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  1. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The game developers are scammers, after 1,5 months after game release, the devs applied nerfs that hurt the Eternal Realm more than seasonal play. This was done in order to further push players into seasonal mode where monetization occurs. Nerfed eternal characters also make seasonal power seem more appealing. Stay away from predatory marketing tactics that Blizzard are employing.The game developers are scammers, after 1,5 months after game release, the devs applied nerfs that hurt the Eternal Realm more than seasonal play. This was done in order to further push players into seasonal mode where monetization occurs. Nerfed eternal characters also make seasonal power seem more appealing. Stay away from predatory marketing tactics that Blizzard are employing. Blizzard needs to offer refunds for this travesty. I have played a beta test up until now and the game is now going backwards into alpha. Quality of life changes present in previous games in the series aren’t even in the pipeline yet, the dev team is flailing about with no direction and they can’t even add stash tabs. This game is not release worthy and should not be worthy of my money. Give us refunds. Expand
  2. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Good patch blizz. Great patch. AMAZING patch! Not. This is the last game I'll buy from you.
  3. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Why bring out a patch with nerfs nobody wants except you! Patch 1.1.0 is an absolute joke!!!
  4. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I registered the account just to write my honest review and hopefully other people don't waste money to buy. I'm a Diablo fan. I saw all the early issues with the game but still trusted the company due to my D2 and D3 experience. I even bought a 2nd copy because the D4 stash is too small even after I created mules - I wanted to play 3 different classes and there's no way the stash plus allI registered the account just to write my honest review and hopefully other people don't waste money to buy. I'm a Diablo fan. I saw all the early issues with the game but still trusted the company due to my D2 and D3 experience. I even bought a 2nd copy because the D4 stash is too small even after I created mules - I wanted to play 3 different classes and there's no way the stash plus all the rest mules is enough.

    But the recent patch 1.1 gave me the wakening call that the team running this game will never fix it, nor making it good. Because what they think the game should be is totally different from the user base. The addressed 0 issues raised by the user base, including stash space, resistance doesn't work, sorc unplayable end game because all the mobs can one-shot you. etc. etc. Sorc was a powerful class in Beta which caps at lv 25, so they simply nerfed the popular skill Hydra by 60%, and a few others skills which can reduce cool down. The user base complained. Sorc could only run the frost build. Devs in the fireside chat said they listened, and they had this long list of patch note prepared. Everyone was looking forward to the patch note, everyone assumed sorc can be fixed. Ha! Can you imagine they nerf sorc, and especially hydra even more? They didn't mention this in the patch notes, but they changed the lucky hit rate of hydra from 53% (cast based) to 2.5% (hit based). Ice blade 71% to 5%. Yes it's a huge nerf because the conj stills won't hit that many times (especially ice blade, so clumsy).

    They nerfed all classes. Why, why??? Because they don't have other ways to engage players. Instead they make it harder to pass the game, so we are forced to stay longer, and they may make money in this.

    Or, perhaps they've already got our money, and they just choose the most annoying changes so we don't stay, no pressure to their server, and they can use the money to develop WoW - btw the D4 feels like WoW which I don't like.

    You won't find the Diablo game you like in D4. It's frustrating, repetitive, and I don't feel their team has good decision makers. It's unbelievable they'd do this unless, really, they want to push us away so their server maintenance cost is lower.
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  5. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved this game, but the devs absolutely hate us, this recent patch made this game very boring, slow and tedious, I recommend you do not play if you value your time Expand
  6. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    So funny to look at all the shills now. Clowns were sucking on that blizzy glizzy since the $200 preorder packages came out and look where that got them
  7. Jul 22, 2023
    1
    When Devs just saying we know that game is not fun... Game was 10 years on production. I was bored after 27 hours... Blizz is just trash. WoW is killed. D4 is killed. Overwatch is killed.
  8. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    One of the first major red flags was the devs completely disabling certain aspects because, ultimately, the game is just severely unfinished and most definitely untested. These actions made certain characters unplayable. That was over a month ago, and it's been a worsening **** show since.

    There is no possible way this game was worked on consistently for 10 years and probably not even 5.
  9. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    New Patch has made the game worse in every way. They have no respect for their players time and I will not be playing it any longer. Shame!
  10. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Wrote a nice and long explanation on why this game was worth a 0, metacritic gave me a error 403.

    In short : This game is **** and is not worth anything right now. They had years of development and hundred of millions of dollars and the first season they drop is a massive **** nerfing everything you could work toward. Massive nerf of Exp, CDR, damage, tankyness... The game was already
    Wrote a nice and long explanation on why this game was worth a 0, metacritic gave me a error 403.

    In short : This game is **** and is not worth anything right now. They had years of development and hundred of millions of dollars and the first season they drop is a massive **** nerfing everything you could work toward.
    Massive nerf of Exp, CDR, damage, tankyness... The game was already slow before and basically had no endgame by 70. Now it will be the same, but you will be even slower and weaker by the time you get there.
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  11. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I played Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, and now Diablo 4. I have to say, coming from a long history of playing the Diablo series, blizzard has literally crucified Diablo 4. When they dropped this current patch on the 18th of July, it just totally destroyed the game completely. At the current state of Diablo IV after this patch, any game out there is better than Diablo 4....
  12. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This IS a total shame !
    Lame, boring, unfinished, and everything is so expensive...
    Diablo you must try to learn...ok but if you try too much you must Erase your character, it's cheaper to restart a New one, not in play Time...
  13. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a game, before 1.1
    How do they decide to change rules ?
    Rock Paper scissor, twister, drugs flash idea. I dunno, still a mystery. Perhaps they don't even play D4.
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  14. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Love to pay 70$ to play a beta

    Back to Last Epoch, where the devs like their job and their game.
  15. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Game was fun, the new patch is a joke. Just cleaving peoples characters in half with wild nerfs while providing no alternative ways of bringing up other classes is mind boggling. A 2 is deserved at this point in time.
  16. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Diablo IV started great, really great.
    And then we've got this famous patch 1.1 - everything nerfed to the ground.

    Yep, you guessed it - Blizzard just hates when people have fun in the game.
  17. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    since the Diablo 2, I've played and gave the faith of this company, even at the beginning of the D3, it was disaster. I still stay with the game for long time, but this time, enough is enough. We play video games to enjoy to relax. This D4 feels like it is playing the players. It's biggest disappointment of all the games I've play in these 5 years.
  18. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard nerf everything, including my enthusiasm.
    I request a full refund on this game.
  19. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Apparently more important for this small indie company is to make sure there is new transmog in realmoney shop instead of fixing like login and networking issues.

    This game does deserve 0 of 10 points. Nice try milking under "immortal" shadow... This time you got caught Bobby... Only this time you get caught.
  20. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They released an unfinished game which is missing the last 30-40% of content, and then keep making patches to pad out playtime on the small amount of content they shipped the game with. Not worth your money
  21. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Very Grindy, unrewarding game with boring items and builds. Blizz killed what little fun there was before the first season by slowing down skills, gameplay, and experience so that they could artificially keep players logged in and driven toward their seasonal microtransaction journey. Wish I could get a refund, as a long time fan of the series I DO NOT recommend!
  22. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I created an account here to write that review....
    Got early eccess version with included battlepass for the first season but i will not touch that game again. For me it's hard to understand how blizzard with all their experience can completely go away from the successful game design of D2 and basically just produce a well shaped copy of D3. But to be honest D3 was more fun... It had
    I created an account here to write that review....
    Got early eccess version with included battlepass for the first season but i will not touch that game again. For me it's hard to understand how blizzard with all their experience can completely go away from the successful game design of D2 and basically just produce a well shaped copy of D3. But to be honest D3 was more fun... It had endgame... To be fair D3 was horrible at the beginning, but does blizzard realy have to do all the old mistakes again? Why the hell... WHY they didnt took something of the itemisationssystem from D2? It kept D2 living for almost 20 years. It did prove itself...
    Apart from itemisation and lack of lategame, this game feels lonly as **** Can you believe that there is no LFG funktion?? not even a global chatlobby... the only way to chat global is the tradechannel, which nobody uses because trading in this game is trash!!! not even professional goldsellers are using the trade channel XD.
    Next is the class balancing. ITS a joke... the differences between the classes regarding content clearing are huge.
    The only good thing about the game was the Story. but that ends latest with lvl 50. Then you have a senseless boring grind in front of you, which most likely won't be rewarding at all from lvl 80 on.
    And it is not that D4 has a toxic fanbase or anything... Content creators and gamers in general did spent a lot of time to give qualitiy feedback. There was not a lack of interest from the communitiy towards game development and blizzard got a lot of input. But what they are doing with it??? Seems like they pretend to take is serious just to throw it right into the dumpster before patch release.
    I Cannot recommend anybody to buy that game.... Should have given 1-2/10 points because the early game was fun but i rearly want to push the score as low as possible.
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  23. Jul 28, 2023
    0
    the loot and legendary system is the worst thing i have ever seen, is this an out of season aprils fool joke?
  24. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    **** them. Game is unenjoyable, they are nerfing everything into the ground. Normal players who work take weeks to get to max level. And season 1 comes out. Their new quest doesnt work, lag is 100000, bugs are even worse, nothing works, queues are a year, thing dont load... etc 100 bucks wasted
  25. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Played this game since the launch until patch 1.1 dropped.

    Unfortunately with this patch masterpiece they killed this game completely for me by introducing the dumbest nerfs and game-changes i have seen in my entire life.

    I hope you freeze in hell for this BLIZZARD.
  26. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Server fail, and game fail, item system fail Server fail, and game fail, item system fail Server fail, and game fail, item system fail
  27. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Die Entwickler haben fast 10 Millionen Spieler als Quality Assurance Tester zur Verfügung gehabt, die über Monate hinweg Feedback im Forum, in Tweets an Devs und bei Reddit gepostet haben. Dieses Feedback nicht zur unbeachtet zu lassen, sondern das genaue Gegenteil für die 1. Season zu implementieren lässt Spekulationsfreiraum von Unfähigkeit bis Böswilligkeit zu. In jedem Fall ist dieDie Entwickler haben fast 10 Millionen Spieler als Quality Assurance Tester zur Verfügung gehabt, die über Monate hinweg Feedback im Forum, in Tweets an Devs und bei Reddit gepostet haben. Dieses Feedback nicht zur unbeachtet zu lassen, sondern das genaue Gegenteil für die 1. Season zu implementieren lässt Spekulationsfreiraum von Unfähigkeit bis Böswilligkeit zu. In jedem Fall ist die Basis auf dem das Spiel aufbaut sehr gut und hat großes Potenzial, dieses wird nur aktuell nicht genutzt. Traurig, wenn man mehr als 10 Jahre auf ein Spiel wartet. Expand
  28. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    So many problems with online play when it doesn't need to be. Bad class balance and dev decisions.
  29. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Blizzard veteran here with them since Warcraft 1. Played the ish out of all their games. Bought every single one of them. Played wow for years and then came d3 - what a disappointment that was but not as bad as d4. Preordered ultimate and waited for months until beta came out and was very hyped because it seemed fun and „fresh”. The only thing I said was I hope they dont mess up theBlizzard veteran here with them since Warcraft 1. Played the ish out of all their games. Bought every single one of them. Played wow for years and then came d3 - what a disappointment that was but not as bad as d4. Preordered ultimate and waited for months until beta came out and was very hyped because it seemed fun and „fresh”. The only thing I said was I hope they dont mess up the endgame. I was right because there is no end game to mess up. I dont even know where to begin. Meaningless time consuming grind with no reward behind it. Absolutely no end game, no incentive to keep playing past 70. No set items, no storage, no party finder, no leaderboards, terrible item system. NO TRADING??? Whats the reason behind strongholds ? Regrinding renown is a joke. Why are blue and white items in the game ? Terrible cosmetics. Everything is structured around milking players out of money - terrible seasons system. Since they tried so hard to turn it into a soft mmo its missing everything that would make it any good. Just for example, arena pvp with seasonal cosmetic rewards would fix endgame problems as it would actually give players a reason to grind to 100 to climb pvp leaderboards for rewards. Maybe clan wars since its open pvp ? Or clan battles to take over strongholds (clans keep them for a week and get rewards for it) LITERALLY ANYTHING that would want players to actually compete or interact in any way. But nope that would be too good to be true. Also my grinded renown didnt transfer to season 1. I play HC and died on my rogue at 82, made a new character - got to 82 also. Now comes season 1, for some reason blizzard employees didnt know how to write code so they made it so you have to log in with a character that has everything unlocked. But my rogue died at 82 and my new character doesnt have altars or renown grinded because i refuse to grind it again so now im forced to grind them all over again. My choices are either stick to eternal realm and dont play season ( i got ultimate so i have season pass) because i have the renown and altars there OR play s1 without anything unlocked. Im forced to quit because im not grinding everything again. Im a father and I run a business and it took me a week to get all altars. I will never buy a blizzard game again. Fail dev team Expand
  30. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    past the campaign the game quickly deteriorates and becomes redundant. I might've given the season a shot but then I read the patch notes and remembered that fat female druids exist
  31. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This is a prime example of what greed does to the gaming industry.

    Pros: it is diablo Cons: -unbalanced system with ongoing nerfs to make gameplay unbearable -intentionally slowing gameplay to try to inflate numbers of active players -unrewarding loot system, when getting loot from monsters your level it will always be 10 levels below you -refusal to acknowledge the community
    This is a prime example of what greed does to the gaming industry.

    Pros: it is diablo

    Cons:
    -unbalanced system with ongoing nerfs to make gameplay unbearable
    -intentionally slowing gameplay to try to inflate numbers of active players
    -unrewarding loot system, when getting loot from monsters your level it will always be 10 levels below you
    -refusal to acknowledge the community concerns with the game
    -game is still only half finished with uncountable amounts of game breaking bugs
    -Constant server lag and crashes with forced online play only
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  32. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I have little time to play, but I was finding it cool, playing as a sorcerer. I made it about halfway through the game and was excited about the evolution. But then came a patch that ended all possibilities for the endgame. I was quite disappointed.
  33. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Introduced a patch specifically designed to drag the game out rather than improving content.
  34. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Well over premium pricing for a very repetitive and super grindy game that offers players few choices how to play and NO choices to play once they complete the campaign. Grind your way to max level if you want, your reward is to do that grind all over again if you want the Battle Pass rewards. If you don't want to start the game over at lvl 1 every 3 months, this game isn't for you.
  35. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I love having to farm new "fun" dungeons that make old ones obsolete, where the actual good loot is unobtainable until you've farmed them 5 times already. They made anti-QoL changes. The game already had numerous issues, and they actually made it worse...
  36. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Not even Deckard Cain wants you to stay awhile and listen to the **** excuse they are going to give on the "cAmPFiRe ChAT" tomorrow after the dumbest patch in the history of diablo.
  37. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    BLZ just trying their best to avoid players to have any positive experience in this **** game. Trying so hard to remove the fun parts. RIP D4
  38. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The absolute core of the game is great - the graphics (both the pixels themselves and overall art direction) are fantastic for an isometric ARPG, the sound design is splendid (extremely atmospheric music, most sound effects have weighty punch), most abilities feel good to use (ignoring how resource-starved most specs are, just the feel of each button press).

    *HOWEVER*, even before this
    The absolute core of the game is great - the graphics (both the pixels themselves and overall art direction) are fantastic for an isometric ARPG, the sound design is splendid (extremely atmospheric music, most sound effects have weighty punch), most abilities feel good to use (ignoring how resource-starved most specs are, just the feel of each button press).

    *HOWEVER*, even before this disastrous patch leading into the first season, Diablo 4 has a litany of issues. Endgame content is severely lacking. Dungeon design is terrible, with far-too-frequent backtracking and dead periods. Enemy density is poor at all levels, and I essentially never felt I was fighting enough monsters. The content all felt far, far too easy, including absurdly simply boss encounters, until you scale endgame nightmare dungeons up to the point where ranged enemies risk one-shotting squishy characters, which promotes gameplay where you just blast them in a second during CC before they kill you back. And Path of Exile already made (and couldn't figure out how to solve) that mistake. Speaking of squishy, need I bring up that the resistance stat, which necromancers and ESPECIALLY sorcerers primarily use, basically doesn't work? You could add a zero to how much mitigation it provides, and it would still be off by another factor of 5-10, it's really that bad. And Blizzard's solution can't come until... at least Season 2.

    There are more problems. Stash storage space is a joke, and I've heard basically nothing about fixes, such as being able to shift the aspect system completely into the game's codex, which would solve the issue almost entirely on its own. As it stands, I didn't even make a single alt during the game's launch because I had no room. While I absolutely didn't need the aspects I was holding onto, such as perfect rolls for skills that are currently bad and not worth using, why should I have to scrap those types of things and have to refarm them in the future if they become worth using?

    Any announced fixes take multiple seasons to go live. Blizzard has acknowledged at least SOME community problems, and fixes might not be coming until Season 2 or later. So many months post-launch. That's not just a lack of agility, that's a company with a complete inability to operate a game in 2023. I believe the issues are with getting the okay to push things live for consoles, which have a cert process, and if so - DON'T LAUNCH A GAME IN SUCH A PISS-POOR STATE THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND TO PROBLEMS.

    This was the game before the seasonal patch, which proceeded to make things worse. Basically anything you could think of got worse. Cooldown reduction, worse. The good DPS stats, worse. The worst spec at 80+ (Sorcerers)? Nerfed, more than the other specs! Fun! Stash problems? Made even worse because the season mechanic adds more stuff you have to store. Leveling speed? Slower. Armor, a necessary stat with resistances not working? Reduced. Damage reduction? Reduced. Were fun endgame activities added to spice up the gameplay with even a LITTLE variety? Nope. Can't be bothered with that. The same barely-populated dungeons with the same repeating indoor tilesets with the same "go find two buttons/levers and then backtrack because eff you and your enjoyment" design.

    I'm scoring this as a 1 just to avoid a possible sweep of all the 0s the game is currently receiving, but this is about as disappointed I've been in a game in a very, very long time. They had 10 years to work on this since Diablo 3 launched. And in that time they made the skeleton of a game, did a half-assed job balancing it, and decided to toss it out there so people could start paying them for battlepasses ASAP even though this is clearly in an early beta stage with content missing. Path of Exile has a huge list of 'seasonal' (league) mechanics that have been folded into the core gameplay loop, which are all playable in ADDITION to whatever mechanic is added to the current 'season' (league). Some are much more elaborate than others, even after being simplified as part of implementing them as a core aspect of gameplay, but there are all separate league mechanics: Expedition, Ritual, Heist, Delirium, Harvest, Blight, Betrayal, Legion, Breach, Bestiary, Delve, Harbinger, Beyond, Abyss, Incursion, Rogue Exiles, Strongboxes, Metamorph, Vaal maps, Torment. A few are *very* minor (Rogue Exiles, Torment), or don't represent much in the way of gameplay without using a separate talent tree to push their rewards (Rogue Exiles, Strongboxes), but others are very involved, including my favorite, Expedition. Yes, Path of Exile had many years to gain these and implement them one by one, but that's an indie studio that slowly grew the game (and its playerbase), not a behemoth like Activision/Blizzard. We didn't even get a tiny FRACTION of that sort of stuff in Diablo 4, and it really, really shows. My disappointment is immeasurable, and I only hope the game is fixed by 2025-2026.
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  39. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Devs never listen and only plan on making the game worse with each patch
    Stay away if you're looking for a fun game
  40. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Very poorly implemented season, changes and class variety. Greed has lead the developer to push consumers to the ingame store...
  41. Jul 20, 2023
    3
    Bottom Line: Diablo 4 is better than Diablo 3 but still falls short of expectations and is a disappointment in the series.
    Would refund personally if possible.
    Personal Rating: 3/10 PROS: -Great art design -Good Enemy/monster design -New mechanics like dash are welcome -Enjoy the open world design. CONS: -Enemy quest/level scaling makes leveling pointless. -Not able to
    Bottom Line: Diablo 4 is better than Diablo 3 but still falls short of expectations and is a disappointment in the series.
    Would refund personally if possible.

    Personal Rating: 3/10

    PROS:
    -Great art design
    -Good Enemy/monster design
    -New mechanics like dash are welcome
    -Enjoy the open world design.

    CONS:
    -Enemy quest/level scaling makes leveling pointless.
    -Not able to customize character stat points. Dark Souls does it, no reason Dialbo 4 can’t.
    -Game gets grindy, and rewards for exploring the environment are not enough.
    -Ultimate skill is unlocked to early, making the rest of the game stale.
    -No reason to start a new type of character in the same class.
    -Magical items are basically useless.
    -Too many status effect mechanics.
    -Items are hard to discern what is actually better for you character.
    -Music is over dramatic at points. Misses the tone of the original Diablo.
    -Level 50 hard lock on skill points.
    -Paragon points should start at level 1.
    -Story is written like a Saturday morning cartoon.
    -Dungeons are just reskins of previous dungeons. Like Dragon Age 2.
    -Camera is to zoomed on character.
    -No environment or character is memorable.
    -70 dollars USD is to much for what is offered.
    -Unnecessary callbacks to previous Diablo titles. Game should stand on its own.
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  42. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Anytime will nerf your character , don't watse time to play , save your $ and time is better.
  43. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you reach lvl 100 there is nothing left to do.
    The "endgame" is non existent after lvl 70. PvP is broken, imbalanced and useless. The idea of starting a new character for each season is revolting. Bugs and glitches after the new patch
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  44. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The devs comments in the fire side chat was insulting to life long fans. The latest patch has wrecked the game, the game has some new bugs. Lots of lag now which has left me dead in Helltides and nightmare dungeons. The nerf on xp gains, the dmg output has been reduced to a level that has sucked away the fun of playing the game. Not every fan can spend double digit hours a day playing theThe devs comments in the fire side chat was insulting to life long fans. The latest patch has wrecked the game, the game has some new bugs. Lots of lag now which has left me dead in Helltides and nightmare dungeons. The nerf on xp gains, the dmg output has been reduced to a level that has sucked away the fun of playing the game. Not every fan can spend double digit hours a day playing the game. I've been playing Diablo since it came out on PS1. If you're going to buy the game, don't but if you do, just pay for the base game. Blizzards senior devs like **** on their fans who in turn pays their paychecks. Expand
  45. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I started playing Diablo and honestly, it was really fun at first. The world, battles, and the story were right up my alley. But after a while, things got repetitive and kinda dull. It was the same stuff over and over. Just when I thought that maybe the new season would bring me back in they nerfed everything - my favorite gear, the best moves. It's like the fun got downgraded along withI started playing Diablo and honestly, it was really fun at first. The world, battles, and the story were right up my alley. But after a while, things got repetitive and kinda dull. It was the same stuff over and over. Just when I thought that maybe the new season would bring me back in they nerfed everything - my favorite gear, the best moves. It's like the fun got downgraded along with the powers. And they made me start a new character for this season. Why can't I use the character I had already leveled up? Talk about garbage! All my progress, gone. Just like me. Now, I'm just bored because I don't have a game to play. Here's hoping Blizzard gets their act together and bring back the magic that sucked me in at the start. Until then, it's a thumbs down from me. Expand
  46. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard's attitude towards this game can only be described as shameless, disgusting, and trash. Just citing two incidents is enough to prove:

    They didn't even bother testing it during beta. They just randomly adjust some parameters and release a new version. Beta Necromancer Corpse Explosion: I don't think you need to play until level 10, not even level 20. Basically, once you
    Blizzard's attitude towards this game can only be described as shameless, disgusting, and trash. Just citing two incidents is enough to prove:

    They didn't even bother testing it during beta.

    They just randomly adjust some parameters and release a new version.

    Beta Necromancer Corpse Explosion: I don't think you need to play until level 10, not even level 20. Basically, once you activate the skill and use it once, you can tell it's overpowered.

    Result: Once it went live, players immediately found it powerful and they immediately nerfed it? Seriously, if they had played and tested it properly, how could they not know?

    Drop rate reduced in Wave mode: You can't even collect 50 items in 20 minutes.

    Result: And then they get called out for it and claim it's a bug? Seriously, if they had played and tested it properly, it would only take 5 minutes to see if there's a problem. Just a normal trip between two points in the village would be enough to notice, even with occasional detours, it should take no more than 10 minutes to collect 175 items. I'm not even that fast, there are definitely people who have faster methods.

    The above perfectly proves that they didn't test it properly, just randomly adjusted parameters and released a new version! How else could they not notice?

    For a game company of this size, is this the attitude and approach they take towards game development?

    With this kind of behavior, it's truly absurd and reflects a lack of intelligence and competence.

    If I were to ask Blizzard about this, I'm sure they would just instantly censor the "chatroom." Oh, I'm overestimating them—maybe they would even shut down the chatroom entirely. LOL
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  47. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    The nostalgia of playing Diablo I and Diablo II got me to try the game. Game feels unfinished, rushed and as many reviewers as said, likely was not beta tested to high level because the Season 1 patch nerf every character for the "health of the game"; due to lack of high-end content, Blizzard basically wants to slow everyone's progression. The nerf patch appear to be a manipulative ploy toThe nostalgia of playing Diablo I and Diablo II got me to try the game. Game feels unfinished, rushed and as many reviewers as said, likely was not beta tested to high level because the Season 1 patch nerf every character for the "health of the game"; due to lack of high-end content, Blizzard basically wants to slow everyone's progression. The nerf patch appear to be a manipulative ploy to kill the eternal realm so that players move to Seasonal content so Blizzard can push Battle Pass.

    Not that it matters, because numerous players can't login to try Season 1 content due to server issues.

    These devs are certainly not OG Blizzard North quality, are tone deaf and borderline incompetent.
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  48. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Endgame content is lacking and the Developers answer to that is... Nerf everything that you have done for the last 100 hours plus and ruin your builds and hard work and offer you nothing in return but a "well, try a new build." Ignoring the fact that its extremely expensive to try and get the perfect rolls and gear and to just have it destroyed because you aren't playing the game their wayEndgame content is lacking and the Developers answer to that is... Nerf everything that you have done for the last 100 hours plus and ruin your builds and hard work and offer you nothing in return but a "well, try a new build." Ignoring the fact that its extremely expensive to try and get the perfect rolls and gear and to just have it destroyed because you aren't playing the game their way is unacceptable. Ps: This one's for the Sorcerer class. Expand
  49. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Literally. The worst gaming company I've ever seen. Good job ruining Diablo 4 with that latest patch. Joke of a game. Joke of a company.
  50. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 ruins all the loots you got, wastes your time to rebuild your skill / paragon if your class still has a visual build (not for barbarian and sorceress). It just simple denied all your play time rewards and tells you get over with it. Good job Blizzard.
  51. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The devs continue to nerf players into the ground without respite. They then have the gall to make items that are worthless some of the most rare in the game that do not relate to endgame builds. Have they ever played Diablo?
  52. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 has been terrible from the start, so many things broken and unfixed since the beta and now they break even more things and made the game just overall worse with the new patch. Can't believe i paid money for this garbage
  53. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Horrible game, worst 70 bucks I ever spent. I feel like I was scammed into buying this, but alas, it was just my own stupidity in actually thinking they could make a decent game.
  54. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Season 1 patch ruined the game even further for sorcerers... Thanks for nerfing the worst class further.
  55. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Spend money to play a garbage game, the designers are idiots enough, there are only one or two professions that can be played, idiot career design
  56. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Again Blizzard kill Blizzard. Always the same story. It's sad.
    No consistency in decisions
  57. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 ruins all the loots you got, wastes your time to rebuild your skill / paragon if your class still has a visual build (not for barbarian and sorceress). It just simple denied all your play time rewards and tells you get over with it. Good job Blizzard.
  58. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    i play sorcerer . I'm like a poop now
    Want genre variety but only NERF damage
    Only pure NERF damage without other changes
    No vulnerable genre is still POOP
  59. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Always nerf/adjust on skill/equipment/ability/evan unique items.
    I can't believe this is a Diablo IP. Everything all unstable.
  60. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This is the worst game ever made. All they did is copy lost arch and paste diablo 4 characters into the environment .... And gave the player base absolutely NOTHING they wanted. The current version of blizzard has no idea how to produce blizzard games .. They have a brand to sell. This is a sad sad day for gaming :(.
  61. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    absolutely disgusting, 2 out of 5 classes are playable, new season with only one new mechanic added to the game... lets not forget it is exteremely overpriced
  62. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    The game designer is very unpleasant.
    When you invest a lot of time cultivating a character,
    they turn your efforts into garbage with a single update.
  63. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I have played Diablo since D2 (only skipping D Immortal). This patch (1.1) has to be one of the worst patches Blizzard has ever released for this game. Im perfectly fine with Seasons and starting over each time.

    The absolute nerf bat across the board (even to the worst class in the game - Sorc) will just make this game "unfun". The paltry "buffs" are miniscule. Instead of dealing with
    I have played Diablo since D2 (only skipping D Immortal). This patch (1.1) has to be one of the worst patches Blizzard has ever released for this game. Im perfectly fine with Seasons and starting over each time.

    The absolute nerf bat across the board (even to the worst class in the game - Sorc) will just make this game "unfun". The paltry "buffs" are miniscule. Instead of dealing with the few overpowered things that needed balance, they just took a shotgun and aimed it right at their feet and fired.

    I was looking forward to Season 1, and now instead I'm looking forward to playing D3 Season 29
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  64. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Bought game, played it, refunded it after s1, continue playing diablo 2 or 3 which is 20x better than d4 right now. AVOID DIABLO 4 AT ALL COSTS

    Tbh blizzard has went downhill for years for its games I fear for the long awaited starcraft 3 , likely be as bad as this trash. They nerfed the player, so we nerf the game score, eye for an eye blizzard... has been for years with this
    Bought game, played it, refunded it after s1, continue playing diablo 2 or 3 which is 20x better than d4 right now. AVOID DIABLO 4 AT ALL COSTS

    Tbh blizzard has went downhill for years for its games I fear for the long awaited starcraft 3 , likely be as bad as this trash.

    They nerfed the player, so we nerf the game score, eye for an eye blizzard... has been for years with this developer.

    Petition for asmon-chan to boycot this game as well publicly?
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  65. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I have farmed my Barbarian for 150+ hours until 15/7 to 100lv, and the new update validates the death of my passion. All the change is only nerfing, don't even have a buffing for main flow build. And the Blizzard NEVER really "played" this game in my opinion. Blizzard only want to see player suffering, **** YOU!
  66. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I just dont understand why the Class is super unbalanced , the Sorc and barb got nerf to trash tier in recent patch , they was the worst class , and now they are trash tier
  67. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    20 years after WoW Vanilla, Blizzard still dont understand that they should up useless skills in place of nerf powerskills.
  68. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    All I need to to is to find every survey.
    Fill in “I hate this game” and rate 0 point
    I hate this game!
  69. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Game is engineered to manipulate the player into the seasonal mode, wherein the game will pressure you via fomo and other sociological vectors to engage with the battle pass hoping you will make the purchase. This realization is made worse when you find out your character, on which you have been playing for potentially hundreds of hours, will be reset along with the battle pass… containingGame is engineered to manipulate the player into the seasonal mode, wherein the game will pressure you via fomo and other sociological vectors to engage with the battle pass hoping you will make the purchase. This realization is made worse when you find out your character, on which you have been playing for potentially hundreds of hours, will be reset along with the battle pass… containing exp boosts… how nice of blizzard to help us get back to where we were right… its almost like they know no one wants to be level one after spending hours of their life levelling to be max. Game is a waste of time, and a vehicle for blizzard to manipulate the player base into feeling ties to a battle pass… shameful game design from a company Expand
  70. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    No stash space, terrible character customization, boring endgame, boring loot, boring uniques.
    The season 1 content is literally 1 hour of play time but they added boring grinding in between to make it feel longer. Lilith rule 34 is good tho.
    D0/10 Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg Baseg
  71. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately, Blizzard does not like their loyal fans. They simply seek to siphon your money without even putting effort into their products or listen to the crowd.
  72. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Bought game for fun, turned out to be grindfest moneygrab getting worse every patch.
  73. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Ne possède que de diablo le nom.... itemisation abominable, ergonomie de l'affichage d'un autre siècle, un endgame totalement absent ect ect... Diablo2 et même diablo 3 sont largement au dessus. Si je pouvais me faire rembourser je le ferais sans hésitation aucune.
  74. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard Entertainment hahaha just a joke .
    Who **** cares about the sound of camel ???
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  75. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Just want to zoom out and actually have Blizzard do themselves right.

    Will play game in 8 years once it's actually given justice, just kicking myself for buying early.
  76. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    After playing 10 years of league of legends I've never seen a patch which destroys the overall from the game so much like D4 did with only one patch
    The game overall is finde, I had my fun but I thought patches are for quality of life changes and mostly bug fixes but taking out the fun of every aspect of the game? GG blizzard ...
  77. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Made an account just for this.

    New char per season is horrible when main audience of your game are older people with jobs. Very few individuals are jobless enough to grind every season, and the game now is even grindier in current state. If you create a new character for the new season and decide to skip campaign, it feels - there's no aim in the game, just do random grinds. It
    Made an account just for this.

    New char per season is horrible when main audience of your game are older people with jobs. Very few individuals are jobless enough to grind every season, and the game now is even grindier in current state.

    If you create a new character for the new season and decide to skip campaign, it feels - there's no aim in the game, just do random grinds.

    It was so boring after just 30-45 minutes, I decided to say goodbye to this useless piece of **** cash grab. I hope Blizzard rots. I regret spending moneh on this trash game.

    Bye
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  78. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I have no idea who the genius is that approved all these season 1 mechanics but they should be fired or placed into another role of responsibility. Blizzard continues with poor implementation and backtracking when met with pushback. If they are committed to ruining the game and our enjoyment on season 1 I cannot imagine if these same people are in charge will happen with season 5+.I have no idea who the genius is that approved all these season 1 mechanics but they should be fired or placed into another role of responsibility. Blizzard continues with poor implementation and backtracking when met with pushback. If they are committed to ruining the game and our enjoyment on season 1 I cannot imagine if these same people are in charge will happen with season 5+. Please wait to buy this game when you see actual good reviews again if ever. Expand
  79. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.
  80. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    They deceived gamers. It was released while missing the promises made before release, and only continues to patch to deceive users.
    We need to boycott Blizzard.
  81. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I was a huge fan since diablo 1 and now blizz has apparently ruined another game by patching it into something that's not worth playing anymore. Can we have more viable builds please? it dont want to play 2-3 classes with max 1 build each to be among something that tends to be fun. friggin' disappiontment!
  82. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    The greed for money overcame the game's main purpose of being fun and entertaining.
  83. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This could have been a great game. The snails pace play style just kills it. For a loot hunt game, you don’t even know if there is real loot to be found. Class balance is completely busted. This game reminds me of one of those **** cash grab games you find on an iPhone. The campaign I felt was half written and disheartening. Listening to the devs in their last campfire chat…… I wouldThis could have been a great game. The snails pace play style just kills it. For a loot hunt game, you don’t even know if there is real loot to be found. Class balance is completely busted. This game reminds me of one of those **** cash grab games you find on an iPhone. The campaign I felt was half written and disheartening. Listening to the devs in their last campfire chat…… I would rather watch paint dry and listen to a used car salesman. I gave it a 1 cause the artwork/music is pretty good and that’s 10% of the game imho. 0 for the rest cause this is no fun and feels like an unpaid job. Expand
  84. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I just got on this morning after working all week heard they dropped a horrible patch and wanted to see for myself and i can say its worse than what people are saying. Boring boring boring boring and boring. I used to hit between 300 to 600k and now i hit 50 to 200k. Now fights drag out making the fighting and progression slower. They also randomly changed an aspect on my focus. Never evenI just got on this morning after working all week heard they dropped a horrible patch and wanted to see for myself and i can say its worse than what people are saying. Boring boring boring boring and boring. I used to hit between 300 to 600k and now i hit 50 to 200k. Now fights drag out making the fighting and progression slower. They also randomly changed an aspect on my focus. Never even seen the aspect before. I love how game companies can just change everything about your character and the core of the game just because. 0/10 Patch. Can Blizzard do ANYTHING RIGHT??? Expand
  85. Jul 21, 2023
    2
    Buffs, not Nerfs! For crying out loud. Stop taking good things and making them bad. Just to try and make bad things seem better. Keep the good as it is! Build up the bad to make it better, don't tear down the good. I've been playing since Diablo II. I almost deleted my Sorcerer and uninstalled this game. But I have faith that yalls at Blizzard can fix it.
  86. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Played the series since the beginning. Diablo IV just does not have the "Magic".
    Was so looking forward to this. Season 1 did nothing to make me feel better about it.
  87. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Season 1 absolute trash, rewards aren't great and they just nerfed everything and forgot to buff other abilities enough to make a shift in optimal builds. Not gonna bother playing season 1, gonna stick to eternal realm, that is if I'll even find the will to play the game after the update..
    Trash on all accounts
  88. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Great game if you like playing hours and getting your characters nerfed every other week. Highly recommend if you play 23 out of 24 hours a day. Seriously...stop nerfing **** every week...especially classes that already suck..makes zero sense. Also really love having to create a new character just to play the new season I purchased with the game. Contrary to popular belief people doGreat game if you like playing hours and getting your characters nerfed every other week. Highly recommend if you play 23 out of 24 hours a day. Seriously...stop nerfing **** every week...especially classes that already suck..makes zero sense. Also really love having to create a new character just to play the new season I purchased with the game. Contrary to popular belief people do actually have life's and family outside of gaming. How about working on some life balance updates vs nerfing everything into the ground. This game will get ran into the ground like warzone 2 did when they ruined Warzone. Expand
  89. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Blizzard seemed to learn their lesson with diablo 3 regarding seasonal content. Took a game that launched terribly and turned it around in 1-2 years with a lot of hard work. They then showed that they had forgotten those lessons with Diablo Immortal. With the launch of D4 there was a glimmer of hope as if Tyrael himself was blessing the launch. Then the first season comes around and theyBlizzard seemed to learn their lesson with diablo 3 regarding seasonal content. Took a game that launched terribly and turned it around in 1-2 years with a lot of hard work. They then showed that they had forgotten those lessons with Diablo Immortal. With the launch of D4 there was a glimmer of hope as if Tyrael himself was blessing the launch. Then the first season comes around and they make everything about the game slower and harder. Took the worst class in the game (sorcerer) and nerfed it more. Clearly, they have forgotten their lessons learned from D3.

    They were on track with a relatively solid launch to have made an extremely solid game, with a grateful and loyal community. Now they have squandered their opportunity.

    Don't buy this game, in fact, don't buy anything blizzard. Overwatch 2 aka Overwatch 1 Reskin. This studio is not the studio it used to be.
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  90. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Absolutely garbage patches. Everybody likes the game before this garbage season. Why it’s hard to add new content instead of fixing and nerfing everything?
  91. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This could have been the game of the year, but with a weak storyline and very poor endgame players feel robbed of their investment.
    Little or no alterations made in the game in the so-promising season, make the game very poor to play, lack of ideas and the so-wanted game changes, makes Diablo the rip-off of the year!
  92. Jul 21, 2023
    2
    First Diablo game in my collection and was expecting a new and interesting game where i can play over the summer. However i can assure you that the game did disappoint. Initially the campaign and early stages of the game was fun, but in the late game after world tier three it was more or less farming, and farming to build your characters so that you can farm more efficiently. I have reachFirst Diablo game in my collection and was expecting a new and interesting game where i can play over the summer. However i can assure you that the game did disappoint. Initially the campaign and early stages of the game was fun, but in the late game after world tier three it was more or less farming, and farming to build your characters so that you can farm more efficiently. I have reach the point where it is mind numbing. I was hoping that that the season 1 patch would bring more content and fix some apparent issues in the game such as most of the class being underwhelming, but nope. Blizzard thought it would be a good idea to nerf everything. So now I am here stuck in the never ending loop of farming exp. So please blizzard i paid $70 give me a good patch. Anything is better than patch 1.1. Expand
  93. Jul 21, 2023
    3
    This is a tough one to review. Story was great. The Campaign was decent, if a Little slow. Too slow to have any replayability. Graphics and cut scenes are 10/10, as always with Blizzard games. Combat feels good, skills are cool, classes are fun and interesting. That's everything positive I can say.

    The way I see it there are 2 main problems that over shadow all. The others. Itemization is
    This is a tough one to review. Story was great. The Campaign was decent, if a Little slow. Too slow to have any replayability. Graphics and cut scenes are 10/10, as always with Blizzard games. Combat feels good, skills are cool, classes are fun and interesting. That's everything positive I can say.

    The way I see it there are 2 main problems that over shadow all. The others. Itemization is awful. The loot grind feels bad, with the exception of finding a unique you've been hunting for, I feel nothing about drops ever. Looking through them for specific stats is boring at best, frustrating at worst. Legendary aspects, I appreciate the intent, they feel very bad. I appreciate that they give all kinds of build diversity and flexibility, but it's over complication in a way that feels horrible. Sacred and Ancestral items make it all worse. Magic and white items are literally useless. Bases have no meaning, I don't know why they don't just say "boots" or "gloves" when they drop, because different kinds of boots and gloves have no statistical impact, just cosmetic.

    My second main problem is progression. I can appreciate what they were attempting to correct. In Diablo 3, with dramatic power scaling you get to a point where you basically can't play with your friends. With progression tied to your level, you never feel like you're getting stronger. Every time you level you feel weaker. When I got into Torment I struggled to find reason to keep playing. The grind just wasn't fun. I played thousands of hours of D3, I loved it when it first came out, I loved it in its final form. There was a lot I didn't like but it never felt broken. I've played thousands of hours of D2 and nothing competes for the loot grind. You don't even need end game. Repetitive MFing is a constant dopamine drip. I feel like this game tried to take the best of both games and somehow ruined it all. Still giving it a 3/10 because there are good qualities but appreciate why it's getting 0's because the negatives far outweigh anything positive.
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  94. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has getting worse and worse. Every update is/has less QoL to us. Devs don't get what is fun. They wanna workers not players. Expand
  95. Jul 22, 2023
    3
    Had to make an account to contribute to the brutal honesty of what this game is. HOT GARBAGE. The only thing about this game worth mentioning is the campaign and cutscenes. In every single other aspect, blizzard has underperformed once again. Once I beat the campaign, I found myself wandering around for anything enjoyable to do, but no matter how hard I looked everything sucked. There isHad to make an account to contribute to the brutal honesty of what this game is. HOT GARBAGE. The only thing about this game worth mentioning is the campaign and cutscenes. In every single other aspect, blizzard has underperformed once again. Once I beat the campaign, I found myself wandering around for anything enjoyable to do, but no matter how hard I looked everything sucked. There is absolutely no joy in grinding meaningless loot and managing inventories, which is most of what you're doing endgame. Season 1 won't be enough to fix this, it seems like they spit in fans faces again with this pathetic excuse of a triple A title. Expand
  96. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I would like to thank the dev team for the season one patch. I was hoping they would remove the fun so I could stop playing so much and they did! Very good job! I really felt like it was too fast paced and had way too much action. Thank you for eliminating the action from your action rpg. Maybe add some more useless stats and affixes so the gear isn’t so easy to re-role. I alsoI would like to thank the dev team for the season one patch. I was hoping they would remove the fun so I could stop playing so much and they did! Very good job! I really felt like it was too fast paced and had way too much action. Thank you for eliminating the action from your action rpg. Maybe add some more useless stats and affixes so the gear isn’t so easy to re-role. I also recommend lowering mob density some more to about 1 mob every 2 minutes in nightmare dungeons. There are way too many magic and up drops. Rares should only drop about once every 5 days. Nightmare dungeons should cost platinum so you guys can buy some yachts! You definitely deserve them with all the hard work you’ve put into this patch. #RMAHv2.0 #uninstalled Expand
  97. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This latest opus reeks of laziness and greed.
    What hack and slash needs microtransactions? Horse armor? Really? Who are you Bethesda?

    Blizzard used to have a focus on quality. Since Activision got into the mix, it's only been going downhill and keeps plunging deeper and deeper, underground, where they'll stay buried...
  98. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Such a waste of the Diablo name to be attached to this unfinished spaghetti mess. Live-service gaming has ruined game models like Diablo when under the direction of this Dev team. Shame on them, and I hope they are let go from their positions for such poor quality of work. SHAME ON BLIZZARD!!!
  99. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I cannot accept the company using all of the method to wasting my time in game. I don't the 5 second to help me escape from the dungeon. And please add all the portal on all dungeon. I don't want to waste time on walking.
  100. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This is a horrid game designed to look like a diablo one, but its complete crap. Bad gameplay, limiting builds, horrible end game, and OC a cash shop. The devs have obviously never played an arpg and it shows. Long gone are the glory days of Blizzard North and this cheap arse activision crap is nothing worth buying.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 90
  2. 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. 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.
  3. Jul 7, 2023
    90
    The best Blizzard launch in a long time and a worthy game to be called Diablo.