Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 6,766 out of 8271

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  1. Justin34
    Aug 15, 2023
    3
    A really boring arpg. Much more better games out there. Really boring and repetitive open world, bad itemisation, crappy build performances.
  2. kjcm2000
    Aug 28, 2023
    1
    40+ Diablo series fan here.
    D4 became boring much much faster than any of the other Diablo games. There is nothing to do after a certain lvl. The game really sucks, which is also really sad to see.
  3. Bass4Life
    Aug 28, 2023
    2
    The story is bland. The side quests are essentially fetch quests. The dungeons are formulaic. The builds are limited. The drops are so unimaginative and boring that you won't even bother to look at most things. The only real good things about Diablo 4 are the sound and graphics. Even then the zoom level is too close, making navigation difficult at times. It would be nice if you couldThe story is bland. The side quests are essentially fetch quests. The dungeons are formulaic. The builds are limited. The drops are so unimaginative and boring that you won't even bother to look at most things. The only real good things about Diablo 4 are the sound and graphics. Even then the zoom level is too close, making navigation difficult at times. It would be nice if you could zoom out a little further, but I guess that would take away from seeing the details on your $25 armor/skin.

    I finished the story and that was more than enough for me, even that was a grind. I have no desire to continue playing this game. I don't see the point, as I can't trade with other players, the NPC's have nothing real to say. There is no real excitement in grinding dungeons for drops when 99% of drops are only slight upgrades of the gear you already have. The world just seems so empty and pointless. The world feels more like a medieval dystopian socialist Russia, than a world facing an apocalypse.

    Oh, if that wasn't enough every once and awhile Blizzard comes along and redesigns how your character plays with no warning, ruining the viability of your build. Great strategy on how to keep players invested. There is a good game in here somewhere... it just seems Blizzard does everything in it's power to make it not available.    … Expand
  4. Gams1
    Aug 28, 2023
    0
    1/10 because blizzard / 2023 / 70€ and you give us this ***** no no no its not acceptable !
    DA is bad (bad hair, bad body character ...)
    boring, boring, boring bad system for aspect so much gold for change your build bad system for town (how many town in this game ? 20 / 30 ? i know 1 town name that's its because we dont car about 30 town ...) boring endgame you are cruching the    1/10 because blizzard / 2023 / 70€ and you give us this ***** no no no its not acceptable !
    DA is bad (bad hair, bad body character ...)
    boring, boring, boring
    bad system for aspect
    so much gold for change your build
    bad system for town (how many town in this game ? 20 / 30 ? i know 1 town name that's its because we dont car about 30 town ...)
    boring endgame
    you are cruching the endgame ... ok blizzard kill your build, defense, damage, not start again from 0 .. nice
    1 month after release go start ALLLL OVER with season ! yeah do again all the side quest that make me out of my mind i dont want do this gain -_-
    we have poney but so badly done xD stuck every where, stop running, feel so bad
    Ban my account on blizzard forum 'cause i tel you how bad you are
    Every streamer tell to blizzard all the bad thing. And ? Blizzard dont care xD
    Release se season: stuck on queue for 1.30 hours, open the quest dungeon and boom, stuck on loading. Back to the 1 hours queue xD
    20 years of gaming experience for Blizzard by the way xD and they still do the same s*****
    character are the same from D2/D3
    monster are the same frome D2/D3
    paragon are the same from POE (but badly copy)
    ALL the game is giant copy/paste from other Diablo and POE but its bad
    the copy all the bad thing and forget to past the good thing xD
    POE stash is so good / D4 is so bad
    Armory in D3 is so good / in D4 uuuuh nop, no armory
    reset build in D3 if free and nice / in D4 you need 10 / 20 / 30 /40 M gold for endgam
    Every corrupted review with a 5+/10 score is a scam
    every people who lost 70€/$ cant give this score
    i think 3/10 is the MAX score you deserve

    edit: 1/10 to 0/10 after patch and patch and patch game freeze and lag more and more and i see blizzard say :" hey D4 launch is a massive succes balbalbal" yeah blizzard you make billion with this game because of massive commercial ADS and youtuber work not because your game is good.    … Expand
  5. LhSparrow
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    game without content after the end of the story. as if not enough if. we're going to spend 240 hours to level up a character, so he can't be used in the next season. all the work of getting the renown and the like needs to be started from scratch.....ridiculous that...never again, I waste time in this game.
  6. TuFaN_KalOnline
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    The game came out in a very bad state.
    Save your money.The game is incredibly
    boring.Boring, trash, not fun!
  7. Ronove
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    boring and empty game when you finish the build there is nothing to do. there are too few skills, there are more in diablo 3. diablo 3 is definitely more fun than diablo 4. each skill costs too much resources the dungeons are empty, boring and always the same. It's all wrong, believe me I had more fun on farmville.
  8. johngabo13
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    STAY AWAY from this game. what a waste of money.Played Hardcore level 85 server lag (helltide) not even nightmare dungeon and I died. fix your server. world feels completely empty. no new boss or anything. new season sucks.
    Totally disappointed give it a minus 1
  9. DoubleDrizzle
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    Blizzard has no interest in delivering a good product. Their only interest is your $$$. What shady company. BOYCOTT
  10. Znittarn
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    Pretty **** game imo.
    The quests, environments, combat, and the playstyle is so repetitive. The repetitiveness could have been Ok if there was any bigger goal to strive for, but I unfortunately don’t get that feeling like I had with the prequels and other similar games.

    Gotta put 0/0 since I gave the game so much time that I wont get back. FeelsBadMan.
  11. onenutt
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    Same sentiment as all the other disappointed fans. Years in development for a game with nothing to do in it.
  12. Anathema
    Aug 27, 2023
    3
    Campaign is all right. Nothing special, but pretty good.
    Graphics are good, performance is excellent. Audio design is good. Music is completely forgettable.
    Gameplay "feel" is great. It's an excellent foundation to build an ARPG on. Shame they didn't. Unimpactful itemization, no feeling of progress, no variety, constant backtracking, lack of mob density, empty spaces in dungeons.    Campaign is all right. Nothing special, but pretty good.
    Graphics are good, performance is excellent. Audio design is good. Music is completely forgettable.

    Gameplay "feel" is great. It's an excellent foundation to build an ARPG on. Shame they didn't.

    Unimpactful itemization, no feeling of progress, no variety, constant backtracking, lack of mob density, empty spaces in dungeons.

    Guess I'll check again in two years and see if they do a Reaper of Souls on this.    … Expand
  13. ALEKOS
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    Blizzard believe in one GOD . The God called 11y old boy with an access to parents gredit cards . Blizzard want to spend money for a ticket (game) to let us play in their
    pc (only online server) just to watch there how lure 11y old boys with a level scaling systems bound items nerfs and re-nerfs and ask money for ever!!
    avoid this company espacialy when they go only online scamm
  14. Doan
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    1. Unimmersive
    Diablo IV's UI clutter is the antithesis of immersion. The minimap cannot be hidden, the quest log cannot be hidden, on-screen key bindings cannot be hidden, and objective markers cannot be disabled. Additionally, small windows are consistently popping up due to quests & challenges being completed or nearby events occurring. This gives the game a feeling of a cross    1. Unimmersive
    Diablo IV's UI clutter is the antithesis of immersion. The minimap cannot be hidden, the quest log cannot be hidden, on-screen key bindings cannot be hidden, and objective markers cannot be disabled. Additionally, small windows are consistently popping up due to quests & challenges being completed or nearby events occurring. This gives the game a feeling of a cross between a free MMORPG and an arcade game, which is terrible for immersion How Diablo IV, the latest entry in the series, is the least immersive game in the series, is baffling.

    2. Lazily Designed
    Quest design is lazy, due to its reliance on objective markers. NPCs will give the player a task and not explain where the task should be completed, yet somehow the player character knows precisely where to go, due to objective markers. Diablo IV provides the same experience as any other mainstream game: Chase objective markers around the world until the credits roll.

    3. Socially-restricted
    Diablo has always been a social/multiplayer-focused series, yet each new game drastically reduces the multiplayer experience. Unique items cannot be traded, legendary items cannot be traded, enchanted items cannot be traded, upgraded equipment cannot be traded, crafting materials cannot be traded, aspects cannot be traded, caches cannot be traded, red dust cannot be traded, obols cannot be traded, invokers cannot be traded, malignant hearts cannot be traded, etc. Trading has been so overly-restricted it may as well not be in the game at all. Playing the economy is one of my favorite aspects of Diablo games; unfortunately, Blizzard has ruined trading, one of the only reasons to interact with other players.

    3. Lazy Endgame:
    Nightmare dungeons are supposed to provide variety for endgame, but the dungeon aspects are just reskinned copies of one another:
    a. Enemies explode upon death = Ground affect you avoid or die
    b. Orb chases the player then lands on the ground dealing AoE pulse damage = Ground effect you avoid or die
    c. Stone structure follows the player dealing AoE pulse damage = Ground effect you avoid or die
    d. Floating thing follows player, occasionally spawning a bubble you must be inside or you die after a few seconds = Ground effect you must be in or you die

    This is obnoxiously lazy and repetitive.

    Recap:
    To summarize, Diablo IV is a non-immersive, socially-restricted, lazily designed game. This is all a shame, as the graphics and audio are fantastic.    … Expand
  15. Evanlavers
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    Dead game. Not fun because of lack of content, terrible itemization, poor class design, item drop rate, stash management. Been playing Necro for 80 levels and haven’t seen the unique required for the build I’m running. It has worse quality of life than previous Diablo games. The mount is terrible and buggy. I could go on and on.
  16. blizzrdbankrupt
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    Only good thing about the game is campaign and graphics.
    New art style sticks well with Diablo's gritty atmosphere, it was a relief after WoW clone looking Diablo 3.
    However, Diablo's strong suit has always been the end game content, the power fantasy that you grind your character for which the game fails at so hard. End game lacks content, not enough number of unique items, not    Only good thing about the game is campaign and graphics.
    New art style sticks well with Diablo's gritty atmosphere, it was a relief after WoW clone looking Diablo 3.

    However, Diablo's strong suit has always been the end game content, the power fantasy that you grind your character for which the game fails at so hard.

    End game lacks content, not enough number of unique items, not that they help with meta builds either. You have to switch your build to a useless one to get benefit from them.
    Set items non-existent.

    They even slowed down the progress in Season 1 and didn't make necessary changes to balance/buff the weak classes such as Sorceress. They even nerfed Sorcerss in Season 1....

    Most of the builds are useless if you do not choose the meta.
    Server problems; towns and some outdoor areas gets really laggy sometimes.

    Neverending grinding with not worthy at all rewards.
    Almost every mob has an annoying exploding mechanic and cc without diminishing returns...
    It seems some incompetent/lazy idiots who have no idea about how to make a Diablo game, at Blizzard thought it would be fun and challenge...

    You die a lot in nightmare dungeons, especially after level 40...
    In short, end game content just does not worth your time, doesn't reward you enough to make the grinding feasible.
    I believe the Season 2 will be even more boring.

    Blizzard is not the same company we loved as in our childhood years, they've ruined wow, warcraft 3 reforged, overwatch and now diablo.

    Great job guys, you've become a true master at hiring retards as developers to ruin your most praised IPs, keep going...
    The prize should go to management team though since they are the ones with the ropes on their hands...    … Expand
  17. Hellfire74
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    What the hell is wrong with Blizzard?
    The second they do release a game that isn't terrible at launch, they purposefully sabotage their games.
    All Blizzard releases are terrible games.
  18. CBtooold
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    When paying above industry standard costs for a AAA game, you would expect a game that isn't mind numbingly boring. The scummy battle pass activation is just the cherry on top.
  19. aven59
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    Trop de problèmes... Pas assez équilibré... Manque de fluidité dans les combats...
    On attendait mieux !
  20. vxxd
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    primitive clicker from greedy corporation. if you like this experience i have some bad news for you.
  21. blizzardmolests
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    The rubber banding is really bad to this day. Imagine buying top tier hardware and internet just to get f****ed by blizzards slow servers.
  22. Potatoehead
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    The game is desperately trying to increase playing time through BORING and ANNOYING changes
  23. Zebras123
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    Feels like this game has features to mentally imprison you
    To keep an addiction going. It has no challenges, it only has a grind, it has no variety in goals, just ways to grind extremely repeating.
    I cant say this is a game, more like a brain prison thingy. Break free. This is my first review ever, and i just want to warn others. Played all 3 Diablo games. And im worried if companies can    Feels like this game has features to mentally imprison you
    To keep an addiction going. It has no challenges, it only has a grind, it has no variety in goals, just ways to grind extremely repeating.
    I cant say this is a game, more like a brain prison thingy. Break free.

    This is my first review ever, and i just want to warn others.
    Played all 3 Diablo games. And im worried if companies can make stuff like this to fry youth brains    … Expand
  24. Rhadnar
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    Very boring specially because it turned into something like an mmo, and to make things worse after you paid the full price for the game, it still have battle passes.
    The monsters arent easy to kill on endgame specially when they can kill you really fast, they dont kill you because mechanics, its because they are overpowered bullet sponges.
    There's no real diversity of builds. Its almost    Very boring specially because it turned into something like an mmo, and to make things worse after you paid the full price for the game, it still have battle passes.
    The monsters arent easy to kill on endgame specially when they can kill you really fast, they dont kill you because mechanics, its because they are overpowered bullet sponges.
    There's no real diversity of builds.
    Its almost like they copy pasted Diablo 3, turned it into an mmo and made the skill tree worse.    … Expand
  25. Sorourg
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    It's just a boring grind. You never die, it takes forever to kill anything. The bosses are all the same, the leveling system means you will never face a challenge. The loot is all the same mush, the stats are worthless, your build doesn't matter. You don't care about any of the characters, the storyline may as well have been written by an AI.
    Not an RPG
    Not a Diablo game Old Blizzard is    It's just a boring grind. You never die, it takes forever to kill anything. The bosses are all the same, the leveling system means you will never face a challenge. The loot is all the same mush, the stats are worthless, your build doesn't matter. You don't care about any of the characters, the storyline may as well have been written by an AI.
    Not an RPG
    Not a Diablo game
    Old Blizzard is dead this is a poorly made cash grab.
    You get to spend 45mintues in hell and they that's it, never again.

    Do not waste your money!!!!!    … Expand
  26. TiredOfBlizzard
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    Pile if garbage. Got the game cautiously based on over hyped article reviews and watching some stream gameplay. Have been a fan of 1-3 but I think this is the first Diablo I won't finish. Wish I could get my money back - a recurring theme for Blizzard.

    Gameplay is a slog. Visually, acoustically, and intellectually. Story hasn't held my interest and I will usually finish just about any    Pile if garbage. Got the game cautiously based on over hyped article reviews and watching some stream gameplay. Have been a fan of 1-3 but I think this is the first Diablo I won't finish. Wish I could get my money back - a recurring theme for Blizzard.

    Gameplay is a slog. Visually, acoustically, and intellectually. Story hasn't held my interest and I will usually finish just about any crap story. Leveling up feels meaningless. Gear feels meaningless.

    On the whole what started as an exciting enough first hour turned into an extra sub par version of the last one.

    Stop giving this company your money.    … Expand
  27. Nimmer
    Aug 25, 2023
    6
    Generally a decent game. Users pointing out a lack of innovation I would generally agree are correct. It's tough to say this game is a 10 when nothing really feels very new from a gameplay stance. Honestly, one could say we actually lost a lot of skill variety for most classes. The initial gameplay feel is still very solid, however.

    So if nothing is new, why a 6? Because despite the    Generally a decent game. Users pointing out a lack of innovation I would generally agree are correct. It's tough to say this game is a 10 when nothing really feels very new from a gameplay stance. Honestly, one could say we actually lost a lot of skill variety for most classes. The initial gameplay feel is still very solid, however.

    So if nothing is new, why a 6? Because despite the lack of innovation, the gameplay does still feel really good (Blizzard specialty) throughout the campaign and the single player experience is quite good. It carries the game, really. The story, the characters, the voice acting, the soundtrack, the world itself, all of these were very well done. I really want to highlight the voice acting though. There is dialogue EVERYWHERE in the game, from main quest to side quest to hundreds of little dialogue blurbs that add to the story and each and every time the voice acting is spectacular.

    People rating this game a 0 because they're mad about whatever in this game are doing the folks who delivered the single player aspect of the game a great disservice. If you want to play a good campaign in a rich, immersive world, this game is worth it on sale. But as an ARPG, it does fall short, as the 'end game' is shallow beyond belief and also likely to never get better. Don't expect that from this game.    … Expand
  28. EinarX
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is absurdly boring. It’s the fourth installment and I thought they had finally surpassed themselves… but nothing could be further from the truth, I spent almost 100€ on a BORING game.

    A game where luck and pure lottery predominate. Dungeons: (NO COMMENTARIES…) Whisper missions: You can put it in… Outdoor events and bosses: SIGH… PVP: UNSMOKING Chat: NO ONE USES IT!! Dungeon    Diablo 4 is absurdly boring. It’s the fourth installment and I thought they had finally surpassed themselves… but nothing could be further from the truth, I spent almost 100€ on a BORING game.

    A game where luck and pure lottery predominate.

    Dungeons: (NO COMMENTARIES…)
    Whisper missions: You can put it in…
    Outdoor events and bosses: SIGH…
    PVP: UNSMOKING
    Chat: NO ONE USES IT!!
    Dungeon groups: NO ONE SETS UP GROUPS!!!
    Joining a Clan to meet and play in groups: NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY IN GROUPS
    I raised 2 characters, one out of season with all the missions and another in season the same. I REFUSE TO DO IT ALL FOR THE THIRD TIME

    You pay for the battle pass to get **** REWARDS.
    The base item sets in the game: HORRIBLE, what for? so you keep spending money on more HORRIBLE sets
    In conclusion, Diablo 4 is a boring, repetitive, and disappointing game. It’s not worth spending money on it.

    Leave the world of videogames and dedicate yourself to making animated series, which is the only good thing you do.    … Expand
  29. Irrad84
    Aug 25, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Late game is a bit dull and repetitive. It feels like it was meant only to go to about 80 but level 100 was what they agreed on. Solid story but it felt it was building to a story choice ending that never came.… Expand
  30. Zolek
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    Boring, feels like a chore, more like I'm at work than playing a game... Worst money spent this year
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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
  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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