Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Slayerboxers
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Do you guys not have phones?
    1. Visual - 2/10
    2. Price - 0/10
    3. Story - 0/10
    4. Game system - 0/10
    5. Music - 5/10
    I promise not to play Blizzard's games anymore.
  2. Turbotrktr
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    I will just leave this with 1 point and never play it again. 1 point for music and sound, but it is just a fraction of what this game needs.
  3. bloodqueen
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    I am someone who loved D3 and could have even loved Diablo Immortal if it wasn't so p2w. When it comes to D4, I was obsessed with it, I bought it to play during early access and was having a blast. I love the story and everything around it. Then i finished the campaign around lvl 50 and decided to work on all my renown. I'm level 60 now and I am so bored with this game, it's hard to evenI am someone who loved D3 and could have even loved Diablo Immortal if it wasn't so p2w. When it comes to D4, I was obsessed with it, I bought it to play during early access and was having a blast. I love the story and everything around it. Then i finished the campaign around lvl 50 and decided to work on all my renown. I'm level 60 now and I am so bored with this game, it's hard to even play now. It also caters to those who are group players, since I am solo, I am punished for that with less XP. I made a few alts but in my mind, I know they will end up the same as the first character I played. Also, alt leveling is terrible, the map isn't even fully discovered, even after selecting to finish the campaign. You also cannot go back to certain areas you were in while questing in the campaign, like hell (which this game is all about). The mob density is almost abysmal. In some dungeons, I am running around for a long period of time and run into 1-2 single white mobs, make that make sense to me in an ARPG. They are also nerfing the mob density in dungeons, how? Why? It sucks, I really want to like this game but in its current state, I do not like it at all and would not recommend it to anyone. I paid 90 bucks for this game and I feel ripped off.… Expand
  4. CR4CK
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Do not buy this !

    This game is designed to sell you skins for mounts.
    The world is empty and there is nothing to do besides
    Boring fetch quests.

    Mobs scale to your level so you are feel like a potato all
    The time.

    Good drops only good for a couple levels and get useless.

    The only good thing is the artstyle and thats it.
  5. grreaper
    Jun 11, 2023
    2
    Very disappointed with the game. I paid a lot of money for the Ultimate Edition, but I couldn't play the promised early access. It's unforgivable.
  6. jhart24
    Jun 16, 2023
    0
    Made an account just to review this game. I played Diablo 2 endlessly for years and these idiots can't design a game anymore. Why, why, why for the love of god would you put in level scaling in a game like this. Legit the whole point of playing a game like this is to feel like a powerful character in an epic fantasy and thats completely gone for no reason. You can still make the game hardMade an account just to review this game. I played Diablo 2 endlessly for years and these idiots can't design a game anymore. Why, why, why for the love of god would you put in level scaling in a game like this. Legit the whole point of playing a game like this is to feel like a powerful character in an epic fantasy and thats completely gone for no reason. You can still make the game hard without level scaling. Oh hey Diablo 2 was groundbreaking, lets never do anything like it again. Essentially makes it pointless to play the game, a level 5 will out damage a level 60. Looks pretty stupid and makes it pointless to play. No feeling of progression or accomplishment. If you want the game to be "hard", elden ring showed you how, not with this artificial **** that everyone agreed was stupid 15 years ago in Oblivion. Your most famous and successful game of all time, Diablo 2, didn't have it but you think both sequels needed it after everyone keeps saying they hate it. Everyone is either "fine" with it or absolutely hates it....so who the **** is it for? No one is asking and begging for level scaling...legit no one.… Expand
  7. ther1v3r
    Jun 10, 2023
    4
    Honestly this game is not great and Blizzard is making it worse with every patch.

    Positives, - Good story compared to other ARPGs - Cross platform - Split screen co-op - Looks are good but not incredibly varied Negatives, - Linear skill progression/builds - Lack of synergy between any items - Lack of any semblance of balance between classes - Tons of hard CC with no way to    Honestly this game is not great and Blizzard is making it worse with every patch.

    Positives,
    - Good story compared to other ARPGs
    - Cross platform
    - Split screen co-op
    - Looks are good but not incredibly varied

    Negatives,
    - Linear skill progression/builds
    - Lack of synergy between any items
    - Lack of any semblance of balance between classes
    - Tons of hard CC with no way to play around it or build around it
    - Combat is incredibly slow and un-rewarding and blizzard is pushing for more of this
    - Season's will feel incredibly dull
    - Little to no variation in bosses, dungeons, etc...

    Honestly overall it's a miss, which is a shame because there's some good ideals sprinkled in with the garbage.    … Expand
  8. Lufia
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    This game might make fun but it is totally overpriced and the small inventory and almost non existent stash, makes this game by far the worst Diablo like game.

    When seasons come to the game, what should you do when the game has almost no storage to store your items? playing the seasons, get your stuff and no storage to put your stuff in? Genius idea who ever made that up. Immagine    This game might make fun but it is totally overpriced and the small inventory and almost non existent stash, makes this game by far the worst Diablo like game.

    When seasons come to the game, what should you do when the game has almost no storage to store your items? playing the seasons, get your stuff and no storage to put your stuff in? Genius idea who ever made that up.

    Immagine having the name DIABLO 4 and no Diablo boss to fight. Amazing.

    Paying 70-100 € and having an Battlepass in game + totally overpriced Skin Shop. Stuff like that should be illegal.

    1. 99% of items you find, are weaker and trash. No wonder when they are around 10 lvls to low. Just got from lvl 34 enemy 25 lvl legend.
    2. Everything in the game is heavily overpriced. Everything costs just to much gold
    3. Balancing is a joke, you don't feel stronger when you lvl up. It's getting even worse. I just had to fight like 10 minutes to beat a battle with 3 bosses. I deald damage around 30-150 and they had like 100k hp each. Bulletsponges. If you are so bad in balancing then you really should stop making games.
    4. Skills cost to much MP. You use a skill like 1-3 times and you are out of mana.
    5. Bugs, you realy often just stuck while running
    6. Stuns etc. are by far to long.
    7. You don't even have a belt to equip
    8. Balancing of classes is not available. Druide forexample does 0 damage compared to a rouge. Been fighting one monster like 30 seconds and dealt around 20-30% damage to his HP. Rouge came closer, used his skills and that monster died instantly. How on earth can you balance something that bad when you have done so many games already.
    9. You don't even have a correct way to show and see your stats. Your weapon has like 200 DPS with 2 slots. You put 2 gems in it and it still tells you exact the same damage output. Common, this stuff has been done in Diablo 3 already. In Diablo 3 you could see EVERY change immediatly. Again, how can you fail to do something, you've done before?
    10. 100 $ game with microtransaction in the game and 100% the new classes etc. will be DLC so you will have to pay even more. Not sure why scam like that is legal.

    Definitelly do not buy.    … Expand
  9. nastynate2023
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    its a singleplayer game with online requirement only because of cash shop. once the honeymoon fades the 10/10 fanboys will realise game is a scam and gets old pretty fast. dont waste your money
  10. Eternalwrath
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    A bad game made for bad gamers this game lacks innovation and any kind of fun whatsoever of course it's suitable for mere casuals who even if you fed them **** they would like it.
  11. jlstimme
    Jul 5, 2023
    4
    After finishing the campaign and spending a few days in the endgame, I am raising my score from a 0 to a 4. There are definitely some good things in this game and parts of the combat feel quite good. However, the implementation leaves a lot to be desired.

    My main gripe with Diablo 4 is itemization. Usually, the best part about a Diablo game is going through your the gear you just    After finishing the campaign and spending a few days in the endgame, I am raising my score from a 0 to a 4. There are definitely some good things in this game and parts of the combat feel quite good. However, the implementation leaves a lot to be desired.

    My main gripe with Diablo 4 is itemization. Usually, the best part about a Diablo game is going through your the gear you just looted. I found this part to be such a chore in Diablo 4. I even ended up buying more stash tabs just to store all the rare items I didn't feel like going through. Making rares as good as legendary doesn't make any sense. They literally just took the pool of attributes that items could have in Diablo 3 and added a bunch of completely unnecessary new ones that just don't make a lot of sense.

    I find myself at the endgame with no desire to play anymore. I was quite literally addicted to each of the other games in this series at one point or another, but I never had that with this game. Hopefully, they can patch this into something enjoyable at some point.    … Expand
  12. fx0rec
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    **** money grab, they REFUSED to refund me for having played 2h 3min, where 30min of it was waiting in queue LOL!

    Path of Exile is the new Diablo. Get with the times white man
  13. Talbis
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    Why does this even exist? And why do I keep buying Blizzard games expecting the old Blizz from... these people!? This is the most boring game ever. Once you leave the honeymoon phase of the first levels you start to see the grind. And not the good grind, the mindless grind of the same enemies repeatedly. The story is a joke, the gameplay feels prohibitive and boring, the scaling for enemyWhy does this even exist? And why do I keep buying Blizzard games expecting the old Blizz from... these people!? This is the most boring game ever. Once you leave the honeymoon phase of the first levels you start to see the grind. And not the good grind, the mindless grind of the same enemies repeatedly. The story is a joke, the gameplay feels prohibitive and boring, the scaling for enemy levels feels off, and you fight the same guys repeatedly... It's just so damn boring and tedious to play. There's no joy or even anger it's just mind-numbing dumb gameplay. The game looks good but that's about it...

    So imagine this game as a sports car driving in deep mud. The wheels are spinning but you're getting nowhere fast. This is a chore to play and if I wanted chores, trust me, gaming would be the last thing on my mind. Of course, it's a live service game, so I expect they'll sell solutions to the problems they've made here... What a fall from grace. I knew that shutting down Blizzard North would just ruin Diablo but the state of the franchise now is beyond bad.    … Expand
  14. Ruslangoh
    Jun 13, 2023
    3
    The game is slow and boring.
    The game has a whole lot of flaws that make the game boring. Scaling mobs, primitive and limited builds, half of the skills, which are so few, are useless.
    Resources for skills are spent in 2-3 uses, which makes you wait and run around the mobs. The active skills themselves, on which resources are spent from the strength of 3-4, all the rest are an order of    The game is slow and boring.
    The game has a whole lot of flaws that make the game boring. Scaling mobs, primitive and limited builds, half of the skills, which are so few, are useless.
    Resources for skills are spent in 2-3 uses, which makes you wait and run around the mobs. The active skills themselves, on which resources are spent from the strength of 3-4, all the rest are an order of magnitude weaker and are not used by anyone.
    A huge number of perks like + damage to basic skills, or + damage to main skills, + damage to melee, or + to ranged. These are garbage stats and they are worse than standard + to crit. Because of these garbage stats, it is very difficult to respec.
    Legendary items and their properties are impersonal - they are simply random and knocking them out does not bring a sense of reward. Also, the most beautiful skins are paid and cost an indecently huge amount of money.
    The graphical effects of the skills look unremarkable and dull, as if it were a port from a mobile game, for example, the skills of a wizard look worse than in Diablo 3.
    I just can't believe Blizzard allowed such boring and repetitive gameplay to release. As if game designers are some laymen with no experience.    … Expand
  15. john414
    Jun 11, 2023
    2
    The best parts about Diablo 4 are the art style, music, and cutscenes. The playstyle, mechanics, systems and class balancing is completely out of whack. It's like Blizzard tried to make World of Diablo, but it leave much to be desired.
  16. czarny21
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    ORING and UNINNOVATIVE

    What a waste of my $70. So many people at Blizzard worked on this game. So many people failed to make a good game.

    At least the graphics aren't a travesty like with Diablo 3.
  17. TwiTu
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    This is a joke, right?
    $70 for repeating tiles on a map (so that I literally have to repeatedly look at the big map to confirm Im not running in a circle), low texture quality, movies now in in-game graphics mostly, like in WoW (which looks horrible up close), MMO-like quests (get 10 of this and that), you can now get stunlocked by mobs and cant even use a potion while that happens. And    This is a joke, right?
    $70 for repeating tiles on a map (so that I literally have to repeatedly look at the big map to confirm Im not running in a circle), low texture quality, movies now in in-game graphics mostly, like in WoW (which looks horrible up close), MMO-like quests (get 10 of this and that), you can now get stunlocked by mobs and cant even use a potion while that happens. And on top theres also a battlepass.

    I wanted to give Blizzard another chance, but basically scamming me like that (at least I didnt get the $100 version), for a lazily produced POS like this? I wont forget that ever.
    They are lucky there are no returns possible, and they obviously designed the game so that you cant see the biggest issues in the first 2 hours of the game (where a refund is possible). I wont forget that either.
    Oh yeah, it also has massive loading-stutters, even on the fastest SSD you can get and massive rubberbanding, even when youre just on your own. You can and will die to both.    … Expand
  18. jhippocratic42
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Predatory microtransaction system pushing the cash grabbing envelope further as per Blizzard norm.

    Linear and fixed character skill/talent progression saps any enjoyment from the RPG elements other hack'n'slashes like Path of Exile provide. Character power feels incredibly tied solely to luck of the gear drop and not at all to play mechanics nor pen and paper buildcrafting    Predatory microtransaction system pushing the cash grabbing envelope further as per Blizzard norm.

    Linear and fixed character skill/talent progression saps any enjoyment from the RPG elements other hack'n'slashes like Path of Exile provide. Character power feels incredibly tied solely to luck of the gear drop and not at all to play mechanics nor pen and paper buildcrafting (non-existent, as build diversity is exactly dictated by the sets and uniques for your class, usually about 5 or 6 per).

    The franchise has good bones, but was in serious need of a reinvention, instead they doubled down on making money off of people who do not have FOMO impulse control and an even more on the rails character levelling system devoid of any new ideas or complexity.    … Expand
  19. Nikolas_super
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    Поставил плохую оценку, так как разработчики этой игры влезли в политику, и прикрывают способы поиграть для By и Ru игроков.
    В этой игре из плюсов только хорошая оптимизация, отличная графика и нормальный сюжет.
    Напрягает и наскучивает долгое убийство монстров, далеко добираться до заданий и событий.    Поставил плохую оценку, так как разработчики этой игры влезли в политику, и прикрывают способы поиграть для By и Ru игроков.
    В этой игре из плюсов только хорошая оптимизация, отличная графика и нормальный сюжет.
    Напрягает и наскучивает долгое убийство монстров, далеко добираться до заданий и событий.
  20. grylls
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Honestly, I can give you 5 out of 10. But I'll give you 0 because it seems to hinder the development of this game because enthusiasts can't accept honest evaluations and give compliments.
  21. noname23
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    This game is a diablo-themed World of Warcraft catering to the casual social gamers. The reason why Blizzard even bothers to make this WoW clone despite WoW obviously failing is beyond me.
    When compared to diablo 2, every character in this game feels like a wierd abomination of mage & warrior style class stitched together:
    - The game gives almost no feedback when you are hit, compared to    This game is a diablo-themed World of Warcraft catering to the casual social gamers. The reason why Blizzard even bothers to make this WoW clone despite WoW obviously failing is beyond me.
    When compared to diablo 2, every character in this game feels like a wierd abomination of mage & warrior style class stitched together:
    - The game gives almost no feedback when you are hit, compared to various action recovery mechanics in d2. This means, obviously, you cannot "feel" your character's armour, unlike in d2.
    - Every skill in this game has damage tied to your weapon damage. This makes your sorcerer character not so much sorcerer-like.
    - With weapon equipped and using skills the animation depends entirely on skills but not weapons; and those skills hit in a circle, not individual targets. This make your barbarian character not so much warrior-like.

    Overall the lack of class differentiation makes this game a substandard ARPG and I strongly discourage anyone to buy it.    … Expand
  22. 2flip
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    They put 0 effort or time into play testing their 100$ game
    everyday items/aspects get disabled (sometimes impacting ALL classes) while they try to figure out the things they should have done while "play testing", in the 2 closed betas, or the weeks of playtests by the press.
    I really dont understand how and why the so called "critics" gave them so many points.
  23. Sparv
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    The game is boring and repetitive. Open world and level scaling makes it even worse
  24. Tulizx
    Jun 14, 2023
    3
    Diablo IV is really good from 1-50, or when you finish the story mode. However, the game becomes a slugfest after level 60. Diablo IV is plagued by a bad UI, terrible item management, and the dramatic increase it takes to level. Not to forget that the "MMO" aspect of the game is dead, it is just a ploy to make you purchase in-game store items.
  25. jjs0309
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    It's too expensive and the game isn't fun.
    It's a waste of money.
    I've been very disappointed and will not be buying DLC ​​in the future.
  26. vitordente
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    O melhor Diablo de todos os tempos. A Blizzard simplesmente pegou o que tinha de melhor no Diablo 2 e 3, melhoraram as mecânicas de combate e o design das skills. A arte e a estética sombria está muito presente e impecável.
  27. Flarin
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is just not fun. Unfortunately, I preordered it. Yes, I was being stupid enough, so thanks for the experience, Blizzard, lesson learned. As for the game, it is a product of tedious labor, greed and stagnation. And the gameplay itself feels just like it. Visually it's nice though, but the visuals keep you only for so long, and then the realization of the hard truth kicks in—it isDiablo 4 is just not fun. Unfortunately, I preordered it. Yes, I was being stupid enough, so thanks for the experience, Blizzard, lesson learned. As for the game, it is a product of tedious labor, greed and stagnation. And the gameplay itself feels just like it. Visually it's nice though, but the visuals keep you only for so long, and then the realization of the hard truth kicks in—it is not fun. What a shame.… Expand
  28. Malarth
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    The main storyline is engaging and kept me entertained for 30+ hours. But with the transition into the mid-game (tier 3), the game is already stagnant and boring. Diablo IV has managed to retain all of the boring, grindy aspects of ARPG's, and somehow lose the fun parts.

    Skill balance is terrible, partly because D4 joins the bandwagon of games that severely limit the number of active    The main storyline is engaging and kept me entertained for 30+ hours. But with the transition into the mid-game (tier 3), the game is already stagnant and boring. Diablo IV has managed to retain all of the boring, grindy aspects of ARPG's, and somehow lose the fun parts.

    Skill balance is terrible, partly because D4 joins the bandwagon of games that severely limit the number of active skills that a player can have available (6 skills). When you only have 6 options, there's no room for experimentation or non-meta builds.

    The boss fights get redundant. One long fight with a handful of repeated mechanics immediately followed by another. Blizzard got the message that epic fights are cool and enjoyable, and decided to just add more instead of analyzing "why" those fights are enjoyable. In the end each fight becomes boring, stale, and repetitive. For the most part I can't remember which abilities each boss had except for the most recent, because they're not memorable fights. They're just tedious and time consuming.

    And then the game creates a sense of frustration due to poor Controls, extensive stuns & fears, and a terrible resource mechanic. Not to mention server disconnects.

    Grindy, unoriginal, frustrating content is a hard pass for me at this point in my life. I'll keep trying back over the months, maybe they'll get it fixed. But being bored, and done with a game, in a week just doesn't seem like a good purchase.    … Expand
  29. 3mathew
    Jun 14, 2023
    4
    It's not Diablo as you know it. Tons of actionless traveling. Mob density SUCKS. Timed events so you have to plan your life around the game. I still have hope but currently D4 is depressing.
  30. rektincel
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    So far from D2 :

    No potion management
    No Item set / Rune words
    Damage boom boom just to make yourself proud "i did 1 million damage"... so ?
    No mercenaries (i loved them)
    Already dissapointed by D3 when i instabuy it few years ago, i'm not falling in your trap blizzard i didn't bought your 70€ game

    See ya blizzard
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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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