Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. SuperCorsa
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Newest patch is an absolute slap in the face. I'll be skipping season 1 along with others.
  2. randomPlayer42
    Jun 22, 2023
    0
    I grew up with diablo 3 and was excited to finally play the next game in the line. It felt pretty good to play through the story as a sorcerer up to level 50. Then the game basically stops and you start to notice it is basically a glorified soulless mobile game, only made so blizzard can get more money out of your 70 dollar purchase. Items are generic and boring, drops are terrible for theI grew up with diablo 3 and was excited to finally play the next game in the line. It felt pretty good to play through the story as a sorcerer up to level 50. Then the game basically stops and you start to notice it is basically a glorified soulless mobile game, only made so blizzard can get more money out of your 70 dollar purchase. Items are generic and boring, drops are terrible for the most part, level scaling punishes you for leveling, dungeons are generic, endgame content ist repetitive and boring, level progression is incredibly slow after level 60 there are maybe 10 different enemy types in the whole giant world. The world itself feels empty despite of the other players running around. I went back to grim dawn after this to confirm my sentiment and this old game with terrible graphics was a better arpg, than diablo 4 will ever be. It's honestly sad what blizzard has become.
    Or in other words: **** your graphics, **** your cinematic, **** your greed, just give us a fun game like poe or grim dawn or diablo 2.    … Expand
  3. Madsness
    Jul 22, 2023
    2
    The game is underwhelming, with shallow itemization, a lack of endgame content, and a lot of basic features missing from its core.
  4. 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
  5. jogginghose
    Jun 20, 2023
    1
    I dont even know where to begin with..
    This game is the biggest disappointment ever, like for real.
    i cant give this game more than a 1, and thats because of the visuals only. now.. guess why its called diablo 4? right, because u rarely fight more than 4 mobs at once. Isnt it nice, you can spend all your resources on 4 mobs with 2 clicks and then have to gain resources by using ur    I dont even know where to begin with..
    This game is the biggest disappointment ever, like for real.
    i cant give this game more than a 1, and thats because of the visuals only.
    now..
    guess why its called diablo 4? right, because u rarely fight more than 4 mobs at once.
    Isnt it nice, you can spend all your resources on 4 mobs with 2 clicks and then have to gain resources by using ur filler ability for 1 minute until you can click 2 times on ur main ability again. what a nice game. NOT
    now to the horse.. who the F developed this trash thing? u can ride for 10 seconds before u bump into a bush, or u have to dismount because there is a god damn wood barrier infront of you which your horse cannot jump over.
    then there is the so called "endgame" beginning at WT3 with NM dungeons, which are basically useless to farm until you are WT4 because every single piece of gear with a higher item lvl is better than what you are currently wearing.. so u better grind some useless dungeons to get to lvl 70 fast, so u can actually play the "endgame".
    oh wait, the best thing is they FORCE you to play helltides because otherwise u cant even minmax your gear or even reroll stats on it. i love it.
    in 2023 u cant even search ur stash for item names, or apply any filter at all, i have to scroll through a huge amount of useless legendary items because they get put into ur stash after a dungeon when u dont pick them up.
    no gem stash? ur inventory is filled with this trash. enjoy vendoring after every dungeon.

    i wont even start talking about the cash shop in which u can spend 20€ for an ugly looking item transmog.

    if i could get my money back by now, i would do it blindly.    … Expand
  6. fotrma
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    Very disappointing game. Skill tree is a joke for all classes, there's no feeling of mighty power no matter what level you are, or how good your gear is. Mobile graphics, vast empty regions you have to cross, repetitive dungeons and side activities. Itemization is another joke, sadly.
    Compared to lightning-paced D3, or almighty D2, gameplay is dull and boring. They've lost the vibe of the    Very disappointing game. Skill tree is a joke for all classes, there's no feeling of mighty power no matter what level you are, or how good your gear is. Mobile graphics, vast empty regions you have to cross, repetitive dungeons and side activities. Itemization is another joke, sadly.
    Compared to lightning-paced D3, or almighty D2, gameplay is dull and boring. They've lost the vibe of the game.
    Caught myself thinking about finishing story as a chore.
    In general, it looks more like an indie for $10-20, than a full-priced AAA title. Way to go, Blizzard.    … Expand
  7. Oburzona
    Jun 16, 2023
    0
    This game has pretty nice story mode, and where at the end of story all other Diablo games started the fun endgame, here game basically ends. Unimaginative character creation, missing sets and legendary powers transferrable between items, big focus on cosmetics and microtransactions, game is always-online even on consoles, so it requires a subscription of Xbox Gold or PS Plus. I really doThis game has pretty nice story mode, and where at the end of story all other Diablo games started the fun endgame, here game basically ends. Unimaginative character creation, missing sets and legendary powers transferrable between items, big focus on cosmetics and microtransactions, game is always-online even on consoles, so it requires a subscription of Xbox Gold or PS Plus. I really do not advice to buy this game, this is one of the worst failures of 2023, and even worse failure for Diablo Franchise than Diablo Immortal. Sad sad days for all Diablo fans.… Expand
  8. Cetra
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    The constant nerfing of the game is absurd, things that are fun are constantly being removed, things that are not fun are pushed onto us.

    Nerfing things that are fun to the players and forcing players to be robots to play how the developer want us to play, constant time sink, constant punishing for playing in rerolls of stats and respec, can't believe blizz had removed all this    The constant nerfing of the game is absurd, things that are fun are constantly being removed, things that are not fun are pushed onto us.

    Nerfing things that are fun to the players and forcing players to be robots to play how the developer want us to play, constant time sink, constant punishing for playing in rerolls of stats and respec, can't believe blizz had removed all this punishment in WOW after so many years and Diablo 3 and to reimplementing it just so people can't have time to have a life outside of Diablo 4.

    So their Fear that people would not play the game because it was too FUN, well guess what? most people would have realize how Blizz has nerf the fun out of the game and getting back into reality.    … Expand
  9. PKNG
    Jun 17, 2023
    2
    Blizzard seems that, they've totally lost the sight for needs of player.
    I see they tried a lots of things, such as open world, level scaling, skill tree, items... which doesn't fit to each other.. I give you 1 point for that,
    graphic was good. I give you another 1 point, and that's it.
    I've been fan of Blizzard for last 2 decades, never going to buy game of Blizzard again.
  10. chnzfhnr
    Jun 18, 2023
    4
    In my opinion this is a soulless game, for me it is a huge disappointment. The campaign and the overall gameplay just seems **** boring. I can't force myself to play it alone, it is just unplayable for me. I only play a few hours when I play with my friends in a group. I do not recommend anybody buying this game.
  11. deeznutts
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This game is **** Blizzard is garbage. Just look at all the recent user reviews. This company needs to just disappear already.
  12. WMSURL1
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    If you don't have any content
    You have to make it.
    The patch note is like a moron. Made the same behavior take longer. I spent more time playing boring games It came to be used. The name Diablo has been tarnished It's as good as deceiving buyers as it's not enough. After this time, I will never play Blizzard's games I won't buy it, Compared to Blizzard, the developers of    If you don't have any content
    You have to make it.

    The patch note is like a moron.
    Made the same behavior take longer.
    I spent more time playing boring games
    It came to be used.

    The name Diablo has been tarnished
    It's as good as deceiving buyers as it's not enough.

    After this time, I will never play Blizzard's games
    I won't buy it,

    Compared to Blizzard, the developers of Ggg's poe
    I think it's really great. no matter how hard I think about it

    It took more than seven years. So the game that came out
    At this rate, Blizzard is doomed.

    Maliciously reduce content consumption and spend my time
    He stole it. It's a waste of cursing.    … Expand
  13. Ionko
    Jun 21, 2023
    0
    No way I am paying $70 for a microtransaction store and possibly a game that can't be played offline.
  14. Boro666
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    It's hard to believe how bad is Diablo IV. I can't comprehend how can they charge us 70 EUR for Diablo Immortal 2. It looks and plays like that mobile cash grab. Sure, for now it's not as bad, but wait for the season 1 to start. They will unleash their usual micro-transaction hell and this game will be basically all about paid skins. Because let's be honest - campaign in this one is a jokeIt's hard to believe how bad is Diablo IV. I can't comprehend how can they charge us 70 EUR for Diablo Immortal 2. It looks and plays like that mobile cash grab. Sure, for now it's not as bad, but wait for the season 1 to start. They will unleash their usual micro-transaction hell and this game will be basically all about paid skins. Because let's be honest - campaign in this one is a joke and you can't really play it in a loop like before. Majority of the game are lazy fetch quests. Really, in 2023, in a game developed for like a decade by a multimillion corporation? There are indie games that are much better than this one, developed by few dudes in a garage... But OK, let's say it's simply a hack'n'slash game. All you do is slay monsters and loot. OK, but where are those monsters and all that loot? Maps are basically barren copy paste fields with a very limited variety of enemies scattered thin. Most things you get are basically useless junk. Even those legendary items are semi-useful at best in most cases. Also your skill tree is extremely limited and only handful of them are useful. Why did they even added those skills if they don't work? Why bother? Just give me fireball that works and stop pretending. But with monster scaling it would be probably useless anyway. I love that when you level you actually hindering yourself, because monsters are levelling too and become bullet sponges with zillion HP. It's really fun to fight one goat man for like 2 minutes. But man, there are so many bad choices in this game, that it's hard to write a review and put it all in it. So forget gameplay. From the technical standpoint I'm also not amazed. Sure, it looks better than Diablo 2 or 3, but it doesn't look like a 2023 game. I play in 4K on ultra (with that UHD patch) and everything is blurry, low detail, especially ground textures remind me of Doom 3... what the heck man? Also light is badly made. There's clearly no ray tracing and balance in lighting. You have those blinding lanterns and 2m from them it's pure darkness. They also try to scatter, but they really know nothing about coding, so it only adds more blur and make it foggy. I have a good gaming rig - 5800X, 32RAM 4000MHz and RTX3090. And it's barely giving me stable 60-70fps... Really? In a game looking like it was made 15 years ago? And the camera - oh boy, I love those off screen attacks and no awareness of the surroundings, because I'm forced to play with a FOV set for 70" TVs. Haha, and that console HUD, with totally unintuitive and illegible quest tracking, no journal, never-ending tabs and so on. But the real cherry on top is the requirement to be always online. It's not a MMO. I want to play it solo and offline, like a real Diablo game, and not be bothered during campaign by hundreds of other players with insulting or stupid nicks. I don't want your 3 repetitive events and all that useless pseudo MMO BS.

    As for my rating for the game. It this was an indie game, I would give it strong 5/10. Nice effort, maybe after some patching and a lot of development it could be good. But Diablo IV was made by one of the largest developers on this planet! They had basically unlimited budget and resources... and a lot of time. Nearly a decade. And they made this? 0/10. All those 10/10 reviews from mainstream media are a lie to trick you into buying this mediocre, at best, game.    … Expand
  15. choodyjr
    Jun 20, 2023
    1
    The devs were supposed to listen to community, we have asked for tab for gems - nope, we have asked for less backtracking in dungeons - nope, there was supposed to be so much to do - nope. I played the game for 2 weeks and I had the "opportunity" to see world boss ONCE, did so many dungeons and they are extremely repetitive and VERY unrewarding. This game is extremely unenjoyable. Map wasThe devs were supposed to listen to community, we have asked for tab for gems - nope, we have asked for less backtracking in dungeons - nope, there was supposed to be so much to do - nope. I played the game for 2 weeks and I had the "opportunity" to see world boss ONCE, did so many dungeons and they are extremely repetitive and VERY unrewarding. This game is extremely unenjoyable. Map was advertised as massive - nope, you can literally see every place in the main map within 2-3 hours. This game is boring, this is NOT Diablo, there is no Diablo in the game. This is a new game pocketing the name of the game. Scaling is exceptionally bad. Massive amount of bugs. Spent so much money on game I will stop playing. Oh yes I have came here to leave this review thanks to Rhykker. NO FUN HERE, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME - at least not for the money they demand absolutely not worth the money.… Expand
  16. Ignition
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
    I have played Diablo since D2 (only skipping D Immortal). This patch (1.1) has to be one of the worst patches Blizzard has ever released for this game. Im perfectly fine with Seasons and starting over each time.

    The absolute nerf bat across the board (even to the worst class in the game - Sorc) will just make this game "unfun". The paltry "buffs" are miniscule. Instead of dealing with the    I have played Diablo since D2 (only skipping D Immortal). This patch (1.1) has to be one of the worst patches Blizzard has ever released for this game. Im perfectly fine with Seasons and starting over each time.

    The absolute nerf bat across the board (even to the worst class in the game - Sorc) will just make this game "unfun". The paltry "buffs" are miniscule. Instead of dealing with the few overpowered things that needed balance, they just took a shotgun and aimed it right at their feet and fired.

    I was looking forward to Season 1, and now instead I'm looking forward to playing D3 Season 29    … Expand
  17. Valhalla2
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Don't buy this game waste of money blizzard will take your 160 hours spent on a character and turn it to rubble
  18. ElevenX
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Great game to make you fall asleep after getting back from work. Instead of improving the gameplay, they are nerfing everything because things are too powerful and players are leveling up too fast. They are actively looking at ways to slow down progression to force players to spend more time on the game. Massive dungeons filled with emptiness, enter and walk through several empty roomsGreat game to make you fall asleep after getting back from work. Instead of improving the gameplay, they are nerfing everything because things are too powerful and players are leveling up too fast. They are actively looking at ways to slow down progression to force players to spend more time on the game. Massive dungeons filled with emptiness, enter and walk through several empty rooms before you start seeing monsters. Dungeon layout forces you to run to far corners and back. It's practically a MMO Running Simulator. See that shiny shrine, or chest? Most of them are cursed and spawn 1 minute of mobs before you can use them.. Buffs are weaker than your skills and you can't cancel them. Run out of potions and you find a potion well? Surprise! Deal with 1 minute waves of monsters to top off your potions! Died in a dungeon? There is a 3 seconds cool down for the respawn button to be active. and the respawn point is more than a 30 seconds walk back.. Mechanics such as shielded bosses and perma-stun elites are extremely dumb and a further waste of time. Loot is extremely punishing and unrewarding. Most chests are a waste of time to open. It's becoming too much of a drag to play.

    They seem to forget that some players want to play multiple classes.    … Expand
  19. jbrandond2003
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    What a let down unfortunately... The dev team should be ashamed... After you level through the game and start the end game. It feels very empty and the social aspects are just not there. The game feels very repetitive but not in a good way.
  20. 699s
    Jun 21, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 100 euros??? Are you serious??? grinding - one button for 100 euros??? + very boring… Expand
  21. raladan
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Nothing new and what was good has been destroyed. Boring and predetermined game options, when I think about the next dungeons I want to vomit. Scrap falls too often. Character building is horribly limited and unbalanced.
  22. kwasek2525
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    The only thing that is nice is the story. The system of items, activities, monsters, everything can be improved.
  23. devilbolic
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Games Nerf Of The Year 2023. Dev spends 4-5Years to came out this game but only let ppl play for less than a 2 weeks to endgame n uninstall. kiss @ss gd bye

    from worse to worsen D4 sux
  24. M_Salgado
    Jul 21, 2023
    4
    Game has dumbed down mechanics hidden behind weird stats just to provoke grinding and give the illusion of a complex system. You have critical hits.. you have "Skill X gives 20% chance.." AND you also have.. LUCKY chance.

    The classes are dumbed down, 6 skill only, boring things. I HATE I spent so much for so little. Game feels like a Diablo Immortal sequel with less online mobile    Game has dumbed down mechanics hidden behind weird stats just to provoke grinding and give the illusion of a complex system. You have critical hits.. you have "Skill X gives 20% chance.." AND you also have.. LUCKY chance.

    The classes are dumbed down, 6 skill only, boring things.

    I HATE I spent so much for so little.

    Game feels like a Diablo Immortal sequel with less online mobile BS but still WAY less than a game that costs 1/4 of a minimum wage in my country should.

    I tried all classes up to 40s.. and never had fun. Ended uninstalling this sad thing.    … Expand
  25. Koose
    Sep 1, 2023
    1
    Paid game, Battle pass, $25 skins that work for only one class. I could go on forever about what is good and bad about this game, But if the developers do not even care about their game, why should I spend any more time than needed to review on it.
  26. 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.
  27. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Good story, but thats it. The level scaling and lack of procedurally generated content is a massive step back from previous games. This is easily the worst ARPG released in over a decade.
  28. kidddi
    Jun 22, 2023
    0
    What a terrible game jezus only 6 skill whole the time you dont have mana and this level scalling jezus why blizzard hate players
  29. iiell
    Jun 23, 2023
    4
    Empty dungeons with tedious dungeon objectives plague the endgame experience. The company that basically invented the ARPG genre has forgotten to include the Action in their latest ARPG title. On the other hand, the story starts out interesting enough and sets the audience up for an unexpected climax, but Blizzard's creative writers had a brain fart right at the very end. The foundationEmpty dungeons with tedious dungeon objectives plague the endgame experience. The company that basically invented the ARPG genre has forgotten to include the Action in their latest ARPG title. On the other hand, the story starts out interesting enough and sets the audience up for an unexpected climax, but Blizzard's creative writers had a brain fart right at the very end. The foundation has potential, but it feels unfinished. At a premium price, you'd expect more.… Expand
  30. Mind87
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Diablo 4 costs 70€ in its basic version.
    For that you get a very boring map, dungeons that are too similar (many look like they were inserted with copy+paste), very bland gameplay and monotonous boss fights.
    The shared world is annoying and ruins the whole immersion. There are numerous bugs and, in my case, many problems with the minions. Diablo 4 offers no innovations at all, nor does    Diablo 4 costs 70€ in its basic version.
    For that you get a very boring map, dungeons that are too similar (many look like they were inserted with copy+paste), very bland gameplay and monotonous boss fights.
    The shared world is annoying and ruins the whole immersion. There are numerous bugs and, in my case, many problems with the minions.
    Diablo 4 offers no innovations at all, nor does it impress with creativity. There is a complete lack of attention to detail and that is a real shame.
    In the game itself, the player level almost doesn't matter. Everything on the map scales with the player level. So the most important thing is simply the equipment. The skills and the level itself can be more or less neglected.
    As already mentioned above, this game costs at least 70€... Measured against this price, it is total rubbish.

    Diablo 4 gives me the impression that it was developed for the small-minded gamer who has no ambitions and doesn't want to think. The main thing is to spend money on overpriced skins.

    The story is overrated in my opinion and that alone does not justify this price. I can't recommend this game to anyone.    … Expand
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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