Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Syllean
    Sep 12, 2023
    1
    I loved Diablo 3 and may even go back for new seasons from time to time. It's fast paced and fun.

    Diablo 4 is the opposite. It's a slog. The season grind is brutal. Who wants to spend weeks trying to reach max level in a seasonal game? There is no real end game other than grinding boring things that you have done before to get gear that is overly complicated and generally feels    I loved Diablo 3 and may even go back for new seasons from time to time. It's fast paced and fun.

    Diablo 4 is the opposite. It's a slog. The season grind is brutal. Who wants to spend weeks trying to reach max level in a seasonal game? There is no real end game other than grinding boring things that you have done before to get gear that is overly complicated and generally feels unrewarding. I had high hopes but Blizzard has risen to my lowest expectations. This is a terrible game and it is probably beyond redemption without a major rewrite.    … Expand
  2. Gradrock
    Sep 12, 2023
    0
    Surprisingly to me who loves the Diablo franchise 1-3 tens of thousands of hours of playtime, this is a bigger miss than Immortal.
  3. Spad183
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Not for hardcore gamer. For old gamer that love Diablo II, Ifound the game less immersive however I’m not that young the time I enjoyed D2 and I don’t have a lot of time to play. So here, I find a good and horrific graphic ambiance. I find a good challenge well balanced, I can spend some time in the open world just for fun and continue the story when I want. I would love more cinematicsNot for hardcore gamer. For old gamer that love Diablo II, Ifound the game less immersive however I’m not that young the time I enjoyed D2 and I don’t have a lot of time to play. So here, I find a good and horrific graphic ambiance. I find a good challenge well balanced, I can spend some time in the open world just for fun and continue the story when I want. I would love more cinematics and more story telling. Also more build possibilities, here it’s a lot based on items and aspects you will find but the aspect you can remove and replace it’s not for me, it’s not immersive and boring to do.
    Otherwise I like to play with friends.    … Expand
  4. Bloodworks3
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Blizzard managed to create a game so disappointing & frustrating that almost everyone who quits, RAGE QUITS.

    Plenty of other reviews cover the reasons why Diablo 4 is hot garbage. One of the worst games I've ever bought. I will never buy anything from them again. Search Actman Diablo 4 and watch any of his related reviews. Search Blizzard lawsuits. I scheduled my G.D. vacation    Blizzard managed to create a game so disappointing & frustrating that almost everyone who quits, RAGE QUITS.

    Plenty of other reviews cover the reasons why Diablo 4 is hot garbage. One of the worst games I've ever bought. I will never buy anything from them again.

    Search Actman Diablo 4 and watch any of his related reviews. Search Blizzard lawsuits.

    I scheduled my G.D. vacation time for the D4 release & 3 days into playing it stopped being fun. I'm still upset. What a scam.

    The once great Blizzard North was bought out over a decade ago and none of the brilliant minds still work there at what is now called Activision Blizzard. I didn't know this until after buying D4. Blizzard pumps out flashy games with no substance and puts the Blizzard stamp on it to cash in on nostalgia and utilize predatory in game cash transaction practices. Their games are pure marketing & sales. Look at reviews for any of their games in the last decade. I wish I had.

    Don't believe the positive critic reviews or the fake positive reviews masquerading as negative ones. Blizzard pays for those to confuse people

    D4 Motto: If you're not having fun you're either playing wrong or too much.    … Expand
  5. GabryaelL
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately, I chose to ignore reviews on the game as I have been a long standing fan of the Diablo series. However, while there are some elements of the game that I do find absolutely enjoyable, its little things that have crept in which have led to a lot of disdain for this game. You only have to read the reviews to know that we are all struggling with the same issues. I findUnfortunately, I chose to ignore reviews on the game as I have been a long standing fan of the Diablo series. However, while there are some elements of the game that I do find absolutely enjoyable, its little things that have crept in which have led to a lot of disdain for this game. You only have to read the reviews to know that we are all struggling with the same issues. I find teleporting in and out of areas leads to disconnects to the server. Consumables disappear due to dying and/or disconnects, and some of the consumables take a great deal of time to prepare. Resistances, seem irrelevant, even consumable resistance elixirs and so on. In general, the grinding is just the same old same old, with very little extra than increasing enemy health and damage, and the stun effects - OMF it may just be the worse Ive had to endure in a Diablo game. I hope Blizzard goes out of business because they have become so big without giving a crap to the legacy of Diablo. The money is important, but the overall experience of this game is evident Blizzard no longer understands what it means to make a long standing game. D2 was by far the best.… Expand
  6. Zayl666
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    Unfinished game at high price point and loaded with macro ($25 ugly skins) and micro transactions. Missing tons of quality of life features that ARPGs released 2 years ago have. Huge rubberbanding, meaningless loot, no loot filter (to be coming but it's rather too late), little multiplayer interaction, no spec loadouts. This game is the human equivalent of a hamster wheel. Also, this gameUnfinished game at high price point and loaded with macro ($25 ugly skins) and micro transactions. Missing tons of quality of life features that ARPGs released 2 years ago have. Huge rubberbanding, meaningless loot, no loot filter (to be coming but it's rather too late), little multiplayer interaction, no spec loadouts. This game is the human equivalent of a hamster wheel. Also, this game is made by a despicable company who only cares about your money.… Expand
  7. ian_flynn
    Sep 11, 2023
    2
    A great game that has been killed by Blizzards incompotence at the Season 1.1.0 Patch, Microtransactions and a multitude of Pointless Useless Stats.
    The moral of the story is don't kill your game with pointless and needless nerfs. I am glad that I waited a few weeks to do the review.
  8. Zietznoch
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    The first run through the campaign was really fun. But after level 70 it gets very frustrating and Season 1 is content wise jsut bad. and I am really dissapointed. They know about the probs but their focus remains on shop and cashgrab. typicall blizzard nowadays. I am out
  9. takenek
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    This game is a complete disaster. First of all, this is not Diablo, but some MMO in the world of Diablo, secondly, every now and then Blizzard mixes up the character balance so much that today your character is able to kill Butcher at the highest level and a day later you are unable to kill him. The way of collecting loot is completely broken, you have to first collect yellow items to turnThis game is a complete disaster. First of all, this is not Diablo, but some MMO in the world of Diablo, secondly, every now and then Blizzard mixes up the character balance so much that today your character is able to kill Butcher at the highest level and a day later you are unable to kill him. The way of collecting loot is completely broken, you have to first collect yellow items to turn them into unique items. The game has absolutely nothing to do with the Diablo series, only the name. Another problem is that every season you have to discover everything again, even though my main character has discovered everything, shrines, etc., now I have to run and discover them again, along with the portals. I don't know why the editors gave this game such a high rating, because for me it is a complete failure.… Expand
  10. Hiro652
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    I regret every penny I spent on this game, totally waste of time. Repetitive to the extend
  11. Zephyrghost_
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    This game is an insult to human intelligence.
    What is the Diablo IV killer?
    Path of Exile? NO.
    Baldurs Gate III? NO.
    Blizzard Entertainment? Absolutely yes. The game is dead now with the new season 1 patch. I cannot dedicate another set of hundreds of hours to grind from level 1 to 100, with the bloody nerfed characters. Go screw yourself Blizzard.
  12. 1337GameeR
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    When is the Release Date of Diablo3???

    .... cuz I dont have a Phone or PC with Internet

    AGAINST immorality and greed!!!
  13. Hack
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    A decent foundation but a serious lack of end game content means that you'll get bored fast, and the first season was a disaster. The developers have lost my trust with some truly bizarre discussions but I honestly hope that they can make the game great one day.
  14. compmanben
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I have played D1, D2, D3, so I am well seasoned. D4 by comparison is terrible in my personal opinion.
  15. SalamiHaze
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    The only good thing about this game is combat feel and non Black/white character as Lilith.

    All good hack n slash fundamentals have been thrown away for the sake of cashgrabbing techniques. Have fun being beta testers with annual paid dlcs.
  16. ziefff
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Game needs a lot of features to become a good game,
    This game:
    -Art and graphics - 10/10 ( Art and graphics feels really good and gave me a feeling of connection with this realm, graphic engine is smooth maybe isn't cutting edge but it has to work on consoles as well because its money on the end of the day :_ -Sound and music - 7/10 ( The sounds for me was good overall, it didn't    Game needs a lot of features to become a good game,
    This game:

    -Art and graphics - 10/10 ( Art and graphics feels really good and gave me a feeling of connection with this realm, graphic engine is smooth maybe isn't cutting edge but it has to work on consoles as well because its money on the end of the day :_

    -Sound and music - 7/10 ( The sounds for me was good overall, it didn't stand out like in Diablo 1 or 2, or games like Lineage2 or Frostpunk or Doom May 13, 2016 and many others which gave me so much goosebumps that I still remember the music and dialogues )

    -Multiplayer - 1/10 ( it might as well be solo game with bots running around )

    -Customization - 1/10 ( in 2023 this kind of customization might as well call it diablo immortals reloaded, messy aspect system because of the items drop, there is no random feeling of luck for progression items, there is no feeling of "i might get the best item in the world today" because of how item drop generation system is designed, I just didn't care about items I saw on the ground anymore in the end )

    -Realism - 4/10 ( Art and sound make up for this score but items and lack of connection with my character struggle through out the whole game makes it disappointment overall )

    -Playability - 1/10 ( games gets very boring after completing story line )

    My personal feeling about this game 3/10

    Which gave me overall score of : 3.857142857142857 so i will rounded to " 4 "

    Personal note:
    I do respect all the people who worked really hard and cared about this game to be perfect in any sense,
    And I do appreciate all the time you invested to try, however if games like this with budget like that are failing its mainly because how little of passion and dedication is allowed to shine through the end project when titles like that are created only because investors is all that maters on the end of the day.
    So if by any chance you are content creator please don't feel discourage by my comment,
    Just try to find a better company a team of people which are respecting ideas and are open minded while also being working on the project with passion and dedication, only then you find yourself among people worthy of your time.    … Expand
  17. End0rphin3
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a mistake. After playing some hours you dont have ANY reason to play more in this game. Its overpriced crap. Waste of time and money.… Expand
  18. Cascader
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This game was a massive letdown. Blizzard no longer makes good games. Their focus has shifted to profits. It will take a massive turnaround for them to regain my trust.
  19. 3LacK-Heart-x
    Sep 9, 2023
    2
    A 70 euros game that disconnects 90% of the time when you leave cities and hub spots and that's veeeery irritating. Ignore blizzard's marketing tricks and save yourselves 70 euros.
  20. StarwhisperX
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Now Blizzard is only make games for money, Sucks and Disgusting, I regret that I have bought it.
  21. raef90
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    I have to say I am thankful I did not actually spend money on this game, just Blizzard credits from WoW gold I had left over from a long time ago, but even that I wish I had saved. This game was maybe worth 30 dollars. I would never condone spending 70 on this overpriced heap.

    For the people who say that "this is the best diablo ever" Are... Interestingly missing some extraordinary    I have to say I am thankful I did not actually spend money on this game, just Blizzard credits from WoW gold I had left over from a long time ago, but even that I wish I had saved. This game was maybe worth 30 dollars. I would never condone spending 70 on this overpriced heap.

    For the people who say that "this is the best diablo ever" Are... Interestingly missing some extraordinary points to make about, well, anything.

    While the cut scenes are the strongest that Diablo has ever had, with the best or most voice acting, this Diablo has the worst world building there has ever been.

    There are very few types of enemies, and half of them are just recolorations/reskins of another type of enemy. At various points, without any explanation, in a new area, you're fighting enemies without any knowledge of whom they are. They lightest touch as to any explanation as to whom they might be often comes from some side quest that might come way later, or hard to find.

    Even more obnoxiously, when you are attempting to do dungeons extraneous to the primary storyline, which is considered the "end game content", which is what Blizzard is all about... Blizzard tools all their games purely for end game content, not for much else. The enemies that were actually described, The Cathedral, and the Mother's Cult are mortal enemies and frequently fight you alongside each other.

    While you are in the storyline fighting for the Cathedral you just randomly start killing Cathedral long before you get anywhere near any explanation for why the 2 color skins of their armies would be against you, saints and penitents.

    Basically, everything to do with environmental immersion is non-existent in a way I've never seen so broken in a loot box type game.

    Destiny, every prior Diablo, every mobile phone game with 0 thought put into them except casino addition exploitation and microtransactions that now Blizzard is desperately trying to participate in, every Borderlands has far better immersion and explanation of enemies, your place in the world.

    So the gameplay feels nonsensical. You're just hammering pixels for no apparent reason other than to pinata things. At least every other comparable title (which is 20 dollars cheaper and looks better and does not rubberband constantly) gives you a solid reason why for each enemy, rather than just slamming out there just to slam out there. It's like Blizzard just got exceptionally lazy and assumed no one cared about their world building, they would be satisfied with the story and everything else in the world didn't actually matter to be cohesive in any function.

    Then there is the microtransactions. The battlepasses. The microtransactions are the most expensive I've seen before, and there is absolutely no way to gain anything through effort in the shops unlike in... every other game out there. If you want things for free, get into WoW and farm 100 hours of your life for 15 to 30 bucks if people are still buying and selling WoW currency. Not worth the time or effort. And Blizzard is NOT worth your money. Especially with how they are trashing Larian Studios for delivering such an exceptional game with total exquisite immersion.

    A Battlepass, Blizzard has the worst battlepass I have ever seen. They only give 666 currency accessible only through purchasing premium for 1,000 which their battlepasses cost 1000 or 2800. You can not get the currency, you only get an awful looking basic xmog and some urn ashes to marginally increase resource drops from trash farming. It's terrible. Everything in the shop is worth absurd amounts and is barely visible except mounts.

    A ridiculous amount of people have huge grievances with the above. I give the game 2 stars because the main story is well done, the cinematics are well done, but the entirety of the world and the immersion of the game breaks halfway through. And the end game, post story is... unrewarding, extremely easy, and just undlessly grinding and repetitive.

    To be in torment, hitting the same content, doing 20 nightmare dungeons, and maybe, just maybe, get 1 item to consider to switch out because nothing ever drops over 800. They changed how loot drops in relation to the cache apparently, which made it even harder to get good unique items, lowered power levels drops, and just basically I've been using the same items from level 60 to 91. Probably some 60 to 100 hours of play with averaging 1 decent drop every 5 hours that still trashes out. Just very unrewarding.    … Expand
  22. Tree_86
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    As a Diablo veteran I wanted to love D4, but in its current state I would actively discourage anyone from buying it. I gave the game a solid go; Levelled a character to 100, and grinded the end game, before coming to the ultimate conclusion that is shallow, boring and riddled with problems. Given another year of development and playtesting D4 could be a good game, but releasing it in it'sAs a Diablo veteran I wanted to love D4, but in its current state I would actively discourage anyone from buying it. I gave the game a solid go; Levelled a character to 100, and grinded the end game, before coming to the ultimate conclusion that is shallow, boring and riddled with problems. Given another year of development and playtesting D4 could be a good game, but releasing it in it's current state, and allowing people to pay to beta test it for them is an insult to consumers.… Expand
  23. malek_the_first
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    weak gameplay
    repetitive
    feels like a cash grab
    I pity the days when blizzard used to make good videogames
  24. xavia91
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    I loved D3, and I wanted to love D4, but while on the outside it looks really great it really quickly becomes just boring. It was already obvious from the Beta, the abilities just don't feel right, there are way too little cool abilities and most of them a are just lame. The skill tree is also really bad lacking proper QoL functions making it a pain in the ass the respec. Also thoseI loved D3, and I wanted to love D4, but while on the outside it looks really great it really quickly becomes just boring. It was already obvious from the Beta, the abilities just don't feel right, there are way too little cool abilities and most of them a are just lame. The skill tree is also really bad lacking proper QoL functions making it a pain in the ass the respec. Also those soulless low level legendaries suck and they are what you get all the time.… Expand
  25. Clunning
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This game falls off hard after the campaign. Th campaign is well done and I really enjoyed the journey. Nightmare dungeons are fine for a while, but the gameplay loop feels messy. There is literally nothing to do at endgame except reroll a new character. There is no way to target farm specific items, so you are completely at the game's RNG mercy. Class builds do not feel diverse at allThis game falls off hard after the campaign. Th campaign is well done and I really enjoyed the journey. Nightmare dungeons are fine for a while, but the gameplay loop feels messy. There is literally nothing to do at endgame except reroll a new character. There is no way to target farm specific items, so you are completely at the game's RNG mercy. Class builds do not feel diverse at all with limited skill options. Other than graphics I don't know why you'd play this over Path of Exile.… Expand
  26. PongEnjoyer
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Wasn't expecting anything good from the modern blizzard, but omg this is the worst diablo-like game I ever played.
  27. Gajuszceplus
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Worst possible way to spend money on. an why i have to type 75 characters when game is absolute grabage and its not worth of me typing.
  28. JamesFaith
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Connection problems made in unplayable to me, even when few online games I am playing regularly had zero problem with connection on my PC. Basically every townportal, portal or just leaving of dungeon is like 70:30 chance to crash.

    And forced multiplayer was last drop - how can I play a game when players with tree times higher level are constantly running to my events and quest and    Connection problems made in unplayable to me, even when few online games I am playing regularly had zero problem with connection on my PC. Basically every townportal, portal or just leaving of dungeon is like 70:30 chance to crash.

    And forced multiplayer was last drop - how can I play a game when players with tree times higher level are constantly running to my events and quest and killing everything?

    This games suffers by absence of offline or just only SP mode. And because these problems appears only after Kyovashad, you can't even refund it because 2 hours are already gone.    … Expand
  29. Stormik
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    The Good:
    - Launch. It was one of the smoothest Blizzard launches (PC) I have experienced. No queues, no lags, no disconnects.
    - Story. For an ARPG the story was decent enough. Lilith is a great villain. - Atmosphere! Finally the diabloesque atmosphere is back. It's dark, it's gory. No more cartoons! - Content - D4 got more content than any Diablo before (not counting mods for D2    The Good:
    - Launch. It was one of the smoothest Blizzard launches (PC) I have experienced. No queues, no lags, no disconnects.
    - Story. For an ARPG the story was decent enough. Lilith is a great villain.
    - Atmosphere! Finally the diabloesque atmosphere is back. It's dark, it's gory. No more cartoons!
    - Content - D4 got more content than any Diablo before (not counting mods for D2 obviously). Nightmare dungeons, helltides, world bosses, pinnacle boss... while definitely not perfect and could use some tweaking they keep me playing even after reaching 90lvl. Still not bored of either and I play couple of hours every day since launch. Sure it gets repetitive but it is an ARPG so... (baal runs anyone?).
    - The Butcher! What a great addition to the game. Finally an iteration that does the OG D1 Butcher justice. Let's just hope they will add more mini bosses like him.

    The Bad:
    - No map overlay? Seriously?!
    - Mount system. What the frell is that? Terrible in every way.
    - Loot. You can get an item (a unique for example) at 85lvl that is weaker than when you got it 10lvls ago. Items always require the lvl they dropped on to equip making it impossible to gear alts
    - Please... JUST STOP THIS "KILL ALL ENEMIES" BS!
    - A lot of minor things are bad or could be tweaked. Usually of a QoL variety. Almost in every aspect of the game. Stash, inventory, map, crafters, traversing to name a few. No "refund all" button for paragon points when there is one for skills?
    - As per usual with like every game/company the devs are VERY fast to nerf positive things but hibernate when some bugs are affecting the players in negative way - druid loot table for example. That being sad I personally haven't encountered many bugs.

    The Ugly:
    - Monetization. Yes, there are MTXs. No I don't consider them bad because they are good for game's longevity. D3 has nothing of the sort (let's not bring that abomination that was RMAH into this...) and the serious lack of content is very noticeable. I also don't consider them straight up good because it depends on how the devs will use the money. If they keep sucking the money without giving us any new content then yeah they bad.
    - Druid and sorc cosmetics
    - Ghost enemies    … Expand
  30. Gexile
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    The devs don't even know wtf they are doing either. That tells you enough about this stool of a game.
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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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