Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Spezialsalz
    Aug 6, 2023
    6
    Fantastic art design great combat and a far more engaging story than previous parts.
    Yet, the longer you play D4 the more hollow it feels.
    Don't get me wrong, playing one character through the story and reaching maybe lvl70 is great. But then what. You will never encounter the cool bosses again. The super rich, variable world begins to turn into a grey/brown mush, because you are so    Fantastic art design great combat and a far more engaging story than previous parts.
    Yet, the longer you play D4 the more hollow it feels.
    Don't get me wrong, playing one character through the story and reaching maybe lvl70 is great.
    But then what. You will never encounter the cool bosses again. The super rich, variable world begins to turn into a grey/brown mush, because you are so freely happing between regions etc ( I do not like open world). And, then utter loneliness creeps in.
    THIS IS NOT A MULTIPLAYER UNLESS YOU BRING ALONG FRIENDS.
    There is no functioning matchmaking, the is no chat system seeing any appreciable use, there is no trading.
    All in all a perfectly fine single player, off-line game at a to high prize and with the questionable need to always be online.

    If you can, wait another year I am sure it will get better.    … Expand
  2. Red_nnnno
    Aug 6, 2023
    6
    Slightly above average game. Was worth it's rather high price.
    Updates/Season are crap.
    Long-term play after level 75ish has me too bored to continue playing, even after changing classes. All you are doing after Campaign + Tier III is looking for the "perfect items for you build", so it becomes a crappy game "Hidden objects" except you have to Gacha the items and they all look pretty    Slightly above average game. Was worth it's rather high price.
    Updates/Season are crap.
    Long-term play after level 75ish has me too bored to continue playing, even after changing classes.
    All you are doing after Campaign + Tier III is looking for the "perfect items for you build", so it becomes a crappy game "Hidden objects" except you have to Gacha the items and they all look pretty much exactly the same except for the text descriptions...    … Expand
  3. fierox88
    Aug 7, 2023
    6
    A Mediocre game with great polish. Starts out great but only goes downhill from there. Also there is too much Diablo Immortal trickery added at the cost of the base game's quality. RIP old Blizzard where seeing just the logo would mean an awesome game was coming next.
  4. mr_exorcist
    Aug 7, 2023
    6
    A lot of dumb kids just bombing the rating without even playing the game.
    The game overall is ok. You can definitely spend there few weeks-month by playing campaign and then exploring some endgame stuff to do until it starts getting boring. I had fun playing this amount of time so gaming is good.
    Rating it as 6, because game also has issues that needs to be solved.
  5. Senn4237
    Aug 10, 2023
    6
    Mediocre gameplay but beautiful design and art direction. Needs a lot of work.
  6. Sinabuns
    Aug 12, 2023
    6
    I think in a year or two this game will be much better, like the other Diablo games.
  7. SteveOnMetacrit
    Aug 12, 2023
    6
    The game feels NOTHING like Diablo 1 or 2. I played the campaign through five times and almost all the side quests twice, skipping the campaign only twice on the way to 50+ level characters, but I probably should have only played it once with a single character and stopped. The endgame seems pointless. I was having an easy time with a 71st level character, but leveling higher felt boring.The game feels NOTHING like Diablo 1 or 2. I played the campaign through five times and almost all the side quests twice, skipping the campaign only twice on the way to 50+ level characters, but I probably should have only played it once with a single character and stopped. The endgame seems pointless. I was having an easy time with a 71st level character, but leveling higher felt boring. There is NO story.

    The campaign is OK but very dark. For example, you walk past almost as many human torture-victim corpses as the total enemies you encounter. On the other hand, I sort of liked that maybe 40% of the side-quests had sad endings - that seemed like a brave decision on the part of the developers.

    It's quite difficult to find co-op partners, partly because there is so much to do specifically for one's own character, but mostly because Blizzard seemed to put almost no effort into matchmaking.

    The Legion events where one joins a PUG to fight several consecutive hordes of enemies are fun, but the world bosses seem boring after you've completed a couple. The Hell-Tide events are OK; the first few are quite fun. Solo dungeons are repetitive.

    There is a certain amount of satisfaction in slowly figuring out how to (relatively) quickly assess which of the endless stream of looted items are worth using, but that's the main problem with the game - it's 50% administration: picking up loot, sorting loot, salvaging loot, rolling to change one enhancement to a piece of loot, looking through your large bonus magic runes to decide which to add to a new piece of loot. All this is done, of course, at NPC's that are several seconds walk apart from each other. It pays off in power - I've heard of some people who died frequently, whereas I never had much trouble completing anything. Because I paused to pick the best loot and upgrade it correctly. But all in all, I would have preferred not to play a game that included so much administration. Solo or co-op, the game should be mostly fighting.

    My first play through would probably rate a 7.5; my final experiences with the game were about a 3.    … Expand
  8. Soganox
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    A mess of a game, showcasing what poor management can do to a great IP even if you throw lots of money at it.
    Technically this game is very solid. Oh, there are bugs and network issues, but they are not THAT bad. And on the art side this game hits a home run, things look great and sound great. Even the story is decent, and that's not a given in this genre...
    The real pain is in the    A mess of a game, showcasing what poor management can do to a great IP even if you throw lots of money at it.
    Technically this game is very solid. Oh, there are bugs and network issues, but they are not THAT bad. And on the art side this game hits a home run, things look great and sound great. Even the story is decent, and that's not a given in this genre...
    The real pain is in the shoddy implementation of game mechanics. Where do I start?
    - Class balance is a joke. It doesn't exist. To add insult to injury, the devs seem to focus on balancing around seasonal content as if the permanent "eternal realm" characters don't exist and suffer from even bigger gaps in power.
    - Endgame is extremely limited and repetitive.
    - Half the mobs have some sort of "I go kaboom on death" effect, which gets tedious.
    - Items are legit boring, due to multiple factors:
    1. Once you get to level 75 or so you are reduced to a line-worker checking an endless stream of "rares" for some 1% upgrade.
    2. The game is littered with situational affixes like "+5% damage to purple enemies when you are hungry". This exacerbates the issue of finding "good" items.
    3. The existing system of "legendary" items is lackluster. You unlock powers in dungeons but practically never want to use those because they are so weak, instead constantly spinning the wheel for a better version to drop... but these are "1 time use".
    4. Game is missing useful, direct affixes on items, like "+ 100 fire damage" or "3% chance to stun".
    5. Resistances are completely broken, have been for over 3 months, and still not fixed.
    6. Some stats straight up lie to you, like "% damage reduction" which DOES NOT work as a stacking bonus.
    7. Most of the "unique" items are pointless to use.
    8. No sets, no runewords, no real meaning behind item durability.
    9. No loot filter.

    I could go on... thing is, practically every one of these issues can be fixed with dedication. I know that ONE DAY this game will be great. But it just isn't there yet, and I am sad.    … Expand
  9. Superduperjew
    Jun 15, 2023
    5
    The itemization is beyond silly and the feeling of getting stronger to overcome challenges is all over the place because monsters scale with you. In other games, you come to content you can't beat, so you get stronger then go back to overcome it but in D4 that isn't the case because when you get stronger, the monsters also get stronger. It's insanity. None of it makes sense. The socialThe itemization is beyond silly and the feeling of getting stronger to overcome challenges is all over the place because monsters scale with you. In other games, you come to content you can't beat, so you get stronger then go back to overcome it but in D4 that isn't the case because when you get stronger, the monsters also get stronger. It's insanity. None of it makes sense. The social aspect is non-existent. They had D2 as a super solid foundation for an amazing ARPG but there they go again with the D3-like formula of trying to reinvent the wheel without even innovating. The art and atmosphere are solid, the story is good enough and enjoyable. Sure, the game feels a little bland sometimes but overall I like the atmosphere.

    FIX CAMERA ZOOM AND ANGLE

    FIX ITEMS SO THEY FEEL LIKE D2, IT'S YOUR OWN GAME FOR CRYING OUT LOUD YOU CAN USE IT!

    FIX LEVEL SCALING

    FIX SOCIAL    … Expand
  10. screff
    Jul 9, 2023
    5
    This game has good bones, but it falls short in multiple areas that made past Diablo games great. The main issue i have with it is that it's just not at all fun to play. There are multiple things wrong that make it feel more like you are being actively punished for playing. It's definitely missing polish in a lot of areas and it shows. Several classes have major issues due to terribleThis game has good bones, but it falls short in multiple areas that made past Diablo games great. The main issue i have with it is that it's just not at all fun to play. There are multiple things wrong that make it feel more like you are being actively punished for playing. It's definitely missing polish in a lot of areas and it shows. Several classes have major issues due to terrible design choices, and not a lot has been done thus far to fix it which is extremely frustrating. I wish they had held the game back for another year to gather more feedback and make it better.… Expand
  11. SeekDWay
    Aug 16, 2023
    5
    This a solid game, the polish everywhere is noticeable, as is the lack of variety in the endgame. But lets be real, no other game in this genre has had this much content on launch.

    Story: 8/10 Graphics: 9/10 Gameplay: 7/10 Endgame: 5/10 Combat: 7/10 Scaling Algorithm: 4/10 - Guild Wars 2 did this waaay better New: Patches: 1/10 The price is well worth it and Diablo 4 is in no    This a solid game, the polish everywhere is noticeable, as is the lack of variety in the endgame. But lets be real, no other game in this genre has had this much content on launch.

    Story: 8/10
    Graphics: 9/10
    Gameplay: 7/10
    Endgame: 5/10
    Combat: 7/10
    Scaling Algorithm: 4/10 - Guild Wars 2 did this waaay better

    New: Patches: 1/10
    The price is well worth it and Diablo 4 is in no shape or form anything bellow exceptional. How Blizzard will manage the game? Lets wait and find out!

    Edit: I've decreased my vote to 6/10 because scaling at high levels 80+ is insanely boring even with gg gear and they keep nerfing every single dungeon because some random streamer grinds. Almost all of them are boring as of 12/06/23. They care only about their KPIs.

    Edit: Dropped to 5/10, I would originally gave it a bit less but this review bombing is not OK. Reason is the recent patches have been very mismanaged.

    Grow up, stop giving 0s.    … Expand
  12. ultraviper
    Jun 15, 2023
    5
    Doesn't seem to add anything new or better from previous games at all. But it does add a microtransaction shop... Game has lag spikes/disconnections, even if playing solo. Can't pause the game, even if playing solo. A lot of the skills seem, well, completely useless. For example the conjuration tree of the sorceress has 3 skills to pick from: one has 0 cooldown and lasts 10 seconds. theDoesn't seem to add anything new or better from previous games at all. But it does add a microtransaction shop... Game has lag spikes/disconnections, even if playing solo. Can't pause the game, even if playing solo. A lot of the skills seem, well, completely useless. For example the conjuration tree of the sorceress has 3 skills to pick from: one has 0 cooldown and lasts 10 seconds. the other 2 last only 6 seconds each and have huge cooldowns (16 and 20 seconds). There is no reason to ever pick the long cooldown ones that last long enough to kill maybe 1 enemy and then make you wait 10-14 seconds to cast them again. Especially when you can only have 6 skills at any one time.… Expand
  13. fatehasfans
    Jul 13, 2023
    5
    Really hate to say it but D4 is a well-dressed mobile game designed to waste your time while emptying your pocket.

    Those 'developers' over at Blizz are nothing but lawyers and accountants with ponytails, they look at the best money-making models and employ them over a pretty aesthetic then drive it home with heavy marketing. But why should they stop when according to the figures it    Really hate to say it but D4 is a well-dressed mobile game designed to waste your time while emptying your pocket.

    Those 'developers' over at Blizz are nothing but lawyers and accountants with ponytails, they look at the best money-making models and employ them over a pretty aesthetic then drive it home with heavy marketing. But why should they stop when according to the figures it works?

    Anyway back to review:

    5/10 ..avoid.    … Expand
  14. Tubey
    Jun 12, 2023
    5
    A bit torn on this one. The aesthetic is much improved from D3 but feels like a 'nightmare' skin plastered on top of a cartoon rather than something created from scratch with a horror theming in mind... it's really hard to explain but it too often doesn't 'feel' right to me.

    But that's by the by if the gameplay was fantastic and... well, again, it's not 'bad', it's just uninspired.    A bit torn on this one. The aesthetic is much improved from D3 but feels like a 'nightmare' skin plastered on top of a cartoon rather than something created from scratch with a horror theming in mind... it's really hard to explain but it too often doesn't 'feel' right to me.

    But that's by the by if the gameplay was fantastic and... well, again, it's not 'bad', it's just uninspired. Rarely does a game leave me a bit lost trying to describe it and having to resort to the word 'feel' but... yeah, again, too often it just doesn't 'feel' right. I'm honestly sorry but it's one of those 'you have to play it to see what I mean' scenarios because words don't do it justice.

    The story, on the other hand, I can describe easily - shallow, tepid nonsense that falls off a cliff, every bit as pointless as Diablo 3. D2 got the 'show don't tell' balance right, nothing in the series has since.

    Microtransaction/battle pass nonsense unfortunately exist. In a full price game. They have no right to, but unfortunately the consumers have been stupid enough to lose the war on that one to the point it's barely worth mentioning anymore, but for me any paid game with them in loses points. That's not 'review bombing', it's just common sense that if a game features a system that is to the detriment of a consumer, then it should be marked down for it.

    As it is, it's not the worst implementation of it, but it's Blizzard, so expect nonsense down the line.

    I don't hate Diablo 4. I absolutely don't love it either. I actually prefer D2:R overall - yes, it's 'simpler', but it still does what it intends to do very well, has no bloat/filler and respects the player. But if we're all being honest, there's simply better aRPGs outside the Diablo franchise now - much better in fact - and Diablo 4 doesn't do enough to reclaim the title.    … Expand
  15. Obadiah_Jenkins
    Sep 6, 2023
    5
    Absolutely loved the main story and the world they created, the voice acting was phenomenal! Unfortunately the end game is just repetitive, pointless and filled with micro transactions, the battle pass was a waste of time and is a stupid system in general. Thankfully Baldur's Gate 3 came out in time to save me from this corporate video game Hell.
  16. Chewbubba
    Jul 31, 2023
    5
    Good campaign and well built game personally had very fee bugs at all . Main ranged rogue but very difficult to change spec on the fly which is the modern norm for some games. Not many quality of life features which drops the score a bit for me. Would be great to transfer between dagger rogue to ranged rogue when I want but legendary system and talent system makes this incredibly difficultGood campaign and well built game personally had very fee bugs at all . Main ranged rogue but very difficult to change spec on the fly which is the modern norm for some games. Not many quality of life features which drops the score a bit for me. Would be great to transfer between dagger rogue to ranged rogue when I want but legendary system and talent system makes this incredibly difficult so feel quite pigeon holed with my build. As a result late game feels a little stale where I could be mixing* it up with build ideas etc. This isn't a criticism per say rather an observation about th eold school nature of the build system. I think modern systems can have a hit more flexibility to cater to a bit more casual gamers but also enable hard-core gamers to experiment… Expand
  17. Deadraque
    Jun 13, 2023
    5
    A diablo game without a Diablo fight....
    Story was 5/10 for me just the last 2-3 hours are good.
    Dungeons 4/10, No floors? copy/paste all the time, same bosses and so on. Open World 3/10, Most MMORPG crushes Diablo in this kind of game. Exploration was destroyed because of the Fog of war, it is for me one of the worst part, the events oh my..... No Solo play. Side quests 4/10 they are    A diablo game without a Diablo fight....
    Story was 5/10 for me just the last 2-3 hours are good.
    Dungeons 4/10, No floors? copy/paste all the time, same bosses and so on.
    Open World 3/10, Most MMORPG crushes Diablo in this kind of game. Exploration was destroyed because of the Fog of war, it is for me one of the worst part, the events oh my..... No Solo play.
    Side quests 4/10 they are sooo flat... why not having side quests like in Witcher 3., going have to do this each season.... nope.
    Group play and PVP N/A I Only Solo.
    Leveling, Skills 5/10 way too fast to 50, Way to slow after 50. you have 100% legendries at level 40... ridiculous... I suggest you finish story as fast as you can, if you start exploring you will hit 50 on chapter 1 or 2 and will be a chore to get to Tier 3. Skills are way too simplified like in D3, Paragon board is laughable. Take a look at Last Epoch for interesting skill leveling. They don't understand what Mana shield is all about... a mage skill adding +3 x 3 mana lol...
    Mount 6/10 is Gimmick and pretty clunky but can help you get somewhere faster, kills the exploration again...
    QoL 5/10 it's ok but lacks...
    Gameplay 8/10: feeling of combat is great, but lacks of skill to much Console play in mind so have a very basic skills bar.
    Endgame 3/10 Whispers are ok otherwise it would be a 1/10. same dungeons all the time, even rifts we're more diverse! doing it just for adding stupid points on the boring paragon board....
    Overall 5/10 if It had not been sold as a Diablo game it would be receiving a 3 by most reviewers.
    This game is probably dead after Season one, unless paragon board get's interesting, every dungeon is unique with floors!, has a decent fog of war, has a solo mode, Unique monsters that are like in D2 and D3. I made 2 classes Rogue and Mage and I am done, no interest for the other ones running the same thing again with this kind of super boring leveling system.
    Back to Last Epoch    … Expand
  18. Eilanzer
    Jul 27, 2023
    5
    Mediocre casual game without proper endgame for now. 5 for me. If you are a casual you will probably enjoy more than me.
    For now poe is a LOT better! The endgame in diablo 4 is a joke and pure grind, no fun, no chase challenge or big item, the ui was made for console and the list goes on and on~
  19. Sexcalibure
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review contains spoilers. An improvement from all they did wrong with Diablo3 but D3 brought the franchise so much back that even a step forward is still far behind what it should be.

    They didn’t took any risk

    - itemization: bland, soulless, boring
    - story: decent until your character took the damn stupid decision to refuse Lilith offer
    - campaign: so many unskippable dialogues… escort mission and low mob density
    - skill system: boring and limited. The 4basic, 4 core system makes it have max 1-2 decent build per class. There is no possible theorycrafting or diversity possible. The generator/spender system has been a franchise killer

    Combat: the amount of CC you have to endure is killing the fun, especially for melee. It doesn’t matter to have unstoppable 4 sec… you’ll be Cc for the rest of the Cooldown of your skill. Pvp is decent

    Endgame: boring same crap

    Crafting: non-existent

    Qol: lacks so much of it… no map overlay, no gem tab, no proper search function

    Ui: this game was created for console and its limitations, so when ported to pc it feels so much shallower because Pc can do so much more    … Expand
  20. Prellwurst
    Jul 24, 2023
    5
    We are in the year 2023. Blizzard should be very experienced what it means to develop a good ARPG. There are some good and at least one fantastic throne-contendor titles out there, where one (despite the fact that their own series should have provided loads of knowledge) could learn what a good ARPG is made of.
    And yet D4 has so much **** game design choices behind it. Like boring loot or    We are in the year 2023. Blizzard should be very experienced what it means to develop a good ARPG. There are some good and at least one fantastic throne-contendor titles out there, where one (despite the fact that their own series should have provided loads of knowledge) could learn what a good ARPG is made of.
    And yet D4 has so much **** game design choices behind it. Like boring loot or classes that are so endlessly slow-paced and boring in the levelling process that io cannot play more than 20 minutes before asking myself, why I waste my gaming time on such a title. The world is large and (surprise surprise) mostly bleak and not interesting. And the thing that I despise the most is the fact, that (before dipping deep into endgame -maybe) your character gets weaker with every level! I mean what the **** after 15h of playing, the ****ing starting area skeletons take 3 more hits than when u first encountered them. And all that for the hefty 70-Euro price tag. Shame on Blizzard.
    5/10 is my realistic opinion (game's price-tag considered)    … Expand
  21. isidore12
    Aug 7, 2023
    5
    Diablo 4 is a magnificent game, with little to no bugs, and detailed sceneries.

    But there is no-end game content, and the main story is an excuse to reach higher World Tiers.

    For $40, it would be an amazing pick. For $70, it is a massive rip-off.
  22. DukeBalek
    Jun 22, 2023
    5
    the game is ok but that's it. its kinda bland, the world map has no soul, it became very boring soon. dont buy it
  23. DoctorZack
    Jun 23, 2023
    5
    Is it playable? Yes.

    Is it "complete". No.

    Is it full of modern Blizzard Corporate stink? Absolutely, the most foul

    Also no Diablo in a Diablo game. Just weird.
  24. MusclePig
    Jun 9, 2023
    5
    It's not a bad game, but it's just a bit... boring. The auto scaling means you never feel more powerful; level 5 feels the same as level 50 power wise. Also forced diversity and gay stuff is just annoying. The game feels like it's been designed by committee
  25. PlayorNaygames
    Jun 15, 2023
    5
    Metacritic ate my review with the "forbidden 403" error that I spent over an hour on. This has been a problem for a while. Come on Metacritic, get it together.
  26. ZenderR
    Jun 12, 2023
    5
    Pretty much a mediocre ARPG. Would be 6-7 if it didn't cost $90.

    Some reasons are: - Boring itemization - stack crit chance, crit damage, and vuln damage; - Lack of build diversity - 2-3 builds for a class. Even less if you're a sorcerer; - The endgame loop is far beyond boring - I can't describe it in words but while playing this game between monster packs I felt utterly frustrated;    Pretty much a mediocre ARPG. Would be 6-7 if it didn't cost $90.

    Some reasons are:
    - Boring itemization - stack crit chance, crit damage, and vuln damage;
    - Lack of build diversity - 2-3 builds for a class. Even less if you're a sorcerer;
    - The endgame loop is far beyond boring - I can't describe it in words but while playing this game between monster packs I felt utterly frustrated;
    - The game brought nothing new to the ARPG genre. It's okay, but not for a game that costs $90 straight away and the way it was advertised.    … Expand
  27. Androox
    Jul 23, 2023
    5
    I would give Diablo IV a 8.5/10 before the massive batnerf update ruined everything.
    -Seasonal mechanic is not strong enough to compensate the loss
    -Leveling is boring -Crowd Control from monsters is out of control -Massively unfair classes balance, some classes are extremely gear dependant and struggle during leveling, while others like Necro Bone Spear one shot everything without the    I would give Diablo IV a 8.5/10 before the massive batnerf update ruined everything.
    -Seasonal mechanic is not strong enough to compensate the loss
    -Leveling is boring
    -Crowd Control from monsters is out of control
    -Massively unfair classes balance, some classes are extremely gear dependant and struggle during leveling, while others like Necro Bone Spear one shot everything without the need of good gear/aspects.
    -Reroll stats on gear is way too expensive
    -Mount is broken/feels bad
    -Massive lag everytime you switch area
    -No [WASD] to move, my right index is tired of spam clicks like a MOBA
    -Expect your favourite build to be nerfed every single update or hotfix
    -Lack of inventory
    -Lack of stash tabs
    -Lack of aspect inventory space
    -Some KEY aspects for some builds are not in the codex, making leveling/switching gear unfun
    -T100 nightmare dungeons difficulty is now nerfed to the T70 difficulty was, No End Game pushing anymore
    -No filter in stash or inventory    … Expand
  28. Odezza
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    I had very high hopes for this game, it didn't meet them. The most fundamental problem is that the game is just not fun to play, it all feels like a chore and you never make any progress. Majority of the game is you walking very slowly from A -> B. The story is full of characters you meet a few minutes then are expected to have a emotional respone to when they heroically die a few momentsI had very high hopes for this game, it didn't meet them. The most fundamental problem is that the game is just not fun to play, it all feels like a chore and you never make any progress. Majority of the game is you walking very slowly from A -> B. The story is full of characters you meet a few minutes then are expected to have a emotional respone to when they heroically die a few moments later.

    Liliths personality start promising, a demonic, scary but by the end has become a disney character.

    The affixes on items are pointless,
    2% damage or crowd controlled enemies
    2% damage to vurnable enemies
    2% damage to near enemies
    ... List goes on with MANY more exactly the same.

    The cinematics and music (you have to tweak your audio settings, turn down SFX to ~50% if you wanna hear the music while playing) in this game are fantastic.

    All in all the game is not fun, most of the time you are just slowly walking without killing any monster, very sloppy and bland story, game lakes itemization, very good cinematics and music.    … Expand
  29. wickedinsane
    Jul 7, 2023
    5
    Actually way too arcade and console orientated. GUI is unintuitive and misses many useful functions. The gameplay is always the same and a definitive downgrade regarding diversity. Game cannot keep you motivated for long. Also upcoming Season starts way too early. Not really reccomended
  30. Mnemolyst
    Jul 28, 2023
    5
    Revised update 7/28. The dev's are addressing the imbalance they introduced, I've changed my review from 0 --> 5. Communicating to the community and changing the game in a positive direction. Middle of the road is a good score for now until we see the results and if they respect players time.

    Original review: Honestly the game had a great starting point and there was a lot of hope. The    Revised update 7/28. The dev's are addressing the imbalance they introduced, I've changed my review from 0 --> 5. Communicating to the community and changing the game in a positive direction. Middle of the road is a good score for now until we see the results and if they respect players time.

    Original review:
    Honestly the game had a great starting point and there was a lot of hope. The story is amazing, the art and world they built is awesome. The gameplay and balance reek of mismanagement and horrific decision making by people motivated by how long people play rather than if the playtime is enjoyable.

    They're slowing everything way down and killing the game. They nerf anyway to acquire gear that isn't NM dungeons, buff the amount of gear that drops in them but lower the quality by adding worthless stats that no one is using AND we don't have a loot filter to sort out if anything decent drops...AND we have little to no storage space for saving gear we might want. They don't respect your time or themselves with the changes we've seen. It's a shame to ruin a game that had this much promise.

    It launched as a 6/10 with potential. It's a 0 now.    … Expand
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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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