Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Ieuanparry
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Mobile game in disguise as a full priced next gen AAA game the way of ubisoft or ea, save your money and buy baldurs gate, starfield or mortal kombat instead.
  2. Galenus
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    After playing for long enough: game is a slog, uninspired, boring and bland gameplay. Just taking a look at the alternatives shows how much this game is trailing the competition. Visuals are OK and that's basically it.
    Devs acknowledged that changes were needed, everybody was awaiting the patch notes for the season and... they decided they don't want players at all. Now that they got our    After playing for long enough: game is a slog, uninspired, boring and bland gameplay. Just taking a look at the alternatives shows how much this game is trailing the competition. Visuals are OK and that's basically it.
    Devs acknowledged that changes were needed, everybody was awaiting the patch notes for the season and... they decided they don't want players at all. Now that they got our money they don't give a crap. Turned a not so good game into utter garbage. With devs like this you can just forget this game and come back in a couple of years when they're all gone and more competent people are in charge.    … Expand
  3. JubieLamb
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Turning what should be a fun video game into a freaking horrible mundane job. Like they can't even figure out how to get elite mobs to spawn in a dungeon. Waste of money. Blizzard is the worst imo.
  4. SaltySpriggan
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    The story is good and game looks great but the end game loop is uninspired and lacking any sort of meaningful direction or obtainable interesting loot. I stuck with this game and grinded a lot and did all their base challenges because I had high hopes for their big Season 1 debut...

    The major problem I have here is their pre-season 1 patch. Someone that's calling the shots has a MAJOR    The story is good and game looks great but the end game loop is uninspired and lacking any sort of meaningful direction or obtainable interesting loot. I stuck with this game and grinded a lot and did all their base challenges because I had high hopes for their big Season 1 debut...

    The major problem I have here is their pre-season 1 patch. Someone that's calling the shots has a MAJOR obsession with creating a slow paced uninteresting slog of a game that will trap players into a monotonous long term unrewarding grind to keep player numbers high for a long as possible.

    I cannot get behind the current "vision", they are out of touch with what is fun in an ARPG. Speed, damage, defence, good loot, and happiness are not allowed.    … Expand
  5. Drakmo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Let me be clear: This game could be an 8, but the notably good start has covered the bare truth: This game was clearly not tested enough, badly balanced, wrongly tuned when it comes to gear and skills interdependency and the cause is simple: It was released 6 months before it would have been finished!
  6. Kale144
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The latest patch proves that this entire game was just a cash grab based on nostalgia. The devs are so out of touch and this patch completely proves it. I fell for the trick because of the Diablo name and I'm truly disappointed. Fool me once blizzard... never again.
  7. Baustin
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They are not listening to the community and the devs are completely insane trying to pass this off as a finished product. Horrific what the gaming jndustry has become.
  8. caycham1
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game get boring quick and devs is only interest in prolonging the boring grind without providing any interesting content. They also lie about being careful with nerf but drastically nerf every class right before season 1
  9. Cloudcpu
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I fell defrauded the the game I waited years for! Patch 1.1.0 is a mail in the coffin instead of a return for season 1
  10. anticreativity
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Yeah the patch made the game worse, but the fact that they manufactured FOMO by keeping you out for four days on release unless you paid $20 more and then threw in a cash shop for gear in a game that's all about finding gear makes this game a stinker. Blizzard doesn't make games for you to enjoy, they make games for purpose of extracting as much money out of you as possible while makingYeah the patch made the game worse, but the fact that they manufactured FOMO by keeping you out for four days on release unless you paid $20 more and then threw in a cash shop for gear in a game that's all about finding gear makes this game a stinker. Blizzard doesn't make games for you to enjoy, they make games for purpose of extracting as much money out of you as possible while making them just playable enough to fulfill that purpose.… Expand
  11. Unsainted
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Suck my duck with this 1.1 patch devs, you sucked the fun out of D4, so freaking out of touch… Aarpg without any action, mmo without any social aspect, loot hunter without any fun loot. You are your worst enemy Blizzard. Get your heads out of where sun doesn’t shine and listen to feedback from your players.
  12. jpdbest
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Initially Diablo 4 was a fun game when playing the main campaign. Afterwards, the grind begins at level 50, *trying* to level up, applying paragon board points, advance world tier levels, and put together a fun, optimized build to carry you through the never-ending slog of nightmare dungeons. This is when the overwhelming grind sets in, and increasingly taking longer and longer to levelInitially Diablo 4 was a fun game when playing the main campaign. Afterwards, the grind begins at level 50, *trying* to level up, applying paragon board points, advance world tier levels, and put together a fun, optimized build to carry you through the never-ending slog of nightmare dungeons. This is when the overwhelming grind sets in, and increasingly taking longer and longer to level up. I'm at level 70 now, and the progression (sheer grind) is abysmal and unenjoyable. There also many quality of life improvements needed for the inventory system and stash. You'll quickly run out of run for items, and need to go through inventory cleanup too often try to figure out what needs to be scrapped versus kept, and there's no easy way to sort through these in terms of aspects or attributes - it's a very manual process. Wishing you good luck in finding the necessary legendaries/uniques that will finally make your build work - I'm missing one that for some reason refuses to drop for me and cripples the potential of my build. This is even before the latest 1.1.0a patch which has completely nerfed most characters/skills/aspects/etc. that made the game playable and simply seems to only increase the grind. Even the Helltide which was semi-enjoyable has been completely nerfed, decreasing the aberrant cinders drop rate while increasing the cinder cost on loot crates. Only thing noticeably buffed are the enemies. Blizzard intended this to be a ten year game, but it's struggling to make it to ten weeks and it's clear the development team are out of touch with what the community needs. Whatever enjoyment there was in playing this game is gone.… Expand
  13. Ducktoucher
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs want to kill their game. Slowing the game as much as possible so you don't realize the lack of actual content.
  14. Beasty808
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game has good bones but the dev team is out of touch and treats the community like children. Don’t waste your money.
  15. mortikaye
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game sucked before the patch, but now it really smells.

    A monotonous grind that is zero fun to play.
  16. AyliieN
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    There is no reason to play after the campaign, world feels empty with little to do expect grind out the same repetitive dungeons. Cooldowns feel way too long for an action game and the resource meter restricts this even further, this game was clearly not ready to be released and the seasonal patch completely gutted most classes on eternal realm.
  17. ballestplaya
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Got all 5 classes to 100, and don't mind the grind. However, the latest nerfs are a bit of an overkill for sure. Devs/team needs to get this corrected ASAP.
  18. Willnoodle
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This rating is from post patch 1.1, as hopefully a low rating will be the best way for the devs to understand how miserable they are making the game. Before the patch I would have rated it a 7/10, good but with room for improvement. But after the patch, they have made every single aspect of the late game significantly worse, apart from nightmare dungeons. Helltide has become essentiallyThis rating is from post patch 1.1, as hopefully a low rating will be the best way for the devs to understand how miserable they are making the game. Before the patch I would have rated it a 7/10, good but with room for improvement. But after the patch, they have made every single aspect of the late game significantly worse, apart from nightmare dungeons. Helltide has become essentially useless, as the finder drop rate has been lowered to the point that you can only reliably farm one mystery chest per event, and often these chests have nothing but garbage in them. Besides making the game worse, none of the problems were ever addressed. Good loot drops are so rare that you hardly, if ever, change gear between levels 70-90. Mob density is low relative to other games. Only a few viable builds for late game play. Given two point though, because at least, at time of this writing, there is no pay to win/loot box options. Only thing that can be bought are skins, which is an ideal system for any game.… Expand
  19. mulo2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 killed the game, just lost so many hours to make a build and now its broken.
  20. Tllew
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Hyped up season 1 and then made the game a grinding simulator without considering what was actually going to be fun with the game,

    Devs so far out of touch with what people actually want it hurts.

    genuine shame, it was so close to greatness
  21. ldarkbluel
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    they f*k it up with the last patch. All my game so far has gone for naught.they just played a joke on us
  22. zkheops
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    this game needs lots of improvements . i dont have any fun at grinding non stop without any loot literally NO SOCIAL FEATURES??
  23. Kaninux
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game has a solid base, but no end game and the staff has made horrid decisions hiding changes from patch notes and changes in patch notes do not match the changes in game.
  24. videogamedad
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was ruined by updates that are only meant to make the game more of a grind and keep people playing longer artificially. All fun has been removed.

    Boring, no real content, multiplayer doesn't really exist (no matchmaking). This game is incomplete.
  25. Ideoman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After a decent start where the game was enjoyable the entire player base was slapped with sensless nerfs born out of Blizzard’s complete lack of end game testing.
    The second BG3 releases I’m done with this game.
  26. RopeGunPmac
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have been a fan of Diablo forever.
    This Patch just before Seaon 1 is awful.
    It is making me want to leave the game.

    You guys are killing the game!
    FIX THE GAME!
  27. atepper2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Absolutely clueless staff. I would give anything to be in their meetings when ideas are thrown around just to hear what's said. Do these people live under rocks with a first grade education? "Hey, I know! Let's nerf everything in the game because we didn't include enough content. OH OH, let's also ignore all the feedback we have gotten and continue to make the game worse and worse."Absolutely clueless staff. I would give anything to be in their meetings when ideas are thrown around just to hear what's said. Do these people live under rocks with a first grade education? "Hey, I know! Let's nerf everything in the game because we didn't include enough content. OH OH, let's also ignore all the feedback we have gotten and continue to make the game worse and worse."

    Sadly, I paid $100 for the premium version. As soon as I realized that I would need to make a new character for season 1 (I figured since it was like a month after launch it wouldn't reset, but that's on me I guess), I decided to just wait until start of season 1. In that time, I have seen worse and worse decisions killing the potential of this game. I wish I'd never bought it and won't be picking it back up.

    Devs. Do you even think about your decisions beforehand? Have you even played this game yourselves? Is there anyone at your company with oversight that said "hey, ya know, maybe this isn't such a good idea guys." Horrible company. Hope Microsoft fires everyone at Blizzard and starts over. Hopefully they hire people with even a little intelligence.    … Expand
  28. Nivialeth
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was actually enjoying the game… And they released patch for season 1, good job Blizztard
  29. parad0x122
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The latest patch has followed suite with what seems to be a general trend of Blizzard for this game: "if they're having fun we'd better patch it to cut that out.".

    Latest patch nerfs all classes, forces an ideology of glass cannon builds, and essentially punishes players for all of the work they've done this far. If Blizzard's reading this: GET YOUR SH!T TOGETHER!
  30. Hobz37
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Trash TrashTrashTrashTrashTrashTrash dog **** garbage trash s gbjn ffjn. Gfddbnnhgds. Ffdbnnhgddfghhbbbcdsvbb. Ffjnfdsddsbhbbbfd
  31. Vinzius
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Just change the whole game just because they feel like it. You spend dozens of hours playing, and then come back with a broken build.

    And the support at blizzard sucks. Impossible to reach out and get a human answer.
  32. Elendig
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    1.1 sucks very much, please revert the changes. XP nerfs not warranted. Wont play for long if they continue like this.
  33. Jokesdaghost
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    they are so out of touch with the community. We asked for stash space and they killed the worst class in the game...they increased the time it takes to do anything and they added conditions on content we used to be able to play without telling us in the patch notes...for example the capstone dungeon which you could do at any level now wont give you credit for completion until levelthey are so out of touch with the community. We asked for stash space and they killed the worst class in the game...they increased the time it takes to do anything and they added conditions on content we used to be able to play without telling us in the patch notes...for example the capstone dungeon which you could do at any level now wont give you credit for completion until level 60...??? they are slowing down the game because the game literally has no endgame content and its so stupid… Expand
  34. Huntaren
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game feels like it was developed in 6 months and then released as a $70 beta test.
  35. Sowce
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is perhaps the biggest failure in modern video games, and it is not because they make bad games, in fact they are capable of making a good game but they bog it down with complete developer incompetence every single damn time... Here we go again with the same thing in Diablo 4... The leveling grind in an absolutely bonkers grind. If you are just playing casually, good luck reachingBlizzard is perhaps the biggest failure in modern video games, and it is not because they make bad games, in fact they are capable of making a good game but they bog it down with complete developer incompetence every single damn time... Here we go again with the same thing in Diablo 4... The leveling grind in an absolutely bonkers grind. If you are just playing casually, good luck reaching max level anytime in the next couple months. The balance of the game is an absolute joke. You have tons of ridiculous damage stipulations, damage from far away, damage when close, vulnerable damage, crowd control damage, overpower damage, lucky hits, crit chance, crit dam, pyromancy damage, flame damage, damage over time, flame damage over time etc... so building your character is incredibly challenging and if you use your brain trying to figure it out to maximize your build strength you get totally overwhelmed by all the mind numbing gear you get! Just follow some build online! Make it easy for yourself. By the way, all that gear you get which most of is NOT an upgrade will have you wearing the same stuff for 15+ levels... especially if you are one of the unfortunate souls to get stuck in WT2 and actually enjoy exploring, doing dungeons, taking your time, because if you do not rush the main quest you will eventually be so over leveled that you will stop getting any gear upgrades dropping! Next the balance updates/patch notes. If you want to ever truly understand how out of touch the devs are for this game just follow them... im not going into detail, just take a couple minutes during your lunch break and actually read what they post for balancing this game. After you do so and shake your head thinking "wtf did I just read" you will soon understand that the devs do not know wtf they are doing! Go watch youtube videos of people who do know the game like the back of their hand so they can break it down for you. Bless any of you playing sorcerer. Its a fun class... but holy is it bad! Massive mana issues, pigeonholed into using 3 to 4 (out of 5) defensive skills (flame shield, ice armor, teleport, frost nova)... low damage for anything outside of ice shards... love fire but holy cow are most of the pyro skills bad( low dps) I could go on and on... im finally about to complete the main quest and leave hell (WT2) after beating the cap stone dungeon... hopefully. Who knows. Im so over leveled (lvl 57 currently) that I have no idea how good my build really is. Guess ill find out soon hopefully. I played how I wanted to play... how i do other open world games and feels I have payed for it. There is a side note though and ill try to be positive about something(s). I have enjoyed the story/main quest line, when I have gotten around to it. Lorath and Donan are stand out characters. I have not beaten it yet so there is a chance stuff can fly off the rails, but going into act 6 I can say its one thing I have really liked. Also despite how bad it might be (its hard to tell now being so overleveled) from a meta point... i do like my firewall sorc... i like being a pyro maniac... and there lies the most painful part of this game.. things you can truly like and enjoy... bogged down by awful, out of touch devs. Take care everyone, and if you are the one person who ever actually reads this whole review, I hope you have a good day.… Expand
  36. dantesprayer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Completely out of touch devs.
    Customers GIVE MONEY TO BE BETA TESTERS.
    Insulting to the point of how is this legal.
  37. Grymfait
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The story isn't bad, interesting characters and designs but after the story finishes and the "endgame" starts it is an absolute molasses filled slog through a dreary repetitive wasteland.

    The purpose of the endgame in a title like this is loot and power fantasy neither of which are interesting in this game. It feels like a chore to do or try anything as the prices to roll gear are    The story isn't bad, interesting characters and designs but after the story finishes and the "endgame" starts it is an absolute molasses filled slog through a dreary repetitive wasteland.

    The purpose of the endgame in a title like this is loot and power fantasy neither of which are interesting in this game. It feels like a chore to do or try anything as the prices to roll gear are astronomical and the developers constantly destroy any hope of it getting better by nerfing the "hell" out of anything interesting or fun.

    You are failing the lore, the title and the fans. Focus on fun ffs.    … Expand
  38. Vinterbjork
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    With a rough start, the game felt tedious, to easy, and to grindy even for an ARPG, and most imporantly felt unfinished. Missing alot of QoL features, build diversity, uneven class balance, lack of dungeon variation, only a handfull of bosses, overload of attributes on items without any way to tell how they impact your skills, no way to tell items apart from icons, glyphs being weirdWith a rough start, the game felt tedious, to easy, and to grindy even for an ARPG, and most imporantly felt unfinished. Missing alot of QoL features, build diversity, uneven class balance, lack of dungeon variation, only a handfull of bosses, overload of attributes on items without any way to tell how they impact your skills, no way to tell items apart from icons, glyphs being weird (placeholder art and blue ones not even used in game). But I got my character up to 100 and maxed out my glyphs. This was becuse I had hope, they sounded promising with a large patch coming for season 1.

    For a AAA game I would have rated it about a 5, but with the latest patch, the season 1 patch, fixed nothing mentioned above, nerfed the weakest class and made the game even more tedious I can not give it more than a two. And that is mostly because of epic cutscenes..    … Expand
  39. hnau
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    tl;dr: A visually alluring but fundamentally flawed and a seriously lacking addition to the Diablo series. Slow gameplay, boring itemization, and ever lengthening time-sink requirements courtesy of misguided patches. Avoid wasting your money on this one.

    Diablo IV, the highly anticipated addition to the iconic action RPG franchise, delivers an atmospheric and visually impressive world    tl;dr: A visually alluring but fundamentally flawed and a seriously lacking addition to the Diablo series. Slow gameplay, boring itemization, and ever lengthening time-sink requirements courtesy of misguided patches. Avoid wasting your money on this one.

    Diablo IV, the highly anticipated addition to the iconic action RPG franchise, delivers an atmospheric and visually impressive world with all the familiar elements that fans have come to love. However, it is impossible to overlook the developers' evident disconnection from the playerbase, as they prioritize lengthening time sinks over enriching the gameplay experience. This approach results in a title that feels unnecessarily tedious and monotonous, ultimately detracting from the potential greatness of the Diablo series.

    One of the most glaring issues with Diablo IV is the misguided notion that elongating the gameplay by making it take longer to complete things equates to a more challenging experience. Instead of offering intricately designed challenges and engaging encounters, the developers have resorted to inflating the game's content with time-consuming grinds, repetitive quests, and artificial difficulty spikes. This approach does not increase the game's difficulty in a meaningful way; it merely creates a sense of boredom and fatigue, distancing players from the once-thrilling Diablo universe.

    Despite the visually stunning graphics and well-crafted environments, the gameplay loop often feels stagnant and uninspired. The lack of innovative mechanics or substantial improvements over its predecessors gives rise to the impression that the developers were content to rely on the series' established formula without taking the risk to evolve the gameplay to new heights. As a result, Diablo IV feels like (and truly is) a step backward, rather than the much-anticipated evolution fans had hoped for.    … Expand
  40. moviekritic
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Largest blunder in recent history. Too many bugs and too many missing features.… Expand
  41. iggypop69
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I can't even play my $70 game right now because of lag and rubberbanding. I didn't want the online stuff, that was your requirement Blizzard. Fix it. it's embarrassing.
  42. Cesiade
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a casual player (6-10 hr/wk), the new patch makes playing the game not worth the time. Punishing everyone for the actions (or play styles) of a few is ludicrous. Avoid the game.
  43. Disloyal
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Dirtbag devs are so out of touch with reality. Way to kill an entire franchise. Guess this is the new blizzard…
  44. underbog
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Diablo IV: The $70-$150 Open-World MMO ARPG, where:

    The open world is dead and traversing it is painful on laggy mounts, made worse by roadblocks because it's too difficult to make a game where the world loads in as you go, on time. The social features are difficult if not impossible to use, making the "MMO" portion of the game a guise for always online features. Personally I haven't    Diablo IV: The $70-$150 Open-World MMO ARPG, where:

    The open world is dead and traversing it is painful on laggy mounts, made worse by roadblocks because it's too difficult to make a game where the world loads in as you go, on time.

    The social features are difficult if not impossible to use, making the "MMO" portion of the game a guise for always online features. Personally I haven't had a single social interaction from the game alone.

    And it's an ARPG where the developers are slowing down an already slow game, by keeping mob density low, nerfing multiplicative damage, nerfing item drop rates, nerfing currency drop rates and nerfing overall XP.

    So it's a dead world, singleplayer, slog of an RPG, right now.

    All this is made worse with a terrible user interface, memory leak issues, and a development team that ran out of content at like level 70. There is nothing to do from 70 to 100.

    In addition, Season 1 was supposed to introduce something innovative and they just reused a mechanic from Diablo 3. The developers are trying to artificially slow leveling so people don't ever reach 70+.

    It's a disgrace.    … Expand
  45. Grim0verlord
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The developers cannot leave good things in the game alone, they keep changing and tweaking things that we enjoy making them actively worse while ignoring the issues and problems we keep asking to get fixed... They tell us they can't get us the improvements till future seasons but can continuously change things that we love in the game and make them terrible... damage nerfed, survivabilityThe developers cannot leave good things in the game alone, they keep changing and tweaking things that we enjoy making them actively worse while ignoring the issues and problems we keep asking to get fixed... They tell us they can't get us the improvements till future seasons but can continuously change things that we love in the game and make them terrible... damage nerfed, survivability nerfed, experience nerfed, items I worked hard for and spent tons of gold on to get max stats nerfed... Legit they take things you worked for and earned in game and change their stats, nothing is safe. I would not recommend... Diablo 4s best days were pre-Season 1 patch.… Expand
  46. dreisonic
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    avoid this game and avoid spending money on blizzard stuff. they have no clue what their doing, they are disconnected with their players.
  47. MajesticMind
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    1. Released a game with resistances broken and refuses to fix until S2...
    2. Failure to have social aspects in game to allow people to fin others to play with easily.
    3. Sorcerer is a completely dead class as a result of resistances being broken. 4. Giant SLOG of a game that does not respect the gamers time. 5. Game is made artificially difficult via random 1 shot mechanics that you    1. Released a game with resistances broken and refuses to fix until S2...
    2. Failure to have social aspects in game to allow people to fin others to play with easily.
    3. Sorcerer is a completely dead class as a result of resistances being broken.
    4. Giant SLOG of a game that does not respect the gamers time.
    5. Game is made artificially difficult via random 1 shot mechanics that you typically don't even see coming or op CC.
    6. Include uber unique items that are not even really obtainable so they might as well not even exist.
    7. The end game is trash and completely not non motivational.
    8. Mount system seems like it was developed by a group of toddlers.    … Expand
  48. Yperking
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This patch.... this patch....
    Nerfs... Nerfs everywhere .. and maybe its less than the real state of the game...
    •Nerfed vuln dgm •Nerfed crit dmg •Nerfed the cooldown reduction ability •Nerfed the xp •Nerfed the loot from elites outside of NM dungeons •ALL CLASSES GOT NERFED EVEN SORC THAT SUCKS •Armor got nerfed Damage reduction (general) got nerfed Damage reduction close got nerfed    This patch.... this patch....
    Nerfs... Nerfs everywhere .. and maybe its less than the real state of the game...
    •Nerfed vuln dgm
    •Nerfed crit dmg
    •Nerfed the cooldown reduction ability
    •Nerfed the xp
    •Nerfed the loot from elites outside of NM dungeons
    •ALL CLASSES GOT NERFED EVEN SORC THAT SUCKS
    •Armor got nerfed
    Damage reduction (general) got nerfed
    Damage reduction close got nerfed
    Damage reduction distant got nerfed
    Damage reduction from poisoned got nerfed

    And they didn't do anything about: DENSITY, HIGH REROLL PRICES, POOR ITEMIZATION, AWFULL WORLD BOSSES AND THE SLOGFEST HELLTIDES. Actually the helltides got nerfed also cuz mystery chess from 175 went to 250 ingame currency...
    These clowns are the most out of toutch dev team ever    … Expand
  49. ftbxbrln
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They really **** an already bad and unbalanced game even more with the latest Update, i was expecting nothing and im still dissappointed, good Job! Literally just made this account to give the game a bad review
  50. thothsquill
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Like with all Blizzard titles, here are devs who ignore all the feedback. They would rather see the game fail (which it will if S1 first impressions are terrible), than drop the arrogance and pride and make the experience fun and memorable. It's INSANE how they ruin all their games with these selfish and short-sighted dev teams.
  51. theREALironBEAR
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They NERFED ME right out of the game... I do NOT have the ability to play this game non-stop and thats what they require. After spending a decent amount of time on the game and enjoying it initially... they then essentially stole my entire game from me by releasing a seasonal NERF that completely destroyed everything I spend time on in the ETERNAL REALM... Seasonal balance changes shouldThey NERFED ME right out of the game... I do NOT have the ability to play this game non-stop and thats what they require. After spending a decent amount of time on the game and enjoying it initially... they then essentially stole my entire game from me by releasing a seasonal NERF that completely destroyed everything I spend time on in the ETERNAL REALM... Seasonal balance changes should NOT be applied to the eternal realm when they do not get access to the seasonal buffs. They do whatever they want and your time spent in this game is at your own risk! This seasonal patch essentially steals my eternal realm character and gameplay from me for seasonal balance that I had no plans on participating in. This is not an MMO! Those games are typically Free-To-Play and I paid for the single player experience and it just got taken from me... i almost want my money back... so pissed...… Expand
  52. onlymedicated
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Diablo 4 was great but Devs destroyed their game with patch 1.1. We all spend many hours developing our characters to have the best stats. Now after the patch they nerfed every major stat for every character. Feels like I wasted the past month playing this game.

    REVERT this patch now.
  53. Pc6793
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Game feels incomplete with major Quality of Life issues that seemingly fall on deaf ears with the game developers and producers. Endgame is not designed well and longtime players of the franchise will find themselves extremely disappointed with the lack of substance and replay value. The first major patch and season of the game did not address the vast majority of player concerns andGame feels incomplete with major Quality of Life issues that seemingly fall on deaf ears with the game developers and producers. Endgame is not designed well and longtime players of the franchise will find themselves extremely disappointed with the lack of substance and replay value. The first major patch and season of the game did not address the vast majority of player concerns and feedback, prompting well-deserved backlash from the community. I am currently scoring this game 2/10 due to the smoother launch than previous Diablo titles and some novel ideas, but at the moment the execution is too poor to give them a higher rating.… Expand
  54. Gunmars
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game was decent. Probably a solid 8/10. Now with patch 1.1 designed to slow everything down, make it a grind and nerf every class into the ground, it is nothing more than a soon to be dead grind fest. Had a good month run atleast.
  55. Km87
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I was really looking forward to this game. diablo 3 was and prombly is still my favorite game. has played from the start and all season. so my dream was for d4 to take that place.. but it's so boring! have been pushing myself to lvl 100 hoping the end game would be fun and give me a reason to keep playing... but can't find one? diablo has always been a multiplayer game for me, but whyI was really looking forward to this game. diablo 3 was and prombly is still my favorite game. has played from the start and all season. so my dream was for d4 to take that place.. but it's so boring! have been pushing myself to lvl 100 hoping the end game would be fun and give me a reason to keep playing... but can't find one? diablo has always been a multiplayer game for me, but why doesn't it find a random groupfinder or similar? leader board? I miss the countdown in nigthmare dungeons like in greater rifts in D3? glyhs has a max level so what's the point? .... it's like when you get to lvl 100 you're done and there's no point in playing. and all these nerfs just create more and more negative publicity and kill the desire to play....you guys better do something fast otherwise Yeah;(… Expand
  56. fatheals
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Nerfs across the board
    Lacking extreme QoL
    Absolutely no innovation
    Cash Grab
    The blizzard of old is dead, the new blizzard just wants your wallet.
  57. Ripoz4200
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is not the same company it use to be. They just want to extract as much money out of your as possible. I hate that gaming has come to **** I will not be buying any more games from Blizzard. The most recent patch nerfed XP so they could sell you XP boost for season 1. Pay to win at its finest.
  58. Maizen
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Very grindy, unfun game play loop. Low gear drop rates and vast gulfs between power points makes it feel tedious and unrewarding. Dev updates just exaggerate the bad while doing nothing to make the game feel better. Best to avoid until things change.
  59. JRHawkins
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was on the fence about season 1, but the complete ineptitude of the D4 dev team and the tone deafness of this pre-season patch not only destroyed any hope I had for this sad excuse of a game, but actually just pushed me to refund everything i wasted on it and I STRONGLY suggest everyone who hates this game to do the same!
  60. Klick89
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Went from decent to sadness in patch 1.1. Was so looking forward to playing a lot more of this. #redo1.1… Expand
  61. Demineo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 brings an atrocious gaming experience across all vectors: leveling, skills, itemization, loot (cinder nerf), and versatlity. Such a shame.
  62. aSickMuse
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Once we finish the campaign, reach level 60~70 moved into Tier 4 World, it's repeat the SAME 3 activity to gain xp to level our character and glyphs board (damage buffs), in other word, shallow content.

    New game released with broken mechanic and stats, example: the most basic stat in arpg "Resistance" is broken upon game release, In live stream, dev team acknowledge resistance is FUBAR,    Once we finish the campaign, reach level 60~70 moved into Tier 4 World, it's repeat the SAME 3 activity to gain xp to level our character and glyphs board (damage buffs), in other word, shallow content.

    New game released with broken mechanic and stats, example: the most basic stat in arpg "Resistance" is broken upon game release, In live stream, dev team acknowledge resistance is FUBAR, it MIGHT get fix by season 2, because it’s complex, maybe beyond season 2.

    QoL improvement, low inventory space/stash, game are zoom in too close make vision area small, Horse speed etc, paragon board reset cost, bloated gear stats, etc. just to name a few

    Yes it's a new game just released, there will be areas need improvement. after 1.5 month of hearing players feedback, season 1 patch released, what did they do? they focus on NERF all class, not balance each class, they blanket nerf the class. result? those strong class became average, those weak class got even weaker to a point not enjoyable, unless you do cookie cutter builds.

    How bad is the patch? remembers dev team acknowledge "Resistance" is broken, which cost player lost a layer of defense, this effect most on the sorcerer class because it's main stats INT are link to the "resistance", so the class is naturally in a defense stats disadvantages, most build had to sacrifice offense skill slot to fit in 3~4 defense skill to make builds efficient.

    Guess what dev team did in Season 1 patch, they remove the armor gems replaced with "Resistance" heart (it new name for gems). LOWER THE BASE ARMOR FOR ALL CLASS. Reduce the CD reduction stats on gear (now the cd are longer).

    How they address the shallow content with season 1 patch? they REDUCE the XP gain from those 3 repeat activity, so now it will take us longer to reach our goal.

    Those are just few example of the disconnect from the dev team. If refund is available, I'll do it in a heart beat.

    BTW, guess what dev team told the player on live stream 3 week after game release, when they were asked about content, "it's ok to stop playing". W.T.F, We paid for the game, and you tell us not to play it? so we don't complain the game's short coming, which is a direct reflection on the dev team?

    Would you buy a game when dev told it's ok not to play it?    … Expand
  63. lovinlifejbc
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Well I figured since Diablo III towards the end was decent I thought maybe this will be good... I get more enjoyment out of Chronicon. The one thing I will say is I enjoyed the storyloop but other than that end game not so good. So when the latest patch came out(1.1) it became even worse. Like I'm seriously aggravated I spent money on this game.

    Like this is getting to the point of    Well I figured since Diablo III towards the end was decent I thought maybe this will be good... I get more enjoyment out of Chronicon. The one thing I will say is I enjoyed the storyloop but other than that end game not so good. So when the latest patch came out(1.1) it became even worse. Like I'm seriously aggravated I spent money on this game.

    Like this is getting to the point of insulting peoples intelligence. I really want this game to be decent but it's like all the decent stuff is getting reeled back.

    Really feeling like my money was seriously wasted.

    Wake up blizzard before this gets even worse.    … Expand
  64. Dindail
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Feels like they released the game with progression at a Season rate and decided to balance the game that way and now they are releasing season 1 they decided to nerf the main server to the original progression rate they intended post release.

    They stated it was to balance the game, however the "balancing" was a flat adjustment across the board and makes no effort to balance the game    Feels like they released the game with progression at a Season rate and decided to balance the game that way and now they are releasing season 1 they decided to nerf the main server to the original progression rate they intended post release.

    They stated it was to balance the game, however the "balancing" was a flat adjustment across the board and makes no effort to balance the game against the other classes, effectively placing this adjustment as a blanket slow down in progression and making an already brutal grind significantly worse.    … Expand
  65. WildWill14
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Another money milking app from the worst game developer in the business. They aren't even hiding their predatory business models anymore. Save yourself the money and buy ANY of the other games coming out this year from devs that aren't garbage. And, if you are an unfortunate soul that has already wasted money on this game, it's not too late to request a refund through PayPal or your CreditAnother money milking app from the worst game developer in the business. They aren't even hiding their predatory business models anymore. Save yourself the money and buy ANY of the other games coming out this year from devs that aren't garbage. And, if you are an unfortunate soul that has already wasted money on this game, it's not too late to request a refund through PayPal or your Credit Card. Break your nostalgia and recognize exactly what this garbage company actually is: a scam.… Expand
  66. Angry_Racoon
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Are you nostalgic for DIablo 1, 2 or 3?
    Looking for a new AAA action rpg?
    Look no further than Diablo 4 where you can grind the same dungeon over and over for loot to sell to vendors so you can afford to reroll one stat on one item for 30 million gold! Oh and when you finally get the roll you have grinded billions of gold for the inept developers will nerf that stat and your build    Are you nostalgic for DIablo 1, 2 or 3?
    Looking for a new AAA action rpg?
    Look no further than Diablo 4 where you can grind the same dungeon over and over for loot to sell to vendors so you can afford to reroll one stat on one item for 30 million gold!

    Oh and when you finally get the roll you have grinded billions of gold for the inept developers will nerf that stat and your build into the ground whilst increasing the time it takes to grind by 50%.

    1/10 because lillith is hot!    … Expand
  67. Piece_0
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 hits the breaks so hard on any and all momentum your character was gaining that it just makes the game feel like it's sooo much more grindy, it already takes forever to get to 85 and that's only half way to max level
  68. foxrun
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This patch is an awful attempt to balance the game by making everything less fun and take longer. And still no quality of life upgrades that all exist in the previous game, D3. Were no lessons learned?
  69. NewGuy1486
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Taking the DIABLO out of DIABLO. This game tries to be everything ecpet for a Diablo game. No more hirelings, no more trading, no more DIABLO. The game is a shall of what the franchise once was, except now, we have microtransactions for... Horse Armor! Yup, we've really come full circle and Blizzard's greed is never-ending. Evryone who purchased this garbage fell for Blizzard's dupe once again.
  70. Micktorious
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They made this game already a grind, with a super long road to max level, annoying paragon that is a complete mess to undo if you ever want to redo your build, cool downs on your mount for no reason, huge gold sinks for resolving items, barely a trickle of decent items that are impossible to tell anyways if they will improve your build unless you are a PhD math major, and just tons ofThey made this game already a grind, with a super long road to max level, annoying paragon that is a complete mess to undo if you ever want to redo your build, cool downs on your mount for no reason, huge gold sinks for resolving items, barely a trickle of decent items that are impossible to tell anyways if they will improve your build unless you are a PhD math major, and just tons of other roadblocks to slow the entire game down. Then they dropped the new update, which doubled or tripled down on these same values to make the game an entirely longer and less fun slog. GRIFTS used to be super fun to push in Diablo 3, but whoever is the guy making these design changes at the top is an absolute know who probably is known as "a numbers guy" and knows next to nothing about making a game fun and rewarding. I have never in my entire life been so disappointed in a Diablo game, and I have played them all since the original Diablo. The only reason I gave this a 1 is because the artwork and world are beautiful. I feel bad for the artist who made such an awesome world to play in, that is entirely ruined by game design.

    Shame on you Blizzard for this patch, you used to be an amazing game company, but sexual harassment, OW2, and Diablo 4 have shown me just how far you have fallen.    … Expand
  71. Nettlethrone
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Complete waste of money. Game is full of bugs and instead of fixing those bugs, they're just removing the fun content. Making you do the same thing over and over and over and over... again until forever for no fun at all.
  72. Azoulas
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    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.
  73. Bobmcbilly97
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Trash seasonssjshsusgseueiebdishsbsjssudbcichsbdbdbdhsbdbdbddd BAD GAME BAD GAME
  74. 666khorneflakes
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The game has potential that may yet be revealed but at the moment the devs are **** the bed something fierce.
    No matter when you consider getting in this game, go take the community's temperature beforehand, it'll tell you a lot.
  75. omerior
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They will continue to disgrace the game as they want unless we react to this. We can show them how strong a community we are by deleting the game. We don't have to put up with this toxic ego team that doesn't listen to the gamer base. I dont want to see Diablo4 end up like D3.

    You **** up again. **** fatso ceo.
  76. Velheibgnar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game was good. On a good track as for an arpg release. Yesterday's 1st season patch changed it all. I will not support such a lack of care for players and a completely unprofessional childish approach to nerfs that is literally mathematically a wrong solution to the problems.

    I'm the biggest Diablo fan ever. This is the first diablo that made me write this comment as the most important    Game was good. On a good track as for an arpg release. Yesterday's 1st season patch changed it all. I will not support such a lack of care for players and a completely unprofessional childish approach to nerfs that is literally mathematically a wrong solution to the problems.

    I'm the biggest Diablo fan ever. This is the first diablo that made me write this comment as the most important thing is not to let big companies do such barbaric trolling to the fans, more so after taking the money.

    Look at Diablo 3 last season. It's miles miles ahead in everything. I'm going back to D3 but this time, with a sad face that would never recommend D4 to anyone that I care about.    … Expand
  77. barredowl
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard killed this game intentionally and are unwilling to reverse course. I'm deleting the game and will just accept the loss of the cost of the Ultimate Edition. You did us wrong, Blizzard.
  78. danielwoz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Diablo iv beta was released, it was best described as an alpha.
    Diablo iv eternal was released, it is best described as a beta at best given big ticket alpha problems were not fixed.
    Diablo IV Season 1 launches and its horrific to play, but don't worry they back dated these atrocities to the eternal realm immediately so you didn't skip season 1. Blizzard had one intention in this    Diablo iv beta was released, it was best described as an alpha.
    Diablo iv eternal was released, it is best described as a beta at best given big ticket alpha problems were not fixed.
    Diablo IV Season 1 launches and its horrific to play, but don't worry they back dated these atrocities to the eternal realm immediately so you didn't skip season 1.

    Blizzard had one intention in this release, charge a huge amount at the start for a small increment on Diablo 3 and then immediately start the Seasons process to generate ongoing revenue, regardless of the problems.

    Play Baldur's Gate III you'll almost certainly have a better time.    … Expand
  79. grebenots
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is trash because the developers need everything, while gaslighting the community about everything. Don’t waste your money!
  80. StuRedman
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Total disappointment. Beta felt fun to play, now it has become an endless nerf spiral.
    Blizzard "balances" around some pro players who beat the hardest content and don't care they ruin it all for 99.99% of their customers.
    Most quality of live features from D3 were ditched. Mechanics are a total bloat fest of way too many damage types, most of them useless (and useful ones get nerfed).    Total disappointment. Beta felt fun to play, now it has become an endless nerf spiral.
    Blizzard "balances" around some pro players who beat the hardest content and don't care they ruin it all for 99.99% of their customers.
    Most quality of live features from D3 were ditched.
    Mechanics are a total bloat fest of way too many damage types, most of them useless (and useful ones get nerfed).
    Drops are garbage.
    Leveling up makes you weaker instead of stronger.
    End game is boring.
    Lack of stash space is ridiculous.    … Expand
  81. Kregna
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is insulting. Far too boring for how expensive it is.

    Game is too open-ended, chock filled with fetch quests and zig zagging across the map. Dungeons are all the same. Builds are boring (D3 had you gaining new runes for your skills EVERY single level between level 2 and level 70. I D4, you've unlocked everything by level 34 or so? And it's not quick / easy / free to try    This game is insulting. Far too boring for how expensive it is.

    Game is too open-ended, chock filled with fetch quests and zig zagging across the map. Dungeons are all the same. Builds are boring (D3 had you gaining new runes for your skills EVERY single level between level 2 and level 70. I D4, you've unlocked everything by level 34 or so? And it's not quick / easy / free to try different builds.

    If they had kept the game linear and ditched all the filler content, it would've been palatable. As it is, I gave up at level 48 because it's far too boring to even finish the main story.    … Expand
  82. AlvinS
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Mildly entertaining campaign, completely let down by a boring slog afterwards. Dull itemisation with very little if any gameplay defining items to chase. Zero endgame and an out of touch dev teams whose response to the no endgame complaints is to gut what little fun there is in the game and slow people to a crawl. I guess i cannot fault the logic. If they cannot reach end game they cannotMildly entertaining campaign, completely let down by a boring slog afterwards. Dull itemisation with very little if any gameplay defining items to chase. Zero endgame and an out of touch dev teams whose response to the no endgame complaints is to gut what little fun there is in the game and slow people to a crawl. I guess i cannot fault the logic. If they cannot reach end game they cannot complain its garbage.
    I dont know how much money Larian paid Blizzard for this marketing campaign but patch 1.1 is the best Baldurs Gate 3 add so far.    … Expand
  83. Sharkception
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The devs are so out of touch with what players find fun about Diablo. Do you want a lot of enemies to kill? Sorry, nerfed. Do you want to feel rewarded for playing the game? Sorry, nerfed. Do you finally feel a semblance of strength after playing for 100 hours? Sorry, nerfed. The funny thing is that many people wanted these things to be buffed because the game is so BORING, but BlizzardThe devs are so out of touch with what players find fun about Diablo. Do you want a lot of enemies to kill? Sorry, nerfed. Do you want to feel rewarded for playing the game? Sorry, nerfed. Do you finally feel a semblance of strength after playing for 100 hours? Sorry, nerfed. The funny thing is that many people wanted these things to be buffed because the game is so BORING, but Blizzard said **** you, let’s go in the complete opposite direction of fun. I just cannot fathom who thought these ideas were good.… Expand
  84. Nyqwill
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patches nerfed the fun out of the game. The time it takes to get to end game, doubled. The power and ability of characters to do high end content, severely decreased. Instead of adding more things to do, they made it slower to get to the end, and they made it more tedious to do anything in the end.
  85. Doffers
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No group finer. Not a AAA game. Sucks. Would not recommend to anyone. Go play Diablo 3
  86. lethalghost123
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Story is quite good enjoyed playing through it and leveled up to 80. Was enjoyable but slowly turned into a slow grind. That i could deal with but now with the latest patch with nerfs to damage and making it easier to die and xp gains are nerfed its a grind fest. Less damage less kills less lot drops, increased skill times so less skills to use not so much action in this arpg now ! Oh andStory is quite good enjoyed playing through it and leveled up to 80. Was enjoyable but slowly turned into a slow grind. That i could deal with but now with the latest patch with nerfs to damage and making it easier to die and xp gains are nerfed its a grind fest. Less damage less kills less lot drops, increased skill times so less skills to use not so much action in this arpg now ! Oh and increases to leaving a dudgeon because we all know player like loading screens lol… Expand
  87. rioht
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Somehow blizzard outdid bf2042. Wasted opportunity to a potentially good game.

    Welcome to corporate AAA gaming .
  88. EndMatrix
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    El juego ya estaba un poco aburrido y pummm, metieron el parche. El peor de la historia!
  89. kevin1704
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It is a scam, they require players buy a beta game, and then make it trashy for the first season to force players leave the game.
  90. Molcutz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I am insanely dissappointed in what this game has become in 1 patch ONE PATCH its the last time i will ever give blizzard any attention and i will never recommend their games to anyone ever.
  91. Phoenix7499
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    1.1 patch is a giant dumpster fire. Anything past level 80 is completely pointless. There have been no meaningful QOL changes that have been desperately needed already, not even but a little over a month after launch. 90% of what the community has asked for has been ignored/communication has been radio silent. I do not recommend touching this game for at least another year at this rate.
  92. Riptide44
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No endgame to speak of.
    Multiplayer content is non-existing for an online only game.
    Open world with no purpose or benefit. $90 USD Price point for an unfinished game with many QOL issues and bad implementation. Balance issues, with poor design causing very few viable builds to emerge. Bugs with cross play, controller support, joining friend groups. Community/feedback completely    No endgame to speak of.
    Multiplayer content is non-existing for an online only game.
    Open world with no purpose or benefit.
    $90 USD Price point for an unfinished game with many QOL issues and bad implementation.
    Balance issues, with poor design causing very few viable builds to emerge.
    Bugs with cross play, controller support, joining friend groups.
    Community/feedback completely ignored by devs.
    Devs prioritizing cosmetics and battle pass over actual QOL.

    Level cap is 100. Loot progression is so bad post level 70 you may spend 8+ hours of play without finding a single piece of gear upgrade. Rerolling gear stats is so expensive, you're unable to effectively fish for better stats with the loot you find.

    Level 80 unique more often than not drop with worse stats than the level 60 version of the same unique you've been wearing for 20 levels. Its rare you get a better version than what you're using.

    Rather than create endgame activities the devs have slowed XP gain and have also ratcheted back defensive and offensive stats on gear in an attempt to make the slow grind even slower with no payoff at later levels.

    I have no idea how a huge game studio, with 20+ years making games in this genre, with so much public beta feedback, can ignore the player base and screw up this bad.    … Expand
  93. TsukasaHiiragi
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Pro's

    Large open world Better character customization Classic encounters and Easter eggs Con's Bad gear itemization Bad PvP with forced PVP for 100% zone completion Too many exploits and no punishment for people exploiting Repetitive grind in all the wrong areas Harsh class nerfs Constant server problems End-game is not solo friendly Not enough storage for loot    Pro's

    Large open world
    Better character customization
    Classic encounters and Easter eggs

    Con's

    Bad gear itemization
    Bad PvP with forced PVP for 100% zone completion
    Too many exploits and no punishment for people exploiting
    Repetitive grind in all the wrong areas
    Harsh class nerfs
    Constant server problems
    End-game is not solo friendly
    Not enough storage for loot
    Desperately needs QOL upgrades
    Many bugs and issues
    Technical issues such as bricking GPUs/0 FPS spikes
    Worst class balance in the history of the franchise

    Major cons

    Seasons, forcing you to rerolling your characters from level 1 with just cosmetic items baited on a paid carrot
    Horrendous patches, game breaking patches

    After giving Blizzard the benefit of doubt, they continue with horrendous game destroying patches and seem to have nothing but contempt for the playerbase.

    As a veteran of the entire series, I hate to say it but Diablo IV is a step backwards and not forwards and is entirely due to the live service model, this is more akin to a psudeo MMO than the single player/solo experience of the previous iterations and I don't know how to feel about that especially as future content unlocks that could require a full group, so the game moves more in a direction of a true MMo rather than the classic experience.

    Graphics are a step up from Diablo 3, but after 10+ years you would expect so. I have no complaints here, everything looks more dark gothic in nature with dreary backgrounds and destroyed ruins to explore that adds to the atmosphere, whilst the sound and music is passable it isn't nearly on par with Diablo 2.

    Gameplay is a mixed bag, its highly repetitive and honestly? Its Diablo! That part was to be expected, but this time the repetitiveness comes in forms of repeating the same dungeons, the same events and fighting the same monsters over and over, it definitely feels like less monster variations than previous games.

    Itemization is terrible, far worse than any other previous diablo game. Its basically like the borderlands series with 3+ million items and only a bunch of them are any good, 9 out of 10 times you'll be scrapping/selling items over and over again, very rarely will you find anything useful which creates tedium, coupled with poor skill sets and heavily nerfed builds so that players are mostly forced into meta builds right from the start and never deviate from those paths.

    Gems are a wasted opportunity as well serving barely any point outside of Topaz for a base attack buff, everything else is lacking significantly. Another issue is levelling exploits that are not being patched and being actively abused by many people to hit the level cap in hours, because blizzard would rather not ban any youtube influencers or streamers who are the main abusers.

    Server stability is terrible, on a good day you'll face a lot of rubberbanding or severe frame rate drops for no real reason, login servers are constantly overloaded and/or crash often for hours at a time aka something that has always happened.

    Class balance is an absolute joke, it always has been in the series but Diablo 4 takes that imbalance and goes way beyond anything that should be acceptable, the main culprit here is the excessive nerfs that happened after beta because a few people found builds and in the early game they were powerful, repeat here "early game" because the beta only had access to the first act and up to level 25, because of this several classes especially the sorcerer are nearly unviable in endgame dungeons not to mention absolutely require BIS gear to be even functional especially after T30+ nightmare dungeons, whilst other classes can just breeze through, this issue has been made worse by all the exploiters complaining about content because they abused their way to level 100 in 1/10th of the time.

    PvP is similar to the division style of risk vs reward, and we all know how that turned out right? The PvP in D4 is worse, mostly griefers camping the PvE parts of the fields of hatred or the statues of Lilith knowing that people will try to unlock the full zone completion, and did I mention that PvP right now is also once again, entirely unbalanced with rogues entirely having the ability to perm stunlock players?

    To summarize, Diablo 4 is a big disappointment for the franchise. Has far too many issues to overcome and we all know, the fixes will be excuses for new 'seasons' forcing players who have spent hundreds of hours on their characters to basically start over. The game is entirely tedious once you have finished the main story since you can basically go straight to WT3 and get a carry to WT4 and then its just mindless grind, find a few item upgrades and rinse and repeat and if you didn't take advantage of any of the levelling exploits, then reaching 100 will take you a long time but in the long run, it'll be a meaningless achievement.    … Expand
  94. Gltpop
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I can't play this game at all. The colors are not passing any accessibility guidelines and my eyes are burning after 30 minutes. No map overlay also adds huge eye strain on my wide monitor. I can't even finish campaign because of it.
  95. SysAdmin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Beta version of the game for 70$. Itemization is total garbage, most of the stats are useless. Unique items are trash, you just sell most of the uniques you find. Class balance is terrible.
  96. lerouser
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...
  97. thorp113
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They killed the game. There is no endgame in this game. Past lvl 50 is nothing but repetitive chores.
  98. Justicerains
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is great if you like to pay $70 for a nice piece of garbage and a good ramming from the endgame boss called "Blizzard Devs".… Expand
  99. Varneth
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Incompetent team delivering incomplete game and taking the worst decisions ever when they make mistakes that completely change the balance of game for everyone and instead to make a fair e smart decision they prefer to leave the biggest bonus in game ever to some players and don't give to other players the same chance they wrongly gave to the lucky one that were online when they "patched"Incompetent team delivering incomplete game and taking the worst decisions ever when they make mistakes that completely change the balance of game for everyone and instead to make a fair e smart decision they prefer to leave the biggest bonus in game ever to some players and don't give to other players the same chance they wrongly gave to the lucky one that were online when they "patched" to add stuffs. Every time they "make a patch" they create more issues instead of fixing bugs. Avoid this game completely and Blizzard.… Expand
  100. aaaskeptic
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    Very very mid. Has potential if they scrap some of its core systems, like itemization (having to find the items with legendary aspects / uniques again and again, just with higher levels. And streamline some of the mods that actually don't make sense) and level scaling (which probably won't happen.)

    Story was meh, character builds are meh, not a lot of choice. Really bad endgame loop.    Very very mid. Has potential if they scrap some of its core systems, like itemization (having to find the items with legendary aspects / uniques again and again, just with higher levels. And streamline some of the mods that actually don't make sense) and level scaling (which probably won't happen.)

    Story was meh, character builds are meh, not a lot of choice. Really bad endgame loop.

    Plays great most of the time and is visually impressive.

    See other negative reviews, everything has been said already. I really like Diablo as a series, but I cannot fathom these 10/10 reviews. (Everything below 3/4 also. It's a decent game, but with so many flaws... But good potential.)    … Expand
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#24 Best PC Game of 2023
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2023

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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