I imagine each season will continually add new "Uber" bosses and things to do. I find it interesting that the core gameplay loop of Arpgs has not changed in years, but all the newbies cry....."It's boring, you do the same thing".....no sh*t. Its an arpg.

    Cons (Although since this is a live service game, potential to be patched)

    - While I applaud making gear only take up one grid square, I am finding my stash space and mules inventory quickly filling up. I would love to see additional stash spaces.

    - Would love to see a loot filter

    - The CC at high NM Dungeon Tiers can get a little frustrating, depending on the elite you get, maybe diminishing returns on constant cc?

    Don't worry Devs, the garbage will move on to something else soon and you'll be left with the real gamers.    … Expand
  99. StarSinBucks
    Jul 20, 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
  100. Sunnyfish
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I made a review and got a 403. Great. I'll just summarize:
    This patch is horrible. It needs to be reverted. If this is how they are going to update the game and implement player feedback (taking the feedback and doing the polar opposite), then they don't deserve to have good reviews.
    Spend your $75 elsewhere. You won't regret missing this one, at least in the bad state it is in right now.
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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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