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. ezki
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad D4 bad
  2. Prolly
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Was hopeful for the game, but enough is enough. Its not even just some but 99% of the game design decisions are absolutely the worst in video game history. Blizzard isn't the same company that makes great games anymore. They simply use the names of a once great game and company to get loyal customers to buy products while not listening to the player base at all and making changes to theWas hopeful for the game, but enough is enough. Its not even just some but 99% of the game design decisions are absolutely the worst in video game history. Blizzard isn't the same company that makes great games anymore. They simply use the names of a once great game and company to get loyal customers to buy products while not listening to the player base at all and making changes to the game no one has ever asked for. Its clear they use the names of titles simply to make money off once loyal customers. As a long time customer (played WoW since vanilla, D2, D3, D4, SC2, HOTS, OW and having thousands of hours spread across these titles) I am officially fed up and done with this shell of a once great company.… Expand
  3. aurelius420420
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Was great before the season 1 patch thought the game could just get better. Thought they'd buff sorc survivability and leave it's damage alone. Ruined my favorite class. Ruined the game already.
  4. 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
  5. TyrealArchea
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Endgame is repetitive. Useful gear doesn't drop enough. Lack of viable builds. And all of that before they made the game worse with the Season 1 Patch. Feels like an alpha release.
  6. WavelessOcean
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Disgustingly gory, I forced myself to go through it and skip they cinematics which made the campaign somewhat enjoyable but my wife, who loved Diablo 3, could barely finish it.

    The game also has lots of bugs, including some serious ones like Barrage Rogue not getting glyph altars in nightmare dungeons, which took more than a month to fix. There are also other more annoying issues like    Disgustingly gory, I forced myself to go through it and skip they cinematics which made the campaign somewhat enjoyable but my wife, who loved Diablo 3, could barely finish it.

    The game also has lots of bugs, including some serious ones like Barrage Rogue not getting glyph altars in nightmare dungeons, which took more than a month to fix. There are also other more annoying issues like ridiculously low stash space: it's not like it's blizzard's first Diablo game.

    A big part of the game is its slot matchine random rewards system whereby it drops random items, but some class-specific uniques don't drop over the course of 100h of play like Tempest Roar for the druid while at the same time you get 10+ copies of the equivalent item for another druid build.

    To top it off, they now have nerfed everything in the game to, I guess, have a KPI to show progress towards now that they can't easily increase "Number of active players". This pre-season 1 patch took a game that was ok despite the bugs and removed all that made it fun. But I guess this is what I get for buying a service at a fixed rate instead of a game and expect the provider to have fun and enjoyment and the player's interests in mind.

    I gave Blizzard the benefit of the doubt with Diablo IV despite Diablo Immortal, and I really wanted the game to become another classic but it's clear to me that it's very unlikely to happen at this time.    … Expand
  7. daspectrum
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    Huge range of issues from resistances being borked, off screen one shot kills on players, lag, and a battle pass that was no where near the value. Only decent clothing for you hero is in the store for over $25AUD per item.

    Minimap unable to be moved for blind players, inability to see any ground effect when playing with certain classes storage space it extremely small and devs are just    Huge range of issues from resistances being borked, off screen one shot kills on players, lag, and a battle pass that was no where near the value. Only decent clothing for you hero is in the store for over $25AUD per item.

    Minimap unable to be moved for blind players, inability to see any ground effect when playing with certain classes storage space it extremely small and devs are just rude when asked for a response or a solution to these certain issues.

    Stay clear save your money til real change is made through a philosophy change or staff termination and replacement.

    The battle pass cost an extra 30 on top of the base price and did not contain any decent cosmetics or emotes truly stingy. Needs on top for the season makes the time to level extremely bad to keep time played for shareholder quotas indicators. Limited color palette for dying cosmetics is just horrible.    … Expand
  8. Fukushimiste
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    I didn't see a studio which is killing himself so much, even Ubisoft, or EA are currently better than this **** of studio
  9. Kre1
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    I'd love to give it a better review, this game has potential to be 7 or 8/10. But the devs are just absolutely clueless on what they're doing. Overnerfing abilities, not buffing severely undertuned abilities and making bad changes overall. They're latest patch slowed most of the game and was backwards from what everyone wanted.
    I understand some nerfs are good to fix the balance of the    I'd love to give it a better review, this game has potential to be 7 or 8/10. But the devs are just absolutely clueless on what they're doing. Overnerfing abilities, not buffing severely undertuned abilities and making bad changes overall. They're latest patch slowed most of the game and was backwards from what everyone wanted.
    I understand some nerfs are good to fix the balance of the game, but when those nerfs affect a wide range of players or abilities, they have to compensate them so the weak don't get weaker. Of course they didn't do this though.
    Oh and also **** the monetisation of this game. The price is nuts, then of top of that there's a battle pass like 4 times a year? And then an in game store? Disgusting.    … Expand
  10. Deathmournex
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    total disaster game. When activision first merged and fused with blizzard they are making a BIG **** MISTAKE. Thought we were having so much fun. They sound like the boy who cried wolf someday no body will ever **** trust them again. If Ion is a lawyer joining a game development team with no experience he should not be there my friends all said so. Phil spencer said he wants everyonetotal disaster game. When activision first merged and fused with blizzard they are making a BIG **** MISTAKE. Thought we were having so much fun. They sound like the boy who cried wolf someday no body will ever **** trust them again. If Ion is a lawyer joining a game development team with no experience he should not be there my friends all said so. Phil spencer said he wants everyone playing wow, then why wasnt xbox game studios the parent company instead of activision? Activision is nothing but a boy who cried wolf someday everyone will not trust them and they will all go to phil spencer and xbox game studios. Nixxiom a graphic designer voice actor, and wood carving enthusiast, he shouldve been the game director from day one like falmea leah ruben not ion he knows nothing about game design. Ion taking over the wow team and activision hijacking blizzard may have "killed" the game. No wonder its a skin suit since the merger makes since. Maybe King triton ariels father is right about humans, she shoulda never left atlantica EVER!… Expand
  11. Worfy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard killed the game whit the 1.1 patch. Theres not much to say realy , there are 1000 threads about this abysmal patch.Either rerroll back to the game before the patch or apply a new patch that fixes this patch. Any case game is garbage now
  12. EstebanRLS
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    A Diablo game without Diablo.
    It has no variety, tedious and boring.
    It has no end game, they just want to sell SP & cosmetics.
  13. Liquid_Cold
    Aug 1, 2023
    3
    Ожидал намного большего... Разочаровала своей вторичностью.
    BLIZZARD уже не та, что раньше, измельчала.
  14. PongEnjoyer
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Wasn't expecting anything good from the modern blizzard, but omg this is the worst diablo-like game I ever played.
  15. metalfacechad
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. Blatantly designed to extend your engagement time the game by any means possible. Absolute Disgrace. Blizzard we once knew has been stomped into the ground and replaced. This is not the Diablo Franchise we have come to love.
  16. JudgementKazzy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    If I were to sum Diablo 4 in two words, it would be "D4 BAD".

    This shallow, lazy and uninspiring excuse of a game had the audacity to price itself at a next gen triple A price tag and an obnoxious microtransaction store while under delivering on every possible aspect of an ARPG. It feebly attempts to incorporate aspects from your cookie cutter MMORPG from the last 20 years however    If I were to sum Diablo 4 in two words, it would be "D4 BAD".

    This shallow, lazy and uninspiring excuse of a game had the audacity to price itself at a next gen triple A price tag and an obnoxious microtransaction store while under delivering on every possible aspect of an ARPG.

    It feebly attempts to incorporate aspects from your cookie cutter MMORPG from the last 20 years however all of that falls flat. Its easy to imagine during this games development, they must have had a list of buzzwords on a whiteboard(MMO, Open world, 100 unique dungeons, etc.) that the team must have felt beholden to, then those buzzwords eventually make it into the final product but only on a technicality, none of it feeling organic, belonging or even fully incorporated.

    Sinking time into this game, chasing any semblance of joy while drowning in sunk cost fallacy will only leave you with a bitter aftertaste you wish you never had.    … Expand
  17. angryangel
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It is not fun. it never was and now never will be after this bs from Blizzard. The game is dead
  18. Fkublizzcompany
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    I was expecting a game like D2, but got a worse game than D3/Immortal instead.

    A soulless game, It seems to lack even the most basic features. It's actually quite simple, why do you have to reinvent the wheel? Why not use the features you already have and know? You simply add new features to these features. So you then have a better game than D4. I don't know which apprentice    I was expecting a game like D2, but got a worse game than D3/Immortal instead.

    A soulless game, It seems to lack even the most basic features.

    It's actually quite simple, why do you have to reinvent the wheel? Why not use the features you already have and know? You simply add new features to these features. So you then have a better game than D4.

    I don't know which apprentice Blizzard has a say in, but apparently the whole team is made up of amateurs.

    The Diablo team only had 1 task! Just use the basics you already have. Say Diablo1, Diablo2, D2R, i also call Diablo3 .

    Just use the fking Basics whats the Problem!
    OKAY!OKAY! you want to make a new game out of Diablo, blablala "Open World" "Meghan Fox"
    all well and good but WTF! add all the stuff we already have at the previous games!!!

    This game is a shame I don't recommend it to anyone, especially not for $70.    … Expand
  19. Soulgix
    Jul 23, 2023
    3
    I see a lot of fake review votes, giving this game a 0 or a 10, so I wanted to bring some honesty in this.
    This game is a solid 4/10 for me. 3/10 after patch 1.0
    Back to 4/10, more 3.5 after the hotfix 1.1 But while you can say giving a 0 score is too low and fake...all the 10/10 reviews should face the same critic. If this game was early access or beta it would be a solid 5-6/10 hoping    I see a lot of fake review votes, giving this game a 0 or a 10, so I wanted to bring some honesty in this.
    This game is a solid 4/10 for me. 3/10 after patch 1.0
    Back to 4/10, more 3.5 after the hotfix 1.1
    But while you can say giving a 0 score is too low and fake...all the 10/10 reviews should face the same critic. If this game was early access or beta it would be a solid 5-6/10 hoping for a 7-8/10 game release. Being a full game at 70$, with 1 month of basically open beta before Season 1, and going into S1 without ANY of the numerous problems reported in this month resolved....3-4/10 is the best I can give. Inventory space, UI still not fixed
    Resistances in season 2
    Uber unique are a joke. Too much randomization and too little customization for drops.
    Respec is costly and a chore in the best scenario (just copy WOW for talent loadout and respec.....is also a blizzard game...just copy that part)
    Some specs are extremely underperforming.
    World chat doesn't work so the feeling is that of a single player game
    And.....NO END GAME

    Before 1.0 endgame was very poor, made by uber lilith and dungeons T100, mostly the latter.
    Then devs said they didn't want dungeons to be endgame so they nerfed them.....ok
    ...leaving as the ONLY end game challenge uber lilith who doesn't even drop loot.......

    If they wanted to remove dungeons as end game content they should have given a replacement before nerfing them.... after the campaign is done... there is really nothing to do in the game but mindlessly farm loot for no real purpose Anyway I didn't vote 0/10 but I believe that until there will be people giving this game a score of 10/10, any 0/10 is totally justified to bring the total score of the game close to its true value    … Expand
  20. RadDad0728
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is trying to make and loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system; the loot is just boring. An ARPG without action; progression is slower than a sloth. A MMO without a social system; does not even have basic groupfinding for ANY of the very little content in the game.

    It tries to be everything, and fails at every turn.
  21. Squize
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It could have been a great game, but after recent patch the game is unplayable.
  22. Belhaven
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was great woth some issues that needed touching on but the developers decided to nuke it from orbit for some reason. I played Diablo 2 when it came out, Everquest for decades, WoW for a long time, and Diablo 3 so I have a lot of both ARPG and MMO experience and this patch was somehow the worst. The Devs showed that nobody who worked on it actually plays the game or has any trueThe game was great woth some issues that needed touching on but the developers decided to nuke it from orbit for some reason. I played Diablo 2 when it came out, Everquest for decades, WoW for a long time, and Diablo 3 so I have a lot of both ARPG and MMO experience and this patch was somehow the worst. The Devs showed that nobody who worked on it actually plays the game or has any true experience working on ARPGs.… Expand
  23. Paulmor07
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    They butchered my boy! D2 was better in every way. Even D3 was better in every way. They ignored 20 years of progression and released a pile of garbage. ... Then nerfed that garbage into the ground and expect us to pay more for it.
  24. Vandolin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They probably shouldn't have tried taking on this franchise. Just a bad attempt at taking feedback and a premature release. Don't think there was any sense behind releasing the game with this little developed, and even less with the damage control of that mistake.
  25. ArkWulf
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    With every update Blizzard brings out for this game. My enjoyment and wanting to play it lessens and lessens. At this point if you want a wave slaying power trip. I'd stick with Diablo 3
  26. baasb
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game is still in a beta stage and the patches are only there to keep you from finding out that it is missing endgame content.
  27. MollaneGreed
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Just uninstalled Diablo IV after taking time to digest and think about patch 1.1 for season 1 and came to the conclusion that it's just shafting absolutely everyone. I won't go into specifics because I would essentially be writing out all the patch notes again.

    My friends and I have enjoyed the game greatly since launch, but after the release of patch 1.1 just before Season 1 we are    Just uninstalled Diablo IV after taking time to digest and think about patch 1.1 for season 1 and came to the conclusion that it's just shafting absolutely everyone. I won't go into specifics because I would essentially be writing out all the patch notes again.

    My friends and I have enjoyed the game greatly since launch, but after the release of patch 1.1 just before Season 1 we are seeing just how out of touch the company's management is with the game. With all the sweeping nerfs, they have taken so many elements that made the game fun and completely killed it for me and my friends. Though I play Druid and came out mostly on top, my friends that love Sorcerer are getting completely shafted. I really wish the company was putting time into restoring all the quality of life improvements from Diablo III into Diablo IV instead of wasting time backtracking and making their game worst than the launch and beta experiences.    … Expand
  28. Esc74474
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Has continually gone down hill with changes since testing through live. Devs don't have a grasp on fun. The their strategy to increase longevity of the game is to make it a slog to grind. It's Diablo: Korean MMO. I was hooked in an earlier test phase, so it's a shame to see the state it is in now.
  29. Aristat
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Started playing at launch and thought I would return to my roots by playing the sorcerer. Tried several builds and just trying out my own build, but they made the character way too squishy. After the recent patch they've made it even worse. Was talking to my friends about how I wasn't having much fun with the nightmare dungeon grind, helltides, and whatnot. Further nerfing so many buildsStarted playing at launch and thought I would return to my roots by playing the sorcerer. Tried several builds and just trying out my own build, but they made the character way too squishy. After the recent patch they've made it even worse. Was talking to my friends about how I wasn't having much fun with the nightmare dungeon grind, helltides, and whatnot. Further nerfing so many builds will just make the game that much more miserable to play. Original story is great, but the end game just isn't adding up to what it should be. Uninstalled it from my computer and I might come back to it in a few months, only time will tell.… Expand
  30. Denkata07
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Giving 1 as the game surely had some minor fun until the recent patch S1. Now a ND I used to clear in 10 minutes ( yeah, I play sorc) now takes 30 if at all manage to finish it. Besides, they broke even more my fav class.
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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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