Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Khalburo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Feels like horse riding simulator cosplaying as Diablo game.

    All the fun aspect of Diablo 1/2/3 were ignore and put some random garbage thats was not fun
  2. txp111030
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This has been the worst gaming experience I have played in my 17 years of gaming. Developers are tone deaf to user feedbacks and constantly nerf game mechanics to make it harder for you to progress instead of offering end-game contents. It’s very disappointing to pay $90 for a game that feels very unpolished and constantly getting nerfed.

    A lot of people have quit this game. You should    This has been the worst gaming experience I have played in my 17 years of gaming. Developers are tone deaf to user feedbacks and constantly nerf game mechanics to make it harder for you to progress instead of offering end-game contents. It’s very disappointing to pay $90 for a game that feels very unpolished and constantly getting nerfed.

    A lot of people have quit this game. You should not buy this game to avoid the inevitable disappointment.    … Expand
  3. diablo4sucks
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    what an absolute waste of $$, devs making literally the worst possible decisions
  4. Forhekset616
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Oof. What a monumental **** up by blizzard. How to kill your game in two months. 1. Ignore all player feedback. 2. Don't utilize the 20+ years of franchise experience in crafting great stories and gameplay
    3. Nerf all classes, builds, damage, defenses, resistances, leveling friends, group play, and overall game play fun. 4. Profit?

    Get ****ed Blizzard.
  5. mythicalbeard
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I like it ok when it launched. I had it at 8/10 knowing it had flaws that could easily get patched out. But multiple patches later and Season 1 about to drop I cant help but update my review after the latest "6600 Word" patch (1.1.0). They made the game grindier, longer, harder, and less rewarding. Introduced gatekeeping of the more fun aspects of the game while not addressing any ofI like it ok when it launched. I had it at 8/10 knowing it had flaws that could easily get patched out. But multiple patches later and Season 1 about to drop I cant help but update my review after the latest "6600 Word" patch (1.1.0). They made the game grindier, longer, harder, and less rewarding. Introduced gatekeeping of the more fun aspects of the game while not addressing any of the main quality of life issues players are talking about. Was a very tone def patch and rather than make the game more enjoyable they made it impossible for casual players to enjoy the game. I would hold off on buying it until I see what they do from the backlash.… Expand
  6. dreisonic
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    avoid this game and avoid spending money on blizzard stuff. they have no clue what their doing, they are disconnected with their players.
  7. Dstrukd
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is what happens when you have 20 years of framework for a franchise, and then throw in greedy developers who don't actually play video games. The frustration of this game is similar to standing next to a lottery winner. We all see the potential, but the wrong faces are in charge causing this franchise to spiral out of control into the pits of a black hole of boredom andDiablo 4 is what happens when you have 20 years of framework for a franchise, and then throw in greedy developers who don't actually play video games. The frustration of this game is similar to standing next to a lottery winner. We all see the potential, but the wrong faces are in charge causing this franchise to spiral out of control into the pits of a black hole of boredom and mediocrity. The developers plant their Q&A sessions with boring questions that nobody cares about, while ignoring the playerbase entirely and talking about colonoscopies.

    There is so much potential, and we won't see it for another 4 years after the playerbase has entirely died down. Then and only then, will we expect a resurgence. But for me, it will be too late.    … Expand
  8. jkllau0727
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Poor game experience due to the latest update. The management team & Designer of Diablo 4 should review the details of the latest updates.

    Game company not consider players feeling. Only want to extend the game life cycle by adding more difficulties to players such as experience reduction.
  9. NotSolidSnake
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Eat my Snake dear.

    Do something for the kids in Africa, don't buy this crap.
  10. Sangreal_Gloam
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This has to be a joke (but yet it isn't). The latest entry in the Diablo frachise is nothing more than a coldly calculated cash grab.

    D4 premiered on 6/6/23 and it was a decent experience: very nice graphics, great music, sounds, voiceovers, somewhat lacking in the QoL department, but then again, we thought Blizzard will come around to implement these in time. Yesterday came the pre    This has to be a joke (but yet it isn't). The latest entry in the Diablo frachise is nothing more than a coldly calculated cash grab.

    D4 premiered on 6/6/23 and it was a decent experience: very nice graphics, great music, sounds, voiceovers, somewhat lacking in the QoL department, but then again, we thought Blizzard will come around to implement these in time.

    Yesterday came the pre Season 1 patch, that changed everything - for worse. It was nothing but one long nerf to everything that made our characters feel powerful and satisfying: character power, experience gained, loot (in a LOOT BASED GAME ffs). They even made a "teleport from the dungeon" action longer for some reason, lol. Why all this? To make people reroll to the Seasonal realms, in which the characters might find some paltry compensation for all that lost power in form of some borrowed power mechanics.    … Expand
  11. sweetpeaz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    i purposely create an account here just to give 0 score review because of the latest patch note, **** blizzard waste a month of my time on this piece of ****
  12. sakiro
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 完全智商低下的一群人自以為自己是設計師
    根本沒有好好去玩自己做出什麼屎一樣的設定
    倉庫死不給就是想強迫玩家解一些十分麻煩的任務賺白金幣去買，最後就讓不想麻煩的玩家掏錢出來買，不要再裝了，改了一堆白痴的設定，D4在你們手上真是變的比垃圾還不如    … Expand
  13. emmex24
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Boring endgame, Boring Season Content, low mob density, bad itemization, feeling of progression is lost etc. … instead of improving the endgame Blizzard just slows the progression. Latest patch is a joke…from goty to unplayable before Season 1 even starts.
  14. Alalya
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible Devs team that won't listen to community at all. All Blizzard cares is trying toforce people to spend more time playing, by nerfing XP gains and everything else tbh.
  15. Diablo4istrash
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game was pretty boring before the patch, now I have zero desire to play. How about making your game fun? Also, I would really like to know who decided it was a good change to increases the leave dungeon timer to 5 seconds. What a joke.
  16. Batuhank
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They killed the game just before season 1 congratz blizzard. Every character is nerfed and with longer cooldowns nothing is fun to play anymore. We take more dmg, less exp. Hope they fix it or this thing won't be playable.
  17. coamicAllstar
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    There are fun ways to make this game more difficult and balanced and then there's what Diablo 4 has done. It's a bad feeling to think a company is feeling like they made a mistake by giving us too much for $100 and now they need to take some away. The season 1 update creates a really grim foresight as far as things to look forward to. It seems like they need to cut it thin and keep playersThere are fun ways to make this game more difficult and balanced and then there's what Diablo 4 has done. It's a bad feeling to think a company is feeling like they made a mistake by giving us too much for $100 and now they need to take some away. The season 1 update creates a really grim foresight as far as things to look forward to. It seems like they need to cut it thin and keep players held back because there isn't much in the works. It would be great if there was a diverse amount of ways to do damage but this is currently a game where you work towards one specific min/max build for one month and never even perfect it due to drop rates just to have it nerfed tomorrow.… Expand
  18. tdrobinson89
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Enjoyed the game at launch but no longer worth playing. The devs don't listen to the player base at all and can only assume have never actually played the game. With the 1.1 patch they just nailed the coffin shut ruining 100's of hours of grinding for tons of players. Don't waste your money or time on this game
  19. Dk123
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game is getting worse with every update. Don't bother buying. Wish I could refund
  20. coconutcyclone
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard hates fun. Blizzard hates it's own player base. Don't give them money.
  21. jdw23
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game had promise on launch, but the first large patch is so bad that I doubt I will ever play again… Expand
  22. Jaruseleh
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Hey Blizzard, you already f***ed up Overwatch. Maybe don't do that with Diablo, eh?
  23. Gorgorel
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Grew up with D1, binged D2, skipped D3 because of AH and no PvP fiasco till later season, was hyped for D4. Got a couple hours in: 85 Barb & Sorceress in closed beta, all other classes in the open betas, 2x lvl 100 in the released version.

    Does it feel like a finished AAA game? Absolutely not. Just sit on the wonky mount for two minutes and you wish you're back in the "New World:    Grew up with D1, binged D2, skipped D3 because of AH and no PvP fiasco till later season, was hyped for D4. Got a couple hours in: 85 Barb & Sorceress in closed beta, all other classes in the open betas, 2x lvl 100 in the released version.

    Does it feel like a finished AAA game? Absolutely not. Just sit on the wonky mount for two minutes and you wish you're back in the "New World: walking simulator" instead. Short: too many mechanics feel awful and have been done/solved better by a plethora of much older games.

    QoL. I gave them the doubt of catching up to what people want, somewhere between "NO CHANGES vanilla WoW" masochists & people whi come from a more recent generation and ARPG games. Like PoE, Last Epoch, Undecember, D3, etc. I am not doubting anymore. I am sure now old Blizzard is definitely dead and it's name is just used by a cash grab company that cares about quick profits but not about making games for people anymore.    … Expand
  24. Noname48491974
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Do not buy this game if you haven't already. Diablo 4 is a broken joke. Still broken quests, glitches, bait and switches with their patching. Another game focused on grabbing cash instead a consistent, satisfied player base.
  25. dragongodoffire
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game developers touted a live service; with the most recent patch they have revealed how disconnected they are with the game and left a large portion of their player base with a bad taste.

    There have been overarching problems with the quality of life such as storage space deficits, oversights to obvious exploitable content (pvp seeds are one example), and other issues that just make    The game developers touted a live service; with the most recent patch they have revealed how disconnected they are with the game and left a large portion of their player base with a bad taste.

    There have been overarching problems with the quality of life such as storage space deficits, oversights to obvious exploitable content (pvp seeds are one example), and other issues that just make this game feel awful (unnecessarily long after death explosions, cold enchanted cc chains, etc.)

    These last two have been addressed very recently, but it cements the fact that THEY HAVE NO FORESIGHT TO COMMON SENSE ISSUES. This is likely to be the theme moving forward and further supports the feeling that everyone keeps stating: This is just another beta test.    … Expand
  26. FkyuBlzard
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The worst game ever, loser logic and idiot nerf ALL THE TIME! I am so shame to bought this peice of **** screw you all D4 team.
  27. chaosgrid
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The developers of this game decided that anything the players find to be good, needs to be removed. The methodology here was to make the game as grindy and slow as possible, instead of letting people ENJOY the game. The recent patch honestly provoked me to write this after about 100 hrs of gameplay. The game is out of touch with the players, it's not very fun, the endgame is superThe developers of this game decided that anything the players find to be good, needs to be removed. The methodology here was to make the game as grindy and slow as possible, instead of letting people ENJOY the game. The recent patch honestly provoked me to write this after about 100 hrs of gameplay. The game is out of touch with the players, it's not very fun, the endgame is super lacking, and I didn't really care much at all about the plot. The ending was super lackluster and nothing about this experience felt rewarding and what they had left in grinding lvls or item hunting, is fully throttled and actively tweaked on the whim. If players find something that works, again, they patch it out because you can't have any classes designed to actually do well in this game. I can turn on Diablo 2 and replay it anytime, and have more fun, than anything offered by this brand new version. It's total crap.

    Look at my boy, look what they did to my boy!    … Expand
  28. Snyfox8
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    All was fun until they decided to kill the game. Sorcerer has been a pain to play since the game launched, and now their new patch made sure no one will ever touch that class again.
  29. Bdk20
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game was actually decent and fun before they released the first patch. If you're planning on buying this game, don't. Wait until they fix the game, if they fix the game.
  30. Toaobaconator
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    How can one patch ruin all motivation and every positive aspect looking forward to season 1?

    Just throwing sticks in our legs and kill all fun while Not adding qol stuff. Sad
  31. GregGres
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Boring, bland, bad. Devs are lazy, incompetent and doesn't know the meaning of fun.
  32. mousley83
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    It was an okay game at first, but missed a lot of things that made D3 great (particularly QoL stuff). Now they have objectively made the game worse with the latest patch. It's a shame.
  33. hobohileg
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Been playing games since the C64 days, and I've played Diablo 1-3. Diablo 4 was fun until the most recent patch (1.1.0a). Before the patch, it had some issues for sure, and I can agree that some things needed to be nerfed.

    Not only did they not address specifically things that needed to be nerfed (certain necro build), but they ruined the game for me. Basically they just made the    Been playing games since the C64 days, and I've played Diablo 1-3. Diablo 4 was fun until the most recent patch (1.1.0a). Before the patch, it had some issues for sure, and I can agree that some things needed to be nerfed.

    Not only did they not address specifically things that needed to be nerfed (certain necro build), but they ruined the game for me.

    Basically they just made the game harder for no reason other than to make us have to grind for everything longer.

    XP comes more slowly, leveling takes longer.
    Damage on EVERY front has been reduced, fighting takes longer.
    Drop rates for Helltide cinders has been lowered, opening Chests of Mystery takes longer.
    Everyone's been made more damageable, ok, well, time spent alive is shorter.

    The list goes on an on. The specifics are infuriating. It just takes longer to do everything. It's like Blizzard just wants everyone to play Diablo 4 longer, but no one wants to play a game that's been made boring and too time-consuming to play!

    Oh: and nothing to address the VRAM memory leak issues. I've got a 4070 on a 7800x3d, and the stuttering is unplayable for ultra textures. Had to reduce!    … Expand
  34. Unlky
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The new update basically made it even MORE **** what kind of Brain Yoga are the devs doing? Stop sniffing the china market glue ffs.
  35. atepper2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Absolutely clueless staff. I would give anything to be in their meetings when ideas are thrown around just to hear what's said. Do these people live under rocks with a first grade education? "Hey, I know! Let's nerf everything in the game because we didn't include enough content. OH OH, let's also ignore all the feedback we have gotten and continue to make the game worse and worse."Absolutely clueless staff. I would give anything to be in their meetings when ideas are thrown around just to hear what's said. Do these people live under rocks with a first grade education? "Hey, I know! Let's nerf everything in the game because we didn't include enough content. OH OH, let's also ignore all the feedback we have gotten and continue to make the game worse and worse."

    Sadly, I paid $100 for the premium version. As soon as I realized that I would need to make a new character for season 1 (I figured since it was like a month after launch it wouldn't reset, but that's on me I guess), I decided to just wait until start of season 1. In that time, I have seen worse and worse decisions killing the potential of this game. I wish I'd never bought it and won't be picking it back up.

    Devs. Do you even think about your decisions beforehand? Have you even played this game yourselves? Is there anyone at your company with oversight that said "hey, ya know, maybe this isn't such a good idea guys." Horrible company. Hope Microsoft fires everyone at Blizzard and starts over. Hopefully they hire people with even a little intelligence.    … Expand
  36. ComputerGamer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Ever wonder what it looks like when a game company/developers are out of touch with their player base? Look no further.

    These developers are balancing their game against streamers who basically play it for a living. The game has no real end-game content once you hit World Tier 4, and instead of addressing that in any decent way their solution is to nerf everything so the progression    Ever wonder what it looks like when a game company/developers are out of touch with their player base? Look no further.

    These developers are balancing their game against streamers who basically play it for a living.

    The game has no real end-game content once you hit World Tier 4, and instead of addressing that in any decent way their solution is to nerf everything so the progression is closer to Everquest 1, where it was basically a full-time job to reach end-game.

    That's right, the solution to having no late-game content is to make it take so long to get here most people will likely never reach it.

    It's very clear the developers are not players in the game.

    On the bright side, Blizzard does make great cinematic trailers.    … Expand
  37. Slyrex
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 gutted the game, made the game go way too slow. Nerfed everything that was fun about the game into oblivion.
  38. cdsz
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    dev constant nerfs EVERYTHING, items, skills, monsters, exp..
    why are they nerfing exp in a game where a large majority of ppl have trouble getting to lv 100 already
  39. Brooklyn5points
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    D4 is half baked. Are there things that I like? Sure. Does it over come the higher price tag? No. Its not worth the $70 bucks. If it was on sale for like $40, its probably worth the 12 hour campaign play and the fun to build a character.

    Once you get to level 60, the game dies off. The latest patch 1.1 doesn't address anything wrong with the game. Just get the mount to work right.    D4 is half baked. Are there things that I like? Sure. Does it over come the higher price tag? No. Its not worth the $70 bucks. If it was on sale for like $40, its probably worth the 12 hour campaign play and the fun to build a character.

    Once you get to level 60, the game dies off. The latest patch 1.1 doesn't address anything wrong with the game. Just get the mount to work right. A game about gear- well theres barely anyroom to store any of it.

    Online game? Ok. There is ZERO trading. The crafting is so simple its pointless.    … Expand
  40. Dirtydwrx
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    D4 developers are completely out of touch with what an ARPG should be, this season 1patch is an abomination and should be embarrassed with themselves. They completely destroyed the player progression and force us to play only their way of fun.
  41. GsRecurrence
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was playing D4 since the 1st of June and for the first month I had really good fun, and after leveling 1 char at level 100, they introduced patch 1.0.4 which seemed to introduce minor buffs and a ton of meaningful fixes. After that I leveled up 2 more chars to level 100 and I was starting to loose interest, so I had my hopes in season 1, but after seeing what they did with patch 1.1.0aI was playing D4 since the 1st of June and for the first month I had really good fun, and after leveling 1 char at level 100, they introduced patch 1.0.4 which seemed to introduce minor buffs and a ton of meaningful fixes. After that I leveled up 2 more chars to level 100 and I was starting to loose interest, so I had my hopes in season 1, but after seeing what they did with patch 1.1.0a (18th of July) I lost all my confidence to the Diablo 4 dev team. Even if they were to revert it I am not even sure I would come back to invest my time in a game so poorly managed.… Expand
  42. shanewdrd
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    It WAS fun... Blizzard sure knows how to ruin an game by nerfing the entire thing. No point and wasted $100.
  43. matamor
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Pros:
    Decent story
    Great graphics and music

    Cons:
    Repetitive gameplay
    Less end-game content than D3
    Removed QoL upgrades that were in previous games
    Very bad development decisions in the hope of increasing in-game shop sales
  44. Grymfait
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The story isn't bad, interesting characters and designs but after the story finishes and the "endgame" starts it is an absolute molasses filled slog through a dreary repetitive wasteland.

    The purpose of the endgame in a title like this is loot and power fantasy neither of which are interesting in this game. It feels like a chore to do or try anything as the prices to roll gear are    The story isn't bad, interesting characters and designs but after the story finishes and the "endgame" starts it is an absolute molasses filled slog through a dreary repetitive wasteland.

    The purpose of the endgame in a title like this is loot and power fantasy neither of which are interesting in this game. It feels like a chore to do or try anything as the prices to roll gear are astronomical and the developers constantly destroy any hope of it getting better by nerfing the "hell" out of anything interesting or fun.

    You are failing the lore, the title and the fans. Focus on fun ffs.    … Expand
  45. Goosebag
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have come to the realization that blizzard has gone to war with fun. Not only that, but they have decided to make it their mission to charge us boat loads of money to make sure that we have no fun. They lure us in with promises and shining objects and then yank those away and beat us with sticks over and over again while siphoning as much cash from us as they can. None of the promises toI have come to the realization that blizzard has gone to war with fun. Not only that, but they have decided to make it their mission to charge us boat loads of money to make sure that we have no fun. They lure us in with promises and shining objects and then yank those away and beat us with sticks over and over again while siphoning as much cash from us as they can. None of the promises to fix the quality of life things that the community continues to bring up have come with the premise that we have to "wait until season 2" for those changes, however, they continue to nerf the fun out of the game as quickly as possible.… Expand
  46. Turtle02
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Lacking in end-game content. Drop rates for good gear are horrendous. Leveling is a boring, tedious slog. Developers are unresponsive to player needs. Recent patch 1.1 is a case-in-point. Damage nerfed, armor amounts nerfed, monster density (supposedly) increased--lose, lose, lose.. In a game where leveling and drop rates are terrible...you now die more, take longer to clearLacking in end-game content. Drop rates for good gear are horrendous. Leveling is a boring, tedious slog. Developers are unresponsive to player needs. Recent patch 1.1 is a case-in-point. Damage nerfed, armor amounts nerfed, monster density (supposedly) increased--lose, lose, lose.. In a game where leveling and drop rates are terrible...you now die more, take longer to clear repetitive dungeons, & get less XP (because that got nerfed as well)--lose again. Do not buy this game! I have buyer's remorse myself.… Expand
  47. Riptide44
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No endgame to speak of.
    Multiplayer content is non-existing for an online only game.
    Open world with no purpose or benefit. $90 USD Price point for an unfinished game with many QOL issues and bad implementation. Balance issues, with poor design causing very few viable builds to emerge. Bugs with cross play, controller support, joining friend groups. Community/feedback completely    No endgame to speak of.
    Multiplayer content is non-existing for an online only game.
    Open world with no purpose or benefit.
    $90 USD Price point for an unfinished game with many QOL issues and bad implementation.
    Balance issues, with poor design causing very few viable builds to emerge.
    Bugs with cross play, controller support, joining friend groups.
    Community/feedback completely ignored by devs.
    Devs prioritizing cosmetics and battle pass over actual QOL.

    Level cap is 100. Loot progression is so bad post level 70 you may spend 8+ hours of play without finding a single piece of gear upgrade. Rerolling gear stats is so expensive, you're unable to effectively fish for better stats with the loot you find.

    Level 80 unique more often than not drop with worse stats than the level 60 version of the same unique you've been wearing for 20 levels. Its rare you get a better version than what you're using.

    Rather than create endgame activities the devs have slowed XP gain and have also ratcheted back defensive and offensive stats on gear in an attempt to make the slow grind even slower with no payoff at later levels.

    I have no idea how a huge game studio, with 20+ years making games in this genre, with so much public beta feedback, can ignore the player base and screw up this bad.    … Expand
  48. reegomes
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No endgame, no QOL, NO SEARCH, no loot, no exp.
    $100
    D4 is just bad Itemization is garbage and an absolute grindfest. Item affixes are just sad for a modern ARPG, and trying to get that one aspect that you really need is worse than grinding currency in Korean MMOs. Unique items - IN A DIABLO GAME - are non-existent. Your mount will stop moving when you barely touch any corner or move    No endgame, no QOL, NO SEARCH, no loot, no exp.
    $100
    D4 is just bad
    Itemization is garbage and an absolute grindfest. Item affixes are just sad for a modern ARPG, and trying to get that one aspect that you really need is worse than grinding currency in Korean MMOs. Unique items - IN A DIABLO GAME - are non-existent. Your mount will stop moving when you barely touch any corner or move your mouse over the UI. World bosses are a sad excuse for a boss since they die in seconds and provide absolutely no excitement... or loot. Skilltree is a sad excuse for a modern game; it would have been fine in D2, but not in 2023.The trade... what trade? There is no trade. If you thought trade was annoying in PoE, forget about it here. It just does not exist.    … Expand
  49. ccie25143
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    What a rip off. Legit paid $100 to be a part of a beta. The new patch 1.1 that they released was such a joke. I was playing Sorc prior to season 1 and now it's not even viable build. Please stay away from this game until the next few seasons.
  50. Justicerains
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is great if you like to pay $70 for a nice piece of garbage and a good ramming from the endgame boss called "Blizzard Devs".… Expand
  51. Rafix044
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I am an idiot for buying this game, with every patch Blizzard is trying to make this game worse than it was before.
  52. jaysonhvac
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The current team has no ARPG development experience and it seems like they don't even play ARPG's at all. Honestly, I don't know if they even game.

    The changes they continuously make are completely insane, and often accomplish the polar opposite of what they're trying to accomplish. For example, they said CDR was overly prioritized by the playerbase on available item rolls, so they    The current team has no ARPG development experience and it seems like they don't even play ARPG's at all. Honestly, I don't know if they even game.

    The changes they continuously make are completely insane, and often accomplish the polar opposite of what they're trying to accomplish. For example, they said CDR was overly prioritized by the playerbase on available item rolls, so they nerfed the amount of CDR you could get. Hilariously, they could have simply allowed CDR to roll on other items to reduce the demand since the supply would be in more abundance. By nerfing the stat, they've effectively increased the demand, lol.

    This recent patch also destroyed any sort of build diversity.

    Honestly, I don't even think this team is capable of improving the game, because they simply don't understand it.    … Expand
  53. iveco
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I am level 100 since multiply weeks and the patch really felt like a massive downgrade in everything. I don´t understand why these massive changes needed to be done where things like 40% have been adjusted - these are heavily game designing differences. It feels like the initial version of this game was not correctly played by gamers as expected by the game designers, therefor they had toI am level 100 since multiply weeks and the patch really felt like a massive downgrade in everything. I don´t understand why these massive changes needed to be done where things like 40% have been adjusted - these are heavily game designing differences. It feels like the initial version of this game was not correctly played by gamers as expected by the game designers, therefor they had to do these dramatic changes now. But practically for me after being 670 hours ingame, that nows feels like a massive funchpunch and my character is much weaker. I had max rolled items which are now min rolles, so I practically lost a lot of gold. Everything takes much longer now and you get less rewards. No Quality of Life features like new stash space have been added, it was really balancing downgrades only. Giving this patch without anything giving back (like add fun or rewards) - feels like a massive disappointment. Hence this rating and I hope it will be fixed… Expand
  54. lerouser
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...season 1 patch killed the game...
  55. lethalghost123
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Story is quite good enjoyed playing through it and leveled up to 80. Was enjoyable but slowly turned into a slow grind. That i could deal with but now with the latest patch with nerfs to damage and making it easier to die and xp gains are nerfed its a grind fest. Less damage less kills less lot drops, increased skill times so less skills to use not so much action in this arpg now ! Oh andStory is quite good enjoyed playing through it and leveled up to 80. Was enjoyable but slowly turned into a slow grind. That i could deal with but now with the latest patch with nerfs to damage and making it easier to die and xp gains are nerfed its a grind fest. Less damage less kills less lot drops, increased skill times so less skills to use not so much action in this arpg now ! Oh and increases to leaving a dudgeon because we all know player like loading screens lol… Expand
  56. Gltpop
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I can't play this game at all. The colors are not passing any accessibility guidelines and my eyes are burning after 30 minutes. No map overlay also adds huge eye strain on my wide monitor. I can't even finish campaign because of it.
  57. Sharkception
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The devs are so out of touch with what players find fun about Diablo. Do you want a lot of enemies to kill? Sorry, nerfed. Do you want to feel rewarded for playing the game? Sorry, nerfed. Do you finally feel a semblance of strength after playing for 100 hours? Sorry, nerfed. The funny thing is that many people wanted these things to be buffed because the game is so BORING, but BlizzardThe devs are so out of touch with what players find fun about Diablo. Do you want a lot of enemies to kill? Sorry, nerfed. Do you want to feel rewarded for playing the game? Sorry, nerfed. Do you finally feel a semblance of strength after playing for 100 hours? Sorry, nerfed. The funny thing is that many people wanted these things to be buffed because the game is so BORING, but Blizzard said **** you, let’s go in the complete opposite direction of fun. I just cannot fathom who thought these ideas were good.… Expand
  58. Velheibgnar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game was good. On a good track as for an arpg release. Yesterday's 1st season patch changed it all. I will not support such a lack of care for players and a completely unprofessional childish approach to nerfs that is literally mathematically a wrong solution to the problems.

    I'm the biggest Diablo fan ever. This is the first diablo that made me write this comment as the most important    Game was good. On a good track as for an arpg release. Yesterday's 1st season patch changed it all. I will not support such a lack of care for players and a completely unprofessional childish approach to nerfs that is literally mathematically a wrong solution to the problems.

    I'm the biggest Diablo fan ever. This is the first diablo that made me write this comment as the most important thing is not to let big companies do such barbaric trolling to the fans, more so after taking the money.

    Look at Diablo 3 last season. It's miles miles ahead in everything. I'm going back to D3 but this time, with a sad face that would never recommend D4 to anyone that I care about.    … Expand
  59. kevin1704
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It is a scam, they require players buy a beta game, and then make it trashy for the first season to force players leave the game.
  60. Nettlethrone
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Complete waste of money. Game is full of bugs and instead of fixing those bugs, they're just removing the fun content. Making you do the same thing over and over and over and over... again until forever for no fun at all.
  61. danielwoz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Diablo iv beta was released, it was best described as an alpha.
    Diablo iv eternal was released, it is best described as a beta at best given big ticket alpha problems were not fixed.
    Diablo IV Season 1 launches and its horrific to play, but don't worry they back dated these atrocities to the eternal realm immediately so you didn't skip season 1. Blizzard had one intention in this    Diablo iv beta was released, it was best described as an alpha.
    Diablo iv eternal was released, it is best described as a beta at best given big ticket alpha problems were not fixed.
    Diablo IV Season 1 launches and its horrific to play, but don't worry they back dated these atrocities to the eternal realm immediately so you didn't skip season 1.

    Blizzard had one intention in this release, charge a huge amount at the start for a small increment on Diablo 3 and then immediately start the Seasons process to generate ongoing revenue, regardless of the problems.

    Play Baldur's Gate III you'll almost certainly have a better time.    … Expand
  62. Kregna
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is insulting. Far too boring for how expensive it is.

    Game is too open-ended, chock filled with fetch quests and zig zagging across the map. Dungeons are all the same. Builds are boring (D3 had you gaining new runes for your skills EVERY single level between level 2 and level 70. I D4, you've unlocked everything by level 34 or so? And it's not quick / easy / free to try    This game is insulting. Far too boring for how expensive it is.

    Game is too open-ended, chock filled with fetch quests and zig zagging across the map. Dungeons are all the same. Builds are boring (D3 had you gaining new runes for your skills EVERY single level between level 2 and level 70. I D4, you've unlocked everything by level 34 or so? And it's not quick / easy / free to try different builds.

    If they had kept the game linear and ditched all the filler content, it would've been palatable. As it is, I gave up at level 48 because it's far too boring to even finish the main story.    … Expand
  63. Nyqwill
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patches nerfed the fun out of the game. The time it takes to get to end game, doubled. The power and ability of characters to do high end content, severely decreased. Instead of adding more things to do, they made it slower to get to the end, and they made it more tedious to do anything in the end.
  64. enickel
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Latest patch shows Blizzard didn't learn a thing from D3. Focus on the making things better, not making things worse. Stop holding back quality of life fixes. Make things fun, it's a game.
  65. barredowl
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard killed this game intentionally and are unwilling to reverse course. I'm deleting the game and will just accept the loss of the cost of the Ultimate Edition. You did us wrong, Blizzard.
  66. Piece_0
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 hits the breaks so hard on any and all momentum your character was gaining that it just makes the game feel like it's sooo much more grindy, it already takes forever to get to 85 and that's only half way to max level
  67. fatheals
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Nerfs across the board
    Lacking extreme QoL
    Absolutely no innovation
    Cash Grab
    The blizzard of old is dead, the new blizzard just wants your wallet.
  68. onlymedicated
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Diablo 4 was great but Devs destroyed their game with patch 1.1. We all spend many hours developing our characters to have the best stats. Now after the patch they nerfed every major stat for every character. Feels like I wasted the past month playing this game.

    REVERT this patch now.
  69. Yperking
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This patch.... this patch....
    Nerfs... Nerfs everywhere .. and maybe its less than the real state of the game...
    •Nerfed vuln dgm •Nerfed crit dmg •Nerfed the cooldown reduction ability •Nerfed the xp •Nerfed the loot from elites outside of NM dungeons •ALL CLASSES GOT NERFED EVEN SORC THAT SUCKS •Armor got nerfed Damage reduction (general) got nerfed Damage reduction close got nerfed    This patch.... this patch....
    Nerfs... Nerfs everywhere .. and maybe its less than the real state of the game...
    •Nerfed vuln dgm
    •Nerfed crit dmg
    •Nerfed the cooldown reduction ability
    •Nerfed the xp
    •Nerfed the loot from elites outside of NM dungeons
    •ALL CLASSES GOT NERFED EVEN SORC THAT SUCKS
    •Armor got nerfed
    Damage reduction (general) got nerfed
    Damage reduction close got nerfed
    Damage reduction distant got nerfed
    Damage reduction from poisoned got nerfed

    And they didn't do anything about: DENSITY, HIGH REROLL PRICES, POOR ITEMIZATION, AWFULL WORLD BOSSES AND THE SLOGFEST HELLTIDES. Actually the helltides got nerfed also cuz mystery chess from 175 went to 250 ingame currency...
    These clowns are the most out of toutch dev team ever    … Expand
  70. MajesticMind
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    1. Released a game with resistances broken and refuses to fix until S2...
    2. Failure to have social aspects in game to allow people to fin others to play with easily.
    3. Sorcerer is a completely dead class as a result of resistances being broken. 4. Giant SLOG of a game that does not respect the gamers time. 5. Game is made artificially difficult via random 1 shot mechanics that you    1. Released a game with resistances broken and refuses to fix until S2...
    2. Failure to have social aspects in game to allow people to fin others to play with easily.
    3. Sorcerer is a completely dead class as a result of resistances being broken.
    4. Giant SLOG of a game that does not respect the gamers time.
    5. Game is made artificially difficult via random 1 shot mechanics that you typically don't even see coming or op CC.
    6. Include uber unique items that are not even really obtainable so they might as well not even exist.
    7. The end game is trash and completely not non motivational.
    8. Mount system seems like it was developed by a group of toddlers.    … Expand
  71. Ieuanparry
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Mobile game in disguise as a full priced next gen AAA game the way of ubisoft or ea, save your money and buy baldurs gate, starfield or mortal kombat instead.
  72. Huntaren
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game feels like it was developed in 6 months and then released as a $70 beta test.
  73. Hobz37
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Trash TrashTrashTrashTrashTrashTrash dog **** garbage trash s gbjn ffjn. Gfddbnnhgds. Ffdbnnhgddfghhbbbcdsvbb. Ffjnfdsddsbhbbbfd
  74. Sadsadsad
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Played till 80 lvl necro minions bild, i quit about 2 weeks ago,
    I told myself give them a chance, i got the answer patch 1.1.
    I dont want to write always the same stuff like so many before me,
    no fun anymore.
    but how d4 got 86 score from the Publishers, i will never understand that.

    So im out of d4, and i dont think i will ever play again.
    Sorry for my errors but im not native english speaker,
    Playing another game now, and i have realy fun now.
    I wish you guys all the best    … Expand
  75. mulo2
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 killed the game, just lost so many hours to make a build and now its broken.
  76. Ideoman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After a decent start where the game was enjoyable the entire player base was slapped with sensless nerfs born out of Blizzard’s complete lack of end game testing.
    The second BG3 releases I’m done with this game.
  77. jtstauff86
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You will grind 100s of hours to try and min/max a build only for the developers to ninja nerf your progress. Items on your character will actually be rolled to other stats/skills/%. Sticking with one build is very difficult for the average to above average player. All nerfs will be based on streamers who have all BiS. Congrats, your Shako was just upgraded to a Tarn.… Expand
  78. Unsainted
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Suck my duck with this 1.1 patch devs, you sucked the fun out of D4, so freaking out of touch… Aarpg without any action, mmo without any social aspect, loot hunter without any fun loot. You are your worst enemy Blizzard. Get your heads out of where sun doesn’t shine and listen to feedback from your players.
  79. caycham1
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game get boring quick and devs is only interest in prolonging the boring grind without providing any interesting content. They also lie about being careful with nerf but drastically nerf every class right before season 1
  80. anticreativity
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Yeah the patch made the game worse, but the fact that they manufactured FOMO by keeping you out for four days on release unless you paid $20 more and then threw in a cash shop for gear in a game that's all about finding gear makes this game a stinker. Blizzard doesn't make games for you to enjoy, they make games for purpose of extracting as much money out of you as possible while makingYeah the patch made the game worse, but the fact that they manufactured FOMO by keeping you out for four days on release unless you paid $20 more and then threw in a cash shop for gear in a game that's all about finding gear makes this game a stinker. Blizzard doesn't make games for you to enjoy, they make games for purpose of extracting as much money out of you as possible while making them just playable enough to fulfill that purpose.… Expand
  81. RaukoF
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This game have not been created by the devs that love Diablo and gaming. It is done by greedy corporate devs that only want money. It is done to squeeze money form you. 100 Euro for a game that is not finished and full of micro transactions (Battle pass). On the box there should be a sticker "No fun allowed". They nerfed xp so that you would spend more time with the Battle pass.
  82. Dodo4
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Why blizzard! You ruin everything the game is too difficult now! This is ridiculous
  83. GSGErmak
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is a scam. Don't believe false promises the game will be FIXED by season N6 or N8 or N25.
    If they had any idea none of those problems would even exist in the beta.
    "This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the    This game is a scam. Don't believe false promises the game will be FIXED by season N6 or N8 or N25.
    If they had any idea none of those problems would even exist in the beta.

    "This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals.":

    The gameplay is a grindy boring slow chore.
    It takes 120-150 hours to max level.
    Out of which after beating campaign you will spend all the time rerunning one and the same boring Nightmare dungeons, with repetitive tasks like free 7 prisoners, bring 3 tablets and kill 1 meaningless boss.
    The "120" dungeons are all the same.
    Itemization is so poor, that half of the stats that come on equipment are essentially worthless.
    There is not enough stash space to make more than 1 character, with a hard limit of 10 characters.
    Inventory size is a joke.
    Wherever the players find a way to play this broken game, the devs come (who seemingly never played their own game) and nerf/cut the fun down.    … Expand
  84. Kale144
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The latest patch proves that this entire game was just a cash grab based on nostalgia. The devs are so out of touch and this patch completely proves it. I fell for the trick because of the Diablo name and I'm truly disappointed. Fool me once blizzard... never again.
  85. Fodrin
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    After season 1 patch everything went downhill, its so bad and against the community
  86. Jamsfield
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    last patch , the developers showed what they are about. onto baldurs gate 3
  87. novares
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    You basically take everything that players are asking for, put it in a nice list, and then throw it all in the trash and do the complete opposite. You just don't listen. Don't care. You have our money and we got a broken, unbalanced, messed up game. I play a sorc too, and you just keep defiling it further.

    Good: -Nice graphics, proper aesthetic. Bad: -Every zone is copy/pasted, and    You basically take everything that players are asking for, put it in a nice list, and then throw it all in the trash and do the complete opposite. You just don't listen. Don't care. You have our money and we got a broken, unbalanced, messed up game. I play a sorc too, and you just keep defiling it further.

    Good:
    -Nice graphics, proper aesthetic.

    Bad:
    -Every zone is copy/pasted, and looks EXACTLY the same. You NEVER feel like you're anywhere different.
    -Every town looks exactly the same.
    -Every town has a 50-mile radius around it, where you cant run with the crap horse until you're outside of said radius.
    -Game is full of bugs. Endless endless bugs.
    -Game has major memory leak that people have reported since the first beta, and is still not fixed.
    -Game has persistent sound-bug issue where the voiceover will become bugged with echos and weird dungeon effects applied to dialog, and then never goes away. Not with a reinstall, or anything. Reporting it for months gets no reponse, either.
    -Characters are unbalanced beyond words. Tuning them results in ruining them, versus improving them.
    -Forced MMO & forced online only play, but then has zero MMO features and nothing of convenience for your forced-experience. You can't even chat with the world, outside of Trade, and they STILL HAVENT ADDED A GLOBAL CHAT. As if this is so unbelievably difficult.
    -QoL and conveniences from past games have been just, completely left out of this one.
    -Zoom on character is so uncomfortably close it makes you feel weird, and you refuse to add option to zoom out further. It's obvious it can be done, because it's done on horse, and for world bosses, or higher peaks in land. Will you ever address it? Nope.
    -What year does it need to be when we are able to party with more than just 4 people like this is a LAN party or pure-console game? I play on PC. In diablo 2, I could have 8 people in a group. This is so utterly annoying and old.
    -No room in stash, and can only buy 4 stash tabs. You know perfectly well adding the ability to purchase more is as easy as your ability to nerf %'s on a spreadsheet that controls the game. Just stop.
    -Can't simply just 1v1 your friend if you want, must go to FoH and then risk others coming in and ruining your dueling and trolling, and since you can't request to duel outside of FoH.... this is just rudimentary.
    -Mount is practically unusable, between having to stop every 10 seconds to climb a cliff, it can barely walk 1 foot forward without hitting every single solitary piece of terrain that there is.
    -Every single dungeon is a copy/paste of another. All of these dungeons, yet I haven't been in a single one that has felt different from the next. They literally took the shell of one, and then made it "icy", then copy/pasted it, and made it not icy, then copy/pasted it, and switched the pathways around. It's pathetic.
    -If you want any actual updates you're forced to follow these clowns personal accounts on Twitter. So if you want game updates you gotta see PezRadar shirtless and pictures/stories about his "gains journey", and whatever else, instead of actually using or communicating on the forums where everybody is, asking for some acknowledgment. If they don't like your comment on twitter, they block you. Rob Ferguson is the worst. He's 80 years old, and takes everything personally. Has no idea what this generation of gamers wants, he's just another slob like Jay Wilson, telling people what they want because "he knows" and we dont.
    -Because they have no end game, or anything else actually fun in the game to do, they made leveling and progression even slower and more miserable, then proceeded to gatekeep the world tiers. Why? No reason, other than to just do the exact opposite of majority-ask and make it more miserable. You know, cause helping friends level up so you can play together is so blasphemous.
    -Did I mention the items/itemization is absolutely and utterly horrendous? It's so bad. It's so stupid. 500 useless dumb buckets of things and then the comparison thing, don't even get me started. It feels like a special-education team came up with some of these concepts.
    -Item drops: they're trash. They're all trash. And, if you're a cold sorc and you want gear for.... a cold sorc... you aren't getting it. You're getting 90% gear for fire/light. So you literally find the opposite of your build, 90% of the time. It's on purpose too. Odds don't work that terribly.

    Games are supposed to bring joy, and fun. The only thing this game does is genuinely infuriate me while playing it, and the experience is miserable. I'm not sure how I even lasted this long. But I feel absolutely zero joy from this game. It feels like a job, not a break *from* my job. Everything's a copy/paste with minor alterations, including the cosmetics. LOL, explain why the sorc has FOUR of the same exact helmets with small differences like a string, or a barely noticeable color change?

    Game sucks.    … Expand
  88. Lola69
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is bad gameplay and story, 0 improvements since Diablo 3. If I can mark with 0 mark I will do. I wish to get my full refund if I can because this game is trash.
  89. Kronossf
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This was a decently fun game at first. But hardly any builds could tackle the premier endgame content (tier 100 nightmare dungeons and the pinnacle boss). So I assumed that, with the upcoming patch and the launch of season 1, that there would be significant buffs across the board in order to increase the number of viable endgame builds. I also assumed that there would be quality of lifeThis was a decently fun game at first. But hardly any builds could tackle the premier endgame content (tier 100 nightmare dungeons and the pinnacle boss). So I assumed that, with the upcoming patch and the launch of season 1, that there would be significant buffs across the board in order to increase the number of viable endgame builds. I also assumed that there would be quality of life changes and that the devs would make the game faster and and more fun (since at this point players are repetitively leveling and doing quests and dungeons that they have already done many times while playing previous characters).

    Sadly, Blizzard's devs do not seem to actually play the game. So exp gains have been nerfed, armor has been nerfed, reduction of damage done to players has been nerfed, and all of the previously-viable endgame builds have been nerfed. Instead of giving weak abilities significant buffs in order to increase build diversity, they just nerfed the previously-viable abilities so that now they are as weak as all the non-viable abilities. There are no quality of life changes that players have been asking for. Instead, the game has actually been made much more slow and tedious. The only things that were buffed are inconsequential memes and actually feel like some sort of bad joke. The sorcerer class as a whole is now completely nonviable for endgame content.

    Blizzard wants players to buy the battle pass and create new characters for season 1, but why would anyone want to create a new character only to experience the following frustrations:

    1) Playing slower. The devs nerfed cooldown reduction on items because too many people were utilizing it. So instead of using common sense and realizing that the base cooldowns of skills were far too long, forcing players to stack cooldown reduction on items so that their characters don't have to stand around and wait (which isn't fun and no one wants to do in a fantasy video game), these genius devs instead decided to make items have less cooldown reduction on them and make the game slower and more frustrating for players.

    2) Gaining exp slower. It took me over 200 hours to reach level 100 the first time around. Why would anyone want a patch that makes leveling up even slower and more painful when a new season is starting and everyone is creating new characters do go through the same leveling and questing experience that they've already played through on their original characters? Seasonal players have already leveled up and quested before, so each season should make the redundant leveling up and questing for new characters faster and easier instead of slower and more painful. But these genius devs seem to be thinking that if they just make leveling up slower and more painful for everyone, that no one will notice the lack of any new fun endgame content. Well, everyone noticed.

    3) Dying all the time. Apparently players weren't dying enough in the endgame (where ranged mobs can often one-shot you from offscreen with a projectile that moves so fast that it is impossible to react to, which is a horrible game design and a horrible player experience). So the devs in their infinite wisdom decided to nerf player armor and nerf the reduction of damage to players, for unclear reasons. And since season 1 utilizes new items that are placed in jewelry slots, these nerfs are superimposed on everyone already losing 750 armor due to not being able to use the 3 royal skulls which had previously been in their jewelry slots. So now everyone gets to constantly get one-shot in the endgame even more than before. Sure, you've grinded for hundreds of hours and now have a max level character with BIS gear and an optimal build, but the Blizzard devs think you deserve to feel as weak as a wet piece of tissue paper in the endgame.

    4) Killing everything more slowly. Player damage was overall nerfed across the board. So now you can't kill things you used to be able to kill, and what you are still able to kill takes twice as long to kill as it did before. This is literally the opposite of fun.

    5) Using the same builds as before. The only buffs are completely insignificant and inconsequential, but all of the viable builds were heavily nerfed. So the devs didn't add any build diversity, they just turned the few builds that were previously viable into crap that is nearly as nonviable as all the other builds. People will still use the same builds, it's just that everything sucks now.

    6) Playing the same class you've already played. People won't want to play season 1 because now that everything is nerfed and weak there is no reason to try a character of a different class. And the sorcerer class is just completely dead and nonviable now; only completely ignorant new players would ever create a sorcerer character at this point.    … Expand
  90. Viciouser
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Swing and a miss yet again blizz. How many beloved franchises are you going to destroy?
    Bauldur's gate here i come....
  91. RoyalRaven
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game had issues before, but patch 1.1 changes literally destroyed this game. I wanted to experience seasons in Diablo IV but it seems pointless right now. All important things got nerfed and made most of the game usless. I have planned to play sorcerer class in s1 and Blizzard nerfed it to the ground making it a real pain to play as. Eternal characters will be even more usless withoutGame had issues before, but patch 1.1 changes literally destroyed this game. I wanted to experience seasons in Diablo IV but it seems pointless right now. All important things got nerfed and made most of the game usless. I have planned to play sorcerer class in s1 and Blizzard nerfed it to the ground making it a real pain to play as. Eternal characters will be even more usless without content from season. If Blizzard doesn't decide to rework or change things in the game I and many players will refuse to play.… Expand
  92. SiarheiBokuts
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    1.1.0 is the worst update ever. Instead of adding an extra stash, improving drops, removing 30 unnecessary damage/resist stats, fixing the mount, etc., they just decided to ruin the game. Good job Blizzard. I don't know who tested it and who suggested these "best ideas". PLEASE CANCEL THIS AND START LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS GAME WORKS very upset about1.1.0 is the worst update ever. Instead of adding an extra stash, improving drops, removing 30 unnecessary damage/resist stats, fixing the mount, etc., they just decided to ruin the game. Good job Blizzard. I don't know who tested it and who suggested these "best ideas". PLEASE CANCEL THIS AND START LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS GAME WORKS very upset about what happened… Expand
  93. conro
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Patch 1.1 just highlights the flaws the game.

    I've played for hundreds of hours mostly thanks to PVP as a Barbarian, but the state of the game currently has destroyed Barbarian in PVP. I could break even in kills against a Rogue taking advantage of the poison damage bug or a Druid with a near permanent barrier, but now they just win every match every time due to the massive dip in    Patch 1.1 just highlights the flaws the game.

    I've played for hundreds of hours mostly thanks to PVP as a Barbarian, but the state of the game currently has destroyed Barbarian in PVP.
    I could break even in kills against a Rogue taking advantage of the poison damage bug or a Druid with a near permanent barrier, but now they just win every match every time due to the massive dip in damage I can do and damage I can take.

    - Build experimentation at the end game is highly discouraged by making it extremely time consuming with an extreme gold cost. It costs nearly 25 Million gold to undo a Paragon board, and you have to manually undo all 225 paragon points if you're going completely fresh.

    - The formula for calculating damage in the game is heavily reliant on having critical hit damage and vulnerable damage, with all other forms of damage boost being treated the same because they're added together so long as their condition is met.

    - The damage formula makes itemization rely on very specific stats to even be viable in the end game.

    - A lot of the game is waiting to engage, which has only gotten worse with the cooldown reduction stat being cut by 30%.
    Too many classes have certain defensive abilities which are required to be active in order to survive basic combat.

    - The rarity of good items combined with aspects having perfect rolls adds another layer of restriction of experimenting with new builds. If you don't have an aspect to reapply to your item if your experiment doesn't pan out, you're either stuck with a weaker build or stuck playing your current build until you can find an aspect to reapply.

    - Getting loot doesn't feel good.
    Unique items on Barbarian are ranked by their vendor sale value.
    Legendary items don't automatically mean you're going to find something with great stats.
    You have to scan nearly every Ancestral yellow item that drops to make sure you don't accidentally sell off or destroy something that actually rolled well.
    Without a way to filter loot to what you specifically want or need, you waste a lot of time just looking at items that 95% of the time you're going to throw away.

    The game doesn't respect your time. It's not midcore friendly.    … Expand
  94. lxcfxl
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game could have been great.
    All they had to do was listen to community feedback and give the players what they want.
    Instead, once again just like early Diablo 3, they want to tell us how to play their game and that we are the ones wrong.
    Time to show them how wrong THEY are.
  95. Dankinz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 destroyed this game, damn near impossible to clear nightmares that I was doing before. Mobs look at me and I die before I can even do anything. Went about fixing the “broken” builds all wrong.
  96. chadley69
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game had potential but delusional dev team making this game a complete joke
  97. Henkemannnen
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs is terrible at listening to their audience, and they are ruining their own game.
  98. Skreww
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I bought this game and LOVED IT UNTIL the current PATCH. All the fun went out of this game with the CURRENT PATCH. I bought the ultimate package and now I am looking for a new game to play. I woke up and things I could do before I can no longer do. I DIE immediately on whet should be easy content.… Expand
  99. RC87
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Updates making gameplay less fun as time progresses have ruined my gameplay experience entirely, uninstalling after playing for only a month
  100. 6z6
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I've played Diablo 4 about 45 hours now. It's simply not as fun as Last Epoch, which has a better plot and much better class design. I'm trying to get excited for season 1 of D4, but finishing that campaign and finding all those altars ... wow that was boring.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 0 out of 90
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 29, 2023
    66
    It’s almost like Diablo 4 developers are consciously fighting against everything that made classic Diablo fun. [Issue#262, p.80]
  2. GameCritics
    Jul 10, 2023
    65
    While the future of the game is anyone’s guess, at present Diablo IV is a solid, but strangely unambitious take that fails to bring much new to the table. By the end of my travels, I was more than willing to put it down and take a break — somewhere amongst all the grinding, Diablo IV had unfortunately ground me down as well.
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  3. Meristation
    Jul 7, 2023
    90
    The best Blizzard launch in a long time and a worthy game to be called Diablo.
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