Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. impossibleTu
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ampaign interesting, end game sucks.
    The game after level 60 is not to be satisfied. Overall the game is played for nothing. Level scaling does not reflect the increase in power. Itemization is very poor. Item to skill balance is lacking. Technically better than D3, but same crap. I prefer D2.    … Expand
  2. Xebasik527
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs can’t make even the simplest QoL or balance changes to make the game enjoyable
  3. Robertkwok
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Fixed an issue where Meshif's camel made no noises.
    Fixed an issue where there was no sound when Lorath kicks Meshif awake.

    Patch 1.1.0 is so marvelous ! I love it !
  4. kjking123
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The glory days of blizzard are dead and gone. An absolute waste of 70$. Maybe if it was 5$ it would be worth it
  5. nerobot21
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Do not play this game, with the recent patch they are trying to make the game last as long as possible in the most UNFUN way possible.

    They nerfed exp so you have to grind more. They nerfed damage, so you take more time to clear dungeons They nerfed rewards from events so you have to do many more of them to get a reward. They nerfed ALL classes without buffing almost anything    Do not play this game, with the recent patch they are trying to make the game last as long as possible in the most UNFUN way possible.

    They nerfed exp so you have to grind more.
    They nerfed damage, so you take more time to clear dungeons
    They nerfed rewards from events so you have to do many more of them to get a reward.
    They nerfed ALL classes without buffing almost anything

    Don't buy if you respect your time, they don't look at what's fun, they look at numbers. If they see 100% people are using a single Sorc spell their small brains asume that as "That must be overpowered" instead of just looking deeper into the class and realizing that every other skill sucks.

    Hopefully the user score will get the point across their thick skull. Idiotic team.    … Expand
  6. LewdPaws
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    First major patch was released July 18th and it is god awful. Nerfs across the board for no reason other than to slow the pace of the game to a crawl. The most heavily nerfed class was the Sorceress which was already the worst class in the game. It’s like a joke to the developers.

    They claim this game is a love letter to the community, in reality amongst the flowery words, fine parchment,    First major patch was released July 18th and it is god awful. Nerfs across the board for no reason other than to slow the pace of the game to a crawl. The most heavily nerfed class was the Sorceress which was already the worst class in the game. It’s like a joke to the developers.

    They claim this game is a love letter to the community, in reality amongst the flowery words, fine parchment, and perfume there lies a steaming dog turd laughing at you for reading the letter.    … Expand
  7. Hsuxin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛改得有夠爛… Expand
  8. holybeefsupreme
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 3 was a casual game (yet still very fun). This game is somehow even more casual while also not being fun. All the things that LOOK so cool about this game are totally unsatisfying when you actually sit down and play. I've been a Diablo fan for over a decade, so I have hope that given 4-5 years this game might be playable.
  9. kutchal
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Do not buy this game. Devs are already nerfing every form of progression in the game to slow down players because they're reaching the nonexistent end-game too early. Blizzard is taking active measures to slow the entire game down just so it will take longer for people to find the (MANY HUGE) flaws in this game. DO NOT BUY.
  10. Justkoreangod
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No Endgame, missing like 100 Quality of Life Features which should be mandatory in today's games. And now the Seasonal Patch Notes killed the Game. Literally everything which was fun got nerfed yet they didnt add any useful stuff to the game. Sad, game had potential. They just threw it away
  11. PassiveC
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    S0 was not without its flaws, but was overall enjoyable. The latest changes seemingly rob what enjoyment was present as we move into S1. Cannot recommend the game in its current state as it’s been made into an even longer grind with nothing but nerfs and one uninspired new unique.
  12. ProtoGenesis
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Simply put, Diablo 4 has failed to meet modern gaming expectations. There are too many issues with this game to say that it released in a true “finished” form.

    The community feedback has been and continues to be incredibly loud; for good reason. The developers stated “we are listening”, yet continue to make gameplay decisions that are starkly opposite of what their players ask for.    Simply put, Diablo 4 has failed to meet modern gaming expectations. There are too many issues with this game to say that it released in a true “finished” form.

    The community feedback has been and continues to be incredibly loud; for good reason. The developers stated “we are listening”, yet continue to make gameplay decisions that are starkly opposite of what their players ask for. Simple quality of life changes that should have been implemented at launch, are no where to be found.

    Some quality of life changes that have not been implemented are..
    -reducing the gold cost of respec’ing builds
    -reducing the gold costs of rerolling items (after two rolls, the item reroll cost soars to over a million)
    -adding a gem bag
    -fixing the mounted horse pathing (currently gets stuck on word geometry that it shouldn’t)
    Etc.

    The most recent patch of 1.1, Blizzard destroyed the power fantasy by nerfing every single class in the game. Not one class was spared. This is right after most players were able to get to a point where they felt “kind of powerful”. Players asked for more content to sink their teeth into and instead received a penalty of killing monsters to quickly. Some other nerfs include..

    Leveling now takes 40% longer than it did prior to the patch.

    Weapons and armor have been weakened tremendously there by increasing the time it takes to defeat anything.

    “Good” items are absurdly infrequent.

    The always online experience is horrendous with constant disconnects and game crashes (poor optimization).

    Armor aspects effectiveness have been reduced.

    Damage reduction has been reduced by nearly 50%

    (Not a nerf) elemental resistance still not working

    Overall damage across the board has been reduced by 50% or more depending on the class.

    Overworld content has been gutted dramatically forcing you to do one activity (nightmare dungeons) to progress.

    Helltides shard drop rate nerfed

    Hell tide mystery chest shard requirement dramatically increased.

    That’s just to make a few things… If you check the Season 1 malignant gems, you will find that none of them solve the power fantasy issues they just compounded. The lack of creativity and game awareness of the developers is astounding. An elementary school child could come up with more interesting ideas.

    This for me was the last chance I was going to give blizzard. They seem to be purposefully ignoring their player base and are hell bent on ruining the Diablo franchise. Do yourself a favor and do not spend a single penny on this game. You will most certainly regret it.

    Learn from our mistakes and play something else that you will enjoy. Diablo 4 is a terrible iteration of the franchise and the studio should be ashamed of how they handled this.

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    I am not a casual gamer. I have leveled every class to 100 and experienced every aspect that Diablo 4 currently has available to offer. I am not bitter at the time I put in to the game. I am bitter at how clueless and disillusioned the developers and studio have been.    … Expand
  13. Clapasaurus
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Unbelievable season 1 patch notes. Let me sum up the patch notes for you:
    -Much less exp
    -Made every character more squishy -Gave enemies more hp -Nerfed the strongest builds without buffing anything else -Increased cooldowns across the board -Heavily nerfed the weakest class (sorc) -Zero quality of life changes This might be the worst patch in the history of ARPGs. I just can't    Unbelievable season 1 patch notes. Let me sum up the patch notes for you:
    -Much less exp
    -Made every character more squishy
    -Gave enemies more hp
    -Nerfed the strongest builds without buffing anything else
    -Increased cooldowns across the board
    -Heavily nerfed the weakest class (sorc)
    -Zero quality of life changes

    This might be the worst patch in the history of ARPGs. I just can't believe how wrong they got it. I'm baffled by how disconnected they are from the community.    … Expand
  14. book55422000
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Really sucks, did the developers want to be born in China? I've never seen someone stealing money openly and asking someone to open their **** to do it for you
  15. danielpoppa
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals.

    With the recent patch, the developers thought it was a good idea to slow the players progression since since we don't have any new end-game content. Doesn't address class    This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals.

    With the recent patch, the developers thought it was a good idea to slow the players progression since since we don't have any new end-game content. Doesn't address class breaking bugs (i.e., stacked modifiers that scale certain classes' damage output absurdly like the Druid's Shred) but hey let's make the dungeon leave time to 5 seconds instead of 3!    … Expand
  16. DreadNaughty
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    After the Diablo dopamine rush of slaying hordes of enemies wears off you realize what a soul less and boring installment this game is. Weak story, unrefined skill trees, meh graphics, no endgame, busted loot, "MMO elements" which are a joke, and a live service model that exists to sell you battlepasses.

    Spoiler alert: Activision/Blizzard just got PAID. Don't expect these already fat    After the Diablo dopamine rush of slaying hordes of enemies wears off you realize what a soul less and boring installment this game is. Weak story, unrefined skill trees, meh graphics, no endgame, busted loot, "MMO elements" which are a joke, and a live service model that exists to sell you battlepasses.

    Spoiler alert: Activision/Blizzard just got PAID. Don't expect these already fat lazy overpaid franchise milking clowns to make another decent video game. ever    … Expand
  17. DeathlordME
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They took a decent game and turned it into a disaster with their new patch. Look towards future games for your hard earned money and avoid this one
  18. Dstrukd
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is what happens when you have 20 years of framework for a franchise, and then throw in greedy developers who don't actually play video games. The frustration of this game is similar to standing next to a lottery winner. We all see the potential, but the wrong faces are in charge causing this franchise to spiral out of control into the pits of a black hole of boredom andDiablo 4 is what happens when you have 20 years of framework for a franchise, and then throw in greedy developers who don't actually play video games. The frustration of this game is similar to standing next to a lottery winner. We all see the potential, but the wrong faces are in charge causing this franchise to spiral out of control into the pits of a black hole of boredom and mediocrity. The developers plant their Q&A sessions with boring questions that nobody cares about, while ignoring the playerbase entirely and talking about colonoscopies.

    There is so much potential, and we won't see it for another 4 years after the playerbase has entirely died down. Then and only then, will we expect a resurgence. But for me, it will be too late.    … Expand
  19. aagawd
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is the worst iteration of diablo released to date. You finish the story in maybe 12 -20 hrs worth of playtime watching every cutscene and reading all the text.

    Then you are thrown into the open world where there are 4 reskinned dungeons throughout the entire game. The grind from 50-80 is abysmal long and unrewarding. You just feel like a piece of **** doing the same content over    This is the worst iteration of diablo released to date. You finish the story in maybe 12 -20 hrs worth of playtime watching every cutscene and reading all the text.

    Then you are thrown into the open world where there are 4 reskinned dungeons throughout the entire game. The grind from 50-80 is abysmal long and unrewarding. You just feel like a piece of **** doing the same content over and over again for probably 6x the times it look for you to complete the story. You finally make it to lvl 80 and realize there is literally 0 content to do otherthan more efficiently grind the same 4 reskinned dungeons on repeat.

    Itemization is trash. It takes 5 minutes going through your entire inventory just to throw away 99% of the items that you get. Super frustrating just trying to figure out if an item is an upgrade and can't target specific items for specific builds. Also absolutely no trading system so you are stuck on an endless hamster wheel trying to find items for the build you want. When you do finally find the items you want, you realize they didnt even help your build anyways because there are only a handful of viable builds.

    There is absolutely no group content. All content is able to be completely solo and there is no reason to group with others for challenging content nor is there a way to easily group with others.

    It's actually sad d2 was a more polished game. At least d2 had good grouping and trade features. Not only that but when you were done with the games quest, you actually farmed the cool unique bosses in each act to target specific gear. Also d2 had duel games anyone could just for some fun action. How do you find duels in d4? Game is just meant to waste your time and money. So do yourself a favor and take this one off your list guys.    … Expand
  20. Mcom40
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is not challenging and not fun. I feel like I got duped out of $70. I honestly want my money back. The game is AAA garbage
  21. jacky1007
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    **** game Not worth the price. Its weird how they managed to throw us a bait on the beta and server slam phase, everything was looking decent...
  22. steve_tt
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was fun until latest Patch 1.1, un-installed game will check again a year or two later.
  23. Subvert
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Activision brings socialism to its games. Make things fair by making everything suck. Big companies care about one thing only. Keeping you playing so you buy more of their junk. Everyone made an honest complaint/review by saying hey we need better end game and some of the skills don't really allow us to make a build with them, but hey there's these other builds that work really well andActivision brings socialism to its games. Make things fair by making everything suck. Big companies care about one thing only. Keeping you playing so you buy more of their junk. Everyone made an honest complaint/review by saying hey we need better end game and some of the skills don't really allow us to make a build with them, but hey there's these other builds that work really well and everyone plays sort of the same style. So what did Activision do? Nerf everything even stuff that didn't need to be and no addition to end game but hey don't forget to buy your battle pass so your character can look really cool while the game sucks. Big business destroys yet something else fun… Expand
  24. aerrex
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    we have to nerf some things some times we can’t always buff all other things
  25. Hansfreeman23
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Started out as decent then slowly went downhill fast. The latest patch destroys builds, mitigation, loot, and strategies while addressing none of the concerns the community had. Its obvious that the dev team is not only out of touch but arrogant and lazy. I had a lot of hope for the game but in the end, its a massive disappointment.
  26. BuffSorc
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    if you looking game ;
    optimization issues,
    weak charecter power isue,
    repetitive,
    also when bugged the game , some peoples get the uniq shako headres developers nothing to do them no reroll server no apology,no anything.......deserve to 0 star
  27. Druss_Prime
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    "End game? Don't make me laugh" - Blizzard, probably
    Game is a repetitive grind and the details of Season 1 just confirmed that, classic Blizzard move.
  28. Blaze9
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was a solid 8-9 during the initial beta(s). Then the first release had so many negative QoL and build changes that it went down to a 6. Now, the season 1 patch? straight 0. Kills even more builds. Changes so many fun aspects such as Helltides into more boring grindfests. Devs don't play this game at all.
  29. S_Mysh
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Knew game was bad back in beta, played it because of friends.

    Then Blizzard showing how bad they are now at making games. Released new patch notes. Honest truth knew they would do this.
  30. OrionsLife
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Absolute hot garbage. Buggy as hell. Never ending buffs and nerfs that make no sense to anyone.
    A developer that is totally out of touch with its player base and has proven that milking their player base for money is all they are concerned with.
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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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