Diablo IV

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Swabian
    Aug 6, 2023
    1
    i have spent at least 20k-30k hours with diablo games, mostly diablo 2, but diablo 4 is the most boring one so far, i played 2 characters to 100 and feel like there was almost nothing to remember about. the game is a disappointment to me, even the ingame music has nothin to it (except the Tristram quest xD)
  2. VasagosAngel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Out of touch with playerbase. Treating the game as a life service mmo money cow. Not a original Diablo solo game. Time gating, major gameflaws which they "cant fix" until after 6 month... Best game of this year just got bummed to 1 of the worst
  3. Animal1991
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Good storyline - Gameplay for some classes are very slow and unbalanced.

    Seems like the devs need 5 years to get this game on a right track... unfortunately for the franchise cuz we had such a good D1 & D2 game ( Didn't play D3 much ). They patch quiet frequently but rather for fixing stuff that shouldn't be there in the first place. They seem to promise alot but can't deliver... sad    Good storyline - Gameplay for some classes are very slow and unbalanced.

    Seems like the devs need 5 years to get this game on a right track... unfortunately for the franchise cuz we had such a good D1 & D2 game ( Didn't play D3 much ).
    They patch quiet frequently but rather for fixing stuff that shouldn't be there in the first place.
    They seem to promise alot but can't deliver... sad saaad times to be a gamer atm...

    Conclusion : for such a high price of a game and franchise... You expect alot more, especially when they hype you so much with ads and information.
    I really don't get it, you have such a good opportunity to get a massive game with nearly the whole world knowing and supporting this franchise, and you just throw it into the fire... Again.. Sad.

    Blizzard is not doing great at most lvls with their games, but this proves everything.. They are completely out of touch    … Expand
  4. mindfawk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    You would think that Diablo IV is Blizzards first attempt to publish a game. They learned absolutely nothing with the releases of II, III or II remastered. They’re making the same mistakes that they have made in previous versions and attempt to justify the bad design choices by claiming “long term growth of the game”. They released an unfinished game that has no sustainable end gameYou would think that Diablo IV is Blizzards first attempt to publish a game. They learned absolutely nothing with the releases of II, III or II remastered. They’re making the same mistakes that they have made in previous versions and attempt to justify the bad design choices by claiming “long term growth of the game”. They released an unfinished game that has no sustainable end game activities and so they lower the experience that you gain to try and force you to put more time by as much as 90% in some instances. Do not waste your money, if I could refund the $100 I paid I would.… Expand
  5. Mobi76
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    So much money for such a game. Endgame is actually not present at all. What it's really about is the loot. And Blizzard really didn't manage that well. The classes are totally unbalanced. For example, the wizard is no longer playable.

    Love Diablo 3 at the moment
  6. Sgreen314
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Typical Blizzard cash grab. Devs are out of touch, as always, but we get new cosmetics to spend cash on!
  7. NotAgainGG
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Tickling the monsters Patch.

    Only made an account because of the last patch. Nerfed everything with not enough buffs. My barb is completely useless now after the Hota nerfs Again!!! Had much fun in the beginning, at the release, but now not anymore. They **** up big time, not going to play the season anymore. Everyone hates this patch, doesn't matter where you look at Reddit, Twitter,    Tickling the monsters Patch.

    Only made an account because of the last patch. Nerfed everything with not enough buffs. My barb is completely useless now after the Hota nerfs Again!!! Had much fun in the beginning, at the release, but now not anymore. They **** up big time, not going to play the season anymore. Everyone hates this patch, doesn't matter where you look at Reddit, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch.    … Expand
  8. Grombombel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Endgame is super boring. Stopped playing after campaign, 0% replay value. Would not recommend at this point - wait for patches that might make it enjoyable in 2024. I played and enjoyed both D2 and D3.
  9. XtalVoldaren
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The first 1 1/2 months of this game were fun but after the predatory practices they displayed with the first major patch after it's release, I can no longer support this game. It's abundantly clear now that the last 6 weeks were the real beta test and they've gone and gutted so many classes and builds because players were completing objectives after then they liked and not spending enoughThe first 1 1/2 months of this game were fun but after the predatory practices they displayed with the first major patch after it's release, I can no longer support this game. It's abundantly clear now that the last 6 weeks were the real beta test and they've gone and gutted so many classes and builds because players were completing objectives after then they liked and not spending enough time in the game. As someone who put in nearly 100 hours and has not made it to lvl 100 yet, I can guarantee you completing objectives didn't need to be made longer. Just awful. I'm done.… Expand
  10. ASpaceman43
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    1 point because it's a Diablo game. Lost 4 points because of the stupid, nonsensical 1.1 patch. If you are on the fence about buying the game, don't buy it now, you'll only be disappointed. Wait for the game to show up on Game Pass.
  11. choiminjoon
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Lack of content, stupid management

    Management team trying to compete with users

    A game designed to prevent content consumption by spending unnecessary time after all.
  12. jonoz
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It's unbelievable that this is the 4th Diablo game, features are missing, undocumented changes get made, customer feedback takes weeks to implement but time gating gets implemented within a day. Lots of work to be done by the developers.
  13. Shane5aw
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I play Sorc and this patch makes no fun at all. 30% reduction of CDR makes the class no fun at all. Flip side they gave us more resistances which are BROKEN and acknowledged as broken by developers. It's sad what has happened to the game.
  14. patchcable
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Sweeping changes were made to Diablo 4 that has significantly taken the "fun" out of the game. Damage, survivability, under powered classes, loot, lack of end game, and etc. have all been basically nerfed. Slowing down gameplay, leveling, and etc. RIGHT before season 1. Why? These changes should have been made in beta and potentially before then. A lot of players worked hard for the gearSweeping changes were made to Diablo 4 that has significantly taken the "fun" out of the game. Damage, survivability, under powered classes, loot, lack of end game, and etc. have all been basically nerfed. Slowing down gameplay, leveling, and etc. RIGHT before season 1. Why? These changes should have been made in beta and potentially before then. A lot of players worked hard for the gear and character only to log in and see how nerfed they are. Blizzard took the liberty of adjusting stats on gear without any care in the world. Sorcerer is a joke and the malignent hearts won't help the broken resistances, nerfed damage multipliers, nerfed cooldown reduction, and ALL. They should roll this back and it was a stupid move to push it out days before Season 1 killing all hype.

    Cash grab    … Expand
  15. xenoss41
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Too many bugs for a "finished" game.
    Big season 1 patch made the game slower and less enjoyable and didn't fix the balance issue with the classes.
    Story mode is nice tho but for a 70$ game.. not worth.
  16. Minkar
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard don't play their game, they don't make games for players anymore. They follow money making algorithms in order to milk their players the most. I am quite sad because I had a lot of hope until 1.1 patch notes came out. Everything is now slower to slow people proggression until they reach non existent endgame. Everything is weaker while monsters remain untouched. Vulnerable has beenBlizzard don't play their game, they don't make games for players anymore. They follow money making algorithms in order to milk their players the most. I am quite sad because I had a lot of hope until 1.1 patch notes came out. Everything is now slower to slow people proggression until they reach non existent endgame. Everything is weaker while monsters remain untouched. Vulnerable has been nerfed but is still mandatory because it has its own damage bucket. They don't understand the ARPG genre at all. They made a jack of all trades game that can't really satisfy any player in the long run. MMORPG fans will find D4 boring and with 0 social feature, ARPG fans will find D4 stale and with 0 deepness in it. 1 point for the cinematics that were good but I don't buy diablo for a movie experience.… Expand
  17. Krypp
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    They released an unfinished product that felt like it was still very early development, like pre-alpha.

    Then they continually nerfed and disabled things after release not fixing any of the big issues but just making players experience worse and worse. Then they released the pre-season patch and oh boy did they not only ruin they game they massacred the game, whatever was left of it    They released an unfinished product that felt like it was still very early development, like pre-alpha.

    Then they continually nerfed and disabled things after release not fixing any of the big issues but just making players experience worse and worse.

    Then they released the pre-season patch and oh boy did they not only ruin they game they massacred the game, whatever was left of it they just took it and destroyed it. At least they had the audacity to kill OW2 before it was "released" still think think they scammed a few people with that but oh boy did they take our 100$ and run away with it for Diablo 4.

    Despite having a lot of time to play I got a druid to 96, rogue to 82 and a necro to 85 and I can't even get myself to log in to at least push to 100, I am completely burnt out on the game. And whenever I think about the game it makes me mad, I spent all that time leveling those toons for nothing, it wasn't even fun, there was a tiny bit of enjoyment early on because new game energy but after that it was just brute force because I had nothing better to do. But I might as well have stared at paint dry while listening to music and would've enjoyed my time more.

    Game is only a leveling simulator, but instead of being a "fun" leveling simulator they force you to go into nightmare dungeons, just regular dungeons with annoying and horrible affixes that makes you not wanna run another one when you finish one but to keep on leveling you need to run those hundreds of time to get to 100, and just when you think there might be alternative content there isn't. You got world bosses for loot pinata, helltides for chore to get Forgotten souls and then there's tree of whispers which is dead content can't recommend doing it, it's unrewarding. So basically the only thing there is to do is nightmare dungeons.

    Then the other part where you're not really farming for anything, you might find an item with 3 more vulnerable damage, or 6 more crit damage, but ultimately it is just similar system to Diablo 3 +5 mainstat from paragon, but it's +5 stat from gear. Your character becomes 90% complete at level 75, and then the rest is like trying to hunt for a perfectly rolled item which is completely pointless and a waste of time.

    Then they failed miserable at trying to put in "chase" uniques, there were 6 at launch, and 1 added in latest patch. Worst part is you can't grind for them, as they would take about 12 hours a day for 2000 years to find, not even a meme but literally thousands of years on average for just one of them. And we currently don't have access to the well of immortality to farm for those uniques.

    So I think this game at best is like a 1.5/10, because I know Blizzard can always stoop lower. But this game is basically as bad as it gets. Definitely regret every dollar I spent on it, did not get my moneys worth.    … Expand
  18. Mastodonfan
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    At launch I would have given this game an 8 or even 9, but since launch they have done nothing but make the game worse. I've never seen a company purposely kill their own game before, but that is exactly what they have done. They constantly take anything that is even remotely fun in the game and nerf it out.
  19. slyjoker13
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 sucks period... whatever the Diablo hardcore fans would say, its still stupid, same with their community. How to kill a game in 30 days!
  20. trashbit
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Bliizard dont make any Quality of Life Changes Instat nerv and change everthing we need for defense
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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.
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. Vnerviony
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    When Devs just saying we know that game is not fun... Game was 10 years on production. I was bored after 27 hours... Blizz is just trash. WoW is killed. D4 is killed. Overwatch is killed.
  34. creekabsorption
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Hot garbage of a game with incompetent developers, but it'll eventually be decent in a few years.
  35. 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".
  36. Taberval
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a game, before 1.1
    How do they decide to change rules ?
    Rock Paper scissor, twister, drugs flash idea. I dunno, still a mystery. Perhaps they don't even play D4.    … Expand
  37. qvcsd
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Diablo IV started great, really great.
    And then we've got this famous patch 1.1 - everything nerfed to the ground.

    Yep, you guessed it - Blizzard just hates when people have fun in the game.
  38. Mytherious
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Bottom line: An incredibly boring game. Dungeons and loot, the heart of an ARPG, do not feel satisfying at all. The game loop, is tedious. Expect to make multiple trips back to the vendor during your dungeon run, which just completely breaks the immersion and flow. The professional reviews will site the combat and story, which are the highlights of the game, but they do not reviewBottom line: An incredibly boring game. Dungeons and loot, the heart of an ARPG, do not feel satisfying at all. The game loop, is tedious. Expect to make multiple trips back to the vendor during your dungeon run, which just completely breaks the immersion and flow. The professional reviews will site the combat and story, which are the highlights of the game, but they do not review where you'll be spending the majority of your time so players may be lead to believe this is a home run. It is not. Not even close.… Expand
  39. harveydarvey
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I gave it 1/10 to be because I admit I did enjoy it before the latest patch.

    I'm 46 years old, have been playing PC games for more than 25 years. I have almost never written a game review, except for 5 games review in Steam so far. Here, I took my time to register and write a review about diablo 4 because IT IS AS BAD AS THE SAY (latest patch).
  40. MUVEEER
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Спасибо что показали как я неправильно играл в вашу игру и билд, который я собирал две недели теперь нужно выкинуть на помойку
  41. Xhinism
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Id rather play d3 again than this piece of #@£&! Better yet, they should just remaster d3 and make the graphics like d4. Effin developers only caring about their pockets.
  42. hj3772
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Forget Diablo until now. The current developers are incompetent. In response to the lack of content, they take steps to increase playtime by slowing down the growth rate. It's like taking steps to slow down the roller coaster to the customer's response that the roller coaster is short.
  43. Rittersizca
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The game is boring and the developers don't respect the players. They're just making a boring game of their own fantasy.
    The way to update and correct the game is just to modify the value roughly.
    The whole game is full of bugs and stutters.
    (this is google translate)
  44. Sed8
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Great game ruined by devs force funneling people into battlepass and seasonal play in order for your charecter to stay relevant. Great way to kill a game Blizz
  45. vk444
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I am a vet and have played all Diablo games. This one is not good:

    - End game content is lacking and there's not much to do - Death mechanics are terrible. You will get one shot from an off screen enemy you cannot anticipate, or you will die because the game literally prevents you from moving for 5 seconds. - As big as the map is, there are a total of 10 enemies you fight in every    I am a vet and have played all Diablo games. This one is not good:

    - End game content is lacking and there's not much to do
    - Death mechanics are terrible. You will get one shot from an off screen enemy you cannot anticipate, or you will die because the game literally prevents you from moving for 5 seconds.
    - As big as the map is, there are a total of 10 enemies you fight in every region, dungeon, outer world, etc.
    - Stash itemization is not good. One character can easily use all 4 stash tabs.
    - As many skills as there are for any character, 2/3 of them are useless for each character.
    - This game was marketed as allowing you to be more sociable but that is far from true.

    1/10 - The 1 is because the graphics, cinematics, and voice acting is good.    … Expand
  46. cfegpse
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Loved the game at first, but the post-50 grind was awful and resulted in my having mostly the same level gear at 100 as I had at 75. Along the way I did pick up a dozen or so legendary rares which were either not applicable for my build or had no discernible improvement over the gear they replaced. Then along comes Patch 1.1.0a, with no quality of life improvements but requiring me to dropLoved the game at first, but the post-50 grind was awful and resulted in my having mostly the same level gear at 100 as I had at 75. Along the way I did pick up a dozen or so legendary rares which were either not applicable for my build or had no discernible improvement over the gear they replaced. Then along comes Patch 1.1.0a, with no quality of life improvements but requiring me to drop back 10 NM levels on my barbarian main and abandon my now useless sorcerer secondary. The new rare Azurewrath sword has already dropped for me and, surprise surprise, there's no discernible difference over the gear it replaced. It now appears the plan was to make people want to play Season 1 in order to get back to some semblance of what the game was before the patch, but I'll let the suckers fall for that. I'm starting to remember some unfinished business back in Elden Ring, a game I actually enjoyed playing.… Expand
  47. buxzii
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Expensive yet fun game for the first 20-30 hours. After that it gets super boring.

    Why? No endgame. After the story the game is repetitive, single player, and requires hard core farming to keep things interesting. The rest of the game however is geared at casuals. Things just don't add up. **** management. Release patches without involving the community nor considering how it impacts    Expensive yet fun game for the first 20-30 hours. After that it gets super boring.

    Why?

    No endgame. After the story the game is repetitive, single player, and requires hard core farming to keep things interesting. The rest of the game however is geared at casuals. Things just don't add up.

    **** management. Release patches without involving the community nor considering how it impacts the players. Make the game less fun by taking things away and not giving things back.

    Luckily BG3 is around the corner.    … Expand
  48. Koltira
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I made an account for this:

    Please do not buy this game, so much wasted time and money.
    This game has no endgame at all, and i spent 100 Euros for this garbage.
    It should have been a warning to me, that I couldnt recognize even anyone of the clowns in the interviews, bad, so bad. I think it is time, to end this whole Blizzard story, in fact, it already ended years ago...
  49. magicpantshat
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The art and sound is great. The game was OK but not much to do in endgame. Then blizzard messed everything up with a patch and the game is garbage now. They don't know how to balance or what players want. Hugely disappointed and uninstalled.
  50. Juraaa
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    After seeing those changes via patch notes I genuinely think they want nobody too play this game:( . Sadtosee
  51. xExerionx
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Not enjoyable as a game... cant count on blizzard to do sensible fixes, loot is bad and enemies are super repetitive... You basically fight the same enemies at the start of the game later in hell again... absolute joke....

    In short the game is LAZY
  52. YellowAlienBaby
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Started ok. Expected there to be a need for balancing and such. New game, bound to need it. INital patching semed promising but then they dropped a large patch nerfing everything across the board indiscriminately. the game plays way too slow for a fun ARPG. Levelling was a grind - ok, but now.. its an uber grind. The first bgig patch did nothing to address the issues that are glaringlyStarted ok. Expected there to be a need for balancing and such. New game, bound to need it. INital patching semed promising but then they dropped a large patch nerfing everything across the board indiscriminately. the game plays way too slow for a fun ARPG. Levelling was a grind - ok, but now.. its an uber grind. The first bgig patch did nothing to address the issues that are glaringly obvious and th community was hoping to get resolved.

    Waited for season one to drop and so far I've been in a queue for an hour. I'm thought I'd come here and say all this before I thought fkit and uninstalled.

    Come back in a year to see if they turned it around.    … Expand
  53. Rshackleford59
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    "Balance" patch makes game unplayable Maybe devs should actually play their own game
  54. Batss
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    They gutted what was almost a fun experience. All of the nerfs, changes, and uber rare items just made the game feel less fun.
  55. Blizzardsuckass
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Man , blizzard really has to turn everything they make into complete garbage , was actually kind of having fun before they nerfed everything into the ground and made it a grind fest
  56. PioHB
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    feels like a beta version instead of premium game. a lot of hints and tips from the community which all gets ignored, they of develeopment only in nerfs , reducement to exp, damage. since level 70 bad feeling and no devleopment in the character. it seems D4 was only out to sell as much as possible in the first step due the franchise and name and now this millions people get week per week afeels like a beta version instead of premium game. a lot of hints and tips from the community which all gets ignored, they of develeopment only in nerfs , reducement to exp, damage. since level 70 bad feeling and no devleopment in the character. it seems D4 was only out to sell as much as possible in the first step due the franchise and name and now this millions people get week per week a new punch in the face. worst buy this year and fast wasted money… Expand
  57. neverlosty
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    To look at whether or not you will enjoy a game, you need to look at the fundamentals behind the game. Is it a game of love where the underlying metric is ensuring players enjoy playing the game? Does the company respect the player's time?

    In the case of Diablo 3, the fundamental metric that the team is targeting is "engagement". You might ask: "why is this bad? It's an ARPG, I want    To look at whether or not you will enjoy a game, you need to look at the fundamentals behind the game. Is it a game of love where the underlying metric is ensuring players enjoy playing the game? Does the company respect the player's time?

    In the case of Diablo 3, the fundamental metric that the team is targeting is "engagement".

    You might ask: "why is this bad? It's an ARPG, I want to be engaged."

    But the fact is, Blizzard doesn't care what type of engagement it is, they don't care if you're enjoying yourself, as long as you're playing, as long as you rack up the hours.

    And if you look at the game through that lens, every aspect, and every decision now makes sense.
    They will actively try and slow you down. They don't want you to burn through the (very little) end game content.
    They want to make sure you get as little reward as reasonable without you throwing up your hands and just outright quitting. It's a fine line, but they have the experience and data to straddle that line.

    And there lies the real fundamental problem with the game. And they have to do this, their shareholders DEMAND that they maximise profits, so they must treat the players like cows and milk us for as much of our "engagement" as possible, with as little content as possible.    … Expand
  58. GusCabanillas
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I cant understand how a company can be so blindfolded on not hearing or reading any kind of feedback from the players, Blizzard is on a killing streak of all their games and it's not stoping, from Heroes of the storm, to Warcraft 3 Refunded, to damn Overwatch 2 and now they dig the grave even deeper with Diablo.

    I know its hard to please everyone, but man.
  59. asafheller
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Made me waste my time so they can then change it all few weeks later like a guinea pig.
    That was the idea of the game in the first place, they wanted to make players feel overpowered and strong, and then with this patch they saying "things are overpowered" .......
    They haven't fix life quality things nor added new items or gear you could obtain in the end game, instead they just made    Made me waste my time so they can then change it all few weeks later like a guinea pig.
    That was the idea of the game in the first place, they wanted to make players feel overpowered and strong, and then with this patch they saying "things are overpowered" .......
    They haven't fix life quality things nor added new items or gear you could obtain in the end game, instead they just made your armor weaker, your attacks weaker and reduce the experience so your game take forever to finish, so it's as boring as before but now it takes much longer since you die all the time if you don't play it slowly af.    … Expand
  60. Ragnadriel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard has failed in creating an entertaining game. It's a pity because the game looks and feels great, when it is working properly of course - the online nature of the game means you will probably spend a lot of time offline due to server issues.
    The development are a bit too far up their own behinds to understand that a game, next to depth and length, also needs to be enjoyable.
    If    Blizzard has failed in creating an entertaining game. It's a pity because the game looks and feels great, when it is working properly of course - the online nature of the game means you will probably spend a lot of time offline due to server issues.
    The development are a bit too far up their own behinds to understand that a game, next to depth and length, also needs to be enjoyable.

    If you are a masochist searching for a frustrating experience, hop aboard. But I suggest you stay clear.    … Expand
  61. POLLIWOG
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    90% of my deaths are from dumb blizzard mechanics, I'm tired of feeling like i'm getting stomped in the dirt mid fight by a mechanics that have very little counterplay if any at all. chain cc into body explosions, into off screen chargers into some environmental nonsense that can barely be seen through the chaos.
    take the leash off us, and stop punishing everyone. also trying to sit and    90% of my deaths are from dumb blizzard mechanics, I'm tired of feeling like i'm getting stomped in the dirt mid fight by a mechanics that have very little counterplay if any at all. chain cc into body explosions, into off screen chargers into some environmental nonsense that can barely be seen through the chaos.
    take the leash off us, and stop punishing everyone. also trying to sit and watch the campaign is painful, your main story shouldn't feel like a punishment also.    … Expand
  62. synosure
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I really wanted to love this game. It had a great concept, basically Diablo 3 meets Skyrim. But Blizzard somehow made that boring. And the first big patch proves they don't care about customers, feedack, gameplay, or anything else. They chose instead to make the game MORE boring.

    Open world. Non-sequential quests. Tons of side quests, often found at random. Seems like a great recipe for    I really wanted to love this game. It had a great concept, basically Diablo 3 meets Skyrim. But Blizzard somehow made that boring. And the first big patch proves they don't care about customers, feedack, gameplay, or anything else. They chose instead to make the game MORE boring.

    Open world. Non-sequential quests. Tons of side quests, often found at random. Seems like a great recipe for a fun game. But the gear you find is mostly junk. The characters are underpowered and constantly struggling just to walk down the street. Endless waves of monsters. Constant online requirements. Repetitive gameplay with essentially zero reward for the grind.

    I'm just sad. I got my Sorceress to level 51 and every choice by the company has been to ruin my experience. I give up. Maybe I'll come back in a year or two to see if they finally listened to their customers and made it a fun game to play. What a waste. I was looking forward to season one, but there's no point in the endless slog. There are better games than this out there, still waiting to be played...    … Expand
  63. DevilsTricks
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard are you guys doing your update on cellphones or are you rocks and sticks like the stone age?
  64. kalsb
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    unfinished/polished game. rampant nerfs to all aspects of the game going into new season. I get it rebalancing/nerfing certain mechanics that were border line busted i can get behind but the delivery of these changes just puts a bad taste in my mouth. Blizzards like, damn, whats the most popular thing and works, lets nerf the fck out of it because OP. Like they completely erased my desireunfinished/polished game. rampant nerfs to all aspects of the game going into new season. I get it rebalancing/nerfing certain mechanics that were border line busted i can get behind but the delivery of these changes just puts a bad taste in my mouth. Blizzards like, damn, whats the most popular thing and works, lets nerf the fck out of it because OP. Like they completely erased my desire to want to grind this game out. Made every aspect of endgame harder and more boring. I played d2 and d3 quite alot but in D4 the quality of progression for endgame was mediocre at best and got stale really fast. i think im just going to not play diablo 4 for a while until they get their **** together and really listen to the community. Sorcerer class needs a complete revamp as for them to be viable, they need 100% of their slots dedicated to defense skill node, no variety in builds that are viable for endgame content, non of the sorcerer uniques are viable and have "conditional" effects that are just absolute garbage. Hopefully the malignant hearts might alleviate some of these changes but i don't really have faith for this season.… Expand
  65. simongrosso18
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard's recent decisions have been disappointing. I find it hard to understand their approach to the game. It's frustrating that they seem to ignore the feedback and requests from their dedicated fan base. It appears that their primary focus is solely on making money, neglecting the players' desires.
    As for Diablo 4, I personally feel disheartened and disinterested. I wouldn't    Blizzard's recent decisions have been disappointing. I find it hard to understand their approach to the game. It's frustrating that they seem to ignore the feedback and requests from their dedicated fan base. It appears that their primary focus is solely on making money, neglecting the players' desires.
    As for Diablo 4, I personally feel disheartened and disinterested. I wouldn't recommend investing your time and money in this game. You might want to consider other options instead. Trust me, it might save you some disappointment.    … Expand
  66. BizarrFlo
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Mrllama has a great breakdown of what needs to happen. Here's part 1 and 2.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJuxL1lDxTI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWRTSt57iYw
  67. rical
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I created an account here , just for this, I hope the season dies faster than I take to c*m during sex, and oh boy we talking about seconds.
  68. Cashandrick
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Just a joke, they ruined the season. I just play because i've paid the battle pass included in my game edition. Never ever Bli$$ard again, I swear.
  69. keemao
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I've played d1 on psx, d2 pc and d3 since vanilla with the rmah and ridiculous exploits like the items in diablo 3 that had 'collision' and you could drop them on the ground to trap elites inside.

    So when I tell you Diablo 4 is not a Diablo game, you are hearing it from someone who has played it from the beginning. In every interview, they say stuff like "For the future of the game"    I've played d1 on psx, d2 pc and d3 since vanilla with the rmah and ridiculous exploits like the items in diablo 3 that had 'collision' and you could drop them on the ground to trap elites inside.

    So when I tell you Diablo 4 is not a Diablo game, you are hearing it from someone who has played it from the beginning.

    In every interview, they say stuff like "For the future of the game" "we plan to support it for years to come". That's their excuse. They give us a complete dog sh_t game with no end game, just so they can sell it to us in expansions later or in season 20.

    How about use the money your milking from us and give us a good game. I don't care that you add predatory monetization, at least make it a good game.

    WOLCEN has better end game than Diablo 4.
    WOLCEN has better customization than Diablo 4.
    WOLCEN has better quests and story.
    WOLCEN is more fun to play.

    That is how trash Diablo 4 is.    … Expand
  70. s-mies
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Great potential ruined by greed and incompetence. The campaign is really enjoyable but things slow down after you finish the campaign and unlock world tier 3 - and grinds to a halt soon after. 50 to 100 is a horrible slog with not much to keep you motivated to grind on, and to make things worse blizzard decided to nerf pretty much everything even remotely fun in patch 1.1.0. Might be worthGreat potential ruined by greed and incompetence. The campaign is really enjoyable but things slow down after you finish the campaign and unlock world tier 3 - and grinds to a halt soon after. 50 to 100 is a horrible slog with not much to keep you motivated to grind on, and to make things worse blizzard decided to nerf pretty much everything even remotely fun in patch 1.1.0. Might be worth buying in a year or two after blizzard has reverted enough of their QoL and balancing failures and pretended they finally listened to the players who have been telling them what's wrong since before the game even launched.… Expand
  71. MaHershey
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This game… where to start?
    Obviously, it is no longer a cartoon as D3 was, so good on Blizzard for listening there. The story though is tremendously non-captivating. Makes zero sense and leaves very little motivation to keep playing after each Act. Oh well…
    But let’s factor in that unique items are a thing of the past. There’s no more hunting for that SoJ or maybe The Oculus, ‘cause now,    This game… where to start?
    Obviously, it is no longer a cartoon as D3 was, so good on Blizzard for listening there. The story though is tremendously non-captivating. Makes zero sense and leaves very little motivation to keep playing after each Act. Oh well…

    But let’s factor in that unique items are a thing of the past. There’s no more hunting for that SoJ or maybe The Oculus, ‘cause now, it’s all just a huge pile of item attributes which you can throw around at your own pleasure, with absolutely zero sense to it, ‘cause once you move up a World Tier, your items are useless any way.

    The magic is gone. It’s an endless twirl of hacking and slashing supported with zero incentive to keep going. Factor in, you’ll need to start over every three months in order to access the seasonal content.

    This is for sure the end of the Diablo series and it should be for Blizzard as well.    … Expand
  72. Zyloch
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I want to have fun playing this game, because it's Diablo and one of my favorite franchises. But every time I log on and try to play I find the gameplay loop just isn't rewarding. The Unique's are mostly useless and most of the item affixes don't even matter. I was a hardcore Diablo 3 player and I understand the game got a lot better after a year or two of patches and QoL updates. So II want to have fun playing this game, because it's Diablo and one of my favorite franchises. But every time I log on and try to play I find the gameplay loop just isn't rewarding. The Unique's are mostly useless and most of the item affixes don't even matter. I was a hardcore Diablo 3 player and I understand the game got a lot better after a year or two of patches and QoL updates. So I feel this is where Diablo 4 is. It's got an ok foundation, and it'll take another year or two for the possibility that the game will be enjoyable. In the meantime, there are many new games coming out that feel like a better waste of my precious time.… Expand
  73. Joesmo58
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Game sucks even more now after the patch. Was holding out they would actually add a proper end game or uniques that would be Game changers...none of this happened, all they did was nerf all damage while also reducing armour. This game was already an unpleasant grind fest, even more so now, with no rewards to show for it. No chase items just two stupid items that you'll never get, betterGame sucks even more now after the patch. Was holding out they would actually add a proper end game or uniques that would be Game changers...none of this happened, all they did was nerf all damage while also reducing armour. This game was already an unpleasant grind fest, even more so now, with no rewards to show for it. No chase items just two stupid items that you'll never get, better off playing real money lottery, odds are better. This is a far cry from previous diablos. Did the developers not learn anything in the last 11 years?? Jeez… Expand
  74. Joaogeddo
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I have little time to play, but I was finding it cool, playing as a sorcerer. I made it about halfway through the game and was excited about the evolution. But then came a patch that ended all possibilities for the endgame. I was quite disappointed.
  75. Vakhir
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The absolute core of the game is great - the graphics (both the pixels themselves and overall art direction) are fantastic for an isometric ARPG, the sound design is splendid (extremely atmospheric music, most sound effects have weighty punch), most abilities feel good to use (ignoring how resource-starved most specs are, just the feel of each button press).

    *HOWEVER*, even before this    The absolute core of the game is great - the graphics (both the pixels themselves and overall art direction) are fantastic for an isometric ARPG, the sound design is splendid (extremely atmospheric music, most sound effects have weighty punch), most abilities feel good to use (ignoring how resource-starved most specs are, just the feel of each button press).

    *HOWEVER*, even before this disastrous patch leading into the first season, Diablo 4 has a litany of issues. Endgame content is severely lacking. Dungeon design is terrible, with far-too-frequent backtracking and dead periods. Enemy density is poor at all levels, and I essentially never felt I was fighting enough monsters. The content all felt far, far too easy, including absurdly simply boss encounters, until you scale endgame nightmare dungeons up to the point where ranged enemies risk one-shotting squishy characters, which promotes gameplay where you just blast them in a second during CC before they kill you back. And Path of Exile already made (and couldn't figure out how to solve) that mistake. Speaking of squishy, need I bring up that the resistance stat, which necromancers and ESPECIALLY sorcerers primarily use, basically doesn't work? You could add a zero to how much mitigation it provides, and it would still be off by another factor of 5-10, it's really that bad. And Blizzard's solution can't come until... at least Season 2.

    There are more problems. Stash storage space is a joke, and I've heard basically nothing about fixes, such as being able to shift the aspect system completely into the game's codex, which would solve the issue almost entirely on its own. As it stands, I didn't even make a single alt during the game's launch because I had no room. While I absolutely didn't need the aspects I was holding onto, such as perfect rolls for skills that are currently bad and not worth using, why should I have to scrap those types of things and have to refarm them in the future if they become worth using?

    Any announced fixes take multiple seasons to go live. Blizzard has acknowledged at least SOME community problems, and fixes might not be coming until Season 2 or later. So many months post-launch. That's not just a lack of agility, that's a company with a complete inability to operate a game in 2023. I believe the issues are with getting the okay to push things live for consoles, which have a cert process, and if so - DON'T LAUNCH A GAME IN SUCH A PISS-POOR STATE THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND TO PROBLEMS.

    This was the game before the seasonal patch, which proceeded to make things worse. Basically anything you could think of got worse. Cooldown reduction, worse. The good DPS stats, worse. The worst spec at 80+ (Sorcerers)? Nerfed, more than the other specs! Fun! Stash problems? Made even worse because the season mechanic adds more stuff you have to store. Leveling speed? Slower. Armor, a necessary stat with resistances not working? Reduced. Damage reduction? Reduced. Were fun endgame activities added to spice up the gameplay with even a LITTLE variety? Nope. Can't be bothered with that. The same barely-populated dungeons with the same repeating indoor tilesets with the same "go find two buttons/levers and then backtrack because eff you and your enjoyment" design.

    I'm scoring this as a 1 just to avoid a possible sweep of all the 0s the game is currently receiving, but this is about as disappointed I've been in a game in a very, very long time. They had 10 years to work on this since Diablo 3 launched. And in that time they made the skeleton of a game, did a half-assed job balancing it, and decided to toss it out there so people could start paying them for battlepasses ASAP even though this is clearly in an early beta stage with content missing. Path of Exile has a huge list of 'seasonal' (league) mechanics that have been folded into the core gameplay loop, which are all playable in ADDITION to whatever mechanic is added to the current 'season' (league). Some are much more elaborate than others, even after being simplified as part of implementing them as a core aspect of gameplay, but there are all separate league mechanics: Expedition, Ritual, Heist, Delirium, Harvest, Blight, Betrayal, Legion, Breach, Bestiary, Delve, Harbinger, Beyond, Abyss, Incursion, Rogue Exiles, Strongboxes, Metamorph, Vaal maps, Torment. A few are *very* minor (Rogue Exiles, Torment), or don't represent much in the way of gameplay without using a separate talent tree to push their rewards (Rogue Exiles, Strongboxes), but others are very involved, including my favorite, Expedition. Yes, Path of Exile had many years to gain these and implement them one by one, but that's an indie studio that slowly grew the game (and its playerbase), not a behemoth like Activision/Blizzard. We didn't even get a tiny FRACTION of that sort of stuff in Diablo 4, and it really, really shows. My disappointment is immeasurable, and I only hope the game is fixed by 2025-2026.    … Expand
  76. HongerDonger
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Devs never listen and only plan on making the game worse with each patch
    Stay away if you're looking for a fun game
  77. Cert1f13d
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Very poorly implemented season, changes and class variety. Greed has lead the developer to push consumers to the ingame store...
  78. Salamangkero
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    My experience has become increasingly negative.

    I had fun playing Sorc in the previous months, joining legions, helltides, crawling dungeons, slaying world bosses, and unlocking Torment. Through it all, my Sorc showed signs of degeneration to complete irrelevance. It became really noticeable yesterday when I first saw the patch notes. And then: - All of my cooldowns have    My experience has become increasingly negative.

    I had fun playing Sorc in the previous months, joining legions, helltides, crawling dungeons, slaying world bosses, and unlocking Torment. Through it all, my Sorc showed signs of degeneration to complete irrelevance. It became really noticeable yesterday when I first saw the patch notes. And then:

    - All of my cooldowns have significantly increased
    - I started dying at the hands of monsters I could have easily killed
    - I couldn't get enemies to be vulnerable as easily as before
    - My mana seems to run out twice as fast and I couldn't regenerate it without running in circles for longer
    - I was no longer as effective in legions, and I started to feel envious of the Druids and Barbs as they run around making kills while I'm stuck without mana. Thrice I got successively killed when I never died in legions.

    Last night, I looked for answers and I found it on Reddit. Their answer? A bonfire. For what?

    - To justify why the recent patch needs to stay when they could have easily rolled it back?
    - To convince players that everything will be OK?
    - To sugarcoat what is apparent as a monetization-geared patch?
    - To convince players to stay invested in the game when they're the ones driving the latter away?

    In all, they seemed they wanted me to stop playing altogether.

    This morning, I log in and saw that Season 1 had launched. I still wanted to play Sorc but given that Blizzard has nerfed it to complete uselessness, I feel that the hours I've put in to level my character has gone to waste all because they wanted more money.

    I think it unfair that the problems I've been quietly whining about remain unaddressed:

    - The super slow XP gain
    - The very limited stash
    - Unbearable lags especially in events and when traveling through town
    - Useless loot drops (I no longer farm; ancient drops are merely incidental)
    - Frustratingly useless goblin drops
    - The luxurious mount and evade cooldowns
    - The store that really offers nothing affordable
    - The irritatingly repetitive quest of friends who wanted to purge evil and others

    I am a casual player, and if the above are my sentiments, I feel for those who play hardcore and those who really invest their time playing the game, figuring out the math behind skills and stats, etc.

    I thought that D4 is Blizzard's redemption from their greediness (not to mention the workplace lawsuits) but I guess I was wrong.    … Expand
  79. Scootypuff
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This game is now hot garbage. It wasn't great before but now the dev's have nerfed several things on the eternal realm to nudge people over to the seasonal realms to spend more money on the battle passes. I'm done with this dead company being puppeteered by Activision and Blobby KoDick
  80. jr_mint
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Leveling through the story felt great, I had plenty of options to experiment with my class and it was honestly a great experience. This game falls flat when it comes to the end game, and being a live service game makes Diablo IV an utter failure. At the time I was holding out hope that Blizzard would address the game's glaring issues in season 1, but they somehow managed to make it evenLeveling through the story felt great, I had plenty of options to experiment with my class and it was honestly a great experience. This game falls flat when it comes to the end game, and being a live service game makes Diablo IV an utter failure. At the time I was holding out hope that Blizzard would address the game's glaring issues in season 1, but they somehow managed to make it even worse... unreal.… Expand
  81. kickthebunny
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It was good until it wasn't. Nostalgia made me buy this game, the grind made me quit. I'd rather eat my own eyeballs then continue to play this garbage...it would be less painful.
  82. NokkNokk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Nothing but monetization and corporate greed, yet again. Ruined what should have been an awesome game. I anticipated this game greatly because I love D3, but I'm extremely disappointed and so tired of all the BS. Maybe one day they'll het back to making games for the PLAYERS and not for their quarterly profit reports. I'm be playing D3 and BG3 and be gone until, or if, these people decideNothing but monetization and corporate greed, yet again. Ruined what should have been an awesome game. I anticipated this game greatly because I love D3, but I'm extremely disappointed and so tired of all the BS. Maybe one day they'll het back to making games for the PLAYERS and not for their quarterly profit reports. I'm be playing D3 and BG3 and be gone until, or if, these people decide to ever put out a good game.… Expand
  83. POOTZ
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Terrible class balancing, lack of engaging end game, poor itemization, battle pass, unimaginative seasonal content, sub par inventory management, tedious renown farm. Hope for improvements, expectations low. Generally disappointed
  84. MrKins
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 as a base game is good. Atmosphere, gameplay, story and design are solid. The mechanics, the skill-tree, the replay value, lack of end-game content, copy-paste bosses and monsters(major lack of variety) are horrible. Every patch that the devs has put out has worsen the gameplay experience and 1.1 released prior to season 1 launch absolutely destroyed the overall game that I'mDiablo 4 as a base game is good. Atmosphere, gameplay, story and design are solid. The mechanics, the skill-tree, the replay value, lack of end-game content, copy-paste bosses and monsters(major lack of variety) are horrible. Every patch that the devs has put out has worsen the gameplay experience and 1.1 released prior to season 1 launch absolutely destroyed the overall game that I'm surprised something of this caliber with over 20 years of lessons that they should have learned has been ignored and what players are given is a half-assed cash grab instead. Reduced monsters? Reduced XP? Reduced damage? Reduced survivability? Reduced rewards? Reduced party-play? Reduced social aspect? Lack of items? Lack of skill builds? Lack of a GAME??? Get it together Blizzard/Activision.… Expand
  85. arizonarock
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Hello I'v been playing from the normal release until now.
    Did a level 100 druid and started a new one on the season.
    After around 3 hours its became clear to me that 5-7 new items will not make me waste another month of grinding levels and i ain't gonna do it with 50% nerf to all classes. The amount of "new content" is basically in a mobile game app monthly update amount or less. Game    Hello I'v been playing from the normal release until now.
    Did a level 100 druid and started a new one on the season.

    After around 3 hours its became clear to me that 5-7 new items will not make me waste another month of grinding levels and i ain't gonna do it with 50% nerf to all classes.
    The amount of "new content" is basically in a mobile game app monthly update amount or less.

    Game had great potential. Stupid developers killed it and wasted millions of people time.

    Game is also half backed with no working resistance systems. That fact did not stop the developers adding those stats to items and skills but its text only because the game don't have it in the system..

    Extremely limited loots for a looting game is just sad. You farm levels not gear.

    Limited inventory space and storage just to troll the players.

    No loot filter. No item filter.

    Skip it wait for normal developers or play baldur's gate 3    … Expand
  86. Trotzim
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    The most interesting part at start is the campaign story. Then, it should be the endgame… but the endgame content is way too insufficient and available activities are boring. Farming is not rewarding at all, nor from stuff perspective or feeling. You are only aggregating gold, that has no real utility, and materials, that you will use only few times. Competencies tree is too small,The most interesting part at start is the campaign story. Then, it should be the endgame… but the endgame content is way too insufficient and available activities are boring. Farming is not rewarding at all, nor from stuff perspective or feeling. You are only aggregating gold, that has no real utility, and materials, that you will use only few times. Competencies tree is too small, paragon’s boards are adding some interesting flavours but my feeling, at the end, is that only few combinations are working for a class.
    It’s not a bad game, not so buggy compared to some other AAA games. The problem is that, despite the fact you can retrieve some sensations from the first opuses, it’s a casual game not well balanced and very very repetitive, way too expensive for what it tries to bring (and failed to).    … Expand
  87. Nahhh
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Game is engineered to manipulate the player into the seasonal mode, wherein the game will pressure you via fomo and other sociological vectors to engage with the battle pass hoping you will make the purchase. This realization is made worse when you find out your character, on which you have been playing for potentially hundreds of hours, will be reset along with the battle pass… containingGame is engineered to manipulate the player into the seasonal mode, wherein the game will pressure you via fomo and other sociological vectors to engage with the battle pass hoping you will make the purchase. This realization is made worse when you find out your character, on which you have been playing for potentially hundreds of hours, will be reset along with the battle pass… containing exp boosts… how nice of blizzard to help us get back to where we were right… its almost like they know no one wants to be level one after spending hours of their life levelling to be max. Game is a waste of time, and a vehicle for blizzard to manipulate the player base into feeling ties to a battle pass… shameful game design from a company… Expand
  88. ungskim
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's less complete than indie games. Blizzard is no longer the Blizzard we used to know.… Expand
  89. PolytoxusRex
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    After playing 10 years of league of legends I've never seen a patch which destroys the overall from the game so much like D4 did with only one patch
    The game overall is finde, I had my fun but I thought patches are for quality of life changes and mostly bug fixes but taking out the fun of every aspect of the game? GG blizzard ...
  90. Veredes
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Diablo IV was okay before the 1.1.0 patch, after the patch it's hardly fun anymore. It takes ages to level up, your own damage is really bad and you just can't take any more damage. You no longer feel powerful. Main story and graphics are good.
  91. Penasaur
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is in early access and unfinished, there are just too many alternative games in this competitive market to recommend D4 in it's current state. The game has potential, but the lack of end game content and silly QOL (or lack of) issues really hold the game back from being even mediocre.… Expand
  92. Eiffel0325
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    從小時候暗黑二一路玩到暗黑四，這次即便價格高昂，也是買了終極豪華版，但最終的結果還是讓人傷透了心，我算是對這個系列甚至這間公司徹底的死心了，感覺不像是在玩遊戲，而是被遊戲操弄著，糟糕的優化，無聊的END GAME內容，謝謝你，暴雪，謝謝你帶給我曾經美好的回憶。
  93. axfu
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I was a huge fan since diablo 1 and now blizz has apparently ruined another game by patching it into something that's not worth playing anymore. Can we have more viable builds please? it dont want to play 2-3 classes with max 1 build each to be among something that tends to be fun. friggin' disappiontment!
  94. PeterPhoenix
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    The greed for money overcame the game's main purpose of being fun and entertaining.
  95. Morgolon
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This could have been a great game. The snails pace play style just kills it. For a loot hunt game, you don’t even know if there is real loot to be found. Class balance is completely busted. This game reminds me of one of those **** cash grab games you find on an iPhone. The campaign I felt was half written and disheartening. Listening to the devs in their last campfire chat…… I wouldThis could have been a great game. The snails pace play style just kills it. For a loot hunt game, you don’t even know if there is real loot to be found. Class balance is completely busted. This game reminds me of one of those **** cash grab games you find on an iPhone. The campaign I felt was half written and disheartening. Listening to the devs in their last campfire chat…… I would rather watch paint dry and listen to a used car salesman. I gave it a 1 cause the artwork/music is pretty good and that’s 10% of the game imho. 0 for the rest cause this is no fun and feels like an unpaid job.… Expand
  96. Ragnar_eu
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    uninstalled it, not even gonna wait for the full game release, tried the beta for 70 bucks, joined season 1 , again started with queues, then more queues, then some lag while i spawn, at the moment of me going to the new green dungeon for 2 hours i coudn't go inside, i spend 3 hours in the queue loading screen and stuff, one time... joke on you, second time, joke on me (diablo 3, wow ,uninstalled it, not even gonna wait for the full game release, tried the beta for 70 bucks, joined season 1 , again started with queues, then more queues, then some lag while i spawn, at the moment of me going to the new green dungeon for 2 hours i coudn't go inside, i spend 3 hours in the queue loading screen and stuff, one time... joke on you, second time, joke on me (diablo 3, wow , heroes of something, overwatch)… Expand
  97. emmett2112
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Played the series since the beginning. Diablo IV just does not have the "Magic".
    Was so looking forward to this. Season 1 did nothing to make me feel better about it.
  98. beer45
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Sorcerer class is too squishy to mobs and cc and items you need to better stay alive (that give resistances, etc) are currently bugged and there is no timetable promised of when to fix.

    It’s fun to play the campaign / casually but they introduce a lot of needless time delays just to make it take longer - like making you walk until level 40 (have to hit space bar to move on foot quicker    Sorcerer class is too squishy to mobs and cc and items you need to better stay alive (that give resistances, etc) are currently bugged and there is no timetable promised of when to fix.

    It’s fun to play the campaign / casually but they introduce a lot of needless time delays just to make it take longer - like making you walk until level 40 (have to hit space bar to move on foot quicker temporarily and then wait for a timer to be able hit space bar again), etc.

    World boss events start off fun, but then by later levels (WT4) - those fights end very very quickly when top geared players are in your party.    … Expand
  99. deckhead
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    The game has strong bones as a platform for creating fun experiences because I and many others have had undeniable fun and unique experiences. However a game is only as good as it's current state. The game is simply flat. By not rewarding the player enough to where they lose track of time and forge lasting memories to push a franchise into years of bottom line revenue, Blizzard is on theirThe game has strong bones as a platform for creating fun experiences because I and many others have had undeniable fun and unique experiences. However a game is only as good as it's current state. The game is simply flat. By not rewarding the player enough to where they lose track of time and forge lasting memories to push a franchise into years of bottom line revenue, Blizzard is on their way to having another IP that fails to live up to creating worlds that attract cult followings with undeniable recognition from their peers.

    As of 7/21/2023 I would not recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
  100. Isime
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Wow.. the old bait and switch. The price for admission is too damn high!
    Latest patch killed the game and now the newest update doesn't really help bring anyone back.

    D2 is still far superior and will continue to be moving forward.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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  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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