Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Pteromyin0
    Jul 25, 2023
    7
    It's aight. You'll get what you know. Not as good as Grim Dawn.

    But seriously there is no need for being a fanboy, nor is it the worst game ever. Obviously review bombing going on here.
  2. Bambucea
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Played during both Beta, and played pre-season. The Betas were fine, up to lvl 25 the game felt good and it had potential to be better. But the end product is just the same as the beta, scaled to 100. The endgame pre and in season 1 is just non existent comparred to other finished and out of early access ARPG (well rated). The game is buggy, poorly managed with bad designed systems thatPlayed during both Beta, and played pre-season. The Betas were fine, up to lvl 25 the game felt good and it had potential to be better. But the end product is just the same as the beta, scaled to 100. The endgame pre and in season 1 is just non existent comparred to other finished and out of early access ARPG (well rated). The game is buggy, poorly managed with bad designed systems that apparently need 2-3 seasons to be fixed (why?) but hey, launched with a perfectly looking and functioning cash SHOP.… Expand
  3. jjc123cj
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    simply not fun with all the changes that were implemented with the latest patch (longer cooldowns, less damage, QoL nerfs). Definitely regret spending $100.
  4. Fibonacci71
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    I've been playing Diablo since D1. It has always been a smash and grab game with high intensity. D4 is none of that. Blizzard has released another barely beta ready product as a cash grab.

    In the open world you've been given a horse to ride about, but it is so buggy and janky you'd rather walk. The mob count is so sparse and objectives are so spread out that stopping to kill trash    I've been playing Diablo since D1. It has always been a smash and grab game with high intensity. D4 is none of that. Blizzard has released another barely beta ready product as a cash grab.

    In the open world you've been given a horse to ride about, but it is so buggy and janky you'd rather walk. The mob count is so sparse and objectives are so spread out that stopping to kill trash packs on the way is such a time sink it seems pointless. Then if you do stop and kill mobs the items and gold dropped are more like clutter than anything. Most of the time I don't bother picking up the items or the gold. Not picking up gold in a video game? That should be enough of a design flaw to get anyone's attention.

    Everything in the game scales with your level. Killing a mob at level 1 feels the same at level 50. You don't feel stronger. The cost of items at the vendor scale too with everything being just out of your price range with the gold in your bags until you have gear that is so much better you would never use the vendor. So, why have one selling me blue items I'll never want?

    The dungeons are empty. You can walk about for literally a minute and not encounter anything. Then when you do find something it's like 6 mobs. Then your resources all drain before you find the next tiny pack.

    The dungeons are also insanely repetitive in both map design and objectives. I just completed 4 of the exact same instance. Same map, same mobs, same objective. Not the same dungeon 4 times but 4 different ones that ended up being exactly the same. The objectives are really frustrating. Normally you're picking up an item or using a lever as far East as possible then the next one is as far West as possible then returning to the middle to a barrier that has dropped. Pray there aren't 3 or more objectives blocking your progress or you will be running in circles backtracking over empty areas that you've previously cleared. Sound fun to run for minutes through an empty dungeon over and over and over? I don't think anyone that makes the game plays the game.

    All the running about just feels pointless. You're looking for demons and can't find them. And when you do, you don't care because they don't drop much of anything. It all feels like the game is set up just to keep you logged in and inflate their engagement metrics.

    They also implemented some hot garbage called renown from World of Warcraft. It is reputation with minor rewards with each zone in the game. Apparently, you need to re-grind it every season. Hard, 100% pass. This alone is why I won't be playing any more. Zero interest in re-doing the same boring content repeatedly. I'm here to save the world and kill demons not re-activate the town portals.

    The last unforgivable transgression is the 'battle pass". I'm a sucker and purchased the pre-sale of the game and forgot it had one month's free battle pass. I was drilling in the menus for season one to see how much it cost and what the rewards would be. The game automatically cashed in my freebie with no confirmation. Thankfully it was free as I would have been furious to purchase an actual battle pass. It comes with nearly nothing. Some crappy "transmogs" and a mount I'll never use. It further insults your intelligence and wallet by giving you some in game currency. Is it platinum? Who cares what it is called as they give you less than the amount to purchase the cheapest item in the in-game store.

    One of Diablo's core tenants has been hardcore. I wouldn't bother much unless you are a true die hard. They seem to be trying to make the game an MMO and the loading between zones will lag out for several seconds just moving about on a solid internet connection. Enough time to get gibbed by some trash for sure. There is no reason hard core players shouldn't be able to play in an offline mode.

    There is no in-game communication to speak of. No global channel. Very hard to find new friends. There is a clunky interact menu to wave at people or inspect their gear. And there is a guild finder, but the few times I checked it there weren't many offerings.

    With all that negativity there are also some great points. The campaign is fantastic with the exception of the minority 'girl power' forced narrative. The art, video and sound work are all outstanding. The cut scenes are great and smashing a mob into 1000 bits feels immersive with deep crushing sounds. The implementation of the Butcher is awesome!

    Unless you just have to play now with your friends, i'd wait and buy it on sale. The campaign is worth the price of a movie ticket, but not $70. Maybe they will fix some of the systems, but i doubt it based on their track record.    … Expand
  5. Brendan94
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Dev’s are completely out of touch, counting on the draw of nostalgia, which unfortunately I was victim to. This game sucks the updates are insane.
  6. BoskY
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Not playable after 70 lvl. Terrible end game loop. No chase items. No crafting. No agency on the contents and rewards. Bad itemization. Forced builds by devs. Buggy and imbalanced tuning.
  7. vuckoland
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    I made account just to give Diablo 4 score of ZERO.. Its a cashgrab Blizzard game with milking players with forced in game shop. Forget about brain in this game you will dont have to use it. No belts, no shoulders, no sets, no random generated dungeons, no runes, no runewords, no magic find, no area damage, no cannot be frozen, no crushing blow, no deadly strike, no folowers, no auras, noI made account just to give Diablo 4 score of ZERO.. Its a cashgrab Blizzard game with milking players with forced in game shop. Forget about brain in this game you will dont have to use it. No belts, no shoulders, no sets, no random generated dungeons, no runes, no runewords, no magic find, no area damage, no cannot be frozen, no crushing blow, no deadly strike, no folowers, no auras, no jewels, no charms, no class balance, no feel of progression (level scaling) , no use of unique items, no fun in this game.. They made the worst game in gaming industry packed in beautifullartwork and animation with help of the brand Diablo game and agressive marketing. Well done Blizzard you are officialy DEAD company now… Expand
  8. 99thhand
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    The game feels like it focused more on the graphics than the game system. Every time the Devs talk about the issues, it feels like D4 has spaghetti coding. It reminds me of when the game PUBG PC had bad coding, and the Devs admitted struggling to fix the game.

    The game feels like you're always climbing a mountain with 100x the gravity of the earth. It's always a struggle to work your    The game feels like it focused more on the graphics than the game system. Every time the Devs talk about the issues, it feels like D4 has spaghetti coding. It reminds me of when the game PUBG PC had bad coding, and the Devs admitted struggling to fix the game.

    The game feels like you're always climbing a mountain with 100x the gravity of the earth. It's always a struggle to work your way up, and it's not even rewarding when you make it to the top with BIS gears.

    Season 1 feels rushed and like nothing has changed; they just added a quest and those gems that add a little to the mechanics. What's even more amusing is that their battle pass is the worst of all battle passes.

    I don't know what the Devs are thinking. it's so bad at the current state.    … Expand
  9. Taoday
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Game was fun at launch. Blizzards constantly took away the fun by nerfing what worked and what players loved. Do not buy the game
  10. eraforn
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The game is terrible and unfun. Making a game this bad despite so much time, example and budget is a real success! Blizzard urgently needs to fire the developers who made this project and work with other ARPG developers on the market. IMMEDIATELY!
  11. murloxer
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    refunded. why? You know WHY. because its a total garbage. my expectations were much bigger
  12. Nagayoshi
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Will update if they make it better. Right now I can’t find a reason to log in.
  13. Highwizard
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game needed a minimum of 1 to 2 years of development. Buyer beware this is not a completed title.

    There is no end game content, you spam dungeons over and over and over. The games overall balancing is not very good, many mechanics will one shot kill you.

    Blizzard likely rushed this game due to poor world of warcraft dragon flight sales.    … Expand
  14. SiegwardZwiebel
    Jul 24, 2023
    6
    The core of a Diablo game is a satisfying grind, you play a couple of days, rush through story content with your second character wwith a plan in mind and a shopping list.
    In D3 you would do the story in a couple of hours and begin doing GR's and bounties. it was straight forward. matchmake, grind and level your paragon. you would feel powerful through the campaign, and in GR's it would    The core of a Diablo game is a satisfying grind, you play a couple of days, rush through story content with your second character wwith a plan in mind and a shopping list.
    In D3 you would do the story in a couple of hours and begin doing GR's and bounties. it was straight forward. matchmake, grind and level your paragon. you would feel powerful through the campaign, and in GR's it would be relatively easy to get your build set up

    What D4 is doing though, is slowing progress on every corner, dungeon variety is bad and on topside you can grind neither level nor gears effectively so what you basically do is you feel slow as a turtle and sort through trash.
    i'm glad it's over for me now, maybe i'l revisit this game later...much later.

    D3 was bad in the beginning, where are the people that could have learned from those mistakes and made it better    … Expand
  15. Sonicbe
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    오픈이후로 개발자들과 유저 소통은 이 게임에 대한 흥미를 잃게 만들 뿐만이 아니라 제작사 즉 블리자드에 대한 신뢰도 완전히 잃게 만들었다

    이제 베틀넷을 삭제했다 잘가라 추억의 블리자드
  16. Macksg
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    These guys made nothing but a mess of this game and the entire diablo franchise. Don't waste your money
  17. RodsMiranda
    Jul 24, 2023
    2
    My Opinion on the game

    • Underwhelming game at the moment. Lame campaign • Great visuals, good performance overall but lacks content. • First season is very dull, it needs way more content for what it costs • I didn't like the paid battle pass option, it feels very unpleasant after paying full price for the game (Game costs R$350,00 in Brazilian currency. For comparison, our minimum    My Opinion on the game

    • Underwhelming game at the moment. Lame campaign
    • Great visuals, good performance overall but lacks content.
    • First season is very dull, it needs way more content for what it costs
    • I didn't like the paid battle pass option, it feels very unpleasant after paying full price for the game (Game costs R$350,00 in Brazilian currency. For comparison, our minimum wage is around R$ 1350,00).

    I would definitely ask for a refund if possible
    I'll change my review if seasons get any better    … Expand
  18. AverageGamerGuy
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    I'm a medical student supporting 9 wives and 2 kids on a Walmart salary.
    Time to myself is especially hard to come by so this latest patch was the biggest setback in my entire life. It genuinely feels like every second I invested in my sorcerer build was a complete and utter waste.

    Activision Blizzard can lick the cheese off my nuts. I'll never buy one of their games until next year.
  19. XViper
    Jul 24, 2023
    4
    Not going to review bomb this with a 0, but giving this a generous “4”.
    DEFINITELY NOT WORTH FULL PRICE!
    Story was interesting and engaging. Cinematics are fantastic. Initial start to the game is generally well paced. Graphics and animations are polished. The “world aesthetics” are pleasing and detailed. Unfortunately this is where the good stuff ends. The worst of all, most of    Not going to review bomb this with a 0, but giving this a generous “4”.
    DEFINITELY NOT WORTH FULL PRICE!

    Story was interesting and engaging.
    Cinematics are fantastic.
    Initial start to the game is generally well paced.
    Graphics and animations are polished.
    The “world aesthetics” are pleasing and detailed.

    Unfortunately this is where the good stuff ends. The worst of all, most of these negatives are not immediately obvious until AT LEAST 8h of gameplay. So no chance of getting a refund.

    Most of the things that would make an ARPG a “good” title, are somehow missing or in a bad state. To the point where they’ve actively gone backwards from previous titles, and are missing core features that exist in any other lesser budget ARPG that already exists.

    -Scaling mechanic. Interesting concept, terribly executed.
    -Never feeling truly ‘powerful’.
    -Enemies scaling at a faster rate than you gain power from loot drops.
    -Woeful loot itemisation.
    -Affixes, suffixes and legendary aspects that are so specific in their bonuses or activation criteria, that they introduce a level of complexity and build reliance that provide no true build diversity. This means that 99% of ‘good loot’ that drops, is not suitable for your build.
    -Extremely lackluster skill tree compared to other ARPGs, and even significantly less options than Diablo 3.
    -Paragon board that appears impressive, but in reality is just bland, grindy and uninspired. Providing you the ‘illusion’ of choice.
    -No loot filter! (how is this missing?! seriously!)
    -Extremely grindy
    -Current dev team has made it clear they WANT you to feel ‘weak’.
    -Constant nerfs to anything that may feel ‘enjoyable’.
    -Very specific pre-determined ‘builds’
    -Very little options for any kind of theory crafting or true build diversity.
    -Basic quality of life features missing that should be a standard inclusion.
    -Poorly designed and unengaging end-game loop.

    With the lessons learnt from Diablo 3, and the ability to take inspiration from some of the innovations of Grim Dawn, Last Epoch, Inquisitor: Martyr and Path of Exile (+ others). The current state of Diablo 4 is entirely unacceptable, particularly for a AAA studio like Activision Blizzard.

    This is easily the worst ROI I’ve had on a game in many many years.    … Expand
  20. Esk6
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Blindly weaken the player's experience and forcibly prolong the life of the game. Congratulations, this is a boring trash game.
  21. Wojomojo1616
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Busted half baked game barely surviving due to the achievements of its predecessor. If it wasn’t called Diablo it would be a $5 game on steam that nobody’s heard of and nobody plays. Stats don’t work like they’re supposed to. Itemization is boring and convoluted. Legendaries are boring and not good. Story is a mess. Endgame is non existent.
  22. Zorrick
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    it game not good for 2023! that game can be good only in 2005 year.
    or if it game for mobile phones.
    prise for this game is 1$ max!!!
  23. chef0121
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    awful company with very heavy anti consumer philosophy, thanks for robbing me and making me waste $70's, jerks
  24. whenthefire
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    I was having fun in season 0, the game was fairly grindy, but the nightmare dungeons and the helltides were at least semi-fun. Now the season 1 patch has made the game an absolute chore. Everything is slower. Everything is less fun. I feel like the product I was playing was a bait and switch, and wish I didn't enjoy the game prior to this point because then I could ask for a refund. HaveI was having fun in season 0, the game was fairly grindy, but the nightmare dungeons and the helltides were at least semi-fun. Now the season 1 patch has made the game an absolute chore. Everything is slower. Everything is less fun. I feel like the product I was playing was a bait and switch, and wish I didn't enjoy the game prior to this point because then I could ask for a refund. Have to have less than 2 hours played to get a refund. Seems like a great scheme. Release a game, change it so everyone leaves. Now you don't have to do any more dev work when everyone leaves the game, and you already collected everyone's cash for the full price game that got good reviews in beta...… Expand
  25. BZDRIP
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    When I was a kid. i fall in love with Blizzard games, such as diablo 2, starcraft. The old blizzard game, epic and great sincerity, make people happy and full of positive energy. Now blizzard have become a liar, just like swindler. you see warcraft 3 reforged, overwatch 2 pve mode, and now diablo 4.

    Blizzard just keep nerf everything fun in diablo 4 without buff that stupid horse and    When I was a kid. i fall in love with Blizzard games, such as diablo 2, starcraft. The old blizzard game, epic and great sincerity, make people happy and full of positive energy. Now blizzard have become a liar, just like swindler. you see warcraft 3 reforged, overwatch 2 pve mode, and now diablo 4.

    Blizzard just keep nerf everything fun in diablo 4 without buff that stupid horse and gems stuff full your stupid tiny backpack. You keep running at that boring openworld map again and again, from west to east, from south to north for those stupid tasks. This game is a mess right now, barbarian is nearly impossible to play. Designer keep lying that they are focus on career balance and BD variety which they had say the same on diablo 3 about 10 years ago.

    I have no hope for diablo series anymore. I am a fool because i buy diablo 4.    … Expand
  26. Phoenixfire711
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    The patch that happened in july of 2023 killed this game.

    They need to revert the patch, thank you.
  27. JuanCa321
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    No escuchan a los juadores, entregaron contenido nuevo vacio y tardado de llegar. El Blizzard de siempre.
    Why did I buy this for every system? Because I'm a moron. Each version is awful. I wasted so much money.

    Gameplay: 0/10
    D4 is now officially DEAD
  28. Djayani
    Jul 21, 2023
    7
    TLDR : game is decent fun, but not worth the price tag.

    Diablo 4 is a fun game with engaging combat. Endgame mechanics however, feel very bare bones. The paragon system is 90% of the time +5 dexterity nodes which is mostly useless and have no impact on any build. Past level 50, the fun kind of stops, the story is a nice experience, but the rest of the game is just very grindy for no real    TLDR : game is decent fun, but not worth the price tag.

    Diablo 4 is a fun game with engaging combat.
    Endgame mechanics however, feel very bare bones. The paragon system is 90% of the time +5 dexterity nodes which is mostly useless and have no impact on any build. Past level 50, the fun kind of stops, the story is a nice experience, but the rest of the game is just very grindy for no real reason. Tbh, I think this is because of the repetitiveness of mechanics and inexistence of a crafting system. You just roll a dice and hope it lands on numbers that are better than what you already have. Because you have no agency on your gear progression, and the mechanics being so repetitive past the story, you just end up grinding mindlessly for your next drop, which is to be honest, is kind of boring.
    And I feel weird for saying that while I have been able to grind 100s of maps on poe each season since years. The main issue for me is that Diablo 4 didn't innovate enough, it often feels like an earlier or worse version of other ARPGS. For example, I had a much better experience with last epoch, which brought many interesting mechanics to the table (damn it, all ARPGS should give us a customizable loot filter). Diablo 4 is too grindy to be casual and too simple to be exciting for a more hardcore community.
    Overall, I liked the story and how simple it is to put a build together. But in an ideal world, I would pay the game between 40 and 50 euros and only play until level 50. So far, the experience after that is not worth it.    … Expand
  29. METRODONTRUS
    Jul 24, 2023
    8
    Personally feel like the blind criticism is an overreaction. This game is a ton of fun and very polished, the devs are listening to the players and giving their best effort to improve the experience. The way I see it, this game will only get better with time.
  30. NerfBlizzard
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    For the love of god Blizzard, nerf the crowd control already.

    It's just lame. What I'm really struggling to understand though, is why Maxroll don't team up with a bunch of indie developers to make an arpg that's actually fun to play. You can learn the basics of how to program an arpg on Udemy. That combined with input from gamers who know about arpgs like the guys at Maxroll,    For the love of god Blizzard, nerf the crowd control already.

    It's just lame.

    What I'm really struggling to understand though, is why Maxroll don't team up with a bunch of indie developers to make an arpg that's actually fun to play.

    You can learn the basics of how to program an arpg on Udemy. That combined with input from gamers who know about arpgs like the guys at Maxroll, could easily create one of the best arpgs out there and blow blizzard out of the water.

    I really do hope maxroll drop covering D4 the same way they did immortal.    … Expand
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#24 Best PC Game of 2023
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2023

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Metascore
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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