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. ComputerGamer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Ever wonder what it looks like when a game company/developers are out of touch with their player base? Look no further.

    These developers are balancing their game against streamers who basically play it for a living. The game has no real end-game content once you hit World Tier 4, and instead of addressing that in any decent way their solution is to nerf everything so the progression    Ever wonder what it looks like when a game company/developers are out of touch with their player base? Look no further.

    These developers are balancing their game against streamers who basically play it for a living.

    The game has no real end-game content once you hit World Tier 4, and instead of addressing that in any decent way their solution is to nerf everything so the progression is closer to Everquest 1, where it was basically a full-time job to reach end-game.

    That's right, the solution to having no late-game content is to make it take so long to get here most people will likely never reach it.

    It's very clear the developers are not players in the game.

    On the bright side, Blizzard does make great cinematic trailers.    … Expand
  2. Slyrex
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 gutted the game, made the game go way too slow. Nerfed everything that was fun about the game into oblivion.
  3. TeraE47
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    - No world chat
    - Trade chat where I haven't seen anyone write in the entire 350 hours
    - You have to have open like 10 **** chrome tabs to find what you need - Trading only rare items which you can only sell/buy guess where... on a **** discord or find people on social media??????? **** WHY Why is everything else account bound? Diablo 2 has none of this features and it just okey nobody    - No world chat
    - Trade chat where I haven't seen anyone write in the entire 350 hours
    - You have to have open like 10 **** chrome tabs to find what you need
    - Trading only rare items which you can only sell/buy guess where... on a **** discord or find people on social media??????? **** WHY Why is everything else account bound? Diablo 2 has none of this features and it just okey nobody complains?
    - Also i got spectral (horse skin) like 20 time and i can't do **** with it cause it's account bound. WHY? I already have it...
    - The Skill Tree is absolutely pathetic. You have like 6 skills which 4 of them are garbage without damage or any good bonus. Yeah so everybody use the same stupid build. There is no diversity.
    - Aspects are piece of trash. Half of them are not interesting or useless and the good ones just got nerfed to hell.
    - But don't worry we made some new aspect for you to enjoy like 20-40 % movement speed when you moving AWAY from slowed or chilled enemies.... oh my god is this a **** joke?
    - No kill count
    - No gold count on pick up
    - No counter of destroyed things (There is a achievement for it) but i can't see how many things i destroyed... yep
    - No counter for killing spree
    - You have to make a new characters to stash your items... in cause you don't want to scrap/sell your stuff cause why the **** not
    - No stash search bar.. when pretty much every item looks the same yeah it so much fun to spend 20 minutes searching for what you need.
    - nearly a hundred and **** fifty dungeons but everyone of them feels the same good job
    - Yeah and for anyone wondering in the endgame you only doing like 3 of them cause the rest is a **** garbage without mobs ZERO EXP and loot just a waste of time.
    - Hellties are good only for gear once you get decent items its a waste of time again
    - Tree of Whispers is a joke droping level 15 sigils for T3 on 90+ levels... ??? XDDDD
    - Boss battles are about who can kill it faster and say im **** tired of this bull**** i quit (It's like 3 bosses all the time)
    - I had a hard time to understand which stats are better is it overpower ? is it vulnerable? is it critical damage? is it psychical damage or all damage... come on guys
    - Where are runes you promised?
    - Where is some kind of dmg dummy ?
    - Why do i have tab for materials but not for gems ? And why you can only stack them to 50 pieces????
    - It's currently patched but why cap materials to only 10k?
    - You can respect all skills at once but not paragons... why? You have to click every single one of them to start again holy **** **** that's just so depresing.
    - No addons maybe?
    - You have to go to 3rd party websites to check when is going to be another WB, Helltide or Legion... why?
    - Im not a fan of the one item one slot thing. I know it's hard to code this i made my own inventory in my own game but how does it make sense to have 50kg double hand to take same space as a ring.. why is it have to be so simplified?
    - It's pretty much pointless to go out of town and do anything besides ND and now it's even worse, much worse. You don't get any EXP nor a better loot.
    - Talking about loot is it just my or is this crap so boring? How can rare item be rare when it drops 20 thousand **** times with the same boring stats over and over again. Look at Diablo 2. You drop white **** shield with only +15 enhanced defense and who knows it's good af. No you drop "rare" click 5 times add aspec there you go. You little crafter theres your achievement. This just make me so sad, so depresing. It's like for people with 20 IQ to feel good.
    - Side quests besides the "story" ones are just boring. pretty much everybody skips them and the "reward" is a just a pathetic so bad you want to kill yourself after. Yeah, there you go, you spent 20 minutes doing this now you can have 1 **** VEILED CRYSTAL. xDDDD What are you smoking guys
    - The amount of gold for stat rolls on items can get to astronomical numbers to the point when its just better to drop the item again
    - Cursed shrines/chests/wells can be real good or another crackhead story. Sometimes it's rly good, so much mobs you can't see **** over all the effects etc. And sometimes it will spawn 3 demons and 1 sucubus. You would expect to spawn more mobs in higher waves. No next time you get 3 demons and 2 sucubus. I don't know what to say. People who designed this should be fired. I skip these, waste of time.
    - Resource Burn affix is so OP i actualy started thinking it's out of season april fools joke. Litery one mob can drain your mana/essence etc. to absolute zero and you cant doo ****
    - Cobwebs are invisible have fun getting stuck every 5 meters
    - F you im done

    + - I enjoyed the story with my friends it was actualy fun and it was fun to get to like lvl 70+ but after that its just a stupid grind doing the same ND again and again and finding gear with +1% better stats...
    + Paragon tree is ok
    + They promised shop with only a cosmetic items so props to them at least...    … Expand
  4. diablsucks
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Last patch ruined the game, blizzarz no listen to players;
    We pay your salary blizz listen to us
  5. Amphet
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.

    It tries to be everything, and fails on every aspect.
  6. Morfen
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The developers have shown that this is a incomplete game with so many flaws and bugs. It feels like we're playing alpha/beta and they dont tell us we're guinea pigs. With the release of season 1 and the patch for it they really showed how little they know of ARPG-games. No connection to the community. At this point it feels like the game will need 6-8 months of development until its aThe developers have shown that this is a incomplete game with so many flaws and bugs. It feels like we're playing alpha/beta and they dont tell us we're guinea pigs. With the release of season 1 and the patch for it they really showed how little they know of ARPG-games. No connection to the community. At this point it feels like the game will need 6-8 months of development until its a AAA-GAME.
    DON'T BUY IT!    … Expand
  7. zozozoz
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    game is in beta
    dev is blind
    terrible PR
    greedy company
    feel so sad to the glory history of this company
  8. SgtCustom
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    All the devs do is make the game worse with each minor or major update. They irregularly listen to their customer base, and frequently nerf everything else then buff a few things to balance the game.
  9. Ahyiss
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard has completely lost touch with what Diablo was about. There are no awesome Uniques to chase like in D2, there is no speed clearing content like D3. With patch 1.1 they have slowly begun to introduce mobile game mechanics that are designed to keep you in game as long as possible, and whats more baffling is why? Your microtransaction store is trash, there's nothing there worth anyBlizzard has completely lost touch with what Diablo was about. There are no awesome Uniques to chase like in D2, there is no speed clearing content like D3. With patch 1.1 they have slowly begun to introduce mobile game mechanics that are designed to keep you in game as long as possible, and whats more baffling is why? Your microtransaction store is trash, there's nothing there worth any value. Lol they created a resistance system that DOESNT WORK, then nerfed the only damage reductions we have ACROSS THE BOARD???? They nerfed our XP, our damage, our survivability. It will take longer to achieve the same **** rewards. GG Blizz… Expand
  10. Brooklyn5points
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    D4 is half baked. Are there things that I like? Sure. Does it over come the higher price tag? No. Its not worth the $70 bucks. If it was on sale for like $40, its probably worth the 12 hour campaign play and the fun to build a character.

    Once you get to level 60, the game dies off. The latest patch 1.1 doesn't address anything wrong with the game. Just get the mount to work right.    D4 is half baked. Are there things that I like? Sure. Does it over come the higher price tag? No. Its not worth the $70 bucks. If it was on sale for like $40, its probably worth the 12 hour campaign play and the fun to build a character.

    Once you get to level 60, the game dies off. The latest patch 1.1 doesn't address anything wrong with the game. Just get the mount to work right. A game about gear- well theres barely anyroom to store any of it.

    Online game? Ok. There is ZERO trading. The crafting is so simple its pointless.    … Expand
  11. Grim0verlord
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The developers cannot leave good things in the game alone, they keep changing and tweaking things that we enjoy making them actively worse while ignoring the issues and problems we keep asking to get fixed... They tell us they can't get us the improvements till future seasons but can continuously change things that we love in the game and make them terrible... damage nerfed, survivabilityThe developers cannot leave good things in the game alone, they keep changing and tweaking things that we enjoy making them actively worse while ignoring the issues and problems we keep asking to get fixed... They tell us they can't get us the improvements till future seasons but can continuously change things that we love in the game and make them terrible... damage nerfed, survivability nerfed, experience nerfed, items I worked hard for and spent tons of gold on to get max stats nerfed... Legit they take things you worked for and earned in game and change their stats, nothing is safe. I would not recommend... Diablo 4s best days were pre-Season 1 patch.… Expand
  12. StopShoe
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was a solid 6/10 before the patch. This latest patch has ruined the game. I’m fine with nerfing the things that are bugged, but at least buff everything else so we have real options for our builds.
  13. JDynamite
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard devs... So you nerf the game across the board for everyone that's enjoying it making painfully slow progress even slower, so that you can sell your battle pass and offer the bonuses that were once a part of the game? You guys are trash.

    Anyone that's considering playing this game avoid it trust me.
  14. Valnardan
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    If you played Diablo 3 and stopped playing nearly immediately once they started nerfing everything into the ground, you'll have the same feelings on D4. The developers do not care what we think is fun. I knew buying this was risky, and this confirmation means I'm done with Blizzard as a company.
  15. Dirtydwrx
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    D4 developers are completely out of touch with what an ARPG should be, this season 1patch is an abomination and should be embarrassed with themselves. They completely destroyed the player progression and force us to play only their way of fun.
  16. GsRecurrence
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was playing D4 since the 1st of June and for the first month I had really good fun, and after leveling 1 char at level 100, they introduced patch 1.0.4 which seemed to introduce minor buffs and a ton of meaningful fixes. After that I leveled up 2 more chars to level 100 and I was starting to loose interest, so I had my hopes in season 1, but after seeing what they did with patch 1.1.0aI was playing D4 since the 1st of June and for the first month I had really good fun, and after leveling 1 char at level 100, they introduced patch 1.0.4 which seemed to introduce minor buffs and a ton of meaningful fixes. After that I leveled up 2 more chars to level 100 and I was starting to loose interest, so I had my hopes in season 1, but after seeing what they did with patch 1.1.0a (18th of July) I lost all my confidence to the Diablo 4 dev team. Even if they were to revert it I am not even sure I would come back to invest my time in a game so poorly managed.… Expand
  17. StoofedPork
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game is great, new patch has ruined it completely though. These developers DO NOT play their own game and this patch (1.1.0) has proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt. They want to artificially (in the worst way) extend play time. But at the same time, have no idea how to even do it properly. With these changes everything just feels weaker and slower, including the worst class ALREADYGame is great, new patch has ruined it completely though. These developers DO NOT play their own game and this patch (1.1.0) has proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt. They want to artificially (in the worst way) extend play time. But at the same time, have no idea how to even do it properly. With these changes everything just feels weaker and slower, including the worst class ALREADY getting even worse now. They took the first month to pretend to care about the game, after everyone gave them money they threw the game into the trash.
    If you value ANY of your time, don't touch this game. With the current patch it is NOT fun, it is NOT entertaining, and there still is ZERO end game content at all that is of any value, along with still no leaderboards.    … Expand
  18. Tllew
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Hyped up season 1 and then made the game a grinding simulator without considering what was actually going to be fun with the game,

    Devs so far out of touch with what people actually want it hurts.

    genuine shame, it was so close to greatness
  19. snowman5677
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Ruined their own game by slowing down an already arduous experience before S1.
  20. blackthorne18
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    To watch the hype of Season 1 and hook everyone on high damage and keeping it that way beyond the point of refunds and then hitting the playerbase with the nerf bat right before seasonal content launch is Marketing 101 failure. Some nerfs were perhaps needed, but buffs to less represented builds was needed more.

    Itemization is just garbage, random at best, futile at worse. They added    To watch the hype of Season 1 and hook everyone on high damage and keeping it that way beyond the point of refunds and then hitting the playerbase with the nerf bat right before seasonal content launch is Marketing 101 failure. Some nerfs were perhaps needed, but buffs to less represented builds was needed more.

    Itemization is just garbage, random at best, futile at worse. They added MORE affixes to have sort through. To summarize there is a 5% chance that this review will lead to a 30% chance of slower downloads which has a 2.7% chance of causing people not to buy this game.

    Zero QOL Changes for the Positive in the update. Stash space limited, rerolls insanely expensive and tedious, xp grind up exponentially. All of this to cover for a lack of content.

    Cinematics and campaign and great on first run. Wait for a sale and some expansion packs before purchasing.    … Expand
  21. draecho
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    decent story unfortunately marred by extremely incompetent and clueless developers who have zero understanding about arpg game mechanics, end game content, and player retention.
  22. GONGOTA
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I never thought I'd register anywhere just to leave a negative review. But here i am
  23. Mattlad
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game had so much potential only to move completely backwards and abandon the player base
  24. Goosebag
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have come to the realization that blizzard has gone to war with fun. Not only that, but they have decided to make it their mission to charge us boat loads of money to make sure that we have no fun. They lure us in with promises and shining objects and then yank those away and beat us with sticks over and over again while siphoning as much cash from us as they can. None of the promises toI have come to the realization that blizzard has gone to war with fun. Not only that, but they have decided to make it their mission to charge us boat loads of money to make sure that we have no fun. They lure us in with promises and shining objects and then yank those away and beat us with sticks over and over again while siphoning as much cash from us as they can. None of the promises to fix the quality of life things that the community continues to bring up have come with the premise that we have to "wait until season 2" for those changes, however, they continue to nerf the fun out of the game as quickly as possible.… Expand
  25. Turtle02
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Lacking in end-game content. Drop rates for good gear are horrendous. Leveling is a boring, tedious slog. Developers are unresponsive to player needs. Recent patch 1.1 is a case-in-point. Damage nerfed, armor amounts nerfed, monster density (supposedly) increased--lose, lose, lose.. In a game where leveling and drop rates are terrible...you now die more, take longer to clearLacking in end-game content. Drop rates for good gear are horrendous. Leveling is a boring, tedious slog. Developers are unresponsive to player needs. Recent patch 1.1 is a case-in-point. Damage nerfed, armor amounts nerfed, monster density (supposedly) increased--lose, lose, lose.. In a game where leveling and drop rates are terrible...you now die more, take longer to clear repetitive dungeons, & get less XP (because that got nerfed as well)--lose again. Do not buy this game! I have buyer's remorse myself.… Expand
  26. hictorin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Designers don't want to make this game fun and are only interested in keeping the players captive.
  27. Ahighman
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Between all the stuttering, lagging and bugs I somehow managed to get 2 characters to level 100. I really liked this game and I figured they’d fix those issues and address some balancing issues like with the Sorc for example. Instead of fixing any real issue they basically ruined this game. The builds I was using for my rogue/barb are no longer viable and they didn’t use any exploits. SoBetween all the stuttering, lagging and bugs I somehow managed to get 2 characters to level 100. I really liked this game and I figured they’d fix those issues and address some balancing issues like with the Sorc for example. Instead of fixing any real issue they basically ruined this game. The builds I was using for my rogue/barb are no longer viable and they didn’t use any exploits. So I’m being punished for the .00001 percentage of people who have taken advantages of bugs in your game. You’re punishing the rest of the player base. Helltides used to be one of the only things that brought players together and it felt like a team effort. Now you have to farm 35 minutes to open a mystery chest that will drop 3 sacred legendaries even though you’re freaking level 100. Wow such “risk reward”. I’m done with this game and I’ll probably never trust another blizzard game in the future. Wtf is actually wrong with you developers lmfao… Expand
  28. basedRNC
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Bad dev team that won’t listen to the player base. Nerfed the entire game and all player builds in the very first major patch of the game.

    Don’t trust blizzard with your time, they only care about profits and metrics. Your time investment in your characters will be a waste as they continue to nerf popular and fun builds into the dirt in future patches.
  29. Loblob
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Idiot devs Long term health of the game > health of customers
  30. Riptide44
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No endgame to speak of.
    Multiplayer content is non-existing for an online only game.
    Open world with no purpose or benefit. $90 USD Price point for an unfinished game with many QOL issues and bad implementation. Balance issues, with poor design causing very few viable builds to emerge. Bugs with cross play, controller support, joining friend groups. Community/feedback completely    No endgame to speak of.
    Multiplayer content is non-existing for an online only game.
    Open world with no purpose or benefit.
    $90 USD Price point for an unfinished game with many QOL issues and bad implementation.
    Balance issues, with poor design causing very few viable builds to emerge.
    Bugs with cross play, controller support, joining friend groups.
    Community/feedback completely ignored by devs.
    Devs prioritizing cosmetics and battle pass over actual QOL.

    Level cap is 100. Loot progression is so bad post level 70 you may spend 8+ hours of play without finding a single piece of gear upgrade. Rerolling gear stats is so expensive, you're unable to effectively fish for better stats with the loot you find.

    Level 80 unique more often than not drop with worse stats than the level 60 version of the same unique you've been wearing for 20 levels. Its rare you get a better version than what you're using.

    Rather than create endgame activities the devs have slowed XP gain and have also ratcheted back defensive and offensive stats on gear in an attempt to make the slow grind even slower with no payoff at later levels.

    I have no idea how a huge game studio, with 20+ years making games in this genre, with so much public beta feedback, can ignore the player base and screw up this bad.    … 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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