Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Pepperyounggam
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    I rarely make accounts on reviewing sites such as this. and not even baldur's gate 3 made me do so. But then I thought of you guys and the 70$ I wasted on this dead IP, i couldn't help but sign up so... thanks blizzard
  2. Marchouuu
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Fear it. This game boring as **** from thé beginning until you stop it. Probably the worst game from a very long Time. Dont waste Time and money in it, Blizzard does'nt deserve it.
  3. y3abuddy
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    I bought the game coz the beta was looking atleast promising, sadly the game i still in a alpha state. The game gets 1 point for graphics and the combatsystem which doesnt feel atleast terrible. All the rest is made to keep you slow, no quality of life at all, bugs which are existing since the beta... just no fun at all.
  4. Alkseizer
    Aug 23, 2023
    2
    It's not a Diablo. It has the name, it's made by the studio that owns the rights, but that's it. The developers who made this license are no longer there. Those who took over do not have the same know-how, nor the passion it seems.
    The game quickly becomes boring, the story is not very interesting to tell the truth, nothing invites me to stay. I leveled a character to level 70, then    It's not a Diablo. It has the name, it's made by the studio that owns the rights, but that's it. The developers who made this license are no longer there. Those who took over do not have the same know-how, nor the passion it seems.
    The game quickly becomes boring, the story is not very interesting to tell the truth, nothing invites me to stay. I leveled a character to level 70, then uninstalled the game and won't go back.

    What can we learn from what is happening now?

    About the reviews: The "journalists" are not journalists, they are just sales influencers who give good ratings and highlight only the good sides of the product because it is necessary to sell and because they have an advantage to withdraw from it. We have been aware of this for a long time, but now those who doubted it should no longer.

    About studios, publishers, licenses: Marketing hold the reins of the horse, and the time of games made by a team that is committed to doing well and making outstanding games is over. Perhaps salvation will come from independent studios...until they are bought out. Some publishers have a reputation among gamers for being like a fake philosopher's stone that turns everything it touches into crap, putting pressure on the studios, pushing them to make choices and decisions that damage the game. and at the studio.

    Diablo 4 is just a product meant to make the most money and was not designed for your intertainment. The devs don't really know what to do to pass off this fake diablo as authentic and accumulate blunders. There is nothing more to expect from Blizzard in the future I think. Keep your money or give it to a studio that deserves it.    … Expand
  5. jrf773
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    I have been a fan of the Diablo series for many years (over two decades) and I played Diablo 1 on my submarine, and it was a crew favorite. Played D2 on my second submarine, where it was also a crew favorite, loved the PvP with all of us sitting in crew's mess hooked up via lan cables and nuking each other. D3 was ok, got better with time. D4? Oh my... What a trash game made by a trashI have been a fan of the Diablo series for many years (over two decades) and I played Diablo 1 on my submarine, and it was a crew favorite. Played D2 on my second submarine, where it was also a crew favorite, loved the PvP with all of us sitting in crew's mess hooked up via lan cables and nuking each other. D3 was ok, got better with time. D4? Oh my... What a trash game made by a trash company. Oh how the once great company that was Blizzard entertainment has fallen, only to be replace by Bli$$ard Craptainment, only here to empty your wallet.

    This game could be good. It could be, if it had competent developers that knew anything about how to make an ARPG, let alone even played one. It would also need a competent management team that were interested in anything but egregious monetization practices and fleecing the customer out of every nickle and dime that they bring home with overpriced cosmetics that cost more than some far superior full feature games. It would also need to be made by a company that was worth a plugged nickle and had some standards of decency and moral fiber.

    The core game loop is there, and it is somewhat fun, if not repetitive. Basic quality of life features that should be present from launch are absent (but hey, the microtransaction store works, and got fixed before anything else did...) the lack of understanding how their own game works, and a seemingly unable to fix something without breaking something else. Not to mention nerfing the living **** out of several classes after people had spent a serious time commitment to get the top first world 100's, then wrecking that commitment. So on and so forth. There is not enough storage, and the morons developing the game can't add more, supposedly because the game loads in all of the stash tabs of all the people around you. I think this is a bald face lie, as why would you make this design decision as a developer? It isn't logical, it severs no purpose, and is just idiotic. I don't know why they won't add more, but it is bad. I don't think they are capable of figuring out their own program, because they are incompetent and have a lackadaisical knowledge of there own game. This is what happens when you hire based off of qualities to fill a certain quota for a certain type of people, and don't hire passions and talent. It shows in this game, it is designed to waste your time, and it shows. Junkyard conflagration bad.

    Why no gem storage separate of your other storage? Why such a low limit on crafting stuff at launch? Why no loot filter? Why do resistances not work? Why are Overpower, Crit and Vulnerability so powerful, and the other stats are just kinda junk? Why is there no basic stats on all gear, like in D3 (like life and Will/Dex/Str? These are basic questions that should have been figured out before launch, not now. Why so many worthless stats? Why so many stats? Over 75% of them could be eliminated and nobody would notices.

    The campaign is OK, story is OK, but man, that little turd Neyrelle kinda ruins the whole thing. End game is bad. Like do the same thing over and over and over and over, and once you get past a certain point, it feels like you don't really get any upgrades, and get random **** that doesn't really do anything but make you say WTF? Killing mobs at your level or higher, only to have them drop a **** legendary that is 20 or 30 levels lower. Getting an outstanding build defining unique or legendary, only to have it be bad, because it is 30 levels lower and has garbage stats. And rerolling? You can afford to do it once.. Don't try and trade it, else you'll get banned, as you have no way of knowing if the dude you are trading with has dirty exploited gold or not

    Long and short of it is Overpriced garbage , Bad game, designed by incompetent dev clowns, Bozo and crew could've done better. Bad company that supports bad practices, and that leads to a **** product that you'd be better off not purchasing, saving your time and money for some else that respects your time and money, and this **** product isn't it.    … Expand
  6. Mavery65
    Sep 4, 2023
    2
    Once again I was lured into believing a AAA developer would bring some much-needed quality back into video games...Once again I felt used and abused with the dog trash that I was presented with after the season 1 patch.
  7. Gexile
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    The devs don't even know wtf they are doing either. That tells you enough about this stool of a game.
  8. raef90
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    I have to say I am thankful I did not actually spend money on this game, just Blizzard credits from WoW gold I had left over from a long time ago, but even that I wish I had saved. This game was maybe worth 30 dollars. I would never condone spending 70 on this overpriced heap.

    For the people who say that "this is the best diablo ever" Are... Interestingly missing some extraordinary    I have to say I am thankful I did not actually spend money on this game, just Blizzard credits from WoW gold I had left over from a long time ago, but even that I wish I had saved. This game was maybe worth 30 dollars. I would never condone spending 70 on this overpriced heap.

    For the people who say that "this is the best diablo ever" Are... Interestingly missing some extraordinary points to make about, well, anything.

    While the cut scenes are the strongest that Diablo has ever had, with the best or most voice acting, this Diablo has the worst world building there has ever been.

    There are very few types of enemies, and half of them are just recolorations/reskins of another type of enemy. At various points, without any explanation, in a new area, you're fighting enemies without any knowledge of whom they are. They lightest touch as to any explanation as to whom they might be often comes from some side quest that might come way later, or hard to find.

    Even more obnoxiously, when you are attempting to do dungeons extraneous to the primary storyline, which is considered the "end game content", which is what Blizzard is all about... Blizzard tools all their games purely for end game content, not for much else. The enemies that were actually described, The Cathedral, and the Mother's Cult are mortal enemies and frequently fight you alongside each other.

    While you are in the storyline fighting for the Cathedral you just randomly start killing Cathedral long before you get anywhere near any explanation for why the 2 color skins of their armies would be against you, saints and penitents.

    Basically, everything to do with environmental immersion is non-existent in a way I've never seen so broken in a loot box type game.

    Destiny, every prior Diablo, every mobile phone game with 0 thought put into them except casino addition exploitation and microtransactions that now Blizzard is desperately trying to participate in, every Borderlands has far better immersion and explanation of enemies, your place in the world.

    So the gameplay feels nonsensical. You're just hammering pixels for no apparent reason other than to pinata things. At least every other comparable title (which is 20 dollars cheaper and looks better and does not rubberband constantly) gives you a solid reason why for each enemy, rather than just slamming out there just to slam out there. It's like Blizzard just got exceptionally lazy and assumed no one cared about their world building, they would be satisfied with the story and everything else in the world didn't actually matter to be cohesive in any function.

    Then there is the microtransactions. The battlepasses. The microtransactions are the most expensive I've seen before, and there is absolutely no way to gain anything through effort in the shops unlike in... every other game out there. If you want things for free, get into WoW and farm 100 hours of your life for 15 to 30 bucks if people are still buying and selling WoW currency. Not worth the time or effort. And Blizzard is NOT worth your money. Especially with how they are trashing Larian Studios for delivering such an exceptional game with total exquisite immersion.

    A Battlepass, Blizzard has the worst battlepass I have ever seen. They only give 666 currency accessible only through purchasing premium for 1,000 which their battlepasses cost 1000 or 2800. You can not get the currency, you only get an awful looking basic xmog and some urn ashes to marginally increase resource drops from trash farming. It's terrible. Everything in the shop is worth absurd amounts and is barely visible except mounts.

    A ridiculous amount of people have huge grievances with the above. I give the game 2 stars because the main story is well done, the cinematics are well done, but the entirety of the world and the immersion of the game breaks halfway through. And the end game, post story is... unrewarding, extremely easy, and just undlessly grinding and repetitive.

    To be in torment, hitting the same content, doing 20 nightmare dungeons, and maybe, just maybe, get 1 item to consider to switch out because nothing ever drops over 800. They changed how loot drops in relation to the cache apparently, which made it even harder to get good unique items, lowered power levels drops, and just basically I've been using the same items from level 60 to 91. Probably some 60 to 100 hours of play with averaging 1 decent drop every 5 hours that still trashes out. Just very unrewarding.    … Expand
  9. luq
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Amazing graphics and sound. Terrible end-game. Patch feels horrible as everything feels slower.
  10. ikatomas
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    weak gameplay. repetitive. a cash grab
    Felt like Blizzard designed a game listening to MBA engagement metrics.
    Trying to add engagement by nerfing every viable class in the metagame is not adding more content.

    I miss the days when blizzard cared about making good videogames
  11. UhMing
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Skip this game. It's a $60 game where they sell you battle passes, and they they slow down gameplay and leveling so you wouldn't be able to complete battle pass in sane time and would be forced to buy battle pass levels for $2 a level.

    Also, fun drop rates where you will be unable to get build defining items in 100 levels, and where you have gear which drops once in lifetime and then    Skip this game. It's a $60 game where they sell you battle passes, and they they slow down gameplay and leveling so you wouldn't be able to complete battle pass in sane time and would be forced to buy battle pass levels for $2 a level.

    Also, fun drop rates where you will be unable to get build defining items in 100 levels, and where you have gear which drops once in lifetime and then you cannot use it if you start playing in new season
    Also, socrcerer.    … Expand
  12. PCforever
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Forces Anti Aliasing on you and doesn't give you a choice to turn it off. Yes "Low" is NOT off. It is visual vomit. Don't you love it when game devs force you to blur up your visuals with AA you can't turn off? GFY blizzard.
  13. Wildheart187
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This new patch is a good advertisement for POE 2. But one thing can you say, blizzard are great on destroying their own games
  14. XQ99
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Killed their own game before we even got Season 1. **Fun detected** Quick lets ruin it for everyone.
  15. MasterPJ
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Casual player review - Got to 75 in Season 0. Excited to see what new things were coming in Season 1. Took a week off work to play Season 1 undisturbed. Completely let down by the 'removal of all things fun' update. Clearly a way to get people to pay for level skipping. Excited about playing now? No. Any changes they make now will come after my scheduled days off. I mean did they justCasual player review - Got to 75 in Season 0. Excited to see what new things were coming in Season 1. Took a week off work to play Season 1 undisturbed. Completely let down by the 'removal of all things fun' update. Clearly a way to get people to pay for level skipping. Excited about playing now? No. Any changes they make now will come after my scheduled days off. I mean did they just forget to have Bob in the office for a week? Who is Bob? The only employee who plays the game at Blizzard. Really let down.… Expand
  16. KesslerCOIL
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It's just not fun at all. The pricing of monetization is absurd, especially for how boring the cosmetic are. The gameplay loop is slow, monotonous and not even remotely fun. The balance team doesnt know wtf they're doing, with wide sweeping nerfs and justification that makes absolutely zero sense.
    Diablo 3 is better and I didnt think that was possible.
  17. Nogard123
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Even worse then Diablo 3.
    Bad story and horrible boring end game.
    These devs don't know what they are doing, every patch makes the game even more broken.

    Diablo 1 and 2 are older games but still miles better then this boring excuse of a game.
  18. Chnmmr
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    What started as a good experience became atrocious with the newest patch. Nerf everything to the group, add nothing of what the players need. We see you and what you’re trying to do. Nerf everything into the ground to make the non-seasonal realm miserable to play on so people need to go and play seasons with mechanics that counter the nerfs to maybe have fun again.

    Total coincidence    What started as a good experience became atrocious with the newest patch. Nerf everything to the group, add nothing of what the players need. We see you and what you’re trying to do. Nerf everything into the ground to make the non-seasonal realm miserable to play on so people need to go and play seasons with mechanics that counter the nerfs to maybe have fun again.

    Total coincidence that the seasons have a battle pass and the non seasonal realm doesn’t… total coincidence.    … Expand
  19. Jacketrooper
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I miss the old blizzard
    I miss the old blizzard
    I miss the old blizzard
    I miss the old blizzard
  20. MrTweaks
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Open a video of paint drying on your second monitor so you'll have something fun to do while playing this game.
  21. CriticoDubioso
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    A Major setback from D3. I never thought I would say that in a million years

    - What happened to the exp combo bonus? That was SO FUN in D3, why remove it?? - Who was the idiot who said "I know what players want! More on death explosions from mobs!" No one wants to break up the flow of awesome killing sprees only to have to spend 2-3 seconds watching a mob blow up, to pick up some    A Major setback from D3. I never thought I would say that in a million years

    - What happened to the exp combo bonus? That was SO FUN in D3, why remove it??

    - Who was the idiot who said "I know what players want! More on death explosions from mobs!" No one wants to break up the flow of awesome killing sprees only to have to spend 2-3 seconds watching a mob blow up, to pick up some garbage sacred item we didn't even need.

    - Why the hell does Sacred and sub 725 gear drop in wt4? Like.. what? WHY? The entire itemization process is awful. When I hit 100, I want to farm better gear than when I was level 70.

    - NM dungeons. Okay Blizzard, we get it that you want us to farm those. But the thing is, they kinda suck and are not fun. Resource Burn? Seriously? Stormbanes Wrath? Lightning Dome? In what world did you think this was fun? They aren't fun. They're the opposite of fun. In fact, despite that I've done hundreds of NM dungeons, honestly they are just not as good as Greater Rifts. D3 was better in this way.

    - What's with the pointless puzzles? I don't need the menial task of clicking 2 levers next to spikes that do 0 damage, over and over and over again. Just why?

    - Every dungeon feels flat. No depth, no stairs, no secret cow level or pony level awaiting us. Same stupid fight, every time only they have some obnoxious modifier that just isn't fun at all.

    - Everything about how the horse moves pisses me off. Gets stuck on everything, can't sprint in towns.

    - Inventory management is pure garbage and needs an entire rework. I'm not even going to harp on this because there are others here that have posted amazing suggestions. The entire aspect system is awful. I love the idea of an upgraded codex system that doesn't steal inventory space. I have 7 mules just to hold gear on 2 characters. Most of the aspects have like 1% difference in their stats, so pointless and frustrating.    … Expand
  22. Razzeus
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    I've played every Diablo title extensively. The failure of this game tops even Diablo 3, because of the incredible company-wide amnesia led them to make all the exact same mistakes. Boring, lonely, restrictive. It'll be worth looking at again in 5 years when they desperately try to save face a la D3.
  23. codeforfood
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I spent time building my character, but then the next patch nerfed my build. Do you think this is fun?
  24. Remall69
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    D2 graphics with D3 systems, mediocre loot tables, systems designed to infuriate you and slow your progress so you will buy their battlepass, Marketed as casual but core game is anything otherwise. Season 1 is barebones while also having no endgame.

    The game doesn't know what it wants to be. Everything feels basic yet so convoluted. The game honestly feels way worse than launch D3 which    D2 graphics with D3 systems, mediocre loot tables, systems designed to infuriate you and slow your progress so you will buy their battlepass, Marketed as casual but core game is anything otherwise. Season 1 is barebones while also having no endgame.

    The game doesn't know what it wants to be. Everything feels basic yet so convoluted. The game honestly feels way worse than launch D3 which is quite an achievement. I have the responsibility to ask you to go play D2R or PoE/2 instead    … Expand
  25. Ripoz4200
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is not the same company it use to be. They just want to extract as much money out of your as possible. I hate that gaming has come to **** I will not be buying any more games from Blizzard. The most recent patch nerfed XP so they could sell you XP boost for season 1. Pay to win at its finest.
  26. Senbon
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Before 1.1, I would've said Diablo 4 is a 6/10. It's not great, but has potential.

    After 1.1, I would say it's clear that Blizzard doesn't care about the player experience or fun in the game. The game already lacked content, particularly in the end game between levels 60-100. With the recent patch, it is apparent that they don't want you to realize that so are intentionally making that    Before 1.1, I would've said Diablo 4 is a 6/10. It's not great, but has potential.

    After 1.1, I would say it's clear that Blizzard doesn't care about the player experience or fun in the game. The game already lacked content, particularly in the end game between levels 60-100. With the recent patch, it is apparent that they don't want you to realize that so are intentionally making that journey take as long as possible. if they're actively trying to waste my time, then I'll be using my time elsewhere.    … Expand
  27. pirralho3
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Hard times create good companies. Good companies create good times. Good times create weak companies. Weak companies create unsatisfied gamers that refuse to abandon said company but instead choose to shove money up their asses.
    The only way Blizzard could be great again is by players boycotting the company. This way they would actually put some effort in their games to bring players    Hard times create good companies. Good companies create good times. Good times create weak companies. Weak companies create unsatisfied gamers that refuse to abandon said company but instead choose to shove money up their asses.
    The only way Blizzard could be great again is by players boycotting the company. This way they would actually put some effort in their games to bring players back. We are part of the problem because we bought this s##t game.    … Expand
  28. imrik
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    Game is either an unfinished and bland RPG or a really bad ARPG missing most of the mechanics and features that at this point should just be standard (skill customization, loot filter, solid itemization etc).

    Thebpatter appears to be we shouldball wait to buy Siablo games until theirbexpansion.
  29. SammyHauguth
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    The game could be good, but the people making the game keeps making it worse with new patches. Blizzard is not the same it once was, the people working at Blizzard ain't same and I think everyone can see this. They only makes the game worse instead of better with patches. Other companies i prove the game, but Blizzard are fifferent and make it worse.. It's The worst Diablo ever made, justThe game could be good, but the people making the game keeps making it worse with new patches. Blizzard is not the same it once was, the people working at Blizzard ain't same and I think everyone can see this. They only makes the game worse instead of better with patches. Other companies i prove the game, but Blizzard are fifferent and make it worse.. It's The worst Diablo ever made, just like Overwatch 2 is the worst of the 2.… Expand
  30. user123
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    I was Long time a Fan of the Diablo section from Blizzard. But this Diablo IV feels like a Beta test for 100 Euro. Im playng since they released it Offizial, and its like there is no Items to play arround with just the first drops where Good and now no Good Items in Days, Weeks. Im looking to make the Build Funier but its imposible with this loot i get. Im already Bored from this Items iI was Long time a Fan of the Diablo section from Blizzard. But this Diablo IV feels like a Beta test for 100 Euro. Im playng since they released it Offizial, and its like there is no Items to play arround with just the first drops where Good and now no Good Items in Days, Weeks. Im looking to make the Build Funier but its imposible with this loot i get. Im already Bored from this Items i get. The Nighmare Dungeons arent Good Testet and some mods are just useless. Sometimes its like they dont want provide Fun in this Dungeons, some mods just sucks, but there is nothing else to do. The Tree and Helltide are an option in Endgame but with no Group Finder its just uncool when u find a Boss on the map but cant kill in in Time because nobody knows where u are. This is my Last Game i bought on Release from Blizzard, maybe in some Time they polish it but for 100 Euro its just Unproffesinal to give this Beta Game out.… Expand
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#24 Best PC Game of 2023
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#1 Most Discussed 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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