Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Swabian
    Aug 6, 2023
    1
    i have spent at least 20k-30k hours with diablo games, mostly diablo 2, but diablo 4 is the most boring one so far, i played 2 characters to 100 and feel like there was almost nothing to remember about. the game is a disappointment to me, even the ingame music has nothin to it (except the Tristram quest xD)
  2. VasagosAngel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Out of touch with playerbase. Treating the game as a life service mmo money cow. Not a original Diablo solo game. Time gating, major gameflaws which they "cant fix" until after 6 month... Best game of this year just got bummed to 1 of the worst
  3. Animal1991
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Good storyline - Gameplay for some classes are very slow and unbalanced.

    Seems like the devs need 5 years to get this game on a right track... unfortunately for the franchise cuz we had such a good D1 & D2 game ( Didn't play D3 much ). They patch quiet frequently but rather for fixing stuff that shouldn't be there in the first place. They seem to promise alot but can't deliver... sad    Good storyline - Gameplay for some classes are very slow and unbalanced.

    Seems like the devs need 5 years to get this game on a right track... unfortunately for the franchise cuz we had such a good D1 & D2 game ( Didn't play D3 much ).
    They patch quiet frequently but rather for fixing stuff that shouldn't be there in the first place.
    They seem to promise alot but can't deliver... sad saaad times to be a gamer atm...

    Conclusion : for such a high price of a game and franchise... You expect alot more, especially when they hype you so much with ads and information.
    I really don't get it, you have such a good opportunity to get a massive game with nearly the whole world knowing and supporting this franchise, and you just throw it into the fire... Again.. Sad.

    Blizzard is not doing great at most lvls with their games, but this proves everything.. They are completely out of touch    … Expand
  4. mindfawk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    You would think that Diablo IV is Blizzards first attempt to publish a game. They learned absolutely nothing with the releases of II, III or II remastered. They’re making the same mistakes that they have made in previous versions and attempt to justify the bad design choices by claiming “long term growth of the game”. They released an unfinished game that has no sustainable end gameYou would think that Diablo IV is Blizzards first attempt to publish a game. They learned absolutely nothing with the releases of II, III or II remastered. They’re making the same mistakes that they have made in previous versions and attempt to justify the bad design choices by claiming “long term growth of the game”. They released an unfinished game that has no sustainable end game activities and so they lower the experience that you gain to try and force you to put more time by as much as 90% in some instances. Do not waste your money, if I could refund the $100 I paid I would.… Expand
  5. Mobi76
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    So much money for such a game. Endgame is actually not present at all. What it's really about is the loot. And Blizzard really didn't manage that well. The classes are totally unbalanced. For example, the wizard is no longer playable.

    Love Diablo 3 at the moment
  6. Sgreen314
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Typical Blizzard cash grab. Devs are out of touch, as always, but we get new cosmetics to spend cash on!
  7. NotAgainGG
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Tickling the monsters Patch.

    Only made an account because of the last patch. Nerfed everything with not enough buffs. My barb is completely useless now after the Hota nerfs Again!!! Had much fun in the beginning, at the release, but now not anymore. They **** up big time, not going to play the season anymore. Everyone hates this patch, doesn't matter where you look at Reddit, Twitter,    Tickling the monsters Patch.

    Only made an account because of the last patch. Nerfed everything with not enough buffs. My barb is completely useless now after the Hota nerfs Again!!! Had much fun in the beginning, at the release, but now not anymore. They **** up big time, not going to play the season anymore. Everyone hates this patch, doesn't matter where you look at Reddit, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch.    … Expand
  8. Grombombel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Endgame is super boring. Stopped playing after campaign, 0% replay value. Would not recommend at this point - wait for patches that might make it enjoyable in 2024. I played and enjoyed both D2 and D3.
  9. XtalVoldaren
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The first 1 1/2 months of this game were fun but after the predatory practices they displayed with the first major patch after it's release, I can no longer support this game. It's abundantly clear now that the last 6 weeks were the real beta test and they've gone and gutted so many classes and builds because players were completing objectives after then they liked and not spending enoughThe first 1 1/2 months of this game were fun but after the predatory practices they displayed with the first major patch after it's release, I can no longer support this game. It's abundantly clear now that the last 6 weeks were the real beta test and they've gone and gutted so many classes and builds because players were completing objectives after then they liked and not spending enough time in the game. As someone who put in nearly 100 hours and has not made it to lvl 100 yet, I can guarantee you completing objectives didn't need to be made longer. Just awful. I'm done.… Expand
  10. ASpaceman43
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    1 point because it's a Diablo game. Lost 4 points because of the stupid, nonsensical 1.1 patch. If you are on the fence about buying the game, don't buy it now, you'll only be disappointed. Wait for the game to show up on Game Pass.
  11. choiminjoon
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Lack of content, stupid management

    Management team trying to compete with users

    A game designed to prevent content consumption by spending unnecessary time after all.
  12. jonoz
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    It's unbelievable that this is the 4th Diablo game, features are missing, undocumented changes get made, customer feedback takes weeks to implement but time gating gets implemented within a day. Lots of work to be done by the developers.
  13. Shane5aw
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I play Sorc and this patch makes no fun at all. 30% reduction of CDR makes the class no fun at all. Flip side they gave us more resistances which are BROKEN and acknowledged as broken by developers. It's sad what has happened to the game.
  14. patchcable
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Sweeping changes were made to Diablo 4 that has significantly taken the "fun" out of the game. Damage, survivability, under powered classes, loot, lack of end game, and etc. have all been basically nerfed. Slowing down gameplay, leveling, and etc. RIGHT before season 1. Why? These changes should have been made in beta and potentially before then. A lot of players worked hard for the gearSweeping changes were made to Diablo 4 that has significantly taken the "fun" out of the game. Damage, survivability, under powered classes, loot, lack of end game, and etc. have all been basically nerfed. Slowing down gameplay, leveling, and etc. RIGHT before season 1. Why? These changes should have been made in beta and potentially before then. A lot of players worked hard for the gear and character only to log in and see how nerfed they are. Blizzard took the liberty of adjusting stats on gear without any care in the world. Sorcerer is a joke and the malignent hearts won't help the broken resistances, nerfed damage multipliers, nerfed cooldown reduction, and ALL. They should roll this back and it was a stupid move to push it out days before Season 1 killing all hype.

    Cash grab    … Expand
  15. xenoss41
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Too many bugs for a "finished" game.
    Big season 1 patch made the game slower and less enjoyable and didn't fix the balance issue with the classes.
    Story mode is nice tho but for a 70$ game.. not worth.
  16. Minkar
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard don't play their game, they don't make games for players anymore. They follow money making algorithms in order to milk their players the most. I am quite sad because I had a lot of hope until 1.1 patch notes came out. Everything is now slower to slow people proggression until they reach non existent endgame. Everything is weaker while monsters remain untouched. Vulnerable has beenBlizzard don't play their game, they don't make games for players anymore. They follow money making algorithms in order to milk their players the most. I am quite sad because I had a lot of hope until 1.1 patch notes came out. Everything is now slower to slow people proggression until they reach non existent endgame. Everything is weaker while monsters remain untouched. Vulnerable has been nerfed but is still mandatory because it has its own damage bucket. They don't understand the ARPG genre at all. They made a jack of all trades game that can't really satisfy any player in the long run. MMORPG fans will find D4 boring and with 0 social feature, ARPG fans will find D4 stale and with 0 deepness in it. 1 point for the cinematics that were good but I don't buy diablo for a movie experience.… Expand
  17. Krypp
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    They released an unfinished product that felt like it was still very early development, like pre-alpha.

    Then they continually nerfed and disabled things after release not fixing any of the big issues but just making players experience worse and worse. Then they released the pre-season patch and oh boy did they not only ruin they game they massacred the game, whatever was left of it    They released an unfinished product that felt like it was still very early development, like pre-alpha.

    Then they continually nerfed and disabled things after release not fixing any of the big issues but just making players experience worse and worse.

    Then they released the pre-season patch and oh boy did they not only ruin they game they massacred the game, whatever was left of it they just took it and destroyed it. At least they had the audacity to kill OW2 before it was "released" still think think they scammed a few people with that but oh boy did they take our 100$ and run away with it for Diablo 4.

    Despite having a lot of time to play I got a druid to 96, rogue to 82 and a necro to 85 and I can't even get myself to log in to at least push to 100, I am completely burnt out on the game. And whenever I think about the game it makes me mad, I spent all that time leveling those toons for nothing, it wasn't even fun, there was a tiny bit of enjoyment early on because new game energy but after that it was just brute force because I had nothing better to do. But I might as well have stared at paint dry while listening to music and would've enjoyed my time more.

    Game is only a leveling simulator, but instead of being a "fun" leveling simulator they force you to go into nightmare dungeons, just regular dungeons with annoying and horrible affixes that makes you not wanna run another one when you finish one but to keep on leveling you need to run those hundreds of time to get to 100, and just when you think there might be alternative content there isn't. You got world bosses for loot pinata, helltides for chore to get Forgotten souls and then there's tree of whispers which is dead content can't recommend doing it, it's unrewarding. So basically the only thing there is to do is nightmare dungeons.

    Then the other part where you're not really farming for anything, you might find an item with 3 more vulnerable damage, or 6 more crit damage, but ultimately it is just similar system to Diablo 3 +5 mainstat from paragon, but it's +5 stat from gear. Your character becomes 90% complete at level 75, and then the rest is like trying to hunt for a perfectly rolled item which is completely pointless and a waste of time.

    Then they failed miserable at trying to put in "chase" uniques, there were 6 at launch, and 1 added in latest patch. Worst part is you can't grind for them, as they would take about 12 hours a day for 2000 years to find, not even a meme but literally thousands of years on average for just one of them. And we currently don't have access to the well of immortality to farm for those uniques.

    So I think this game at best is like a 1.5/10, because I know Blizzard can always stoop lower. But this game is basically as bad as it gets. Definitely regret every dollar I spent on it, did not get my moneys worth.    … Expand
  18. Mastodonfan
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    At launch I would have given this game an 8 or even 9, but since launch they have done nothing but make the game worse. I've never seen a company purposely kill their own game before, but that is exactly what they have done. They constantly take anything that is even remotely fun in the game and nerf it out.
  19. slyjoker13
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 sucks period... whatever the Diablo hardcore fans would say, its still stupid, same with their community. How to kill a game in 30 days!
  20. trashbit
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Bliizard dont make any Quality of Life Changes Instat nerv and change everthing we need for defense
  21. Kisejohn
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I purchased the digital deluxe version and leveled an arc lash sorcerer to level 80 prior to season 1 starting. I enjoyed the campaign through level 50, but felt the sorcerer class was very weak. Once I reached nightmare difficulty and again at torment difficulty, the my character became weaker with every new level. I continued leveling until 80, but decided my enjoyment from level 50I purchased the digital deluxe version and leveled an arc lash sorcerer to level 80 prior to season 1 starting. I enjoyed the campaign through level 50, but felt the sorcerer class was very weak. Once I reached nightmare difficulty and again at torment difficulty, the my character became weaker with every new level. I continued leveling until 80, but decided my enjoyment from level 50 to 80 was so poor that it was not worth continuing. I plan to pass on season 1 and hope for an improved player experience in subsequent seasons. The season 1 patch notes only confirmed my feeling that Diablo IV feels bad and needs improvement any more time investment on my part. Hopefully things will improve over the month ahead.… Expand
  22. DrZhark
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The foundation is good, the graphics are excellent. The monster variety is very lacking. I feel we are fighting only a hand full of different monsters. The campaign is good. Then once the campaign is finished, the end game content is very limited. There are dozens of dungeons, but they all feel the same, repetitive. There are random world boss events that occur at odd hours and areThe foundation is good, the graphics are excellent. The monster variety is very lacking. I feel we are fighting only a hand full of different monsters. The campaign is good. Then once the campaign is finished, the end game content is very limited. There are dozens of dungeons, but they all feel the same, repetitive. There are random world boss events that occur at odd hours and are easy to miss. There are helltides that are fun for a short while and then become very repetitive. The worst part of the game is the itemization, once you reach level 60ish, it is extremely difficult to get any upgrades, everything that drops is usually worse than what you already have. the grind becomes very tedious without a chance to upgrade, so there is very little reward for your efforts. I had a cautious expectation that the game will slowly improve and end game content will be fun and rewarding, however after seeing the patch 1.1, I have lost hope. It seems the devs are very disconnected with the reality of the game and what makes an ARPG click. I am afraid they are repeating Diablo 3 early drama, it took a major shift in the dev team to salvage Diablo 3, and seems we are going the same route. I doubt the current team is playing their own game, perhaps they're looking at spreadsheets and making changes. The patch 1.1 has removed the little fun there was in the endgame.… Expand
  23. bokothelocochoc
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    As a life long Diablo fan it pains me to write this review but I feel that I have to be honest with my opinion here in hopes that in the future developers would listen and improve upon the past. The game is fun through the campaign and once again the Blizzard animation team carries. However there are many flaws with this game, my first issue is that there is a keybind to the in game shop,As a life long Diablo fan it pains me to write this review but I feel that I have to be honest with my opinion here in hopes that in the future developers would listen and improve upon the past. The game is fun through the campaign and once again the Blizzard animation team carries. However there are many flaws with this game, my first issue is that there is a keybind to the in game shop, their greed couldn't be more blatant. Instead of working on balances and content for the game they are busy pushing out skins and cosmetics for the in-game shop. The season 1 battle pass is a joke, I was defending Blizzard for awhile but this is the last straw for me. Please Blizzard remember all the great games you used to create.… Expand
  24. StarSinBucks
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    1.1 patch is a giant dumpster fire. Anything past level 80 is completely pointless. There have been no meaningful QOL changes that have been desperately needed already, not even but a little over a month after launch. 90% of what the community has asked for has been ignored/communication has been radio silent. I do not recommend touching this game for at least another year at this rate
  25. Kaeyz
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Diablo 3 was out forever. You had your playground and ideas right there!
    Nobody ever come to the idea that people might wanna swap skills and trees? Therefor you may wanna have a mechanic to swap like you did in d3.
    Seems like non of the Devs ever played this game, otherwise these mechanics would have been implemented. Now, i am a barb player. It was never easy to be a Barb, Alphas,    Diablo 3 was out forever. You had your playground and ideas right there!
    Nobody ever come to the idea that people might wanna swap skills and trees? Therefor you may wanna have a mechanic to swap like you did in d3.
    Seems like non of the Devs ever played this game, otherwise these mechanics would have been implemented. Now, i am a barb player. It was never easy to be a Barb, Alphas, Betas... Barb SUCKED. Now that people start to build up decent builds and Barb is one of the longest Lilith kills to exist... you nerf again. Like do you even want us to play or enjoy the game? I mean.. half the amount of xp gained per mob seems that you want us to grind forever to reach lvl 100... I HATE LEVELING and it takes way to fkn. long as it was... now you doubled the time. Guess whats not going to happen?! Me playing this piece of trash after you nerfed event the only class that was in my interest. Why not go shake hands with New World devs, ya'll are a good match in "how to f'up a game"
    Why not listen to the community? You want us to play your game and enjoy it or play because we feel guilty for buying the battlepass and now drag us along as long as possible?
    This SUCKS! Nobody is saying you had to make us D3 2... but you had the ideas of a good gameplay right there!
    It looks beautiful tho. Thats why you get 2 Points.
    CU at the day when Barb will be viable to play dencently. If it takes 2 years.. then miss me 2 years.    … Expand
  26. Comron
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Boring loot, refiltered ideas , mob density, stash space, horse movement, no endgame content, casting 1-3 spells before resource starved, lack luster story, every patch is a slap in the face, there is no ingenuity, nothing that shows this took 10 years to make, skill tree, paragon board, “crafting”, and the list could continue. Then the audacity of the devs to get on camera and talk aboutBoring loot, refiltered ideas , mob density, stash space, horse movement, no endgame content, casting 1-3 spells before resource starved, lack luster story, every patch is a slap in the face, there is no ingenuity, nothing that shows this took 10 years to make, skill tree, paragon board, “crafting”, and the list could continue. Then the audacity of the devs to get on camera and talk about their butthole; after all the allegations, and on going lawsuits to blizzard. We don’t care about your colonoscopy Rod. But kotoku will go write an article how d4 is a masterpiece. Paid promotional articles praising games should be criminal at this point. D4 is trash.… Expand
  27. Lavantgarde
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Developers are intent to ignore players with constant nerfs and absurd drop rates.
    This is getting worse and worse, i lost interest in the game.
  28. Fubanuba
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Lets summarize the latest release. You take more damage,resists are still broken. You do less damage and level slower. Loot will drop less and still drops useless loot at max level. You are penalized for group play due to increased mob health. There is no endgame content. Build diversity doesn't exist.
    You are playtesting a unfinished product. DONT BUY THIS GAME.
  29. birchy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Another classic tale of greed over entertainment. The price was paid, they got their money, and now they treat fans like dopamine addicts and data to analyze. Newsflash: No one is going to buy your lame cosmetics if the game isn't fun. Ridiculously tone deaf and a sign of the times for "AAA" gaming. Sad all around. Do not play this game, you have more to do in life
  30. ARandomNovel
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This patch is just awful. Plain and simple. I know it is true, but it FEELS like they are almost intentionally trying to kill their game ASAP.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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