Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 6,766 out of 8271

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  1. Cloudcpu
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I fell defrauded the the game I waited years for! Patch 1.1.0 is a mail in the coffin instead of a return for season 1
  2. Ideoman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After a decent start where the game was enjoyable the entire player base was slapped with sensless nerfs born out of Blizzard’s complete lack of end game testing.
    The second BG3 releases I’m done with this game.
  3. ldarkbluel
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    they f*k it up with the last patch. All my game so far has gone for naught.they just played a joke on us
  4. AyliieN
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    There is no reason to play after the campaign, world feels empty with little to do expect grind out the same repetitive dungeons. Cooldowns feel way too long for an action game and the resource meter restricts this even further, this game was clearly not ready to be released and the seasonal patch completely gutted most classes on eternal realm.
  5. anticreativity
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Yeah the patch made the game worse, but the fact that they manufactured FOMO by keeping you out for four days on release unless you paid $20 more and then threw in a cash shop for gear in a game that's all about finding gear makes this game a stinker. Blizzard doesn't make games for you to enjoy, they make games for purpose of extracting as much money out of you as possible while makingYeah the patch made the game worse, but the fact that they manufactured FOMO by keeping you out for four days on release unless you paid $20 more and then threw in a cash shop for gear in a game that's all about finding gear makes this game a stinker. Blizzard doesn't make games for you to enjoy, they make games for purpose of extracting as much money out of you as possible while making them just playable enough to fulfill that purpose.… Expand
  6. Drakmo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Let me be clear: This game could be an 8, but the notably good start has covered the bare truth: This game was clearly not tested enough, badly balanced, wrongly tuned when it comes to gear and skills interdependency and the cause is simple: It was released 6 months before it would have been finished!
  7. Baustin
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They are not listening to the community and the devs are completely insane trying to pass this off as a finished product. Horrific what the gaming jndustry has become.
  8. GSnack
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 Season 1 generated high expectations, but it fell short due to the recent patches.
  9. Bjaxxen
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Cool/gritty graphics, but no gameplay content. Monsters (stuff we like to kill in a ARPG) are far and few between.
    Itemization just suck. Too much crap to sell/salvage.
    Different dungeons felt the same. Same mechanics, same bosses, alot of reused content. Boring. Mini-quests are just boring. Lots of QoL missing. No inventory management, no group finding, etc. Lots of undodgeable    Cool/gritty graphics, but no gameplay content. Monsters (stuff we like to kill in a ARPG) are far and few between.
    Itemization just suck. Too much crap to sell/salvage.
    Different dungeons felt the same. Same mechanics, same bosses, alot of reused content. Boring.
    Mini-quests are just boring.
    Lots of QoL missing. No inventory management, no group finding, etc.
    Lots of undodgeable instakills from a room away. Scary as a hardcore player.
    I was bored really quick, and the game felt like a chore.
    Great technical platform to build on! Engine feels smooth and snappy, No network lag (almost), no disconnects yet. Hope they add some real gameplay in the future!    … Expand
  10. Kronossf
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This was a decently fun game at first. But hardly any builds could tackle the premier endgame content (tier 100 nightmare dungeons and the pinnacle boss). So I assumed that, with the upcoming patch and the launch of season 1, that there would be significant buffs across the board in order to increase the number of viable endgame builds. I also assumed that there would be quality of lifeThis was a decently fun game at first. But hardly any builds could tackle the premier endgame content (tier 100 nightmare dungeons and the pinnacle boss). So I assumed that, with the upcoming patch and the launch of season 1, that there would be significant buffs across the board in order to increase the number of viable endgame builds. I also assumed that there would be quality of life changes and that the devs would make the game faster and and more fun (since at this point players are repetitively leveling and doing quests and dungeons that they have already done many times while playing previous characters).

    Sadly, Blizzard's devs do not seem to actually play the game. So exp gains have been nerfed, armor has been nerfed, reduction of damage done to players has been nerfed, and all of the previously-viable endgame builds have been nerfed. Instead of giving weak abilities significant buffs in order to increase build diversity, they just nerfed the previously-viable abilities so that now they are as weak as all the non-viable abilities. There are no quality of life changes that players have been asking for. Instead, the game has actually been made much more slow and tedious. The only things that were buffed are inconsequential memes and actually feel like some sort of bad joke. The sorcerer class as a whole is now completely nonviable for endgame content.

    Blizzard wants players to buy the battle pass and create new characters for season 1, but why would anyone want to create a new character only to experience the following frustrations:

    1) Playing slower. The devs nerfed cooldown reduction on items because too many people were utilizing it. So instead of using common sense and realizing that the base cooldowns of skills were far too long, forcing players to stack cooldown reduction on items so that their characters don't have to stand around and wait (which isn't fun and no one wants to do in a fantasy video game), these genius devs instead decided to make items have less cooldown reduction on them and make the game slower and more frustrating for players.

    2) Gaining exp slower. It took me over 200 hours to reach level 100 the first time around. Why would anyone want a patch that makes leveling up even slower and more painful when a new season is starting and everyone is creating new characters do go through the same leveling and questing experience that they've already played through on their original characters? Seasonal players have already leveled up and quested before, so each season should make the redundant leveling up and questing for new characters faster and easier instead of slower and more painful. But these genius devs seem to be thinking that if they just make leveling up slower and more painful for everyone, that no one will notice the lack of any new fun endgame content. Well, everyone noticed.

    3) Dying all the time. Apparently players weren't dying enough in the endgame (where ranged mobs can often one-shot you from offscreen with a projectile that moves so fast that it is impossible to react to, which is a horrible game design and a horrible player experience). So the devs in their infinite wisdom decided to nerf player armor and nerf the reduction of damage to players, for unclear reasons. And since season 1 utilizes new items that are placed in jewelry slots, these nerfs are superimposed on everyone already losing 750 armor due to not being able to use the 3 royal skulls which had previously been in their jewelry slots. So now everyone gets to constantly get one-shot in the endgame even more than before. Sure, you've grinded for hundreds of hours and now have a max level character with BIS gear and an optimal build, but the Blizzard devs think you deserve to feel as weak as a wet piece of tissue paper in the endgame.

    4) Killing everything more slowly. Player damage was overall nerfed across the board. So now you can't kill things you used to be able to kill, and what you are still able to kill takes twice as long to kill as it did before. This is literally the opposite of fun.

    5) Using the same builds as before. The only buffs are completely insignificant and inconsequential, but all of the viable builds were heavily nerfed. So the devs didn't add any build diversity, they just turned the few builds that were previously viable into crap that is nearly as nonviable as all the other builds. People will still use the same builds, it's just that everything sucks now.

    6) Playing the same class you've already played. People won't want to play season 1 because now that everything is nerfed and weak there is no reason to try a character of a different class. And the sorcerer class is just completely dead and nonviable now; only completely ignorant new players would ever create a sorcerer character at this point.    … Expand
  11. Albinojunk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Devs made the game award lower amounts of xp, gutted damage across the board Instead of buffing anything. Season 1 started today and my character is significantly weaker after a month of making really good progress. Why would I continue to play the lackluster endgame at a much slower pace, while going through mobs slower, and now dying much more frequently? It makes no sense. The gameDevs made the game award lower amounts of xp, gutted damage across the board Instead of buffing anything. Season 1 started today and my character is significantly weaker after a month of making really good progress. Why would I continue to play the lackluster endgame at a much slower pace, while going through mobs slower, and now dying much more frequently? It makes no sense. The game should be fun, not a slog, and yet because it's a live service game, they tried to artificially inflate your time spent playing. Zero sense.… Expand
  12. Hakkai
    Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I was sold a Lemon.
    From the outside it looked good. It had a shine and hype that was hard to ignore.
    Blizzard did a good job spinny a web of stories for you to follow. A real lore to enjoy. But once the game was purchased and you get past that show room shine. The game starts to break down. The mechanics where not tested, its clear that the game was not finished or polished. They    I was sold a Lemon.
    From the outside it looked good. It had a shine and hype that was hard to ignore.
    Blizzard did a good job spinny a web of stories for you to follow. A real lore to enjoy.
    But once the game was purchased and you get past that show room shine. The game starts to break down. The mechanics where not tested, its clear that the game was not finished or polished.
    They promised a high performance vehicle and we found out it was a Vespa.
    Then they spent a month and a half trying to make it better only to make it worse.

    I was sold a Lemon. And I want my money back.    … Expand
  13. Draed
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This game was so highly anticipated and had the potential to be the best in the series. However, it released full of bugs and in-balance issues that the gaming community expressed during beta testing and during initial launch. Now after their recent patch on 17 July, where they nerfed all players damage and survivability, they have effectively destroyed any fun or enjoyment that could beThis game was so highly anticipated and had the potential to be the best in the series. However, it released full of bugs and in-balance issues that the gaming community expressed during beta testing and during initial launch. Now after their recent patch on 17 July, where they nerfed all players damage and survivability, they have effectively destroyed any fun or enjoyment that could be found by playing it. Players who were logging in for 10 hours a day no longer want to play at all and most people have quit playing or are waiting for things to be fixed right as Season 1 is supposed to begin… Expand
  14. STRINGKRAFT
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Loot is Garbage. Resistance does not even work. Stash space is non existent. I am convinced not one member of the dev team played their own game. Nerf Nerf Nerf. wait they are having too much fun, NERF IT AGAIN ! Why did you even include the Sorc class because you hate Sorcs obviously. Endless grind with no reward for your time
  15. warlordianx
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    What the hell very inconsistent and inconvenient they should have fixed the damage multiplier from the start. Now my damage now sucks brcause of too much nerfing. I mean why Nerf our characters if we put blood and sweat on it. This isn't skill issue but the creator issue itself , I will rate this game 1
  16. Reaperzx96
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Making me spend more time doing the same **** to level isn't what endgame means, and I'm not interested
  17. Regiaro
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game has good bones but the dev team is out of touch and treats the community like children. Don’t waste your money.
  18. RC87
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Updates making gameplay less fun as time progresses have ruined my gameplay experience entirely, uninstalling after playing for only a month
  19. 6z6
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I've played Diablo 4 about 45 hours now. It's simply not as fun as Last Epoch, which has a better plot and much better class design. I'm trying to get excited for season 1 of D4, but finishing that campaign and finding all those altars ... wow that was boring.
  20. firestick13
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They've completely lost their minds and is a cash grab. The engame is terrible, they're not the old blizz anymore
  21. deagle746
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't bother. The newest patch shows the direction the devs want to take the game currently. They slowed lvling down and significantly nerfed the power levels players. The game just feels bad to play atm. We got no qol improvements. They actually made it take longer to teleport out of dungeons.… Expand
  22. EdiblePolyp
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This dev team doesn't care about you. They care about artificially extending the time you play (by nerfing your damage output and defenses) so that you'll buy their microtransactions. This last patch was a nail in the coffin for many, myself included. I won't be back until that undo the damage they've done.
  23. stratique
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    D1 was one of the first games I‘ve played on PC in the 90s. D2 and D3 were my «I‘m staying home on weekends to play» titles. D4 is the reason to move on: boring. The game is just slow, boring and overall dull. It’s sad, but this is not a Diablo game. One point for the legacy.
  24. brushmaster
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game started off pretty strong, it was fun to hang with old D2 friends, do the campaign and slay the monsters of hell but it has started to turn for the worst.

    Season 1 is upcoming and as part of that a new patch was released that basically reduce damage output for most builds, reduce survivability for everyone and slowed up the gameplay. While some balancing was needed, their    The game started off pretty strong, it was fun to hang with old D2 friends, do the campaign and slay the monsters of hell but it has started to turn for the worst.

    Season 1 is upcoming and as part of that a new patch was released that basically reduce damage output for most builds, reduce survivability for everyone and slowed up the gameplay. While some balancing was needed, their development team ended up providing very little positive improvements and made far too many negative changes to the community at one time. It feels like the Blizzard teams failed to test or get feedback from the community. Can they turn this around in the near future? remains to be seen.    … Expand
  25. Ihsahn1975
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard has sucked all the fun out of this game and made it harder and more of a grind for no reason.

    They fix nothing of note with the latest 1.1 patch.    … Expand
  26. Crizix
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Live service is repeatedly changing the game for the worse. So commenting on a specific issue now is irrelevant. Instead these are the changes implemented with each patch.

    Everything takes longer. Do less damage. Take more damage. Level up slower. They want you to play longer for less in an attempt to slow down the 1% who play the game for a living and getting anyone else caught up in    Live service is repeatedly changing the game for the worse. So commenting on a specific issue now is irrelevant. Instead these are the changes implemented with each patch.

    Everything takes longer.
    Do less damage.
    Take more damage.
    Level up slower.

    They want you to play longer for less in an attempt to slow down the 1% who play the game for a living and getting anyone else caught up in the crossfire.

    Has good graphics I guess.    … Expand
  27. Emceter
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Level 1-50 and main campaign is 10/10. But the mismanagement, lack of end game progression or fun is why this is not worth the price and not worth giving a good score. They made a chore out of a game and called it "end game". Don't sink your time into it like I did, not worth it by any stretch of imagination. At best do the campaign for the amazing story (or just find the videos onlineLevel 1-50 and main campaign is 10/10. But the mismanagement, lack of end game progression or fun is why this is not worth the price and not worth giving a good score. They made a chore out of a game and called it "end game". Don't sink your time into it like I did, not worth it by any stretch of imagination. At best do the campaign for the amazing story (or just find the videos online somewhere to watch to save money) and call it a day with this one.… Expand
  28. PCsinceOhThree
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I played Diablo and Diablo 2 with my father while he was alive. There were many great memories shared before he passed. Diablo III felt like a great graphic update, had a great environment and story. Diablo III definitely felt like a new chapter in the franchise.

    The re-skin of Diablo III that has been released as Diablo IV is truly a disgrace. The release of Patch 1.1 shows that the    I played Diablo and Diablo 2 with my father while he was alive. There were many great memories shared before he passed. Diablo III felt like a great graphic update, had a great environment and story. Diablo III definitely felt like a new chapter in the franchise.

    The re-skin of Diablo III that has been released as Diablo IV is truly a disgrace. The release of Patch 1.1 shows that the magic that was once Blizzard, is now just as dead as my father.    … Expand
  29. Csy1213
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have a 100 Sorceress, 100 Barbarian, 100 Necromancer, 70 Druid and a 52 Rogue. I have many hours in this game and I will not play a minute of it going forward. They took a game that was fun and said "we can't be having fun here". There are many many other games to choose from. Don't choose this one.… Expand
  30. Idekae
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    D4 was a good game with immense potential when it was launched. It had an engaging story, compelling voice acting, and solid gameplay. Players grumbled here and there about quality of life and inter- and intra- class balance, but we thought the game was mostly there. There was always a small minority of people that claimed that the game had a serious endgame problem, in that there wasn’tD4 was a good game with immense potential when it was launched. It had an engaging story, compelling voice acting, and solid gameplay. Players grumbled here and there about quality of life and inter- and intra- class balance, but we thought the game was mostly there. There was always a small minority of people that claimed that the game had a serious endgame problem, in that there wasn’t one. Most just shrugged them off, thinking “of course you’re going to get bored if you hit endgame in one week.”

    However, as more and more people reached the endgame, we realized that there definitely was a problem. Player power spikes three times in the entire game. The first, getting all ancestral gear and imprinting good aspects, is easy to get and gives the most power. The second, finding good/max rolls on random yellows, offers a disproportionately small power boost for how long it takes. The final power spike, getting ultra rare legendaries, is more likely to happen than being struck by lightning. Not to mention that, as you grind and level up, you become relatively weaker thanks to the level scaling. It’s a very offputting concoction of demotivation to play. Still, we had hope! The community had been talking and talking about potential ways to improve the endgame loop, and we all eagerly waited for the 1.1 patch. And then it came. Blizzard’s solution to the endgame problem was not to improve the endgame, but to slow down the entire game. Longer cooldowns and less damage all around. With this patch, Blizzard doubles down on keeping players playing not through excitement, but instead through tedium.    … Expand
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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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