Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Reviews4U
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I started this game out fresh without ever playing any Diablo games before. I played the beta and it was really good, nice graphics, sound, gameplay. This game as it stands right now is being castrated by the developers with horrible updates, and nerfs that aren’t needed. This so called game review bombing here isn’t that, it’s legitimate reviews by users.. This game is deserving of that because honestly it’s pretty bad now. Imagine me (Sorc) spending hundreds of hours in the game finding a build that works half decent. The Sorc btw is already the weakest class and lowest survival rate in the entire game.. So with the updates they nerf this class into the ground making it way worse and completely useless and also my hundreds of hours a complete waste of time and my life.

    I wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone with how the devs handle updates and keep ruining the game for everyone. You won’t be able to build a character to keep without them ruining your build with huge nerfs. For example spend 100 hours building a class.. few weeks later it’s nerfed into oblivion.. now start over and over.. this games a complete waste of time, money, and overall happiness.    … Expand
  2. OGJuanKenobi
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Disappointing doesn’t begin to describe how this once great franchise is now a laughingstock. This game quickly becomes a chore. It does not resemble an Action-RPG; rather leaning towards slow pace, monotonous, painstakingly boring MMO-like gameplay with painfully long cool downs. The story is woefully bland. Endgame results to uninspiring dungeons that are far from rewarding.

    You know    Disappointing doesn’t begin to describe how this once great franchise is now a laughingstock. This game quickly becomes a chore. It does not resemble an Action-RPG; rather leaning towards slow pace, monotonous, painstakingly boring MMO-like gameplay with painfully long cool downs. The story is woefully bland. Endgame results to uninspiring dungeons that are far from rewarding.

    You know what made Diablo great? The items. Good luck sifting through to find ANY items that either make you considerably more powerful OR excited to use. Legendary aspects often boil down to absurd conditions that are overly convoluted for no real purpose. X skill deals +Y% damage if Z happens. Why? Better yet, some items have aspects that somehow aren’t 100% positive. I haven’t even delved into how the sorcerer is basically unplayable. Old Diablo games would have items that differentiated you from the pack. Get this: you’d be REWARDED for all the time you spent farming. On top of that, farming would be fun because you didn’t have to spend 25% of your time using an underpowered skill that deals a fraction of your real damage against spongey mobs. These older items would have affixes that players revered. Enigma was such an awesome example. Any character can teleport now with this? Skills transcended characters because of the items. It was an extra layer of itemization when you could use barbarian shouts, or equip fanaticism aura to make your attack speed faster. Instead, you get uninspiring items in D4 that absolutely no one clamors for. Zero creativity and worse yet, minimally game-changing for the time invested. In previous Diablo games It took time to get powerful, but the climb was exciting AND you FELT when you got considerably stronger. You could go to different areas of the game now, you could farm for different items now. You accomplished something. Diablo 4’s level scaling gives you no such satisfaction, rather just a constant slog of mobs who will almost always take the same amount of time to kill. I had very low expectations for this game, but it’s time to just give up hope on Blizzard entirely to rectify this once upon a time titan in the ARPG landscape. Any hope of Diablo going back to the great game it was means slamming on the breaks with the direction it is going.    … Expand
  3. YayManslaughter
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.

    It tries to be everything, and fails on every aspect. And this patch made everything so much worse.
  4. Turles
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I don't know if they made this a game...
    Diablo series was the best game of my life and Diablo 4 smashed everything. It's the worst game and the more uncomfortable and unpleasant it gets
  5. E30Turbo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Constantly changing gameplay after days of farming for a specific build. Constant patches changing gameplay negatively.
  6. ytanime
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Very short live gameplay, doesn't worth the AAA pricing. There's simply no reason to buy Diablo 4 over Diablo 3 if you want to play a diablo game.
  7. HTXEGoose
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Deleted the game, pay to play base, no enjoyment at all, every update made it even worse
  8. viper949
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard doing modern Blizzard things. They deserve all the hate that they are receiving
  9. diablo4sucksnow
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It took one major patch for Blizzard to Blizzard Diablo IV. Were you having fun three days ago? Welp, too bad. Blizzard does such an awesome job listening to their communities! The new WoW!
  10. mykmetacritic
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    What a joke. I was optimistic and they shot themselves in the foot, again. The changes they made for season one are totally baffling and the upshot is that the game is now less fun. Why?
  11. azstowe
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I have never seen a company so out of touch with their players. They are so focused on making you play longer to boost their metrics that they forget to make the game fun.
  12. jangfung
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 프리시즌에서 보았듯이 더이상 즐길 컨텐츠가 없는데 시즌에 새로운 컨텐츠 추가는 없고 컨텐츠 소모 시간만 늘리는 최악의 시즌1 패치입니다.
    아무런 준비 없이 게임을 출시한 방증입니다.
    여전히 개발중임을 기대하면서 0점 아닌 1점 드립니다
    나아지길 바랍니다    … Expand
  13. Syrazia
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Newest patch for season 1 killed sorcerer when it was already the weakest class, nerfed damage and survivability overall, not to mention the negative QoL updates like extending exiting dungeon teleport from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Clearly, Blizzard dev team does not respect players' time or enjoyment of a game they've paid $70+ to play.
  14. Melaeyn
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Jack (2 clubs) of all trades, master of none. If you're reading this you already know, and agree, as you've experienced it yourself. The game was trying to hide it, poorly, but this is just the pc/console port of diablo immortal.
  15. Jip370
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    If you were on the fence. This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals.
  16. Krooks
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    diablo lover.

    I feel that we need to give this a bad review so they will actually listen to us. I want this game to be good.

    it feels like they do not want us to have fun :(
  17. HiboFlavin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately, they have missed the mark with D4. The developers and company remain out of touch. There is clear feedback that has been given across all stages that has been ultimately ignored. I do not believe they are capable to fix the glaring issues within their own game, they attempt numerical nerfs instead of drilling down to the root of the issues and ruining the gameplay experienceUnfortunately, they have missed the mark with D4. The developers and company remain out of touch. There is clear feedback that has been given across all stages that has been ultimately ignored. I do not believe they are capable to fix the glaring issues within their own game, they attempt numerical nerfs instead of drilling down to the root of the issues and ruining the gameplay experience for the majority of players. The recent patch notes is an indicator of this and I do not believe the future is bright as an ex developer said, Blizzard is a shell of itself being guided by Activision, hopefully Microsoft can make some positive internal changes to bring this back in the right direction.… Expand
  18. Pariaseo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Dev don't play the game.... they end the game....skip and wait an other hack and slash
  19. Phantom_Valse
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    My initial impression was very positive for this game. However, I have played from early release until now and likely wont be playing any longer. The game does have positive aspects. Its visuals are beautiful and the story was well told. The way the game has been handled by blizzard since the release has been messy at best. Continuous nerfs to various abilities and farming methods was veryMy initial impression was very positive for this game. However, I have played from early release until now and likely wont be playing any longer. The game does have positive aspects. Its visuals are beautiful and the story was well told. The way the game has been handled by blizzard since the release has been messy at best. Continuous nerfs to various abilities and farming methods was very frustrating, though some things legitimately needed to be hotfixed, but the latest patch not fixing ANY of the numerous core issues plaguing the game and instead instating even more nerfs is extremely confusing.

    Who ever is making decisions about patch priorities should be reassessed. We (mostly) tend to play video games to have fun and the long list of hotfixes and this recent patch have active removed this element from the game. Why would anyone play something that is no longer fun?

    Server Lag is horrible. There is a known memory leak that still remains unfixed that causes frequent game crashes. The effectiveness of many builds were destroyed and there is no compensation for all the players that now have to reassess and rebuild their characters since the issue of respeccing/ cost is still unaddressed.

    There is much more that can be discussed but it seems to fall on deaf ears with blizzard.

    TLDR; I do not recommend this game in its current state. The ratio of enjoyment to frustration is too high.    … Expand
  20. NewBro
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard just released the first patch I've ever seen in a game that has no redeeming aspects. It almost feels like satire, like an April fool's joke. They clearly don't play, nor do they care about, their own game only a month into it's life. If they don't care about their game, I truly would have preferred they just save their money and stop devoting resources to patching it at all,Blizzard just released the first patch I've ever seen in a game that has no redeeming aspects. It almost feels like satire, like an April fool's joke. They clearly don't play, nor do they care about, their own game only a month into it's life. If they don't care about their game, I truly would have preferred they just save their money and stop devoting resources to patching it at all, rather than actively destroying every fun aspect of the game while simultaneously ignoring all of the actual issues brought to light by the players.… Expand
  21. Gilishon
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The devs do not care about their player base. End of Story, lets all get ready for POE2
  22. Isalon
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 killed this game. PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT BLIZZARD! Everyone who bought this game just ended up being Beta testers for Season 1.
  23. Wheelzyone
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Worst patch I have ever seen added to a game. Absolute shocker.. Blizzard literally do this to every game, how can they just continue to make their games less and less fun for the player base. LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS
  24. anhle138
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard continuously made bad design decisions and constantly lied to players. They DO NOT listen the players and their opinions, actively made decisions to improve profits but haven't realized they already destroyed the game.
  25. edgedsword
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    So many QOL changes missing (stash space/search function/camera zoom - to name a few among many); balance issues; general arbitrary/artificial difficultly to slow down the game for no reason; repetitive dungeons.

    If you try to push high dungeon levels, it is basically either you one shot the enemies or they one shot you. The bosses are trivial compared to a caster mob that will snipe    So many QOL changes missing (stash space/search function/camera zoom - to name a few among many); balance issues; general arbitrary/artificial difficultly to slow down the game for no reason; repetitive dungeons.

    If you try to push high dungeon levels, it is basically either you one shot the enemies or they one shot you. The bosses are trivial compared to a caster mob that will snipe you off screen. Also, the affixes they have are terrible and intentionally designed to slow you down.

    Giving it a 2 because I honestly have to force myself to even open the game.

    It is so disgusting that this is a $70 game (minimum.)

    I cannot fathom how the developers are thinking through their decisions. There is NO WAY they play the game. Plain and simple.    … Expand
  26. njh9440
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This patch made it clear what they were thinking about the direction of the game.
    It was a patch that made the game last longer by giving users more tasks rather than more fun.
    Through plausible trailers and numerous advertisements, they have achieved sales volume and are now making efforts to reduce the number of users to reduce operating costs.
    This situation will continue to repeat unless the management team changes and the direction changes.
    Diablo 4 is the last Blizzard game I bought with money in my life.    … Expand
  27. Myztifyan
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I feel totally scammed. They are trying to make players invest in a Battle pass to play a season just one month after launch. So I bought a game for $90 and you want me to pay more money to play something that wasn't delivered in the first place? I'm tired of people defending this. There is no justification for what was just done.

    It is disrespectful to player time and effort to    I feel totally scammed. They are trying to make players invest in a Battle pass to play a season just one month after launch. So I bought a game for $90 and you want me to pay more money to play something that wasn't delivered in the first place? I'm tired of people defending this. There is no justification for what was just done.

    It is disrespectful to player time and effort to blatantly take away all their efforts in one broad stroke then turn around and ask us for more. More time, more shifting of our builds, more grinding at a slower pace for less reward while you preach to us about how malignant hearts will save us all.

    I'm over it as a long term player since D1, perhaps I'm too old to go for blatant BS anymore but I did NOT GET what I paid for and I won't pay another dime to fix something that the developers clearly will continue to break. Blizzard is truly dead. I hope Microsoft buries it after the takeover. The old school nostalgia is not enough to super glue and duct tape together this absolute **** show of a company.

    I should have known after I quit WOW years ago that this will be the fate of yet my favorite title from Blizzard. I had hope... Now I have nothing left but distain.    … Expand
  28. Nitro2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Lacks end game contact, needed lots of class balancing changes, many QOL updates, all that only to receive season 1 patch that only furthers the current issues.
  29. Giripie
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Devs are out of touch. I thought this was a decent base game and they would improve on it. When eternal realm released who payed more got to access it early and I thought that would be the worst. I regret buying the game. I should have spent the money on better things.
  30. veky
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    If you come home from your 12 hour shift at the construction site and feel like you just haven't done enough work and monotonous tasks for the day, then this is the game for you.
  31. 23131212321
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Seasoon 1 patch is terrible. Uninstalled once i read the patch notes. Blizzard clearly does not even care about their own game.
  32. yougotme
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Initially I enjoyed this game. I chose sorcerer as my first class and got to level 88, then I learned and experienced how weak the class I chose was. Itemization was lacking, storage was lacking, end game overall was lacking. The most fun aspect of the game was self created. I would make multiple characters to experiment with builds. Blizzard's most recent patch took all of that intoInitially I enjoyed this game. I chose sorcerer as my first class and got to level 88, then I learned and experienced how weak the class I chose was. Itemization was lacking, storage was lacking, end game overall was lacking. The most fun aspect of the game was self created. I would make multiple characters to experiment with builds. Blizzard's most recent patch took all of that into account and they chose to make everything weaker and slower. I played Destiny 2, I am familiar with being letdown constantly and watching a game you enjoy become a live service toxic money grab. I didn't think I would witness that same thing so quickly with Diablo 4. I get it, the overwhelming majority of game companies want money far more then they want a happy player base. I guess I had hoped that Blizzard realized that was nonviable long term. Yet here we are. Maybe come revisit this game in a year or so. I heard Bladur's Gate 3 should be good, it literally couldn't be more of a disappointment.… Expand
  33. SC75
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    What kind of company will do this to its player base?

    Even if you consider playing one of the meta build someone shared on social media or YT, and playing solely by yourself, it's not like it only takes a day or 2 to completely finish the build... not even mention some of the good or useful ancient "rare" gears aren't so easy to come around. Just because they think it's going to shorten    What kind of company will do this to its player base?

    Even if you consider playing one of the meta build someone shared on social media or YT, and playing solely by yourself, it's not like it only takes a day or 2 to completely finish the build... not even mention some of the good or useful ancient "rare" gears aren't so easy to come around. Just because they think it's going to shorten the time and effort people might spend on the 1st season, due to their lack of content in the game, instead of keeping what they already had that's not half bad, they decided to turn everything into **** so everyone has to breakup with what they've built-up and that somehow will encourage them to build something completely different ground up? And assuming you're one of the royal guards of Diablo series, decide to follow their path they wanted to follow, going to buildup something different from what you already used or knew, they not only make it harder to leveling up, by making regular dungeon and helltide less appealing, they also water down the number of import affix, added a lot more less important affix in the pool to sabotage your crafting, and the cost is not even lower and the time you have to spend is not lessen. Why would I as someone who has countless game choices out there, will even consider doing something that its meaning of existence is only depended on the mercy of the game developers is willing to spare?

    So yeah, Fxxx You, Blizzard, and so long my soc and nec...    … Expand
  34. Bobobobooob
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The devs hate the player. Patch 1.1 is the worst patch in the history of arpg there is such a huge disconnect do not play dont buy
  35. hihsg2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    An unimaginable patch and an act of deceiving users

    Touching the cooldown reduction is over the line. Seriously, did you make it after playing the game?
  36. psyence
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    player want a good and fun game, fun game means no blizzard style balance, fun game means innovative to play even its not a intend gaming style.
  37. Haurdead
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Patch gutting my willingness to keep playing and it seems like they have never played the game.… Expand
  38. BlizzNerf
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1.0a made game agonizing to play. Fun at first, but after every update the game just gets less and less fun. Blizzard really just takes the fun out of their games by changing in game mechanics. and it makes me think that's their business model. Happened with COD now happening with Diablo 4. They want to make us not enjoy ourselves so that we will buy the next game that seems like fun.
  39. Hey0cean
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Pre S1 game was mid , but the latest update killed my will to ever log in.

    Even double goblins would've been better.

    GJ Blizzard.
  40. DrWhiskey
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    its clear after the 'balance' update that they are so out of touch with the players its actually insane. Microsoft should fire all of the current diablo team. Nothing added to endgame instead they are making everything harder for people to reach to endgame which isnt even rewarding. Where is the mount rework? Who asked for leave dungeon time to be increased from 3 to 5 seconds? Where isits clear after the 'balance' update that they are so out of touch with the players its actually insane. Microsoft should fire all of the current diablo team. Nothing added to endgame instead they are making everything harder for people to reach to endgame which isnt even rewarding. Where is the mount rework? Who asked for leave dungeon time to be increased from 3 to 5 seconds? Where is the fix for the absurdly poor performance whenever teleporting to a town? Nerfing even the weakest class both damage wise and defense wise... For all the nerfs they brought they didnt even had the courtesy of making all renown progress account bound. Nobody has time for that bs renown every 3 months. STAY AWAY FROM THE GAME. Wouldnt play the game even if it was free. Cant believe they managed to send d4 to the grave in under 2 months. Never trusting blizzard in any game they release from now on.… Expand
  41. Naero2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Out of touch with the player base. Devs would rather talk about their colon issues than fix basic flaws with their game. They make promises then never follow threw with them. Their goal is to drag out the leveling process as long as possible to sell you cosmetics.
  42. Zeriel000
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Save your money

    The story is bland and woke, really disappointing
    The gameplay was really good before they forced the pre-season patch that broke the entire game.
    Save your money, you can't expect anything good from Activision and there's no point playing a game that can remove all your progress when they feel likes it.
  43. lzanmar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The long term health of the game is not important for players, so why is it always used as an excuse by developers. I want to have fun NOW.
  44. Indigoflow
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    **** boring
    Trash game made without any game philosophy
    Or direction
    Everything is boring and unpleasant
  45. Alongar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game server is literally unstable, lag is horrendous. The dev team on Diablo 4 has no clue on what they are doing. You can literally read their patch notes and hotfixes to determine the mind-boggling idiocy they are doing to the game. The endgame content is literally just Nightmare Dungeons and they nerfed Nightmare Dungeons to oblivion. All big content creators acknowledged how badThe game server is literally unstable, lag is horrendous. The dev team on Diablo 4 has no clue on what they are doing. You can literally read their patch notes and hotfixes to determine the mind-boggling idiocy they are doing to the game. The endgame content is literally just Nightmare Dungeons and they nerfed Nightmare Dungeons to oblivion. All big content creators acknowledged how bad Diablo 4 is.… Expand
  46. CKC83
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    While it started as a decent game needing some bug fixes the devs truly ruined the game. I will not open it up again until things are drastically improved. Talk about a group of dumb people working on something they literally killed a game one month into it.
  47. Brent_mack
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    No spoilers You greedy monsters need to start listening to your fans before your shareholders.

    Don't pat yourself on the back for 6k words in a patch release bozos

    Fix the update.
    Do what's right
  48. ayeo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLDR: Don't waste your money. $70 for a half-baked game. Game ends at level 60 even though 100 is max. Devs refuse to fix the end-game (60-100). Why? Because they want you to play seasons. Seasons has been promoted as optional but the truth is that it is the actual end-game and the other half of the game. Why is this an issue? They recently nerfed everything including exp to the ground to get you to play seasons to > wait for it > buy the battle pass because it contains exp buffs. Do not pay $70 for half a game!!

    Example:
    I mained a level 89, pure crossbow, cold-imbued, rapid fire, rogue.
    These are the DPS nerfs to my build from the latest patch:
    -Dexterity: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.
    -Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
    -Imbuement Skill Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
    -Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.
    -Critical Strike Damage with Bone, Earth, Imbued, and Werewolf Skills: Reduced by ~17%.
    -Vulnerable Damage: Reduced by ~40%.
    -Vulnerable Damage (Inherent on Crossbows): Reduced by ~65%.
    -Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies: Decreased by ~30%.

    These are the DPS Buffs to my build from the patch:
    Cold Damage: Increased by ~25%
    Imbued Skill Damage: Increased by ~25%.

    Their justification:
    D4 devs stated they made these changes to improve build diversity and prevent players from doing uber damage to protect the health of the game.
    My crossbow rogue was non-meta, non-YouTube, never hit in the millions. It was already on the low-end of DPS in comparison to other rogue builds such as trap rogue (I played both). Crossbow hits slow but the tradeoff was a little more dps than when compared to i.e. bow, which hits faster with a slight reduction in dps. And even then, crossbow/range rogue was still, overall, the less favorable build when compared to any other rogue for DPS and survivability. Thus, you can see how the vulnerable damage nerf of ~40% in addition to a nerf of ~65% inherent on crossbow, is a straight up slaughter to the build, and that’s just the vulnerable damage alone.

    The "buffs" to offset the nerfs are laughable at best. The trade-offs are such a joke, its not accidental. With this patch and moving forward, there is no "build diversity", which was and is now a false claim when they were promoting D4 before release "Play whatever you like, however you like". It was a lie. They killed many non-meta builds with this patch so, if you want to play D4, make sure you're following the only 3 viable builds on YT.

    Post-patch gameplay:
    My core skill rapid fire has to be imbued just to be able to kill the trash mobs in T4 NMDs, LOL.
    What's the issue? Well, if you use your imbuement skill on trash mobs, you won’t have anything to kill elites with because *checks notes*, cool down reduction and imbuement cool down reduction both got nerfed too.

    So what’s the solution? You have to drag out fights; kill small groups one-by-one and pray that you don’t get jumped by a pack of elites. If you do, you have your one-time-use ultimate "rain of arrows" (because of the already long CDR coupled with the current CDR nerfs) and hope that that does enough to get you through.

    So what's the issue then? Well, after "rain of arrows" goes off and the second group of elites + trash mobs spawn, your skills are all on cool down and you have to survive on basic skill + defense. But wait, *checks patch notes*, defenses also got a nerf:
    -DR from close reduced by ~30%,
    -DR from distant reduced by ~30%
    -Total armor reduced by ~30%,
    -Disobedience aspect reduced from 25-50% to 15-30%.
    So essentially, now you can’t push high tier NMDs, and it’s a struggle to clear NMD your level!

    Just respecc then. Respecc cost 30+ million gold. And what do I do with my items and aspects? Put them in the limited 4 stash. What about all the gear and aspects for my new build? Or if I need to respecc my sorc and barb that also got hit in this patch too? What do I do about their items and aspects?

    Just make a new character then. But wait, *checks patch notes*, exp bonus also got nerfed. You have to fight 10+ level mobs now for the measly +15% bonus that used to apply for mobs only +3 levels higher than you. And now with all the DPS and Defense nerfs, how do you do that?

    Just play in a party for the exp bonus and help from friends then. But wait, *checks patch notes*, mob health have been scaled for groups, so now party players have to do double damage to kill.

    Just quit playing then. Yeah, I just did but doesn't that defeat the purpose of retaining players?

    Conclusion:
    Prior to the patch, the game already had major unfixed bugs, lack of QoL features, unfinished end-game content; namely loot drops having garbage stats. And now, Devs decided to nerf the journey (the leveling and playing around with builds) instead of actually addressing the broken end-game loot.

    Do not buy. Avoid at all cost.    … Expand
  49. Boatmanfall3n
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game has too many mechanics that forcefully stall your progression in a desperate attempt to falsely inflate longevity.
  50. ChaoTime
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Weak end game content. Does not listen to their players. Mediocre story. Always lagging in game for literally no reason.
  51. penguinfries
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a casual player who put a lot of time building my character to lvl 100 alongside grinding for the best gears to fit my build, only for them to literally pull the middle finger on me and say f you and your time ... here is the worst patch to make you feel bad. They buffed the uninstall button to 80% more.
    I uninstalled both Diablo and battle.net.
    Worst decision I made is buying this    As a casual player who put a lot of time building my character to lvl 100 alongside grinding for the best gears to fit my build, only for them to literally pull the middle finger on me and say f you and your time ... here is the worst patch to make you feel bad. They buffed the uninstall button to 80% more.
    I uninstalled both Diablo and battle.net.
    Worst decision I made is buying this pathetic game whose developers wont even glimpse at the feedback people are giving them.    … Expand
  52. TWH17
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game had potential. Blizzard always has to ruin the fun for players. Instead of putting out good content, they made the game slower. Less XP, helltides give less cinders (it has been reported as a bug and will be fixed next hotfix, but when uber uniques were dropping from helltides chest it was fixed 1 hour later), nerfed damage that was multiplicative i.e. vul damage, main statThis game had potential. Blizzard always has to ruin the fun for players. Instead of putting out good content, they made the game slower. Less XP, helltides give less cinders (it has been reported as a bug and will be fixed next hotfix, but when uber uniques were dropping from helltides chest it was fixed 1 hour later), nerfed damage that was multiplicative i.e. vul damage, main stat damage, destroyed sorc from the eternal realm while not touching poison rogue or shred druid.

    The complaints can go on and on. This was not the right direction for the game. The whole purpose of this patch was to slow down the game. Slow it down for players don't realize there is no end-game content. What is the goal of Diablo 4? Nightmare Dungeon 100? Uber Lilith? Once you complete either one, then what? PvP? PvP is a total mess. Rogues running around rampant.

    Any power the game gave you before Patch 1.1 .0a. was taken away to make you do less damage to creeps, have higher cooldowns, have less damage from creeps, and take longer to level up. If this nerf was done because of the new season then this is a terrible implementation of the patch for anyone who plays the eternal realm. All their time and dedication to the game is gone.    … Expand
  53. flashtrigger
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    they took this grindfest and made it grindier for less rewards. unless you are a no life streamer you will never reach endgame and if you are a no life streamer, you will still be disappointed when you reach endgame
  54. Enemis
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Just dont buy this, dont do this

    Its so sad that they didnt listen to 1 single thing community wanted. 1 single thing lmao
  55. gamehits
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Sadly, and I'm sorry to say this: I _was_ having a lot of fun with D4. Until 1.1 patch. I'm sure the uber gamers love how hard it is now. But for me, as a more than casual player but never top tier, it's not fun anymore. I understand the re-balancing is most likely for season 1, but unless they go back on the nerfing they did to eternal realm, I won't be discovering that. For me at least,Sadly, and I'm sorry to say this: I _was_ having a lot of fun with D4. Until 1.1 patch. I'm sure the uber gamers love how hard it is now. But for me, as a more than casual player but never top tier, it's not fun anymore. I understand the re-balancing is most likely for season 1, but unless they go back on the nerfing they did to eternal realm, I won't be discovering that. For me at least, the fun of D3 was always in discovering how OP you could get. If you tell me I can still do that, I believe you, but I'll never discover it for myself. It's just not fun at this level. And I definitely feel like I've wasted my $100. All IMHO.… Expand
  56. Chladix
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Story is decent long enough pretty good graphics too, dev decision and lack of end game content is pretty bad maeby in 2-3 year will be good enough
  57. rasconza010
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    So disappointed. The game was never good but the newest patch is horrible. Please don't buy this game. Blizzard has failed us
  58. nemesis23
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was already full of problems, unbalanced, tier 80+ monsters causing one shot, mods that didn't work and full of bugs.
    Blizzard releases a patch notes that made what was strong stronger and what was weak useless
    Nerfed: damage
    Nerfed: defense
    Nerfed: Leveling
    Nerfed: Helltide
    Among other things.
  59. HurstonTrombone
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was waiting for the season to start, as we're all of my friends who play the game since launch. I'm not interested in playing at all after the latest update, and nobody that I know is planning to play the game again, even the ones who purchased ultimate edition.
  60. Bombadilio
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I played sorcerer in Beta, I played to the first 70 levels and convinced myself I loved it after beating the main storyline.

    Then forced myself to 100 to only realize how even after grinding 200+ hours I was screwed. 2 weeks an update would come out making my progress worthless. If that were not enough this was a game of trying to get a few rings a few % points higher only to grind for    I played sorcerer in Beta, I played to the first 70 levels and convinced myself I loved it after beating the main storyline.

    Then forced myself to 100 to only realize how even after grinding 200+ hours I was screwed. 2 weeks an update would come out making my progress worthless. If that were not enough this was a game of trying to get a few rings a few % points higher only to grind for Uber Lilith.

    All the other classes could max dmg, sorcerer... you have 1-2 builds and even then your stuck spending hours on Helltides "hoping" you can get 1-3 pieces.

    Worthless.... Then hoping for a patch they nerf it even more.

    Somt buy the game, maybe if free. Even then wait until they fix it.    … Expand
  61. Papanurglee
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    evewrything nerfed, games is slog now, it's not harder, just takes 3x more time to achieve same thing. No qol changes, nothing. Devs are out of touch with playerbase. Play this game in few years, maybe then it will be ok
  62. Painless238
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    There is so many things that could be fixed to make the game better and much more fun to play but instead they are making it even worse. Yes I agree that some things needs to be nerfed, and I agree with nerfs like Vuln DMG (which was necessary for every build), but Devs are not thinking about what is fun and instead they are focusing on doing changes, while looking at a spreadsheet, thatThere is so many things that could be fixed to make the game better and much more fun to play but instead they are making it even worse. Yes I agree that some things needs to be nerfed, and I agree with nerfs like Vuln DMG (which was necessary for every build), but Devs are not thinking about what is fun and instead they are focusing on doing changes, while looking at a spreadsheet, that no one wants, like nerfing Cooldown Reduction - stat that makes the game more enjoyable. It just feels like the devs have not played this game at all, so out of touch of what people want. It's insane how many things should be in the game from start or at least should be a priority in patches, for example: stash space, build (paragon) slots, fixing resistances, group finder(!!!), in-game trading, buffing useless skills (like incinerate for Sorc or Druid companions), endgame content+rewards and many more.
    I don't know if there is any hope for this game, maybe in few years when devs will finally put their ego aside and stop saying that they better know what is fun for the players.    … Expand
  63. doublebrutal
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Current team on Diablo 4 is useless, either the leader or the whole team.. who knows? Completely out of touch. No quality of life fixes we been screaming for since pre launch. Huge nerfs a day before the season launches. Game is frustrating as hell and has problems that Diablo 3 solved years ago. They didn't use any of lessons learned throughout Diablo 2 and 3. I played D2 and D3 THOUSANDSCurrent team on Diablo 4 is useless, either the leader or the whole team.. who knows? Completely out of touch. No quality of life fixes we been screaming for since pre launch. Huge nerfs a day before the season launches. Game is frustrating as hell and has problems that Diablo 3 solved years ago. They didn't use any of lessons learned throughout Diablo 2 and 3. I played D2 and D3 THOUSANDS of hours each. Diablo 4 has pissed me off into uninstalling the game a day before season 1.… Expand
  64. Trisoquant
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    There was so much hype behind this game that all they had to do was make it as good as Diablo 3. Instead of tried to reinvent the wheel and we ended up with something worse than the release of Diablo 3 with an even worse season patch. So much of nostalgia ruined. They will continue to make it worse by trying to monetize the game more and more.
  65. penguyen25
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard have fallen so far. They made a mediocre game lacking so much QOL things making the game a chore to play. After a few updates that made the game more pleasant to play, they drop the infamous 1.1 patch which nerfs everything and making the game even slower to level up and play than when it first released right before the Season 1 start. This was probably a way to get more people toBlizzard have fallen so far. They made a mediocre game lacking so much QOL things making the game a chore to play. After a few updates that made the game more pleasant to play, they drop the infamous 1.1 patch which nerfs everything and making the game even slower to level up and play than when it first released right before the Season 1 start. This was probably a way to get more people to pay for the battle pass skips since it will take wayyyy too long to level up. This company doesn't care about their fans it's all about how much money they can squeeze from the people who enjoy their games. The devs are so out of touch with their fan base are quicker to apply patches that stop fun than patching up glitches and bug that are game breaking. This game is DOA even before the finish of the first season and I hope that it will be better when I decide to reinstall it after they get their crap together probably 10 to 11 seasons from now… Expand
  66. Daeom
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Best part of Diablo 2 for me was the near endless gear grind with trading of ANY item you find. Diablo 4 is such a limited game theres no reason to play after level 70.

    Blizzard how far you have fallen. The balancing in this game shows just how little thought was put in the game. 100 types of damage, all but 3 are useless. Promised limitless builds but there is just 1 decent build per    Best part of Diablo 2 for me was the near endless gear grind with trading of ANY item you find. Diablo 4 is such a limited game theres no reason to play after level 70.

    Blizzard how far you have fallen. The balancing in this game shows just how little thought was put in the game. 100 types of damage, all but 3 are useless. Promised limitless builds but there is just 1 decent build per class. Dev teams solution to balancing: nerf, disable, nerf, disable, nerf nerf.

    Even diablo 3 was more fun. The only half decent thing about Diablo 4 is that one cinematic... you'll know which when you play the campaign.    … Expand
  67. KingCabbage
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    PROS
    -Story
    -Voice Acting
    -Cut Scenes
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    CONS
    -Gameplay
    -Developers DO NOT listen to you (the player)
    -Constant Nerfing which leads to zero build variety
  68. d606606
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. nerf nerf nerf, nerf all of you
    Oh…camel had a buff.
    Camel has a really good voice now!    … Expand
  69. duzi
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    base game could have been incredible, but it's blizzard and they destroy all fun out of their games.

    Devs need to go play their game and figure out how to make it actually enjoyable.

    Worst itemization designs that are simply stuck in the game for good because their design philosophy was flawed.
  70. tiffys
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I played Diablo 1, 2, 3, and now 4. The developers of 4 are completely out of touch with the users. From the betas to Season 1 the game has been on a downward spiral only getting progressively worse.

    From start to finish your character will feel weak and pathetic by design. You get suitable new gear pieces very slowly yet mobs scale every time you level so every time you level you feel    I played Diablo 1, 2, 3, and now 4. The developers of 4 are completely out of touch with the users. From the betas to Season 1 the game has been on a downward spiral only getting progressively worse.

    From start to finish your character will feel weak and pathetic by design. You get suitable new gear pieces very slowly yet mobs scale every time you level so every time you level you feel progressively weaker. This is compounded by constantly seeing other players everywhere making your character not feel special whatsoever and certainly not some heroic world savior as per previous Diablo titles. Diablo 4 isn't a power fantasy. It's a resource starvation and suffering simulator.

    Mob density is bad and if it's ever good it's nerfed and the itemization is appalling. Rerolling a stat a few times shouldn't completely bankrupt you but it does. My class (Sorc) felt bad to play from start to finish and it's only gotten worse. Random elites and capstone bosses are harder than any boss in the campaign and it's not even close. Uber Lilith is a joke taking difficulty from about a 10 to a hundred with no reward to show for it. Uber uniques are so "rare" they effectively don't even exist.

    Seeing nothing but constant nerfs to anything remotely good made me lose any hope of ever finding anything actually good that didn't suck. And when they nerf your build into the dirt they don't even have the courtesy to give you a free reroll. In fact, you probably can't even afford one.

    There are some dire issues like storage space, reroll costs, build variety, etc that could be fixed in the future. But there are core fundamental issues with the game that I don't think they will ever fix.

    With massive nerfs to damage, defense, and XP I'm honestly not sure who this game is even for because it's certainly not casuals. A casual player will never make it to 100 in 3 months. It's worse than most MMOs as an ARPG.

    The developers use a heavy handed clueless approach to managing the game. They see what most characters are using and decide it must be OP so they nerf it into the dirt without understanding the underlying basis of WHY they're all using it or providing any viable alternatives. Their approach is instead to nerf everything good to try to force players to use a greater variety of skills and affixes instead of making other skills and affixes actually viable and giving the players a reason. They clearly don't even understand how their own damage system works. For instance, nerfing crit and vulnerable damage won't make people use other damage bonuses because those two are multiplicative rather than additive so even heavily nerfed they're still better than the alternatives because there are no alternatives. Users heavily used cooldown reduction and lucky hit so they can actually use their skills and manage their mana in this resource starvation simulator but they took that away too with nothing to compensate. Diablo 4's season 1 patch alone is probably the single worst Diablo patch in the past 20+ years of the franchise and I doubt the game will even be worth playing until many seasons from now once this terrible dev team is cycled out and a new one actually give the players what they want.

    There are some things the game does well. The art department did a good job, and cinematics that feature your custom characters is really cool. I also like that there's (albeit limited) character customization and we can zoom in. Many praise the story though personally I don't think it was very good. There's no Diablo, Mephisto is an absolute joke, the Nephalem from Diablo 3's existence is directly ignored, and the ending is just stupid. If you liked Mephisto in Diablo 4 keep in mind in Diablo 2 he said "The skies shall rain fire, and the seas will become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked, and all of Creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" Now compare that with his presentation in Diablo 4. It's an absolute joke.

    Ultimately if the story is bad, the gameplay is bad, there's no endgame (you think nightmare dungeons that actively punish users by design is an endgame?), it isn't fun to play, and the developers are actively doing their best to ruin the player experience then there's not really any way to give this a decent rating. I didn't have fun, everything felt punishing like it was designed to make us suffer. So a 5/10 for an average run of the mill game is out of the question. During the preseason I would've thus given the game a 4/10 as I considered it bad. Though with season 1 it's clear that a rating of 4 was too high with these developers at the helm.    … Expand
  71. reddrgn1
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Greedy company. Incompetent employees. What more could you ask for. Their most recent patch single handedly created the best end game content ever. By actually ending their game. Rip D4 6/23-7/23
  72. DingDong1234
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs released a trash game, then proceeded to make it unplayable trash that shouldn't be bought by anyone with half a brain, save your money.
  73. Anderson04
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I had fun playing the game after that garbage patch 0fun helltide is so bad now unreal
  74. MystiKasT
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Campaign is easy, but fun the first playthrough. However, thats the end of the fun. There's no endgame, no loot chasing, no trading, etc. It might as well be a single player campaign game. More corporate trash from a failing blizzard. The old days of blizzard are gone. RIP Blizz North
  75. Kotodama
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    After the honeymoon phase expires as it does with every other media what is left and how it performs after that time will determine the true worth of the game. Unfortunately, Diablo 4 has not delivered and is on a course to continue on this trend.

    After the initial euphoria of a new Diablo title and romp around sanctuary, one starts to realize that there is very little to do after the    After the honeymoon phase expires as it does with every other media what is left and how it performs after that time will determine the true worth of the game. Unfortunately, Diablo 4 has not delivered and is on a course to continue on this trend.

    After the initial euphoria of a new Diablo title and romp around sanctuary, one starts to realize that there is very little to do after the campaign, and what is being offered to you after said campaign is repetitive disappointment. Not repetitive in the sense that you are spamming the same dungeons or locations over and over again, rather, the constant tone deaf alterations to the game that makes these repetitive actions even MORE obnoxious to do which damage this game for the foreseeable future.

    Specifically, the myriad of patches and hotfixes with the intent to lengthen some of the worst parts of gameplay are being, and continue to be implemented that run counter to the desires of the most loyal and knowledgeable fans of the franchise and genre. Sweeping nerfs to experience point gains so that it takes longer for people to experience what the majority calls "the real game" which transpires upon entering World Tier 3 (usually level 50-52). In reality it is upon reaching World Tier 4 (usually around level 70+) that the game is truly "opened" in such that you can now obtain the unique items that define most builds and are the target of many players (not including uber uniques).

    The EXP nerf is further exacerbated by a torrential downpour of nerfs to damage on ALL major fronts IN ADDITION TO Defensive nerfs. Critical Damage, Cooldown Reduction, Core Stat, Crowd Controlled Damage, Total Armor, and Damage Reduction all nerfed. Monster Health can QUADRUPLE So not only does it take you longer to kill enemies, they also kill you faster, thereby arbitrarily increasing time played. They nerfed avenues of reward obtainment as well, by making Hell Tides (events in their game) redundant and relegating them to only being a place to farm 2 or 3 resources from a place that was previously used as an alternative means to obtain gear by reducing gear drop frequency and increasing the amount of resource required from 175 to 250, a 42.8% increase on a TIMED event that REMOVES all of said resource when it ends. Meaning there is no longer an incentive to even do these events if you aren't low on the materials.

    Some character builds suffer horrendously with 0 change in sight despite the many many patches. And their "nerf everything" mentality doesn't bode well for character builds like Fire Sorcerer, Boulder/Companion Druid, or Minion Necromancer; Fire Sorcerer being the most egregiously terrible build that its pathetic.

    It feels like Blizzard is giving the playerbase 30% of what they want at the cost of 70% of what they currently have. "You wanted higher mob density? Ok well we will take away the density right now but we will give you more in the FUTURE. Oh you want us to buff loot drops? Ok but we will decrease loot from some other part of the game as a trade. You want buffs to damage? Ok we will give you a 25% buff to basic damage but as an exchange we will make you take more damage and we will nerf damage multipliers by 30%. Oh you want stash tabs because you have no more space for gear? You'll get it, EVENTUALLY, even though our game is about getting a ton of loot."

    Their actions are almost completely disconnected from the community that the community at large consistently wonders if they play their own game. It feels like Diablo 4 is a Wet Towel and each nerf is the towel being twisted and stretched as Blizzard attempts to squeeze playtime out of the game in as many undesirable ways as possible.

    I scored this game as a 5 because despite its current trajectory I was having fun during launch and for many weeks after, almost maxing out my first character and making plans to start a new one and I can't just give a troll low score. However, it is the current trajectory and decisions being made by Blizzard that cause this score to be lower to virtually negative. Their decisions are laying the foundation of the future of the game and this score takes that into account.

    As long as they keep this mentality of nerfing constantly in ways that increase tedium and frustration in the game the reviews and the moral of the community will remain low and when other games capitalize on this, the players will leave in droves to places that offer the BARE MINIMUM in terms of this type of game    … Expand
  76. stayluv
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 말이 필요없다
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  77. Gorz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was already in a bad state but blizzard really decided to say f it and make the game even worst with the latest patch. Clearly they don’t play their own game so we shouldn’t either. Season 1 is dead on arrival because this patch really said “Fixed an issue where players were having fun so we took out all the fun”
  78. sinz1985
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game was perfect but with the new changes it just made this game so unfun, it appears they are forcing people to never play eternal charcters ever again to force everyone to play new season for them to have a chance to purchase thier season pass. overall not happy with the results on this.

    Gameplay just feels awful now
  79. pibx
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I made my first account ever to score this a 0 for that season one patch. They nerfed sorcers... what
  80. Dannay
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game has the potential to be great but is unfortunately ruined by out of touch developers that clearly do not play their own game or care for any constructive criticism given by the community.
  81. noctisaeterna
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    One of the worst patches ever released by a gaming company in history. Only SW Galaxies NGE has achieved to do worse.
    Whoever is managing the balance of the game, either the devs or if they have a specific "balance team". They better have a meeting real quick and explain that in ARPG games people want to have fun and not go thru gaming torture. If they disagree with this vision then maybe    One of the worst patches ever released by a gaming company in history. Only SW Galaxies NGE has achieved to do worse.
    Whoever is managing the balance of the game, either the devs or if they have a specific "balance team". They better have a meeting real quick and explain that in ARPG games people want to have fun and not go thru gaming torture. If they disagree with this vision then maybe is time for them to change their career path.

    I find it fair and square since they nerfed the game in everything possible and imaginable, that we repay with the same coin. By nerfing the game score all across the whole internet, all across social media and stop giving them a single penny until they come back to the real world.

    I am going to give a 2. 2 as a sign of hope, if things won't change this will be changed straight to 0.    … Expand
  82. TNIYM
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game got trashed after all the nerds, forcing players to choose between a fortified build that does no damage or a glass cannon build which got nerfed to oblivion. Spend your time playing something else.
  83. Timmylaw77
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    How they gonna nerf 80% of the game for the very first season?

    Zero QOL updates, defense nerfed for what was already a glass cannon, classes doing upwards of 70% less damage, and making leveling much much harder.
  84. madureira04
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game had everything to be one of the best ever. Then they decided to do some stupid updates that completely destroyed all the fun and joy. Look, I'm 35 years old and a casual player but I've spent over 100 hours during the last 6 weeks building a character - had so much fun with my friends in the process, the main story was cool. Then they changed everything and completely destroiedThis game had everything to be one of the best ever. Then they decided to do some stupid updates that completely destroyed all the fun and joy. Look, I'm 35 years old and a casual player but I've spent over 100 hours during the last 6 weeks building a character - had so much fun with my friends in the process, the main story was cool. Then they changed everything and completely destroied all character. What is the point on that? Not going to do it all over again. So I decided to walk away. Maybe this game was built solely for heavy users. Gonna give it a 0 because of the way the Blizzard treat their community. Not going back for S1.… Expand
  85. NKingdom
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 is the worst patch in the history of blizzard’s game, please delete the sorcerer character if you build and think it is too strong. Don’t make it useless. Bad game.
  86. Siege2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was enjoying the game for all of its launch flaws and incompleteness and I was looking forward to the first season to start. It was already a little slow. Then the first major patch dropped and they destroyed everything that was still fun about the game. They made progression even more tedious and managed to nerf the WEAKEST CLASS in the game (sorc) even more. I’m not sure what theyI was enjoying the game for all of its launch flaws and incompleteness and I was looking forward to the first season to start. It was already a little slow. Then the first major patch dropped and they destroyed everything that was still fun about the game. They made progression even more tedious and managed to nerf the WEAKEST CLASS in the game (sorc) even more. I’m not sure what they were thinking for this patch but I can assure you that it did not involve listening to the community even one bit, which makes me doubt the long term viability of this game that already doesn’t have any end game content. I suspect that’s why they want to slow the game down so much.… Expand
  87. SixkMunkey
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This game was actually fun and looked forward to the season. All the work I put into this game to get ready with a build that would be great for the new season was thrown out with the new patch. Needing everything in the game and making the grind worse. Devs don't care about their community and it shows.
  88. SimonJohnson201
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have never thought I will create an account for this game. At first I still believe this game have hope, they will learn from the failure of Diablo 3. But as we see they have learn nothing. At 18/7 I saw the patch note1.1, my mind have been blown. The nerf we get are ridiculous, it make my Barbadian become ****
  89. Angrymedic
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No endgame content and a development team that despise thier player base create an empty, boring, and overall bad experience. Stay away from everything Blizzard.
  90. Yuubah
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Sold as a game and it was fun at first. Story was good, gameplay was fun albeit repetitive.

    Newest patch was just released, and blizzard decided to make it even grinder. Nerfs all classes, makes it harder to lvl up, barely addresses any of the bugs in the game. Feels very short sighted and has made the game boring and not fun. This is a lot based game, and the loot in end game is just    Sold as a game and it was fun at first. Story was good, gameplay was fun albeit repetitive.

    Newest patch was just released, and blizzard decided to make it even grinder. Nerfs all classes, makes it harder to lvl up, barely addresses any of the bugs in the game. Feels very short sighted and has made the game boring and not fun. This is a lot based game, and the loot in end game is just terrible. Every ancestral or legendary item is dismantled or sold. You're only chasing a very specific roll set, since that's the only way your build can be competitive. I would hold off buying and playing this game until these issues are addressed.    … Expand
  91. Stkay
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    First patch absolutely ruined this game. Drops are terrible and loot is not worth chasing. Anything worth doing got nerfed, on top of everyone’s builds. Lack of endgame content is an embarrassment.
  92. Resirence
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game is great giving it a 1 because of the latest patch. made everything as bad as it can to be balanced. how about making everything as good as the other classes instead. stupid.
  93. saspurilla
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    man… what started off as a great game with a lot of potential has already been ruined, and devs aren’t gonna walk back their decisions. they just made quite possibly the worst balance changes i’ve ever seen in any rpg of all time, and i’ve been playing rpgs for my whole life… do better.
  94. Kamots
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Long-time fan of the original Blizzard and what they did for gaming. D1, D2, even D3. But, I bailed when "Don't you guys have phones" and other company actions showed they were not the same Blizzard and anything they produced in the future would probably just be a cash grab.

    And then, I caved. A couple of my kids picked up D4 and had some amazing things to say. It had been two years    Long-time fan of the original Blizzard and what they did for gaming. D1, D2, even D3. But, I bailed when "Don't you guys have phones" and other company actions showed they were not the same Blizzard and anything they produced in the future would probably just be a cash grab.

    And then, I caved. A couple of my kids picked up D4 and had some amazing things to say. It had been two years since I'd even opened Battle.net. But, I went for it. And, to my surprise, while things were not perfect, I loved it! The graphics, the story, the attention to small details, most of it was truly amazing. And, it seemed as though the development team was listening to the users about the issues and future directions that would make the game more fun.

    How wrong I was. Nothing has changed. This Blizzard is not, and never will be, the Blizzard that understands its gaming audience and seeks to make the best game it can. This Blizzard, rather, is the one that wants to find every possible way to squeeze every penny it can from it's "asset". They've clearly adopted a profit-over-player mentality. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, here's the scoop. Blizzard released the game with what they felt was too much power in the hands of the players. Their content was being conquered too easily for their liking.

    The appropriate way to fix this? CREATE NEW, MORE CHALLENGING CONTENT.

    This could have kept the players engaged and been a huge win. Add another tier of content, or another chapter to the campaign. Create a more challenging pile of content for those players creating the great builds. Hell, I realize this is a lot of work, so in the interim, just toss in a couple new seriously difficult bosses for players to work toward conquering. Just give us new challenges. But instead, Blizzard decided the best thing was to take away our toys and tools for meeting these challenges.

    Blizzard's response was a massive nerf across the board of player power. No content actually changed. Nothing was added to make the game more enjoyable, more engaging. But power was nerfed, speed of progression was nerfed, speed of acquiring gear was nerfed. So, the same exact content, but now all the builds people had been working toward, milestones they'd achieved, were all set back, and everything was made more work, more difficult.

    Just, wow. How a game developer could be SO out of touch with it's players is just unreal. The real Blizzard is dead, so I'm going to retire my Battle.net client once and for all.

    As is, the game is really a zero, but I'm giving 2/10 because I honestly truly enjoyed the campaign and the state of the game before the patch. I was leveling, enjoying reaching milestones in the build I was creating. And then, BAM. It's like I was set back from 80 to 50, even though my character was still level 80. And now getting back to the same level wasn't even possible, and working toward getting as close as possible would take much, much longer. No thanks. I play games to have fun, a privilege for which I'd happily pay. But Blizzard thinks they need to hold my attention by just making everything I do take longer. Yeah, no. Bye.    … Expand
  95. GuruJoeyy
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I am revising my previous review, the game has excellent bones. It clearly had a very passionate and competent team during most of the design process. But at some point all those passionate and competent people went missing, whether they were fired or quit I can't say. But right now the entire Diablo 4 team is less competent than even JAGEX of all companies and its not even close. It takesI am revising my previous review, the game has excellent bones. It clearly had a very passionate and competent team during most of the design process. But at some point all those passionate and competent people went missing, whether they were fired or quit I can't say. But right now the entire Diablo 4 team is less competent than even JAGEX of all companies and its not even close. It takes them weeks to fix massively impactful bugs and issues, they release things broken and not working, they do basically nothing and barely have any new content flowing despite the promises of massive changes each season.

    All of this not to even mention the fact that they haven't got a single person on the team capable of even the most basic creative design decisions anymore. Generic and garbage aspects and uniques, their team that already needs 700 man hours to issue a basic PR to even start working on a basic day-to-day bug is for some reason wasting their already inefficient and limited time on an 'uber unique' system in a game that HAS NO TRADING and therefore literally no one will ever get the items even if they played 10,000 hours straight (you probably think I'm exaggerating but I'm really not).

    Blizzard is dead. Kotick has destroyed the company finally. The OW2 scandal and the Diablo 4 situation are not unique, this is the norm from this trash company now.    … Expand
  96. Robbieboii
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is dead. Incompetent devs. It's practically a single player power fantasy, very counter intuitive vision of where the game should be going.
  97. Leroy_wells
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The Developers don't want you to have fun in this game. They keep buffing and nerfing the characters back and forth with no real vision. Not to mention they updated the game to make people grind longer with 99.9% useless and duplicated loot.
  98. OTTERSage
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Extending my sincere congratulations to the Diablo 4 team for being the first team in Blizzard history to launch a Diablo game that got WORSE after launch!!
  99. Nishikado
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo Dev in a nutshell: uodate everything that is fun.
    How do we get players to play more and longer hours?
    Reduce exp gain, add more walls, slow them down, make them wait longer.

    How do we make it challenging for players? Nerf class skills, nerf damage, nerf items, nerf aspects, buff monster.

    Also, delete sorcerer
  100. Claylet
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Played for over 300 hours leveled all the way to 100 on hardcore almost twice, Why almost? Cause my other character died at level 99, 55% to 100 dies to a disconnect.

    Even still, I kept playing and was even looking forward to season 1. But what the fk are these patch notes. They are basically forcing their hardcore players into softcore. with all these damage and survivability nerfs.    Played for over 300 hours leveled all the way to 100 on hardcore almost twice, Why almost? Cause my other character died at level 99, 55% to 100 dies to a disconnect.

    Even still, I kept playing and was even looking forward to season 1. But what the fk are these patch notes. They are basically forcing their hardcore players into softcore. with all these damage and survivability nerfs.

    On top of that, they heavily gutted exp and put a **** level cap on Tier 3/4.

    I get it you want to stop level boosting. How about you just put an exp reduction on lower level players for every 10 levels below they are from their party member. And what still no "Scroll of Escape" fix? It's been a month blizzard? the tool tip on the items says it will automatically activate on disconnect. and you dont want to fix it till season 2? with the heavy nerf on survivability on all classes?

    Also thes exp nerfs as well as capstone level cap are **** since every build for every class needs minimum level 60 to actually have a working/functioning build w/ a useful paragon board. And need to be at WT4 to actually have a finalized build because their aspect and Unique drops are capped behind level 85 monsters.

    And what minimum level for WT3 is 50 and WT4 is 70? How the fk are people going to try different classes with different builds in a span of 3 months? Did they expect everyone to play the game 24/7?

    At lest have the decency to refund players after you make them pay $100-150 to playtest your game for a month Blizzard.    … 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
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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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