Diablo IV

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  1. Unworthy
    Jun 24, 2023
    4
    This Diablo misses most of what makes its predecessors great -- namely the variety of builds and items -- in favor of a shallow, slow-paced MMO grind. Gone are the days of big packs of monsters exploding across the screen, of fun legendaries that completely transform your character, and the freedom the explore different combinations. In their place is a grueling slogfest of tinyThis Diablo misses most of what makes its predecessors great -- namely the variety of builds and items -- in favor of a shallow, slow-paced MMO grind. Gone are the days of big packs of monsters exploding across the screen, of fun legendaries that completely transform your character, and the freedom the explore different combinations. In their place is a grueling slogfest of tiny incremental power gains, the worst itemization ever seen in an ARPG, unnecessary MMO elements, and level scaling that makes the game feel exactly the same from levels 20 to 70 plus.

    Diablo 4 tool the worst parts of WoW and shoehorned them into an ARPG format, while ignoring all the great work done by ARPGs in the last decade, from Torchlight to Path of Exile to Last Epoch to Titan's Quest.

    The game is exceptionally boring for an ARPG, and the campaign was more tedious than fun. The world feels dead and empty the whole time, largely due to the lack of matchmaking and trading. You just fight off endless hordes of same same enemies using your same same skills that never really meaningfully change. Progression is kneecapped by a simplistic skill tree, expensive respecs, and the everlasting grind that never rewards you with a feeling of power. Itemization, both loot and crafting, are so terribly uninspired and watered down that there isn't really much to speak of. D4's legendaries would barely qualify as mid level rares in other games, and have trivially interesting effects on your build.

    Overall a good looking but boring game that wears off its novelty within days and stops being enjoyable after a couple weeks. Too bad. Give it a pass now and see if it gets any better after a few years.    … Expand
  2. Holy187
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    The story is nice, graphic is fine and then does it become difficult to say more good things. The game is not an ACTION-RPG, it's more an MMORPG. Like WoW, but only with the Diablo Layout.

    I played a Sorcerer and finished the campaign. Right now I am Level 74. The biggest issue for me is, that you don't have the feeling to make progress. You get your skills really early, you get some    The story is nice, graphic is fine and then does it become difficult to say more good things. The game is not an ACTION-RPG, it's more an MMORPG. Like WoW, but only with the Diablo Layout.

    I played a Sorcerer and finished the campaign. Right now I am Level 74.
    The biggest issue for me is, that you don't have the feeling to make progress. You get your skills really early, you get some items but it makes really no difference. You play all the time but there is no progess. You get punished for leveling.
    It does not really develop any feeling or "kind of addiction" that I want to discover more. Ok with Level 50, I had the first time a bit the feeling. You got the paragon board, a lot of new things. And you hope that you get stronger and finally smash the mobs super fast. BUT nothing happens. It stays still super slow progress with leveling. It feels also that they try to waste our time much as possible.

    Open world map 3/10 (WoW sends greetings)

    Items/loot 1/10 (just boring, a lot of trash, legendary and unique items are account bound. No trading, no interaction between players). Uniques drops super rarely and better forget already that you will find a shako. Lol one of the rarest items.. Why are you doing this with a seasonal game which resets every 3 months? Diversity at the items is also super low. Gems are useless. And at the end you sell everything to the vendor for stupid gold. NO IMPROVEMENT FOR SAISON 1. Which makes useless to play the game.

    Classes 3/10 (not much diversity with skills, just look how boring everything looks. No big effects all this things, nothing new.)

    Leveling:4/10 (just too long. I dont want to play 50 hours until I finished the story. You want in the endgame, complete your build fast as possible and then getting new loot.)

    Mobs: 3/10 (a lot of mobs which are stunning, pushing and what ever else they are doing. Low diversity in the endgame)

    Interface 3/10 (to much tabs, not enough space, What the **** is this sh*t with the sigils and the exp potion. Why is there not more space?

    Graphic 6/10 (it is fine, but not spectacular.)

    Cooldowns 0/10. Everything has a cooldown, really everything!!!!! I hate this kind of mechanics. It makes no fun. Even the fireball has a cooldown. The mount has a cd, if you want to port in the city has a cd. Really everything...

    Nightmare dungeons: 2/10 (Omg why invented this super stupid negative characteristics of these dungeons. Especially this stupid things, like the unkillable rock which follows you and release the AoE or this stupid flash which comes from the sky and you have to protect yourself in the bubble. I mean this is ok for 1-2 runs, but latest after the 3rd time, you don't want to play this anymore)

    There are way better and real ARPGS out there. And some of them are for free...
    Don't waste your money and time with this game. Maybe in 1-2 years after million of patches, it can work. But I don't believe it. The game somehow is super boring, especially in the endgame and also on the great "open world". They could have implement some nice and stunnings things.

    They are just trying to steal your lifetime. That is all. There are better things to waste your time!!    … Expand
  3. Vile-Okami
    Jun 17, 2023
    3
    Boring is the best word I can use to describe this game. You never feel like you're actually getting stronger as everything is just constantly staying the same as you. The open world doesn't have anything particularly exciting to do in it. Quests are just there, nothing to write home about. You'll quickly realize each class has the "right" way to build otherwise you won't be succeeding.Boring is the best word I can use to describe this game. You never feel like you're actually getting stronger as everything is just constantly staying the same as you. The open world doesn't have anything particularly exciting to do in it. Quests are just there, nothing to write home about. You'll quickly realize each class has the "right" way to build otherwise you won't be succeeding. Story is okay at best, but once you finish it the endgame feels pointless.… Expand
  4. simosh
    Jun 25, 2023
    3
    D4 starts nice, during the first days the hype was real and it was fun for a few days. Playing campaign, testing group play with some friends. I was like 20 levels behind cause I played Pulverizer and didn't get the needed aspects. So for me, the process of leveling was quite hard but after reading the guides - in which people spend hours of testing and typing - I had a blast and the gameD4 starts nice, during the first days the hype was real and it was fun for a few days. Playing campaign, testing group play with some friends. I was like 20 levels behind cause I played Pulverizer and didn't get the needed aspects. So for me, the process of leveling was quite hard but after reading the guides - in which people spend hours of testing and typing - I had a blast and the game felt better after around lvl40. I got to 50 and Paragon made it even better. Now I'm 69 and my friends stopped already with playing this game. I'm doing the recommend stuff on W3 or W4 by clicking the same two buttos allot and everything looks like the same. It's like all the others say, it gets boring very fast, it's repetitive, lifeless. What me annoys the most are the ratings from the professionals / press. At this point Blizzards Marketing is the far more better division than the game designers and this sucks. If the game would had cost 25€, I would had given 5 points.… Expand
  5. Eiry89
    Jun 16, 2023
    4
    Too many stupid mmo mechanics, worst feeling for me! boring backtracking in dungeons, and time gated events are so tedious and stupid.... This isn't a hack and slash diablo-like, but a horrible wow-like copy. bad blizzard... really bad... The story is weak too, Lilith like Kerrigan but pretty useless..... My vote is 4 and not 0 only for Graphics, sound design and musics.
  6. LarsVI
    Jun 25, 2023
    3
    - Story only lasts 10 hours or less
    - very boring leveling after level 50 but it takes like 50 hours to get level 100
    - I hate the skill und item progression maybe it gets more fun after level 100 but it feels too much like a waste of time.

    Also waste of 70€ unfortunately. I played most of the time alone and had really more fun with a 20 € Chained Echoes.
  7. BZRKNT
    Jun 24, 2023
    1
    1 Nice graphics
    2 ZERO endgame content
    3 Unbalanced classes
    4 Grindy and boring leveling after 70lvl, on top of it - every new season you will need to grind all from scratch to have acces to battepass and new content... perfect if you have no life and job, sitting in basement and playing all day liong
  8. Bloodg0d
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    I was super excited when this game was announced. Now that I own this $90 cash grab, I have buyer's remorse. The wife likes to play this game together, but not being a gamer, she doesn't know how bad this game is. Some aspects are pretty to look at, but it has the same feel to it. I could spend all 5000 characters complaining about various crappy/boring aspects of the game but that wouldI was super excited when this game was announced. Now that I own this $90 cash grab, I have buyer's remorse. The wife likes to play this game together, but not being a gamer, she doesn't know how bad this game is. Some aspects are pretty to look at, but it has the same feel to it. I could spend all 5000 characters complaining about various crappy/boring aspects of the game but that would be as tedious as playing the game itself.… Expand
  9. Hazzh
    Jul 13, 2023
    4
    Feels like an early access game for 70 bucks. Its almost unplayable due to the lags, half the features are missing and apparently it takes 4 months to increase bank space, having to use the mount is nightmare fuel, items and paragon boards are boring, uniques are way too rare, open world content is useless, half the stats are not working correctly. Blizzard apparently has learned nothingFeels like an early access game for 70 bucks. Its almost unplayable due to the lags, half the features are missing and apparently it takes 4 months to increase bank space, having to use the mount is nightmare fuel, items and paragon boards are boring, uniques are way too rare, open world content is useless, half the stats are not working correctly. Blizzard apparently has learned nothing from D2 and D3 because they are making the same mistakes over and over again.
    The combat is decent though, so this could be a good game in 2 years.    … Expand
  10. seanpdlc
    Jun 16, 2023
    0
    The Blizzard we used to know and love is long gone. This game is a great representation of what shareholder capitalism is doing to gaming. No thanks!
  11. Porkus
    Jun 24, 2023
    4
    Le scenario est ok mais ça s'arrête la, le jeu est mal pensé que ce soit en terme de gameplay ou de contenue end game, en plus d'être full bug alors qu'il est vendu comme un jeu triple A.

    - Entre 3 et 4 heures par level en solo après les nerfs de donjons. - Le même stuff peu importe le niveau de clé cauchemar, qu'on fasse une clé 40 ou 50+ c'est la même chose en terme de loot, on gagne    Le scenario est ok mais ça s'arrête la, le jeu est mal pensé que ce soit en terme de gameplay ou de contenue end game, en plus d'être full bug alors qu'il est vendu comme un jeu triple A.

    - Entre 3 et 4 heures par level en solo après les nerfs de donjons.
    - Le même stuff peu importe le niveau de clé cauchemar, qu'on fasse une clé 40 ou 50+ c'est la même chose en terme de loot, on gagne juste plus de points de glyphes, et l'XP est cap sur les mobs qui ont +3 level donc ça sert strictement à rien de faire des clés plus haute pour XP.

    - Beaucoup de stats gadgets qui ne servent à rien, au final tout le monde build dégâts crit + vulne car c'est prio sur le reste.
    - Impossible de respe comme on veut à cause des aspects si on les a pas en stock, qui sont très dur à drop avec les valeurs max, certaines je les ai toujours pas vu aprés 200h de jeu.
    - La plupart des pièces de stuff unique servent à rien car les stats sont éclatés au sol, en barbare à part Témérité / Torse et Gants en Trombe le reste c'est poubelle.
    - Le niveau du stuff qu'on loot scale avec son propre niveau, donc on peut pas le filer aux rerolls pour XP car les pieces seront level max.
    - World boss / Boucher / Gobelin / Arbre aux Murmures / Oboles qui drop full items sacré ilevel 600 en T4.

    - Aspects buggés, stats buggés, bonus parangons buggés.
    - Jeu opti avec le cul, crash en sortie de TP, out of memory avec 16 Go / 32 Go de RAM, lag server en open world.
    - PVP éclaté au sol, druide / rogue qui 1v3 sans prendre un seul dégât, après on s'en doutait que ça allait puer la merde mais à ce point autant pas le sortir.    … Expand
  12. FoamingStuff
    Jun 16, 2023
    3
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUAF5nsJwBIOtjkUgIvtWTJY9lr_VGFyXJAmIeuoFP8/edit?usp=sharing (easier to navigate)

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSFAmFBNTaQ23TwXSmab0G2bx3P7EeG_Wyb3UwBjSm7_UvFEzonTgyIgUtsB-ajPaiisiA2QJLefPUk/pub (published document, harder to navigate). The score difference of this game on metacritic has to do with new business practices of companies    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUAF5nsJwBIOtjkUgIvtWTJY9lr_VGFyXJAmIeuoFP8/edit?usp=sharing (easier to navigate)

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSFAmFBNTaQ23TwXSmab0G2bx3P7EeG_Wyb3UwBjSm7_UvFEzonTgyIgUtsB-ajPaiisiA2QJLefPUk/pub (published document, harder to navigate).

    The score difference of this game on metacritic has to do with new business practices of companies giving a taste of the game and expecting reviews to be in within the week. That means all “professional” reviews are reviews written during the Honeymoon phase of a game, and not after thorough playtesting. In addition, it is unclear which "professional" reviewers are being sponsored or not.
    Players are not organized to compile reviews and complaints. It is for this reason I have taken up the task in an attempt to unify the complaints in a single document.

    I have collected and compiled the issues players experience with Diablo 4 as voiced on several online platforms in below google document. It is lengthy, but can be navigated by heading.

    It outlines issues players experience with the game in an in-depth fashion. Inevitably the review is coloured by my own opinion. I hope this review will give context to the poor player score of the game.    … Expand
  13. lemoncheg
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not worth of 70$ and has no content in it.
    Pros:
    - Pretty nice graphic and animations
    - Online multiplayer
    Cons:
    - The plot is weak and Blizzard just made the first act and the first location (Fractured Peaks) in details, all other game was made in a rush and it seems like it is not finished at all. All acts just makes you run accross the whole location straight to the dungeon. It does not make you to explore the locations they made, then what is the point of all of this? During all acts you just run chaising Lilith and in the end you go down to the hell and kill everyone including Lilith. From the trailers I waited for real war between Lilith and Inarius - you even do not participate in it, everyone just dies and you only see dead bodies and 1 boring cutscene.
    - Side quests are not interesting, they have no sens. Storngholds are the same as acts, only some of them are really well done, all others just can be bitten in 2 minutes.
    - Locations: no content on these locations and it is soooo boring.
    - Leveling is specifically lenghthen by Blizzard. You spend a lot of time to level up but for what? With higher levels different enemies do not have increased damage. You can easily be lvl 70 and kill an enemy of the same level, after that without upgrading your items you will easily fight the same enemy on level 100, the only one who will do more damage is you, but not the enemy. The only thing that gives some difficulty is world tier that makes you just take more damage from mobs, once you upgraded enough to sustain that damage - you complete the game and no more progress. Also it is worth mentioning that the mandatory dungeon that you need to complete in order to get tier 4 world is a piece of **** Instead of making something difficult and interesting, Blizzard just added enemies that one shots you, that's it, other mobs are the same as common one.
    - End game content???? Really, the only thing that Blizzard managed to do is over 100 dungeons that have 10-15 patterns and the same amount of bosses in it? Some random events such as Helltide is not enough to play this game more than couple of hours. Blizzard also made a 3 world bosses, really??? Also you will receive a note about world boss only after you finish all acts.
    - PVP is useless while you just see 100 LVL player in tier 2-3 world fighting against newbies on 40-70 LVL
    - Bugs, bugs and one more time bugs. Also servers still cannot handle all players and you die because of constant lags. And by the way Blizzard will blame all players that they have bad internet connection or they stupid enough to use weak Wi-Fi connection and that's the reason for all that lags but Blizzard does not understand that ALL players experience it and will never learn how to properly set up their servers.

    (changed from 3 to 0) Here is an update regarding Season 1:
    - they downgraded the game and made it even moe unplayable
    - the battlepass is just a scam product that you can buy completely for $170
    - in order to unlock the content of the season further, you need to complete boring challanges such as kill 1 mob, clear 3 dungeons etc. Noone limits you from playing the content except Blizzard, well, I suppose because this content can be finished within 1 hour    … Expand
  14. Souleater83
    Jul 15, 2023
    3
    Good graphics
    Good sound tracks
    Skills are okay

    Itemisation is bad as over engineered
    Scaling is terrible as everything scales with you
    There is a lack of variety of things to do
    The game feels empty although the world is massive Don't listen to the professional reviews, for whatever reason they don't seem to understand what makes a good game.
  15. Rockslydes
    Jun 18, 2023
    0
    The game is made for streamer shills that group up offline from their stream to be power leveled by their flattery groups and get to 100 in a few days. While it will take forever with boring and repetitively grindy gameplay for solo players. The mobs are damage sponges, your gear is replaced every level even legendries. The boring boss fights all spawn senseless damage sponge adds theThe game is made for streamer shills that group up offline from their stream to be power leveled by their flattery groups and get to 100 in a few days. While it will take forever with boring and repetitively grindy gameplay for solo players. The mobs are damage sponges, your gear is replaced every level even legendries. The boring boss fights all spawn senseless damage sponge adds the story is boring as hell along with the skills which are run of the mill lackluster at best. Even the number of skills you can have is capped?? Why?? It makes no sense. This is a bad game and I wish I could get my money back.… Expand
  16. diablo90
    Jun 18, 2023
    3
    All ok till 60 lvl Enjoyed campaign . After campaign around 60 lvl game became so boring..
    You use same legendary aspects whole game you just hunt higher level rares and imprint again same aspects and rinse and repeat till 100.. d2 looting made game more enjoyable and enhanced replayability It is core thing to diablo looting game or any looting driven game . With this itemizations is    All ok till 60 lvl Enjoyed campaign . After campaign around 60 lvl game became so boring..
    You use same legendary aspects whole game you just hunt higher level rares and imprint again same aspects and rinse and repeat till 100.. d2 looting made game more enjoyable and enhanced replayability It is core thing to diablo looting game or any looting driven game . With this itemizations is so boring later nothing new is happening and like this till 100 and to do same dungeons with same bosses that ..
    Don't understand why they didn't implement something better .. Because looting is all the same
    you know exactly what will drop .. I don't even have to look its all same zero excitement.
    Uniq like almost non existent there like couple for each class for one or two builds ,
    Aspects should be deleted and used as passive something similar to cunai d3 with low dmg default not increased like highest roll so build don't depends on that like d3 sets, that now is very bad .. Make more uniq so replace legendary so we can have somewhat chase items and normal healthier looting where we will look forward to..
    and now I started to play alt druid and found out that game is not finished not all skills have legendary aspects and uniq items .. So you cant make build the way you want .. and on top of that vurnable makes it even less possibie to make something else.. Necro minion the worst thing..
    I would give this game 5 buts its unfinished cant play what i want like they promised, cause they don't have all aspects and uniq items for everything .. so 3 out 10    … Expand
  17. ElJavoTM
    Jun 18, 2023
    1
    Advertised as an open world game. My gtx 1660 4gb vram isnt able to stand the loading times of the zones. So technically it is not an openworld game.
    Boring, very boring, compared to D3. Slow progression and by how nerfs are going it looks devs want to make it even slower and more grindy. 70 € game not worth at all.
    Im sure half of the positive reviews of this game are day one fanboy    Advertised as an open world game. My gtx 1660 4gb vram isnt able to stand the loading times of the zones. So technically it is not an openworld game.
    Boring, very boring, compared to D3. Slow progression and by how nerfs are going it looks devs want to make it even slower and more grindy. 70 € game not worth at all.
    Im sure half of the positive reviews of this game are day one fanboy 120$ edition buyers.
    It doesnt shine in any aspect. Build complexity is reduced to 1-2 builds per class.    … Expand
  18. JPORCO
    Jun 21, 2023
    4
    there are many resources that are details and I think it’s part of the game’s finish, and many of us know that a job with a bad finish often becomes bad as a whole, and a reasonable job with a great finish ends up becoming spectacular… . having said that I want to say that I am missing basic things that affect my gameplay making me feel uncomfortable after some time going through the samethere are many resources that are details and I think it’s part of the game’s finish, and many of us know that a job with a bad finish often becomes bad as a whole, and a reasonable job with a great finish ends up becoming spectacular… . having said that I want to say that I am missing basic things that affect my gameplay making me feel uncomfortable after some time going through the same problems making the focus only on the bad things , I will mention some examples that I remember but there are more things I should have written down and didn’t…

    sometimes we drop several items on the ground and as the backpack is small we don’t want to pick everything up and in the other diablos I could hold the ALT and hover the mouse and have a visualization of the item on the ground without needing to grab it to decide to pick it up or not

    when I watch a video I don’t know if the player is a hardcore player or not, when I go to my friends list to invite someone to join the group, I don’t know if the player is a hardcore player or not, if it were possible to play together, fine, but it’s not It’s possible so I need to know with an icon or other things if he’s playing in normal or hardcore, as was possible in other games of the franchise…

    the very big interface that gets in the way mainly with huge names on the item floor, horrible for those who play on a larger screen and especially in 4k because you usually play close to the screen since you have no problem seeing pixels because it is in 4k (if you play in 4k super far from the screen you are throwing money away yes)

    and I feel that the game is very focused on the experience of the console player and the PC being left aside , what I said above is just a lot of things , there are several others that bother me and that makes me think that it is because as a console player … I want to know when and if they are going to fix the game to make it pleasant for those who play on the pc and make the most of it and when are they going to start respecting the pc player who mainly made the game what it is today it is being spoiled by people not playing the game and all it has to offer. (I’m talking about the amateur devs involved)
    The only thing that makes me think is that the company only listens to what’s easier to do, which will soon make the game fall by the wayside and forgotten like many who go down that path, if that’s not what you want, I’m just sorry , but unfortunately that’s what the game is currently making me feel
    and I think that helped the bad score on metacritic
    I don’t care about metacritic, I just want to play a well-made game and a game whose main objective is to farm and do repetitive things several times, it really needs to have an excellent quality of life because after a while the small problems become extremely big when the game is lacking in content… and we know that games with seasons tend to have a long period of lack of content after a short time of the beginning of each season…    … Expand
  19. Istari_koa
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    Man! So boring, i fell asleep in boss fight lol... Woke up with the sound of my death
  20. yooguruto
    Jun 25, 2023
    4
    the game, despite years of experience of the developers, does not have the basic features from the start that we should have hoped for from the sequel. the game has broken basic components like immunities / ressistances. it doesn't have basic things like filters for abilities and items. and most importantly, diablo 4 has the worst itemisation in series - HOW?! due to sessions game loop andthe game, despite years of experience of the developers, does not have the basic features from the start that we should have hoped for from the sequel. the game has broken basic components like immunities / ressistances. it doesn't have basic things like filters for abilities and items. and most importantly, diablo 4 has the worst itemisation in series - HOW?! due to sessions game loop and progress, will be ok in 9-12 month at earliest. there are better arpg on the market. i do not recoomend.… Expand
  21. Madtokker25178
    Jul 11, 2023
    3
    Was it really that hard to make the world boss available to everyone? How do you think I should get on it if I'm constantly at work when the world boss appears?
    Why couldn't it be taken and done like in WoW? Stupid developers!
    The horse constantly crashes into invisible walls. Moving the cursor to the edge of the monitor to pick up speed is also an idea of superintelligence... And of    Was it really that hard to make the world boss available to everyone? How do you think I should get on it if I'm constantly at work when the world boss appears?
    Why couldn't it be taken and done like in WoW? Stupid developers!
    The horse constantly crashes into invisible walls. Moving the cursor to the edge of the monitor to pick up speed is also an idea of superintelligence...
    And of course, a place in the cache .... Really it was impossible to make more tabs? What are you smoking there?    … Expand
  22. Exide666
    Jul 18, 2023
    3
    Bad arpg and worst of all a Bad diablo, it became a meme between my Friends and me to call the game Diablo 3.5. You took the old trashy formula of Diablo 3 and just copy/paste it, reskin and do a 30 min video saying New brand system for late game dungeons, meaning it's rift system but in different place.

    Difficulty scaling on player lvl, hell no it's horrible worst system ever. Loot    Bad arpg and worst of all a Bad diablo, it became a meme between my Friends and me to call the game Diablo 3.5. You took the old trashy formula of Diablo 3 and just copy/paste it, reskin and do a 30 min video saying New brand system for late game dungeons, meaning it's rift system but in different place.

    Difficulty scaling on player lvl, hell no it's horrible worst system ever.

    Loot system it's Diablo 3 copy, skill system Diablo 3 copy, pointless quest worst than Diablo 3, unique items system Diablo 3 copy.
    20 years experience and only lazy work.

    One good point the artistic direction    … Expand
  23. 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.
  24. DartPancake
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst dev team in the industry. They either don't play or don't like games at all. Sad that I payed them 70$ and can't refund it

    Only thing that Blizzard can do in 2023 - doing great marketing. Halsey, BTS, Chloe Grace-Moretz. Only problem that they forgot to develop a great game before sell it. For those who had hope about "Maybe Blizzard will do everything other way this time" -    Worst dev team in the industry. They either don't play or don't like games at all. Sad that I payed them 70$ and can't refund it

    Only thing that Blizzard can do in 2023 - doing great marketing. Halsey, BTS, Chloe Grace-Moretz. Only problem that they forgot to develop a great game before sell it.

    For those who had hope about "Maybe Blizzard will do everything other way this time" - no. They still f*cked up everything. As in every other game they managed to release in last 10 years. Their last good game is Starcraft II, which was released in 2010.    … Expand
  25. TanktheCat
    Sep 6, 2023
    0
    Why so unfun? This game is like when I was a child and my parents would dish out a bunch of tasks for me to complete around the house and I'd get no reward. Boring and repetitive.

    Legendary items have the same affix from the beginning to the end, they just make them a bit stronger as you go. Three questions to blizzard: Whats the point of this game? Why isn't there a holy warrior    Why so unfun? This game is like when I was a child and my parents would dish out a bunch of tasks for me to complete around the house and I'd get no reward. Boring and repetitive.

    Legendary items have the same affix from the beginning to the end, they just make them a bit stronger as you go.

    Three questions to blizzard:
    Whats the point of this game?
    Why isn't there a holy warrior class in a game that fights demons?
    Why do you keep nerfing everything fun?    … Expand
  26. Romarsofar
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Apparently over nine thousand people worked on Diablo 4 for more than six years.
  27. DH1987
    Jul 6, 2023
    4
    I had written a longer review but then the site messed up on me, so I'll just keep it short now. This is not a bad game - but it's just not worth $70. The builds are fun to play around with and have their own playstyles. Combat is smooth. But itemization is still boring and doesn't offer much room for creativity in the same way that D2 did. Not much content in the game other than hackingI had written a longer review but then the site messed up on me, so I'll just keep it short now. This is not a bad game - but it's just not worth $70. The builds are fun to play around with and have their own playstyles. Combat is smooth. But itemization is still boring and doesn't offer much room for creativity in the same way that D2 did. Not much content in the game other than hacking and slashing monsters - and the bosses are just bigger monsters with more health. I don't think the developers understand that itemization was the core of D2 and the reason for its popularity. It also tries to capture the dark and gritty atmosphere of D1 and D2, but fails. Also, there is not much opportunity - or reason - to interact with the other players in the game.

    My recommendation is to save your $70 and keep playing D2 and PoE. A few years ago I swore not to buy another Blizzard title again, and I failed on that. This is a reminder of why. It's too late for me - but, maybe not for you.    … Expand
  28. Promotheus
    Jun 25, 2023
    4
    I have finished act 3 and am debating whether to continue or not. The game just is a slog and not really fun. The story is unengaging, lacks emotion and has no sense of urgency. I hate the fact that all enemies level up with you, it is lazy game design and makes you never feel stronger or more powerful, the reason for a leveling system in the first place.

    I hope the people who thought D3    I have finished act 3 and am debating whether to continue or not. The game just is a slog and not really fun. The story is unengaging, lacks emotion and has no sense of urgency. I hate the fact that all enemies level up with you, it is lazy game design and makes you never feel stronger or more powerful, the reason for a leveling system in the first place.

    I hope the people who thought D3 was too colorful got what they wanted now, because the game looks so bland and boring I don’t know where to go. Everything is just the same dark color. A swing and a miss.    … Expand
  29. mirraj
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    Awful game, way worse than diablo 3. Campaign takes forever. Have to sit there listening to characters talk for hours and hours. I play diablo to kill **** and get loot. Not to listen to dialog.
  30. Foxjazz79
    Jul 3, 2023
    3
    Story is just paint by numbers boring. The world is dark and has the appropriate setting with better graphics but that is it. The loot is burdened with ridiculous lame buffs so good luck finding gear that works with your build. Dungeons are just a slog, and it is hurt by the minimal enemy diversity. I have run 13 side dungeons and fought the same boss (blood baron) 5 times. The game isStory is just paint by numbers boring. The world is dark and has the appropriate setting with better graphics but that is it. The loot is burdened with ridiculous lame buffs so good luck finding gear that works with your build. Dungeons are just a slog, and it is hurt by the minimal enemy diversity. I have run 13 side dungeons and fought the same boss (blood baron) 5 times. The game is just really repetitive in a bad way.

    Maybe Blizzard will listen to all the negative forum posts and make changes to the game instead of ignoring all the bad feedback as quote review bombing as the critics like to call it now.    … Expand
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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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