Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Spellegren
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Save your money, this game is terrible. A disgrace to the Diablo franchise.… Expand
  2. Ripidicat
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is just an expensive alpha test, devs don't even what they are doing

    No end game content, very bad itemisation, nightmare dungeons are awfully designed, classes and spells are not fun
  3. austHIMreaves
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Campaign was fun before the patch. Everything else after finishing the campaign was kinda boring but not too bad...before the patch. Post-patch, everything has turned to **** So sad this game isn't playable anymore. I still enjoyed the pre-patch diablo IV even though it got tedious and boring after the campaign. $70 for 1.5 month of playing. Never again, Blizzard. RIP Diablo.
  4. Kenjindo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    In beta i would have given this game 9/10. Buy i forgot, blizzard does not give a **** after they get the money. They basically destroyed the game in one patch. And added nothing the whole community asked for, like search function, inventory and stash space. Instead they artificially wanted to slow progress to zero and nerf everything that was fun to the ground. Seriously so horrible.
  5. ender666
    Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Very boring, repetitive, no dungeon finder, no world chat, no trade, bad design. I feel more alone than in some old offline game!! NO ENDGAME! DI immortal is much more fun.. Graphic average, game is often lagging.. FU Blizzard, you robbed me, this game is not worth so much money!!
    Take baldurs gate 3 as an example, that is a game made with love in every way better than d4 garbage..    Very boring, repetitive, no dungeon finder, no world chat, no trade, bad design. I feel more alone than in some old offline game!! NO ENDGAME! DI immortal is much more fun.. Graphic average, game is often lagging.. FU Blizzard, you robbed me, this game is not worth so much money!!
    Take baldurs gate 3 as an example, that is a game made with love in every way better than d4 garbage..

    UPDATE: this game terribly lacks content and what they offered now? To get new content you have to create new lame character.. will never do, this is most stupid thing in history of gaming..    … Expand
  6. elymx
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This game is a pile of sheet. I've no regret purchasing this for $99 like most of us said, the campaign is enjoyable, the rest is just lacking and with the most recent patch they basically killed it.
  7. RadDad0728
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is trying to make and loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system; the loot is just boring. An ARPG without action; progression is slower than a sloth. A MMO without a social system; does not even have basic groupfinding for ANY of the very little content in the game.

    It tries to be everything, and fails at every turn.
  8. Necrobutcher92
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They adressed some of the issues of the game and nerfed the **** out of it but they forgot to provide actual fixes and alternatives. **** them
  9. DipX
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    BAD GAME ， NO END GMAE AND NERF ALWAYS . BORING AND JOKE FOR ALL PATCH NOTE
  10. DayRaito
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Utter Garbage, useless developer that won't listen to playerbase. They keep nerfing and reducing people fun by making the game a chore, unrewarding, **** pile of **** Doing Endgame content not only it become slower than it should, it's unrewarding, unpleasant, nor fun. The game itself must online to play too, you can't play it offline. Every single build and job get nerfed to ground everyUtter Garbage, useless developer that won't listen to playerbase. They keep nerfing and reducing people fun by making the game a chore, unrewarding, **** pile of **** Doing Endgame content not only it become slower than it should, it's unrewarding, unpleasant, nor fun. The game itself must online to play too, you can't play it offline. Every single build and job get nerfed to ground every single time. When people make a fun and good build, oh they sure will nerf the **** out of it. Dev did nothing when playerbase ask for more rewarding content, more enemy, better drop rate and QoL stuff. Instead they did this **** keep nerfing and making unfun **** I thought we play game for fun, the **** is this? If they think making the game slower will lead to longer playtime, think again. If the game itself ain't fun to play with, nobody will ****ing play it. Wish I could refund this garbage, and ask for my time and my money back.… Expand
  11. slvrtrn
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    A generic Ubisoft-style open-world game with a subpar story and zero depth in the end game.
  12. bobbywobbin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is by far the worst Diablo ever made. deserves a 0. They need to trash this game and remake it.
  13. Maximilianum
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Done with the franchise after this fiasco of a Season 1 update. Next time make the game f2p and dont waste a lot of ppls hard earned money.
  14. Bear_In_Despair
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    After patch 1.1 Blizzard suck all remaining fun out of the game. We asked for the end game, they decided to end the game. Decimated two classes, no improvements only nerfs.
  15. Strombulo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Season 1 patch ended an already not great game
    Nerfs to every class, nerf to xp, nerf to gameplay pace
  16. dajodajo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    terrible patch by out of touch devs right before season 1 ruining the game.
  17. Usagi_yojimbo__
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Legendary drops are spammed and crap. Rares drope like gold coins and you have to keep checking stats that are usually garbage. Respec and explore new options consume lots of gold and therefore take excessive time to try. Inventory management is garbage. Forget about trying to play more than one class as you're likely never going to reach max level, or even approach decent gear.
  18. omemomem
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Unfinished game, Don't bother buying. As a veteran D3 player and almost every blizzard game, They have gone off the rails, Stay away form this game and possibly from this company.
  19. Blandula
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    If only devs could listen less to the investors and more to the players...

    A game already ruined by bad decisions and lack of fun and content.
  20. Vandolin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They probably shouldn't have tried taking on this franchise. Just a bad attempt at taking feedback and a premature release. Don't think there was any sense behind releasing the game with this little developed, and even less with the damage control of that mistake.
  21. myszuram
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs are consistently sucking out every satisfying aspect of the game (and there were not many of them, to begin with).
  22. Kripte
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The devs do not respect your time. They want to actively waste it. The most recent patch removed survivability, made fun specs less fun, and the most ridiculous change that proves they just want to waste your time is the fact that the leave dungeon cast went from 3 seconds to 5. They actually increased it. Why else would you make that change. Unbelievable. I'm so sick of stock drivenThe devs do not respect your time. They want to actively waste it. The most recent patch removed survivability, made fun specs less fun, and the most ridiculous change that proves they just want to waste your time is the fact that the leave dungeon cast went from 3 seconds to 5. They actually increased it. Why else would you make that change. Unbelievable. I'm so sick of stock driven greedy companies. Bring back the old blizzard. Gamers who developed as a passion, not as a job to make the rich richer. So. Over. It.… Expand
  23. Jb48
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It was already too slow with bad loot and nothing to do. Latest patch killed it.
  24. Xubuntu
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Disrespectful nerfs to so many players who invested so much time into creating their builds. We needed buffs and harder content, not nerfs.
  25. nikos1989
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard more than ever, refused to listen to players and did the actual opposite of what the community suggested. Those people dont even play their games. Us players, know the tactics of this company but oh god, they killed it this time. This has to be the most awful patch in modern videogame history.
    Shame because the game had potential. Dropping numbers in active players and ratings    Blizzard more than ever, refused to listen to players and did the actual opposite of what the community suggested. Those people dont even play their games. Us players, know the tactics of this company but oh god, they killed it this time. This has to be the most awful patch in modern videogame history.
    Shame because the game had potential. Dropping numbers in active players and ratings are well deserved.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. Deempeer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As many others I was extremely excited for 1.1 pre-season patch notes. Now as many others I probably won't touch the game until Blizzard fixes their **** The pre season patch notes were supposed to hype up the first season, not suck the life and all the fun out of it. I'm currently done and over with this company.

    Now everyone say it with me. **** YOU BLIZZARD!
  28. mpy
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Activision has turned Blizzard into trash. The game was already bad and they somehow made it worse with the new patch.
  29. Hightechredneck
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Horrible end game, everything is slowed down to waste my time I just want kill some foes!
  30. alleex02
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Junk bland game who got patched in order to make it even junkier, even more bland and even more boring.
  31. Isolder
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game is not enjoyable as it seems to be focused on grinding rather than offering a variety of viable options for most classes. In comparison to Diablo 3, it falls short in terms of entertainment value.
  32. Jadedwolf
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game was incredible on launch. Not perfect but there was a lot of room for growth. Got to level 70 and there was a steep decline on things to do. This is fair - season 1 on the way in a few weeks anyways. S1 comes around and the developers have done nothing in terms of improvement. Everything across the board was nerfed (damage, armor, cooldowns - everything) in order to artificiallyThis game was incredible on launch. Not perfect but there was a lot of room for growth. Got to level 70 and there was a steep decline on things to do. This is fair - season 1 on the way in a few weeks anyways. S1 comes around and the developers have done nothing in terms of improvement. Everything across the board was nerfed (damage, armor, cooldowns - everything) in order to artificially increase the longevity of the season. Helltides grind increased while decreasing the rewards, Uber equipment nonexistent, nerfed exp when playing with friends, etc

    It’s an MMO game that nerfed player engagement & social interaction It’s a looter game with no actual improved loot
    It’s an action game with nerfed action where you spend most of the time in a corner from enemies waiting for cooldowns to regenerate

    Please don’t waste your money like I did. Wait a few years down the line when the devs realize that a SINGLE player rpg game doesn’t have to be reduced to rubble constantly and realizing that games can be.. fun. Waste of money and even bigger waste of hard drive space.    … Expand
  33. Yaksa
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a player who spent thousands of hours in D3 and hundreds of hours in D2R. From the game's release until the latest season patch, I have nothing more to say. Sorry for wasting my time, there are tons of meaningful things to do in life. Don't waste time on this game and this company anymore.
    0 POINT with no doubt.
  34. Sotowu
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Crazy what they are doing to the game with those patches. Dragging out the end game by increasing grind and lower any fun aspects of the game.
  35. Dhrago
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The Diablo 4 dev team is completely out of touch with their player base and act as if they actively have a grudge against them for playing their game and enjoying it. The latest update for Season 1 reason provides blanket nerfs to core affixes in the game because they think they gave us more power than we should have. On top of that the blatant lack of interesting legendary and uniqueThe Diablo 4 dev team is completely out of touch with their player base and act as if they actively have a grudge against them for playing their game and enjoying it. The latest update for Season 1 reason provides blanket nerfs to core affixes in the game because they think they gave us more power than we should have. On top of that the blatant lack of interesting legendary and unique effects is astounding. This game is actively a downgrade from the previous one and gained no insight or knowledge from their past mistakes.… Expand
  36. driscollds
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The problem is BLIZZARD and unique objective NO enjoy the game only Nerf,Nerf and Nerf.… Expand
  37. Datoneguy121
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs dont listen. Bonfire talk should be called blow smoke up consumers rears. Go play a free arpg like poe or something till they remove heads from rears. The game might be playable season... 30ish? If it last that long
  38. Icecloudz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    So instead of fixing important issues like resistances, they decided to nerf everything just to make players life more difficult for Season 1.
  39. Huschke
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV had a great foundation. The gameplay was almost good, the loot hunt was almost well done and the items were almost nicely designed. Unfortunately after the 1.1 patch notes it is clear that instead of making a great game, Blizzard has once again decided to ruin a good foundation.

    I would strongly suggest anyone who is blinded by the marketing like I was to stay far far away    Diablo IV had a great foundation. The gameplay was almost good, the loot hunt was almost well done and the items were almost nicely designed. Unfortunately after the 1.1 patch notes it is clear that instead of making a great game, Blizzard has once again decided to ruin a good foundation.

    I would strongly suggest anyone who is blinded by the marketing like I was to stay far far away from the game. You will not have a good time.    … Expand
  40. rnzerk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Played D2 and Path of Exile for years prior to D4, so you could say I have an ample amount of experience to review D4. Recently, I had that thirst to play a good ARPG and D4 was the first choice. I was wrong to set my expectations high--or even at the minimum, As things currently stand right now, D4 has become a generic, bland, content-lacking, and linear game.

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

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

    But they will not be getting any cents! The time has come for players to unite and show these **** pigs who don't even play their own game that we are not their cash cows, and that our voices are pertinent to the development and success of the franchise.    … Expand
  41. Pappenhighmer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Loothunter wirh boring loot
    Action game with slow paced action
    MMO without sovial aspects
  42. squall72
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Are you asking if I have tried playing games or if I am involved in the process of game development and release?
  43. biodoom
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Why would we think Diablo 4 would be any different after the Diablo 3 blunders. Even though the game was missing dept and balancing in the endgame at least it was playable and somewhat enjoyable. The latest patch is the opposite of what has been asked for and the developers talked about. It is also way too early and literally made the game unplayable for many of us.

    Those of us like me    Why would we think Diablo 4 would be any different after the Diablo 3 blunders. Even though the game was missing dept and balancing in the endgame at least it was playable and somewhat enjoyable. The latest patch is the opposite of what has been asked for and the developers talked about. It is also way too early and literally made the game unplayable for many of us.

    Those of us like me we only read about the end-game challenges now do not need to worry as we will never get there    … Expand
  44. Jbowbow
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard had a strong foundation to work off of with the previous titles and the campaign was great, but they have intentionally slowed the pace of the game to a crawl in an attempt to milk their players without having to produce new content. I held off on reviewing until the first large patch and it only reinforced my concerns. Most classes experienced a 30-50% nerf to their damage -Blizzard had a strong foundation to work off of with the previous titles and the campaign was great, but they have intentionally slowed the pace of the game to a crawl in an attempt to milk their players without having to produce new content. I held off on reviewing until the first large patch and it only reinforced my concerns. Most classes experienced a 30-50% nerf to their damage - reducing the pace of the game even further - and nearly none of the quality of life or class balancing requests have been addressed (lol sorcs). This game reeks of corporate greed and it's clear their intent is to find the minimum threshold their playerbase will tolerate without uninstalling. Well, sad to say they overshot their estimate and the community has responded accordingly.… Expand
  45. Zader911
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Enjoyed the campaign, which you'll likely finish around 40ish. That's the only good part, otherwise the "Critic" reviews would be far, far lower if they played this steaming pile to a higher level and during the current state of the game. The critic reviews are just another bad joke now. Streamers at the season start were incentivised to build the Hype and generate sales.

    Patch    Enjoyed the campaign, which you'll likely finish around 40ish. That's the only good part, otherwise the "Critic" reviews would be far, far lower if they played this steaming pile to a higher level and during the current state of the game. The critic reviews are just another bad joke now. Streamers at the season start were incentivised to build the Hype and generate sales.

    Patch 1.1.0, right before the first Season, gutted every aspect of the game. It's not unplayable (if you aren't trying to play a Sorceress anyway), just adds far more tedious repetitive garbage, heavily nerfs your damage, and greatly impacts all aspects of survivability. Streamers (aka people literally paid to play) are even outraged. Yeah, I'm done. Don't buy this game, seriously.    … Expand
  46. littlefish
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The latest Season 1 patch did it all. Absolutely no future at all in this awful game.
  47. Joffa112
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Unfinished garbage. Just after everyone realized how boring the endgame is, i.e. doesn't exist, they gutted every class. Their solution to having a boring endgame was make it take longer to get to endgame.
  48. Doongus
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo devs out of touch. Game was released with a finished campaign, but zero thought or effort placed in end game or past lvl 60/70. Not worth the grind, doesn’t remind me of older diablos after campaign. Honestly, wish I could get a refund. This isn’t what I expected from beta
  49. Sizzlack
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Why are we still surprised by this? Why after (acti) Blizzard screwed up D3 so epically it was comical. Then did it again in D2R (a game they just needed to polish to be good) are we surprised they can't get it right this time?

    The game gets 3 points from me, solely and exclusively because of the story. Which, miraculously, is fantastic. The dark, gory aesthetic to the game is    Why are we still surprised by this? Why after (acti) Blizzard screwed up D3 so epically it was comical. Then did it again in D2R (a game they just needed to polish to be good) are we surprised they can't get it right this time?

    The game gets 3 points from me, solely and exclusively because of the story. Which, miraculously, is fantastic. The dark, gory aesthetic to the game is excellent. The musical score is sufficiently chilling and goose bump inducing. It doesn't feel like a cartoon like D3 did. My character isn't jumping around the screen like a looney tune. It's more real, more raw, more engaging.

    This would be the start of something great. Except, once you get passed the superlative. They screwed up literally every other single aspect of them game. The leveling pace is awful, grindy and boring. The scaling system is the dumbest idea to be introduced into Diablo, since real money auction house. All it serves to do is annoy you as you run through zones to find dungeons, as it never gets easier to run through those zones.

    Which brings me too... why the hell are we running through zones constantly? You took a game built on bashing hordes of monsters to try and find shiny things and turned it into a track meet. Who the hell wants to watch a character run across a screen all day? It's insane. There's absolutely nothing interesting about the "zone" content, once you get outside of the storyline. It's all repetitive garbage, the events are all the same, rinsed and repeated. It's interesting once, then annoying immediately.

    How, after years of game development lessons, do you have 0 QOL functions at launch? Why am I running back to my stash to get gems to craft and managing that insane inventory like I'm playing Runescape in 2001. How do this many smart people sit in a room and make a game so mechanically tedious it borderlines on the absurd?

    What is fun about placing stones on pedestals 47 times a day? Who the hell thought ANY of this was a good idea?

    Edit: Brought down to a 0 for have god awful Devs have been in addressing how bad their game is.    … Expand
  50. someguyplaying
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Got an error not writing my full review a second time.
    basically...
    game is a drag and inefficient alters of lilth was was the worst time i ever had playing a game so many hours wasted being miserable. i want a game that flows, but so much garbage in the way that slow efficiency down., horse(road blocks, dismounting to do stupid stuff and then cool down, open world garbage, waiting 7+    Got an error not writing my full review a second time.
    basically...
    game is a drag and inefficient
    alters of lilth was was the worst time i ever had playing a game so many hours wasted being miserable.
    i want a game that flows, but so much garbage in the way that slow efficiency down., horse(road blocks, dismounting to do stupid stuff and then cool down, open world garbage, waiting 7+ second to encounter to meet monsters in dungeons, and praying i get the less annoying of the quests where i don't have to back track
    Feelings like this game is in beta. Congrats blizzard released D4 before POE 2. lets see how well that worked for you.    … Expand
  51. Iron99p
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The Patch sady destroyed the Game.
    I do not why, but it was not only a bad patch but the worst in the History. Gg Blizzard.
  52. EagleFox
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is using their paying customers/gamers to find and fix bugs in Diablo4. I'm getting non-stop lag spikes, rubberbanding, non-stop lag on a gigabit fiber connection. Their balancing and season 1 patch updates were a complete afterthought without any kind of proper QA done before release. Don't buy.
  53. Nazrel
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The good:
    The campaign: It's long and good, but then it gets repetitive. It has very good cinematics, very good music, the graphics are good and the voice acting it's good
    The Bad: The game after level 50 is the same, everything takes longer, but that would be decent within the game progress(too much to learn). Then it comes a point where everything is slow and it feels like a chore    The good:
    The campaign: It's long and good, but then it gets repetitive. It has very good cinematics, very good music, the graphics are good and the voice acting it's good

    The Bad:
    The game after level 50 is the same, everything takes longer, but that would be decent within the game progress(too much to learn). Then it comes a point where everything is slow and it feels like a chore rather than fun. You are not rewarded with good loot and you are punished for wanting to do hard "end game" content (if there is one) because of that.

    Overall:
    it's a good game until you finish the campaign. Then it turns into a grindy game with little to no rewards for your time invested. But in my opinion (I can be wrong) the worst was the out of touch recent patch note, because it didn't address the concerns or issues that the game has. It just makes que game longer and grindy chore with no rewards and some classes just don't feel worth playing.
    I can understand that is was a hard nerf because of the lunch of Season 1 and they don´t want the players to rush the content and stop playing. But this it's not the way to do it.
    As i said, i can be wrong because of how i feel the update based on my experience playing it now, but that's how i see it.    … Expand
  54. turnbone
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    most recent patch killed what little enjoyment the game had to offer. i feel like i wasted $70 dollars beta testing a triple a game.
  55. Hirokellz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was playing as a Sorcerer, the most under powered class by a long shot. Was looking forward to how this class would be buffed in patch 1.1 to bring it more in line with the other classes. Instead, Blizzard decided to gut all the other classes, and then on top of that, nerf Sorc again. The devs are so tone def, its astounding.
  56. hong2chi
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It's not game. It is a psychological test program that tests human patience.
  57. spoonguyuk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    an unfinished game, the devs patch decisions must be supported by their internal metrics but they seem at odds with the player base which has turned toxic, best avoided until they manage to get it fixed
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. Metalpro
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Some of the most out of touch devs I have seen in quite some time - I know games can take some time to get fleshed out but this is just laughable
  61. Frostwhisper
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I don’t think anyone at blizzard has actually played a Diablo game , I spend more time trying to find mobs then kill them . Mob density what ?!
  62. taisiev
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They really managed to kill a game. Take your time and money elsewhere. This game has literally no social aspect to it. It's slow paced and the loot is horrible. Not worth the money at all
  63. Lorenzombie
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I am convinced the game was released unfinished. Each patch is a major change to the game making it less fun to play. I am convinced that no one in blizzard is actually listening to community concerns. Instead, they sit in echo chamber meetings to decide how THEY think this game should be changed to. This is why I am saying the game was released unfinished… they have made numerous gameI am convinced the game was released unfinished. Each patch is a major change to the game making it less fun to play. I am convinced that no one in blizzard is actually listening to community concerns. Instead, they sit in echo chamber meetings to decide how THEY think this game should be changed to. This is why I am saying the game was released unfinished… they have made numerous game breaking changes since release. These changes should have been made during beta and before release. Instead, players grew attached to their play style and blizzard continues to change the state of the game (mostly through nerfs) and devalue the hard work many players have worked dozens of hours to achieve. In my case, I played the sorcerer to level 91. The sorcerer was ALREADY the weakest class dependent on specific mechanics to be even close to the lowest tier of all classes. Since the nerf, the gap between sorcerer and the other classes have widened. The DPS of the sorcerer was cut by 1/5 and survivability by at least 1/3. Recent patches targeted the mechanics that sorcerers were dependent on, now it feels like you are attacking with a wet noodle. Granted, all of my gear is close to BIS. Not even close to the next weakest class. This is a common issue with this class, and blizzard refuses to listen to the community. At this rate, this game will become unplayable. The game is truly beautiful and the mechanics were fun. Even though playing the weakest class (before patch 1.1) it was so much fun. Now that the class is nerfed to a point of being unplayable, it is truly frustrating that all the hours I poured in the game feels wasted. Here’s my warning to all: do not purchase this game, the early game mechanics will hook you in but the (continuous) end game changes will leave you dissatisfied and a company like blizzard have shown that they are unwilling to listen to the community. Whoever is in charge of community outreach should be replaced by someone that can be the bridge between the large player base and blizzard. Instead, there is a huge disconnect between the two.… Expand
  64. cmdf
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game had so much potential, but it was plagued by the concept of increasing difficulty to make it last longer because the end game was weak. Instead of making the game fun as the Diablo franchise has been in the past, Blizzard decided to destroy the enjoyment with their latest patch.

    Diablo series is supposed to be a game in which the player becomes the ultimate monster-killing    The game had so much potential, but it was plagued by the concept of increasing difficulty to make it last longer because the end game was weak. Instead of making the game fun as the Diablo franchise has been in the past, Blizzard decided to destroy the enjoyment with their latest patch.

    Diablo series is supposed to be a game in which the player becomes the ultimate monster-killing machine where loot, gold, and glory rain on the player. Instead, Diablo 4 continues to reduce the player's power, making leveling insanely slow and sucking away all the fun from the game.

    Diablo 4 is NOT an MMO, and Blizzard seems to treat the game as such. They introduced PvP and forced a community to interact as an MMO. This game is going down the drain as quickly as New World.    … Expand
  65. Theloneas
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Its pretty obvious at this point the developers of the game dont actually play it. Issues that need to be addressed to make the QoL better for the players are left on the back burner for changes that make the game more grindy and less satisfying for players who dont play 10 hours a day. Some of the decision made are just...odd, they made a loot based game with boring loot, a dungeonIts pretty obvious at this point the developers of the game dont actually play it. Issues that need to be addressed to make the QoL better for the players are left on the back burner for changes that make the game more grindy and less satisfying for players who dont play 10 hours a day. Some of the decision made are just...odd, they made a loot based game with boring loot, a dungeon crawler with cut and paste repetitive dungeons with no significant differences from one to the next- 150 dungeons with just a handful of bosses and once done with the campaign you never get to see those bosses ever again. The cost of rebuilding your character to try new things is only possible if you, once again play 10+hours a day and even then is just ridiculous. They had 3 previous games to build off of but decided they wanted to shoot for a more AARPG/MMO style game but then start taking out multiplayer aspects because they decided a small percent of players are leveling too fast and shining a spotlight on the fact they biffed the endgame? So the decision was to make leveling even worse for others so they dont have a chance to get there? Not everything is bad but if you throw a pearl in an elephant turd im people arent gonna glove up and look for the pearl.… Expand
  66. Adrianmc
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The newest patch (1.1v) leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing that it only serves to waste more of my time with completing the existing content. Lowering experience gain, nerfing damage, defense and cooldowns just to make the game last longer is not the way to go.
  67. Infraboy
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible management. Out of touch clueless developers. Really sad to see blizzard fall so far
  68. Shadowoki
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    We asked for a decent end game but the devs read "end the game". Thanks, blizzard. loving it.
  69. Titimoc
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game clearly was not ready to be released. Companies are delivering a MVP and promissing new "content" which in fact are fixes and adjustments that should be made during the development/beta versions. The 1.1 patch was the nail to the coffin. I'm no longer supporting Blizzard games.
  70. martialfarts
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 / blizzard devs completeyl **** the game through a series of patches. Now, they've completely made the game slow and like trudging through molasses. Do. not. Buy.
  71. PontusFry
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was decent. All it needed is the proper endgame, more diverse loot and additional systems like runes. And content, more items, affixes, bosses. And QoL updates.

    Instead the devs choose to end the game, nerfing the already weak classes, nerfing and slowing down every aspect of the game. Is this a joke?
  72. acetrooper
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is so out if touch with what players want. They said they hear us and do the complete opposite, practically just gave us the finger.
  73. retnuhatacil
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Out of touch developers, all nerfs no buffs. Game designed to keep you griding for absolutely nothing. More likely to win the powerball than ever pull the uber unique. Overall fun game with terrible, terrible development by people who don't play their own game.
  74. Lasmi
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs literally have no idea what they are doing and the worst part they think they are doing a great job and will try to convince us that we are wrong remember this the devs of d4 are inexperienced and incompetent with arpgs.
  75. makaryu
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Man! This game is killing itself with those patches especially the 1.1 version. Imagine rewarding your players with more hardships and not giving any QOL fixes.
  76. ShinGates
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. But now Diablo is falling into Hell himself...
    It's as if he made up his mind to fall into hell himself after making a demon...    … Expand
  77. lvl17druid
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    **** **** Got my refund. I hope you all are able to get your money back for this dumpster fire.
  78. Brianw76
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game started off amazing with a good story and fun builds, but it didn't take long to start seeing the MANY flaws.
    Inventory management is horrendous with not enough slots to make it through a single dungeon run without having to portal back to town. Gems could consume nearly 50% of your inventory and would take up as much space as a 2h weapon.
    The endgame is so boring with lack of    This game started off amazing with a good story and fun builds, but it didn't take long to start seeing the MANY flaws.
    Inventory management is horrendous with not enough slots to make it through a single dungeon run without having to portal back to town. Gems could consume nearly 50% of your inventory and would take up as much space as a 2h weapon.
    The endgame is so boring with lack of content and lack of any activity that makes you feel like it's an enjoyable experience, and the itemization leaves you feeling like you are just wasting time. The world tier system was a good addition, but then they put artificial levels on when you could jump up to the next tier while simultaneously slowing down the leveling system making it even more slow and boring.
    You are literally expected to run the same boring content over and over without any expectation of rewarding loot that is anything but marginally better at best. Even the higher skilled players are forced to grind an abundance of low challenge content ad nauseum just to check a level box to get back to more challenging content.
    The developers have gone out of their way to suck what limited fun was in the game while introducing the new season just to have everyone have to start back over from scratch for a more painful and less fulfilling experience. I highly recommend people sit this game out if you haven't purchased it yet until the developers start playing their own game to see how awful it is and start making real quality of life improvements. It is all but unplayable in its current form unless you enjoy repetitive game play that is a huge step back from Diablo 3.    … Expand
  79. MATT_Wanted
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They really sucked out the remaining fun that the game had with this patch 1.1
  80. iomgui
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is dead... And its Diablo 4 already is, 1 month after its release... Impressive.
  81. ronaldcheng111
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game at it's release is unfinished - there are multiple bugs, and game breaking technical issues that could fry your gpu.

    I will change the review if the latest patch improve things.
  82. Ironmunki
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    What a pile of **** Worst gaming xp I have had in years playing as a mage/sorcerer. High risk/low rewards. Nerfs nerfs nerfs. I play action rpg to feel a power trip, but all I feel is a dumb piece of **** for spending $70 on garbage.
  83. kraulerson
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They nerfed leveling XP by almost 90%. There's currently a bug in helltide That's reduced cinder drop count by about 95%. They've nerfed damage output from aspects and they've nerfed survivability. Effectively, this entire patch is about making the game slower so you have to play longer to get anywhere. This is becoming a standard for Blizzard. Try to get players hooked and then implementThey nerfed leveling XP by almost 90%. There's currently a bug in helltide That's reduced cinder drop count by about 95%. They've nerfed damage output from aspects and they've nerfed survivability. Effectively, this entire patch is about making the game slower so you have to play longer to get anywhere. This is becoming a standard for Blizzard. Try to get players hooked and then implement changes to force maximum engagement even if it sacrifices the a good portion of the enjoyment and rely on the psychological dependency that has been built until that point. Blizzard is only a business now. The passion they had, and what little is still left is being pushed out by those at the top who are only interested in maximum profits and not the reputation of the company or the love and loyalty of it's fan base.… Expand
  84. Bobdole1
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is a great foundation and jumping off point for out of touch developers who took the most engaging parts of the game at launch and made them objectively worse in the very first content patch. Let's hope they turn it around before too many people move on.
  85. scotty2hot
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible patch v1.1, absolutely killed the game for me, there is a clear disconnect between Dev team and everyone else.
  86. Cofk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The most expensive and boring grind you can find.

    Keep clear unless you have money and time to burn on being very bored.
  87. lynchphil7
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Original campaign was alright, however so many aspects of the game are unfinished and low quality. Just moving around using the horse is the worst experience of any game let alone arpg game. The seasonal "content" that the devs kept promising would be good is so bland. They said "game changing builds" but its all the same stats rehashed after game wide nerfs? Given some of the other highOriginal campaign was alright, however so many aspects of the game are unfinished and low quality. Just moving around using the horse is the worst experience of any game let alone arpg game. The seasonal "content" that the devs kept promising would be good is so bland. They said "game changing builds" but its all the same stats rehashed after game wide nerfs? Given some of the other high quality games out there, I cannot legitimately recommend this game to anyone given the premium price tag.… Expand
  88. mlane21
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible dev team. No fixed to quality of life, nerds across the board, start away from this game in its current state
  89. HelixNevis
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    S1 ruined the entire game, Blizzard are actual dumb poo poo heads.
    Doubt they’ll even fix anything.
  90. Haglaz
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They need to fix the VRAM leak problem.
    It's been using 20 GB of VRAM (90% of my GPU) causing stuttering, freezes and even crashing.
    The devs don't really care about the user experience, this problem has been with us since the beta launch. If I'm with problems with a High end Pc, immagine people with enough specs to run it on low. This issue must be fixed because when you can literally    They need to fix the VRAM leak problem.
    It's been using 20 GB of VRAM (90% of my GPU) causing stuttering, freezes and even crashing.
    The devs don't really care about the user experience, this problem has been with us since the beta launch.
    If I'm with problems with a High end Pc, immagine people with enough specs to run it on low.
    This issue must be fixed because when you can literally play the game (20 mins tops) it's a very good experience. But it was not worth my R$350.    … Expand
  91. Jjstiles
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 ruined the game, hot garbage.. damage popstar complete garbage cool downs, race marker, my sorcerers complete trash now. Haven’t been able to run a dungeon solo since patch how I was having a hard time before the patch even happened.. I didn’t playing Diablo for 20 years. This is absolutely the worst experience I’ve ever had.
  92. falkgaard
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The truly awful:
    * No overlay map
    * No possibility of zooming out * Movement feels slow * Patches that conclusively prove that Blizzard have zero respect for their players and that they have absolutely no idea what they're doing or what the community wants * I can't even rebind an exclusive "move" to my mouse wheel * You only have like 4 stash tabs that are account wide; there are no    The truly awful:
    * No overlay map
    * No possibility of zooming out
    * Movement feels slow
    * Patches that conclusively prove that Blizzard have zero respect for their players and that they have absolutely no idea what they're doing or what the community wants
    * I can't even rebind an exclusive "move" to my mouse wheel
    * You only have like 4 stash tabs that are account wide; there are no character-specific tabs and storage space is sorely limited
    * Certain things have pointless caps (what's even the point in capping the sigil materials at 10K or whatever?)
    * Build-diversity is nigh non-existent (there's like three viable core builds per class)
    * The paragon tree is awful and uninteresting (and missing essential QoL things like a reset button or being able to allocate nodes without committing)
    * Loot is extremely uninteresting (and there are no loot filters etc, making like 25% of your playtime reading item stats)
    * Dungeons are all super-samey and dungeon bosses are not challenging at all
    * World bosses and legions are of zero challenge as well (especially late-game)
    * Helltides are really boring and grindy (and since the patch, not even worth doing)
    * No trading (and no solo self-found)
    * Whisper quests are equally boring and grindy
    * PVP is utterly imbalanced and not fun at all (it's either just getting ganked by a group of higher level characters or getting one-shot by some lv.100 barbarian)
    * There's not really a single challenging or engaging boss fight in the whole game (except possibly Uber Lilith that I haven't done yet)
    * Leveling is a slow and boring slog
    * Renown is just a boring grind that you do once and end up exhausted after
    * Class balance is pretty terrible
    * Sorcerer has been rendered completely useless
    * Crafting is sub-par
    * Sigils are uninteresting    … Expand
  93. Danocean
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Aweful game decisions by devs ruined a potentially great game. Time to fund Chris Wilsons new yacht!
  94. Miqzo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The season one patch took all the worst things about the game and made them worse. I had very low expectations and I'm still very disappointed. This is uncharacteristically out of touch, even for Blizzard who are known to make terrible patches
  95. Vector88
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I pre-purchased the Digital Deluxe Edition for 89.99. Mainly becasue of the scammy "Start 4 days earlier" and because of the peer pressure. Campaign was good. Reached 100 level. Never logged in again. Game was boring from level 80. I was waiting for fixes and content in Season 1 start, but the patch notes were an April Fool's joke. I should probably uninstall it now and never play it again.
  96. cilione
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game is lacking endgame content. For the 1st season of the game, Blizzard tries to extend the lifespan of the current content by slowing down the progress for the player. This is just dumb and lazy attempt at a solution. The correct solution would be to add more content but I guess that´s a far too difficult task for a badly managed game studio.
  97. Joss34
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Trash. No qol changes. Nerf everything to make maglignant hearts seem appealing and game changing. Released an unfinished game. No public testing servers. Paid 80 bucks to be a game tester. Trash devs, trash management, trash company and trash investors.
  98. Yojoewaddayakno
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Gutted for the season 1. Really rough, seriously ignoring user base input and making a hard stance. Thanks daddy blizzard for grounding the entire community.
  99. Gooey420
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
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  100. RisenZealot
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The game was launched at an "ok" state. Good enough to have some fun. The grinding and itemization was pretty terrible though. On 07/18/23 however they released patch 1.1 which has completely and utterly ruined the game.

    Damage was nerfed significantly. Survival was nerfed significantly. XP was nerfed significantly. Cool down reduction was nerfed significantly. They even increased    The game was launched at an "ok" state. Good enough to have some fun. The grinding and itemization was pretty terrible though. On 07/18/23 however they released patch 1.1 which has completely and utterly ruined the game.

    Damage was nerfed significantly.
    Survival was nerfed significantly.
    XP was nerfed significantly.
    Cool down reduction was nerfed significantly.
    They even increased the time it takes to port out from a dungeon from 3 seconds to 5 seconds...

    If you can't tell, every single thing they did was for one reason only. To increase the time it takes you to do every thing! The cool down reduction is the king of bad choices though. It's significantly reduced the action in Diablo 4, an ACTION RPG game lol.

    If you haven't purchased already, don't!    … Expand
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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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