Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Volitile88
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    I enjoyed most of the story, cinematics were gorgeous, everything else bare bones. Once i got to level 70 i got so bored. Season 1 came out and it looked so terribly mid i didnt even bother, season 2 trailer did not inspire me to reinstall the game at all. The season 1 patches were from developers so deaf and blind to the community and playerbase of the game you couldve told me theyI enjoyed most of the story, cinematics were gorgeous, everything else bare bones. Once i got to level 70 i got so bored. Season 1 came out and it looked so terribly mid i didnt even bother, season 2 trailer did not inspire me to reinstall the game at all. The season 1 patches were from developers so deaf and blind to the community and playerbase of the game you couldve told me they changed devs teams for season 1 and i wouldve believed you.… Expand
  2. conorm185
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Zero game economy. Itemization is too mushy and drops don't feel significant. Might as well be a tooltip reading simulator with how many yellows you have to sift though.

    Game needs some kind of economy and tradable items to make drops feel significant. It needs a loot filter. Items need to be less class dependent to make gearing multiple characters less awful.
  3. Hadee
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    For the price, completely not worth it. 0/10.

    For $20 it could barely be a 5/10.
  4. outsidetheboxx
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The game is just not fun.

    The content and loot becomes very repetitive. I don't feel like I'm being rewarded when investing time into this game.

    It was fun for a few weeks then several patches came that just sucked the life out of the game. Maybe in the future it will get better but as of now, I would save your money.
  5. 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
  6. Eliitti
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Man Blizzard just can't seem to get it right these days no matter how many times they fail.
  7. Merithyn
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    The themes and mechanics are just not enough for a game released 2023. I have more fun playing Diablo 2 again. The concepts feel stale and out of date. And all that micro transaction machinations and seasons and what not are totally unecessary.
  8. Ayumie
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    There is way to much to complain about, for every hour of fun i had with this hot piece of garbage i had at least the same ammount of Frustration and Hate for it in the End.
    Blizzard is clearly out of touch and not able to deliver a Game well done and polished.
    I played it pretty hardcore since release every Day 8 hours upwards cause i was craving for a worthy Diablo II or III    There is way to much to complain about, for every hour of fun i had with this hot piece of garbage i had at least the same ammount of Frustration and Hate for it in the End.
    Blizzard is clearly out of touch and not able to deliver a Game well done and polished.
    I played it pretty hardcore since release every Day 8 hours upwards cause i was craving for a worthy Diablo II or III Experience, i got tired of all the Copycats even when i enjoyd most of them like PoE.

    This Game has so many Bugs, some small some big, and with each update that fixes an unbeleavbly ton according to the patchnotes and hotfix notes it adds more new ones and didnt even fix the ones that were fixed according to the patchnotes.

    Rubberbanding of Doom at random times.
    Badly coded like for example our client always reads out all inventory/stash/whatever of any player we encounter while yet theres no benefit for that except the performance issues on client side this creates.
    Mico stutters since Patch 1.1 everywhere at the worst times.
    PAtch 1.1 was a Joke too, and the Emergency Campfire with excuses and promises that this should have come together with the so called "buffs" in three weeks is the Joke of the Century.
    They did not expect that kind of Backlash and had to find an excuse , they never planned to balance it out with buffs and tweaks, they simply wanted to extend playtime and make it more tedious so people will buy pass lvl ups more likely to get the rewards without that hassle.
    Forcing PvP Quests on Players in Seasonjourneys in a Game that is as unbalanced with oneshot mechanics and builds left and right is a bad choice too, one that lead to my unistall of both the Game and Battlenet in total.
    If i want to have PvP i play real PvP games and not a friggin Hack And Slay Looter !
    Yeah yeah go grab a friend and kill him excuses ive heard it all, give me a break with this whiteknighting.
    Where are Sets?
    Oh a hundred people of a few millions got uberuniques? Quick lets nerf that down hard, god forbid people have fun finding an Endgame BiS Item.
    The Whole Idea of grabbing Affixes from one item and put it onto a perfect Yellow Item is so bad and boring.
    Only in the first week i got exited for legendary drops, once i understood all the Mechanics i didnt even bother picking stuff up, hell it even gets send to you box then.
    Wich has way to less space for all the Classes and Builds anyway.
    And thats not even a thing they can fix easily cause now the Devs mentioned that the Box is perma dupe cheking all the Things wich impacts Performance heavily...... is this a Joke? Not for Blizzard in 2023! JEsus Christ.
    The Story itself was pretty mediocre, the Characters where great and had much potential but in the End it felt rushed and to short, and yes i did it all, twice. Then i skipped everything for the other Toons
    Multiple 90-95 Classes.
    No Quest sharing? No group progress for questing together on sidequests and that? I have never ever played a Game Coop that was supposed to be an MMO type of Game that was so poorly designed on its Multiplayer aspects, jesus christ.
    No more Trading at all for Leg or Uniques, not even with your Partymembers.
    What happend to Diablo III´s one hour of Trade possibility with the people you where together after finding it? Nah that could reduce actual playtime if people give away the items they dont need to their partymembers, instead lets just let them hope to find the right thing themselfs.
    No MAtchmaking or anything ingame, Chats Dead, why going a Lost Ark Copycat route of beeing an MMO Diablo when you dont even provide the simple things. there is absolutly no Point in making it the Way it is right now, no Housing No show off to other people cause everyone looks the same anyway, the Costumes are bland as hell.
    #God am i mad, this was the Last Time Blizzard has seen me as a Customer, i did quit after the Blizzcon Disaster with Immortal after owning all their Games and blowing Money at em, only came Back for D4, noticed how much of a S* Show it is and now im gone forever.
    Also it tells alot of the Industry and Media when you compare User Reviews and "professional reviews" even before Patch 1.1, its sickening.    … Expand
  9. Kratofix
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I written a review on this newest patch and why i added a 0 to the score, but it seemingly got an error while submit it, so here's a Shorter one: i Play Sorcerer, a class that was the weakest class already and now it get nerfed the hardest of every class, since the devs are balancing through dices instead of knowing their own game, because the only other reasons is that the devs are tooI written a review on this newest patch and why i added a 0 to the score, but it seemingly got an error while submit it, so here's a Shorter one: i Play Sorcerer, a class that was the weakest class already and now it get nerfed the hardest of every class, since the devs are balancing through dices instead of knowing their own game, because the only other reasons is that the devs are too stupid to know their own games. Now the class simply got deleted by making it non-existent.… Expand
  10. KingHockeypuck
    Aug 4, 2023
    2
    Bait and switch. This trend in video games should be illegal. Latest patch slows game down and increases pay to win. I feel like I was tricked into buying one game and then boom after a month they turn it into the greedy money grubbing kind of game I would've never paid $70 for. I will remember this and will likely not buy another game from Blizzard.
  11. Lucyferer
    Aug 1, 2023
    1
    The most uncomfortable and lowest HNS i ever played that is even simpler than HNS like titan quests that are 20y old. This game is pathetic that shows what corporation shhh talk do with games.
    A game for everyone with no face - that uses just brand and corpo talking that lies in words that can be understand in many ways.
  12. Piroggi
    Jul 24, 2023
    1
    LANGWEILIG alles ist langweilig. Das lvln ist zäh und LANGWEILIG. Selbst im unteren Lvl Bereich sollte wenigstens die Möglichkeit bestehen die Weltbesten items zu finden. Das würde wenigstens etwas motivieren. Die Items die man findet ich schaue fast gar nicht mehr nach wird direkt verkauft nur kurz die Aspekte. Irgendwas fühlt sich da Falsch an.
    Was ich mache? Ich steh Doof in der Stad    LANGWEILIG alles ist langweilig. Das lvln ist zäh und LANGWEILIG. Selbst im unteren Lvl Bereich sollte wenigstens die Möglichkeit bestehen die Weltbesten items zu finden. Das würde wenigstens etwas motivieren. Die Items die man findet ich schaue fast gar nicht mehr nach wird direkt verkauft nur kurz die Aspekte. Irgendwas fühlt sich da Falsch an.
    Was ich mache? Ich steh Doof in der Stad rum und Warte auf den Weltboss bzw... Die Legionsereignisse. Ansonsten hab ich nix mehr zu tun Quest sind alle erledigt Lilith Stauen sind alle eingesammelt und die Aspekt Dungeons sind alle gemacht. Was soll ich machen? Wie gesagt das Lvln macht einfach kein Bock und ist zu zäh. Ich bin Ratlos. Ich werde ein Scheissdreck tun und die Season mit einem neuen Charakter Starten. Ich will mein ein Charakter stetig ausbauen und Spass haben. Nicht immer wieder von neu anfangen. Blizzard kümmert sich um Dinge die Nutzlos sind anstatt das Spiel zu verbessern und auszubauen. Wenn alle so zufrieden mit Diablo 2 sind warum nicht einfach nachmachen. Weniger Arbeit mehr erfolg. Wir brauchen nichts neues. Altes bewährtes noch besser gemacht reicht. Ade Blizzard    … Expand
  13. Aeonstar
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Took my lightning storm druid custom build I had made and threw it against the rocks. I was actually one of the few enjoying the game before the patch even, and now you destroy my character?

    I don't care about seasons. I won't play them. I don't care about cosmetics, or Battle Pass. I paid $70 and would like a functioning game you don't completely wreck and suck 100% of the fun out of    Took my lightning storm druid custom build I had made and threw it against the rocks. I was actually one of the few enjoying the game before the patch even, and now you destroy my character?

    I don't care about seasons. I won't play them. I don't care about cosmetics, or Battle Pass. I paid $70 and would like a functioning game you don't completely wreck and suck 100% of the fun out of at first opportunity. The "fix" patch will already come too late, because this patch never should of happened in the first place. See you all in PoE 2!    … Expand
  14. Goldbondx
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    Another franchise ruined by Activision. How much longer can this CEO remain. I suspect he is just buying time until the MSFT deal. This game has zero depth, repetitive, focused on mindless grind for console players. 20 year old WoW and D2 stands up better today than this garbage..
  15. wolfmanjim
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    I waited for years for the next Diabo game only to be insulted with Immortal and do I have a phone? OMG, Then Diablo 4 release was announced, and anticipation rose up in me. Then the price is a shocker, but hey it's the Diablo game. Then reality sets in, after all this time almost no storage, no armory with load outs (i mean even Immortal has one), no leader board (again Immortal has it)I waited for years for the next Diabo game only to be insulted with Immortal and do I have a phone? OMG, Then Diablo 4 release was announced, and anticipation rose up in me. Then the price is a shocker, but hey it's the Diablo game. Then reality sets in, after all this time almost no storage, no armory with load outs (i mean even Immortal has one), no leader board (again Immortal has it) then a nerf that makes the 100 level grind even longer! Then a BP that's basically a joke for free only 23 tiers, verses another 67 if I pay or 67 plus a 20 tier jump for a whopping $25! But it's not about the money? Further if I wanted to play normal, not season, the BP can't even be used? And forget Hard Core gameplay, because Blizzard has still not fixed disconnect deaths that cause everyone to quit HC in D3! With out a doubt, the dumbest, most unpolished, not thought out $80 game on the market right now!… Expand
  16. Klepar
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    Greedy practices. Manipulation everywhere. Battlepass is garbage to make you pay money. You cant save platinum from it to buy another battlepass and in season 4 you will be 2 platinum coins short for free battlepass. Itemization is disaster. boring legendaries and you are constantly weak. There is no power progression. You have to have all the time max upgraded gear to do little moreGreedy practices. Manipulation everywhere. Battlepass is garbage to make you pay money. You cant save platinum from it to buy another battlepass and in season 4 you will be 2 platinum coins short for free battlepass. Itemization is disaster. boring legendaries and you are constantly weak. There is no power progression. You have to have all the time max upgraded gear to do little more damage otherwise its just slow af. Cooldowns are ridiculous. Roll CD is a joke. CCs are broken. Debuffs have no indication. Horse is terrible. Its artificially made slow af so you have to be as long as possible online during season because they need numbers for management. P.S. I just migrated to PoE. Let Diablo 4 die. Its cashgrab… Expand
  17. ClemVKG
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    Bye bye Bllizzard.
    With Diablo 4 you did no create a game. You created a time stealing scam that is now only acting as a marketing campaign for Path of Exile 2.
    You lost me as a customer forever. Everyone thinks your game sucks. Your battlepass sucks, your marketing and sales teams are the scum of this industry. Congrats, you got me to spend my money on this game, but I guaranty you it    Bye bye Bllizzard.
    With Diablo 4 you did no create a game. You created a time stealing scam that is now only acting as a marketing campaign for Path of Exile 2.
    You lost me as a customer forever. Everyone thinks your game sucks. Your battlepass sucks, your marketing and sales teams are the scum of this industry. Congrats, you got me to spend my money on this game, but I guaranty you it was the LAST TIME. I will never give you my money again.    … Expand
  18. GrimLegacy
    Jul 18, 2023
    2
    The current patch spits in the players faces. Nerfs everything. This game is a uninspired slog.
  19. Russelsteapot
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    Started with Diablo 3 to make things worse; Diablo 4 made things much worse (there is also the notorious mobile game that's the worst in the game history between these) and the latest patch is just the icing on the cake. Bravo!
  20. WarTherapy
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    This Game is so disrespectful, bad and half assed that i cancelled my 18 year old wow sub, uninstalled everything incl. the battlenet launcher and made sure that i'll never buy anything from ABK ever again.
  21. elsolo00
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    i made an account specifically to warn people about this garbage. never buy online only games. long wait times, contant debuffs. they act like this is a real **** job. wasted my money for sure. F**K BLIZZARD
  22. signum88
    Aug 7, 2023
    3
    The action is boring, the story is thin, you can only use 5 abilities and a basic attack from your entire skill tree and there are only 2 real cinematics in the whole game.

    This game is what a soulless corporate drone would build based on the description of someone who actually played Diablo II.

    Avoid like the plague.
  23. LittleTerrapin
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    D4 is a cash grab that is not fun. The graphics don't really hold up against scrutiny and the grind is..... not the fun kind of grind.

    Edit: After some more time I must say: Don't buy this. It is shallow and gives a **** about how it can be more fun for players. It does care a lot about how to take more money from the players, so if you like such then yea, buy it and play!
  24. gr8routdoors
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard/Activision kills another game with their greed. How many times is this going to happen before people finally stop buying their stuff? Buggy as can be.

    A game focused on builds with no balance. A game focused on loot with no quality of life features for loot management. A game focused on leveling with no fun endgame. Sad what they've done to this franchise.
  25. Creight
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Not enough mob variety, in a game where you only kill monsters this is not acceptable. You always kill the same monsters.
    No build variety, same builds, most of the skills are trash and useless.
    Not enough maps, you are always inside the same places. Loot is lame. Rare > Legendary. You go inside a dungeon, fill your small inventory with full of rares then read them for 20 minutes. Most    Not enough mob variety, in a game where you only kill monsters this is not acceptable. You always kill the same monsters.
    No build variety, same builds, most of the skills are trash and useless.
    Not enough maps, you are always inside the same places.
    Loot is lame. Rare > Legendary. You go inside a dungeon, fill your small inventory with full of rares then read them for 20 minutes.
    Most of the game is reading the item stats, there is no item filter so you constantly read item stats.
    It is one of the most boring games I've ever played. I can go with the cons all day but not worth my time.    … Expand
  26. Bl4ckbeard
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    I only play hardcore since Diablo 3. Softcore is too boring with no risk. Game is unplayable since launch with regular lags and freezes that can kill your hardcore at any time. Tried it again after season 1 release, nope, still unplayable. I'm glad I used gift cards from K4G to buy this joke of a game.

    And yes, I have specs to run Diablo 4 with high graphics, but game barely runs even    I only play hardcore since Diablo 3. Softcore is too boring with no risk. Game is unplayable since launch with regular lags and freezes that can kill your hardcore at any time. Tried it again after season 1 release, nope, still unplayable. I'm glad I used gift cards from K4G to buy this joke of a game.

    And yes, I have specs to run Diablo 4 with high graphics, but game barely runs even with lowest graphics. Another disappointing launch from Blizzard. Sad.    … Expand
  27. Evelilyt
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    it had problems before this oh-so-great patch 1.1.0a. But now... It's completely useless and non fun. uninstalled
  28. Smint
    Jul 23, 2023
    2
    yeah, lowered it once again, the season is just like the base game, only slower and more boring. Lvling feels unawarding, killing mobs takes to long and since i allready know that the end game sucks, theres realy nothing to work forward to.
  29. Naximus
    Aug 4, 2023
    0
    This is the nightmare 0-o.
    No balance, the storyline is not finished, the game is glitching, the quests are corrupted, and the player gets stuck all the time.
    Don't waste your time on this horrible product, better to go and play Baldurs Gate 3 - a real masterpiece.
    I definitely recommend to request a refund for this piece of crap.
  30. sm152
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    I will never buy Blizzard games ever again unless things at the top changes.
  31. Jarlaxle23
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Extremely disappointed with the 1.1.0 patch. There are too many fundamental, unwarranted balance changes. This could have been a chance to capitalize on the season 1 hype. Power gaming is part of the reason a lot of us play and now all classes/characters are weaker.
  32. NegativeZer0
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Review notes:
    Fixed an issue where the user score was unintentionally too high.
  33. Nickusss
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    The game is highly overpriced. Dungeon after dungeon is absolutely the same. No horse no progress. No craft. Extresmly high prices to change stats. Progress after lvl 50 is sooooooo boring. Builds are not interesting and a lot of things which are very irritating. I my life I have bought only 5 games, Escape from Tarkov, Path of Exile (support pack) , World of tanks (premium pass) andThe game is highly overpriced. Dungeon after dungeon is absolutely the same. No horse no progress. No craft. Extresmly high prices to change stats. Progress after lvl 50 is sooooooo boring. Builds are not interesting and a lot of things which are very irritating. I my life I have bought only 5 games, Escape from Tarkov, Path of Exile (support pack) , World of tanks (premium pass) and Diablo 3 and 4. And it was my worst money investment. Don't ever try to compare D4 and POE. POE is diablo that we disserved.… Expand
  34. BloodyRezon
    Jul 24, 2023
    2
    The start of the game was a pleasant surprise and gives false hopes that the developers have drawn conclusions from d3. however, for almost two months they did not fix the most annoying problems. the last patch showed that they had no idea for the game making it even worse.
  35. Flaszko
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    Boring and repetitive. Expensive and literally not worth it for the current price. It should be $15 for this game
  36. abyssano78
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Ladies and Gentleman, I have the honor to present to you.....Diablo Immortal 2 !
    Indeed, behind these great graphics and cinematics, Diablo 4 hide a well known to players secret...
    microtransactions. Plentyof them. Yes, you read that right, after paying 70$ on a game wich is enormous considering that the full price of a game was often 60$ these few last years. You have to spend minimum    Ladies and Gentleman, I have the honor to present to you.....Diablo Immortal 2 !
    Indeed, behind these great graphics and cinematics, Diablo 4 hide a well known to players secret...
    microtransactions. Plentyof them. Yes, you read that right, after paying 70$ on a game wich is enormous considering that the full price of a game was often 60$ these few last years. You have to spend minimum 25$ to get ONE skin. This game is more expensive than Fortnite, Halo Infinite or other free to play. It got even worse with the first introduced season pass.... This game demands you to pay 10$ wich is the standard price for a season pass IN A F2P GAME for the premium. If you dont have the premium, you get 27 free tier, wich is roughly the same thing in F2P, but, here's the catch, almost half of these free tiers are "smoldering ashes" wich allow you to buy some small bonuses for the season (1 month) like +5% EXP. But it also not give enough of the premium money to allow you to buy another pass next month, wich is usually done by F2P games, but Diablo 4 wants to milk more money than that apparently.
    So not only does this game have the audacity to nerf every character and the EXP outcome from almost everything, but not only does he allow himself to be 70$ AND be more expensive in it's microtransaction system than a F2P game. I just uninstalled the game after this chain of update.
    and you're probably gonna tell me "but these are just skins, it's fine" no it is not. It's this method of thinking that led us to the catastrophe of Battlefront 2 years ago. Because if you put a paying skin in-game, it haves to be deduced from the game itself. If a free skin is looking more attractive then a paying skin, why buying the skin ? This leads to having all the great looking skins in the shop.
    About the story, many peoples disliked it, I, personnaly enjoyed it, it was really short, but it wouldn't have been good to extend it artificially.
    Well, go play a F2P game, it'll be funnier, I'm going back on Diablo 3.    … Expand
  37. Evanlavers
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    Dead game. Not fun because of lack of content, terrible itemization, poor class design, item drop rate, stash management. Been playing Necro for 80 levels and haven’t seen the unique required for the build I’m running. It has worse quality of life than previous Diablo games. The mount is terrible and buggy. I could go on and on.
  38. IBShowny
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It's so bad. Save your money. They went backwards in terms of quality of life. Diablo 3 is still a much better game. It will take years for this to catch up and be nearly as good even with the good graphics. It's not even worth half the price
  39. teddiedanh
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    personally I think D4 was 8/10 at release, I genuinely had some fun with the campaign and my Sorcerer. But things went down hill after hitting LV70, Sorc turned out to be the worst class to play and instead of fixing it or give us so many QoL changes we are craving for Blizzard came out with the absolute abomination called S1 patch, it felt like they don't know how to make a good game orpersonally I think D4 was 8/10 at release, I genuinely had some fun with the campaign and my Sorcerer. But things went down hill after hitting LV70, Sorc turned out to be the worst class to play and instead of fixing it or give us so many QoL changes we are craving for Blizzard came out with the absolute abomination called S1 patch, it felt like they don't know how to make a good game or how to be in touch with their fanbase anymore. GG Blizzard, how far have you fallen from grace.… Expand
  40. 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!
  41. murloxer
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    refunded. why? You know WHY. because its a total garbage. my expectations were much bigger
  42. WiredMonk
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    Clearly, not Baldur's Gate 3.

    Just another cash crab with nothing new or innovative. The dev defends releasing garbage and suggesting not every game can be Baldur's Gate 3. No kidding. When you choose failure (we know it's not choosing to fail, it's choosing to be cheap and work only towards shareholder profits) you will absolutely fail. Diablo IV proves this hands down. Mildly    Clearly, not Baldur's Gate 3.

    Just another cash crab with nothing new or innovative. The dev defends releasing garbage and suggesting not every game can be Baldur's Gate 3. No kidding. When you choose failure (we know it's not choosing to fail, it's choosing to be cheap and work only towards shareholder profits) you will absolutely fail. Diablo IV proves this hands down. Mildly entertaining for a while, but just spins right back into repetition like Diablo 3. Choose to make garbage and guess what? You get exactly garbage. Well done Activision/Blizzard. Way to choose not to make Baldur's Gate 3. You succeeded immensely.    … Expand
  43. Znittarn
    Aug 27, 2023
    0
    Pretty **** game imo.
    The quests, environments, combat, and the playstyle is so repetitive. The repetitiveness could have been Ok if there was any bigger goal to strive for, but I unfortunately don’t get that feeling like I had with the prequels and other similar games.

    Gotta put 0/0 since I gave the game so much time that I wont get back. FeelsBadMan.
  44. immrholiday
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Story, graphics and sound. That's it, that's every positive you can get out of the game.

    The skill tree is limited and most of those skills are useless... incinerate? Skipping the story? You've essentially entered end-game at level 1, grind dungeons. Dying to spam CC in those dungeons? That's artificial difficulty. The dev team doesn't respect us as players, they don't play their    Story, graphics and sound. That's it, that's every positive you can get out of the game.

    The skill tree is limited and most of those skills are useless... incinerate?
    Skipping the story? You've essentially entered end-game at level 1, grind dungeons.
    Dying to spam CC in those dungeons? That's artificial difficulty.
    The dev team doesn't respect us as players, they don't play their game... go watch the play with dev vid for proof.
    NM dungeons are all very generic and boring with generic boring bosses at the end.
    They don't use the story bosses.
    They nerfed the weakest character (sorc) then nerfed cooldown for everyone.
    Their logic for it is, "we want to tear them down, so we can bring them all up together" they could just, I dunno... buff the weaker skills? Not nerf cooldown? Listen to the players?
    Not to mention the lack of stash tab space.
    $20-30 cosmetics on top of the $70-100 game...
    There is no actual community in game, no global chat, no area chat... social aspects of this game don't exist.
    No gem tab
    Grinding Gear Games is puts out fixes and changes same and next day, but one of the largest developers in the world? That'll take 2 seasons to add something that just QoL.
    Not to mention of overload on affixes that do the same thing, to extend the grind.

    D4, is hands down the worst available ARPG. Go play POE, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn and D2, just to name a few.

    Blizzard is living off it's past reputation and that blizzard is long gone and will never return. It took me a long time to accept that... because I loved WOW, D1, D2, WC1-3, SC1 and 2. Even OW1 was good... they went the way of EA.    … Expand
  45. cockmanz
    Aug 7, 2023
    0
    This game sucks... I heard some of the developers got fired.

    There are job listings for new Dev hiring by Blizzard in Albany , NY. in the past month.

    That is all you need to know.

    It was a Cash Grab by Blizzard, they used Woke Devs, and treated the game like a mobile phone app at $100... and now they are paying for it.
  46. Emperor94
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    1. No QoL
    2. lv50after That Paragon Points
    3. NO Trade 4. NO Chat 5. Campaign Bosses not farmable again 6. World Boss Just 3 of them , All of them easy as fk 7. Open World Events useless 8. Resistances Broken 9.Horse Broken. 10. Game itself Broken Too, bugs, Exploits, etc 11. No Real Endgame Content, just Nmd, Helltides, uber lilith 12. No Lobby 13. No Searchfunction 14. No    1. No QoL
    2. lv50after That Paragon Points
    3. NO Trade
    4. NO Chat
    5. Campaign Bosses not farmable again
    6. World Boss Just 3 of them , All of them easy as fk
    7. Open World Events useless
    8. Resistances Broken
    9.Horse Broken.
    10. Game itself Broken Too, bugs, Exploits, etc
    11. No Real Endgame Content, just Nmd, Helltides, uber lilith
    12. No Lobby
    13. No Searchfunction
    14. No Raids / Runs
    15. No Partysearchfunction
    16. Party just max.4 players
    17. 1 Instance for example " World Boss " allows just 10players. i am not sure maybe 12? wtf its an open world game
    18.Higher Dungeons same Rewards like Lower Dungeons.
    19. Items Like Shaco, Andariels ... you can find in your dreams .
    20. Most of the items trash
    21. Affixes same trash
    22. No Vulnerable = No Damage
    23. No Meta Build = No Win
    24. No Sets
    25. No Runewords
    26. No jewels / Runes
    27. you load from each player you see his stash tab / inventory etc

    I could easily list 100more , but its not worth the time.
    I do not recommend this game. 70bucks overpriced. should be a free game !

    Diablo died with Blizzard North !! Rip !!

    Sry for Bad English!    … Expand
  47. YKeymon
    Jul 3, 2023
    3
    Diablo 4 dans ses premières heures de jeu est agréable, la DA est incroyable si je devais la comparer au 3, les musiques envoutante et très bien dirigé, bien amené au fil de l'histoire, l'ambiance est en total adéquation de ce que moi je me fais de l'idée de l'univers Diablo.

    Concernant l'histoire (je spoil rien) j'avoue ne pas avoir réussi à rentrer dedans, elle est mal rythmé à mon    Diablo 4 dans ses premières heures de jeu est agréable, la DA est incroyable si je devais la comparer au 3, les musiques envoutante et très bien dirigé, bien amené au fil de l'histoire, l'ambiance est en total adéquation de ce que moi je me fais de l'idée de l'univers Diablo.

    Concernant l'histoire (je spoil rien) j'avoue ne pas avoir réussi à rentrer dedans, elle est mal rythmé à mon goût, y'a des actes comme le 2 et le 4 qui sont ... un supplice tant on aimerait skip et passer aux choses plus sérieuse, et des moment ou d'un coup il se passe tellement de chose que vous avez 1 cinématique toute les 3 mn (ca devient du rush).
    Certain perso important ne sont développé que partiellement, voir pas du tout, que ce soit dans les protagonistes ou les antagonistes, je trouve cela vraiment dommage, on reste sur notre faim.

    Passé l'histoire (qui sera prolongé j'imagine lors des DLC) vient la partie qui nous intéresse, celle du H&S pur et dur. Et la c'est la douche froide.
    Je n'ai participé a aucune béta, j'ai attendu le 6 Juin pour jouer et je n'ai pas lu d'avis de testeur pro ou autre. J'ai voulu me faire ma propre opinion.

    - Donc on a 2 modes de difficulté supérieurs, qu'on débloque avec des donjons spéciaux et non procédural, c'est le même pour tout le monde.

    - Une fois le level 50/70 on peut farm sans problème le T4, on roule sur la map sans grande difficulté.

    - Le moyen le plus rapide de se stuff et d'xp sans se prendre la tête c'est les vagues infernal, une espèce de randonnée dans la map ouverte, à travers les lag, les freeze, les rollback et j'en passe, le tout programmé a des heures spécifique, qui ne rend tout ça intéressant uniquement que si vous y participé depuis l'apparition de l'event car vous avez 1 heure pour ramasser des cendres sur les rares pack de mobs que vous allez croiser dans cet immense monde à moitié vide. Une fois que vous avez suffisamment de cendre bah faut les dépenser, soit dans des coffres facilement repérable sur votre carte, qui n'offrent pas grand chose, voir rien du tout, ou bien utiliser un site web comme helltides.com qui va vous permettre de trouver des coffres plus compliqué à dénicher, qui coute plus chers, mais qui eux ont un ratio de loot énorme (abusé même ?). Ces gros coffres coutent 175 cendre, y'en a entre 2 et 4 par helltides, et si vous mourrez lors d'un helltides, dans la plus grande majorité des cas a cause d'un freeze ou d'un crash, vous perdez la moitié de vos cendre tout simplement, donc vous allez peut être pas pouvoir tout ouvrir même si vous commencé a la seconde prêt l'event. Les mob donnent entre 0 et 1 cendre en moyenne, entre 0 et 2 pour les élites, vous allez bouffer du gros fun.

    - Ensuite pour continuer sur cet endgame incroyable on a les NM (les donjons cauchemars), qui sont un recyclage pur et simple de quelques donjons (une 40ene) parmi les 150 existant. En gros ya des clefs avec un level, level qui va déterminer celui des monstres dans le donjon, s'ajoute a cela des affix négatif et positif pour je suppose qu'on est pas l'impression de refaire 1000 fois le même donjon.
    C'est raté, il n'y a aucun identité propre dans aucun donjon, on sent que ya une flemme incroyable dans ce qu'il propose, c'est simple vous prenez toutes les combinaisons possible à faire en mélangeant toutes les familles de mobs, et vous allez forcement retomber sur un donjon que blizzard vous propose.
    Certains objectifs ne sont la que pour vous faire perdre du temps, alors peut être c'était pas leur ambition première, mais faire 3 aller retour pour ramener des pierres au même endroit pour ouvrir une porte qui va vous mener dans la 2ème partie du donjon qui va vous demander d'unlock 3 serrures au fin fond du donjon pour ouvrir une porte qui était à 2mètre de l'entrée de la 2ème partie, vous avez rien compris, c'est pas grave, moi non plus.
    Les donjons NM c'est aussi le prétexte pour aller chercher vos glyphe de parangon, glyphe que vous allez pouvoir upgrade en fonction du level de donjon choisi, la aussi c'est no comprendo, level 85 j'avais deja mes 5 glyphes au max, c'est a dire level 21, le tout avec des donjon 40-50, donc l'un des plus gros intérêt des donjons, s'éclipse littéralement avant même d'avoir atteint le niveau 100.
    Ya des affix, que personne ne veut, pas parce que on aime pleurer, uniquement parce que ya 0 intérêt a lancer certain affix bien trop punitif, autant craft une autre clef, je pense notamment à l'affix orage, c'est simple vous ratez la méca pour n'importe qu'elle raison, haut level = one shot.

    C'est tout, globalement le jeu est fait pour nous offrir du contenu jusqu'au level 70/80, après oubliez tout vos rêves de trouver du stuff incroyable, je suis 98, je me balade avec du stuff 73, aucun diff entre des affix sur un item 73 et 100, c'est les mêmes stats et mêmes jets    … Expand
  48. Nevez
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Soulless, buggy, unbalanced - basically you would be better off burning 70-80 euros in your backyard. Stay away from this game.
  49. Phana
    Jul 6, 2023
    1
    Impossible de jouer! J'ai des lag réguliers qui montent souvent au-dessus des 1000ms. Je crash tous les 2 donjons!
  50. DaneNor
    Jul 8, 2023
    4
    im just bored, i cant even Begin to tell what is wrong with this game.
    its just Stale slow. Campaign was okay 5/6 at best but the rest of the game, no just NO
    i played D2-D3, lost ark, POE, Last Epoch. where they great no ? they where atleast a 7.5 or a 6 for some. D4 is just bad, when i see an upgrade a really good unique im like (depression Yaaaaaa.....) combat, slow clunky Solo    im just bored, i cant even Begin to tell what is wrong with this game.
    its just Stale slow. Campaign was okay 5/6 at best but the rest of the game, no just NO

    i played D2-D3, lost ark, POE, Last Epoch. where they great no ? they where atleast a 7.5 or a 6 for some. D4 is just bad, when i see an upgrade a really good unique im like (depression Yaaaaaa.....)

    combat, slow clunky
    Solo play, punish you for playing solo and not with Mates/matedets like ????
    i could go on... 1 more thing tho the world ? Boring, there is no za za zu to it.
    at this point i need to be drunk to play this game just to have an ounce of fun.
    and i gotta say since D4 came out my liver might have taken DMG already.    … Expand
  51. Nitras92
    Jul 9, 2023
    2
    Can only give it a 2/10.
    The game is a rather bad and sad excuse for a diablo game. Blizzard once again shows they do not really listen or learn from their mistakes. Being a fan of Diablo 2, this game hits a mark so far off...
    One thing is the horrible UI or the missing content, that can be fixed, but the general gameplay, although it looks and sounds pretty, it's just not rewarding.    Can only give it a 2/10.
    The game is a rather bad and sad excuse for a diablo game. Blizzard once again shows they do not really listen or learn from their mistakes. Being a fan of Diablo 2, this game hits a mark so far off...

    One thing is the horrible UI or the missing content, that can be fixed, but the general gameplay, although it looks and sounds pretty, it's just not rewarding. The game sets you up for defeat almost from the get-go with very few feeling of reward:
    It doesn't matter if you find a legendary or unique item (which are basicly just common drops) because you will switch them out shortly afterwards anyway....
    The potion system is limited and chonky and rewards far range play so you can save them, because unless you get bosses to specific health states, there is no way of getting them back, which heavily hurts a melee character...
    The way you feel you lose control over your character in certain areas or boss fights. Sure you can get an unbreakable buff that will make you immune to cc, but unless the entirety of your build is focused on that... Never mind the world bosses that switch your camera focus around, so all of a sudden you don't know where your character is...
    And this is not even a full list...

    Story wise the game is mediocre at best. You are chasing around after a demon that's somewhat powerful and then... not really when it comes down to it. However, on a positive note, I was very thrilled, as a Diablo lore-freak, to know the lore-drops in the storyline.

    Very disappointing fights that is just a copy of Diablo 3 bosses... Most events also a copy of Diablo 3 or .. heavens forbid, Diablo Immoral.

    Now that being said, the game has a few redeeming qualities. It has taken some of the good things from Diablo 2, the dark feeling, the more slow-based fighting system and such things. And it has taken the, what in my opinion are probably the best things from Diablo 3. But when it has also taken the worst things from Diablo 3, being the things I felt traditional Diablo fans complained about, it heavily minimizes my score.

    The gist of it... If you liked Diablo 3, by all means. I'd say it's a 50/50 whether you will find the game good and worth playing for a few weeks or terrible and will just shelf it.

    If you are a Diablo or Diablo 2 fan ... Stay away from it. For the love of everything Diablo once was, stay away.

    Either way, I don't really see many playing much more than a few days before growing tired and annoyed with the game.

    Sorry Blizzard, but at this point I feel you are just producing shameful games on purpose.    … Expand
  52. Klausens
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring gameplay
    Artificial stretching of content
    No team gameplay at all
    1 point for graphics and sound    … Expand
  53. linuses1020
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Although diablo 4 is potential to be a great game, Blizzard obviously don't know how to manage their game. There are tons of ui design can be fixed easily to make the game fluently, but Blizzard decide to ignore those important ui design but focus on diminishing players interest. well done!
  54. Jevans6450
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Just bad. I miss 90s and early 2000s Blizzard that cared about their product.
  55. Janbanaan
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    There is a certain level of expectation when it comes to the release of a new installment in a beloved franchise, particularly one with as storied a history as Diablo. Since the release of the first game in 1996, Blizzard's dark fantasy hack-and-slash series has been a mainstay in the gaming community, boasting a dedicated fanbase eagerly anticipating each new release. Unfortunately,There is a certain level of expectation when it comes to the release of a new installment in a beloved franchise, particularly one with as storied a history as Diablo. Since the release of the first game in 1996, Blizzard's dark fantasy hack-and-slash series has been a mainstay in the gaming community, boasting a dedicated fanbase eagerly anticipating each new release. Unfortunately, Diablo 4 fails to meet these lofty expectations, presenting a slew of issues that render it a significant disappointment.

    Firstly, let's address the elephant in the room - Diablo 4's glaring lack of innovative gameplay mechanics. The franchise has long been praised for its strategic depth and rewarding loot system. Yet, Diablo 4 seems stuck in a time loop, regurgitating gameplay elements from its predecessors without any substantial additions or improvements. The result is a game that, while familiar, feels stale and monotonous.

    The RPG elements, a cornerstone of the Diablo series, have been oversimplified to a disappointing degree. Character development and customization options are sadly lacking, offering a watered-down experience that lacks the depth and complexity that fans of the series have come to love. The skill tree, once a rich ground for character customization, has been minimized to a collection of linear, unexciting choices.

    Graphically, Diablo 4 is adequate but fails to impress. Despite being a 2023 release, the game doesn't showcase the graphical improvements one might expect. The atmospheric, gothic visuals that defined the earlier games are present, but without a significant upgrade in quality, they lose some of their charm.

    The game's storyline is equally disappointing. The Diablo series has always offered an intriguing narrative backdrop for its action, but Diablo 4's story feels underdeveloped and at times, even forced. Key plot points are often hastily explained or not fully fleshed out, leaving the player disconnected from the events unfolding around them.

    Lastly, the game has been plagued with technical issues since launch. From server instability to random crashes, these problems have made an already lackluster experience even more frustrating. Blizzard's slow response to these issues has only added to the overall dissatisfaction.

    It is difficult to overlook these problems and give Diablo 4 a pass solely on the strength of its legacy. The game's failure to innovate or deliver on the level of its predecessors makes it a hard sell for both long-time fans and newcomers to the franchise. Blizzard must address these issues swiftly and decisively if Diablo 4 is to regain the trust and admiration of its fanbase. Until then, it remains a disappointing addition to a once revered franchise.    … Expand
  56. temjr
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I feel like they really went wrong with the latest patch. Everything I loved about being a casual player was just destroyed. I loved being able to pop in once or twice a week for a couple hours and actually make some progress. The latest patch was just created to make everything take so much longer to get through. I'm not sure if they just needed to slow things down to keep the moreI feel like they really went wrong with the latest patch. Everything I loved about being a casual player was just destroyed. I loved being able to pop in once or twice a week for a couple hours and actually make some progress. The latest patch was just created to make everything take so much longer to get through. I'm not sure if they just needed to slow things down to keep the more hardcore players going until they could create more content or what the reasoning was, but if they wanted to go this route, it would have just been nice to have an option for more of a casual option vs a hardcore player option where they could choose that more brutal experience. That may not be realistic, but I think they went too far too fast and just crushed my hopes for this game.

    I remember a few of the reviews I watched stated that the game was for the more casual player that loved Diablo 2 and wanted to experience some of that nostalgia. That is why I purchased the game for $70 in the first place, but I feel like that was money well wasted at this point. Disappointing turn of events for sure.    … Expand
  57. Gamenthusiast
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I was so excited for this game when it was announced. I have been playing Diablo games for 20+ years and was hyped to see how they continued the story. The campaign is the only reason this review is getting a 3/10. The story was amazing to play through but sadly that is only a tiny fraction of what the game offers.

    The "end game" is boring and repetitive. It seems like every system in    I was so excited for this game when it was announced. I have been playing Diablo games for 20+ years and was hyped to see how they continued the story. The campaign is the only reason this review is getting a 3/10. The story was amazing to play through but sadly that is only a tiny fraction of what the game offers.

    The "end game" is boring and repetitive. It seems like every system in the game is there to slow you down and artificially inflate your play time. This recent patch (1.1) is absolutely terrible. They did absolutely nothing when it comes to quality of life improvements and just nerfed everything into the ground. Some of the things this latest patch did was lowered XP rates, lowered loot drops, added more affixes to gear nobody wanted making it even harder to get something actually good, increased cooldowns and lowered all damage and damage resistance for players in the game (Just to list a few). Again, making the game slower so people have to invest more time. This patch just screams "the developers don't play their own game" and it shows. The community is not happy and they have every right to be.

    This game had such potential to be an awesome game and who knows, some day it might be. But at the time this review was written it is far from even a decent game. Going to shelf the game and revisit it in 5-6 months with fingers crossed that they actually take the community's feedback into consideration and improve the game.    … Expand
  58. petsmatt
    Jul 23, 2023
    4
    What started as a promising foundation of an ARPG has already been altered for the worse with the start of season 1. Still no changes to increase build variety/viability. Huge nerfs to survivability, damage and levelling times. Changes to "fix" problems that didn't exist. And the season mechanic which should be exciting and build defining turns out to be a damp squib with reallyWhat started as a promising foundation of an ARPG has already been altered for the worse with the start of season 1. Still no changes to increase build variety/viability. Huge nerfs to survivability, damage and levelling times. Changes to "fix" problems that didn't exist. And the season mechanic which should be exciting and build defining turns out to be a damp squib with really uninspired and unexciting powers.

    Blizzard really need to do better and have a rethink about what makes ARPG games fun for the players.    … Expand
  59. trowieuk
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Repetitive.
    Lack of content.
    Basic and lazy season feature.
    Incompetent devs.
    Sticking around for the story, other than that I am out.
  60. Eustaquinho
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was ok, until patch 1.1, where they removed the possibility to create fun builds (some were broken and deserved nerf), but the nerf reached all classes and all builds. Now all the characters are basically paper and the sense of progress is gone.

    Obviously there were much bigger problems to be dealt with...
  61. Demonae1
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Devs new patch ruined the game. Slow grind, no endgame, feels underpowered.
  62. ZapBeeblebrox
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Whilst the campaign is solid, I couldn’t recommend this game. Unfortunately it’s just not fun in its current state, it had its moments but the devs seem intent on creating a slow grind. The cynical could suggest that this is to sell more season pass level skips
  63. Nizler
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Disappointing grind. Everything scales to your level so there's really no point to leveling at all. Nothing ever gets easier or harder, it all stays scaled.
  64. 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.
  65. Criscal
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Game was already a slog fest after reaching tier 4 and having had your first set of ancient items. Now 1.1 made it much slower in every sense. Nerfing dps and protection by 25-40 %, nerfing exp for fighting higher level mobs by 90 % and nerfing helltide event to give like 10 times less rewards. Inventory management is suboptimal at best. Stash is account wide I.e. not extended for moreGame was already a slog fest after reaching tier 4 and having had your first set of ancient items. Now 1.1 made it much slower in every sense. Nerfing dps and protection by 25-40 %, nerfing exp for fighting higher level mobs by 90 % and nerfing helltide event to give like 10 times less rewards. Inventory management is suboptimal at best. Stash is account wide I.e. not extended for more characters. Horse riding is the worst activity of any recent game.
    The only extra point I give is for the great graphics.    … Expand
  66. Dubblebass
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I have been a hardcore Diablo fan since day 1 of the original Diablo game. After patch 1.1 dropped on 7/18, this is the first time I have ever wanted to return a Diablo game for my money back. The devs are so far out of touch with the player base and this shows just how much. End game is already seriously lacking and they just killed Helltides. I thought they would want to make whatI have been a hardcore Diablo fan since day 1 of the original Diablo game. After patch 1.1 dropped on 7/18, this is the first time I have ever wanted to return a Diablo game for my money back. The devs are so far out of touch with the player base and this shows just how much. End game is already seriously lacking and they just killed Helltides. I thought they would want to make what they actually DO have more enticing instead of driving people away.

    I gave it a score of 2 because the campaign story is great and the voice acting is superb, but the game playability now just sucks. The did not fix many of the criticisms and instead, went backwards in many areas.    … Expand
  67. gauze
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    A series of patches that deceive users.
    What is the reason why the game is made to be closed by turning the item that was made with dozens of hours of effort into garbage?
  68. kwanyau30
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This loot-hunting game is unfinished and not worth USD 59.9.
    The storyline is weak and shredded.
    The loots are account bound and have a level setting, which you can't give to your friend even your new character, and also Blizzard launched 1.1.0 season 1 patch to make a long hard empty gameplay.
  69. Montificus
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Patch 1.1 made the game unplayable, uninstalled it already. Too late for a refund unfortunately, but that's the last blizzard game I'll ever play. It was actually fun until they ruined it.… Expand
  70. pembersih
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Instead of addressing class bugs like the minion necro and making it more playable, Blizzard seems to be more focused on turning the game into a grind-fest due to the live service model.

    It's a bit disappointing as players would prefer improvements in quality of life and bug fixes rather than increasing the grindiness of the game.
  71. BenderIsGreat34
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    As someone who loves to grind on a game, this is too much, leveling is slow and gets old fast with very little content that's worth your time for XP and after 200 plus hours you might have a maxed out chacter and decent build only to be met but blizzard nerfing not just your build and hard work into the ground but all builds. The lack of power leveling makes it even worse due to the factAs someone who loves to grind on a game, this is too much, leveling is slow and gets old fast with very little content that's worth your time for XP and after 200 plus hours you might have a maxed out chacter and decent build only to be met but blizzard nerfing not just your build and hard work into the ground but all builds. The lack of power leveling makes it even worse due to the fact that you will feel locked into one class since it takes so long to get anywhere with said class. I gave it a 2 cause the story was not bad but everything after that is a waste. On top of all this the devs seem to have a death wish for the game, they seem to do the complete opposite of what the community asks for and insist that you enjoy the game the way they want you to. To sum it up, long monotonous play with no reward, progress is met with nerfs, devs total disregard for what the community has askd for. If you haven't bought the game yet don't possibly it will get better but there have been no signs of that so far, if the game drops to 20$ or less buy it for the story mode and then delete it.… Expand
  72. rberg
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst update ever due to their lack of end game content, they prefer to nerf everything to the ground!
  73. warking14
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    D4 is the worst version of Diablo in the history of the franchise! Extremely Slow and Boring leveling. Gone are the Bosses of old, and gone is the fun massive killing sprees! You no longer have options to gain massive loot to build your character. You no longer get to feel powerful as levels scale with you now. The game overall is a bore! No incentive to level up or even play beyondD4 is the worst version of Diablo in the history of the franchise! Extremely Slow and Boring leveling. Gone are the Bosses of old, and gone is the fun massive killing sprees! You no longer have options to gain massive loot to build your character. You no longer get to feel powerful as levels scale with you now. The game overall is a bore! No incentive to level up or even play beyond the campaign.... All the user helpful things like gear sets, increased bank space, and quick teleports are nowhere to be seen. They give us a Mount but it is useless.

    To top it all off, they would rather you take more time leveling. Seasons are only 3 months, for a casual player, noone would EVER level to max in that time. Leveling up is the most boring aspect to any Diablo game! We just want to get to end game, so we can work on loot and building character power. D4 Fails as a ARPG!!    … Expand
  74. playaz87
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Worst diablo part ever... v.bad itemization (with no logic just for endless grind - you got almost 100 affixes but you need only 3 that counts), very bad and boring campaign(no one want to play this second time), bad end game and boring activities. Bad optimalization. A lot of bugs. If something is enjoyable in your char build after few hours it will be nerfed for 100% (they call this aWorst diablo part ever... v.bad itemization (with no logic just for endless grind - you got almost 100 affixes but you need only 3 that counts), very bad and boring campaign(no one want to play this second time), bad end game and boring activities. Bad optimalization. A lot of bugs. If something is enjoyable in your char build after few hours it will be nerfed for 100% (they call this a "balance" - now every character is just not enjoyable as before with sorc at first place). Season 1? its a joke compared to they promises. It is not a diablo game to be honest...… Expand
  75. Alcander
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV at its core HAD potential to be a great ARPG, instead it was squandered by making inane changes to the game in its first major patch instead of fixing glaring issues since launch.

    At the time writing this review, here are the issues: 1. No real end game; Only Nightmare Dungeons, Echo of Lilith and PvP to fill the entirety from 50 to 100. 2. Nightmare Dungeons with no    Diablo IV at its core HAD potential to be a great ARPG, instead it was squandered by making inane changes to the game in its first major patch instead of fixing glaring issues since launch.

    At the time writing this review, here are the issues:
    1. No real end game; Only Nightmare Dungeons, Echo of Lilith and PvP to fill the entirety from 50 to 100.
    2. Nightmare Dungeons with no competitive features and stale bosses. No leader board, dungeon's end boss is often times much easier than the rest of the dungeon.
    3. Lack of attention from the developers with gear. Over 95% of the unique gear you receive is complete garbage due to its stats being useless for its intended build. (Gohr's with attack speed???)
    4. Trigger happy nerfs. Instead of buffing the weaker classes, the developer chose to nerf the better classes.
    5. No respect for the players' time. With Season 1 drawing closer, the developer's idea of fixing the lack of end game, is to make everything that are needed to be done take longer. Lesser mob density, lesser experience gained, lesser damage etc. Having to take longer to do the same thing in the pre-season is simply appealing.

    Diablo IV at its current iteration is not worth the purchase. You might want to check back after Microsoft has a better handle on Blizzard.    … Expand
  76. SadButTrue_at
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Missing good endgame content. Nerfing XP, CDR, DMG Red and DMG to prevent Players From playing missing endgamecontent isnt the way you should handle this Problem.

    Bringing a Patch without adressing any of the massiv Problems Like storage, endgamecontent, useless groupplay, only to Nerf the hell Out of our existing chars and completley destroying the ethernal releam and to force Players    Missing good endgame content. Nerfing XP, CDR, DMG Red and DMG to prevent Players From playing missing endgamecontent isnt the way you should handle this Problem.

    Bringing a Patch without adressing any of the massiv Problems Like storage, endgamecontent, useless groupplay, only to Nerf the hell Out of our existing chars and completley destroying the ethernal releam and to force Players into buying a Session Pass ist also Rude.

    Thanks Blizzard you have also patched the fun Out of the game...    … Expand
  77. Gintana
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Casual player review. They absolutely destroyed a fun game with their most recent patch 1.1 I used to be able to log in after work run a few dungeons and level every hour or so. Now after the patch with damage nerf, survivability nerf, XP hugely nerfed i spent 2 hour and baeely leveled 3/4 of a level and died over a total of 16 times when i used to rarely die.
  78. franksredhot
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Can’t even play with constant server issues. Avoid at all costs…unless lag, rubber banding, no loot drops, and false walls are your thing. If you do play, I would not attempt hardcore mode with the state of the server health and risks of disconnecting.
  79. rmbettencourt
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    I was excited about the game. However, the devs have decided to mishandle so many things. From slowing down exp and loot, yet when they do something worthwhile, like allowing us to target farm uniques. It is sadly met with making it worst than it was before. Prior to Season 1, they made a huge amount of nerfs to all classes, but more so to ones that were already struggling. Although theI was excited about the game. However, the devs have decided to mishandle so many things. From slowing down exp and loot, yet when they do something worthwhile, like allowing us to target farm uniques. It is sadly met with making it worst than it was before. Prior to Season 1, they made a huge amount of nerfs to all classes, but more so to ones that were already struggling. Although the new malignant hearts CAN be quite powerful and useful. It is all situational and depends on what is meta at that time. They express a desire to let users have creativity with crafting their own build, yet they push you to a certain build. And not to mention the tedious chore to do everything again for skill and paragon points. I have forced myself to play the season, however slowly but steadily losing interest in continuing, as the leveling speed has been reduced. My duo partner has already lost interest and has recommended other games. In his words "I want to get to 100, but they nerfed how fast you get there. And I'm bored of renown, don't want to keep that if it comes back next season". A sentiment I share, tedious chores versus fun.… Expand
  80. MDBphat
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs destroyed eternal realm to try to force seasonal content on players. If they stopped trying to pad seasonal content and battlepass sales to try and look good for shareholders, the game might of had hope. No hope for this game anymore. Well done to the management and dev team in destroying your game before you even had first season. Uninstalled and will happily eat money lost to noDevs destroyed eternal realm to try to force seasonal content on players. If they stopped trying to pad seasonal content and battlepass sales to try and look good for shareholders, the game might of had hope. No hope for this game anymore. Well done to the management and dev team in destroying your game before you even had first season. Uninstalled and will happily eat money lost to no longer support this company… Expand
  81. miasta
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    If you're here, you already know what's worng with the game.

    1.1 = game dead
  82. sirxazor
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I "beat" the game at level 37, I didn't follow guides I just did whatever I wanted to do with my skills etc. (you can rush with main story without doing anything else in game)

    At level 85 I was farming nightmare dungeons 65+ I don't have the best gear, i'd say 3/4 at best and some 2/4 but after patch I was getting 1 tapped left and right. The game is unplayable with the v1.1 patch    I "beat" the game at level 37, I didn't follow guides I just did whatever I wanted to do with my skills etc. (you can rush with main story without doing anything else in game)

    At level 85 I was farming nightmare dungeons 65+ I don't have the best gear, i'd say 3/4 at best and some 2/4 but after patch I was getting 1 tapped left and right.

    The game is unplayable with the v1.1 patch they did pre season 1. I'd say I can now farm nm dungeon 50ish or so without getting killed.

    Instead of providing alternatives for current "OP" classes or builds they nerf the crap out of everybody across the board, rendering some classes (sorc) obsolete.

    I still, cannot believe to this day the did not copy paste many of the great features diablo 3 had (more stashes? armory swap? better itemization? ease of respec?

    so many quality of life missing from previous games, like what?

    so my quality of gameplay fun decreased across the board in this game, i'd say its unplayable at this point. Wait for season 3 or 4 they might have fixed all the crap that's missing at this point.    … Expand
  83. zwchow89
    Aug 6, 2023
    3
    The problem with Diablo 4 patch 1.1 and their direction towards the season is that they intentionally slow you down by weakening your damage & defense, reducing the monster experience, increasing the time to exit dungeons from 3s -> 5s, and implementing all the other nerfs. This is simply pure laziness from Blizzard because, by slowing you down, they have more time to think about how toThe problem with Diablo 4 patch 1.1 and their direction towards the season is that they intentionally slow you down by weakening your damage & defense, reducing the monster experience, increasing the time to exit dungeons from 3s -> 5s, and implementing all the other nerfs. This is simply pure laziness from Blizzard because, by slowing you down, they have more time to think about how to milk money from you instead of creating new content/mechanics like Path Of Exile.

    The reason why people play Path of Exile almost every league is that GGG creates a new league mechanic for each one, and casual players only need 1~2 months to clear all content. You don't have to grind for too long to achieve your goal for that league.

    What Blizzard is doing now is like a lazy teacher who gives you the homework of "writing 1+1 = 2" 100 times and submitting it tomorrow. On the other hand, PoE will give you something more meaningful like "finish these 50 math additions that go up to 3 digits." Which teacher would you prefer to teach your kid?

    Anyway, I still give it 3 stars just for the campaign and the open world design in early game. For now, the game only worth about 30~40usd of fun    … Expand
  84. Warfalcon
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They are going backwards w/ this game and they also put zero effort into Season 1.
  85. Nantien
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The beta was fun , but it's getting worse and worse every patch , i dont think i ever come back to this game
  86. sc20171219
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Modifying player equipment at will, I think it has violated my own rights and interests. In my opinion, digital assets are also a kind of assets, and Blizzard's update and modification of equipment attributes has violated the rights and interests of players.… Expand
  87. maisiemaise
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    i am embarrassed because i thought the game was good and convinced some friends to play but it turned out to be absolutely horse sh1t.

    **** the developers
  88. LysanderS
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Classic bait and switch. Blilzzard gets bought by Activision, they both suck worse than they used to, Activision expects a big payday from cashing in on the trust built by other people, and now they can both lose together. For Diablo 4, they pulled a bait and switch. Game priced up, sold, then they spent the first month gathering data on how to rebalance the game to spread their contentClassic bait and switch. Blilzzard gets bought by Activision, they both suck worse than they used to, Activision expects a big payday from cashing in on the trust built by other people, and now they can both lose together. For Diablo 4, they pulled a bait and switch. Game priced up, sold, then they spent the first month gathering data on how to rebalance the game to spread their content thinner so it'll last the season (instead of just making enough content to last the season naturally), and then nerfed the **** outta everyone right before season 1 started.

    What a scam.    … Expand
  89. ddrnick
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Wait 3 more years for a finished game. There is no end game and the new patch makes it take longer to do anything,
  90. originalmatete
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Campaign was good but after finishing it, the game died. i feel scammed by Blizzard and I know for sure that many other players are feeling the same too.

    Save your money and don't buy.
  91. jkarlos
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    The nerf killed progress on the eternal realm for my barbarian build which they completely nerfed. And I started playing season 1 but its more of the same nerfing that makes you realize it's not worth it. Blizzard made a fun game and turned it into a horrible game. I'm nerfing their score in return.
  92. SMFL
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I made an account to write this review.
    So I have 300+ hours in the game, I completed the renown, and I'm 73% through the challenges.
    I played a druid and I had a funny build where I used the boulder which around 2% of people used apparently, but it was bowling! Bowling gameplay. Honestly the story was really engaging to me, not as stellar as d2 or d3 but definitely fun to play. The    I made an account to write this review.
    So I have 300+ hours in the game, I completed the renown, and I'm 73% through the challenges.
    I played a druid and I had a funny build where I used the boulder which around 2% of people used apparently, but it was bowling! Bowling gameplay.

    Honestly the story was really engaging to me, not as stellar as d2 or d3 but definitely fun to play.
    The end game was a slog where you would do the same dungeons over and over again to max your glyphs and level up... it really didn't feel fun, was slow and beyond boring.

    I logged on to the game after patch 1.1 to a gutted character. My character is useless and i you have to use gold to remove your paragon. Some items that I spent ages and millions of gold and crafting components to get perfect are now useless.

    So they just killed my character essential, so the whole slog I went through with the end game to get this stuff was a complete waste of time.

    Despite this, I have now played the new season 1 for 4 hours.
    It feels like a mobile game, the battle pass cosmetics are tragic, the main quests are cut up by an arbitrary task list that has no other function than it gets you some cosmetics, I legitimately got 50 malignant hearts and each one feels like it only has 2 or 3 different options... it's… Man, it's just dull.

    If all this wasn't the case, you would still have to deal with loading screens that either crash the game or you have to Alt f4. Fat-fingering the season pass button, so you have now bought the season pass. THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION. Invisible walls appearing stopping you from going places. The quests bugging, causing you to be kicked out of the game and have to do the same chain again. When leaving towns the mounts sometimes seem to be unable to dash... until you dismount and wait 9 seconds to get back on it... some people are still stuck on queues for the game. There are issues with certain abilities not being able to add skill points too. i have a GTX 3090ti and it still jitters when leaving towns. There's a VRAM leaking problem that makes the game unplayable.

    I just… I love Diablo, I'm so sad that it started so well, and then they just stabbed themselves in the back. THIS IS A TRIPLE A company... and they can't even make a server work properly. They have been doing this for decades.

    If all this is fine then buy it by all means, but this is not an ARPG this is a MMO gatcha mobile game with amazing art and ZERO substance

    maybe this will change but I have lost all trust in this company and I have played Diablo forever and WOW since vanilla

    -70% hope deducted    … Expand
  93. sluppo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    So basically, I'm paying $70 to beta test the game.
    I'll consider updating the review when they finish the game, and pay me $140 for beta testing their game.
  94. Salamangkero
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    My experience has become increasingly negative.

    I had fun playing Sorc in the previous months, joining legions, helltides, crawling dungeons, slaying world bosses, and unlocking Torment. Through it all, my Sorc showed signs of degeneration to complete irrelevance. It became really noticeable yesterday when I first saw the patch notes. And then: - All of my cooldowns have    My experience has become increasingly negative.

    I had fun playing Sorc in the previous months, joining legions, helltides, crawling dungeons, slaying world bosses, and unlocking Torment. Through it all, my Sorc showed signs of degeneration to complete irrelevance. It became really noticeable yesterday when I first saw the patch notes. And then:

    - All of my cooldowns have significantly increased
    - I started dying at the hands of monsters I could have easily killed
    - I couldn't get enemies to be vulnerable as easily as before
    - My mana seems to run out twice as fast and I couldn't regenerate it without running in circles for longer
    - I was no longer as effective in legions, and I started to feel envious of the Druids and Barbs as they run around making kills while I'm stuck without mana. Thrice I got successively killed when I never died in legions.

    Last night, I looked for answers and I found it on Reddit. Their answer? A bonfire. For what?

    - To justify why the recent patch needs to stay when they could have easily rolled it back?
    - To convince players that everything will be OK?
    - To sugarcoat what is apparent as a monetization-geared patch?
    - To convince players to stay invested in the game when they're the ones driving the latter away?

    In all, they seemed they wanted me to stop playing altogether.

    This morning, I log in and saw that Season 1 had launched. I still wanted to play Sorc but given that Blizzard has nerfed it to complete uselessness, I feel that the hours I've put in to level my character has gone to waste all because they wanted more money.

    I think it unfair that the problems I've been quietly whining about remain unaddressed:

    - The super slow XP gain
    - The very limited stash
    - Unbearable lags especially in events and when traveling through town
    - Useless loot drops (I no longer farm; ancient drops are merely incidental)
    - Frustratingly useless goblin drops
    - The luxurious mount and evade cooldowns
    - The store that really offers nothing affordable
    - The irritatingly repetitive quest of friends who wanted to purge evil and others

    I am a casual player, and if the above are my sentiments, I feel for those who play hardcore and those who really invest their time playing the game, figuring out the math behind skills and stats, etc.

    I thought that D4 is Blizzard's redemption from their greediness (not to mention the workplace lawsuits) but I guess I was wrong.    … Expand
  95. allnan
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The 1.1.0 patch is killing players and diablo IV it self.
    As blizzard continue use these suck game designers, diablo IV will never get any chance to get better.
  96. SynergyX
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Badly run game. This company just doesn't understand their players and they are only interested in money.
  97. wakuwaku0
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    story is alright, CG is awesome as always
    gameplay/combat is boring, customization is just an illusion of choice (basic>core>support>support/ultimate... totally lame) and the majority of the skills are trash and not much of combos you can use. End game content is just a joke. Trash game confirmed.
  98. hescominsoon
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    it had such potential. i had the ultimate gifted to me and i purchased to ultimates for friends. I have since removed the game from my pc. once the game is finished...and the devs stop invalidating every single build i do multiple times, i may installation it again. right now i am looking to baldur's gate 3 and starfield as diablo 4 is an absolute steaming pile right now. Not only didit had such potential. i had the ultimate gifted to me and i purchased to ultimates for friends. I have since removed the game from my pc. once the game is finished...and the devs stop invalidating every single build i do multiple times, i may installation it again. right now i am looking to baldur's gate 3 and starfield as diablo 4 is an absolute steaming pile right now. Not only did i purchase the ultimate edition i upgraded myt machine for this am as well. At least the upgrades wile allow me to enjoy starfield and BG3 and starfield.
    *Update Sept 6b2023). My suspicions were confirmed by even the developers themselves when they released a live stream and was obvious the developers have no idea about Diablo in any of the variants. Much less trying to design Diablo for. So they're obviously learning on the fly, which I guess with the me too movement and the social justice were movement. That's infested blizzard. It's to be expected. Baldur's gate 3 and starfield are quite a bit more fun. The games actually look like the developers new, what they were doing and so far have held my attention much better. I played Diablo IV on the weekends, occasionally with a friend of mine, but other than that I don't touch the game because it's simply really wasn't worth it unfortunately. We shall see what happens in the future.    … Expand
  99. Tsaeraf
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    After the patch, I tried some nightmare dungeons and found my character was way weaker than before. What is the point of the massive nerfs if most of the content in the game is PVE, especially when the original version contains very difficult content for most players already? I felt frustrated and decided to quit the game.
  100. JohnnyDevil
    Jul 21, 2023
    4
    No meaningful endgame, lot of bugs. Broken PVP.
    Lags and freezez. Hardcore is unplayeable.
    Stupid repeating quests, horse travels and loads for 0 reason. Broken itemization. Low variety of bulilds. Unbalanced classes. Broken maths in damage calculations. Gamedesigners should be fired and blocked from industry. Ppl have no basic idea of how this game should be played. Pathetic. Every    No meaningful endgame, lot of bugs. Broken PVP.
    Lags and freezez. Hardcore is unplayeable.
    Stupid repeating quests, horse travels and loads for 0 reason.
    Broken itemization.
    Low variety of bulilds.
    Unbalanced classes.
    Broken maths in damage calculations.
    Gamedesigners should be fired and blocked from industry. Ppl have no basic idea of how this game should be played. Pathetic. Every avarage streamer would do a better job.
    But they don't even listen and make patches that make things even worse. I would refund this game if i could.
    Best POE 2 promotion I've ever seen.    … Expand
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  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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