Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Joshuaholdiman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This game could have been great, but bad design choices forcing long play times for relatively no reward, no workable goals, loot drops that are rarer than winning the lottery, nerfs that make everyone feel like they wasted their time with their builds, limited storage space, alt unfriendly design, and poorly optimized gameplay hold it back. If it wasn't for almost everything about thisThis game could have been great, but bad design choices forcing long play times for relatively no reward, no workable goals, loot drops that are rarer than winning the lottery, nerfs that make everyone feel like they wasted their time with their builds, limited storage space, alt unfriendly design, and poorly optimized gameplay hold it back. If it wasn't for almost everything about this game it would have been great.… Expand
  2. theionbull
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard and all the devs there just keep killing this game. I do think they are doing this intentionally so they can just walk away with the money that they have made of everyone. Just wait for PoE2 or BG3 for your gaming fix I would say.
  3. DeeBeno
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Had fun for about 40 hrs as a sorc playing casually. Blizzard decided to nerf my build so I spent all my gold to halfway respec to a decent build. By the time I did that they nerfed that build. Sorc is already garbage and the recent patch killed them. Blizzard knows nothing about their own game and it shows. Skipping season 1 and possibly even playing the game ever again.
  4. mbalion
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I feel that the developers of this game are totally incapable of making this game fun. In fact they are working hard on the opposite. They are really slow on making good changes but really fast ruining the gameplay. I am really sad that i wasted 70 eur on it :(
  5. TotesMeGoats
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    This is a free game that cost $70. You’re probably asking how does that make any sense? Because this game was designed with micro transactions it’s main focus. This game is designed for seasonal play to sell its battle pass. Want to level faster? Buy the battle pass. With the season 1 patch they slowed exp gain, so you’ll get so frustrated with the slow leveling that you’ll purchase theThis is a free game that cost $70. You’re probably asking how does that make any sense? Because this game was designed with micro transactions it’s main focus. This game is designed for seasonal play to sell its battle pass. Want to level faster? Buy the battle pass. With the season 1 patch they slowed exp gain, so you’ll get so frustrated with the slow leveling that you’ll purchase the battle pass. They increased the portal time to leave or escape dungeons. Why? Because this is to eventually sell portal effects in the store. This is just another blizzard cash grab game. Stay away.… Expand
  6. Bambucea
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Played during both Beta, and played pre-season. The Betas were fine, up to lvl 25 the game felt good and it had potential to be better. But the end product is just the same as the beta, scaled to 100. The endgame pre and in season 1 is just non existent comparred to other finished and out of early access ARPG (well rated). The game is buggy, poorly managed with bad designed systems thatPlayed during both Beta, and played pre-season. The Betas were fine, up to lvl 25 the game felt good and it had potential to be better. But the end product is just the same as the beta, scaled to 100. The endgame pre and in season 1 is just non existent comparred to other finished and out of early access ARPG (well rated). The game is buggy, poorly managed with bad designed systems that apparently need 2-3 seasons to be fixed (why?) but hey, launched with a perfectly looking and functioning cash SHOP.… Expand
  7. Kaninux
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game has a solid base, but no end game and the staff has made horrid decisions hiding changes from patch notes and changes in patch notes do not match the changes in game.
  8. 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
  9. Blizzardsukks
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    i want to be honest: i cant bear being lied to by greedy suits anymore. being a gamer these days is like a toxic relationship-simulator, its just plain sad. i think the day has come to abandon this hobby for good
  10. DHarland
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    Avoid at all costs, the developers will try to nickel and dime you out of every cent to enjoy the game, which seems repetitive. I uninstalled and tried to get a refund.
  11. JohnVeritas
    Jun 17, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay, let me justify my score with my experience so far.
    1- Blizzard is being blizzard and move into nerfizzard. The information about most of the broken builds was released with the release of NDA of "close beta" and they did perform a nerf after idk 36 hours? From my point of view this was just another jump start to their "content creators" which has access to closed beta (full game) they could do those "balancing" beforehand even before game launches.
    2- They often referring this is a "arpg" game and not a "mmorpg" game but playing this game as a single player is only punishing. If you play with a pair you can reset dungeons instantly, once we had a reset dungeon button but its long gone now. I know they just stated that this function was harming the hardcore experience but they could just add a delay to it no? Also while playing multi player you can split and even you cant benefit 5% xp bonus you can still get xp from mobs that dying further away from you. Oh also they're "balancing" elite mobs in dungeons after 9 days of release. But I'm pretty sure that they're doing this it's because most of the experienced people already leveled up to 100 more than 1 class also most of the information is spread around the internet. So change my mind.
    3- They're still under influence of gaining huge sum of money from diablo immortal, they didnt gave us a proper game to play yet they're working on further expansions already, which are going to cost us money. So, I think that their greed is still affecting their decisions.    … Expand
  12. neverlast25
    Jul 5, 2023
    1
    For respect of this game, i give this review, is not ok when you sell an unfinished game, skill tree is broken, the paragons is broken is not fully working or a percentage of that is working for example resistance 6% with 3 nodes in paragon give increase to you status 1.5% which is wrong. item is limited to 820 which also drop even from level 60+, nightmare dungeon over 50 are overpoweredFor respect of this game, i give this review, is not ok when you sell an unfinished game, skill tree is broken, the paragons is broken is not fully working or a percentage of that is working for example resistance 6% with 3 nodes in paragon give increase to you status 1.5% which is wrong. item is limited to 820 which also drop even from level 60+, nightmare dungeon over 50 are overpowered because of level increase and monsters have boost for defence and dmg as well which should be and you are stuck at level 100. there is no player choice everything is linear, I hoped I see elements from D2 but i only see the environment as dark as D2 which was ok, character customization could have been more better i mean only 11 choice is poor. shop items are very unprofessional the only cool things were in shop where the necromancer stuff rest was a joke, rogue skins looks like a castle guard seriously? nerfed everything, the necromancer is a joke totally the only thing worth it was bone build rest is a joke for real, look again at skill tree and be amazed. loot is bad compared with D2, rare suppose to be rare, world bosses a joke killed 1 sec, crowd control effects from monsters not fixed, from what i see campaign was very short on act 4 i did not feel it. everything seem to be a still beta test and the game shouldn't be launched until tested which i doubt was it tested, everything was a lie since beta - they told us that beta was just for testing but i feel the game has not change a bit from slam to official launch, right now is still broken and characters are overpowered, nerved to the end .. barrier and fortified is broken.… Expand
  13. ABC_RU
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    Одно ПоЕ из 10.
    Первая лига разочаровала.
    Игра по факту соло, торговли нет, прогрессия медленная (и еще замедлили), лига не вносит большого количества контента. Если бы была возможность вернуть деньги или не покупать, ни секунды бы не задумывался.    Одно ПоЕ из 10.
    Первая лига разочаровала.
    Игра по факту соло, торговли нет, прогрессия медленная (и еще замедлили), лига не вносит большого количества контента. Если бы была возможность вернуть деньги или не покупать, ни секунды бы не задумывался.
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. NL-Meta
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    Actually was having a great experience with the game, up until the 14th patch in a week. They've reduced dungeon content to nothing. End game is terrible. No build diversity. They let major exploits fly while the streamers were getting their name on a rock, but blocked it as soon as it hit mainstream. Everyone was using maugans. Then they nerf demise and eridu to nothing. I guess onlyActually was having a great experience with the game, up until the 14th patch in a week. They've reduced dungeon content to nothing. End game is terrible. No build diversity. They let major exploits fly while the streamers were getting their name on a rock, but blocked it as soon as it hit mainstream. Everyone was using maugans. Then they nerf demise and eridu to nothing. I guess only their special few can hit 100. The truth is once you get to 100, theres literally nothing to do. They are deathly afraid the playerbase will hit cap and realize this game has no depth, no end game, no build diversity and nothing to do.… Expand
  17. DinboNomad2z2
    Aug 12, 2023
    1
    What's the point of playing this game? There's no sense of progression. Everything scales to your level which means your combat feels pretty much the same through out the entire story which seems to be how they've added the MMO elements to allow people to play with other people.
  18. Vipere90break92
    Jun 19, 2023
    1
    remove the mandatory online mode, it's useless and unplayable if you don't have a perfect connection!
  19. teddiedanh
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    personally I think D4 was 8/10 at release, I genuinely had some fun with the campaign and my Sorcerer. But things went down hill after hitting LV70, Sorc turned out to be the worst class to play and instead of fixing it or give us so many QoL changes we are craving for Blizzard came out with the absolute abomination called S1 patch, it felt like they don't know how to make a good game orpersonally I think D4 was 8/10 at release, I genuinely had some fun with the campaign and my Sorcerer. But things went down hill after hitting LV70, Sorc turned out to be the worst class to play and instead of fixing it or give us so many QoL changes we are craving for Blizzard came out with the absolute abomination called S1 patch, it felt like they don't know how to make a good game or how to be in touch with their fanbase anymore. GG Blizzard, how far have you fallen from grace.… Expand
  20. imadethisfor
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    Ok so again the critics have been paid well for their positive reviews…
    But this has all been done, this is not s full new game.. yes it looks ok and yay there is a different story… but its a dumb grind fest, this is diablo 3.1, spend 10 hours in the game and again they grabbed my cash… I fell for it and bought the game… should have known better.. avoid the so called AAA games these days,    Ok so again the critics have been paid well for their positive reviews…
    But this has all been done, this is not s full new game.. yes it looks ok and yay there is a different story… but its a dumb grind fest, this is diablo 3.1, spend 10 hours in the game and again they grabbed my cash… I fell for it and bought the game… should have known better.. avoid the so called AAA games these days, this one as well..
    I dont recommend it sorry :(    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. Erinshaw
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Great campaign but far too short for the price of the game After that it becomes boring very fast. There is no sense of gaining power. The little side happenings become so common they start to irritate you. The amount of cutting and pasting of this type of experience for me ruins the game. The continual downgrading of powers to all classes only compounds it more The latest patch isGreat campaign but far too short for the price of the game After that it becomes boring very fast. There is no sense of gaining power. The little side happenings become so common they start to irritate you. The amount of cutting and pasting of this type of experience for me ruins the game. The continual downgrading of powers to all classes only compounds it more The latest patch is so bad I will stay in my bed and watch streamers suffer the start of season 1 If you havent bought it dont waste your money… Expand
  23. 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.
  24. Nicolas42
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    They sold the game for $70-100 and literally took the (half-finished) game from us in a month. It's almost like stealing. The game just gets worse and worse week after week.

    - Basic game mechanics don't work, - There's no real content after mediocre story lines, - No real purpose, - The chase items are out of reach, - Season 1 looks like a rushed filler with bad itemization. - They    They sold the game for $70-100 and literally took the (half-finished) game from us in a month. It's almost like stealing. The game just gets worse and worse week after week.

    - Basic game mechanics don't work,
    - There's no real content after mediocre story lines,
    - No real purpose,
    - The chase items are out of reach,
    - Season 1 looks like a rushed filler with bad itemization.
    - They ruin player progress with each patch. Everything feels like a complete waste of time.    … Expand
  25. orhankoroglu
    Jun 21, 2023
    1
    Her yerde aynı moblar toplasan 10 çeşit mob yok oyunda .
    20 lvl de ne gördüysem 50 lvl de de ayni moblari görüyorum kusucam artık.
    Boss'ları hiç sorma hiç sevmediğim Diablo İmmorta'da bile Bosların mekaniği daha iyi ikinci fazları var, Farklı farklı mekanikleri var. İtem düşürme desen hak getire. Set item yok, rün yok . Karakter desen topu topu 5 tane nerde Witch doctor, Monk,    Her yerde aynı moblar toplasan 10 çeşit mob yok oyunda .
    20 lvl de ne gördüysem 50 lvl de de ayni moblari görüyorum kusucam artık.
    Boss'ları hiç sorma hiç sevmediğim Diablo İmmorta'da bile Bosların mekaniği daha iyi ikinci fazları var, Farklı farklı mekanikleri var.
    İtem düşürme desen hak getire. Set item yok, rün yok .
    Karakter desen topu topu 5 tane nerde Witch doctor, Monk, Crussader? büyük ihtimal Dlc diyip onuda itelemeye çalışacaklar.
    Diablo 2 Resurrected bana göre hala serinin en iyi oyunu.
    Kesemediğin bir boss yada mobu gidip güçlendikten sonra gelir keserdin bu oyunda güçlenme hissi yok Sen kaç level isen moblarda o lvl de scale oluyor.. Eee ne anlamı kaldı bu kadar lvl almamın yada skil kasmamın
    Hele o zırh görünümleri nedir ya ? Muşamba gibi ? Yok battle pass, yok kozmetik ayağına set item yapmışlar 800 TL verip zırh alıcam ne alaka Diablo oyununda yahu .. Ve işin kötüsü para verip alsan dahi herkes ayni Gözükecek Ee ne anlamı kaldı rpg oynamanın?
    Diablo 2 de bir itemi duşürme hazzı vardır kimseye düşmez birine düşer fark yaratır. Farklı rün düşürür kendi silahını oluştururdun. Ve bir başkası Aynı rün’ü düşürmediği yada satın almadığı sürece sendekinin asla aynisini yapamazdı.
    Ama burada herkese ayni uniq yada turuncu itemi atıyor.
    Sıkıla sıkıla oynuyorum artık. Oyun bildiğin Diablo 3’ün karanlık temalı versiyonu.    … Expand
  26. 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.
  27. AskepticGamer
    Jun 19, 2023
    1
    When a game is not fun to play, it does not deserve high ratings. The only ratings that matter are those of the actual gamers, not so proclaimed "professional game reviewers". This game had tons of potential but in the end, it just is not fun at all to play. It becomes another job. The interface on PC is terrible making life way harder than it needs to be. The items stats and informationWhen a game is not fun to play, it does not deserve high ratings. The only ratings that matter are those of the actual gamers, not so proclaimed "professional game reviewers". This game had tons of potential but in the end, it just is not fun at all to play. It becomes another job. The interface on PC is terrible making life way harder than it needs to be. The items stats and information is eye numbing. The gameplay is fun at times, but very repetitive with the same handful of monster types and packs. If you are reading this, I implore you to go check other reviews, not just mine. You will quickly find out from those who matter that this game is not worth half its ridiculous sticker price. Save your money and pick up a game worth playing.… Expand
  28. Sorrowind57
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    One point for cool story, no points for 30$ skins, predatory monetisation for a 70$ game, world scaling, slow-paced gameplay, nerf when something is fun ... Maybe in some years :)
  29. tomlittlekim
    Jun 7, 2023
    1
    The staff who make up the Cathedral of Light dungeon and the staff who designed the Inquisitor obviously want to **** Blizzard.
  30. thematrix606
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    So the graphics are superb.

    The music is good. The sound is excellent. The story is dull and boring (as per Diablo 3). I don't understand how complicated it is to keep a simple story exciting. The writing, the voice acting, the cutscenes are slow and dull, nothing happening, it's a snooze fest. I ended up skipping a lot of the side story because I cannot stand it at all. It's    So the graphics are superb.

    The music is good.

    The sound is excellent.

    The story is dull and boring (as per Diablo 3). I don't understand how complicated it is to keep a simple story exciting. The writing, the voice acting, the cutscenes are slow and dull, nothing happening, it's a snooze fest. I ended up skipping a lot of the side story because I cannot stand it at all. It's honestly insultingly bad.

    Then let's talk about the most important aspect: GAMEPLAY. Let's say that just like many others, I was falling asleep playing this game. The combat is basic, the skills are mainly reused from diablo 3 and any new ideas just do not have any IMPACT at all. It's all very basic and boring. I've tried 3 different classes so far.

    The world map is interesting, but only because it's different than D3, however it's rather "empty" feeling even tho there are plenty of dungeons around. So that saves it, slightly.

    The game overall is a bit TOO easy, I played on the "highest" difficulty available in the beginning which is T2, and there's only 2 difficulty options? Really?

    UI is a mess, it feels like it was made for consoles yet again, and the PC gets the bottom of the foot. I get a bug where I cannot select on the map and constantly have to reopen it. Selection wheels make me gag. Scrollable tiny little pane for skills while it can fit on the screen. But wait I can enlarge, and once i do I STILL have to scroll. Don't you have PCs Blizzard???

    Is this game worth 70 of your hard earned dollars or euros? Given that there are micro transactions AND a battle pass AND how boring the game can be?

    No, it is simply not.

    You can stick with a F2P game like PoE which offers about 100x the content, or any other dungeon crawler wether it's 40k, Victor Vram, Grim Dawn, etc.

    I really had to challenge myself to review the game properly: NOT to compare it to D3/D2 but compare it to what's out there in the market. And what's out there in the market D4 cannot compare even one little bit on the most important aspect of all: gameplay.

    Keep in mind also, this is a BLIZZARD release, a triple A company. My expectations are a lot higher than an indie game developer or early access. If this was an indie game and early access I would actually have enjoy it a lot more.

    After several days of playing, I am starting to tolerate it more, and there ARE some fun aspects, like killing hordes of enemies, but I don't want to be forced to play the game for several hours before I actually start enjoying a game. It should be fun from the first hour till the last :)    … Expand
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#24 Best PC Game of 2023
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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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