Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. KelsoS
    Aug 18, 2023
    1
    Disgusting cash grab of a game. Will play Diablo 2 - 3 for the rest of my days over this garbage.
  2. jabby33
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard gloats about making so much money breaking records and refuses to provide players with stable servers, while forcing online gameplay. Company solely cares about the cash grab while pushing minimum viable products.

    Loot is unrewarding, grinding post storyline is boring, inventory management is horrendous. Only reason giving it a 1 is the pre-release (stable servers)/storyline    Blizzard gloats about making so much money breaking records and refuses to provide players with stable servers, while forcing online gameplay. Company solely cares about the cash grab while pushing minimum viable products.

    Loot is unrewarding, grinding post storyline is boring, inventory management is horrendous. Only reason giving it a 1 is the pre-release (stable servers)/storyline playthrough.    … Expand
  3. ErnestHank
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    Made an account specifically to rate this.

    - You are basically paying Activision Blizzard $70 to beta test their game. And what you are beta testing is hardly worth it. - Build variety at the end game is non-existent. If you want to succeed, you must play a very limited set of builds. You are dead meat otherwise. - There are also many things that seem specifically designed to just    Made an account specifically to rate this.

    - You are basically paying Activision Blizzard $70 to beta test their game. And what you are beta testing is hardly worth it.
    - Build variety at the end game is non-existent. If you want to succeed, you must play a very limited set of builds. You are dead meat otherwise.
    - There are also many things that seem specifically designed to just keep you in the game longer, like the placement of various important NPCs and events. Walking simulator galore.
    - And don't get me started on the monetization. In a game that already costs a mind-boggling $70 upfront, to have this level of monetization should be criminalized.
    - The two things this game delivers upon are music and art. Not much else, unfortunately.

    Don't waste your money and your time. Wait until the game is at least half the price and enough time has passed for it to have maybe left early access. Maybe. Other than that, Activision Blizzard have delivered yet another massive disappointment.    … Expand
  4. a0916504481
    Aug 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 每次改版真的很無言，越改越差，還偷偷私下修改，常常lag 我只是很好奇怎麼（不先優化遊戲呢）？ 一直暗改玩家數值！ 以後暗黑系列絕對不會再買了！根本買火大的！… Expand
  5. Velaseri
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    I am so glad I didn't buy this, I played when I visited my sister, I spent 3 days playing waiting for the game to become fun. I thought after 50 all this tedious crap will end. It didn't.

    The gear is bad, the gameplay is boring, the storage tabs and skill tree is limiting. Waiting since diablo 2 to play a druid in diablo again, and it was a tragic mess. Not to mention the online only,    I am so glad I didn't buy this, I played when I visited my sister, I spent 3 days playing waiting for the game to become fun. I thought after 50 all this tedious crap will end. It didn't.

    The gear is bad, the gameplay is boring, the storage tabs and skill tree is limiting. Waiting since diablo 2 to play a druid in diablo again, and it was a tragic mess. Not to mention the online only, and cashshop!

    Activision have completely destroyed the series, for a fast buck, and because it's online only we can't rely on modders to fix it, or add any quality of life that activision never will.

    It's not even worth $20, so if you have to get it, wait until a large sale.    … Expand
  6. jrf773
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    I have been a fan of the Diablo series for many years (over two decades) and I played Diablo 1 on my submarine, and it was a crew favorite. Played D2 on my second submarine, where it was also a crew favorite, loved the PvP with all of us sitting in crew's mess hooked up via lan cables and nuking each other. D3 was ok, got better with time. D4? Oh my... What a trash game made by a trashI have been a fan of the Diablo series for many years (over two decades) and I played Diablo 1 on my submarine, and it was a crew favorite. Played D2 on my second submarine, where it was also a crew favorite, loved the PvP with all of us sitting in crew's mess hooked up via lan cables and nuking each other. D3 was ok, got better with time. D4? Oh my... What a trash game made by a trash company. Oh how the once great company that was Blizzard entertainment has fallen, only to be replace by Bli$$ard Craptainment, only here to empty your wallet.

    This game could be good. It could be, if it had competent developers that knew anything about how to make an ARPG, let alone even played one. It would also need a competent management team that were interested in anything but egregious monetization practices and fleecing the customer out of every nickle and dime that they bring home with overpriced cosmetics that cost more than some far superior full feature games. It would also need to be made by a company that was worth a plugged nickle and had some standards of decency and moral fiber.

    The core game loop is there, and it is somewhat fun, if not repetitive. Basic quality of life features that should be present from launch are absent (but hey, the microtransaction store works, and got fixed before anything else did...) the lack of understanding how their own game works, and a seemingly unable to fix something without breaking something else. Not to mention nerfing the living **** out of several classes after people had spent a serious time commitment to get the top first world 100's, then wrecking that commitment. So on and so forth. There is not enough storage, and the morons developing the game can't add more, supposedly because the game loads in all of the stash tabs of all the people around you. I think this is a bald face lie, as why would you make this design decision as a developer? It isn't logical, it severs no purpose, and is just idiotic. I don't know why they won't add more, but it is bad. I don't think they are capable of figuring out their own program, because they are incompetent and have a lackadaisical knowledge of there own game. This is what happens when you hire based off of qualities to fill a certain quota for a certain type of people, and don't hire passions and talent. It shows in this game, it is designed to waste your time, and it shows. Junkyard conflagration bad.

    Why no gem storage separate of your other storage? Why such a low limit on crafting stuff at launch? Why no loot filter? Why do resistances not work? Why are Overpower, Crit and Vulnerability so powerful, and the other stats are just kinda junk? Why is there no basic stats on all gear, like in D3 (like life and Will/Dex/Str? These are basic questions that should have been figured out before launch, not now. Why so many worthless stats? Why so many stats? Over 75% of them could be eliminated and nobody would notices.

    The campaign is OK, story is OK, but man, that little turd Neyrelle kinda ruins the whole thing. End game is bad. Like do the same thing over and over and over and over, and once you get past a certain point, it feels like you don't really get any upgrades, and get random **** that doesn't really do anything but make you say WTF? Killing mobs at your level or higher, only to have them drop a **** legendary that is 20 or 30 levels lower. Getting an outstanding build defining unique or legendary, only to have it be bad, because it is 30 levels lower and has garbage stats. And rerolling? You can afford to do it once.. Don't try and trade it, else you'll get banned, as you have no way of knowing if the dude you are trading with has dirty exploited gold or not

    Long and short of it is Overpriced garbage , Bad game, designed by incompetent dev clowns, Bozo and crew could've done better. Bad company that supports bad practices, and that leads to a **** product that you'd be better off not purchasing, saving your time and money for some else that respects your time and money, and this **** product isn't it.    … Expand
  7. grandchefpanda
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    The campaign was fun despite the heavy stuttering due to the game not being optimized, I was still leveling my sorcerer character when the season 1 dropped and they removed all the fun of the non seasonal characters by removing at least 25% of the characters damages to force you to play the season. Tried a little but it became soooo boring to do the all the grinding. I've discovered theThe campaign was fun despite the heavy stuttering due to the game not being optimized, I was still leveling my sorcerer character when the season 1 dropped and they removed all the fun of the non seasonal characters by removing at least 25% of the characters damages to force you to play the season. Tried a little but it became soooo boring to do the all the grinding. I've discovered the game needed you to make it your second job to be able to go at the end of the season pass.
    Because of that I can't give a good score. 6/10 before season 1, it lasted a month.    … Expand
  8. Rockthahouse
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    Cant believe how messed up this game is. If you just want to play the campaign and then leave the game, go for it. But if you want to delve deeper, just dont waste your time. You need ages to find the items you need to play certain builds, and once you find them there is nothing left for you to do in this game.
    The Endboss is so ridiculously hard, that if you are not a pro gamer you have    Cant believe how messed up this game is. If you just want to play the campaign and then leave the game, go for it. But if you want to delve deeper, just dont waste your time. You need ages to find the items you need to play certain builds, and once you find them there is nothing left for you to do in this game.
    The Endboss is so ridiculously hard, that if you are not a pro gamer you have 0 chance to beat it, if you dont use a cheese.    … Expand
  9. kjcm2000
    Aug 28, 2023
    1
    40+ Diablo series fan here.
    D4 became boring much much faster than any of the other Diablo games. There is nothing to do after a certain lvl. The game really sucks, which is also really sad to see.
  10. Tarunek
    Aug 30, 2023
    1
    Campaign is good but the game offers nothing in end game and takes too long to level up character in the higher levels. It has no replayability value. It asks for mindless grinding with nothing but a broken 1 hit boss fight at the end for which skills or stats don't matter.All that
  11. Aperfc
    Aug 30, 2023
    1
    Campaign was actually pretty good but everything that comes afterwards is tedious, boring and repetitive. Feels very half baked.
  12. EnkiEcruffy
    Sep 4, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 makes me feel bad for the artists that put an effort in environment art, design, and animation for a game that wasted so much potential and time.
  13. Gajuszceplus
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Worst possible way to spend money on. an why i have to type 75 characters when game is absolute grabage and its not worth of me typing.
  14. End0rphin3
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a mistake. After playing some hours you dont have ANY reason to play more in this game. Its overpriced crap. Waste of time and money.… Expand
  15. GabryaelL
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately, I chose to ignore reviews on the game as I have been a long standing fan of the Diablo series. However, while there are some elements of the game that I do find absolutely enjoyable, its little things that have crept in which have led to a lot of disdain for this game. You only have to read the reviews to know that we are all struggling with the same issues. I findUnfortunately, I chose to ignore reviews on the game as I have been a long standing fan of the Diablo series. However, while there are some elements of the game that I do find absolutely enjoyable, its little things that have crept in which have led to a lot of disdain for this game. You only have to read the reviews to know that we are all struggling with the same issues. I find teleporting in and out of areas leads to disconnects to the server. Consumables disappear due to dying and/or disconnects, and some of the consumables take a great deal of time to prepare. Resistances, seem irrelevant, even consumable resistance elixirs and so on. In general, the grinding is just the same old same old, with very little extra than increasing enemy health and damage, and the stun effects - OMF it may just be the worse Ive had to endure in a Diablo game. I hope Blizzard goes out of business because they have become so big without giving a crap to the legacy of Diablo. The money is important, but the overall experience of this game is evident Blizzard no longer understands what it means to make a long standing game. D2 was by far the best.… Expand
  16. Syllean
    Sep 12, 2023
    1
    I loved Diablo 3 and may even go back for new seasons from time to time. It's fast paced and fun.

    Diablo 4 is the opposite. It's a slog. The season grind is brutal. Who wants to spend weeks trying to reach max level in a seasonal game? There is no real end game other than grinding boring things that you have done before to get gear that is overly complicated and generally feels    I loved Diablo 3 and may even go back for new seasons from time to time. It's fast paced and fun.

    Diablo 4 is the opposite. It's a slog. The season grind is brutal. Who wants to spend weeks trying to reach max level in a seasonal game? There is no real end game other than grinding boring things that you have done before to get gear that is overly complicated and generally feels unrewarding. I had high hopes but Blizzard has risen to my lowest expectations. This is a terrible game and it is probably beyond redemption without a major rewrite.    … Expand
  17. Roryzilla
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    Blizzard ruined Diablo.

    The entire world scales to the player level, meaning no matter what you do or where you go, the challenge and difficulty level feels exactly the same. Sure you get new items and skills, but it still feels like it takes the same amount of hits to kill enemies no matter what level you are. Itemization is confusing, and it feels as though you are always making a    Blizzard ruined Diablo.

    The entire world scales to the player level, meaning no matter what you do or where you go, the challenge and difficulty level feels exactly the same. Sure you get new items and skills, but it still feels like it takes the same amount of hits to kill enemies no matter what level you are.

    Itemization is confusing, and it feels as though you are always making a trade-off when equipping a new item. There are very few times where you will equip an item and it will be a net positive improvement. A lot of items also offer boosts to specific skills, meaning you'll need to pay to respec your character to invest in a certain skill to maximize your damage. Charging the player to do this seems diabolical.

    There aren't that many memorable bosses, the open world is flat out boring and empty feeling, and the multiplayer system doesn't make sense. There is no way to matchmake and join groups, and there is also no offline single player mode.

    I know exactly what Blizzard is doing with this game and I'm not going to waste my time. I got this game for free and I'm still upset and uninstalling it. I will now check out Path of Exile. Blizzard, RIP.    … Expand
  18. luq
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Amazing graphics and sound. Terrible end-game. Patch feels horrible as everything feels slower.
  19. Fuz
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    - There shouldn't be a shop in a **** full priced game.
    - Always online for a single player game
  20. ikatomas
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    weak gameplay. repetitive. a cash grab
    Felt like Blizzard designed a game listening to MBA engagement metrics.
    Trying to add engagement by nerfing every viable class in the metagame is not adding more content.

    I miss the days when blizzard cared about making good videogames
  21. Francisc
    Aug 4, 2023
    0
    There are so many better, MORE FUN, LESS **** ARPG's out there to play. Avoid this one. This game has major problems. Fundamental problems that won't be resolved for years.
  22. hobodave
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    I’m baffled by this game. I’ve got about 150 hrs of playtime. It was a blast playing through the campaign. Then endgame grinding started around level 50, and really slowed down around 70. I started to get bored around level 85 since everything was so slow to level up. After about 3 weeks, they release a patch that boosts experience for nightmare dungeons and other endgame activities. II’m baffled by this game. I’ve got about 150 hrs of playtime. It was a blast playing through the campaign. Then endgame grinding started around level 50, and really slowed down around 70. I started to get bored around level 85 since everything was so slow to level up. After about 3 weeks, they release a patch that boosts experience for nightmare dungeons and other endgame activities. I can actually see my xp bar move now. They buff and tweak a bunch of things. So far so good.

    Fast forward to day before S1. Global xp nerf. Global defense nerf. Global damage nerf. What?! Prior to this patch, my level 100 rogue was clearing Tier 50-55 nightmare dungeons easily. I could push to 60, but that was sketchy and I died a lot. Post patch I try the lowest tier NM I have on hand: 51. I die 4x and am kicked out of the dungeon within 3 minutes. Wow. I crafted and tried a 45 next. Died twice and barely made it through. I don’t get it. I’m not pushing tier 100 and crushing it easily. I haven’t even killed Uber Lilith yet. Sure, I play 20-25 hrs a week, but I’m by no means elite. I only have a single 100 character. The game became objectively less fun. For what?

    I speculate that the team that worked on Season 1 realized their content wasn’t well balanced and wouldn’t keep players engaged for 3 months, and instead of addressing the issues in the season, they simply slowed down the game and made it harder. Meh.    … Expand
  23. UhMing
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Skip this game. It's a $60 game where they sell you battle passes, and they they slow down gameplay and leveling so you wouldn't be able to complete battle pass in sane time and would be forced to buy battle pass levels for $2 a level.

    Also, fun drop rates where you will be unable to get build defining items in 100 levels, and where you have gear which drops once in lifetime and then    Skip this game. It's a $60 game where they sell you battle passes, and they they slow down gameplay and leveling so you wouldn't be able to complete battle pass in sane time and would be forced to buy battle pass levels for $2 a level.

    Also, fun drop rates where you will be unable to get build defining items in 100 levels, and where you have gear which drops once in lifetime and then you cannot use it if you start playing in new season
    Also, socrcerer.    … Expand
  24. TwiTu
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    This is a joke, right?
    $70 for repeating tiles on a map (so that I literally have to repeatedly look at the big map to confirm Im not running in a circle), low texture quality, movies now in in-game graphics mostly, like in WoW (which looks horrible up close), MMO-like quests (get 10 of this and that), you can now get stunlocked by mobs and cant even use a potion while that happens. And    This is a joke, right?
    $70 for repeating tiles on a map (so that I literally have to repeatedly look at the big map to confirm Im not running in a circle), low texture quality, movies now in in-game graphics mostly, like in WoW (which looks horrible up close), MMO-like quests (get 10 of this and that), you can now get stunlocked by mobs and cant even use a potion while that happens. And on top theres also a battlepass.

    I wanted to give Blizzard another chance, but basically scamming me like that (at least I didnt get the $100 version), for a lazily produced POS like this? I wont forget that ever.
    They are lucky there are no returns possible, and they obviously designed the game so that you cant see the biggest issues in the first 2 hours of the game (where a refund is possible). I wont forget that either.
    Oh yeah, it also has massive loading-stutters, even on the fastest SSD you can get and massive rubberbanding, even when youre just on your own. You can and will die to both.    … Expand
  25. PCforever
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Forces Anti Aliasing on you and doesn't give you a choice to turn it off. Yes "Low" is NOT off. It is visual vomit. Don't you love it when game devs force you to blur up your visuals with AA you can't turn off? GFY blizzard.
  26. EpicRenaissance
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    d4 bad

    PoE miles ahead. This game is just a pure cashgrab. Blizzard is dead.
  27. Boro666
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    It's hard to believe how bad is Diablo IV. I can't comprehend how can they charge us 70 EUR for Diablo Immortal 2. It looks and plays like that mobile cash grab. Sure, for now it's not as bad, but wait for the season 1 to start. They will unleash their usual micro-transaction hell and this game will be basically all about paid skins. Because let's be honest - campaign in this one is a jokeIt's hard to believe how bad is Diablo IV. I can't comprehend how can they charge us 70 EUR for Diablo Immortal 2. It looks and plays like that mobile cash grab. Sure, for now it's not as bad, but wait for the season 1 to start. They will unleash their usual micro-transaction hell and this game will be basically all about paid skins. Because let's be honest - campaign in this one is a joke and you can't really play it in a loop like before. Majority of the game are lazy fetch quests. Really, in 2023, in a game developed for like a decade by a multimillion corporation? There are indie games that are much better than this one, developed by few dudes in a garage... But OK, let's say it's simply a hack'n'slash game. All you do is slay monsters and loot. OK, but where are those monsters and all that loot? Maps are basically barren copy paste fields with a very limited variety of enemies scattered thin. Most things you get are basically useless junk. Even those legendary items are semi-useful at best in most cases. Also your skill tree is extremely limited and only handful of them are useful. Why did they even added those skills if they don't work? Why bother? Just give me fireball that works and stop pretending. But with monster scaling it would be probably useless anyway. I love that when you level you actually hindering yourself, because monsters are levelling too and become bullet sponges with zillion HP. It's really fun to fight one goat man for like 2 minutes. But man, there are so many bad choices in this game, that it's hard to write a review and put it all in it. So forget gameplay. From the technical standpoint I'm also not amazed. Sure, it looks better than Diablo 2 or 3, but it doesn't look like a 2023 game. I play in 4K on ultra (with that UHD patch) and everything is blurry, low detail, especially ground textures remind me of Doom 3... what the heck man? Also light is badly made. There's clearly no ray tracing and balance in lighting. You have those blinding lanterns and 2m from them it's pure darkness. They also try to scatter, but they really know nothing about coding, so it only adds more blur and make it foggy. I have a good gaming rig - 5800X, 32RAM 4000MHz and RTX3090. And it's barely giving me stable 60-70fps... Really? In a game looking like it was made 15 years ago? And the camera - oh boy, I love those off screen attacks and no awareness of the surroundings, because I'm forced to play with a FOV set for 70" TVs. Haha, and that console HUD, with totally unintuitive and illegible quest tracking, no journal, never-ending tabs and so on. But the real cherry on top is the requirement to be always online. It's not a MMO. I want to play it solo and offline, like a real Diablo game, and not be bothered during campaign by hundreds of other players with insulting or stupid nicks. I don't want your 3 repetitive events and all that useless pseudo MMO BS.

    As for my rating for the game. It this was an indie game, I would give it strong 5/10. Nice effort, maybe after some patching and a lot of development it could be good. But Diablo IV was made by one of the largest developers on this planet! They had basically unlimited budget and resources... and a lot of time. Nearly a decade. And they made this? 0/10. All those 10/10 reviews from mainstream media are a lie to trick you into buying this mediocre, at best, game.    … Expand
  28. Stigmat
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    For a major company that took so much time...where is the innovation? Money prevails ts clear to me now... Sad repetitive gameplay...I have played this game hundreds of times in the last 20 years. To be honest it's still kinda addictive...but for how long? Let's see if the end game is worth something.
  29. Wildheart187
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This new patch is a good advertisement for POE 2. But one thing can you say, blizzard are great on destroying their own games
  30. XQ99
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Killed their own game before we even got Season 1. **Fun detected** Quick lets ruin it for everyone.
  31. pasido
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It's a shame how a totally well built and polished game got ruined by extremely incompetent devs who wont allow anyone to have fun. Deserves all the negative reviews. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
  32. notacarebear
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    You know a blizzard game is real trash when it falls to an average score of 4 and nobody is talking about its "wokeness". D4/10 was in development and then activion called Joe: what are you doing a full game!?? We will have to sell dlcs. Now all the balancing/patches is based around the next expansion. Cant' wait to see how they will bribe cc with "drops" to inflate hype in s1.
  33. MasterPJ
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Casual player review - Got to 75 in Season 0. Excited to see what new things were coming in Season 1. Took a week off work to play Season 1 undisturbed. Completely let down by the 'removal of all things fun' update. Clearly a way to get people to pay for level skipping. Excited about playing now? No. Any changes they make now will come after my scheduled days off. I mean did they justCasual player review - Got to 75 in Season 0. Excited to see what new things were coming in Season 1. Took a week off work to play Season 1 undisturbed. Completely let down by the 'removal of all things fun' update. Clearly a way to get people to pay for level skipping. Excited about playing now? No. Any changes they make now will come after my scheduled days off. I mean did they just forget to have Bob in the office for a week? Who is Bob? The only employee who plays the game at Blizzard. Really let down.… Expand
  34. ArtemusDE
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Just does not motivate to play in the endgame. Too many bad decisions by Blizzard leading to friction everywhere. Ignoring player feedback in the beta test and then nurfing while the game is live takes away the fun of planning and investing in a build. The game makes countless mistakes that have been avoided by Last Epoch and Path of Exile.
  35. russiandobby
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Overall, Diablo 4 has become a shadow of what it was intended to be. The latest patch has drained all the fun and excitement out of the game, leaving players disheartened and searching for what once was. While the potential for redemption still exists, the development team must listen to the community's feedback and address these issues promptly. Until then, Diablo 4 remains aOverall, Diablo 4 has become a shadow of what it was intended to be. The latest patch has drained all the fun and excitement out of the game, leaving players disheartened and searching for what once was. While the potential for redemption still exists, the development team must listen to the community's feedback and address these issues promptly. Until then, Diablo 4 remains a disappointing and frustrating experience that fails to capture the magic of its predecessors.… Expand
  36. crityco
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As July 19 the game is repetitive, boring, grindy and just not fun anymore. Corpo killed it by greed!
  37. Scerion
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    A complete downgrade from D3 (after the D3 AH was removed at least). It's a long slog to have to do all side quests, dungeons, find statues and explore every single cm of the map to earn renown for paragon points, and after the main story there's literally nothing to do except the tree chores, or running the same dungeons over and over again in the hope of finding some loot. The class IA complete downgrade from D3 (after the D3 AH was removed at least). It's a long slog to have to do all side quests, dungeons, find statues and explore every single cm of the map to earn renown for paragon points, and after the main story there's literally nothing to do except the tree chores, or running the same dungeons over and over again in the hope of finding some loot. The class I played, sorcerer, was incredibly weak, and dull to play. There's no variety in events, only a few types of mob, same assets used in all areas. Just a weak effort from the formerly great company, now no more than a name in Activision's stable. All the talent left Blizzard, and it shows. Absolutely not worth the £90 I paid. There are indie games at £5 that have better longevity, and are more fun to play.… Expand
  38. farside79
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I LOVE Diablo. I can still remember playing D2 all through college with friends, ALL NIGHT even on exam nights. Then I played D3 for years. I LOVE ARPG's - am also a huge fan of POE. I bought the 100 dollar edition and begin playing during early access. The leveling experience is pretty terrible. It is slow and clunky and there is zero power fantasy. Later on (I am now 75) it is a big quicker and there is some power fantasy but no where near ARPG levels of power fantasy. Dungeons take forever. Helltide events are unrewarding and cumbersome. Navigating with the horse is horrendous. Constantly running. Major nerfs to popular builds and the paragon tree 2 days after early release. There is no mass variety of builds. Everyone is playing the same 1-3 builds. I wanted this to be a game I could sink my teeth into and play for the next 10 years. AS it stands, I think I will likely hang it up in a few days and go back to POE and wait for POE 2. It is worth noting that level scaling DOES NOT BELONG in an ARPG.

    Update: Now level 90. I can play for HOURS and not find a single upgrade or new item of any kind. ARPG's are about loot and it seems Blizzard forgot this. The loot is boring and uninspired. Very de-motivational.

    Monster density is bizarre. In some dungeons, I can go through 4-6 super large rooms and encounter 1-2 mobs, period. What? This is Diablo. Where the heck are the monsters/demons?    … Expand
  39. nightchopper
    Jul 13, 2023
    0
    Total disaster. It's not worth a penny. Just say good-bye good old nerdy blizz.
  40. DreadLordAvatar
    Jul 11, 2023
    0
    I've been playing RPGs since the early 90's starting with Ultima Underworld. Played D1/2/3 for decades now. Huge fan of PoE. Was extremely excited for D4, a MMOARPG, only played Server Slam but it was ok, played up to lvl 20, still had high hopes that the beta was just barebones scraps and that the full game would be way improved and the real deal. The 4 days of early access was prettyI've been playing RPGs since the early 90's starting with Ultima Underworld. Played D1/2/3 for decades now. Huge fan of PoE. Was extremely excited for D4, a MMOARPG, only played Server Slam but it was ok, played up to lvl 20, still had high hopes that the beta was just barebones scraps and that the full game would be way improved and the real deal. The 4 days of early access was pretty fun, worth it just to experience and explore a new Diablo world over the weekend. Completed campaign, very painful experience, skipped all the insufferable dialog. Server performance was solid, amazing graphics and wonderful music. Once public launch, servers died and unstable. Now over a week of playing and gaining more knowledge of the game and what it offers, I’ve lost all interest, doing quests and dungeons is just absolutely boring, same garbage over and over. Items are boring, gem mods are boring, everything that made items in D2 great is again completely missing in D4. Diablo doesn't even show up in the game, like what? Character leveling is a drag, no feelings of power improvements, level 1 is the same as level 100, very slow xp gain. Skill tree is very basic (zero build depth), Paragon board is a joke (zero build variety depth). The map world is huge but it looks all the same everywhere, no notable monuments or land features in any part of the world. Very disappointing game in the end. Diablo 4 is a very misleading product, no Diablo in game, plays worse than D3 and D2, Blizzard lied to everyone. Longevity and fun factor are the true measures of a successful ARPG and D4 totally fails at both. I had to downgrade my rating from a 2 to a 0. D4 ís the absolute worst ARPG game of all time. Blizzard makes garbage games now, what a shame.… Expand
  41. Ferinal
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Does nothing new for the genre just a boring, soulless rehash of D3 mechanics but worse. Actively tries to annoy you at every pass with glitchy gameplay and disconnects. One of the worse horse/travel implementations of any game to date, gets hung up on every bit of terrain possible and you can't engage the spur ability until you are so far out of town it is comical.
    The build system is    Does nothing new for the genre just a boring, soulless rehash of D3 mechanics but worse. Actively tries to annoy you at every pass with glitchy gameplay and disconnects. One of the worse horse/travel implementations of any game to date, gets hung up on every bit of terrain possible and you can't engage the spur ability until you are so far out of town it is comical.
    The build system is horrible, you basically play the same skills from level 25 on and it gets old an tired quickly. The leveling system makes sure you never feel as powerful as you were when you were low level. Just absolute garbage from people who should have known better.    … Expand
  42. acidnightmare
    Jul 4, 2023
    0
    Played the beta - did not find it was fun at all, but gave it a chance, bought the full game and forced my self over and over again to log back in to at least see the endgame. I did not make it there yet and I completely lost interest in the game. The complete game and gameplay just does not feel any addicting. It's so incredible boring and unmotivating. I can just not recommend this game.Played the beta - did not find it was fun at all, but gave it a chance, bought the full game and forced my self over and over again to log back in to at least see the endgame. I did not make it there yet and I completely lost interest in the game. The complete game and gameplay just does not feel any addicting. It's so incredible boring and unmotivating. I can just not recommend this game. It is just NO FUN at all. But my respect for blizzard wo again managed to fool everyone to an incredible hype.… Expand
  43. Qoosh
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    They managed to do the impossible, with their latest patch 1.1. Removed the Action in ARPG, and turned in into a mobile game grind fest. Don't waste your time with this.
  44. OlafBiggles
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    A game with such promise, ruined. Blizzard is no longer the company that built its reputation. Fast destroying itself.
  45. valrond
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Great when it works.
    It's a Diablo game. You kill monsters, get loot, improve, rinse, repeat. Good gameplay, although a bit too basic. Too easy on world 1.
    Now, the game is forced online, so, when the servers don't work, like right now, you can't play. That's the definition of a broken game, hence the 1. score. Update. After the lastest "patch", which is probably the biggest nerf bat    Great when it works.
    It's a Diablo game. You kill monsters, get loot, improve, rinse, repeat. Good gameplay, although a bit too basic. Too easy on world 1.
    Now, the game is forced online, so, when the servers don't work, like right now, you can't play. That's the definition of a broken game, hence the 1. score.
    Update. After the lastest "patch", which is probably the biggest nerf bat I've ever seen, and a giant FU to the players, it gets a ZERO. Just don't play this thing.    … Expand
  46. twinsen13579
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    1. Always online DRM -- no offline.
    2. Built in shop with expensive transactions.
    3. Battle pass on top of multiple editions cost 4. Server queues for long logins and crashes. 5. Predatory button placement to sucker people in to activating premium battle passes. 6. No Diablo in a Diablo game. The game play is tedious and meant to drive retention for live service purchases. This is    1. Always online DRM -- no offline.
    2. Built in shop with expensive transactions.
    3. Battle pass on top of multiple editions cost
    4. Server queues for long logins and crashes.
    5. Predatory button placement to sucker people in to activating premium battle passes.
    6. No Diablo in a Diablo game.

    The game play is tedious and meant to drive retention for live service purchases. This is a diablo game only by name, just as Blizzard is now a below average game dev company only by name. All of the old guard is gone and this "new blizzard" is just trying to cash in on beloved IPs for as long as possible.    … Expand
  47. dasboot
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Loved beta, server slam and first 2 weeks of D4.

    Then things started getting bad.

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

    Why do you hate your customers Blizzard?
  48. fith
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Patch Notes 1.10a
    - Fixed multiple issues where players have fun
    - Fixed multiple issues where players weren't weak enough | Developers Note: Since resistances are broke and we aren't fixing them until season 2 (next | season), we figured we'd reduce armor to the point it barely works as well. - Fixed multiple issues where EXP gain seemed reasonable - Fixed multiple issues where    Patch Notes 1.10a
    - Fixed multiple issues where players have fun
    - Fixed multiple issues where players weren't weak enough
    | Developers Note: Since resistances are broke and we aren't fixing them until season 2 (next
    | season), we figured we'd reduce armor to the point it barely works as well.

    - Fixed multiple issues where EXP gain seemed reasonable
    - Fixed multiple issues where players were able to get helltide rewards in a reasonable time
    - Reduced overall game enjoyment 50-100%

    EDIT: *Dev Stream Backpedal* : "We realize that what we did is bad and we're putting out a patch Soon™ that will make the game better" (without actually committing to rolling back anything). So the current state of the game is still garbage.    … Expand
  49. twisterforever
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    Very bad that in 2023 a multiplayer game like D4 has no group finder....lol
    Anyway one of the most boring game i have ever played...
  50. POOPHAMMER
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I can not believe they are charging 70 dollars for this pile of crap, this is robbery
  51. mindrust8
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    This game is simply a polished diablo 3. If you hated d3, you will hate this game even more. Same stupid story, same stupid character designs, stupid artwork, flashing uniques, bad inventory design... everything about this game stinks. Had they come up with a different name like Demonoid4 or something then I wouldn't have any problems with it but they are using the Diablo name and thisThis game is simply a polished diablo 3. If you hated d3, you will hate this game even more. Same stupid story, same stupid character designs, stupid artwork, flashing uniques, bad inventory design... everything about this game stinks. Had they come up with a different name like Demonoid4 or something then I wouldn't have any problems with it but they are using the Diablo name and this simply isn't a diablo game. It is something else. This is false advertising. This is a scam. Don't buy.… Expand
  52. Zanux
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    The developers have made fools of themselves. How sad it all is. After Blizzard Campfire...Uninstalling in... 3,2,1.
  53. Razzeus
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    I've played every Diablo title extensively. The failure of this game tops even Diablo 3, because of the incredible company-wide amnesia led them to make all the exact same mistakes. Boring, lonely, restrictive. It'll be worth looking at again in 5 years when they desperately try to save face a la D3.
  54. m9l5t1
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Level scaling ruins what could have been a great game. I love a lot of things about this game but I just can't get behind this level scaling system. Really ruins the feeling of character progression. I haven't had any of those cool "oh **** moments where I run into an area that's too high level I have to go grind for. Everything feels equally difficult the whole game through and I neverLevel scaling ruins what could have been a great game. I love a lot of things about this game but I just can't get behind this level scaling system. Really ruins the feeling of character progression. I haven't had any of those cool "oh **** moments where I run into an area that's too high level I have to go grind for. Everything feels equally difficult the whole game through and I never feel like I get a noticeable power spike.

    Things that are a big turn off and will probably kill the game long term for me are:
    - Level scaling
    - Limited trading
    - And meh itemization    … Expand
  55. jcomedynow
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    Buggy AF. You might have seen the story of the first player to make to level 100 on hardcore mode. His game crashed and his character perma-died. That happened to me also. The signs of shoddy design are all over the place
  56. Coasted
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    - Don't respect players time
    - Artificially slowed everything down by gutting XP and the leveling experience while simultaneously adding XP boosters to the PAID Battle pass. They even made it longer to teleport out of dungeons
    - Nerfs across the board, and they didn't bother to test the consequences. 2 classes completely gutted, the Sorc being the main one losing 80%+ of their damage    - Don't respect players time
    - Artificially slowed everything down by gutting XP and the leveling experience while simultaneously adding XP boosters to the PAID Battle pass. They even made it longer to teleport out of dungeons
    - Nerfs across the board, and they didn't bother to test the consequences. 2 classes completely gutted, the Sorc being the main one losing 80%+ of their damage
    - Not one single QoL was addressed in the patch of many things players brought forward since launch. Not a single damn one
    - Repetitive boring gameplay with absolutely 0 farming potential

    Then the loot, oh the damn loot is Terrible, absolutely beyond terrible. There are way too many modifiers in the game. If Diablo 4 doesn't give decent loot, then what is the game good for? End game? Forget it, the terribad loot system ensures there is no end game    … Expand
  57. armchairjerk
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    Theres nothing under the flashy paint coat and game name. Stay away, I wish I did.
  58. Lozsta
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Great fun until you realise the endgame is just rinse and repeat, not get the gear you want sell/trash it, try again. The S1 patch was the worst, a build that was "working" is now useless. As for the lesser spotted "ultra" unique items, they are only for the NA and Asian markets as the EU was asleep when they went into drop "overdrive" (~140ish).

    On the surface it is the spiritual    Great fun until you realise the endgame is just rinse and repeat, not get the gear you want sell/trash it, try again. The S1 patch was the worst, a build that was "working" is now useless. As for the lesser spotted "ultra" unique items, they are only for the NA and Asian markets as the EU was asleep when they went into drop "overdrive" (~140ish).

    On the surface it is the spiritual successor to D3 but really it is just not fun to never get the gear your build needs. Then having to tweak a bit of gear makes the gold tap go into overdrive!

    Avoid if you've not got it already.    … Expand
  59. Rhinogamer
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The developers are ruining the game for all of the players. The patches have been so bad that multiple gaming magazines have published articles about how bad the Pre-Season patch for Season 1 has been. Players are outraged.
  60. BlueSlime
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    The visuals are good and the story story is fairly interesting; Blizzard as usual is good at making cinematics. The combat is fairly boring and the itemization isn't very interesting. Sigils are annoying to manage so nightmare dungeons are a more annoying way to do rifts. Enemies do fake telegraphing, they will hit you even if you aren't in the indicated area. Maybe that has to do withThe visuals are good and the story story is fairly interesting; Blizzard as usual is good at making cinematics. The combat is fairly boring and the itemization isn't very interesting. Sigils are annoying to manage so nightmare dungeons are a more annoying way to do rifts. Enemies do fake telegraphing, they will hit you even if you aren't in the indicated area. Maybe that has to do with the high latency there usually appears to be. Dungeons and cellars seem copy and pasted, and every single dungeon event somehow involves some friends who got seperated. Friends need to stop going into dungeons together. The mount is usually super slow for about 5 seconds after mounting. The game will freeze my entire computer for 5-20 seconds fairly often.… Expand
  61. TheFulander
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. This is one of the worst ARPGs of all time. The leveling grind is awful. The gear you get is awful. The end game is awful. The devs do not respect your time. Spending my money and time on this game has been a huge mistake
  62. BahamutxD
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Game launched in clear bare bones - as if content was deliberately cut from the game to most likely launch it later on on "season"

    Post launch patches/content is no existent so far. Game is plagued with issues and patches had made the game less fun and more tedious.

    The base game is good. But thats it - the fundation - everything else is either missing or very lacking for a 70-100€ game.
  63. Creardo
    Jun 20, 2023
    0
    Como o D3, jogo de qualidade mediana pra um RPG em 2023. Se fosse só isso, valeria uma nota 6,5. O problema são os infinitos congelamentos e as malditas perdas de conexão - pra completar, um Suporte pavoroso e tudo isso..... com o preço escorchante de uma Blizzard ladra. Nunca mais.
  64. No5k1ll
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Nerds nerfs nerfs and nerfs again. This game is being nerfed to death and it's not fun anymore.
    Now I have two 80+ chars and after the last nerfs both skills + sets are for the bin, to play my Barb and Sorc is pain in the A.... thats no fun.
    I can't use the paid Battlepass because I don't want to make a new char every three months. Instead I am forced to play a seasonal character to get    Nerds nerfs nerfs and nerfs again. This game is being nerfed to death and it's not fun anymore.
    Now I have two 80+ chars and after the last nerfs both skills + sets are for the bin, to play my Barb and Sorc is pain in the A.... thats no fun.
    I can't use the paid Battlepass because I don't want to make a new char every three months. Instead I am forced to play a seasonal character to get what I already paid for.
    No recommendation for Diablo IV.    … Expand
  65. RiverMonster
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    Bugs break co-op campaign, multiplayer is discouraged (can't teleport to each other the way you could in d3), cannot trade legendries or help friends gear up, almost everything multiplayer is a complete disaster or intentionally discouraging it.

    Campaign is tedious, long, and unpleasant. It feels like a job, not entertainment. The game is just an utter failure, so lets hope it's like    Bugs break co-op campaign, multiplayer is discouraged (can't teleport to each other the way you could in d3), cannot trade legendries or help friends gear up, almost everything multiplayer is a complete disaster or intentionally discouraging it.

    Campaign is tedious, long, and unpleasant. It feels like a job, not entertainment.

    The game is just an utter failure, so lets hope it's like D3, they fire these incompetent people on the D4 team and rebuild it so that it's actually fun.    … Expand
  66. Drakhe
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 has long been an iconic series in the world of action RPGs, with a rich history and a passionate fanbase. However, the latest patch has left fans disappointed and frustrated, as it marks a major downturn for the once-beloved franchise. From fundamental gameplay changes to a lack of content updates, the new patch has managed to tarnish what was once a shining gem in the gamingDiablo 4 has long been an iconic series in the world of action RPGs, with a rich history and a passionate fanbase. However, the latest patch has left fans disappointed and frustrated, as it marks a major downturn for the once-beloved franchise. From fundamental gameplay changes to a lack of content updates, the new patch has managed to tarnish what was once a shining gem in the gaming industry.

    One of the most significant issues with the new patch is the complete overhaul of gameplay mechanics. Fans have invested countless hours mastering the game's mechanics, but with the patch, all that hard work seems to be for naught. Core abilities have been reworked, leading to imbalances that upset the game's overall balance. This has resulted in many players feeling disoriented and disconnected from the game they once loved.

    Additionally, the introduction of a new progression system has left many long-time players feeling lost and unsatisfied. The patch abandoned the previous system that players had grown accustomed to, replacing it with a convoluted and confusing approach that lacks clarity and direction. As a result, players now find themselves struggling to adapt to the changes and wondering if it's even worth the effort to continue playing.

    Another major letdown is the lack of fresh content. Despite promises of exciting updates and improvements, the new patch seems to offer nothing substantial in terms of new quests, items, or regions to explore. Players were hoping for new challenges and a revitalized gaming experience, but instead, they were greeted with a patch that feels like a step backward rather than a leap forward.

    Moreover, the handling of bugs and glitches in this new update has been subpar at best. Players have reported numerous issues, ranging from minor annoyances to game-breaking bugs that completely ruin the experience. The lack of a timely response from the developers has only added fuel to the fire, leaving many players feeling neglected and ignored.

    Furthermore, the new patch appears to be a desperate attempt to cater to the casual audience, sacrificing the depth and complexity that once defined the series. Diablo 4 used to be known for its challenging gameplay and rewarding character progression, but the changes brought about by the patch seem to undermine those core elements, alienating its most dedicated fans.

    In conclusion, Diablo 4's new patch has been a colossal disappointment. It fails to deliver on the promises made by the developers and betrays the legacy of the franchise. The drastic changes to gameplay mechanics, lack of fresh content, mishandling of bugs, and the apparent abandonment of its dedicated fanbase have all contributed to this unfortunate downfall. Unless the developers take significant steps to address these issues, it's difficult to see how Diablo 4 can recover from this setback and regain the trust of its once-loyal community.    … Expand
  67. gnilbert
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV is a generic, soulless ARPG that happens to include triple-A sound and graphics - even though I find the bland, dark art style to be monotonous, because it makes everything feel the same. Some of my biggest gripes are:

    * Skills/abilities are pretty much "been there, done that." * Dungeon layouts aren't randomized, which kills replayability * Dungeons have large, empty    Diablo IV is a generic, soulless ARPG that happens to include triple-A sound and graphics - even though I find the bland, dark art style to be monotonous, because it makes everything feel the same. Some of my biggest gripes are:

    * Skills/abilities are pretty much "been there, done that."
    * Dungeon layouts aren't randomized, which kills replayability
    * Dungeons have large, empty sections that make the game feel more like a walking simulator
    * Talents that add minor %-based improvements to other skills.
    * The whole paragon system feels like it was phoned in. The fact that they keep having to nerf it makes this even more obvious.
    * Itemization is lackluster
    * Lack of meaningful customization for characters. All characters of the same class basically look the same with armor on.
    * There is no meaningful "end game" content - and no reason at all to grind to the maximum level

    What's really driving this review, though, is the complete mismanagement of this game since release:
    * Shamelessly expensive premium content that only works for a single class
    * Malicious UI design that tricks people into buying a battle pass
    * Patches that make the game more grind heavy without adding any real reason to grind.
    * Patches that make classes weaker while not providing decent alternatives    … Expand
  68. codeforfood
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I spent time building my character, but then the next patch nerfed my build. Do you think this is fun?
  69. Mog1
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Complete junk. Dull story, I skipped every cut scene, dull game play loop, boring world that looks like it's been churned out by an algorithm, same with the dungeons, all non-memorable computer generated bores. Skip this junk.
  70. Ripoz4200
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is not the same company it use to be. They just want to extract as much money out of your as possible. I hate that gaming has come to **** I will not be buying any more games from Blizzard. The most recent patch nerfed XP so they could sell you XP boost for season 1. Pay to win at its finest.
  71. Ixoziel
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Update: The game launched in a poor state and Blizzard has made it far worse with nonsensical patches and changes. It apparently takes them months to add stash tabs but good builds and farming methods are nerfed overnight. Meanwhile they keep talking about the shop and diablo immortal every time the devs make a video. The new score of 0/10 will reflect that.

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

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

    Graphics: 8/10

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

    Sound: 4/10

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

    Story: 5/10

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

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

    Character customization: 0/10

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

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

    Itemization: 0/10

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

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

    Combat: 3/10

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

    As of right now the ARPG that has the best combat is probably Lost Ark, and if you want a good idea of the difference in combat between the two games, check out what meteor looks / feels like in Lost Ark vs what meteor looks like in D4.    … Expand
  72. Synol
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Literally the worst game ever made.

    They spoil the entire story in the opening cinematic by telling you how it ends. Then you just chase Lilith around the entire game, always a step behind. Your character sees her in the flesh once at the end of Act 2 and the only other time your character meets Lilith is when you kill her.

    Beyond that, there is literally no endgame. There are like 50 dungeons that you do in World Tier 1 at Level 1. And the "endgame" is running those exact same dungeons at a higher level.    … Expand
  73. hostile
    Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Game is basically a commercial for the battle pass and in-game purchases. Not recommended
  74. Gloin
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Pro : graphism.
    Cons: No End game content.
    Worst loot system ever done in an ARPG.
    No qol whatsoever.
    Worst mount ever done in a video game.

    Just try any other ARPG out there and don't waste your time.
  75. war_dog
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    The game is litterly unplayable, because of the constant online requiremenet and Blizzard are being too greedy to provide enough server capacity to support this.

    Boss fights are too long, too tiresome and too boring dodge fests vs bullet sponges. On top of that, if you ever get it to run, its very grindy and boring once you complete the main story. Also, they keep nerfing the    The game is litterly unplayable, because of the constant online requiremenet and Blizzard are being too greedy to provide enough server capacity to support this.

    Boss fights are too long, too tiresome and too boring dodge fests vs bullet sponges.

    On top of that, if you ever get it to run, its very grindy and boring once you complete the main story.
    Also, they keep nerfing the classes for what ever reason, my guess is that they want the grind to be even bigger.

    This is the last time i have bought a blizzard game.    … Expand
  76. Aisar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a huge Diablo fan who played the hell out of Diablo 1, 2 and 3, I am very disappointed. Not surprised just disappointed.
  77. pirralho3
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Hard times create good companies. Good companies create good times. Good times create weak companies. Weak companies create unsatisfied gamers that refuse to abandon said company but instead choose to shove money up their asses.
    The only way Blizzard could be great again is by players boycotting the company. This way they would actually put some effort in their games to bring players    Hard times create good companies. Good companies create good times. Good times create weak companies. Weak companies create unsatisfied gamers that refuse to abandon said company but instead choose to shove money up their asses.
    The only way Blizzard could be great again is by players boycotting the company. This way they would actually put some effort in their games to bring players back. We are part of the problem because we bought this s##t game.    … Expand
  78. OperatorZX
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Nice game... But after the release of the new season, I bitterly regretted buying a pass and buying a game. Terrible attitude towards the players and the community. It's a pity you can't return the money you spent in vain.
  79. zmmby
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is a letdown in all ways. The world is bland with areas looking the same, the old designs in D2 with different acts and enviroments are gone. Now we have grey snow, grey desert and grey forest.

    90% of the enemies are same from Diablo 2. They also level up the same time as you, so level scaling is on the game full-time Speaking of being on full-time, you need to be on    Diablo 4 is a letdown in all ways. The world is bland with areas looking the same, the old designs in D2 with different acts and enviroments are gone. Now we have grey snow, grey desert and grey forest.

    90% of the enemies are same from Diablo 2. They also level up the same time as you, so level scaling is on the game full-time

    Speaking of being on full-time, you need to be on full-time with always online requirements for no reason then more money for Blizzard.

    Story is boring, and people are getting killed before i even get interested in them. You have two cinematics in the whole games, and the rest is in-game cutscenes.

    You can only fight the bosses in the game once, because it's not like people enjoyed it in Diablo 2 - right?

    Then yea. there's nothing else to do in the game. Proceeed to random generic dungeon and farm random generated items with no personality. Nothing stands out, it's just a hamster wheel like World of Warcraft with no passion. Everything is micro-managed to suck you dry out of money.

    Mount is in the game to sell you more skins, now you even see your own characther in the loading screen so people buy more cosmetics. Other then that, the mount is AWFUL and cant be streered in any direction. You also have 30 seconds of cooldown on it because let's just waste your time even more.
    There's no way to join other people and meet new persons online, you only have a emote wheel for some reason.

    You have 1 stash tab that are shared with all your chars. You need to farm renown for some reason. (Because everyone wanted renown in Diablo. This isnt WoW.)

    You also need to farm 180 Lilith Statues because they love wasting ur time.

    Every NPC in the towns are randoms bots with forgettable names.

    Returning to town constantly and scrapping items so you can upgrade stuff later on makes everything even more tedious. Because why not waste ur time even more. It's not like the gems in Diablo 2 worked great.

    I played the campaign for 30 hours and never looked back. I made the mistake of buying the early access because i wanted to support Blizzard and play the game long-term but everywhere i look in the game, everything is just bland and uninteresting. This is a proof that you cant make a good game with alot of money if you dont have the passion and creativity as a developer.

    Avoid the game at all cost and spend ur money on other developers that continue to deliver good games such as Larian Studios or FromSoftware. Several good indie developers on Steam aswell.

    Dont buy the game. Dont support Blizzard.

    Old Blizzard is gone.
    New Blizzard cant balance or create games at same level as their history.
    Just look at Dragonflight and Overwatch 2.

    Everything in their games are designed to waste your time, and create problems to later on sell the solution to you. 80% of the stuff you are doing are just waiting and managing stuff in the game. 20% is actually playing the game. It's just arbatory hoops for all the players without any reason then to just stretch the game out and keep the player retention.

    It's a toxic mindset and has nothing to do with passion of making games, just to f**k you over as a consumer. You are a number-digit in their data and nothing else.    … Expand
  80. Niakris
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Fkn lagodrome in season one and bored patch 1.1 stupid blizzard fix your game
  81. locklear93
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    At launch, I would've given Diablo 4 an 8, possibly even a 9. The game wasn't perfect, but it was thoroughly enjoyable, at least throughout the campaign, and for a while after. Patch 1.1.0a happened, though, and as a result I'm actually giving the first zero I've ever given in any review on any site. Without fixing anything the community considered a problem, the patch gutted playerAt launch, I would've given Diablo 4 an 8, possibly even a 9. The game wasn't perfect, but it was thoroughly enjoyable, at least throughout the campaign, and for a while after. Patch 1.1.0a happened, though, and as a result I'm actually giving the first zero I've ever given in any review on any site. Without fixing anything the community considered a problem, the patch gutted player damage output and survivability, across the board. Nerfs happen, we all know that. In this instance, however, there's a strong case to be made that they simply felt players were getting too far too fast, and that crippling them would further sales of their season pass tier skips. I've never seen a worse patch, much less a worse first major patch, and unless Blizzard reverses course, I'm done with the game. Right now, I just feel like a sucker for imagining they'd actually done something right.… Expand
  82. raziaroc
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard did it again. All you will get by buying this game is a waste of your time and a very expensive piece of trash.
  83. Ranzhul
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Season 1 patch ruined the game. I will pass this season if they dont fix it.
  84. SammyHauguth
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    The game could be good, but the people making the game keeps making it worse with new patches. Blizzard is not the same it once was, the people working at Blizzard ain't same and I think everyone can see this. They only makes the game worse instead of better with patches. Other companies i prove the game, but Blizzard are fifferent and make it worse.. It's The worst Diablo ever made, justThe game could be good, but the people making the game keeps making it worse with new patches. Blizzard is not the same it once was, the people working at Blizzard ain't same and I think everyone can see this. They only makes the game worse instead of better with patches. Other companies i prove the game, but Blizzard are fifferent and make it worse.. It's The worst Diablo ever made, just like Overwatch 2 is the worst of the 2.… Expand
  85. user123
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    I was Long time a Fan of the Diablo section from Blizzard. But this Diablo IV feels like a Beta test for 100 Euro. Im playng since they released it Offizial, and its like there is no Items to play arround with just the first drops where Good and now no Good Items in Days, Weeks. Im looking to make the Build Funier but its imposible with this loot i get. Im already Bored from this Items iI was Long time a Fan of the Diablo section from Blizzard. But this Diablo IV feels like a Beta test for 100 Euro. Im playng since they released it Offizial, and its like there is no Items to play arround with just the first drops where Good and now no Good Items in Days, Weeks. Im looking to make the Build Funier but its imposible with this loot i get. Im already Bored from this Items i get. The Nighmare Dungeons arent Good Testet and some mods are just useless. Sometimes its like they dont want provide Fun in this Dungeons, some mods just sucks, but there is nothing else to do. The Tree and Helltide are an option in Endgame but with no Group Finder its just uncool when u find a Boss on the map but cant kill in in Time because nobody knows where u are. This is my Last Game i bought on Release from Blizzard, maybe in some Time they polish it but for 100 Euro its just Unproffesinal to give this Beta Game out.… Expand
  86. Udaff
    Sep 6, 2023
    0
    Total disaster. It's not worth a penny. Just say good-bye good old nerdy blizz.
  87. veilex
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    I want to say its hot garbage... but its not. It has some interesting points... the talent tree seems a bit inspired by Path of Exile. I want to give it points there... but it doesn't deserve them. D4 has an obvious design bent that feeds you toward the monetization system. Not at first, of course, but much like the from in the slowly boiling pot of water... it lures you in with easy gameI want to say its hot garbage... but its not. It has some interesting points... the talent tree seems a bit inspired by Path of Exile. I want to give it points there... but it doesn't deserve them. D4 has an obvious design bent that feeds you toward the monetization system. Not at first, of course, but much like the from in the slowly boiling pot of water... it lures you in with easy game play which give few and worse rewards as the game progresses. They clearly tried to revive a similar feel to some aspects of D2, but fell woefully short. The game just isn't good. Especially not at $70. It might rate $40... maybe.… Expand
  88. Zero187
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Spent the last couple weeks researching end game builds, many hours watching boring ass youtube videos so that I could come up with the best, most enjoyable build for myself.

    FINALLY got where I was having a blast on Monday with my lvl 100 Barb (quake effect was great and made Uber Lilith kill actually possible on Barb), but that fun only lasted about 48 hours.. HUGE nerf, logged in and    Spent the last couple weeks researching end game builds, many hours watching boring ass youtube videos so that I could come up with the best, most enjoyable build for myself.

    FINALLY got where I was having a blast on Monday with my lvl 100 Barb (quake effect was great and made Uber Lilith kill actually possible on Barb), but that fun only lasted about 48 hours.. HUGE nerf, logged in and now doing 1/5 the damage. WHAT THE HECK?? All that time researching, respecing and testing WASTED thanks to these nerfs. At least I got to enjoy the HotA quake effect for 2 days, but damn.. Could've been a game I played for years and now I'm looking elsewhere.    … Expand
  89. Pc080972
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Very expensive game, forcing players to be online continually.
    Very expensive game, changing essential parts of the game as they please, ruining classes and the game you bought - just like that your product is less than what it was upon purchase - no way.
    Very expensive game, forcing THEIR playstyle on you - want to play new content? START OVER! ha ha. It feels like the devs from WoW    Very expensive game, forcing players to be online continually.
    Very expensive game, changing essential parts of the game as they please, ruining classes and the game you bought - just like that your product is less than what it was upon purchase - no way.
    Very expensive game, forcing THEIR playstyle on you - want to play new content? START OVER! ha ha.

    It feels like the devs from WoW build it - like as if you paid monthly - trying to keep you logged in.
    But its not - so why force START OVER on new content??? makes no sense.
    Tried playing as new chat directly into new content - feels like starting a book in the middle.

    Since I have no intension of beginning from scratch and can expect more of the same BS from the devs ongoing, I've uninstalled and is not longer a Blizzard customer.

    Microsoft must have lost their marbles buying Blizzard... on the other hand MS might be the solution to cleaning up Blizzard, returning them to their old glory.    … Expand
  90. DavidJS
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    Blizzard's latest legalised scam. The cycle for a Blizzard scam:
    - Release something disguised as a game for $70. Get glowing reviews by shills like IGN.
    - After reviews are in and the consumer base grows, add in "cOsMetIC oNlY" macroscamsactions. - Slowly over time add in more and more pay to win and gambling elements, balancing player drop rate with the increase in money earned    Blizzard's latest legalised scam. The cycle for a Blizzard scam:
    - Release something disguised as a game for $70. Get glowing reviews by shills like IGN.
    - After reviews are in and the consumer base grows, add in "cOsMetIC oNlY" macroscamsactions.
    - Slowly over time add in more and more pay to win and gambling elements, balancing player drop rate with the increase in money earned through this scam, until the player base left is whales.
    - Everyone who bought the game got milked for at least $70. The "cOsMetIc oNlY" drones got scammed during that stage of the scam. Once they've made billions and only whales are left, they milk the whales for billions more with absurd pay to win and gambling mechanics.

    This is not a game, therefore I can't rate it as a game. This is a giant scam disguised as a game. This is legalised daylight robbery. We need government intervention in the gaming industry ASAP. Expecting everyone to abstain from paying for an advantage or a cool item is just as silly as expecting the public to police bad people for free, which is why we have governments funded by the public so we can have services such as police, roadworkmen, etc. These are jobs that people wouldn't do for free and no one would pay for, just like no one will stop buying these scams unless the government intervenes.

    Bring back the gaming industry. Let's have government intervention to stop these billionaire thieves from destroying an entire industry that's supposed to bring joy to people.    … Expand
  91. thesonycs1903
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 disappoints on multiple fronts. The forced level scaling removes the thrill of challenge, while the lackluster story fails to engage. Epic moments are non-existent, and the insipid side quests hold no significance. The game's misdirected priorities towards microtransactions overshadow its potential for greatness. As a hard Diablo fan, that was one of the worst story I have everDiablo 4 disappoints on multiple fronts. The forced level scaling removes the thrill of challenge, while the lackluster story fails to engage. Epic moments are non-existent, and the insipid side quests hold no significance. The game's misdirected priorities towards microtransactions overshadow its potential for greatness. As a hard Diablo fan, that was one of the worst story I have ever seen in my life… Expand
  92. Citizenfunk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have never seen a studio that hates their players as much as Blizzard. This is the first time that I uninstalled a game due to completely absurd patch notes. It is so outlandish, so out of touch that it is honestly just comical at this point.

    They do not want you to play their game. They only want you to buy it.
  93. Chund3r
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Pros: Graphics/sound.
    Cons: Battlenet and bad customer service (unable to refund with under 2 hours of GT because I "preordered" it) Boring button mash, do t1 and beat campaign quickly, jump to t3 and grind. Zzz No real skill choice as every class is forced to go down the same path. Paragon system is just adding extra attribute points. Combat is the same just reskinned enemies down the    Pros: Graphics/sound.
    Cons: Battlenet and bad customer service (unable to refund with under 2 hours of GT because I "preordered" it) Boring button mash, do t1 and beat campaign quickly, jump to t3 and grind. Zzz No real skill choice as every class is forced to go down the same path. Paragon system is just adding extra attribute points. Combat is the same just reskinned enemies down the same reskinned hallway layouts, doing the same 5 mission types. No support/tank classes. Game frequently has load stutters in every new area you go to instead of loading it in the background as you get near it. (On very high-end PC) Very disappointing for the price of the game, BUT they already have 2 DLCs in the works to give you content it should've had at launch. Just need more $$$ So win!    … Expand
  94. elasticband69
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They gutted how the game feels and plays in the 1.1 patch. Everybodies damage has been reduced, everybodies survivability has been reduced (without fixing the resistance bug yet) and worst of all, COOLDOWN REDUCTION WAS NERFED. Horrible decision by blizzard, what a joke of a patch.
  95. awais142
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    This company is downright criminally stupid. They know exactly what they're doing at this point and they have zero shame in screwing over players each patch. It's like they didn't test their own game, rushed it out and are now rushing to fix things that should have been fixed long time ago. Of course you have the fanboys stuck in thier massive copium loop, and just like Blizzard, they'reThis company is downright criminally stupid. They know exactly what they're doing at this point and they have zero shame in screwing over players each patch. It's like they didn't test their own game, rushed it out and are now rushing to fix things that should have been fixed long time ago. Of course you have the fanboys stuck in thier massive copium loop, and just like Blizzard, they're all a lost cause.… Expand
  96. enut_butter
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard literally destroyed the game to funnel players into the new season so they would buy a battlepass. A $100 game, and they’re actively making it less fun so they can milk even more money out the consumer. Absolutely disgusting and the end of my patience with Blizzard as a developer; never again.
  97. Knopperz
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Ich möchte das Spiel wirklich lieben... aber heilige Scheisse.
    Ständige Serverprobleme, Klassen die funktionieren werden in Grund und Boden generft, Spieländerungen die nicht nachvollziehbar sind (bsw Dungeon verlassen, bisher 3 sekunden, jetzt 5), Höllenflut generft, Zauberer praktisch komplett Zerstört... das war mein letzter Ausflug in AcitivisionBlizzard Games... die haben in den    Ich möchte das Spiel wirklich lieben... aber heilige Scheisse.
    Ständige Serverprobleme, Klassen die funktionieren werden in Grund und Boden generft, Spieländerungen die nicht nachvollziehbar sind (bsw Dungeon verlassen, bisher 3 sekunden, jetzt 5), Höllenflut generft, Zauberer praktisch komplett Zerstört... das war mein letzter Ausflug in AcitivisionBlizzard Games... die haben in den letzten 10 Jahren einfach zu viel Mist gebaut.    … Expand
  98. Jafenhar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Sound the dread alarm for our friend Diablo was killed by the very studio who created it. And instead of listening to fan feedback the devs are just going to dig in their heels and get combative with the very folks who keep their game alive by playing it. What a damn joke of a studio Blizzard has become.
  99. Zartok
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have chosen to hold my review until season 1 because of the possibility of shenanigans from Blizzard. Well, here came the patch. And what a patch it was. It rendered a 100 hour character almost useless. Nerfs across the board. I think that this patch may be the worst in gaming history. If anything, start weak and mod upwards. Now, there is less focus on good rolls, thus making the huntI have chosen to hold my review until season 1 because of the possibility of shenanigans from Blizzard. Well, here came the patch. And what a patch it was. It rendered a 100 hour character almost useless. Nerfs across the board. I think that this patch may be the worst in gaming history. If anything, start weak and mod upwards. Now, there is less focus on good rolls, thus making the hunt for gear a bit obsolete.

    Until better news comes from the team, maybe in the campfire tomorrow, I'll keep a shameful score.

    Gameplaywise I think that this Diablogame is the best of them all, having played all of them (well, 30 minutes Immortal was enough). They had a strong lootchain going. Why destroy it with a patch?    … Expand
  100. mrme5
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    As an avid Diablo fan, I must express my profound disappointment with the latest patch 1.1.0 for Diablo 4. It is nothing short of an abysmal disaster that has left the once-promising game in a state of chaos. It's as if the developers deliberately set out to ruin the entire gaming experience for their loyal players.

    One of the most glaring issues with this patch is the complete and    As an avid Diablo fan, I must express my profound disappointment with the latest patch 1.1.0 for Diablo 4. It is nothing short of an abysmal disaster that has left the once-promising game in a state of chaos. It's as if the developers deliberately set out to ruin the entire gaming experience for their loyal players.

    One of the most glaring issues with this patch is the complete and utter disregard for game balance. Instead of addressing the existing problems and refining the gameplay, the developers opted to introduce new features that only serve to unbalance the entire game further. It's clear that they have lost touch with the essence of what made Diablo great, and this patch is a testament to their incompetence.

    The worst part is the "improved" class balancing which has done nothing but create an unplayable mess. Instead of making every class feel powerful and enjoyable, they have effectively nerfed the already weaker classes into oblivion while making sure all other classes are nerfed as well just so no one has fun playing. It's disheartening to see my favorite class (sorcerer) become obsolete overnight, leaving players with no incentive to continue playing.

    Way to go Blizzard, you ruined everything. RIP to a once great company that has now joined the ranks of Bethesda, EA, Ubisoft, and so many others.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 0 out of 90
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 29, 2023
    66
    It’s almost like Diablo 4 developers are consciously fighting against everything that made classic Diablo fun. [Issue#262, p.80]
  2. GameCritics
    Jul 10, 2023
    65
    While the future of the game is anyone’s guess, at present Diablo IV is a solid, but strangely unambitious take that fails to bring much new to the table. By the end of my travels, I was more than willing to put it down and take a break — somewhere amongst all the grinding, Diablo IV had unfortunately ground me down as well.
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  3. Meristation
    Jul 7, 2023
    90
    The best Blizzard launch in a long time and a worthy game to be called Diablo.
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