Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. brbrhuehuehue
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is dead, we all know and we stubborn anyway, only cash grab after cash grab, i think they're kinda dumb too, if done right they could be three times larger. Every game they've been releasing lately its been a flop on PR, they must have so much money they don't rly care about PR at this point. I'm tired of them, they managed to be the worst on the market selling crap, I played thisBlizzard is dead, we all know and we stubborn anyway, only cash grab after cash grab, i think they're kinda dumb too, if done right they could be three times larger. Every game they've been releasing lately its been a flop on PR, they must have so much money they don't rly care about PR at this point. I'm tired of them, they managed to be the worst on the market selling crap, I played this game only because i've won it, even so i would love some refund lol. I could put the countless issues with the game here, but it would be redundant. baldurs gate and poe2 send its regards!… Expand
  2. Razzeus
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    I've played every Diablo title extensively. The failure of this game tops even Diablo 3, because of the incredible company-wide amnesia led them to make all the exact same mistakes. Boring, lonely, restrictive. It'll be worth looking at again in 5 years when they desperately try to save face a la D3.
  3. Meinerdi
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    For the game videos I can put only 1 point and that's it. Nothing new, nothing special, completely boring and buggy game. I bought the digital deluxe version and would refund the money if I could. Can't imagine such a huge company can't make a good game
  4. KalessinCZ
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    The game was fun for a few hours - you know, cool visuals and stuff... Then it revealed itself to be shallow, repetitive and pointless tedium. The introduction of battle pass is insolence beyond belief! Tolerate bad games, and you will get more bad games in the future.

    Do yourself a favor and avoid this steaming pile of manure.
  5. johnyaims
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Bought the early access game for 90 euros. Played few characters. Season 1 dropped (have season passa included in my early access edition) - went to play Path of exile for free. Pretty much sums up the game.
  6. 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
  7. stoff75
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    This game wasn't ready for release. There are a ton of things that are just unpolished and unfinished. Lots of rubberbanding which is not ok when all you want to do is play a game alone. I managed to grind one character to 100 and it was completely unrewarding and repetetive and just not fun. Then they continuously change the game so you don't know what your character is going to be likeThis game wasn't ready for release. There are a ton of things that are just unpolished and unfinished. Lots of rubberbanding which is not ok when all you want to do is play a game alone. I managed to grind one character to 100 and it was completely unrewarding and repetetive and just not fun. Then they continuously change the game so you don't know what your character is going to be like after next patch. Basically they took everything that was bad in Diablo III and dubble down on them. Just without the auction house. But with horses instead. Just not a fun time. Now that Season 1 is live I managed to get a character to 40 but grew bored again. Maybe will boot it up in a few months again and see what it's like.… Expand
  8. Soulsgamer
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Inventory stash is a joke.Every 10% of the Dungeon u need ro teleport to the main city and sell ur inventory. Sad State
  9. Disciplebeta
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Only 2 playable classes for high tier. Resistances are all broken. Get one shot with no chance of dodging or mechanics to avoid. Not a fun game at all. 42 year old gamer and played all previous Diablo this one’s crap !!!
  10. JPxx
    Jul 26, 2023
    2
    I enjoyed only the art and atmosphere of this game, also the story a bit. When it comes to bosses and mechanics there is nothing to say more than meh.
  11. Redsign89
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Nerf everything all the time. Disappointed. PoE is way more better. A speaking camel?
  12. Patringham
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    I'm going to start with the seasonal content, in case anyone is reading reviews for that purpose.

    The Season of the Malignant is an astoundingly lazy addition to a badly underdeveloped game. The only free cosmetics are the pieces of a generic merchant outfit, the silly novelty of which might be worth the grind, except that the final piece is premium content. Setting aside how    I'm going to start with the seasonal content, in case anyone is reading reviews for that purpose.

    The Season of the Malignant is an astoundingly lazy addition to a badly underdeveloped game. The only free cosmetics are the pieces of a generic merchant outfit, the silly novelty of which might be worth the grind, except that the final piece is premium content. Setting aside how unspeakably greedy that is, the outfit is identical for all classes, so it's not exactly a quality asset, however novel.

    I personally doubt I'll ever give Blizzard another dime of my money after my experience with this game, so that's one bandana I'll never unlock.

    Apart from premium cosmetics, all of the new content expires in October, so it's essentially an opportunity for Blizzard to beta-test experimental new mechanics without ever having to balance them, while tempting players to spend money with four-fifths of a stupid merchant costume.

    The actual gameplay content of the season is dreary and boring. Some of the monsters have a creepy new material effect, and you have to kill them twice, for a chance to unlock ephemeral items that will be deleted in two months. There are also several new holes in the ground for you to jump into, and a half-baked story involving exactly one new boss and one new NPC.

    Even the premium seasonal content essentially amounts to a couple of cosmetic sets and a merchant hat. Blizzard is a triple-A studio, and I am astonished at how little new artwork this season contains.

    Ordinarily, starting a new character after completing the campaign comes with a number of quality-of-life improvements. For a seasonal character, in addition to losing all of your stored equipment and accumulated resources, you lose most of your Renown, and your Codex of Power. Losing access to your gold and items is one thing, but the entire appeal of the Renown and Codex mechanics was that they rewarded the investment of your time by applying their benefits to all future characters.

    As for the game itself, it has some enjoyable moments when it isn't loading or crashing, but it's far from a triumph of game design. A good game will show you how to play, without telling you how to play. This game does neither.

    Grinding from levels 1-70 was a reasonably smooth and enjoyable experience. I chose a combination of abilities that seemed useful, and selected equipment to synergize accordingly. The transition to Tier 3 was compelling, with difficulty scaled roughly in line with the skills I had developed as a player, and rewards befitting that accomplishment.

    The transition to Tier 4 was comparatively juvenile. The game abruptly ceases to reward individuality or creativity, in jarring contrast to the preceding hours of gameplay. A clever build that was effortlessly surfing the Helltide in Tier 3 might cease to function entirely in Tier 4, forcing most players to search online for an overpowered build developed by a professional streamer, and start from scratch.

    Blizzard aggressively balances the game against about a dozen builds that actually function at this difficulty, which only narrows the number of viable builds, since those changes also have an impact on players who don't play the game professionally.

    While the limit of six active skills makes for a superficially simple RPG, the final combination of skills, aspects, and paragon glyphs is fiendishly complicated. There are thousands of options to choose from, only about 10% of which form any part of a viable build, and the game waits until Tier 4 to inform you that 90% of your choices were wrong.

    Most online guides for character creation advise the use of one build from levels 1-70, and a radically different build for level 70+. So far, the only corrective measure Blizzard has announced is the promise to reduce the cost of resetting a character by about 40% in the coming weeks. This will make it easier for players to trade a build that has stopped working, for one that wouldn’t have worked before.

    The time you spend playing a game should gradually equip you with the knowledge and skills required to succeed. Instead, Diablo 4 spends hundreds of hours rewarding bad habits and weak abilities, only to drop the hammer abruptly at level 70, while providing no further instruction.

    Apart from the game design issues, I don’t think I’ve ever played a game with such a clumsy disregard for player experience when it comes to networking problems, which is particularly egregious given the mandatory nature of online play.

    Overall, I can't recommend Diablo 4. A lot of talented artists and programmers worked on this game, but they work for sick and greedy people, who have no respect for your time or your intelligence. Please be kind to yourself, and play a better game instead. Maybe give Deep Rock Galactic a shot, their seasonal content is always pretty fun.    … Expand
  13. DavePositas
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    Beautiful world and character designs. The rest feels like a chore to do, levelling glyphs only in Nightmare dungeons?!? Renown Farm the SAME story missions again?!?

    The "changes" through patches feel not thought out and somehow give me the feeling I am a beta tester that doesn't get paid but paid 70$ for refining mechanics as the game goes a long. Not to unearth small performance bugs    Beautiful world and character designs. The rest feels like a chore to do, levelling glyphs only in Nightmare dungeons?!? Renown Farm the SAME story missions again?!?

    The "changes" through patches feel not thought out and somehow give me the feeling I am a beta tester that doesn't get paid but paid 70$ for refining mechanics as the game goes a long. Not to unearth small performance bugs or story bugs no to actually fine-tune the game mechanics in a way that playing today might not be the same tomorrow and than the week after...

    I stopped playing when I loaded the game and just didn't know what to do...exploring the beautiful world with so many cool areas is not wanted since it doesn't give you XP, Tree of Whispers with a reward that is the same or worth than your average on map event completed in a fraction of the time?!?

    In summary lots of things happening without anything happening at all    … Expand
  14. eNeSik
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    Boring, no endgame, buggy, many features not working. Season 1 and latest patch ... killed the game
  15. Ulfhedjinn
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Game feels rushed, lacks polish and endgame becomes boring really quick.

    On a positive note, the campaign is good (even though it takes some time to actually become engaging), and the art direction is probably the best thing about that game. Could have been a 5/10, but with the patch 1.1.0 release, there's nothing left to save anymore after the campaign: everything is slow and feels    Game feels rushed, lacks polish and endgame becomes boring really quick.

    On a positive note, the campaign is good (even though it takes some time to actually become engaging), and the art direction is probably the best thing about that game.

    Could have been a 5/10, but with the patch 1.1.0 release, there's nothing left to save anymore after the campaign: everything is slow and feels like an absolute chore; a lot of bugs are still there (VRAM leaks, items or entire builds not working properly, ...) and all QoL changes asked by the players since the betas are still missing (search bar in inventory, gem bag, ...).    … Expand
  16. Sekainokan
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Season 1 brings 0 interesting things to do. XP process is not enhanced in a ny way. Diablo 4 is like Diablo 3 with better graphics and worse mechanics.
  17. Mastafara
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Cost more than kidney. Blizzard does dirty to gamers. They need to fix and change things in game asap.
  18. ssmyle
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Hey why is there no negative score here?

    Perverts who never see users playing games comfortably
  19. Warchucky
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    This is a good game, but an atrocious Diablo-game. The storyline is gone through in 2 hours, and from then on its farm farm farm.
    But the farming is not even fun, everything is done alone.
    No 8 players games where you can do dungeons together. No rooms to join. There is litterely not a single multiplayer experience except for a world boss which is laughable easy and loot is evenly    This is a good game, but an atrocious Diablo-game. The storyline is gone through in 2 hours, and from then on its farm farm farm.
    But the farming is not even fun, everything is done alone.
    No 8 players games where you can do dungeons together.
    No rooms to join.
    There is litterely not a single multiplayer experience except for a world boss which is laughable easy and loot is evenly laughable ...
    overall VERY disappointing game!    … Expand
  20. YanNasty
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    This game is trash. Maybe they improve it over time, but I imagine the only thing they will improve on is further monetization. PoE is better in every level. You could buy a 5 dollar game from a small developer that has more depth. The only great thing about this game are the pathetic few cinematics. I generously give it a two, because it is functional...ish.
  21. MrTweaks
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Open a video of paint drying on your second monitor so you'll have something fun to do while playing this game.
  22. Zedares
    Jul 25, 2023
    5
    I'll start with the good. The game is pretty. The controller support is S-tier. The skill tree and paragon system are good. If you are casual player, the game is approachable and enjoyable.

    Now the bad. Resistances don't work. The endgame is severely lacking in content. Balance is in a bad place. Stash tabs are too limited. Bosses are boring and too weak. Arter the recent experience    I'll start with the good. The game is pretty. The controller support is S-tier. The skill tree and paragon system are good. If you are casual player, the game is approachable and enjoyable.

    Now the bad. Resistances don't work. The endgame is severely lacking in content. Balance is in a bad place. Stash tabs are too limited. Bosses are boring and too weak. Arter the recent experience nerfs the leveling pace becomes tedious in the 40s. There is just a lot of stuff that is broken, and due to the way they overengineered their systems is not easily fixable. For example, they can't add more stash tabs because they designed the game to load every players entire stash into memory, which will cause lag if they expand stashes. That sort of design philosophy doesn't give me much faith for the future of the game.

    Overall it's an inferior game to Path of Exiles, but easier to learn for casual player.    … Expand
  23. Hadee
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    For the price, completely not worth it. 0/10.

    For $20 it could barely be a 5/10.
  24. mhhllyy
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Just like the tradition of 2023 Blizzard, they dont try to make the game fun to play, instead they mess with players by killing every aspect of the game so that players have to suffer and spend more time. Doesnt worth the money. Just like their every other games.
  25. Pembotron
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Blizzard use to be the gold star on how to make a game. Now it's the gold star on how to ruin an IP.

    I've put in hundreds of hours in both D2 and D3. I still go back and play them. Each had there downfalls but was still fun to play. D4 looks great and the campaign was okay but that's about it. For a game that supposed to have atmosphere the mobs severely lack noises and the ones that do,    Blizzard use to be the gold star on how to make a game. Now it's the gold star on how to ruin an IP.

    I've put in hundreds of hours in both D2 and D3. I still go back and play them. Each had there downfalls but was still fun to play. D4 looks great and the campaign was okay but that's about it. For a game that supposed to have atmosphere the mobs severely lack noises and the ones that do, are annoying. I'm looking at you fallen shamen. The skill tree gives the illusion of flexibility, then you realise about 4-5hrs in "oh most of the skills suck, looks like its spin to win baby". On my Necro, I want to use minions but are mediocre against mobs and are useless against bosses. Speaking of the bosses, they are straight boring. D2 Andarial and Durial were an absolute pain but was satisfying to beat, D4 snoozefest. The pacing of the game feels slow, particularly after the 1.1 disaster. Maybe if you had a PTR Blizzard, we could of told you before you implemented it, how bad it is. WoW has had one for years, where is it?

    They got rid of set items because they wanted more variety in game play. Yet they gave us these super rare items aspects that make or break a build. Whats the difference??? At least with the sets I could build to something. In D3 I got the same set item, sweet I can transmute to another item in the set. Sure it wasn't guaranteed but it gave a better chance.

    In all fairness, it took D3 years before it got better. But surely after 3 games you learn from mistakes. Each game people have wanted more stash space, this is not is a diablo alone complaint. People like collecting, in games and IRL. What is even more perplexing is they had the "let's load the stash when you see another player" problem in D3. Seriously, did no one question this system going into D4??? Nah let's just give less stash instead. We just want to hoard. Let the people hoard!!!!!!

    I could go on and on but I've already wasted enough time on D4.

    After my rant, my point is simply, the game is not fun!    … Expand
  26. davidlbowman
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    I played the beta, bought the premium game, and purchased the battle pass. They got everything they wanted from me and gave me little in return. I loved the campaign, story, and cinematics, but everything else is a worthless grind. They stared down decades of innovation from PoE and took a massive step behind Diablo 2. If you're into the story, play it for the story, and maybe check outI played the beta, bought the premium game, and purchased the battle pass. They got everything they wanted from me and gave me little in return. I loved the campaign, story, and cinematics, but everything else is a worthless grind. They stared down decades of innovation from PoE and took a massive step behind Diablo 2. If you're into the story, play it for the story, and maybe check out the new content every few years. Because they promised so much, I feel let down. I wish I hadn't played it.… Expand
  27. DyingGameD4
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Literally ruined the game before Season 1 launch, and good fixes wont happen before Season 2. And leaderboards for Season 3? Released a barely pre alpha test game with a 70$ price tag, yikes avoid at all cost
  28. FblizKzard
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    There is nothing to play in endgame.Sidestories are also boring except chapter one.(They just want you to think this game is wonderful in beta.And after you buy the full version,they don't care about you anymore)
  29. PantsHalo
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Not a review bomber over the patch. I don't care about the patch because honestly I haven't been able to muster up the interest or energy to force myself to play long enough to reach high enough level for it to matter.

    After the streamlined arcade game that was Diablo 3, Diablo 4 is an improvement. However, it's only that; an improvement over Diablo 3. Anyone who was looking for some    Not a review bomber over the patch. I don't care about the patch because honestly I haven't been able to muster up the interest or energy to force myself to play long enough to reach high enough level for it to matter.

    After the streamlined arcade game that was Diablo 3, Diablo 4 is an improvement. However, it's only that; an improvement over Diablo 3. Anyone who was looking for some manner of return to D1/D2, even in a small way, is going to be massively disappointed.

    Virtually no D1/D2 gameplay elements make a comeback here. Instead, the mistakes made with D3 are mostly fixed or otherwise improved. As such, there's no identifying items, no scrolls of town portal, it's free and unlimited instead, no stat leveling, no weapons for everyone.

    Combat is more varied now, as there's actually a use for more types of attacks and spells rather than havin to rely only on splash damage attacks to deal with the endless swarms like D3. There's still no real Attack button so your Sorcerers and Necromancers still can't use swords and spears and shields, but at the very least they actually hold their equipped weapons when performing their skills/spells, instead of havin them disappear like in D3.

    The D3 "Infinite Potion" system is back, although at the very least they make it so that health pickups do not automatically heal you but give you "potions", of which you can hold 4-5 charges to heal when you need. If you run out of potion charges, you can't heal. It's a rather clumsy attempt to be more like D1/D2 without abandoning the streamlining of D3.

    Unfortunately it seems they either ran out of ideas with the skills or ran out of time to make them feel particularly different. Worst offender I can see thus far is the Necromancer havin many different selectable skills that all basically amount to "Hold out hand and a colorful wave flies at enemy, damage is done".

    The Sorcerer/Sorceress has the best skills, with plenty of variety and some D2-era skills returning to flesh it all out properly. Others unfortunately are severely lacking. The Barbarian is just boring, with only 3 shouts and a sequence of generic attacks that mostly amount to "swing weapon in a slightly different way". And they don't even get to use shields.

    The Druid as well feels like it was the primary victim of the "ran out of time" hypothesis. Basically, there is no "transform" option for the Druid. Instead, you get a skill that is assigned to Wolf or Bear, and when you use it, you instantly transform into a Wolf or Bear. Then as soon as you use a different skill, you will instantly transform back human. Not only does this look underwhelming but it means you can't mix up skills, or do things like summon or command creatures while in Wolf/Bear form.

    The game world itself, so far, has been very underwhelming. There is no more Act system; instead it's one big world, like an MMORPG. You also see other players wandering around at the same time as you, like an MMORPG. They can join in your battles or clog up the merchant's doorways with their 30 skeleton minions. There's also a ton of quests you can track at any time in a list, like an MMORPG. There's also no way of keeping track of completed quests, you can't coordinate sidequests with parties, and oftentimes you will end up with party members missing out on cutscenes or dialogue due to them being out of place. Some reviews I've seen have said you basically need a "designated clicker" because of this idiocy.

    tl;dr, the more time I put into Diablo 4, the more miserable the experience gets. Each class has so few actual skills to play with that I'm switching out classes whenever I get bored and thus basically repeating all the starter quests.

    By level 25, you've unlocked every possible skill, so all the skill points just go into "make it slightly stronger" or "add some mediocre little buff" for min-max play. There's no sense of POWER in any magic items like in D1/D2; unique items offer boosts like "+2% to Close Attack when Barrier is active" or "+4% to critical with each Core skill hit on a Stunned enemy"

    None of that means anything to me. D2 items had things like "Ignore enemy armor", "+50 to strength", "Half poison duration", "50 charges of lvl 20 Teleport". Actual visible benefits.

    I've been playing D3 and D2R leading up to D4's release. I finished D3 and put it away. It was fun the first time, but had 0 replayability. D2R I started about a month before D4 came out.

    Now almost 2 months after D4 has come out, for every 1 hour I put into D4, I find myself putting 2 hours into D2R, and enjoying it much more.

    Diablo 2 Resurrected just has more to offer than Diablo 4 in almost every way. Bigger and more interesting maps, more skills, more items and weapons, more interesting story, no long boring in-game cutscenes, and just a better, more fun experience overall.    … Expand
  30. syj1991
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Complete waste of money. Devs are incompetent. Fixes are far and not enough. New season is bland and uninnovative. Would love nothing more than a refund.
  31. absolut257
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Hit level 100 on barbarian and deleted shortly after. No endgame content, boring itemization, boring pvp, total waste of time.
  32. blizzardrapedme
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    I played this game during the beta test weekend. I feel that was the best part of the game. Now I really don't trust betas after this nor do I trust Blizzard marketing ever again. The campaign was ok but short. The story had some gory and grisly elements to it. Donan's son Yorin and Feodor were interesting. My fav runs are Hopes Light and Kor Dragan. What bothers me is the menu systemI played this game during the beta test weekend. I feel that was the best part of the game. Now I really don't trust betas after this nor do I trust Blizzard marketing ever again. The campaign was ok but short. The story had some gory and grisly elements to it. Donan's son Yorin and Feodor were interesting. My fav runs are Hopes Light and Kor Dragan. What bothers me is the menu system looks like a mobile interface. Diablo 3 had a much better menu system. Despite the graphics and mechanics being ok, their isn't much to do with them. Once you finish the campaign and get the mount, You tend to ride past the areas you'd have to fight to go through which makes the open world useless. You can't raid dungeons overpowered and clear them fast because of the leveling. It would take quite some time to clear them all. The HT and NM are ok but they get old fast. The season pass is a cash grab to sell you gear they should have put in a game people paid $70 - $100 for. The season patch took the wind out of my sails. If you read the SEC filings for Activision-Blizzard, they elaborate in great detail about soaring profits due to player investment in games and how to increase revenue even further. Don't mind working people getting paid but last time I checked Blizzard doesn't even pay their employees well. What the hell are they doing with all the money? Pay the workers good money to make good games and take the business staff to devils island and let them fend for themselves. If Blizzard ran Pac Man, they'd charge you for every dot you ate. F Bobby Kotick.… Expand
  33. Mindsting
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    LET ME ZOOM OUT MORE
    I just created an account to a review this game. I can't believe how much "lag" there is just traversing the world it literally ruins the game. Secondly, why am I going around getting the same waypoints again for s1, same dungeons for the aspects, same everything... wth make new content or make doing renown again fun. Also the gap of content (lack of) from level like    LET ME ZOOM OUT MORE
    I just created an account to a review this game. I can't believe how much "lag" there is just traversing the world it literally ruins the game. Secondly, why am I going around getting the same waypoints again for s1, same dungeons for the aspects, same everything... wth make new content or make doing renown again fun. Also the gap of content (lack of) from level like 70 to 100 is insane, why isn't there another pinnacle boss or something like Astaroth? Also why are all the unique items so bad DID ANY OF THE DEVS EVEN TEST THIS GAME? I'm beating a dead horse here, Blizzard make the game actually better and fun and maybe I would attempt to play this game again. Who we kidding, Blizzard already got all of our money. Last thing "Social Game" who are we kidding here THERE IS NO SOCIAL ASPECTS not even a good channel to chat with people in awful experience, no party finders nothing for parties for world bosses... i just dont know what they were thinking... we got robbed folks.    … Expand
  34. alyila
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Only good thing abute the game was the beta so i dident hade to wast money on this game.
    I miss old blizzard..
  35. Dokujin
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    As long as you do not go out into the world you will enjoy this game.
    What I mean by that is, you need to find a couple of friends and just spam dungeons.
    Then when you need to get to level 50 and then spam NM dungeons. Nothing else. Because when you go out and experience the rest of the content, you are immediately confronted with a unfinished beta experience. This game is without a    As long as you do not go out into the world you will enjoy this game.
    What I mean by that is, you need to find a couple of friends and just spam dungeons.
    Then when you need to get to level 50 and then spam NM dungeons.
    Nothing else.
    Because when you go out and experience the rest of the content, you are immediately confronted with a unfinished beta experience.
    This game is without a doubt not ready for release.
    You are a paying beta tester until at least season 3.
    But mark my words if they actually add some end game content like more bosses then there is a chance it will make it, but in it's current state you are better off waiting for a sale and or season 3 at minimum. And even then I would wait to see if they fix what is wrong with the game by then.    … Expand
  36. OmegaWolf2150
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Is this an out of season April fools joke? We should have know the game would be a **** show when it became a live service game. Uninstalled the game right before season 1 due to all the bad decisions by developers. In my opinion they need to get rid of Joe Shely because he doesn't seem to give a care in the world what the player base has to say. Not sure if I'll ever play this gameIs this an out of season April fools joke? We should have know the game would be a **** show when it became a live service game. Uninstalled the game right before season 1 due to all the bad decisions by developers. In my opinion they need to get rid of Joe Shely because he doesn't seem to give a care in the world what the player base has to say. Not sure if I'll ever play this game again bit here's to hoping they do the right thing.… Expand
  37. uptaphunk
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    I feel all the game critics were paid off by Activision to post positive feedback. Anyone who has played ARPG's will immediately feel put off - bad itemization, lack of real build options, the repetitiveness of gameplay, no real feeling of progression due to monster scaling, a mess of bugs in the original game and dozens of bugs added in the Season patch - which is lacklustre and doesn'tI feel all the game critics were paid off by Activision to post positive feedback. Anyone who has played ARPG's will immediately feel put off - bad itemization, lack of real build options, the repetitiveness of gameplay, no real feeling of progression due to monster scaling, a mess of bugs in the original game and dozens of bugs added in the Season patch - which is lacklustre and doesn't change gameplay.

    So sad to see such a great IP mishandled and pale in comparison to D2 - a game released over 20 years ago.    … Expand
  38. Finnra
    Jul 25, 2023
    4
    Diablo 4 has great world design and a solid campaign. Unfortunately, you pretty much only play it once. Afterwards - and for the longest time - you are stuck in the open world which is quite boring.
    There is not much interaction with other players. It feels very much alone the entire time. You cannot trade items or do things together. Events take 2 minutes and then everybody goes their    Diablo 4 has great world design and a solid campaign. Unfortunately, you pretty much only play it once. Afterwards - and for the longest time - you are stuck in the open world which is quite boring.
    There is not much interaction with other players. It feels very much alone the entire time. You cannot trade items or do things together. Events take 2 minutes and then everybody goes their own way again.
    Diablo 2 R was much better.
    The artstyle is nice.
    The inventory is not great.
    There is no map overlay.
    There is not much innovation for this kind of game unfortunately. Not even loot filters. God knows why.
    The game is not worth 70 USD/EUR. I think 40 would be more appropriate.

    I really wanted this game to be great but it just is not.

    The open world does not work (the way they did it). A format like D2 would have been much better.

    The game was best for me when it was challenging but that rarely happened - only when I was under levelled in a new difficulty for a couple levels.

    I like the story. It is dark but not as epic as D2 - but that is something I can live with. The voice acting and writing is solid.

    Once you finish the campaign the game gets really pointless very quickly.

    I played different characters up to level ~80 but then really lost motivation. I was asking myself why I should continue all the time and then stopped.

    The cosmetics shop sucks. It makes the game worse. I wish it was not in the game.

    The game also had performance issues on my computer.    … Expand
  39. Bluracoon
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    i felt this game could've been so much more, however, execution fell flat. since Diablo 3 the devs have tried to go in a different direction with Diablo, they need to go back to the roots of the first two titles and abandon the thought of an "action RPG" because Diablo 3 and 4 lack good Action. "Skill zigzag/Tree" is a joke, Items suck, they need more variety. and i just hate how thei felt this game could've been so much more, however, execution fell flat. since Diablo 3 the devs have tried to go in a different direction with Diablo, they need to go back to the roots of the first two titles and abandon the thought of an "action RPG" because Diablo 3 and 4 lack good Action. "Skill zigzag/Tree" is a joke, Items suck, they need more variety. and i just hate how the magic/wrath/essence and such is needed to cast skills. I won't buy any more Diablo titles as long as they continue these substandard Diablo titles.… Expand
  40. spreza
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    dead game, wasted 70$.
    dont make the same mistake.
    just play POE instead.
  41. FrankAndBeans
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    This score is based on the state of the game after Patch 1.1 ( Start of Season of the Malignant). The developers made a number of changes that intentionally, and artificially, slowed down progression; while simultaneously ignoring vast amounts of community feedback regarding gameplay, quality of life, and the overall direction of the game.

    The nerfs to cooldown reduction, experience    This score is based on the state of the game after Patch 1.1 ( Start of Season of the Malignant). The developers made a number of changes that intentionally, and artificially, slowed down progression; while simultaneously ignoring vast amounts of community feedback regarding gameplay, quality of life, and the overall direction of the game.

    The nerfs to cooldown reduction, experience gained, and adding the chance for admittedly broken stats (resistances) to roll on more gear types are egregious and transparent attempts to slow down player progression with no justification in terms of what it adds to the player experience.

    The game has the potential to be very good, and has a very high potential ceiling as far as score goes. However, until the developers actually begin to listen to player feedback, the low score is deserved. 2/10    … Expand
  42. Havgus
    Jul 25, 2023
    10
    I love the game and especially the new season.
    I work a lot, so i don’t have that much time to play. But having played both rouge nedgange and druid endgame now i must say. I really can’t get enough of this
  43. Khrushev
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    I created an account here purely to express my frustration with this game.

    Diablo IV will leave you feeling cheated.

    It's like unwrapping this beautiful candy wrapper only to discover a turd inside.
  44. xTheGodFatherxX
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Total crash. NO FUN, no motivation to play. Very disappointed in this release
  45. ChishidoRae
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    wow Blizzard really want player to play other game, weak gameplay, repetitive
    make game look like mmo, game play like a single player game
    make build harder to build
    make fun game not fun
  46. ZeeRoX
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    Game has many problems, necromancer for instance, excel at not using minions. Even now, after release many things regarding the minions doesn't work. They promised they will look into necromancer minions in patch 1.1.0, but there was none of it, a small buff to one thing, but so many things are broken.

    Blizzard doesn't respect your time, at all they forcing you to regrind the renown    Game has many problems, necromancer for instance, excel at not using minions. Even now, after release many things regarding the minions doesn't work. They promised they will look into necromancer minions in patch 1.1.0, but there was none of it, a small buff to one thing, but so many things are broken.

    Blizzard doesn't respect your time, at all they forcing you to regrind the renown again, and again with new seasons.

    It also seems Blizzard doesn't really know what they are doing, they changing things, that doesn't need to be changed. They needed to fix things and make sure everything works first of all, add new content later!

    I will check from time to time to see how it evolves but I really don't have any hopes for the future of Diablo IV.

    The foundation is strong, but they need to rethink their approach to the game, maybe one day they will and maybe Diablo IV will be good.    … Expand
  47. shaunyo
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    What a pathetically boring endgame experience . After you hit 100 that’s about it , and one could easily argue that the game is really over way prior to that . The game should START at 100 , not end . I expected a lot more from the Diablo franchise . Save your money . This game is awful .
  48. Nachito121
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    My personal opinion and I think most can agree, The aesthetics and feel of the game is TOP tier, the bosses and their mechanics, itemization, skill tree, UI, etc… is probably C-D tier. I’ve played the game when it first came out and don’t get me wrong it was fun. But slowly I started to realize the problems it has. I think the game came out way to early. I tried to start a fresh seasonalMy personal opinion and I think most can agree, The aesthetics and feel of the game is TOP tier, the bosses and their mechanics, itemization, skill tree, UI, etc… is probably C-D tier. I’ve played the game when it first came out and don’t get me wrong it was fun. But slowly I started to realize the problems it has. I think the game came out way to early. I tried to start a fresh seasonal character and thought to myself, wtf is the point I have nothing to work for…. Uber Lilith? Who cares really….… Expand
  49. Greysc
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The only reason to play the game is continuing the Diablo franchise story, which is probably best done by watching a video of someone completing. This is due to the fact that they have side quests that do not align healthily with the story.
  50. ItsTHC
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Just some **** you play between path of exile leagues and hero siege 2 seasons when you're bored
  51. mikemmx
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Boring grind, hardcore death do to server disconnect still has not been addressed. Online requirement is unnecessary, trying to find people to play with us impossible.
  52. outsidetheboxx
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The game is just not fun.

    The content and loot becomes very repetitive. I don't feel like I'm being rewarded when investing time into this game.

    It was fun for a few weeks then several patches came that just sucked the life out of the game. Maybe in the future it will get better but as of now, I would save your money.
  53. Usoxx
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. IF anyone thinks this is an online game is absolutely wrong. There is nothing online about this game. This game is a solo player game and doesn't even need to be online. Why do I see other players????
    Why is there an open world of nothing and boring stuff for me to run through????

    The items are boring they give no power the stats are lame. Farming literally the same item over and over and over is so boring!!! They literally took the worst stat from the D2 oculus (teleport to a random location) and put it on the oculus in D4. **This is what a real item look like**
    Durability: 50
    Staff Class - Normal Attack Speed
    (Sorceress Only)
    +3 To Sorceress Skill Levels
    +5 To Mana After Each Kill
    All Resistances +20
    25% Chance To Cast Level 1 Teleport When Struck
    +30% Faster Cast Rate
    +20 To Vitality
    +20 To Energy
    +20% Enhanced Defense
    50% Better Chance Of Getting Magic Items

    The visuals of the game are awful. I played with my friends who was a necromancer and he used an ability that would cover the screen with this dark cloud. I had no idea where I was or what the hell was happening on the screen.

    I really wish they would give me a refund. They got me once with **** diablo 3 and for some reason I fell for it again in diablo 4. I won't ever play another diablo game again. I've lost all love for blizzard gaming.    … Expand
  54. Ugrinic5
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This was my first time playing a Diablo game, was okay at first then came nerf after nerf after nerf, repetitive reused fights that are dull and bland, and items they continue to add in that you will never see in your entire lifetime. Will never buy another Diablo game again and would honestly like my money back
  55. Kariko22
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    My favorite series on PC has become PayToWin, even as fuil price title.
    After 1000+ hours in Diablo 3, this is one of the saddest things ever.
    The story and graphics are great, but the Seasons ruin it for me. You can cash for Season Pass Levels to increase experience gain and loot. Season 1 came way too fast and leveling takes too long to make it interesting.
  56. Invertedace
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    As a first time diablo player this has been a blast.

    I will say however, minus points for level scaling because it really does mess with the rewarding nature of finding great gear only for it to be obselete in an hour of gameplay or so EDIT: the current season has so many issues and nerfs with it that I’m just speechless. The fact that I logged in to my eternal realm character and had    As a first time diablo player this has been a blast.

    I will say however, minus points for level scaling because it really does mess with the rewarding nature of finding great gear only for it to be obselete in an hour of gameplay or so

    EDIT: the current season has so many issues and nerfs with it that I’m just speechless. The fact that I logged in to my eternal realm character and had renown that I already farmed was TAKEN AWAY FROM ME is just outrageous, what are you doing Blizzard?? Holy #@$%    … Expand
  57. sternone
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was having fun and really enjoyed the game, then I got a seaon update and now I don't touch it anymore I just hate it. What kind of people make descisions like that? Completely out of touch with the playerbase, nice job.… Expand
  58. AugustoD
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Tbh I was waiting something bigger on season 1, I need compare with PoE, I know PoE has 10 years old already but is Blizzard is Diablo 4 how they can be so lazy is a 70£ game with a **** battle pass on season one with some crap new gems, where is the new boss or boss mechanics challenges or better itemzations better status on gear cuz right now is horrible and terrible, anyway if u thinkTbh I was waiting something bigger on season 1, I need compare with PoE, I know PoE has 10 years old already but is Blizzard is Diablo 4 how they can be so lazy is a 70£ game with a **** battle pass on season one with some crap new gems, where is the new boss or boss mechanics challenges or better itemzations better status on gear cuz right now is horrible and terrible, anyway if u think to buy this game this game is not worth your time save your money play another game!… Expand
  59. Reviewerxxx1
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    I'm fairly certain the developers don't understand the game. How could you have resistance on seasonal items when resistances don't work?

    How did they not know resistances didn't work when the game launched?

    Who is testing this game? The players?

    Well you won, we tested it for you Blizzard. We even paid you to be play testers.

    And now we all quit, yay.
  60. slavedriven
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    I have been playing Diablo since the first. I have generally enjoyed playing these games. I approached DB4 with high expectations and was genuinely satisfied with the game--for the most part. Then the 1st big update came out and ruined it. GG on another fail blizzard.
  61. rushmen
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Season 1 was trash. All we are doing is what we did in preseason. PoE 2 cant come fast enough.
  62. Jardxtreme
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    They have good looking game that is designed in order to have you play over the threshold set to request reimbursement. i wish i could get my money back but is the last time i trust blizzard. Horrible systems designed to waste your time with tedious, monotonous and unfulfilling tasks. The game was broken on release, but you could have your fun at least, they "fixed" it so now is justThey have good looking game that is designed in order to have you play over the threshold set to request reimbursement. i wish i could get my money back but is the last time i trust blizzard. Horrible systems designed to waste your time with tedious, monotonous and unfulfilling tasks. The game was broken on release, but you could have your fun at least, they "fixed" it so now is just broken without the fun.

    Items you should be trying to get are rarer than hitting the bit prize in lottery twice in the same week. You have a horse that should be fun riding it but is just annoying every time it clips with literal nothing and invisible BS, no trading system, scaling difficulties only make you not want to level up anymore ever again. Bosses are hit piñatas that drop nothing worthy to even pick up. The bugs in stats    … Expand
  63. Code3257
    Jul 25, 2023
    4
    I really like season 1 vs preseason. Me and my boyfriend play it. After learning how stats compound the 1% for 1second make a lot more sense and feel bigger. It is an alright game compared to what's out there for multiplayer. It could be better, but it is new vs POE and all that. I wish there was more bosses and fun things to prepare for instead of working on tiny things that barelyI really like season 1 vs preseason. Me and my boyfriend play it. After learning how stats compound the 1% for 1second make a lot more sense and feel bigger. It is an alright game compared to what's out there for multiplayer. It could be better, but it is new vs POE and all that. I wish there was more bosses and fun things to prepare for instead of working on tiny things that barely matter. It needs more bosses that drop more interesting things, but other than that it is ok. More color palates for your character are also needed though. They're very few games that are fun for two people to play together couch coop that are as good as this.… Expand
  64. Wisdumb
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    End-game is boring and not rewarding.
    Leveling nerfed to make things take longer.
    Entire classes patched out of relevance. Meaningless repetitive busywork is the only thing to do. No unique rewards for accomplishing difficult content. Quality of life issues numerous and not being addressed. Itemization is pitiful and not rewarding. Some unique items are not viable in any build.    End-game is boring and not rewarding.
    Leveling nerfed to make things take longer.
    Entire classes patched out of relevance.
    Meaningless repetitive busywork is the only thing to do.
    No unique rewards for accomplishing difficult content.
    Quality of life issues numerous and not being addressed.
    Itemization is pitiful and not rewarding.
    Some unique items are not viable in any build.
    Uber-unique items so rare they might as well not exist.
    Devs are tone-deaf to copious amount of player feedback.
    Obvious bias toward MTX systems and not toward player experience or fun-factor.

    Don't waste your time/money.    … Expand
  65. kloair23
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Can't believe i had to pay full price for this game. It has sorely disappointed in every way. I have no interest playing this game when there is zero end game. There are so many better choices out there and i'll see my way there.
  66. UniNavi
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Was it worth the $70? No. Was it worth it after Season 1? Sadly no.
    -A huge money grab for Blizzard Activision. Microtransaction, battle pass, early head start even though the the game is pay to play.
    -Who is this game for? Someone who only has 30 min - 1 hour of free time who is okay with playing any videogames. Someone who has an abundance of money. Someone who has no experience in any    Was it worth the $70? No. Was it worth it after Season 1? Sadly no.
    -A huge money grab for Blizzard Activision. Microtransaction, battle pass, early head start even though the the game is pay to play.
    -Who is this game for? Someone who only has 30 min - 1 hour of free time who is okay with playing any videogames. Someone who has an abundance of money. Someone who has no experience in any other "DECENT" ARPG.

    Yet another blurred smudge on Blizzard's name.    … Expand
  67. kakaroten
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    After s1, they sold a beta. Graphics/Sound/Story very good but... The gameplay is inferior to many current games, It's a game that ends at lvl 70, there's nothing interesting to do after that level, problems in the game system, damage, resistances, stashes, boss fights, repetitive dungeons... wait 1 year to see if the real game comes out.
  68. NashEquil
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    I enjoyed it the first time through the campaign, up until about level 60. It was then, I knew... this game was done. I am going back to PoE.
  69. ScarceAk47
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    At the release of the game it was going farily well. Characters felt powerful while you lv up. It wasn't perfect but it had a great feeling if leveling up and feeling the power of your work in front of your eyes felt great to see . Latest patch absolutely destroyed the * fun* aspect of the game. The countless hours you put into the game and grinding for gear became useless after the patch.At the release of the game it was going farily well. Characters felt powerful while you lv up. It wasn't perfect but it had a great feeling if leveling up and feeling the power of your work in front of your eyes felt great to see . Latest patch absolutely destroyed the * fun* aspect of the game. The countless hours you put into the game and grinding for gear became useless after the patch. Characters are 50 to 60 percent weaker and it takes so much longer leveling up when you die so much faster now because of the decrease of power! I'm sad to say the developers literally told us fans that they want to force you to play other builds and will nerf your current build if they feel fit at any time. If you enjoy playing a game where your hard work gets deleted and you have to make changes every patch then this game is for you. Sadly the game drifted away for what fans wanted and now we have weaker characters with no timeline on when a fix is coming or even if one is coming at all.… Expand
  70. gigi_fire
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This is such a horrible game. I was able to play till Level 54 and then have not been able to connect. I keep encountering the notorious 34202 error consistently. The greed of this company is disgusting. They killed any respect I had for this company. Their support is nonexistent. I will never pre-order any Blizzard game ever again. May the company endure the scorching flames of Lilith'sThis is such a horrible game. I was able to play till Level 54 and then have not been able to connect. I keep encountering the notorious 34202 error consistently. The greed of this company is disgusting. They killed any respect I had for this company. Their support is nonexistent. I will never pre-order any Blizzard game ever again. May the company endure the scorching flames of Lilith's wrath. Now I know why there is no Diablo in Diablo IV, because Blizzard killed him a long time back, by squeezing every penny outta of his name.… Expand
  71. halfgandalf
    Jul 25, 2023
    5
    It plays and feels great. However everything else is quite weak.

    They could not design a game where grind has a meaning, which is pretty much the whole premise of the game. Most worrying part is, most of the shortcomings of the game are so foundational that I doubt it can be fixed without deconstructing the game completely. --- Loot: Dropping legendaries not exciting anymore. Too    It plays and feels great. However everything else is quite weak.

    They could not design a game where grind has a meaning, which is pretty much the whole premise of the game. Most worrying part is, most of the shortcomings of the game are so foundational that I doubt it can be fixed without deconstructing the game completely.

    --- Loot: Dropping legendaries not exciting anymore. Too much loot drops left and right, just to salve and steal its aspect. Yellow items becomes legendary with imprinting aspects, which kills aaalll the fun of looting.

    --- No trade: You can't trade anything of value in the game, which eliminates the Economy. It's such a bizarre choice in a grinding game that's always-online. What's the point of grind & loot if they are of no value?

    --- Endgame content: After beating the story and skipping the campaign, your experience from lvl 0 to 100 never ever changes. There is no progressive content that unlocks at certain levels or item powers. All activities are same, only gets more difficult.

    --- Lazy stats and build variety: It seems like there are too many stats, but most of them are gimmicky and only a few are so impactful (e.g vulnerable dmg). And build options in all classes are extremely dependant on a few very powerful skills that are must to use. E.g If a skill is applying vulnerable, no point in using any other skill as your main cast.

    --- Lack of online interaction: There is no 4 people dungeons / raids that you can join via Matchmaking. They advertised the game as a very interactive, massive multiplayer experience. It's literally Diablo 3 with open world that scales to your level. There is not even a collective buff / reward or some interaction mechanic when doing an event with randoms on the same area. They could have done so many things with that idea.

    --- Nothing new to the genre: There is ZERO innovation to the genre. There could be so much done with that skill tree. E.g You start with a base hero which then would branch out to different sub-classes etc. (Start with Sorc > Elemental Wizard / Witch / Dark Mage etc)

    --- Bad mob design: Very few mobs in each encounter. Never fully satisfies you killing 7-10 mobs. You very rarely get a pack of mobs that are 20+ Almost everything explodes after death, or just immobilizes you, which seems like the only way to get you. Nothing creative and or fun.

    --- UI UX: Whoever was responsible for this inventory and build management probably does not play games, let alone ARPGs. Nothing in the UI was made for scalability. The grind was not considered in designing this. There could be so much done as quick wins to improve this UI.

    There's much more to list here but these are the most foundational and prominent faults of the game. It feels like the designers of the game do not play this type of game, because it neither caters to casual players (because of endless and meaningless grinding) nor the hardcore player base (due to lack of build variety, end-game contents having no extra rewards)

    5 points for the story and fluidity. -5 for falsely advertising what it should be and it wasnt.    … Expand
  72. WookieDawg
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 has been on my mind since the day diablo 3 released becausec d3 really missed my expectations. I had hope that with more time and billions more dollars, Blizzard would be able to nail that formula that made Diablo 2 so amazing. Boy was I wrong. This game feels like an empty hollow shell of a game with small diablo influences but nothing feels right. The gameplay is not satisfying,Diablo 4 has been on my mind since the day diablo 3 released becausec d3 really missed my expectations. I had hope that with more time and billions more dollars, Blizzard would be able to nail that formula that made Diablo 2 so amazing. Boy was I wrong. This game feels like an empty hollow shell of a game with small diablo influences but nothing feels right. The gameplay is not satisfying, the side quests are boring and immemorable, the grinding is boring and lifeless, the gear is all the same and nothing stands out like uniques in D2, the stats on gear feel pointless and dont make the game more fun. This game feels like it was released 4 years too early and it's just and empty shell of a game. Diablo series is so important for me that this game broke my heart. Blizzard killed the Diablo series and monetized it's lifeless corpse.… Expand
  73. cleon21
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Blizzard had years to work on this game. They had experience from working on Diablo 1, 2, 3, World of Warcraft, and other titles. They ran several beta tests before launch. And this is the trash phone game that they decided to port onto PC and consoles?

    Braindead item design. Recycled dungeons and mobs. Garbage world bosses. Invisible walls. Broken quest NPCs. Unlinkable items. No    Blizzard had years to work on this game. They had experience from working on Diablo 1, 2, 3, World of Warcraft, and other titles. They ran several beta tests before launch. And this is the trash phone game that they decided to port onto PC and consoles?

    Braindead item design. Recycled dungeons and mobs. Garbage world bosses. Invisible walls. Broken quest NPCs. Unlinkable items. No button to respec. Stupid UX design. Too incompetent to add stash tabs.    … Expand
  74. jaffari
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    I just created an account here to rate this **** piece of software with zero points.
  75. Paco11
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Gioco rovinato dall'ultima patch, non vale più la pene di giocarlo e un vero peccato.
  76. Afterpie
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Failure and misstep after failure and misstep. Game looks great on the surface but after spending even just an hour with it you realize there just isn't anything there. No meaningful gameplay loop, no meaningful loot chase, no variation in maps literally nothing that makes an arpg an arpg. This was a flashy show for investors and media hype but there just isn't a game worth playing here.
  77. penmar
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Nice patch, and crash/freez games and more ****

    D4 DEAD

    FAST REPAIR !!!!
  78. MacKingsly
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The rating given is mostly for protest, but the game itself isn't very good either. Looking at D4's initial and first seasonal content, even with a generous mindset, it is clear that it's not the game we were waiting for. The points it scores on is the return to the bleak and desolate tone the series was built on, and the release wasn't a dumpster fire (is that even a point anyway?) butThe rating given is mostly for protest, but the game itself isn't very good either. Looking at D4's initial and first seasonal content, even with a generous mindset, it is clear that it's not the game we were waiting for. The points it scores on is the return to the bleak and desolate tone the series was built on, and the release wasn't a dumpster fire (is that even a point anyway?) but the gameplay itself suffers greatly.

    Exploring the mechanics and story simultaneously was the interesting part of the game, yet putting a critical eye on the ARPG experience there was some glaring issues that was clearly brought up by the community the very first days. These issues only worsened after finishing the story at level 50, and got practically unbearable at approximately level 70. There isn't a sense of achievement or fun, since the game itself is easy but the mechanics thoroughly unfair.

    D4 has ultimately not been designed for accessible experimentation and fun progression in mind, and constantly seen to demand from the player the typical "you have to suffer for 200 more hours before the fun starts". Off-screen attacks that kill you instantly. Constant stuns, freezes, fears etc. that combo into each other, removing the player's agency and ultimately killing you. Getting stuck on invisible terrain, and many other disappointing things. All the while the stash tabs completely fill up with unending, uninteresting gear with strange, low-roll stats, and the way to a coherent build feels clunky.

    With all the new players attracted to the genre and game from false hype, (Blizzard hasn't been the Blizzard we knew for many many years) there was many questions about the seasonal content. Why force the players to replay a tedious part of the game to make your builds work? Why punish the eternal realm players by not including season pass there, too? Why refuse to add more stash tabs and functions to help players wade through the endless junk that is forced into the stash? Why not make aspects and other statistics upgradeable for a better sense of progression? Later, as the casual players came further into the game, they also started asking about the unfair mechanics, the class imbalances and artificial roadblocks that was put in place for seemingly no reason.

    Blizzard ultimately answered with a massive nerf to absolutely everything that crippled many of the characters on the eternal realm, and made the apparent issues even more oppressive. The season mechanics themselves are uninspiring and suffer from the same issues - filling the few stash tabs you have even faster and with equally disappointing things.

    Ultimately, the game is not worth it, and will probably never be since Path of Exile 2 will fill the void and blow this game out of the water if and when Diablo 4 finally, maybe, starts getting somewhere.    … Expand
  79. TotesMeGoats
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    This is a free game that cost $70. You’re probably asking how does that make any sense? Because this game was designed with micro transactions it’s main focus. This game is designed for seasonal play to sell its battle pass. Want to level faster? Buy the battle pass. With the season 1 patch they slowed exp gain, so you’ll get so frustrated with the slow leveling that you’ll purchase theThis is a free game that cost $70. You’re probably asking how does that make any sense? Because this game was designed with micro transactions it’s main focus. This game is designed for seasonal play to sell its battle pass. Want to level faster? Buy the battle pass. With the season 1 patch they slowed exp gain, so you’ll get so frustrated with the slow leveling that you’ll purchase the battle pass. They increased the portal time to leave or escape dungeons. Why? Because this is to eventually sell portal effects in the store. This is just another blizzard cash grab game. Stay away.… Expand
  80. Virtua2000
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Developers rune the game,so sad and no fun to play at all,so move on,there are much better games… Expand
  81. kelest
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    It's boring, really boring, you dont have any challenges in this game, yet still you need to doing over and over same lazy stuff. I just regret that money i spend on this **** Not recommend
  82. Twoshrubs
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This could be a good game but its far from it.

    Zoom.. for the love of god let me zoom out!
    Instant kills... its not fun! I dont mind going toe to toe against something and loosing health then dead but to instantly going from full health to dead and not knowing why?? WTF!
    Why so fecking convoluted so many different stats with multiple odd conditionals

    Waste of money, stay away!!!
  83. demon_b_review
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    I paid $70 to beta test this dumpster fire for them to totally figure out a way to completely screw the game over before the launch of season 1. I said I wouldn't buy this game for 60 days because Blizzard is so notorious for the old bait and switch within 60 days. I should've listened to my gut....
  84. CherOwO
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    I have never touched such a poorly made game, and it cost me 3,000 yuan. I would rather buy Demon World for this money
  85. Ceco_bgr
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    10 years of waiting. Bound to account,no runes,no runewords,no charms,no trade.D3 Remaster .
  86. xAnarkx
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    when you have to convince your player base to voluntarily delete all their progress every 3 month in order to have "fun"
  87. Nexxian
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Looking forward to blizzards novel on how to kill a game with a single patch,
    the lacking endgame is now just more tedious
  88. dj7111
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Patch Notes 1.10 patching the fun out of the game.
    This patch shows they don't know what they want this game to be. If it was suppose to be for casual gamers then why all these nerfs cause its still too easy for hardcore people but now casual people just get frustrated doing less this is just kinda ****
  89. Crystalizz
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    At this point in the games development it's basically only good for one play through with very little playability at the end game. Had fun leveling and getting two classes to 80-90 but then its no longer fun. Quite a disappoint as these types of games really start becoming fun at the end game. End game is terrible compared to ever other diablo. Then they nerfed all the fun things on seasonAt this point in the games development it's basically only good for one play through with very little playability at the end game. Had fun leveling and getting two classes to 80-90 but then its no longer fun. Quite a disappoint as these types of games really start becoming fun at the end game. End game is terrible compared to ever other diablo. Then they nerfed all the fun things on season release. The dev team is so out of touch that I am very surprised they are still on this team.… Expand
  90. owl_EU
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    When you wait for the continuation of the legendary Dibalo series, your favorite game, you expect something special. But what we got in the fourth installment was a disappointment. A disappointment that took 10 years to develop.
    - Maximum boring missions
    - Boring dungeons - Very few new mechanics. And those new mechanics that do appear are practically pointless or inconvenient. - Ugly    When you wait for the continuation of the legendary Dibalo series, your favorite game, you expect something special. But what we got in the fourth installment was a disappointment. A disappointment that took 10 years to develop.
    - Maximum boring missions
    - Boring dungeons
    - Very few new mechanics. And those new mechanics that do appear are practically pointless or inconvenient.
    - Ugly interface
    - Updates that break the game's already precarious position.
    - The system of mining gear with the right characteristics is just a mockery. Before you had to choose from legendary gear, but now you have to look at the characteristics of each gold armor or weapon, because that's the only way to get the right gear.
    - Complete lack of sense to continue the game after reaching level 100, although in essence dibalo has always been an endless game in which you can always develop and grow. Here, of course, there is an opportunity to grow, but the chance of this is minimal..... better not even try.

    And for all this I paid 100 dollars, awesome, thanks blizzard **** blizzard).    … Expand
  91. matejchvoj
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The game is just unfinished and (Activision) Blizzard just wants our money. The combat feels good, but the skill tree is super boring and the paragon tree is super intricate and also boring. Almost no changes in skill functions, you only get bigger damage numbers.. There is so few unique items and most of them are not really fun. The stash tab space is also a big problem, but (Activison )The game is just unfinished and (Activision) Blizzard just wants our money. The combat feels good, but the skill tree is super boring and the paragon tree is super intricate and also boring. Almost no changes in skill functions, you only get bigger damage numbers.. There is so few unique items and most of them are not really fun. The stash tab space is also a big problem, but (Activison ) Blizzard has big problems with treir code, so they can't fixt it. So that is atleast what tey say. The world is very nice and big, but yet so hollow and soulless. The list goes on.. no risk and reward system, there are spells wich can kill you and you cannot even dodge them. Resistences dont work... Items have so boring stats that i have never seen anything similar in a RPG game. The game is also not ballanced. This was my worst 70 dollars spent and i am a Diablo fan. I have playes D1,D2,D3 for thousands of hours, but this is ultimate disappointment. The quest and the battle pass has extremely boring quests. The game could be xxxx times better. I hope Blizzard will read some critics of their fans and will fix the issues. The list could go on, but i thing i have mentioned quite a lot of things which bothers me. Sorry for gramatical mistakes, but i am not native English speaker.… Expand
  92. Famous0110
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    Game is shallow, more design and care put into aesthetic skin items that are sold via a in-game store rather then functionalities and game mechanics... we have given the developer plenty of feedback about what needs to be changed, and they constantly fail to act on jf.

    Maybe I'll return to the game in a year or two and things will be different but in its current state the game is just bad.
  93. HazeG
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Wake up devs. Your job is to make game FUN. And nerfs are not fun. We as players don't care about your systems problems, you have created and you can't fix them by destroy our experience. It's hack & slash game. Fun is in killing monsters and be more and more powerful. Nerfs don't make you more powerful. UBER UNIQUES that will be seen by 0.001% of playerbase are NOT FUN for rest of theWake up devs. Your job is to make game FUN. And nerfs are not fun. We as players don't care about your systems problems, you have created and you can't fix them by destroy our experience. It's hack & slash game. Fun is in killing monsters and be more and more powerful. Nerfs don't make you more powerful. UBER UNIQUES that will be seen by 0.001% of playerbase are NOT FUN for rest of the players - it's very cheap design. Remember what game you are making and where fun is. Instead of nerfing player's most beloved builds, buff other builds and make them viable... or add 1-2 uniques which will increase power of other builds. You don't respect out time and we will play other games if you won't start doing that.… Expand
  94. yeswedid
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    The developers are clearly out of touch with the community by delivering nerfs no one asked for and promising future buffs that will make it better. How is it possible to have gone through all this in D3 to not have learned a single lesson? and worse to repeat the very same mistakes again! I give up, you win Blizzard, but you will never get my money again, I'm done, GG WP.
  95. zmmby
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is a letdown in all ways. The world is bland with areas looking the same, the old designs in D2 with different acts and enviroments are gone. Now we have grey snow, grey desert and grey forest.

    90% of the enemies are same from Diablo 2. They also level up the same time as you, so level scaling is on the game full-time Speaking of being on full-time, you need to be on    Diablo 4 is a letdown in all ways. The world is bland with areas looking the same, the old designs in D2 with different acts and enviroments are gone. Now we have grey snow, grey desert and grey forest.

    90% of the enemies are same from Diablo 2. They also level up the same time as you, so level scaling is on the game full-time

    Speaking of being on full-time, you need to be on full-time with always online requirements for no reason then more money for Blizzard.

    Story is boring, and people are getting killed before i even get interested in them. You have two cinematics in the whole games, and the rest is in-game cutscenes.

    You can only fight the bosses in the game once, because it's not like people enjoyed it in Diablo 2 - right?

    Then yea. there's nothing else to do in the game. Proceeed to random generic dungeon and farm random generated items with no personality. Nothing stands out, it's just a hamster wheel like World of Warcraft with no passion. Everything is micro-managed to suck you dry out of money.

    Mount is in the game to sell you more skins, now you even see your own characther in the loading screen so people buy more cosmetics. Other then that, the mount is AWFUL and cant be streered in any direction. You also have 30 seconds of cooldown on it because let's just waste your time even more.
    There's no way to join other people and meet new persons online, you only have a emote wheel for some reason.

    You have 1 stash tab that are shared with all your chars. You need to farm renown for some reason. (Because everyone wanted renown in Diablo. This isnt WoW.)

    You also need to farm 180 Lilith Statues because they love wasting ur time.

    Every NPC in the towns are randoms bots with forgettable names.

    Returning to town constantly and scrapping items so you can upgrade stuff later on makes everything even more tedious. Because why not waste ur time even more. It's not like the gems in Diablo 2 worked great.

    I played the campaign for 30 hours and never looked back. I made the mistake of buying the early access because i wanted to support Blizzard and play the game long-term but everywhere i look in the game, everything is just bland and uninteresting. This is a proof that you cant make a good game with alot of money if you dont have the passion and creativity as a developer.

    Avoid the game at all cost and spend ur money on other developers that continue to deliver good games such as Larian Studios or FromSoftware. Several good indie developers on Steam aswell.

    Dont buy the game. Dont support Blizzard.

    Old Blizzard is gone.
    New Blizzard cant balance or create games at same level as their history.
    Just look at Dragonflight and Overwatch 2.

    Everything in their games are designed to waste your time, and create problems to later on sell the solution to you. 80% of the stuff you are doing are just waiting and managing stuff in the game. 20% is actually playing the game. It's just arbatory hoops for all the players without any reason then to just stretch the game out and keep the player retention.

    It's a toxic mindset and has nothing to do with passion of making games, just to f**k you over as a consumer. You are a number-digit in their data and nothing else.    … Expand
  96. Royyy
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    please don't take players for idiots
    please don't take players for idiots
    please don't take players for idiots
  97. Smad2005
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    I bought ultimate edition and very dispointed in this game. Too much bugs (big ping) . Season 1 it's boring. Premium battle pass is useless thing. Currently i don't feel that game cost 100€.
  98. Kufir
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    I'm 40 years old, I've been playing video games since I was a kid. I love Diablo 1 I love Diablo 2. Diablo 4 looks and works great but is weak in the most important aspects. Weak items, no motivation to play. I'm going back to Diablo 2 Resurrected. 3/10
  99. AlienPilgrim
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 has massive connectivity problems, half the time you can't log in, half the time you log in you get suddenly disconnected (RIP hardcore characters), there are even problems sending party invitations. It's insane that the massive company fixated on unnecessarily making this game an always-online pseudo-MMO can't get basic network stability right.

    Assuming you're able to log into    Diablo 4 has massive connectivity problems, half the time you can't log in, half the time you log in you get suddenly disconnected (RIP hardcore characters), there are even problems sending party invitations. It's insane that the massive company fixated on unnecessarily making this game an always-online pseudo-MMO can't get basic network stability right.

    Assuming you're able to log into this always-online wonderland, until level 70 or so the game is great, it returns to the gothic horror of earlier Diablos rather than the Saturday morning superhero cartoon of Diablo 3. The story and quests are interesting and contains subtlety that has eluded Blizzard for at least a decade.

    However you'll spend the majority of your time in an endgame designed by people who are surprised that players don't like being chain-CC'd, oneshot from offscreen, or playing around on-death effects. For a company that helped create the ARPG genre and should have decades of institutional knowledge, not to mention years of iteration on the Diablo 3 endgame, this instalment appears to be created from scratch by amateurs who think that their 1997-era bad ideas are the most profound thing ever. Combined with Blactivision's unquencheable thirst for goodwill-destroying cash-grabs, your experience after finishing the story will truly be an eternal grinding hell of random deaths and worthless loot.

    World bosses are interesting until you hit world tier 3, after which they literally die in 5 seconds. The damage formula has obvious issues around stacking and build-warping and bucket accessibility, but Blizzard's galaxybrains couldn't figure that out during years of development, and need to be scolded by paying customers to understand. Seasons are an obvious content recycling scheme that would be less distasteful if they actually added significant changes, but it's a tiny questline and some legendary gems from Diablo 3. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the casual and hardcore players left before Season 2 to play a better game, really anything else.    … Expand
  100. Blaykey
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    The graphics and art team did an amazing job creating a visually stunning game that the balance and gameplay team destroyed with their terrible decision making. Truly a shame that they are so out of touch with what their playerbase wants that they have destroyed what should have been an amazing game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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