Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. fahad500
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The Season 1 patch makes leveling up, and finding loot, 2 to 3 times more difficult. I'm not sure why this was done, if it's to draw out the amount of time people spend in the game, I feel like it will backfire and more players will get fed up with the tedium and quit instead. Personally, I'll try this game again in a year or so to see if the devs have fixed it.
  2. tomhaly
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is look like as beta , a lot of bug , bored game play , after up to level 100 I want to delete the game because you can't find anything keep you still in the game , all class build same as one make me bored with same reciple " dps : crit , crit damage + def : reduced damage " = end game . All at one Death Blizz !… Expand
  3. KZN29x
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard Developers ruined the game as always! No wonder Blizzard can barely stay alive these days its who they hire that needs to be addressed.
  4. Dodo4
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Why blizzard! You ruin everything the game is too difficult now! This is ridiculous
  5. zzh8829
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    My sorcerer character got deleted by blizzard.
    please restore my character!
  6. ArKit
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Every update just keeps weakening players, fooling players and wasting time
  7. Dirtboy
    Jun 11, 2023
    3
    The game feels slow and generally unsatisfying to play. It's hard to keep up with all these major major changes the devs keep making basically every couple weeks. I'm exhausted. The game is making me exhausted.
  8. Rvez
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The game looks Nice but, lacks every other aspect!
    70€ unfinished game is to much
    " no real end game "
    levelling feels like sneal race.
  9. jkllau0727
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Poor game experience due to the latest update. The management team & Designer of Diablo 4 should review the details of the latest updates.

    Game company not consider players feeling. Only want to extend the game life cycle by adding more difficulties to players such as experience reduction.
  10. Moxintark
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Massive nerf to entire game with latest patch. Leveling was already slow and they have decreased xp gains. They don’t have any idea how to balance the game.
  11. bdayroger19
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is an unfinished product when released. Features that was in D3 is nowhere to be seen in D4. Further, the couple of patches that came out were all just bug fixes & # adj that should've been fixed during beta. They also ruined gameplay with untimely nerfs showing how incompetent the D4 team is. With company reorg and sexual harrassment accusations in the company, it is no wonderThis game is an unfinished product when released. Features that was in D3 is nowhere to be seen in D4. Further, the couple of patches that came out were all just bug fixes & # adj that should've been fixed during beta. They also ruined gameplay with untimely nerfs showing how incompetent the D4 team is. With company reorg and sexual harrassment accusations in the company, it is no wonder D4 is a mess.… Expand
  12. GodOfRanch
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The latest patch absolutely ruined this game just in time to force the season pass. Blizzard needs to do better.
  13. Lamadoska
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The last parch is horrible. Instead of add new content they nerfed all the damage, all the defense, all the xp you gain for making the game more long. The same game experience but more long and frustrating. The new mechanic they added to the season ( the malignant hearts) is completely useless. Only very few of them are worth the farming. In this season 1 seems that only the rogue is aThe last parch is horrible. Instead of add new content they nerfed all the damage, all the defense, all the xp you gain for making the game more long. The same game experience but more long and frustrating. The new mechanic they added to the season ( the malignant hearts) is completely useless. Only very few of them are worth the farming. In this season 1 seems that only the rogue is a enjoyable characters…… Expand
  14. durkwulf
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The only thing this game cares is how long will you play it not how fun will you get from it. I purchased this game to have fun and to ease some stress from a day's work, but no. This game adds stress now thanks to the latest patch. Have fun playing your whole lifetime grinding on this boring game. They nerfed the damn PVE characters to cinders. Why? I guess monster mobs complained to theThe only thing this game cares is how long will you play it not how fun will you get from it. I purchased this game to have fun and to ease some stress from a day's work, but no. This game adds stress now thanks to the latest patch. Have fun playing your whole lifetime grinding on this boring game. They nerfed the damn PVE characters to cinders. Why? I guess monster mobs complained to the devs that players are too OP? Why the need to nerf everything fun? They want you to waste your precious time and money grinding forever without even fixing critical problems that users are complaining since the early gaming days and yet they focused on stripping everything off from what we loved about this game.

    TLDR: Don't buy this game unless you want to waste your time and money.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. WyvernArchfiend
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Primeira vez jogando diablo, e sinceramente, é a última, extremamente ridículo o fato de ser necessário "resetar" meu personagem, só para aproveitar o conteúdo novo.
    Indignado como um jogo de 350 reais pode ser tão podre e pobre de conteúdo tendo que recorer a tal ato, se o foco fosse pvp ainda seria plausível, mas se tratando de um jogo mais focado no pve é extremamente triste, o "acrecismo" de conteúdo se resume em acrescimo de tempo gasto no grind de um personagem com 90 dias de vida útil.
    Extremamente triste!    … Expand
  17. nosociallife
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Before 1.1 patch the best I could say about the game is it was playable. Had fun up to about level 80, then the endgame grind kicked in and the loot loop was so boring I gave up. Figured this was the game launch which is notoriously a hard thing for Blizz to get right and the Season 1 patch would address at least some of the players concerns and make the game more fun.
    TBH I put too much    Before 1.1 patch the best I could say about the game is it was playable. Had fun up to about level 80, then the endgame grind kicked in and the loot loop was so boring I gave up. Figured this was the game launch which is notoriously a hard thing for Blizz to get right and the Season 1 patch would address at least some of the players concerns and make the game more fun.
    TBH I put too much faith in "you think you do, but you don't" "Don't you guys own phones" modern Blizz. They have continued to sacrifice player fun for profit without realizing the truth that all of the good will for the company was from when they made games that were fun to play. I fell in to this nostalgia trap. Loved D1 bought it the week it came out. Loved D2 drove 200 miles to get a copy on launch day. More or less enjoyed D3, launch was terrible but it at least felt like they were addressing players issues with the game, love the current seasons.

    Basically the way they decided to "fix" their lack of fun endgame content was simply to make it harder to get there in the first place.
    I have seen a lot of people trying to justify the massive nerf to all classes by pointing out that the S1 mechanic will make up for that. . . I would be inclined to agree if this didn't effect the Eternal realm. Seasonal content should be optional not mandatory.    … Expand
  18. Kimoc
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    f***ing broke af worthless pice of trash, worst patch ive seen in years. Unplayable want my money back
  19. choigoon85
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The developer who develops this game seems to mistake himself for an artist. I think I don't need the idea of the user who enjoys the game. Now there's no Blizzard we knew.… Expand
  20. Epicnguyen
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Started out okay until devs "fix" was to nerf everything to the ground, slowed XP, and just made everything even worse rather than making it more fun. 100% ruined it with their first big patch. Blizzard is now a money grab and no longer cares about making quality games that sustain.… Expand
  21. BenderIsGreat34
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    As someone who loves to grind on a game, this is too much, leveling is slow and gets old fast with very little content that's worth your time for XP and after 200 plus hours you might have a maxed out chacter and decent build only to be met but blizzard nerfing not just your build and hard work into the ground but all builds. The lack of power leveling makes it even worse due to the factAs someone who loves to grind on a game, this is too much, leveling is slow and gets old fast with very little content that's worth your time for XP and after 200 plus hours you might have a maxed out chacter and decent build only to be met but blizzard nerfing not just your build and hard work into the ground but all builds. The lack of power leveling makes it even worse due to the fact that you will feel locked into one class since it takes so long to get anywhere with said class. I gave it a 2 cause the story was not bad but everything after that is a waste. On top of all this the devs seem to have a death wish for the game, they seem to do the complete opposite of what the community asks for and insist that you enjoy the game the way they want you to. To sum it up, long monotonous play with no reward, progress is met with nerfs, devs total disregard for what the community has askd for. If you haven't bought the game yet don't possibly it will get better but there have been no signs of that so far, if the game drops to 20$ or less buy it for the story mode and then delete it.… Expand
  22. yellowhand
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Class action lawsuit is needed so we all get the refund we deserve. This is a scam.
  23. ItsAzraelNZ
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    In one fell swoop activision blizzard completely ruined a game I was so excited for the first season of, what terrifies me the most is that someone actually thought that all of this was a good/positive thing to do - lets nerf everyone into the ground and lets not fix any of the broken things we've been promising to fix instead, Druid loot pool - Broken since launch - not addressed for aIn one fell swoop activision blizzard completely ruined a game I was so excited for the first season of, what terrifies me the most is that someone actually thought that all of this was a good/positive thing to do - lets nerf everyone into the ground and lets not fix any of the broken things we've been promising to fix instead, Druid loot pool - Broken since launch - not addressed for a month but people are farming dungeons for increased XP so lets address this instead and to hell with the druids, they are so tone deaf to what their players wanted, just delay your season start, put out a poll on what players want and implement the overwhelming consensus is a good way to start… Expand
  24. Raverbasher
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    ActivisionBlizzard just made everything harder and worse with their pre-season 1 patch. This has been one of the best Diablo’s I had ever played, and then they did this.

    I’m now telling my friends who have not yet bought the game, who I had been telling to buy it, to not bother. Better games on the horizon. Actiblizz are the worst gaming company ever.
  25. GGAM
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It has different contents from what was announced during the beta test. The map is just the same type of dungeon, prison, snow field, and cave, and the fact that the effect changes as the skill level goes up is also false. In order to prevent the rapid consumption of poor content, only various nerf patches are being made, and it shows a very slow and frustrating response that does not fitIt has different contents from what was announced during the beta test. The map is just the same type of dungeon, prison, snow field, and cave, and the fact that the effect changes as the skill level goes up is also false. In order to prevent the rapid consumption of poor content, only various nerf patches are being made, and it shows a very slow and frustrating response that does not fit the times. So far, I have pre-purchased with the reputation of Diablo, but starting with this game, all new games from Blizzard will never be pre-purchased.… Expand
  26. Kakruken
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I made an account just to give this a fair review score. I think the reasons have been spelt out by other users here already so I will not repeat it.

    But actions speaks louder than words, so I will use my 'action' of going through the hassle of registering an account to do this. This practice of coming up with a half developed game, selling it as a complete one and then paying    I made an account just to give this a fair review score. I think the reasons have been spelt out by other users here already so I will not repeat it.

    But actions speaks louder than words, so I will use my 'action' of going through the hassle of registering an account to do this.

    This practice of coming up with a half developed game, selling it as a complete one and then paying Youtubers to market it aggressively to cheat the causal base who bought this out of past nostalgia needs to stop.

    I may be just an insignificant idiot who forked out $100 to buy your marketing and half developed game, (and spend 100-200 hours playing it in the hope that the end game gets better/your promises via community engagement sounds sincere and reasonable), but here is me leaving my honest review.

    For others who haven't bought the game, please don't. This is not a 'review bomb' as per what their marketing/PR team is selling, but it is a review of just an average joe who has stuck by the Blizzard name and loved the Starcraft, WOW and Diablo franchise, who heard good things about the new addition to the Diablo franchise and decided to 'vote with his wallet' to support the devs. Instead, I wasted money and time, and whatever ounce of goodwill/nostalgia I have with the Blizzard brand name.    … Expand
  27. GuyWhoIsHigh
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    ActiBlizz continues to spit in the faces of consumers. They use a nostalgic name to gut those of their time and money. There are plenty of ways you can defend this game, but the negatives far out weigh the positives. Constant added time sinks so they can bolster play time hours just to pad their own pockets. The gaming community will continue to be taken advantage of at this rate.
  28. Owocowy
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo series died and can't be resurrected. Diablo 4 is friking dull and shallow game made for dummies. Waste of money.
  29. Fishj36
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    No match making really sucks! Gems don't go as high, no specials gems. Miss set items, instead they have "uber unique" in which 1 in particular still hasn't dropped 1 time world wide, really?
  30. killshotjon
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
    Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.
    Vulnerable Damage: Reduced by ~40%. Total Armor while in Werebear Form: Reduced by ~25%. Total Armor while in Werewolf Form: Reduced by ~25%. Damage Reduction from Close Enemies: Reduced by ~20%. Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies: Reduced by ~20%. Damage Reduction from Enemies that are Bleeding:    Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
    Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.
    Vulnerable Damage: Reduced by ~40%.
    Total Armor while in Werebear Form: Reduced by ~25%.
    Total Armor while in Werewolf Form: Reduced by ~25%.
    Damage Reduction from Close Enemies: Reduced by ~20%.
    Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies: Reduced by ~20%.
    Damage Reduction from Enemies that are Bleeding: Reduced by ~25%.
    Damage Reduction from Enemies that are Burning: Reduced by ~25%.
    Damage Reduction from Enemies that are Poisoned: Reduced by ~25%.
    Damage Reduction from Enemies that are affected by Shadow Over Time: Reduced by ~25%.
    Damage Reduction while Fortified: Reduced by ~25%.    … Expand
  31. 702GamerMan
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Stash Inventory is horrible and they wont fix it till season 2. Leveling takes forever as if this was WoW from 2002. The new patch made my build weaker and it wasn't even over powered although i followed a build from Moxsy. This is because I don't have God Like rolls which take for freaking ever to get anyhow. None of my friends want to play anymore so now I'm gonna quit. Helltides gotStash Inventory is horrible and they wont fix it till season 2. Leveling takes forever as if this was WoW from 2002. The new patch made my build weaker and it wasn't even over powered although i followed a build from Moxsy. This is because I don't have God Like rolls which take for freaking ever to get anyhow. None of my friends want to play anymore so now I'm gonna quit. Helltides got nerfed, all I can do is play dungeons over and over. Not enough content and any other content is boring AF. Game is a grind and now it's even grindier. I knew this **** was going to happen after i played mobile stupid Immortal AF game that i quit in 30 days. Same issue here with Diablo 4.… Expand
  32. BagFulOfYeets
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    these patch notes are the worse thing ive seen since the new season of the Witcher
  33. Yalk
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Good story, but endgame is weak. Also if you want play seasons, you need every new season a new character. Now I figured out that I paid 70 euro for story. They didnt learn from previous Diablo games. For example in Dialbo Immortal you can play each new content and season with same character and you can keep leveling it. This is the most biggest fail of this game. Character balance isGood story, but endgame is weak. Also if you want play seasons, you need every new season a new character. Now I figured out that I paid 70 euro for story. They didnt learn from previous Diablo games. For example in Dialbo Immortal you can play each new content and season with same character and you can keep leveling it. This is the most biggest fail of this game. Character balance is still problem, gear still drops with extreme low number for Druid. Example: -1000 -1500, also unique gear. Game is still beta version.… Expand
  34. DubiousK
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The most tone deaf Dev team ever. The game had a chance at being great, it has lost it's allure for me after the flagrant disregard for basic QoL updates in lieu of completely dismantling the game.
  35. luq
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Amazing graphics and sound. Terrible end-game. Patch feels horrible as everything feels slower.
  36. Zsrw0526
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Season 1 patch. Worst patch ever in the history of games. Diablo should not be a second full time job
  37. yicheng525
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Officially modify the game content all day long
    Losing gamers is only a matter of time
  38. Devilotte
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Loot got radically nerfed, Helltides nerfed, all classes nerfed to where you're far weaker than before the patch. It's clear they don't test content before releasing it. They lied to the consumers saying they look forward to creativity and instead nerf everything with a sledgehammer.
    After the patch the freezing problem some faced is now affecting more players, making it borderline    Loot got radically nerfed, Helltides nerfed, all classes nerfed to where you're far weaker than before the patch. It's clear they don't test content before releasing it. They lied to the consumers saying they look forward to creativity and instead nerf everything with a sledgehammer.
    After the patch the freezing problem some faced is now affecting more players, making it borderline unplayable.
    No match making at all for groups, chat is limited to immediate vicinity so it's hard to form a pickup group.
    Sorcs were weak before the preaseason nerf, easily being the weakest now making it even more weak.    … Expand
  39. spar276
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    All they do is slow the game expecting users to spend their life in this game. 99% major patch = how to make users suffer and spend time longer doing anything in this game. Waste of time playing. just go play POE or Last Epoch or Baldurs Gate 3. Blizzard is dead 10 years ago with the real Lich King.
  40. Jhaedin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They disrespect players time by arbitrarily nerfing xp gain and also nerfing power leveling methods. We just want to level up and have fun, not grind our life away trying to level up. They are compensating for lack of end game content by trying to make leveling take longer. This is truly disrespectful to our time as players. It was already bad enough grinding to level 100. They just hit usThey disrespect players time by arbitrarily nerfing xp gain and also nerfing power leveling methods. We just want to level up and have fun, not grind our life away trying to level up. They are compensating for lack of end game content by trying to make leveling take longer. This is truly disrespectful to our time as players. It was already bad enough grinding to level 100. They just hit us with a 20% xp nerf along with crushing power leveling.
    I haven’t even mentioned the poor quality of life they gave us with not enough inventory space, no search in stash.
    Go ahead and grind your gear trying to min max everything and then they come along and hit many builds with 40% damage nerfs while also needing our damage reduction.
    Do they know these games are supposed to be fun?    … Expand
  41. Tanphu
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game have online check, microtransaction,recently the horrible update, definitely billizard
  42. bishlo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch for season 1 is one of the worst patch in gaming history. They just made leveling harder and draining all the fun with massive nerf. Avoid at all cost
  43. velyna
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is more interested in introducing changes that intentionally slow down game-play and reverse progression in order to artificially inflate game time - instead of introducing new content and challenges - in order to very transparently milk money from players.
  44. Fengtorin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I had a lot of fun with the campaign, but I don't buy these kinds of games for the story. I buy them for the loot grind and the engaging endgame. This game doesn't really have an endgame, and the loot is uninspired - boring. Then they go and pull a patch that cripples survivability (I have near max dr rolls and armor % and after the patch get one shot by tier 100 nmd basic monsters). OnI had a lot of fun with the campaign, but I don't buy these kinds of games for the story. I buy them for the loot grind and the engaging endgame. This game doesn't really have an endgame, and the loot is uninspired - boring. Then they go and pull a patch that cripples survivability (I have near max dr rolls and armor % and after the patch get one shot by tier 100 nmd basic monsters). On top of that, instead of reworking damage buckets, they just slashed vulnerability and crit, effectively lowering the damage ceiling while at the same time making everything else you can do in game slower. The non-existent endgame is already boring, why slow it down too?… Expand
  45. Mike_Rotch
    Jul 7, 2023
    0
    I’ve had to change my rating after further gameplay and the development teams response to the community problems. This game is not worth $70. They treat it as if it’s a free to play game and completely ignore huge problems with the game. Every patch is for something the majority of players did not ask for. The patches break the game even further. The endgame is boring and now with theI’ve had to change my rating after further gameplay and the development teams response to the community problems. This game is not worth $70. They treat it as if it’s a free to play game and completely ignore huge problems with the game. Every patch is for something the majority of players did not ask for. The patches break the game even further. The endgame is boring and now with the newest patch is completely even more pointless than it was before. Blizzard really needs to clean shop with who ever is running Diablo. This could turn into a class action lawsuit… Expand
  46. MaximumCrime124
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard did a quick cash grab, wow! Any way to get a refund? Feel free to explore the community reddit page...

    https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/
  47. bpexp235
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game seemed to have potential until they announced the patch notes for season 1. There are no fixes for the real issues plaguing the game today and, instead, they gave us nerfs that will cause the casual player even more grind time to get levels and gear. I won’t be playing anymore until they start listening to the player base (with a focus on casuals who bring the most revenue toThis game seemed to have potential until they announced the patch notes for season 1. There are no fixes for the real issues plaguing the game today and, instead, they gave us nerfs that will cause the casual player even more grind time to get levels and gear. I won’t be playing anymore until they start listening to the player base (with a focus on casuals who bring the most revenue to Blizzard’s bottom line).… Expand
  48. Weatherlight
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    i've had the game for about 2 weeks the latest nerf ruined the game for me.
    blizzard staff is obviously stupid and failed to learn something square Enix learned in final fantasy 11
    you do not nerf the skills you bring other skills up. if things die too fast buff their def and hp its not hard nothing had to change, just make dungeons for max level that are made harder.
  49. scorpionx218
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    bad game, worst dev ever, they are the right example of failure and making stupid decisions. To save the situation, these unqualified developers must be replaced by a team that knows the history of Diablo and works as much as possible to restore the reputation and continuity of the game with the best renewed content and interesting gameplay and understand the basics of balancing in thebad game, worst dev ever, they are the right example of failure and making stupid decisions. To save the situation, these unqualified developers must be replaced by a team that knows the history of Diablo and works as much as possible to restore the reputation and continuity of the game with the best renewed content and interesting gameplay and understand the basics of balancing in the development of game characters to keep the game good and fun… Expand
  50. gamemanlive
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Worst patch of gaming history. made it unplayable. We need to Nerf those developers, haha.
    Now I am not sure but i think maybe they are doing it on purpose to defame Microsoft.
  51. Kirbits
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Leveled a 100 Sorc. 1.1 Patch shows how little the team plays the game. Fiery Surge was boosted, yet the ability never worked and still doesn't.
  52. fyoublizzard
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    SCAM Alert, dont waste your money on this trash. With 100$ It give you 24hour worth of content and about 24 more of grind. And then they charge you 30$ so they can neft everything down to make you play the same game but it harder, slower
  53. XQ99
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Killed their own game before we even got Season 1. **Fun detected** Quick lets ruin it for everyone.
  54. MethheadD4
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I've been playing 14 hours a day every day and this game sucks.

    Blizzard has no idea how to design games for Meth users or my crackhead friends.

    0/10. What a waste of my 500 hour Meth binge
  55. Havok970
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was maybe a 3, but the season patch made the worst parts even worse. In my 40 years of gaming I have never seen such blatant disregard for players.… Expand
  56. lDeaKoNl
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    why is blizzard trying to make this worse and worse, i cant understand the devs
  57. D2ckmpe7
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I bought the most expensive ultimate edition preorder , and played as a casual player, and bought 4 more copies for my friends to play with me, after this latest patch. I figured that I shouldnt have wasted that money. Making every class so bad now so we can feel being slightly strong in new season is not the way to go, I am sick of company doing this, .they may as well just not launchI bought the most expensive ultimate edition preorder , and played as a casual player, and bought 4 more copies for my friends to play with me, after this latest patch. I figured that I shouldnt have wasted that money. Making every class so bad now so we can feel being slightly strong in new season is not the way to go, I am sick of company doing this, .they may as well just not launch this season til they fix this, actually, i feel that we should just stop playing this game, so they know not to do that anymore. I am not going to play anygames from Blizzard no more. This is worse than EA games.....go play Grim Dawn , it is sooo much better, or maybe give Path of exile 2 a try..… Expand
  58. novares
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    You basically take everything that players are asking for, put it in a nice list, and then throw it all in the trash and do the complete opposite. You just don't listen. Don't care. You have our money and we got a broken, unbalanced, messed up game. I play a sorc too, and you just keep defiling it further.

    Good: -Nice graphics, proper aesthetic. Bad: -Every zone is copy/pasted, and    You basically take everything that players are asking for, put it in a nice list, and then throw it all in the trash and do the complete opposite. You just don't listen. Don't care. You have our money and we got a broken, unbalanced, messed up game. I play a sorc too, and you just keep defiling it further.

    Good:
    -Nice graphics, proper aesthetic.

    Bad:
    -Every zone is copy/pasted, and looks EXACTLY the same. You NEVER feel like you're anywhere different.
    -Every town looks exactly the same.
    -Every town has a 50-mile radius around it, where you cant run with the crap horse until you're outside of said radius.
    -Game is full of bugs. Endless endless bugs.
    -Game has major memory leak that people have reported since the first beta, and is still not fixed.
    -Game has persistent sound-bug issue where the voiceover will become bugged with echos and weird dungeon effects applied to dialog, and then never goes away. Not with a reinstall, or anything. Reporting it for months gets no reponse, either.
    -Characters are unbalanced beyond words. Tuning them results in ruining them, versus improving them.
    -Forced MMO & forced online only play, but then has zero MMO features and nothing of convenience for your forced-experience. You can't even chat with the world, outside of Trade, and they STILL HAVENT ADDED A GLOBAL CHAT. As if this is so unbelievably difficult.
    -QoL and conveniences from past games have been just, completely left out of this one.
    -Zoom on character is so uncomfortably close it makes you feel weird, and you refuse to add option to zoom out further. It's obvious it can be done, because it's done on horse, and for world bosses, or higher peaks in land. Will you ever address it? Nope.
    -What year does it need to be when we are able to party with more than just 4 people like this is a LAN party or pure-console game? I play on PC. In diablo 2, I could have 8 people in a group. This is so utterly annoying and old.
    -No room in stash, and can only buy 4 stash tabs. You know perfectly well adding the ability to purchase more is as easy as your ability to nerf %'s on a spreadsheet that controls the game. Just stop.
    -Can't simply just 1v1 your friend if you want, must go to FoH and then risk others coming in and ruining your dueling and trolling, and since you can't request to duel outside of FoH.... this is just rudimentary.
    -Mount is practically unusable, between having to stop every 10 seconds to climb a cliff, it can barely walk 1 foot forward without hitting every single solitary piece of terrain that there is.
    -Every single dungeon is a copy/paste of another. All of these dungeons, yet I haven't been in a single one that has felt different from the next. They literally took the shell of one, and then made it "icy", then copy/pasted it, and made it not icy, then copy/pasted it, and switched the pathways around. It's pathetic.
    -If you want any actual updates you're forced to follow these clowns personal accounts on Twitter. So if you want game updates you gotta see PezRadar shirtless and pictures/stories about his "gains journey", and whatever else, instead of actually using or communicating on the forums where everybody is, asking for some acknowledgment. If they don't like your comment on twitter, they block you. Rob Ferguson is the worst. He's 80 years old, and takes everything personally. Has no idea what this generation of gamers wants, he's just another slob like Jay Wilson, telling people what they want because "he knows" and we dont.
    -Because they have no end game, or anything else actually fun in the game to do, they made leveling and progression even slower and more miserable, then proceeded to gatekeep the world tiers. Why? No reason, other than to just do the exact opposite of majority-ask and make it more miserable. You know, cause helping friends level up so you can play together is so blasphemous.
    -Did I mention the items/itemization is absolutely and utterly horrendous? It's so bad. It's so stupid. 500 useless dumb buckets of things and then the comparison thing, don't even get me started. It feels like a special-education team came up with some of these concepts.
    -Item drops: they're trash. They're all trash. And, if you're a cold sorc and you want gear for.... a cold sorc... you aren't getting it. You're getting 90% gear for fire/light. So you literally find the opposite of your build, 90% of the time. It's on purpose too. Odds don't work that terribly.

    Games are supposed to bring joy, and fun. The only thing this game does is genuinely infuriate me while playing it, and the experience is miserable. I'm not sure how I even lasted this long. But I feel absolutely zero joy from this game. It feels like a job, not a break *from* my job. Everything's a copy/paste with minor alterations, including the cosmetics. LOL, explain why the sorc has FOUR of the same exact helmets with small differences like a string, or a barely noticeable color change?

    Game sucks.    … Expand
  59. Syranth
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review is coming from someone with at least one lv 100 character.

    The first month of this game was alright but there were clearly some things missing. The gameplay in the second half gets really repetitive but not in the "Diablo 3 hectic fun" type of way. The first season is coming so there is promise for some excitement. Sadly in the first month's it's apparent that the game    This review is coming from someone with at least one lv 100 character.

    The first month of this game was alright but there were clearly some things missing. The gameplay in the second half gets really repetitive but not in the "Diablo 3 hectic fun" type of way. The first season is coming so there is promise for some excitement. Sadly in the first month's it's apparent that the game reached out to too many directions and missed on most of them. One of the worst is that Diablo was always a group game but most builds aren't fun to play as a team.

    Then the new patch hits.

    They nerfed every build. They didn't fix much of anything. Necromancers don't have a viable pet build. This is a core element of the idea of a necromancer and the only viable builds for them don't feel like a necromancer. Sorcerers don't feel like a class the developers have played much and are not viable in much of anything. One of the main builds that did much they announced had a bug that they fixed which made it - worse. They nerfed Vulnerability (which needed nerfing) but did so in such a way that it hamstrung rogues. I could go on and on, but that's not the worst of the changes. Defenses - nerfed.

    They made every attempt to slow the game down. It was already a boring grind past lv 50 (out of 100 max) but they made every attempt to keep people in the game longer. Longer in something that was already boring. It took my patience to really get to lv 100 and that's saying a lot. I usually take 2-3 builds minimum to the max each season in Diablo 3. Dungeon exp - nerfed right after they buffed it. Not "hey let's nerf it back down to original levels before the buff". No, they took it well below their original level. Helltide shards - nerfed but they say it was a bug. Sure. Helltide chests - nerfed and now it takes a lot longer to get chests that have really bad loot to begin with. Playing with friends? Can't they put caps on the world tier levels. Want to help your friends level so they can catch up to you? Nerfed.

    I bought the collectors edition so I get a free season pass. I wont' be redeeming it this year. Too many other good things to play. Much like Diablo 3's launch Blizzard just doesn't understand their audience anymore. I'll wait a few seasons to see if they understand their game and maybe come back.    … Expand
  60. Cowboygeeker
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    What can I say, nerf the game nerf the rating? I liked the story but this season patch is terrible.
  61. Quarrel
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The last patch killed the game. Everything is nerfed, nothing wrong was fixed.
  62. Anonreviewed
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Bought early access. Was having fun up until July 18, where the game completely changed to an ultramarathon for only the sweatiest of gamers. Fun was gutted. That’s what gaming is, or at least was, for. Corporate greed at its pinnacle with this one. Fool me once shame on me. Fool me twice, well I can’t get fooled again.
  63. Purperi
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Feels like a unfinished game i paid 90€ for, yeah and im the paying betatester lol
    feels like d3 with less content just a open world
  64. sso311
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    graphics and story are good but frankly speaking this game is clearly going nowhere as the devs have clearly demonstrated a mindset of "make the game as long and tedious as possible so players cannot accomplish anything and therefore will not quit"
  65. Chesterw0902
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Main story is good but I hope to see an actual road map like what they did for WoW, so we don’t need to be waiting aimlessly.

    The end game content is poorly designed especially with the new season 1 patch that basically makes you double your effort in the game to basically do the same thing in season with so called “New Content”, which is just a new boss, gems and that’s all.    Main story is good but I hope to see an actual road map like what they did for WoW, so we don’t need to be waiting aimlessly.

    The end game content is poorly designed especially with the new season 1 patch that basically makes you double your effort in the game to basically do the same thing in season with so called “New Content”, which is just a new boss, gems and that’s all.

    Wouldn’t recommend new players to buy the game just for season 1, should wait until Blizzard make this game enjoyable, but they probably can’t.    … Expand
  66. Ultimex
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Never seen a game go from good to terrible this fast. blizzard dont want people playing their game.
  67. Kazurin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Imagine playing a game and enjoying it and really looking forward to play the first season...then the devs just "balance" changes anything to make the game less fun.
  68. smokesnugsyt
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    really sad about the bad balance and boring end game loop. and they keep releasing one bad patch after another. devs seem really out of touch with the players.
  69. PatrickFrota
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Shame Devs care about Nerfing every aspect that could make the game FUN. The cool itens are near imposible to get. One patch and The itens and aspects you lost hours farming become **** . The worst is to know the game was better at the beta then on season 1.
  70. 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?
  71. Hacktr0n
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    While the game started off relatively shallow, I began to finally learn the few sorcerer mechanics that made the game feel enjoyable enough in WT4 at level 75. Then the latest "balance" patch came around this week and set me back what felt like a week. Just no motivation to play and afraid to waste any more time with Season 1 until it seems this Blizzard team knows what makes Diablo fun toWhile the game started off relatively shallow, I began to finally learn the few sorcerer mechanics that made the game feel enjoyable enough in WT4 at level 75. Then the latest "balance" patch came around this week and set me back what felt like a week. Just no motivation to play and afraid to waste any more time with Season 1 until it seems this Blizzard team knows what makes Diablo fun to begin with. It feels like decisions are being made more by the likes of Activision than the Blizzard of old. They used to have a reputation for impeccable detail and quality.… Expand
  72. Alalya
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible Devs team that won't listen to community at all. All Blizzard cares is trying toforce people to spend more time playing, by nerfing XP gains and everything else tbh.
  73. moonduster
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Absolute travesty, they stole $100 from me and lived up to none of their promises and instead gaslighted me as a customer about how i should know better
  74. ItchyBusy
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    More like a beta game than a finished game. Only the story mode is good but overall not worth your money.
  75. Spacemantwice
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The July 18th patch sucked all the fun or of this game and didn't provide any benefits. Everyone agrees worst patch ever released for a game.
  76. kodarr
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It was a very fun game when it came out then the first patch buffing xp in nightmare dungeons made it much more fun but the newest patch 50% nerf and made every character I played for so many hours just useless.
    Everything that was fun in the game was taken away and they made leveling tedious again. The game isn't worth playing at all and just feels like homework now.
  77. Overtopplayer12
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Boring skill design.
    A system where every time you level you feel weaker
    Bad UI
    Forgettable music
    A story that is too intrusive to gameplay
    Low viable builds
    Boring end game
    This game feels like an alpha but cost 100$
  78. Tac0x
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs Dumbass devs
  79. Nexal
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Was fun to play first few hours, but game is unfinished product from a longevity point of view which is what it was marketed for.
  80. Laserbeamz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is boring, you are always just waiting on resource to use your abilities. You get to the end and thats just it, nothing left to do...and somehow your character just keeps getting weaker? Play path of exile instead.… Expand
  81. donkeyboner
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Disappointing, boring, and with very little to do. The current content is not worth the current price tag.
  82. NJW
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    feels like they dont have any idea what they are doing at this point, pretty sure this is the last money i give to blizzard
  83. paperhurts
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Honestly I don’t know what I was thinking. I’ve played D1-3, been a fan for decades, but should have known blizzard today is not blizzard of my formative years. I actually own Activision Blizzard stock, from long enough ago I believed in the company. Anyway, let’s talk game play…
    I played in all the betas - which were more like alpha testing. Game launched and already things had changed    Honestly I don’t know what I was thinking. I’ve played D1-3, been a fan for decades, but should have known blizzard today is not blizzard of my formative years. I actually own Activision Blizzard stock, from long enough ago I believed in the company. Anyway, let’s talk game play…
    I played in all the betas - which were more like alpha testing. Game launched and already things had changed enough that the classes I enjoyed were not as much fun.
    After launch I had to change my build multiple times due to patches and shadow nerfs (seriously, these patch notes are terrible, no wonder your code is full of bugs). And respeccing is TERRIBLE. It is so unwieldy to change because of how many points and how terrible gear itemization is that when forced to respec IT FEELS LIKE WORK. Actually that’s a theme my husband and I experienced a lot this past month; this game feels like WORK in a way D3 never did.
    And the hits keep on coming.
    What the actual fart are these devs thinking with these huge, blanket nerfs? Why did I login after a patch and suddenly lose 10 levels of content completion ability?
    Do not give these jokers your money.
    They haven’t fixed any of the bugs I dutifully reported after paying for the privilege to do their QA testing for them. There are still RAM leaks; the code is bloated and takes up a ridiculous amount of space on your hard drive. A patch with what seems to be limited content was TEN GIGS. What the what, curse your eyes, devs! Whoever decided engagement metrics were more important than PLAYERS FEELING LIKE HEROES - WHICH WE DO NOT - should be fired, immediately.
    They clearly have ZERO LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS LAUNCHED OF THE SAME TITLE, not to mention this game is missing TONS of quality of life improvements that D3 has, and don’t get me started on the stash space; 4 tabs, gems use slots, shared across characters? You want us to be creative and make new builds but don’t even give us the space to collect gear to experiment! No way to save builds for easy switching? MANUALLY SINGLE CLICKING TO UNSPEND EACH PARAGON POINT ONE BY ONE?! Horses that seem to have no horse shoes; rubberbanding on the map; game freezes at world boss; server lag that makes you lose your helltide cinders; RAM leaks and CPU cores overheating; the list goes on and on and on.
    You get one point because the game is pretty and the story didn’t suck.
    -666,666,666 DKP for how dirty you did the sorcs.    … Expand
  84. Shwoopers
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The devs are slowing everything down and making everything worse. This season 1 Patch has to be one for the worst ARPG patches I have ever seen. Nerfs on everything and no quality of life improvements. Zero concern for the community. They got their paycheck. If they don't start listening to feedback, the game will not make it to the first expansion.
  85. Clutch_503
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard has lost touch with the fan base. It's not hard to not ruin your game with one patch. But here we are with exactly that
  86. Taylort93
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Undo the patch and I’ll play again… I was having so much fun with this game and really looking forward to S1. All good things come to an end… although Diablo 4 ended too fast. RIP
  87. Joss34
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Trash. No qol changes. Nerf everything to make maglignant hearts seem appealing and game changing. Released an unfinished game. No public testing servers. Paid 80 bucks to be a game tester. Trash devs, trash management, trash company and trash investors.
  88. pladoog
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Less fun after update. This game should be offline, at least I can choose to update or not.!
  89. Rmoreno94
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disappointed with season 1 patch notes devs not listening to player base. Costant nerfs. Xp nerfs, mob density nerfs. Basically anything players love doing that is fun. The dev team nerfs it. They don’t allow us to play the game however we the players want to play the game. Fun game don’t get me wrong but very annoying and disappointing with how the dev team responds to the player base. 1 to 5 % of YouTubers with 300 plus hours play time show off their million crit builds. As soon as us normies start following a build it gets nerfed. I think I’m done with the game I may be back season 3 or 4… Expand
  90. vuyfyhj
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Slow, poor loot, no social tools. Activision riding on Blizzard name and milking millennials of their nostalgia money.
  91. mdkventura
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    The game is fine. You will enjoy it, dont take this overall score to heart.
  92. Smoke1189
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Never seen someone fudge a Season 1 update so hard. Blizzard no more. Blizzard north for life.
  93. D4sucksballs
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    F this game. Nerf everything, no bugs fixed, and no QoL fixes. DO NOT BUY. Blizzard says they listen to the players, but they have ignored all the feedback and nerfed the game into the ground.
  94. Ecamp09
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I was having an amazing time with this game until the recent 1.1 update. Blizzard decided to change all the good things about the game into bad things and ignore all the bad things about the game. So now it's just all bad. For the love God and all diablo lovers revert the recent changes and listen to the people that are playing the game for hours upon hours for changes that need to beI was having an amazing time with this game until the recent 1.1 update. Blizzard decided to change all the good things about the game into bad things and ignore all the bad things about the game. So now it's just all bad. For the love God and all diablo lovers revert the recent changes and listen to the people that are playing the game for hours upon hours for changes that need to be made.

    Before the update...I would absolutely recommend this game but after the update. Stay away from it.    … Expand
  95. ksliger2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The latest patch absolutely killed the game. Why would they do this? The short answer is that the greedy corporate **** sticks want us to play the game more and purchase battle net passes. However, in the process they abruptly destroyed that which was fun about the game. i regret spending money on the box and PC versions. I won't be back unless they fully revert the patch.
  96. Blackcat83
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard didnt respect the time and effort we took to grind our build. Weeks of grinding were thrown out of the window with one patch. My character now feels 15 levels lower. The time taken to build 15 levels are definitely gone. Am a casual player with a day job. Our time play after work is limited. They didnt respect that
  97. jasonjrr
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was fun, if a bit shallow until the July 18th patch. They pulled the plug on gun everywhere and basically deleted one class that was already seriously suffering. The developer is out of touch with reality.
  98. Denzz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Overhyped yet incomplete game with very little testing by the actual devs. Only after initial release do they "attempt" to fix bugs and glitches. Developers constantly "listen" to the feedback of the players too! Currently, game has been nerfed to the ground because the developers think it's the better course for the game. I don't think they actually played the game though....
  99. Aladine
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Patch 1.1 worst patch in gaming history, made everhthing worse, less fun garbage.

    Blizzard shoulf be ashamed
  100. theiamfish
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    blizzard clearly does not listen to what its players want from the game... can't fix server issues? might as well make players quit the game instead to solve the server issue
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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