Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 427 out of 8271
  3. Negative: 6,766 out of 8271

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  1. Yuubah
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Sold as a game and it was fun at first. Story was good, gameplay was fun albeit repetitive.

    Newest patch was just released, and blizzard decided to make it even grinder. Nerfs all classes, makes it harder to lvl up, barely addresses any of the bugs in the game. Feels very short sighted and has made the game boring and not fun. This is a lot based game, and the loot in end game is just    Sold as a game and it was fun at first. Story was good, gameplay was fun albeit repetitive.

    Newest patch was just released, and blizzard decided to make it even grinder. Nerfs all classes, makes it harder to lvl up, barely addresses any of the bugs in the game. Feels very short sighted and has made the game boring and not fun. This is a lot based game, and the loot in end game is just terrible. Every ancestral or legendary item is dismantled or sold. You're only chasing a very specific roll set, since that's the only way your build can be competitive. I would hold off buying and playing this game until these issues are addressed.    … Expand
  2. rektincel
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    So far from D2 :

    No potion management
    No Item set / Rune words
    Damage boom boom just to make yourself proud "i did 1 million damage"... so ?
    No mercenaries (i loved them)
    Already dissapointed by D3 when i instabuy it few years ago, i'm not falling in your trap blizzard i didn't bought your 70€ game

    See ya blizzard
  3. viti87
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 is an empty world, with big empty dungeons. Where a level 10 character is killing the same mob faster than a well geared level 80 character
  4. MrSaVaGE59
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard hates fun. In all honesty, this is my first Diablo game and enjoyed the first 40 hours with my friends, but realized I wasn't getting anything back for my time. The legendaries and good loot wouldn't be enough for me (Sorcerer) to be viable in the ene game content compared to other classes. When you've done all the statues and main story, things fall off after level 70 because you're left with nothing new to do. Tree of Whispers becomes repetitive, world bosses don't spawn enough, helltides are now bugged. You're left grasping for straws trying to get a unique in hopes it will being back the dopamine of fun you had in the beginning.… Expand
  5. skubiak
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    Constant rubberbanding and lagging. Happened in beta and has not improved at all after realease. Fps drops from 144 to 4. Yes, 4. EU servers. 1gbit fiber optical connection.
  6. TheRealWitblitz
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They managed to make the game "unfun". The grind from 70+ to 100 took already too much time, they are trying to compensate for the lack of content by dragging it out.
  7. effme
    Jun 20, 2023
    1
    Looks good. That's about all I can say about it. The classes are kind of boring. Haven't played the druid because I won't support morbid obesity. I do really like the vanity system. I have a good bit of nice outfits to pick from, which is good considering they want to sell so many for like $20 - $30 bucks. Would suck 2 less stars if it was offline or had an offline story mode. Maybe theLooks good. That's about all I can say about it. The classes are kind of boring. Haven't played the druid because I won't support morbid obesity. I do really like the vanity system. I have a good bit of nice outfits to pick from, which is good considering they want to sell so many for like $20 - $30 bucks. Would suck 2 less stars if it was offline or had an offline story mode. Maybe the first season will drop and I'll wet my pants. I do like getting to ride around on a horsie and unlocks and items being account based. I do wish they had more than the same 4 faces for all of the characters. But, hey, I can play a generic European, Asian, African, and angry looking Italian. Could use some more hair styles too. Maybe they plan to drop a DLC for $400 with 4 more faces and 10 more hair styles. *fingers crossed*… Expand
  8. Sheiny
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    No endgame, Battle-pass activation scam, lags and rubberbanding for 90€ - biggest disappointment in my gaming history - no thanks Bli$$ard
  9. nzxt_extreme
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    0.33 Point for Story
    0.33 Point for Sound
    0.33 Point for Graphics Game get's boring & meaningless more time you spend leveling up. When you reach end game you realise your time is getting wasted since there is nothing but peace of garbage content waiting at the end. Beauty about it season 1 is coming and they made end game content garbage into BIG PILE of JUNK TRASH ! Take my    0.33 Point for Story
    0.33 Point for Sound
    0.33 Point for Graphics

    Game get's boring & meaningless more time you spend leveling up. When you reach end game you realise your time is getting wasted since there is nothing but peace of garbage content waiting at the end. Beauty about it season 1 is coming and they made end game content garbage into BIG PILE of JUNK TRASH !

    Take my advice stop playing , if you are thinking of purchase stay away. If craving for ARPG there are better ARPG Out there who respect what you do.    … Expand
  10. kosar1k
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    I really love Diablo 2 and really dislike Diablo 3, but compared to Diablo 4 the third one doesn't seem so bad. The most mediocre part of Diablo from all that was, they also did not forget about SJV, bravo, well-deserved 1 point.
  11. Algeroth
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    Worst spended money ever.... Game keeps tou entertained only through the campaing, after that you can unistal it... 70$ for couple of hours and thats it, theres no point in playing more...
  12. Neyaria
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    this is the WORST Patch in History of Gaming, what a mess. we got nothing what we wanted or asked for, this patch 1.1 was a reminder to us : how you dare to tell them they have to change the game in a better way for players, we got that answer clearly from Blizzard. this game is done
  13. Torreyes
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The patch ruined the game more than it was. The loot scaling was already a major problem, now it feels like someone from inside blizzard was sabotaging the game... Well guess what it worked. Not getting a battle pass anymore.… Expand
  14. Rekterino
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    worst endgame content in any action-rpg, even worse than diablo 3. multiplayer events suck, bosses suck, class balance sucks, skills suck, item crafting sucks, everything sucks in this game.
  15. InfinityOwns
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It went from being pretty unbalance in the launch patch to downright unfun in the first major patch.
  16. Bodom
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Sadly Activision/Blizzard hasn't learned a thing. They should probably focus on crappy mobile games to keep milking the whales. Meanwhile regrets ensue for spending full price on this.
  17. jessegreathouse
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    The game is incredibly boring. It's fun at first but almost immediately its obvious that it relies on extreme repetition to support the gameplay. The campaign story is hollow at best and completely incoherent in a lot of ways. There's no reason to continue to play the game beyond the campaign and even that is demonstrably bad compared to other game titles. To top it all off, you have to beThe game is incredibly boring. It's fun at first but almost immediately its obvious that it relies on extreme repetition to support the gameplay. The campaign story is hollow at best and completely incoherent in a lot of ways. There's no reason to continue to play the game beyond the campaign and even that is demonstrably bad compared to other game titles. To top it all off, you have to be online to play, and even if you are online, Blizzard's servers have been randomly offline preventing their entire player base from playing. There is no reason whatsoever that a game like this needs to be online only. It was an inexplicably stupid choice for them to make being online a requirement. I paid $70 for this game and I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from wasting my money. This game is terrible and Blizzard should feel bad for ripping people off.… Expand
  18. Ayumie
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    There is way to much to complain about, for every hour of fun i had with this hot piece of garbage i had at least the same ammount of Frustration and Hate for it in the End.
    Blizzard is clearly out of touch and not able to deliver a Game well done and polished.
    I played it pretty hardcore since release every Day 8 hours upwards cause i was craving for a worthy Diablo II or III    There is way to much to complain about, for every hour of fun i had with this hot piece of garbage i had at least the same ammount of Frustration and Hate for it in the End.
    Blizzard is clearly out of touch and not able to deliver a Game well done and polished.
    I played it pretty hardcore since release every Day 8 hours upwards cause i was craving for a worthy Diablo II or III Experience, i got tired of all the Copycats even when i enjoyd most of them like PoE.

    This Game has so many Bugs, some small some big, and with each update that fixes an unbeleavbly ton according to the patchnotes and hotfix notes it adds more new ones and didnt even fix the ones that were fixed according to the patchnotes.

    Rubberbanding of Doom at random times.
    Badly coded like for example our client always reads out all inventory/stash/whatever of any player we encounter while yet theres no benefit for that except the performance issues on client side this creates.
    Mico stutters since Patch 1.1 everywhere at the worst times.
    PAtch 1.1 was a Joke too, and the Emergency Campfire with excuses and promises that this should have come together with the so called "buffs" in three weeks is the Joke of the Century.
    They did not expect that kind of Backlash and had to find an excuse , they never planned to balance it out with buffs and tweaks, they simply wanted to extend playtime and make it more tedious so people will buy pass lvl ups more likely to get the rewards without that hassle.
    Forcing PvP Quests on Players in Seasonjourneys in a Game that is as unbalanced with oneshot mechanics and builds left and right is a bad choice too, one that lead to my unistall of both the Game and Battlenet in total.
    If i want to have PvP i play real PvP games and not a friggin Hack And Slay Looter !
    Yeah yeah go grab a friend and kill him excuses ive heard it all, give me a break with this whiteknighting.
    Where are Sets?
    Oh a hundred people of a few millions got uberuniques? Quick lets nerf that down hard, god forbid people have fun finding an Endgame BiS Item.
    The Whole Idea of grabbing Affixes from one item and put it onto a perfect Yellow Item is so bad and boring.
    Only in the first week i got exited for legendary drops, once i understood all the Mechanics i didnt even bother picking stuff up, hell it even gets send to you box then.
    Wich has way to less space for all the Classes and Builds anyway.
    And thats not even a thing they can fix easily cause now the Devs mentioned that the Box is perma dupe cheking all the Things wich impacts Performance heavily...... is this a Joke? Not for Blizzard in 2023! JEsus Christ.
    The Story itself was pretty mediocre, the Characters where great and had much potential but in the End it felt rushed and to short, and yes i did it all, twice. Then i skipped everything for the other Toons
    Multiple 90-95 Classes.
    No Quest sharing? No group progress for questing together on sidequests and that? I have never ever played a Game Coop that was supposed to be an MMO type of Game that was so poorly designed on its Multiplayer aspects, jesus christ.
    No more Trading at all for Leg or Uniques, not even with your Partymembers.
    What happend to Diablo III´s one hour of Trade possibility with the people you where together after finding it? Nah that could reduce actual playtime if people give away the items they dont need to their partymembers, instead lets just let them hope to find the right thing themselfs.
    No MAtchmaking or anything ingame, Chats Dead, why going a Lost Ark Copycat route of beeing an MMO Diablo when you dont even provide the simple things. there is absolutly no Point in making it the Way it is right now, no Housing No show off to other people cause everyone looks the same anyway, the Costumes are bland as hell.
    #God am i mad, this was the Last Time Blizzard has seen me as a Customer, i did quit after the Blizzcon Disaster with Immortal after owning all their Games and blowing Money at em, only came Back for D4, noticed how much of a S* Show it is and now im gone forever.
    Also it tells alot of the Industry and Media when you compare User Reviews and "professional reviews" even before Patch 1.1, its sickening.    … Expand
  19. DerangedGinger
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It gets a 1 because it looks good, but also because it's an abomination. The constant crashing. The mediocre performance (my 4090 doesn't work this hard in other games). The inability to balance the game or have any sense of direction. It's just a cruel joke. RIP Diablo, you were one of my favorite series.

    I've played Bethesda games that were better at launch than this. Fallout 76    It gets a 1 because it looks good, but also because it's an abomination. The constant crashing. The mediocre performance (my 4090 doesn't work this hard in other games). The inability to balance the game or have any sense of direction. It's just a cruel joke. RIP Diablo, you were one of my favorite series.

    I've played Bethesda games that were better at launch than this. Fallout 76 wasn't this bad, and that game was bad. It's like Blizzard hates their playerbase. Every chance they have to make the game better they go and do the opposite. D3 had a rough start, but I didn't loathe the game. This is so bad. I'd get a refund if it was possible. I've played indie games from small studios that were better and did a better job of balancing and listening to players.

    They ruined one of the best franchises in history. Oh and there's a cash shop too.    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Lucyferer
    Aug 1, 2023
    1
    The most uncomfortable and lowest HNS i ever played that is even simpler than HNS like titan quests that are 20y old. This game is pathetic that shows what corporation shhh talk do with games.
    A game for everyone with no face - that uses just brand and corpo talking that lies in words that can be understand in many ways.
  22. Piroggi
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    LANGWEILIG alles ist langweilig. Das lvln ist zäh und LANGWEILIG. Selbst im unteren Lvl Bereich sollte wenigstens die Möglichkeit bestehen die Weltbesten items zu finden. Das würde wenigstens etwas motivieren. Die Items die man findet ich schaue fast gar nicht mehr nach wird direkt verkauft nur kurz die Aspekte. Irgendwas fühlt sich da Falsch an.
    Was ich mache? Ich steh Doof in der Stad    LANGWEILIG alles ist langweilig. Das lvln ist zäh und LANGWEILIG. Selbst im unteren Lvl Bereich sollte wenigstens die Möglichkeit bestehen die Weltbesten items zu finden. Das würde wenigstens etwas motivieren. Die Items die man findet ich schaue fast gar nicht mehr nach wird direkt verkauft nur kurz die Aspekte. Irgendwas fühlt sich da Falsch an.
    Was ich mache? Ich steh Doof in der Stad rum und Warte auf den Weltboss bzw... Die Legionsereignisse. Ansonsten hab ich nix mehr zu tun Quest sind alle erledigt Lilith Stauen sind alle eingesammelt und die Aspekt Dungeons sind alle gemacht. Was soll ich machen? Wie gesagt das Lvln macht einfach kein Bock und ist zu zäh. Ich bin Ratlos. Ich werde ein Scheissdreck tun und die Season mit einem neuen Charakter Starten. Ich will mein ein Charakter stetig ausbauen und Spass haben. Nicht immer wieder von neu anfangen. Blizzard kümmert sich um Dinge die Nutzlos sind anstatt das Spiel zu verbessern und auszubauen. Wenn alle so zufrieden mit Diablo 2 sind warum nicht einfach nachmachen. Weniger Arbeit mehr erfolg. Wir brauchen nichts neues. Altes bewährtes noch besser gemacht reicht. Ade Blizzard    … Expand
  23. Crpaton
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Was fun until Patch 1.1. Now it’s too much of a grind. Not sure I’ll be back, since most of my friends have stopped playing…
  24. queerchameleon
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It’s just NOT FUN

    Necromancer class based around not removing your minions. No proper pet build Major game mechanic resistances not working at all Not enough space to have a main and an alt character Skill trees that are completely simple and endgame boards that are completely over complicated and full of bloat Spells that are just a rehash of tired stuff nothing innovative    It’s just NOT FUN

    Necromancer class based around not removing your minions.
    No proper pet build
    Major game mechanic resistances not working at all
    Not enough space to have a main and an alt character
    Skill trees that are completely simple and endgame boards that are completely over complicated and full of bloat
    Spells that are just a rehash of tired stuff nothing innovative
    Nothing that made me go wow look at that or wow this is so cool.
    Art direction is uninspired
    Only a few mob types
    30 some different stats that are all just bloat
    Endgame is just doing the same dungeons over and over with 3 even more unfun things happing inside the dungeons
    Paid money to be there free beta tester for a month
    Item level restrictions on gear not fun for alts    … Expand
  25. Goldbondx
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    Another franchise ruined by Activision. How much longer can this CEO remain. I suspect he is just buying time until the MSFT deal. This game has zero depth, repetitive, focused on mindless grind for console players. 20 year old WoW and D2 stands up better today than this garbage..
  26. metrojethro
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Devs dropped a patch two days before season one that significantly nerfed players, made monsters tougher, and significantly lowered xp making it a tedious grind to level. They killed season one before it even got a chance.
    There is absolutely no point in playing once the quests are completed. Unless you just want to run the same content over, and over, and over. The devs borked the    Devs dropped a patch two days before season one that significantly nerfed players, made monsters tougher, and significantly lowered xp making it a tedious grind to level. They killed season one before it even got a chance.
    There is absolutely no point in playing once the quests are completed. Unless you just want to run the same content over, and over, and over. The devs borked the enchanting system recently so that it's even harder to get the gear with rolls you want. This game is definitely not worth the price. Wait until it's on sale for 10 bucks.    … Expand
  27. MistyFreak
    Aug 30, 2023
    1
    No craft, no endgame content, awful monetization, no variety of endgame builds, tremendous amount of bugs. Don't you dare to play it on Hardcore.
    It feels like almost every part of this game is made to make you slower and less happier.
    Diablo IV is not about to entertain you. It's about to make you work, like if you have second job. But in this case you paid for that. Boring. Weak.    No craft, no endgame content, awful monetization, no variety of endgame builds, tremendous amount of bugs. Don't you dare to play it on Hardcore.
    It feels like almost every part of this game is made to make you slower and less happier.
    Diablo IV is not about to entertain you. It's about to make you work, like if you have second job. But in this case you paid for that.
    Boring. Weak. Clunky.
    One point for sweet OST.    … Expand
  28. sovex
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Wasn't good at launch, todays patch ruined any hope for season 1 too. Let's get this game to below 3 score maybe blizzard will get the hint then.
  29. Noca
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    Game is boring as hell. Blizzard should have just remade Diablo 2 with some better graphics, new maps, new items, and bosses and it would have been worlds better than this crap. The items in this game are just meaningless numbers on a page that are completely uninspiring and unrewarding. The combat is slow and painful given that enemies just match your level, just why?? Why the hellGame is boring as hell. Blizzard should have just remade Diablo 2 with some better graphics, new maps, new items, and bosses and it would have been worlds better than this crap. The items in this game are just meaningless numbers on a page that are completely uninspiring and unrewarding. The combat is slow and painful given that enemies just match your level, just why?? Why the hell would you do this blizzard? The only redeemable qualities this game has is that is doesn't crash, isn't poorly optimized and there aren't any bugs other than the odd invisible wall my character got stuck on. The game is boring to look at, boring to play and dreary to listen to, nothing that I could remotely describe as fun. Nothing about this game is fun. Overrated, over-hyped, overpriced trash.

    1/10 (would have given zero but Blizzard earned 1 point for releasing a game that runs in 2023)    … Expand
  30. ruslantsm
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    this is a terrible online shop with a little game if you are lucky enough to log in
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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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