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. Armagaiden
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Well. I'm Necromancer lvl 73. I play since the open Beta. There has been 3 server stress tests. There has been a closed bêta 6 month ago. But none of these beta helped the server stability.

    Early acess 02/06/23 : minor bugs, servers were working pretty well. I progress through the campaign with my friends and it went pretty well.But once we achieved endgame features, there's a lot of    Well. I'm Necromancer lvl 73. I play since the open Beta. There has been 3 server stress tests. There has been a closed bêta 6 month ago. But none of these beta helped the server stability.

    Early acess 02/06/23 : minor bugs, servers were working pretty well. I progress through the campaign with my friends and it went pretty well.But once we achieved endgame features, there's a lot of bugs.
    Nightmare dungeons : bugged. You can't go in with friends because you will be desynchronised 1 dungeon out of 2.
    Helltide : unplayable with lags. you'll die everytime you take a lag, and you'll lose your components.

    Release date 06/06/23 : lags everytime. Permanent lags, so totally unplayable endgame features

    08/06/23 22h30 GMT+1 : Crash server. Can't play. Only 2 days since release.

    Enough with server problems. There's also class balance problems. Barbarian is Godlike, rogue is too squishy (gets one shotted by almost everything), necromancer has literraly 0 mobility, druid is unkillable, and sorcerer is the only balanced class.

    Let's talk about campaign : Act 1, 2, 3 ,4 and 5 are Star Wars Disney tier. Act 6 is a real masterpiece.
    Campaign boss fights are for retarded ppl. they have 0 mechanics, they just have a ton of hp.
    Only Lilith have a real boss fight. And Elias after the campaign will have a real boss fight too.

    The Artistic Direction is perfect. that's why i give them 1 point.
    Sound Design is good, but Lost Ark is better at it.

    There's a lack of features in the UI. We can't see other player's profile. there's no statistics, can't watch playtime, there's no ladder.
    There's no search bar for items in the stash. Gems take too much space

    And there's a ton of other bugs, like sometimes you can't use any ability or dash. Sometimes the horse's pathfinding will totally bug. Cinematics will sometimes bug when you play with friends, only 1 in the group will the dialogues / cinematics.

    There's no diversity in the bestiary and the dungeon bosses or in the decorations. All monsters are recycled with different color, and they are spread all over the entire map. Dungeons are procedural but you will see always the same monsters in them.
    Dungeon Bosses are catastrophic. Distant / Mage bosses are retarded, they do no damage so you can just burst them with any build.
    Melee Bosses are a nightmare, they run faster than you, have an attack speed higher than the light speed. So you almost can't kite them and if you don't play barbarian, druid or sorcerer frost you'll just instant die.

    To sum up, this game is garbage and doesn't deserve your money, let Blizzard sink.    … Expand
  2. kamuigui
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It is inconceivable that we pay a lot of money for a game and the company simply does not give a damn about its customers and consumers.
    The vast majority of the public, on all channels, on all social networks, did not like the changes and nerfs, every day asking everywhere for Blizzard to change and improve what they did and they just don't care about us.
    First they messed up WoW, then    It is inconceivable that we pay a lot of money for a game and the company simply does not give a damn about its customers and consumers.
    The vast majority of the public, on all channels, on all social networks, did not like the changes and nerfs, every day asking everywhere for Blizzard to change and improve what they did and they just don't care about us.
    First they messed up WoW, then Overwatch, and now Diablo. That was the final nail in the coffin. It's unbelievable. I refuse to support a company that doesn't care about making a good game and just makes changes that make everything worse.
    Blizzard, I uninstalled Diablo and every other Blizzard game I had and I'm not going back. They lost a customer of years. My money Blizzard will no longer have.    … Expand
  3. Geraltofrivia86
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    With the latest patch to Diablo 4, the fun is not enjoyable anymore. Blizzard wants you to grind and grind meaninglessly. Another failed product by the current blizzard team. Thanks ya'll for the short great time. Gonna wait for POE2 and Baldurs Gate 3
  4. Dagaren
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    It's just a run around no nothing content game. the new patch proves the 3 potatoes working on it cant even understand it themselves. to say D4 has fallen is generous. they bricked everyone's character on the eternal realm on purpose. this was not an accident. they desperately needed current players on eternal to make the switch to the seasonal server. they doge numerous questions in theIt's just a run around no nothing content game. the new patch proves the 3 potatoes working on it cant even understand it themselves. to say D4 has fallen is generous. they bricked everyone's character on the eternal realm on purpose. this was not an accident. they desperately needed current players on eternal to make the switch to the seasonal server. they doge numerous questions in the dev fires. they didn't even address flat-out ruining so much stuff. the patch notes didn't even include everything they changed/nerfed/removed. Barb and Sorc are yup you guessed it still ass. Blizzard does not care about its players and this patch shows that in detail. Blizzard will continue to disappoint players like they have for the past 4+ years straight.… Expand
  5. FredDie86
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    The game itself is decent, with some annoying parts (for example the horrendous zoom level, MMO aspects, bad console UI in PC version etc.), but what is absolutely terrible is the greed in this game. Price itself is insane 90E (with the FOMO entire first weekend of playing the deluxe edition should’ve been called standard edition and the standard should’ve been called peasant edition orThe game itself is decent, with some annoying parts (for example the horrendous zoom level, MMO aspects, bad console UI in PC version etc.), but what is absolutely terrible is the greed in this game. Price itself is insane 90E (with the FOMO entire first weekend of playing the deluxe edition should’ve been called standard edition and the standard should’ve been called peasant edition or something), but they also have every possible monetization layer implemented as well. Game should’ve been free to play with battle pass every 3 months and mtx shop. Monetization is their absolute priority, no doubt about that and it will ruin the game sooner all later. Chances that they will put in some sort of p2w, forced MMO aspects to incentivize buying cosmetics, or even locking content behind pay wall is very high with these people.… Expand
  6. mitsarakos
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    80 euros for this bad game? I was expected a better one. Very disappointed. I woudnt buy it if I knew...
  7. LtButcher
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Besides ok graphics and gothic atmosphere, story and music, this is just Diablo 3. Avoid getting it as seriously as you did avoid getting covid.
  8. Widescreengamer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No proper ultra-wide screen support and boring repetitive gameplay. Blizzard is dead.
  9. Elioly
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    70$ its not normal price. Nothing new in the game!
    The game looks like lost ark. I'll wait until the price is reduced, and the content of the game will be seen.
  10. Mallga
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    For me the story is not worth the 70USD, it can be good but to sell me a full priced game with battle pass, ingame store or skins and add to that possible DLC or classes .... Stupid server crashes for hardcore players, a P2W release event "with early access" is fine they want to make money as a service but don't sell me the **** skins at that price being a full price AAA game.
  11. Razial
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    The game has absolutely nothing new. They sold me Diablo 3, only with improved graphics. History is secondary and uninteresting. I didn't really connect with any of the new characters. There is no longer any trust in the Blizzard.
  12. Rethar
    Aug 22, 2023
    0
    Endgame is so boring. Quality of life thing are non existent in this game. Lags everywhere
  13. bestingame312
    Jun 18, 2023
    0
    Every single positive review is either from a child on a console or a 'fanboy'.

    Let's be honest, this is a game from Activision, the most vile and evil company in gaming and in the world. They released this game with pre-reserved content for Seasons and Expansions, despite upcharging the game. That alone says all you need to know. They view the game 100% as a product to reel people in    Every single positive review is either from a child on a console or a 'fanboy'.

    Let's be honest, this is a game from Activision, the most vile and evil company in gaming and in the world. They released this game with pre-reserved content for Seasons and Expansions, despite upcharging the game. That alone says all you need to know. They view the game 100% as a product to reel people in and not as a 'vision' or an experience. If you watched the developer interviewers, it was pretty easy to see that not one of them had any real passion for the game they were developing.

    Now here's the kicker. They released the game with the 'end game' Dungeons proving pretty much no benefit at all, and are quite tedious with many dead ends, walking time, town time, horse time, etc. These are endgame Dungeons that provide the same amount of XP and Items on level 1 as on level 40. Which of course proves they didn't test or play their game at all.

    Instead of proving they care about the game by doing something simple like adding an XP equation to the Dungeons, they 'maximized' on the situation by arrogantly saying 'it's something we will fix when you play our next season'. Literally all they have to do is open a coding document, and apply a simple equation that involves Dungeon levels.

    They have literally only nerfed things since the game started. They don't care about a user feeling powerful, they care about SLOWING everybody down, so everybody has to spend more time in game. They LITERALLY took the servers offline for 1 hour so they could 'ninja patch' every town so the vendors, stashes, and other necessities were much farther apart. All to 'train' their 'clients' to get used to spending 4 hours in the game to get that 20 minute dopamine fix most ARPGs simply hand out.    … Expand
  14. Kpcptmku
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Community completely ignored, QOL and bugs ignored at the expense of nerfing the viable builds and actual fun content within the game. A complete waste of time with total mismanagement from the developers.
  15. Stephen_K
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Developers are wholly dishonest, vague and pretty much useless given everything that has gone on. Game was not ready for release period and it has no real direction at this point given the latest patch notes. Seasons seem to be just a cash grab.

    "We are listening to you" is the biggest steaming pile of a statement they have made. Playing this game was good in beta, now it is just a    Developers are wholly dishonest, vague and pretty much useless given everything that has gone on. Game was not ready for release period and it has no real direction at this point given the latest patch notes. Seasons seem to be just a cash grab.

    "We are listening to you" is the biggest steaming pile of a statement they have made. Playing this game was good in beta, now it is just a boring slog/chore.

    Uninstalled when patch notes dropped, not looking back. Upcoming campfire chat will probably be more of the same BS and nonsense as previous.

    The only corruption you will find here is with management and development. Until that is fixed this franchise is dead.    … Expand
  16. Derep
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no development in this game. I can't believe this horrible game's price is 80$… Expand
  17. Gnizzle
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard, your patches are more unappealing than a schoolbusfire. Your ladder launch is atrocious, like we expected. No more money for you, you greedy bunch of incompetent bozo's.
  18. Xiones
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    I can not affort the new battlepass with the 666 coins i got? Goodbye Diablo IV. Hello POE nice too meet you.
  19. armandgt
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Very boring game. Lame skills. Always no manna. Levelling up is so SLOW! The placement of NPC is horrible! They are scattered everywhere. Bad design. Very limited stash. This is like a single player game with random people. You just keep on running everywhere. What a waste of time. I played thinking to myself, it will get better, keep on playing! No, it did not, it became worse. Better toVery boring game. Lame skills. Always no manna. Levelling up is so SLOW! The placement of NPC is horrible! They are scattered everywhere. Bad design. Very limited stash. This is like a single player game with random people. You just keep on running everywhere. What a waste of time. I played thinking to myself, it will get better, keep on playing! No, it did not, it became worse. Better to quit than live with frustration. Skills in POE, D2R, D3 are way better. D4 is like a game made by kids and graphics done by adults. Don't buy!… Expand
  20. slyther83
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This company is out of touch with their playerbase. They don't playtest the game internally and make MARKETING driven balance changes to inflate playtime while completely ignoring gameplay balance issues. The majority of builds aren't viable and there is no real endgame; Diablo 4 is a hollow shell of an ARPG that used no past knowledge or innovation to take it a step further than previousThis company is out of touch with their playerbase. They don't playtest the game internally and make MARKETING driven balance changes to inflate playtime while completely ignoring gameplay balance issues. The majority of builds aren't viable and there is no real endgame; Diablo 4 is a hollow shell of an ARPG that used no past knowledge or innovation to take it a step further than previous titles. This was released as a minimum viable product with no relevant amount of internal playtesting. The working class talent is there, however management is incompetent and should be replaced- you can't fix this type of behavior.… Expand
  21. Xena2005
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    Considering this is made by a billion-dollar AAA game company over the course of a decade and the vast amounts of lore and groundwork that was laid from previous Diablo games, it's awful. You get two amazing cinematics, 1 of them being the game launch cinematic, awfully scripted storyline portraited through cutscenes. Lorath's voice acting is on point but his lung cancer voice seriouslyConsidering this is made by a billion-dollar AAA game company over the course of a decade and the vast amounts of lore and groundwork that was laid from previous Diablo games, it's awful. You get two amazing cinematics, 1 of them being the game launch cinematic, awfully scripted storyline portraited through cutscenes. Lorath's voice acting is on point but his lung cancer voice seriously gets on your nerves after cutscene #29. Not to mention how hard they push you to use their in game shop after having already paid 60, 90 or 100 dollars. Game design is awful as always from Blizzard, bland talent tree, green and red tooltips making us think we're stupid and can't figure out what's better ourselves. UI feels extremely mobile because the game is catered to console users for maximum profit. Further, they're giving us only a few keybinds and they're massive and glued to under your action bar and cannot be turned off.

    Stop feeding greed, force AAA game companies to go back to the basics of game design and not
    chase maximum profit for minimum effort, ruining every single artistic and fun aspect that good games can bring.    … Expand
  22. Mike_Rotch
    Jul 7, 2023
    0
    I’ve had to change my rating after further gameplay and the development teams response to the community problems. This game is not worth $70. They treat it as if it’s a free to play game and completely ignore huge problems with the game. Every patch is for something the majority of players did not ask for. The patches break the game even further. The endgame is boring and now with theI’ve had to change my rating after further gameplay and the development teams response to the community problems. This game is not worth $70. They treat it as if it’s a free to play game and completely ignore huge problems with the game. Every patch is for something the majority of players did not ask for. The patches break the game even further. The endgame is boring and now with the newest patch is completely even more pointless than it was before. Blizzard really needs to clean shop with who ever is running Diablo. This could turn into a class action lawsuit… Expand
  23. Kal21
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    An Absolute Disaster: A Patch That Ruined the Game

    Where do I even begin with this so-called "patch"? It's an absolute train wreck that's left the game in shambles. I can't believe developers had the audacity to release this disaster to the players. If I could give it zero stars, I would. First of all, the patch was supposed to address bugs and improve gameplay, but it somehow managed to    An Absolute Disaster: A Patch That Ruined the Game

    Where do I even begin with this so-called "patch"? It's an absolute train wreck that's left the game in shambles. I can't believe developers had the audacity to release this disaster to the players. If I could give it zero stars, I would.

    First of all, the patch was supposed to address bugs and improve gameplay, but it somehow managed to introduce even more issues. The game is now plagued with glitches and errors that make it almost unplayable. It's like the developers didn't even bother testing it before pushing it out to the public.

    And let's talk about the supposed "balance changes" they made. Instead of creating a more enjoyable experience, they've ruined the game's core mechanics. Classes that were once balanced are now overpowered or useless. It's clear the developers have no clue about game design, and they've destroyed the delicate equilibrium that made the game fun.

    But that's not all. The patch also brought with it a slew of microtransactions and pay-to-win features. It's evident that the developers care more about squeezing money out of their players than providing a quality gaming experience. Greed has triumphed over integrity, and it's a disgrace.

    The communication from the development team has been abysmal. They ignored the community's feedback and released this travesty of a patch without any consideration for the players. They've shown a complete lack of respect for their loyal fanbase, and it's a slap in the face to all of us who have supported the game since day one.

    I've invested hundreds of hours into this game, and this patch has made me regret every single minute. It's heart-wrenching to see a game I once loved reduced to this pathetic state. I wouldn't recommend anyone to touch this game with a ten-foot pole until the developers fix the mess they've created.

    In conclusion, this patch is a colossal failure on every level. It's a disgrace to the gaming industry and a blatant disregard for the players who have supported the game. The developers should be ashamed of themselves for releasing such a monstrosity. Save your time and money, and stay far away from this broken mess.    … Expand
  24. David_Xanatos
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Instead of nerfing whirlwind and shouts or buffing everyone else they nerf everyone and then reduce cooldown reduction by 30% ! What a joke.

    baldur's gate 3 set a new standard now matter how much these devs cry.
  25. Prypiat54
    Jul 8, 2023
    0
    Boring game, boring level up.
    Boring Boos, Boring Dungeon, Boring Talent Tree.
    Boring itemization.
    In short, big disappointment.
  26. LhSparrow
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    game without content after the end of the story. as if not enough if. we're going to spend 240 hours to level up a character, so he can't be used in the next season. all the work of getting the renown and the like needs to be started from scratch.....ridiculous that...never again, I waste time in this game.
  27. mcarlo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The non existing endgame. No infinite paragon points to go after. Terrible patches. Slow xp gains. Just terrible.
  28. softgrip
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV is the victim of incompetent management, and penny pinching overlords. If you want a good example of a franchise driven into the ground, this is it.
  29. Bazers
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Game is absolutely terrific. Super addicting and polished. Can't wait for end game content and new seasons/DLC. Great value as is.
  30. AverageGamerGuy
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    I'm a medical student supporting 9 wives and 2 kids on a Walmart salary.
    Time to myself is especially hard to come by so this latest patch was the biggest setback in my entire life. It genuinely feels like every second I invested in my sorcerer build was a complete and utter waste.

    Activision Blizzard can lick the cheese off my nuts. I'll never buy one of their games until next year.
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Metascore
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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