Diablo IV

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Weltch
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    In typical acti/blizzard fashion, hey we made a game you really like, now that we think we got you hooked and believing in us again, surprise!!!! Have a patch that completely rips the fun out of the game you enjoyed. Oh btw don't forget to still buy overpriced cosmetics from the shop so we have the money to continue to put out patches that suck the fun out of the game! This is truly sadIn typical acti/blizzard fashion, hey we made a game you really like, now that we think we got you hooked and believing in us again, surprise!!!! Have a patch that completely rips the fun out of the game you enjoyed. Oh btw don't forget to still buy overpriced cosmetics from the shop so we have the money to continue to put out patches that suck the fun out of the game! This is truly sad for long time fans of the company and the franchise to watch Activision's tendrils just corrupt everything that made blizzard, well blizzard. RIP DIABLO 4… Expand
  2. nobutada55
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    We got Diablo 3.5 on launch. The game needs considerable updates before it is better than "good".

    This is not a new game it is way too similar to Diablo 3. Itemization is just "green is good, red is bad" aka "big number good, small number bad". The legendary powers being "unlocked" upon dungeons is bad. They are taking feedback and I assume the game will be better in 6-12 months. If    We got Diablo 3.5 on launch. The game needs considerable updates before it is better than "good".

    This is not a new game it is way too similar to Diablo 3. Itemization is just "green is good, red is bad" aka "big number good, small number bad". The legendary powers being "unlocked" upon dungeons is bad. They are taking feedback and I assume the game will be better in 6-12 months.

    If you played Diablo 2 and liked it please play D2:R.
    If you like Diablo 3, buy this game and play it.    … Expand
  3. Vladiczech
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Great game nerfed to death. I being 100% singleplayer gamer paid for a game and after a month I have nerfed game that I do not like to play anymore. There is nerf week after week after week.
  4. Oberjjin
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Needs some time in the oven, it's a half baked and early access product for 70€ at best.
  5. Triarier
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Don't know what everyone has seen in the campaign.
    You are not the hero, you are basically running after Lillith doing what Jorath wants to do. Weird deaths of Characters and a extremely funny end in a bad way.
    I waited for the first season for this reviews. The patch was completely unexpected and removed the fun part of the game. I have seen so many dungeons and other ways of    Don't know what everyone has seen in the campaign.
    You are not the hero, you are basically running after Lillith doing what Jorath wants to do. Weird deaths of Characters and a extremely funny end in a bad way.

    I waited for the first season for this reviews. The patch was completely unexpected and removed the fun part of the game.

    I have seen so many dungeons and other ways of farming xp or items getting nerfed in a day or 2. A stash tab for gems cannot be done in 4 months (Season 2 release apparently).

    The ultra rare uniques is just a bad design. Even if you play hundreds of hours, you want see one probably and cannot trade for it. This is a game, not the real world lottery. I do not see a problem in making items accessible....    … Expand
  6. Cspad
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Was a great game at launch but Blizzard has systematically destroyed everything that made the game fun. The fact that this includes microtransactions is just spitting in our faces too. Diablo 3 was one of my favorite games of all times and this just doesn't hold a candle to it. I bought two copies of this even just so I could play with my fiancé and I wish I could return both with how notWas a great game at launch but Blizzard has systematically destroyed everything that made the game fun. The fact that this includes microtransactions is just spitting in our faces too. Diablo 3 was one of my favorite games of all times and this just doesn't hold a candle to it. I bought two copies of this even just so I could play with my fiancé and I wish I could return both with how not fun they have made the game. Combat feels agonizingly slow not even just compared to diablo 3 but any other ARPG. It feels clunky and the few builds that were quick, agile and fun Blizzard has nerfed into the ground. I've already stopped playing the game and at this point, particularly with how many other great games are coming out this year, I don't plan on picking it back up. I can't believe I actually thought they would have learned from Diablo Immortal and make a good game. Somehow they learned from their mistakes and just found new ones to make.… Expand
  7. Chantica
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Current success of D4 is not belong to devs on D4, that is only the price of the legacy of diablo series. Devs on D4 doesnt deserve this success.
  8. explosiveqq
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This company (Activision Blizzard) wants only money, they don't care what the players think.
  9. 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
  10. lsaacD
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Imagine waiting 11 years for a game to have it destroyed by it's own devs in it's first month of release
  11. teddiedanh
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    personally I think D4 was 8/10 at release, I genuinely had some fun with the campaign and my Sorcerer. But things went down hill after hitting LV70, Sorc turned out to be the worst class to play and instead of fixing it or give us so many QoL changes we are craving for Blizzard came out with the absolute abomination called S1 patch, it felt like they don't know how to make a good game orpersonally I think D4 was 8/10 at release, I genuinely had some fun with the campaign and my Sorcerer. But things went down hill after hitting LV70, Sorc turned out to be the worst class to play and instead of fixing it or give us so many QoL changes we are craving for Blizzard came out with the absolute abomination called S1 patch, it felt like they don't know how to make a good game or how to be in touch with their fanbase anymore. GG Blizzard, how far have you fallen from grace.… Expand
  12. ewat
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    No endgame, unfinished and developers CLEARLY do not listen to the community and do not play their own game. Do not waste your money on this unfinished product at all.
  13. mewnhouse
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Nothing new for a AAA title. Seems like they have no idea what the community wants anymore. Releasing things that nobody asked for
  14. Kaiserz
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    The game Story of the game until endgame is decent. The endgame is really bad. nothing to do until lvl 100. Even if you care you can only kill uber lillith, but she one shots you anyway. Ah the new patchnotes are really bad and makes the game worse and slower
  15. Tau1s
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    this WAS a half decent game. now its a shlthoIe. Every dungeon takes for ever and you die instantly with no warning
  16. Failghost
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Pretty sure these devs actually hate their player base. Everything the players do for efficiency or fun gets nerfed. Ability to even survive gets nerfed. And the idea behind “chaser uniques” is absolutely idiotic. They’re something like a 1 in 800,000 chance to obtain. So basically you won’t find one. Ever. Feels bad… but I guess that’s their game philosophy. No fun for you.
  17. parsonsparsons
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 made the game very bad. I'm not sure who thought this was a good patch but they were very very wrong.
  18. Tuffenough
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I was a huge fan of Diablo. I played both 2 and 3 was super excited for D4. I played the open Bata weekend and the server slam shelled out 90 bucks for early access. When I bought the game I wanted to play a sorcerer got to lvl 30 did not have as much fun with it as I had playing the Bata ended up playing a rouge instead. I hate that I have not gotten what I wanted out of this game but II was a huge fan of Diablo. I played both 2 and 3 was super excited for D4. I played the open Bata weekend and the server slam shelled out 90 bucks for early access. When I bought the game I wanted to play a sorcerer got to lvl 30 did not have as much fun with it as I had playing the Bata ended up playing a rouge instead. I hate that I have not gotten what I wanted out of this game but I am extremally tired of riding this nerf/buff roller costar. Its time to get off this ride. Hate that I spent my hard earned money for this.… Expand
  19. Misfit626
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch is a no go. You guys already know what players want and continue to ignore us. Also for the love of god would it kill you to add some **** social features ****
  20. SPotlessmind
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst Devs and decisions i ever saw. why nerf? trade system when? why make the game experience so miserable? last patch is a joke.
  21. BIGGYVAPES
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Game was great for 2 weeks. They keep ruining my characters every week. Nerfs and more nerfs Making the game not fun on purpose it seems. Wasted 100 dollars to have a few devs ruin your game every week.
  22. aramiz123
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 is the worst patch in gaming history. You have outdone yourself, Blizzard. Congrats!
  23. boofess
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The developers are making sure their users don't return for future seasons.
  24. D3ATHSPARK
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs actively working to destroy their own game. They aren't game developers but rather social media warriors. They are in over their heads for sure.
  25. dunnowahtonem
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    DO NOT PURCHASE THE GAME. ONLY GREAT REGRET AWAITS.
    They weakened everything to push people to playing longer is just plain lazy content making.
    Make good contents to make people stay playing the game.
    People will always feel the rush when new contents come.
    Effort has been tripled, rewards are still the same- trash.
    The entire hype went down the drain when patch 1.1.0.4 came.
  26. sultangurde
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Arpg with slow gameplay, flat and boring loot system, slowed by devs on every step to create illusion that game has any content. Sad violin played on nostalgia. Run away and never come back to d4. Every patch is out of touch.
  27. strifus
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    **** game. it was kinda okay before patch, but now it's pile of crap.
    I want a refund!
  28. Eckythumper
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    The game looks dark, forboding and interesting when you first start. Story has some solid moments and the voice acting is good. But beyond that, you find that this game is as shallow as a kiddie pool.

    For an APPG the combat is repetitive, buildcrafting is limited and the gameplay boring and lacks any real sense of power fantasy. Exp progression is very slow and yet, Blizzard has decided    The game looks dark, forboding and interesting when you first start. Story has some solid moments and the voice acting is good. But beyond that, you find that this game is as shallow as a kiddie pool.

    For an APPG the combat is repetitive, buildcrafting is limited and the gameplay boring and lacks any real sense of power fantasy. Exp progression is very slow and yet, Blizzard has decided to nerf it to make the game even more grindy. On top of that, loot is uninspired and the game doesn't want to award it to you.

    The UI is a complete step backwards from Diablo 3. In game customisation and reforging is so expensive, you can spend your entire worth and still not get an affix you want. Unlike Diablo 3, the game doesn't tell you possible affixes you can re-roll.

    Diablo 2 and 3 has set items to seek out, with unique bonuses when you matched sets. Diablo 4 doesn't have that. God knows why? Maybe to keep as a carrot dangling for the future to keep people playing.

    Speaking of that. The game seems to have been designed to keep Daily Average Users. They have nerfed major sources of EXP that players found. They nerfed exp gain in general. They just nerfed all major classes in the game and reduced the power of all of the meta builds. They have held off adding set items. Why? Why nerf player power and progression, unless you wanted to slow it all down in order to keep people playing longer.

    Well the opposite has happened. We see this skinner box for what it is. It is a shallow version of the two better prequels. At least in Reaper of Souls, the Diablo team back then leaned into giving players a sense of power fantasy and let us have fun with crazy, powerfui builds. It was fun.

    Fun. That is something Diablo 4 lacks.    … Expand
  29. onlyford4
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Whoever makes the decisions at blizzard about diablo 4 should lose the job.
    The game gets worse every week with every "hotfix" and every patch.

    If you want a fun ARPG dont even bother buying diablo 4.
  30. Hermanhsi
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nerf everything and did not have any analysis of each character. That is called very ugly and violent to force players to get harder to reach NM dungeon 100. But now some characters still can solo 100 but others only can reach around 50-60. Blizzard only cares about the game business and want to extend the cycle of the game without any efforts and reject to admit the lack of test and balance analysis before selling it. It is a shame on Blizzard who is too ugly and did not have qualification to make good games.… Expand
  31. Jb850
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Pure garbage. Blizzard ruins the game with a patch to force you to spend more money on season 1 and tier skips. Boycott blizzard. Don’t give them another cent.
  32. Pointblink
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Absolutely horrible game. It is 2023.. this game is supposed to be " online multiplayer game" while have 0 social and multiplayer QOL features.. ppl resort to 3rd party web sites and apps to be able to interact with each other and arrange trades or whatever.
    Game is made by the studio with the most years of experience in mmo and arpg and they use excuses like " the game is new" to    Absolutely horrible game. It is 2023.. this game is supposed to be " online multiplayer game" while have 0 social and multiplayer QOL features.. ppl resort to 3rd party web sites and apps to be able to interact with each other and arrange trades or whatever.
    Game is made by the studio with the most years of experience in mmo and arpg and they use excuses like " the game is new" to justify the lack of simple and basic features no game should be released without in 2023!
    Clearly the devs working on D4 are incredibly clueless , all they do is playing god mode nerfing and balancing classes while the game is so lacking its beyond me.
    Camera distance is made to enjoy your character hair follicles making u have 0 awareness and getting one shot by mobs that are outside your screen and sometimes even behind a wall!
    Lacking searches in stash where u need to manually read all items and aspects in order to find the 1 thing u looking for. Have no loot filters in this game either! I cant even talk to ppl and there isnt even a proper chat system or ANY grouping feature implemented. All they do since day 1 is to tweak classes while the lack of simple and basic features makes the game feel like 1991! The only ppl that do good work on D4 are the ppl in graphics design team.. then comes the clueless like Rod and his monkeys and destroys everything beatiful the art team created with their absolutely horrible systems like renown , decisions to slow the game leveling and the pace of killing monsters and now even the survivability of players... while also have done 0 work on implementing ANY feature that the game should never been released without! I am sorry ,but not sorry, Rod have to be fired for sure, the guy have a clue as much as a barber who never seen a PC in his life. This game feels like in Alpha stage and i will not support this until season 238 where the game might actually have some basic features implemented! I hope Diablo 23 will be good enogh and me still alive. As it seems Blizzard are no longer the company they were .. ppl should stop support them out of nostalgia and fond memories! Iam guilty of this myself..    … Expand
  33. Scarybananas
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    wonky cash grab. unoptimized classes. Dev's have probably never played the game or ever tried all the classes. Blizzard tends to check popular builds online and then just insta nerf them into the ground. The hate for sorcerers seems like the devs have childhood trauma & PTSD caused by their uncles dressing in a Gandalf costume and buggering them silly in a windowless van with no candy afterwards.
  34. brownrhyno
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Game made unfun by devs forcing players into a longer gring and seasonal content all in an effort to force battle pass sales
  35. wcdsith
    Jul 20, 2023
    8
    This new trend of review bombing a game because you're pissed about something is just dumb. I'm not going to lie, this last patch 1.1 for season one sucks and have angered most of us. I still enjoy playing the game. Is it perfect? No, but it's pretty damn good.
  36. sajetspam
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Unfinished product with no proper endgame content, with idiotic creators decisions. ITS BETA
  37. awafrican
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Wow what I can, what trash devs have destroyed everything that made diablo 2 and 3 good. Seasonal patch is one of the worst patches I've ever seen in over a decade. Do not waste your money on a game that is not enjoyable to play
  38. Norbi4711
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    weak devs can do 1 thing right! starting season 1 nerfing everything so the game is slower and slower.
  39. Rev666
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The dev ruined the game after update 1.1, I hope they gonna fixed this soon or otherwise most player will quit the game.
  40. Pwnish123
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Those patchnotes is like driving over Bambis mother. And Bambi watched it. Blizzard already sending another Truck to make sure the job is finished
  41. Ignacy420
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Recent patch took away from the game. The endgame is extremely sad. This is supposed to be a mm light, a live service game with social elements but it has even less of social elements than diablo 3. No matchmaking, no trade chat.
  42. RupertLono
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizz dev after the last update spit in the mouth of the players and made suckers out of them by making a pretty good game into a rubbish game. Hopefully players will soon retaliate with their wallets.
  43. Gintana
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Casual player review. They absolutely destroyed a fun game with their most recent patch 1.1 I used to be able to log in after work run a few dungeons and level every hour or so. Now after the patch with damage nerf, survivability nerf, XP hugely nerfed i spent 2 hour and baeely leveled 3/4 of a level and died over a total of 16 times when i used to rarely die.
  44. Lecktschmeckt
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Was a pretty good game until july 18th. Seemingly the devs hate the playerbase and dont want us to have fun in the game. Unintelligible why they did this
  45. optmk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Patch 1.1 is rubbish!!! Don’t ruin player over 100 hrs’ build!!!!
    0 pt game!!!
    Revert back!!! OR money back!!! I can’t play what I can play like before!!!!!!!    … Expand
  46. str0mback
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The new seasons are usually the point where the hype and pull factor is maximized, to keep the game healthy and alive.
    Blizzard has somehow made the decision to do the opposite, by not playtesting their patch, by not listening to the community, by not having any idea of how the game works and its mechanics.
    This is will go down in history as yet another of Blizzards f-ups where they kill    The new seasons are usually the point where the hype and pull factor is maximized, to keep the game healthy and alive.
    Blizzard has somehow made the decision to do the opposite, by not playtesting their patch, by not listening to the community, by not having any idea of how the game works and its mechanics.
    This is will go down in history as yet another of Blizzards f-ups where they kill their own franchise.
    I wanted to like the game. I spent hundreds of hours in it. I reached 100, I tested several builds (and yes, a few were overpowered, and should've been tuned down a notch, but Blizzard has decided to nerf everything across the board, the only ones who enjoy it are those coping to defend their purchase).
    I won't be playing season 1.
    I've been playing Diablo since the first, I even powered through the start of Diablo 3.    … Expand
  47. Truditorul
    Jul 20, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't get all the nerdrage bandwagon on the patch notes :D

    I am not 100% satisfied with diablo 4 but guess what, its a 7.5/10 game. They need some direction, they need more endgame activities and for sure they need to provide some sort of timeline with where we're going and what to expect in the next few months.

    I like the campaign, i like the dark gritty atmosphere, i like the music, i like the art direction, i like the responsivness of the engine, i like how the game plays on 2k, I like the animations, the mobs, helltides, nightmare dungeons, the idea behind the tree of whispers (they need to improve this a bit)

    I know the devs kept parroting "its a live service game" but that's what it is. That's the reality of today's gaming ecosystem, they will tune, adapt and change with every major iteration, some patches will suck and be full of nerfs and others will have plenty of QOL and major improvements.

    I have anywhere between 5-10k hours in ARPGS, i've played them all, you name it, i played it. I played diablo 4 in these last month for copious amounts of hours even though i work a full time job, i have a young son and its summer, so we go out more often.

    I have all 5 classes 70+ on torment and tried a plethora of builds on all of them until deciding what I enjoy most. I did not push to lvl 100 and did not push to deep nightmare dungeons (I think biggest i did solo was tier 55 on rogue class -> ranged)

    I think all the moaning is because some classes do better than others in 70+ tier nightmare dungeons and some classes beat uber lilith faster than others or with more gimmicks. Does this affect me in any way? Not at all.

    At the moment there is no ladder, no competitive aspect, no reason to really push the limits so I don't really see why everyone is so upset.

    The game will be around for a while, skip a few seasons if you don't like the current state but from being upset on a non-ideal launch and a lousy patch and bandwagoning giving a disingenious 0-5 star rating for no reason other than being pissed off while ignoring all the good stuff is just lazy and entitled. its like going to a restaurant and screaming like a Karen at the staff that your fries were not cooked as you would have liked too and they are either too crispy or undercooked.

    SURE as hell you have that right since you paid for the game and you want to enjoy it. I'm just trying to understand why people are ignoring the good stuff and focusing only on the bad...    … Expand
  48. Bonjonbovi
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Bait and switch. You can told the game has XYZ, but it doesn't. However you're already prepaid and spent enough hours in the game to realize this so now you cannot be refunded. Scam/10

    Every patch is a disappointment. It's not a finished product and they don't care.
  49. kidkojak
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Never known a Games Company to try and single handily destroy a community of players as poorly as Blizzard on its recent patch.
    I don't even want to go near the Eternal Server how on earth do they play the game after this if you aren't part of the new season.
    The whole patch Its so unbalanced and this is the choices made by the developers and chiefs? Avoid until they swallow there pride    Never known a Games Company to try and single handily destroy a community of players as poorly as Blizzard on its recent patch.
    I don't even want to go near the Eternal Server how on earth do they play the game after this if you aren't part of the new season.
    The whole patch Its so unbalanced and this is the choices made by the developers and chiefs?
    Avoid until they swallow there pride and rectify this wholly disgrace of an oversight what a way to kill your own game.    … Expand
  50. himourasan
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV: "Welcome to hell" is really spot on greetings when you are milking an IP that the devs of Tourchlight initially created, but you do not know the recipe of a real Diablo game.
  51. ahdudu
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    repetitive
    no content
    cash grab game
    new season brought no real content
    patch made game less enjoyable
  52. Doctornico
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Amo Diablo 4, ho passato circa 9 ore al giorno da quando è uscito... Avete ucciso un intero gameplay, chiediamo un mondo 5 con mob e difficoltà maggiori, non un nerf totale, su tutti i fronti, exp, eterni che sono stati distrutti, se volete alzare la difficoltà fatelo saremo tutti contenti, ma non distruggere tutte le build gli eroi i dungeon e le maree, siamo tutti felici di maggioriAmo Diablo 4, ho passato circa 9 ore al giorno da quando è uscito... Avete ucciso un intero gameplay, chiediamo un mondo 5 con mob e difficoltà maggiori, non un nerf totale, su tutti i fronti, exp, eterni che sono stati distrutti, se volete alzare la difficoltà fatelo saremo tutti contenti, ma non distruggere tutte le build gli eroi i dungeon e le maree, siamo tutti felici di maggiori difficoltà, ma così è semplicemente una presa in giro e sopratutto non ascoltare la comunity che vi sostiene sopratutto economicamente. Non posso chiedere il rimborso ovviamente, per i prossimi titoli blizzard sicuramente farò molta più attenzione nell'acquisto.
    Mediocre    … Expand
  53. Zoseph
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The most recent 1.1.0a patch has undeniably dealt a significant blow to the game, leaving players disheartened and frustrated with its current state. Many were eagerly anticipating improvements and bug fixes, but instead, this update has seemingly caused more issues, ultimately diminishing the overall gaming experience. It's truly disappointing to witness how the latest patch has managedThe most recent 1.1.0a patch has undeniably dealt a significant blow to the game, leaving players disheartened and frustrated with its current state. Many were eagerly anticipating improvements and bug fixes, but instead, this update has seemingly caused more issues, ultimately diminishing the overall gaming experience. It's truly disappointing to witness how the latest patch has managed to negatively impact what was once an enjoyable and engaging game.… Expand
  54. Adalaide78
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    Nothing can be more scathing than this one simple statement. For the first time in three decades, there is a Diablo game that simply is not fun. What a disappointment.
  55. Kimdonmm
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's not waste time on this crap game .没内容 剧情烂
    .美术是用脚画的
    Bug一大堆 也不会修复
    未完成的作品也敢拿出来卖

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  56. xceptional
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizz collected money and published unfinished product. With first major patch no QoL, no build diversity, no mob density nothing. it is not worth buying or playing.
  57. cBukowski3
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Enjoyed certain aspects of this game, but this is a game that doesn't know what it wants to be. After reaching level 70, it becomes apparent that there is a weak end game. With the newest patch, I have decided to take some time off from the game. Minimal QoL changes, and they have have slowed the game down so much with the insane nerfs. All to try to keep people in the game longer to tryEnjoyed certain aspects of this game, but this is a game that doesn't know what it wants to be. After reaching level 70, it becomes apparent that there is a weak end game. With the newest patch, I have decided to take some time off from the game. Minimal QoL changes, and they have have slowed the game down so much with the insane nerfs. All to try to keep people in the game longer to try to sell us stuff. And to try to hide its weak endgame. And the timing of this patch, days before its first season debut. If this is supposed to be a game for casuals, this patch does nothing to address that.… Expand
  58. trowieuk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Repetitive.
    Lack of content.
    Basic and lazy season feature.
    Incompetent devs.
    Sticking around for the story, other than that I am out.
  59. bortnm
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Only 2 classes are any fun to play for the first 20 levels. 1 Class is never any good. Once the main questline is done its gets harder and harder to keep playing. If you are good with 20 - 30 hours of play time for that price then its fine, but if you want 100+ hours out of it, best of luck. No signs of improvements on the horizon.

    So its about 8/10 for 40% of the classes for about    Only 2 classes are any fun to play for the first 20 levels. 1 Class is never any good. Once the main questline is done its gets harder and harder to keep playing. If you are good with 20 - 30 hours of play time for that price then its fine, but if you want 100+ hours out of it, best of luck. No signs of improvements on the horizon.

    So its about 8/10 for 40% of the classes for about 40% of the game. 8*0.4*0.4 = 1.3 Stars.    … Expand
  60. Blakey140
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard devs are so disconnected from fan base.
    Nerfing eternal realm so everyone will play seasons and spend money. So greedy.
  61. Fu3kEA
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    This is my review after quiting the game after the most recent patch. I have a min maxed level 100 Barb that has cleared uber Lilith and NM 82.

    I started D4 as a whirlwind BB. Thanks to the content creater Rob he used this class as the first to get to level 100. Blizzard saw this decided to nerf it into the ground including it's only decent unique Gohrs gauntlets. I wasn't happy at my    This is my review after quiting the game after the most recent patch. I have a min maxed level 100 Barb that has cleared uber Lilith and NM 82.

    I started D4 as a whirlwind BB. Thanks to the content creater Rob he used this class as the first to get to level 100. Blizzard saw this decided to nerf it into the ground including it's only decent unique Gohrs gauntlets. I wasn't happy at my class being nerffed but I was not in end game yet so the WW class was still viable but the cooldown reductions resulted in gameplay of having to wait around until shouts come back up before I can damage mobs again which is not fun. A class should not have to rely on cooldowns before you do damage again. When I got to level 68 I decided to do the capstone early as I wanted to get into WT4 as soon as possible. This was the hardest challenge the game had to offer so far as I was 5 levels under the recommended level. I died allot to this capstone but managed to clear it and moved into WT4. My Reward for doing this finding out that Ancesteral items will not start showing until I reach level 73. So I had just wasted my time and had to level another 5 times before I could start actually getting ancestral gear from this WT. I levelled to 100 prior to the xp buffs. This was an extremley tedious task. What makes it tedious is the end game content is non existant. I forced myself to level to 100 so that I could take on uber Lilith. So I go up agaisnt uber Lilith with a fully min maxed WW barb and I can't do any damage to her at all. I then see videos of other classes that are able to melt her in seconds with huge damage numbers. This is the point I realised Blizzard had totally ruined the WW class and made it fully reduntant at the most difficult end game content. I was ready to quit at this stage but since it would not require much gear/aspect change I decided to switch to HOTA. This actually rekindled my enthusiasim for the game. I was having allot of fun running NM and seeing those big crit numbers. Seeing a 30 million crit was something I never saw on WW barb. WW barb I would very occasionally see 2 million damage. HOTA allowed me to go back and I was able to beat Lilith. I was also able to push to NM 82. I wasn't excatly excicted for season 1 but I was going to give it a shot since I had got the battle pass version of the game. Then the latest patch comes out and HOTA is given the WW treatment. My damage output is more or less halfed or worse. I allowed my time to be wasted once with investing into WW but when it happens a second time I do not allow a third chance. I value my time I refuse to invest any more time into a class/build that will be ruined by Blizzard. Barbarian is a dead class. I have uninstalled the game.

    TARGET AUDIENCE: CASUALS. Blizzard pumped allot of money into the marketing getting idiots like Megan Fox to promote the game. They have tried to reach a much wider audience of players and it has worked. This has resulted in us getting an extremeley easy game with bosses that have braindead mechanincs and a game that takes no risks.

    ITEMS/GEAR: Legendaries are just items to rip aspects off. They have no other use apart from selling for money or breaking down for mats. Out of all my play time I think 1 legendary dropped that had the correct aspect and rolls where I can actually equip it. All the rest just get sold or have the aspect removed and stuck on a yellow. I think this system is terrible. It removes all the excitement of getting a Legendary item.
    The cost of rerolling increasing every time is an absolute joke and pointless. I only re reroll perfect 3/4 stat items. It can take a very long time for one of these items to drop. Especially amulets and rings etc. For you to then get shafted by gold price for a re roll going up and up. I have a ring on 33 million a re roll. There should be a cap for re roll price.
    Uber uniques are pointless. What does adding items that have a 1 in 5 million hour drop chance add to the game ? You would need to be reincarnated 5 times and live 80+ years on all those 5 lifes and play D4 24 hours a day for a chance of a drop. Basically these are non atainable items. Their purpose is for players to think they have a chance to get them but they wil never drop. Uber uniques are a cash shop mechanic. More players playing more chance spend in shop. They are a carrot on a stick for idiots.

    END GAME: D4 biggest problem as it does not exist.
    You kill the same 3 world bosses that have braindead mechanics. They die in seconds.
    You run the same repetitive NM dunegons and kill the same braindead bosses over and over. There is also a serious lack of bosses. They become repetitive very fast and offer no challenge.
    D4 is halfcooked when it comes to end game. That is why they are nerffing xp again. They want to slow all progress to the end game as there is nothing to do when you get there.    … Expand
  62. spestalitz
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Dev nuke this game instead of improving it by releasing its patch bomb prior season 1 its a total waste of money
  63. Coldfront
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fun the horrible. Tone deaf developers ruining their game. The first 50 levels are ok. Some classes are abysmal. Play PoE or another ARPG. This is a waste of time.… Expand
  64. Serenist
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Wasn't even competing with PoE at which one is a better ARPG at launch. After the first patch somehow the gap is even bigger between those 2. Don't waste your time on this shallow ARPG that the devs just want to make worse and worse. Go play PoE instead.
  65. Hatmos
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    80€ pour un jeu qui au lieu d'innover est déjà très en retard par rapport à ce que propose la concurrence. L'appât du gain semble une fois de plus primer sur le gameplay chez Blizzard.
  66. Luckbox
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Slow development and patch/fix deployment
    No QoL improvements
    Constant nerfs, yet some builds 1 shotting end bosses since the launch
    Communication with community is horrible
    Well deserved score
  67. Emoryreal
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game was bad ad the release date.
    Now the patch before the season broke the game.
    When you log in to your toon it’s so weak now ,you cannot clear the same content like you did before the patch!    … Expand
  68. Dreadmax
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Game with allot of potential. Sadly its run by very incompetent developers that are dead set on destroying their own game. Last patch was master peace of incompetence by ignoring their player base completely and nerfing everything that had some fun effect to it.
  69. Archibalden
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It started good pre-season, It had potential, it was cute with the campfire talks but thats where they left Diablo 4, at the campfire... to just poke the dead animal above it.
  70. 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
  71. Oodleaf
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    *Blizzard shoots the game in the face repeatedly*

    Blizzard: why would the player base do this?
  72. R3dial
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard are no more. Not sure who's going to play season 1. Good job guys...
  73. Neyaria
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    this is the WORST Patch in History of Gaming, what a mess. we got nothing what we wanted or asked for, this patch 1.1 was a reminder to us : how you dare to tell them they have to change the game in a better way for players, we got that answer clearly from Blizzard. this game is done
  74. Gremlinism
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Uninstalling after the Season 1 patch. Had high hopes for the game and enjoyed it for a bit, but then the season 1 patch came and it's just a horrible, slow, slog for no actual game. This is an ARPG, not Stardew Valley. Fast pace, good and varied loot, and great bosses are a must and D4 now fails on every single one of those.
  75. Verliaz
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Since The new patch i decided to stop playing. Thank for destroying season 1
  76. Htddfhyrd
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    How could they ruin the game even more with current patch, thats amazing for me and whole community. Activision blizzard never will let us down guys !
  77. rnzerk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Played D2 and Path of Exile for years prior to D4, so you could say I have an ample amount of experience to review D4. Recently, I had that thirst to play a good ARPG and D4 was the first choice. I was wrong to set my expectations high--or even at the minimum, As things currently stand right now, D4 has become a generic, bland, content-lacking, and linear game.

    Outside its cinematics    Played D2 and Path of Exile for years prior to D4, so you could say I have an ample amount of experience to review D4. Recently, I had that thirst to play a good ARPG and D4 was the first choice. I was wrong to set my expectations high--or even at the minimum, As things currently stand right now, D4 has become a generic, bland, content-lacking, and linear game.

    Outside its cinematics and combat mechanics, D4 has failed to offer something new--something to keep players wanting to play more. Instead of listening to its player base, the team/s behind D4 push/es their own goals and thoughts for the game, alongside the business model they're trying to promote; That is, they're making players NOT WANT TO PLAY MORE, but PLAY MORE--a philosophy aligned with their business model that is to milk every cent as much as possible from players, hence slower gameplay, slower progression.

    But they will not be getting any cents! The time has come for players to unite and show these **** pigs who don't even play their own game that we are not their cash cows, and that our voices are pertinent to the development and success of the franchise.    … Expand
  78. rayzard
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    stupid balance
    fck crap patch

    piss off the players
    What the hell were you thinking about patching?
  79. XAIFY
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Season of the dead on arrival
    Too much to grind
    After recent updates, too much xp requirement
    Not feeling powerful
    Game is fundamentally unbalanced !
  80. Limboou
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Game of the base is decent. But I give it a 0 as the trajectory of the game is purely downhill, developers have very weird sense of developing the game and direction of it.

    completely out of touch, unfortunately this game feels like money grab like Diablo Immortal was, FOMO, shiling is all what Diablo 4 delivered until now excluding anything that the community of players was urging    Game of the base is decent. But I give it a 0 as the trajectory of the game is purely downhill, developers have very weird sense of developing the game and direction of it.

    completely out of touch, unfortunately this game feels like money grab like Diablo Immortal was, FOMO, shiling is all what Diablo 4 delivered until now excluding anything that the community of players was urging for.

    So if developers consideration of players base are at level 1/10 I also give the game the rate of 1/10.    … Expand
  81. DoctorGreen89
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    patch 1.1 was the nail in the coffin for this dying game. People play games for fun. to escape dreaded lives sometimes even... And Blizzard has this destructive pphilosophy, where if a player having fun in a game, then that must be stopped some how. All in the name of "Balancing".... ARPG without the action. What a wasted opportunity, it turned out this way.
  82. zxc2674294
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    根本沒再用心平衡，設計跟行銷腦子打結是不是，到底有沒有在玩遊戲
    沒有的話可以離職，真的很可憐連簡單的東西都改不好
  83. Syrehn
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Way to go blizz, I cant defend this even as game dev, even if this is a long term investment thing? Where is the communication, what is this patch? its quite literally the EXACT opposite of what everyone has been asking for. Way to show you hate us blizz. I learned after OW2 but man I thought a different team would be different.
  84. cacatuaroma
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Increíblemente no están tomando el pelo, haciendo que el juego sea más lento y tediosos para que estemos más horas jugando, como si tuviéramos tiempo, el 99% no somos streamer con 20 hrs al día para jugar.
  85. Holy187
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    The story is nice, graphic is fine and then does it become difficult to say more good things. The game is not an ACTION-RPG, it's more an MMORPG. Like WoW, but only with the Diablo Layout.

    I played a Sorcerer and finished the campaign. Right now I am Level 74. The biggest issue for me is, that you don't have the feeling to make progress. You get your skills really early, you get some    The story is nice, graphic is fine and then does it become difficult to say more good things. The game is not an ACTION-RPG, it's more an MMORPG. Like WoW, but only with the Diablo Layout.

    I played a Sorcerer and finished the campaign. Right now I am Level 74.
    The biggest issue for me is, that you don't have the feeling to make progress. You get your skills really early, you get some items but it makes really no difference. You play all the time but there is no progess. You get punished for leveling.
    It does not really develop any feeling or "kind of addiction" that I want to discover more. Ok with Level 50, I had the first time a bit the feeling. You got the paragon board, a lot of new things. And you hope that you get stronger and finally smash the mobs super fast. BUT nothing happens. It stays still super slow progress with leveling. It feels also that they try to waste our time much as possible.

    Open world map 3/10 (WoW sends greetings)

    Items/loot 1/10 (just boring, a lot of trash, legendary and unique items are account bound. No trading, no interaction between players). Uniques drops super rarely and better forget already that you will find a shako. Lol one of the rarest items.. Why are you doing this with a seasonal game which resets every 3 months? Diversity at the items is also super low. Gems are useless. And at the end you sell everything to the vendor for stupid gold. NO IMPROVEMENT FOR SAISON 1. Which makes useless to play the game.

    Classes 3/10 (not much diversity with skills, just look how boring everything looks. No big effects all this things, nothing new.)

    Leveling:4/10 (just too long. I dont want to play 50 hours until I finished the story. You want in the endgame, complete your build fast as possible and then getting new loot.)

    Mobs: 3/10 (a lot of mobs which are stunning, pushing and what ever else they are doing. Low diversity in the endgame)

    Interface 3/10 (to much tabs, not enough space, What the **** is this sh*t with the sigils and the exp potion. Why is there not more space?

    Graphic 6/10 (it is fine, but not spectacular.)

    Cooldowns 0/10. Everything has a cooldown, really everything!!!!! I hate this kind of mechanics. It makes no fun. Even the fireball has a cooldown. The mount has a cd, if you want to port in the city has a cd. Really everything...

    Nightmare dungeons: 2/10 (Omg why invented this super stupid negative characteristics of these dungeons. Especially this stupid things, like the unkillable rock which follows you and release the AoE or this stupid flash which comes from the sky and you have to protect yourself in the bubble. I mean this is ok for 1-2 runs, but latest after the 3rd time, you don't want to play this anymore)

    There are way better and real ARPGS out there. And some of them are for free...
    Don't waste your money and time with this game. Maybe in 1-2 years after million of patches, it can work. But I don't believe it. The game somehow is super boring, especially in the endgame and also on the great "open world". They could have implement some nice and stunnings things.

    They are just trying to steal your lifetime. That is all. There are better things to waste your time!!    … Expand
  86. Ulfhedinn
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Great start to the game, good beta and server slam. A few niggles and questionable decisions, looking forward to Season start.

    Pre season patch has removed all of the fun the end game content had going for it. Almost every player (except 2) attached to the clan (some 30+ members) have uninstalled and are putting off playing again for the foreseeable future. Blizzard have not learned    Great start to the game, good beta and server slam. A few niggles and questionable decisions, looking forward to Season start.

    Pre season patch has removed all of the fun the end game content had going for it.

    Almost every player (except 2) attached to the clan (some 30+ members) have uninstalled and are putting off playing again for the foreseeable future.

    Blizzard have not learned from thier past mistakes and I fear that D4 will not have a sustainable playerbase if the patch decisions continue the way they have been going.    … Expand
  87. CrazyDutch
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Grinding slog fest after patch. Really everything takes alot longer while you die alot more and get alot less rewards. And they killed sorcerer
  88. WillPower-
    Jul 20, 2023
    10
    Excellent game. Best combat in genre. Best graphics in genre. Amazing music and punchy sound effects. Do you best to ignore all the cry-babies review bombing this because they don't understand math, how damage buckets work, and are unhappy with 1 patch of many. Their actions of review bombing should illustrate the type of baby rage they hold within their hearts.
  89. Asken
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Just when you thought the devs finally listened to the community they outdid themselfs to do completely the opposite from what the game needed and enraged the whole playerbase the game was an absolute 8.5 before patch 1.1 but they screwed the game up so bad they sucked all the fun out of the game with all their unneeded nerfs how dare they even speak about 'broken builds'. Helltides wereJust when you thought the devs finally listened to the community they outdid themselfs to do completely the opposite from what the game needed and enraged the whole playerbase the game was an absolute 8.5 before patch 1.1 but they screwed the game up so bad they sucked all the fun out of the game with all their unneeded nerfs how dare they even speak about 'broken builds'. Helltides were not even rewarding before 1.1 but they were fun to do because you got tons of loot but now you can barely do 1 or 2 chests in a full hour. My druid which was once a powerhouse that could beat monsters 12 lvls above itself now lays on the ground dieing every 2 seconds all other classes have been broken and every build is a glass Cannon by now Blizzard just wants players to grind their game longer but nerfing everything to oblivion is not the best way to achieve that quite the opposite actually. Blizzard once again proofs they are out of touch with the people buying their games. It was a fun month playing but this game is broken beyond repair if this is what the devs think the game needs.… Expand
  90. Sapphica
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    - No real imagination for legendry's
    - Skills were fun, but they don't make the weaker skills better
    - After the nerfs, the game is no fun to play now
  91. Efbad
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Created an account on this platform just for being able to downvote the game somewhere.
  92. DartPancake
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst dev team in the industry. They either don't play or don't like games at all. Sad that I payed them 70$ and can't refund it

    Only thing that Blizzard can do in 2023 - doing great marketing. Halsey, BTS, Chloe Grace-Moretz. Only problem that they forgot to develop a great game before sell it. For those who had hope about "Maybe Blizzard will do everything other way this time" -    Worst dev team in the industry. They either don't play or don't like games at all. Sad that I payed them 70$ and can't refund it

    Only thing that Blizzard can do in 2023 - doing great marketing. Halsey, BTS, Chloe Grace-Moretz. Only problem that they forgot to develop a great game before sell it.

    For those who had hope about "Maybe Blizzard will do everything other way this time" - no. They still f*cked up everything. As in every other game they managed to release in last 10 years. Their last good game is Starcraft II, which was released in 2010.    … Expand
  93. Visiovis
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Broken after patch. Uninstalling. GG Blizzard clowns who are clueless morons
  94. omgitsgao
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I have never seen a dev team so out of touch with how their game works, and what their player base wants, then the current Diablo 4 dev team.
  95. dsaadf
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs don't give a f...
    Teasing items you will NEVER get (0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance is still a chance!)
  96. Rodancxxx
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It's trash after the patches. The campaign is still fun but completely useless after you're done.
    So glad I didn't get deluxe and early access
  97. Svarcadusk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch punishment! Will update grade when they fix the season/patch. /enoughchars
  98. Bleikurbanani
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard destroyed the game with their latest patch, don't bother buying or playing.
  99. rberg
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst update ever due to their lack of end game content, they prefer to nerf everything to the ground!
  100. Haori
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    End to the endgame. Helltide killed, NM dungeons killed, WorldBosses still drop 2 useless items, tons of builds killed, leveling killed. You wanted working mounts? No chance. You wanted decent uniques? No chance. You wanted unique crossbow, armor, sword for rogue? No chance, here's another bow. You wanted some decent cosmetics for rogue to not look like a hobo? No chance. Even paidEnd to the endgame. Helltide killed, NM dungeons killed, WorldBosses still drop 2 useless items, tons of builds killed, leveling killed. You wanted working mounts? No chance. You wanted decent uniques? No chance. You wanted unique crossbow, armor, sword for rogue? No chance, here's another bow. You wanted some decent cosmetics for rogue to not look like a hobo? No chance. Even paid cosmetics are garbage. Rogues look like bandits that should attack the main hero. You wanted enchanting system that works at least like in the 3rd game? No chance. Spend millions on enchantments only for them to be nerfed the next day. You wanted high level dungeons to drop items with better powers? No chance, here's sacred junk that goes straight to selling. You have to be really "talented" to kill all the will to play days before season.… 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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