Diablo IV

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  1. FredRN
    Jul 22, 2023
    2
    The story is good. One of the best in Diablo. As you start the game and discover the game and the map you have fun and grow powerful. After 20h you realise you have seen everything in the game. The map is big and there are many dungeons, but they are just reskins of the same 5 dungeons. The enemy variety also ends quickly. As you grow, you find that enemies scale with you, so you getThe story is good. One of the best in Diablo. As you start the game and discover the game and the map you have fun and grow powerful. After 20h you realise you have seen everything in the game. The map is big and there are many dungeons, but they are just reskins of the same 5 dungeons. The enemy variety also ends quickly. As you grow, you find that enemies scale with you, so you get weaker and weaker and you level up, only having the upper hand on some level up capstones. Same with items. The vast majority of item effects are just stat changes, very few have interesting effects that change how you play. And if you find something you like, there is a 50/50 that is a non viable build that you wouldn't know is horrible until you search for guides. Not to mention some classes are vastly weaker than others.
    End game is grindy in a bad way, easily making it boring and not worth after the story is done. Side question are repeated over and over, same for dungeons and end game events.
    Add that to the new Season 1, in which everything was nerfed to make it grindier and make players weaker, just signs for a continuation of a bad gameplay.
    if you love Diablo, you'll take 20 or 30 hours of fun out it. Otherwise, not worth the AAA price tag    … Expand
  2. sprootbash
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    Hoo-boy this started out with such promise. The game was never great from the get-go, but it had such incredible potential. Instead of fixing bugs and problems that were known, and instead of prioritizing implementing HIGHLY requested features, the developers chose to go the complete opposite route and just unload a massive, steamy dump all over the game and making everything moreHoo-boy this started out with such promise. The game was never great from the get-go, but it had such incredible potential. Instead of fixing bugs and problems that were known, and instead of prioritizing implementing HIGHLY requested features, the developers chose to go the complete opposite route and just unload a massive, steamy dump all over the game and making everything more inconvenient and grindy for what can only be interpreted as a "we see you're having fun here, it'd be a terrible shame if..". Their faces during the last developer live-stream (campfire, as they call it) said it all. I WISH I could be the fly on the wall come the time the developers have to defend these decisions to their higher-ups, and explain why suddenly it's one of the lowest rated games in recent times (which is an accomplishment, given all the aweful releases in 2023) and why there's a mass-exodus of players. Save your money, buy the good Diablo on the battle-net launcher instead (D2R) and enjoy hours upon hours of fun.… Expand
  3. stroop
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Diablo III was a let down from previous versions with the "always on" requirement. IV goes a step further by introducing dev ego patches. You may only play the game the dev wants, and if you don't the dev changes the rules to force you to play the way they want. Dev's have no accountability for testing pre release, they'll just keep changing the experience until you do what they want.Diablo III was a let down from previous versions with the "always on" requirement. IV goes a step further by introducing dev ego patches. You may only play the game the dev wants, and if you don't the dev changes the rules to force you to play the way they want. Dev's have no accountability for testing pre release, they'll just keep changing the experience until you do what they want. Wish I could get a refund for this purchase.… Expand
  4. Natis
    Jul 22, 2023
    2
    "Game" is maybe too big a word, BETA GAME for 70 EURO, one of the most expensive productions in the history of games with an additional store with micro-transactions because you haven't paid enough for the FINAL GAME yet! This is just a scandal and a SCAM. The creator apparently mixed up business models. I understand micro-transactions and general shop in a game that is in the form of FREE"Game" is maybe too big a word, BETA GAME for 70 EURO, one of the most expensive productions in the history of games with an additional store with micro-transactions because you haven't paid enough for the FINAL GAME yet! This is just a scandal and a SCAM. The creator apparently mixed up business models. I understand micro-transactions and general shop in a game that is in the form of FREE TO PLAY, but adding such treatments to a game for which you call 70 EURO and more depending on the version is just greed and **** players. I will pass over the latest patch once a battle pass because there are no words for it, how you can make a SLOW RPG from the ARPG genre. Free skins on the Battle Pass path are just a mockery and spit in the face of people who bought this game mostly in PRE-Order and spent a lot of money on it. Just one big SCAM and a cash grab, without QUALITY, RELIABILITY and IDEA.… Expand
  5. cheexs
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    They don't respect your time, they respect their own quotas. We only live once and in the big scheme of things life is very short.. so this game is NOT something you want to spend your time on as they do not care about you or RESPECT you.
  6. tqrkhe
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    DON'T BUY THIS SH*T

    The concept is just more item levels (rare, magic, legendary, ancestral, ancient, blah blah blah...) and bosses that are way too hard. The progression of the player is unbalanced compared to his advancement, we are just forced to die & retry. There are thousands of types of objects to know, evil, flawed, I don't know what, immortal, blah blah too many bulls*it,    DON'T BUY THIS SH*T

    The concept is just more item levels (rare, magic, legendary, ancestral, ancient, blah blah blah...) and bosses that are way too hard.
    The progression of the player is unbalanced compared to his advancement, we are just forced to die & retry.

    There are thousands of types of objects to know, evil, flawed, I don't know what, immortal, blah blah too many bulls*it, to mask the lack of creativity.

    In short, just play diablo 3 or 2, don't make the mistake of buying it like me.    … Expand
  7. krake333
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    망해가는 길로 가는중이나
    소통을 하는척이라도 해서 0점 줄거 1점줌
  8. Highwizard
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game needed a minimum of 1 to 2 years of development. Buyer beware this is not a completed title.

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

    Blizzard likely rushed this game due to poor world of warcraft dragon flight sales.    … Expand
  9. BoskY
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    Not playable after 70 lvl. Terrible end game loop. No chase items. No crafting. No agency on the contents and rewards. Bad itemization. Forced builds by devs. Buggy and imbalanced tuning.
  10. Fibonacci71
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    I've been playing Diablo since D1. It has always been a smash and grab game with high intensity. D4 is none of that. Blizzard has released another barely beta ready product as a cash grab.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Unless you just have to play now with your friends, i'd wait and buy it on sale. The campaign is worth the price of a movie ticket, but not $70. Maybe they will fix some of the systems, but i doubt it based on their track record.    … Expand
  11. Blaykey
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    The graphics and art team did an amazing job creating a visually stunning game that the balance and gameplay team destroyed with their terrible decision making. Truly a shame that they are so out of touch with what their playerbase wants that they have destroyed what should have been an amazing game.
  12. yeswedid
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    The developers are clearly out of touch with the community by delivering nerfs no one asked for and promising future buffs that will make it better. How is it possible to have gone through all this in D3 to not have learned a single lesson? and worse to repeat the very same mistakes again! I give up, you win Blizzard, but you will never get my money again, I'm done, GG WP.
  13. Famous0110
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    Game is shallow, more design and care put into aesthetic skin items that are sold via a in-game store rather then functionalities and game mechanics... we have given the developer plenty of feedback about what needs to be changed, and they constantly fail to act on jf.

    Maybe I'll return to the game in a year or two and things will be different but in its current state the game is just bad.
  14. cleon21
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Blizzard had years to work on this game. They had experience from working on Diablo 1, 2, 3, World of Warcraft, and other titles. They ran several beta tests before launch. And this is the trash phone game that they decided to port onto PC and consoles?

    Braindead item design. Recycled dungeons and mobs. Garbage world bosses. Invisible walls. Broken quest NPCs. Unlinkable items. No    Blizzard had years to work on this game. They had experience from working on Diablo 1, 2, 3, World of Warcraft, and other titles. They ran several beta tests before launch. And this is the trash phone game that they decided to port onto PC and consoles?

    Braindead item design. Recycled dungeons and mobs. Garbage world bosses. Invisible walls. Broken quest NPCs. Unlinkable items. No button to respec. Stupid UX design. Too incompetent to add stash tabs.    … Expand
  15. WookieDawg
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 has been on my mind since the day diablo 3 released becausec d3 really missed my expectations. I had hope that with more time and billions more dollars, Blizzard would be able to nail that formula that made Diablo 2 so amazing. Boy was I wrong. This game feels like an empty hollow shell of a game with small diablo influences but nothing feels right. The gameplay is not satisfying,Diablo 4 has been on my mind since the day diablo 3 released becausec d3 really missed my expectations. I had hope that with more time and billions more dollars, Blizzard would be able to nail that formula that made Diablo 2 so amazing. Boy was I wrong. This game feels like an empty hollow shell of a game with small diablo influences but nothing feels right. The gameplay is not satisfying, the side quests are boring and immemorable, the grinding is boring and lifeless, the gear is all the same and nothing stands out like uniques in D2, the stats on gear feel pointless and dont make the game more fun. This game feels like it was released 4 years too early and it's just and empty shell of a game. Diablo series is so important for me that this game broke my heart. Blizzard killed the Diablo series and monetized it's lifeless corpse.… Expand
  16. Ugrinic5
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This was my first time playing a Diablo game, was okay at first then came nerf after nerf after nerf, repetitive reused fights that are dull and bland, and items they continue to add in that you will never see in your entire lifetime. Will never buy another Diablo game again and would honestly like my money back
  17. Nachito121
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    My personal opinion and I think most can agree, The aesthetics and feel of the game is TOP tier, the bosses and their mechanics, itemization, skill tree, UI, etc… is probably C-D tier. I’ve played the game when it first came out and don’t get me wrong it was fun. But slowly I started to realize the problems it has. I think the game came out way to early. I tried to start a fresh seasonalMy personal opinion and I think most can agree, The aesthetics and feel of the game is TOP tier, the bosses and their mechanics, itemization, skill tree, UI, etc… is probably C-D tier. I’ve played the game when it first came out and don’t get me wrong it was fun. But slowly I started to realize the problems it has. I think the game came out way to early. I tried to start a fresh seasonal character and thought to myself, wtf is the point I have nothing to work for…. Uber Lilith? Who cares really….… Expand
  18. xTheGodFatherxX
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Total crash. NO FUN, no motivation to play. Very disappointed in this release
  19. Bluracoon
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    i felt this game could've been so much more, however, execution fell flat. since Diablo 3 the devs have tried to go in a different direction with Diablo, they need to go back to the roots of the first two titles and abandon the thought of an "action RPG" because Diablo 3 and 4 lack good Action. "Skill zigzag/Tree" is a joke, Items suck, they need more variety. and i just hate how thei felt this game could've been so much more, however, execution fell flat. since Diablo 3 the devs have tried to go in a different direction with Diablo, they need to go back to the roots of the first two titles and abandon the thought of an "action RPG" because Diablo 3 and 4 lack good Action. "Skill zigzag/Tree" is a joke, Items suck, they need more variety. and i just hate how the magic/wrath/essence and such is needed to cast skills. I won't buy any more Diablo titles as long as they continue these substandard Diablo titles.… Expand
  20. Dokujin
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    As long as you do not go out into the world you will enjoy this game.
    What I mean by that is, you need to find a couple of friends and just spam dungeons.
    Then when you need to get to level 50 and then spam NM dungeons. Nothing else. Because when you go out and experience the rest of the content, you are immediately confronted with a unfinished beta experience. This game is without a    As long as you do not go out into the world you will enjoy this game.
    What I mean by that is, you need to find a couple of friends and just spam dungeons.
    Then when you need to get to level 50 and then spam NM dungeons.
    Nothing else.
    Because when you go out and experience the rest of the content, you are immediately confronted with a unfinished beta experience.
    This game is without a doubt not ready for release.
    You are a paying beta tester until at least season 3.
    But mark my words if they actually add some end game content like more bosses then there is a chance it will make it, but in it's current state you are better off waiting for a sale and or season 3 at minimum. And even then I would wait to see if they fix what is wrong with the game by then.    … Expand
  21. alyila
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Only good thing abute the game was the beta so i dident hade to wast money on this game.
    I miss old blizzard..
  22. blizzardrapedme
    Jul 25, 2023
    3
    I played this game during the beta test weekend. I feel that was the best part of the game. Now I really don't trust betas after this nor do I trust Blizzard marketing ever again. The campaign was ok but short. The story had some gory and grisly elements to it. Donan's son Yorin and Feodor were interesting. My fav runs are Hopes Light and Kor Dragan. What bothers me is the menu systemI played this game during the beta test weekend. I feel that was the best part of the game. Now I really don't trust betas after this nor do I trust Blizzard marketing ever again. The campaign was ok but short. The story had some gory and grisly elements to it. Donan's son Yorin and Feodor were interesting. My fav runs are Hopes Light and Kor Dragan. What bothers me is the menu system looks like a mobile interface. Diablo 3 had a much better menu system. Despite the graphics and mechanics being ok, their isn't much to do with them. Once you finish the campaign and get the mount, You tend to ride past the areas you'd have to fight to go through which makes the open world useless. You can't raid dungeons overpowered and clear them fast because of the leveling. It would take quite some time to clear them all. The HT and NM are ok but they get old fast. The season pass is a cash grab to sell you gear they should have put in a game people paid $70 - $100 for. The season patch took the wind out of my sails. If you read the SEC filings for Activision-Blizzard, they elaborate in great detail about soaring profits due to player investment in games and how to increase revenue even further. Don't mind working people getting paid but last time I checked Blizzard doesn't even pay their employees well. What the hell are they doing with all the money? Pay the workers good money to make good games and take the business staff to devils island and let them fend for themselves. If Blizzard ran Pac Man, they'd charge you for every dot you ate. F Bobby Kotick.… Expand
  23. PantsHalo
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Not a review bomber over the patch. I don't care about the patch because honestly I haven't been able to muster up the interest or energy to force myself to play long enough to reach high enough level for it to matter.

    After the streamlined arcade game that was Diablo 3, Diablo 4 is an improvement. However, it's only that; an improvement over Diablo 3. Anyone who was looking for some    Not a review bomber over the patch. I don't care about the patch because honestly I haven't been able to muster up the interest or energy to force myself to play long enough to reach high enough level for it to matter.

    After the streamlined arcade game that was Diablo 3, Diablo 4 is an improvement. However, it's only that; an improvement over Diablo 3. Anyone who was looking for some manner of return to D1/D2, even in a small way, is going to be massively disappointed.

    Virtually no D1/D2 gameplay elements make a comeback here. Instead, the mistakes made with D3 are mostly fixed or otherwise improved. As such, there's no identifying items, no scrolls of town portal, it's free and unlimited instead, no stat leveling, no weapons for everyone.

    Combat is more varied now, as there's actually a use for more types of attacks and spells rather than havin to rely only on splash damage attacks to deal with the endless swarms like D3. There's still no real Attack button so your Sorcerers and Necromancers still can't use swords and spears and shields, but at the very least they actually hold their equipped weapons when performing their skills/spells, instead of havin them disappear like in D3.

    The D3 "Infinite Potion" system is back, although at the very least they make it so that health pickups do not automatically heal you but give you "potions", of which you can hold 4-5 charges to heal when you need. If you run out of potion charges, you can't heal. It's a rather clumsy attempt to be more like D1/D2 without abandoning the streamlining of D3.

    Unfortunately it seems they either ran out of ideas with the skills or ran out of time to make them feel particularly different. Worst offender I can see thus far is the Necromancer havin many different selectable skills that all basically amount to "Hold out hand and a colorful wave flies at enemy, damage is done".

    The Sorcerer/Sorceress has the best skills, with plenty of variety and some D2-era skills returning to flesh it all out properly. Others unfortunately are severely lacking. The Barbarian is just boring, with only 3 shouts and a sequence of generic attacks that mostly amount to "swing weapon in a slightly different way". And they don't even get to use shields.

    The Druid as well feels like it was the primary victim of the "ran out of time" hypothesis. Basically, there is no "transform" option for the Druid. Instead, you get a skill that is assigned to Wolf or Bear, and when you use it, you instantly transform into a Wolf or Bear. Then as soon as you use a different skill, you will instantly transform back human. Not only does this look underwhelming but it means you can't mix up skills, or do things like summon or command creatures while in Wolf/Bear form.

    The game world itself, so far, has been very underwhelming. There is no more Act system; instead it's one big world, like an MMORPG. You also see other players wandering around at the same time as you, like an MMORPG. They can join in your battles or clog up the merchant's doorways with their 30 skeleton minions. There's also a ton of quests you can track at any time in a list, like an MMORPG. There's also no way of keeping track of completed quests, you can't coordinate sidequests with parties, and oftentimes you will end up with party members missing out on cutscenes or dialogue due to them being out of place. Some reviews I've seen have said you basically need a "designated clicker" because of this idiocy.

    tl;dr, the more time I put into Diablo 4, the more miserable the experience gets. Each class has so few actual skills to play with that I'm switching out classes whenever I get bored and thus basically repeating all the starter quests.

    By level 25, you've unlocked every possible skill, so all the skill points just go into "make it slightly stronger" or "add some mediocre little buff" for min-max play. There's no sense of POWER in any magic items like in D1/D2; unique items offer boosts like "+2% to Close Attack when Barrier is active" or "+4% to critical with each Core skill hit on a Stunned enemy"

    None of that means anything to me. D2 items had things like "Ignore enemy armor", "+50 to strength", "Half poison duration", "50 charges of lvl 20 Teleport". Actual visible benefits.

    I've been playing D3 and D2R leading up to D4's release. I finished D3 and put it away. It was fun the first time, but had 0 replayability. D2R I started about a month before D4 came out.

    Now almost 2 months after D4 has come out, for every 1 hour I put into D4, I find myself putting 2 hours into D2R, and enjoying it much more.

    Diablo 2 Resurrected just has more to offer than Diablo 4 in almost every way. Bigger and more interesting maps, more skills, more items and weapons, more interesting story, no long boring in-game cutscenes, and just a better, more fun experience overall.    … Expand
  24. syj1991
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Complete waste of money. Devs are incompetent. Fixes are far and not enough. New season is bland and uninnovative. Would love nothing more than a refund.
  25. FblizKzard
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    There is nothing to play in endgame.Sidestories are also boring except chapter one.(They just want you to think this game is wonderful in beta.And after you buy the full version,they don't care about you anymore)
  26. Meinerdi
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    For the game videos I can put only 1 point and that's it. Nothing new, nothing special, completely boring and buggy game. I bought the digital deluxe version and would refund the money if I could. Can't imagine such a huge company can't make a good game
  27. johnyaims
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Bought the early access game for 90 euros. Played few characters. Season 1 dropped (have season passa included in my early access edition) - went to play Path of exile for free. Pretty much sums up the game.
  28. kemp777
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    I paid the most expensive edition of the game to receive the same game I played during Closed Beta in September 2022, with all the bugs that I reported during beta included. Not good.
  29. Cyberheart
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Unfinished game launched early to destroy Last Epoch and Path of Exile 2 chance for market share.

    Diablo Immortal, their app game ruined by monetization, had way more to do than Diablo 4 on launch. It's pathetic. Battlegrounds, raid instances, better social, etc were all in there from launch. D4 endgame loop is not fun at all. As many people have said before, we all love the nostalgia    Unfinished game launched early to destroy Last Epoch and Path of Exile 2 chance for market share.

    Diablo Immortal, their app game ruined by monetization, had way more to do than Diablo 4 on launch. It's pathetic. Battlegrounds, raid instances, better social, etc were all in there from launch. D4 endgame loop is not fun at all. As many people have said before, we all love the nostalgia that Blizzard games bring to us. But I think they are truly just a corporate swamp now. I suggest no one buys any cosmetics or passes until we see rich content and features added. Reskinning dungeons is not enough. Just because it was done in the past and worked, doesn't mean it's the winning formula for the future. They spent maybe 50 million on worldwide advertisement when the game was basically selling itself. If they just spent half of that on a massive development team, they would be making even more money on cosmetics right now!!!!! Such a shame....

    The game deserves a slightly better score but hopefully these ratings will pressure them to fix things sooner.

    Background on me: I've been playing blizzard games since I found warcraft 1-2 at CompUSA . A few years later, i snuck in diablo 1 in my moms shopping cart at Costco. That should give you my age range... lol    … Expand
  30. Draslin
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    This game is a heartbreaking disappointment, and proves that Blizzard no longer has enough industry acumen or talented developers to create a fun experience.

    The lack of experience on the team is resounding - from terrible communication to extreme patches that fluctuate player experiences multiple times per week, to a general display of a lack of both confidence in their product and    This game is a heartbreaking disappointment, and proves that Blizzard no longer has enough industry acumen or talented developers to create a fun experience.

    The lack of experience on the team is resounding - from terrible communication to extreme patches that fluctuate player experiences multiple times per week, to a general display of a lack of both confidence in their product and respect for their customers. It's almost as though the company still believes it's the best studio in the world, and isn't able to see its own failures.

    This game was very clearly made to be a p2w cash grab in the vein of Diablo Immortal, but after customer backlash changed this game's destiny, it slowly developed into the worst of both worlds - all of the grindy awful gameplay to push a player to a pay to win cash shop mixed with an arrogant design team that both doesn't understand their own game math and also doesn't understand what their customers want.

    This game should have and could have been Blizzard's saving grace - but clearly, it falls far short of the mark - and it's not the art, the visual style, or the sound - it's the game developers and their lack of ability or care to create something great shining through.

    Do yourself a favor - skip this game. Go play literally anything else. This game is the definition of "Not worth $70".    … Expand
  31. Trych
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    its a "No fun allowed" kind of game. Anything thats fun gets removed or nerfed to the point where its not fun anymore. Dont trust the diablo fanboys, they're boot lickers.
  32. sippiboss1
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Boring itemization. SO many unnecessary interruptions while doing dungeons (which are not randomized and interesting) Doesnt feel like diablo, but more like a lost ark clone lol. rather play other more fun arpgs.
  33. liuchen840424
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Blizzard, have you guys played the fucing game by your own? So stupid… the updates are hilarious, so many bugs and you guys just fix the color of the Druid? Return the money back to me! Microsoft shouldn’t buy you guys.
  34. inOde
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    I love the Diablo games . D2 was the top 20 years ago and it still is , but the reason I am no longer playing it is just because I have had enough. I have all d2r , d3 and d4 games and have countless hours put into them . Ever since the review on blizzcon 2019 I was hyped and excited about Diablo 4. However I was not expecting them to release the game so soon and obviously was a mistake. II love the Diablo games . D2 was the top 20 years ago and it still is , but the reason I am no longer playing it is just because I have had enough. I have all d2r , d3 and d4 games and have countless hours put into them . Ever since the review on blizzcon 2019 I was hyped and excited about Diablo 4. However I was not expecting them to release the game so soon and obviously was a mistake. I have made necro , rogue and 2 sorc characters . It is enjoyable to some extend but when you have to beat the glitches and struggle throughout the entire process of building your sorc character , it gets pretty annoying and not enjoyable and this is the main reason this game sucks . It was not ready for a release and if they expect us to waste our time testing their unfinished product they are wrong. I will no longer participate in this alpha testing ridiculousness . I might come back to the game in a few years if the Diablo 4 managers and developers get through their heads how to build a successful game and community around it.
    P.S I really want to play the game , but in this condition it gets me angry and frustrated , so I bette quit . That's it
    Peace    … Expand
  35. tzesh
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    I have pre-ordered the game and started to play the game as a druid since the day-one. Honestly, I'm not familiar with Diablo and never been. But after finishing the acts and the main story of the game I started the grinding process for better equipments for better damage, armor, critic chance etc. But one day another I realized that only thing that holds me into this game is grindingI have pre-ordered the game and started to play the game as a druid since the day-one. Honestly, I'm not familiar with Diablo and never been. But after finishing the acts and the main story of the game I started the grinding process for better equipments for better damage, armor, critic chance etc. But one day another I realized that only thing that holds me into this game is grinding process which more precisely world events such as helltides and legion events. After a long time grinding in the game I have reached level 82 then I got bored. Because only thing that I have done in the last times that I have played Diablo was just waiting to helltide and legion events to upgrade my equipments. Me and my friends are excited to see more content in the season update at least hoping for some new world events like helltides or legion events. But...
    Blizzard have another plans such as not adding a new end-game content on the other hand making very hard to get end-game by nerfing leveling, increasing cooldowns, nerfing classes that are already nerfed, long story short, increasing damage taken and decreasing damage given etc.
    They think that the people who play this game is not gonna give up when they came out with such a brilliant plan, but you know they are wrong. As you can see this section that made players crazy. They apologized afterwards and they promised they gonna release a patch that fixes all problems. You can guess the patch released after that promise.
    I'm not gonna play this game until I see some proof that Blizzard cares about players.    … Expand
  36. anuspoopswap
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Bad company, bad game. Released in an alpha state at best. Blizzard doesn't learn at all from mistakes in previous titles. No ladder, no stash space, resists don't work. Disconnects leave you in the game for several minutes which makes HC unreasonable. The game is piss easy, the worst threat you have in a HC playthrough is literally being disconnected. Skip this piece of garbage game it'sBad company, bad game. Released in an alpha state at best. Blizzard doesn't learn at all from mistakes in previous titles. No ladder, no stash space, resists don't work. Disconnects leave you in the game for several minutes which makes HC unreasonable. The game is piss easy, the worst threat you have in a HC playthrough is literally being disconnected. Skip this piece of garbage game it's worth 20$ at most def not 70$.Don't support this company that is known for harassment of its employees, they're insulting their customer base with this garbage game. Here is a list of superior ARPGs to try out if you have got the itch.
    Path of Exile (Free)
    Diablo 1 : Technoborg (Free online Diablo 1 mod that is 100x more fun than Diablo 4)
    Project Diablo 2 (Diablo 2 mod, loads of fun.)
    Grim Dawn (This ones a sleeper. Really fun game)
    Last Epoch (Early Access at the time of this review, really promising. Already a far better experience than D4)    … Expand
  37. mcmonopoly
    Jul 27, 2023
    2
    Game seamed OK at first but after a while it really shows the lack of know-how from the Dev team, and even more so after the first few patches.

    Servers are horrendously unstable, lots of login problems and downtime from the lack of optimization. Game runs poorly, using 13GB+ of ram, and using CPU power in the background for reasons unknown. I gave it 2/10 only because I was    Game seamed OK at first but after a while it really shows the lack of know-how from the Dev team, and even more so after the first few patches.

    Servers are horrendously unstable, lots of login problems and downtime from the lack of optimization.

    Game runs poorly, using 13GB+ of ram, and using CPU power in the background for reasons unknown.

    I gave it 2/10 only because I was actually able to play the game, that's how low my expectations with Blizzard are after the last few releases.    … Expand
  38. Lunier
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    I have played Diablo since I was a kid, it was hardcore but fun, you feel good about developing your build and understanding your way of play. Diablo 3 was fun as you can feel super powerful without spending too much effort into it, me and my partner spent a few hundred hours into it.

    This time, for some reason Diablo 4 just need to be the difficult one, you spend hours and hours    I have played Diablo since I was a kid, it was hardcore but fun, you feel good about developing your build and understanding your way of play. Diablo 3 was fun as you can feel super powerful without spending too much effort into it, me and my partner spent a few hundred hours into it.

    This time, for some reason Diablo 4 just need to be the difficult one, you spend hours and hours studying and farming and leveling to get to a point that you can actually play an enjoy, then, Blizzard will just change it and destroy everything that you have worked on. Players spent their time and followed the developers designs to be powerful in the game, what's wrong with that???? Blizzard had to make players feel helpless and angry? One day you feel like you finally achieved something, then the second day you are back to zero just because Blizzard had to make some "Improvement" on the game. VERY VERY VERY disappointed and angry. You don't torture your customer like this! Not in any industry!    … Expand
  39. auxradar
    Jul 27, 2023
    2
    Loved the story, wanted it to be d3 again and then.... it was all over level 50 reached. End game tedius as hell, thought the new season might perk things up but no... start again and its just a mundane grind fest with nothing interesting going on. Went back to the main realm cos least it was sort of fun, sorcerer nerfed, dungeons take longer to get out of for absolutely no reason,Loved the story, wanted it to be d3 again and then.... it was all over level 50 reached. End game tedius as hell, thought the new season might perk things up but no... start again and its just a mundane grind fest with nothing interesting going on. Went back to the main realm cos least it was sort of fun, sorcerer nerfed, dungeons take longer to get out of for absolutely no reason, stats really do nothing, sellers sell nothing of interest, half your gold to re_spec. Blizzard have sucked all the fun out and no doubt are giving each other a desperate reacharound apparently unable to define enjoyment. Too short and turned out pretty rubbish. Its going off till theres actually something enjoyable to do end game, and season 1 is not it.… Expand
  40. vpts
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    It is a terrible game at the price of 70EUR, even though I bought it at 99EUR for the Ultimate version.
    Only the good points are the cutscenes, they are very well-produced.
    The rests of the game are trash. Blizzard tried to get money from players quickly and in exchange, they released a game at the beta stage. The game is super boring. You will not know what to do next and next.    It is a terrible game at the price of 70EUR, even though I bought it at 99EUR for the Ultimate version.
    Only the good points are the cutscenes, they are very well-produced.
    The rests of the game are trash. Blizzard tried to get money from players quickly and in exchange, they released a game at the beta stage.
    The game is super boring. You will not know what to do next and next. Everything just repeated without any incentive, motivation, or reward. The itemization is extremely bad. Some legendary items with too long, conditional, and hard-to-understanding affixes make you confused about how they work. For their Key Indicator Performances, they make the game become super slow and a waste of players' time: many backtracking, running through empty maps, and increasing time for leaving dungeons, ... The game has turned into a tedious chore. There is no fun for all-time-running out of resources to cast core skill, the countdown is super long and the only way is to wait.    … Expand
  41. wildskiller
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    After this massive nerf, I can't even play against monsters my own level on a Rogue without getting smacked around. Retarded devs
  42. Tamia77
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Just boring ... and now they buff mage - but NOT the mages most people playing. I hate them ... at least they sold the season pass BEFORE the season ... so they just can kick the people in the face again and again and again.
  43. Grimmz088
    Jul 28, 2023
    1
    Worst updates and nerfs. Out of view mobs 1 shot kills and terrible attention to community feed back.
  44. Desired1243
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    Game feels empty, developers lack direction and focus, intentionally slowed combat in an ARPG with high cooldowns and small resource pools. 2 of the 5 classes are weak to the point of almost unplayable, no endgame goals except grind an endless non-optimized rift system called "Nightmare Dungeons" which are less viable than farming normal dungeons, or perhaps reach the highest level in theGame feels empty, developers lack direction and focus, intentionally slowed combat in an ARPG with high cooldowns and small resource pools. 2 of the 5 classes are weak to the point of almost unplayable, no endgame goals except grind an endless non-optimized rift system called "Nightmare Dungeons" which are less viable than farming normal dungeons, or perhaps reach the highest level in the game to try the only engaging boss fight. This game is unfinished, unpolished and genuinely not fun to play. Annoyed I was baited to pay for Early Access, only to have my character bugged until the start of the first Season. Grinding Gear Games can make more impactful updates with 1/10th the developers and money investments. Maybe the game will be okay in 2 years, but until then I have much better games to play and look forward to.… Expand
  45. cena0908
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    All kinds of vicious bugs in the game are not modified, but the genres developed by players have been modified and weakened. Is the Blizzard design team not able to play the game themselves? The balance is cut once a week on average in two months. This profession still has only one genre and the strongest players will only play that genre. Is this really a game made by Blizzard? If this isAll kinds of vicious bugs in the game are not modified, but the genres developed by players have been modified and weakened. Is the Blizzard design team not able to play the game themselves? The balance is cut once a week on average in two months. This profession still has only one genre and the strongest players will only play that genre. Is this really a game made by Blizzard? If this is not Diablo 4, then this IP will die in less than a year!… Expand
  46. swift_asu
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    The game development team and the planning group don't even play this game. They removed the leveling mechanism from Diablo 2 and 3. The seasonal content is extremely boring. The rewards from the battle pass are all garbage. The skins in the store are ugly and very expensive.
  47. ShadowlessAllen
    Jul 31, 2023
    5
    Just meh. I give it a solid 5. Not total garbage like the other reviews show, but nothing to write home about. Gameplay is fun early on. Building a character and getting through the story is fun. Once you hit wt4 though there isn't really anything to do or any point in advancing. No fun boss fights or endgame like in POE. Just grinding the same dungeons and helltides for better gearJust meh. I give it a solid 5. Not total garbage like the other reviews show, but nothing to write home about. Gameplay is fun early on. Building a character and getting through the story is fun. Once you hit wt4 though there isn't really anything to do or any point in advancing. No fun boss fights or endgame like in POE. Just grinding the same dungeons and helltides for better gear for...pretty much no reason. Gets boring and repetitive after a while and not enough to do endgame to make it worth playing endgame, but it's still a fun ride. Hopefully the endgame will change and evolve like POE and have a lot to do a few seasons in and I'll update my score and review then. The clan is a fun thing, but no real purpose other than a group finder which would be nice and maybe better to have in the game.… Expand
  48. hung1978
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    賽季寶石搞的那麼難掉是有什麼問題嗎?不就體驗賽季內容，寶石搞的那麼難掉是以為能永久使用嗎?惡夢地城也大幅下調一點挑戰性都沒有，職業平衡性奇差無比，浪費時間及金錢。
  49. qiandu999
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 玩了一个多月期间强势各种削弱 让玩家体验很差 而加强玩家体验的仓库页 巅峰页 一个不改 7月19号更新后 看完更新 我彻底弃游
    只想大喊一句
    rnm 退钱！    … Expand
  50. vaenc123
    Aug 2, 2023
    2
    legit they see the word fun and try their best to counter it. That is d4 in a nutshell. Will come back when they wake up
  51. tomgrenham93
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Too many "Oh F*** Off" moments. The dev team clearly dont play or test this game as theres so much trash in it. Biggest issue is CC effects last far too long, its bad design and theres nothing you can do. Cant even see where to stand in groups , for a game with such hype it really is utter garbage. Story is trash and stitched together, blizzard messed this up so bad
  52. Volking
    Aug 2, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I want my money back! Aftet finisihing the base game, with the season 1 i started from scratch for what?… Expand
  53. iam_root
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    endgame is boring. No creativity for bosses. gearing is lack luster disappointing
  54. susano_o
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Very questionable and nonsensical direction like patch 1.1.0a/1.1.1 is ruining the game and it looks like D4 is trying to follow the exact same path of D3 in a bad way. We will see a different game director in the not too distant future.
  55. Mooreknox
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Uninspired is the best way to describe this game. This was a game phoned in by people that don’t like their job. It felt like a game created by a corporation. Which is what sounds like what Blizzard has become
    Extremely repetitive.
  56. Beefsquatch
    Aug 4, 2023
    2
    The Art is awesome. - The storyline is not bad but flat. - The multiplayer aspect is very under developed and sub par. - The base game is there its playable.
    While it is different it isn't different enough to be like wow this is amazing everyone should play it. It did however fulfill my nostalgia and i hope the team learns enough to have a fresh take on the next one if they get the chance    The Art is awesome. - The storyline is not bad but flat. - The multiplayer aspect is very under developed and sub par. - The base game is there its playable.
    While it is different it isn't different enough to be like wow this is amazing everyone should play it. It did however fulfill my nostalgia and i hope the team learns enough to have a fresh take on the next one if they get the chance - But when you look deeper there are to many Bugs and Broken Mechanics that don't work. Talents that don't matter because they are bugged - Quests you cant complete because thy are bugged- New season Journey quests you cant complete because they are bugged. New aspects that do nothing because they are bugged

    I really don't understand the Devs playing with numbers that work trying to find a balance and change the feel of the game - When simple major game mechanics like resistance don't even work. Its a waste of time trying to balance players when major mechanics don't even apply correctly in the first place. Why even have a seasons journey when most the hearts they introduced were bugged and don't work correctly.    … Expand
  57. sidney221
    Aug 5, 2023
    0
    la saga ha empeorado respecto a diablo 3, la historia es intuitiva y muy aburrida, pero mas aburrido es el endgame, donde tendrás que hacer las quest secundarias que no hiciste anteriormente.

    La temporada 1 mejora un poco el juego pero no lo suficiente, ya que se trata de ir a localizaciones ya conocidas para matar a mas enemigos con mas contenido de la historia sin ser algo relevante,    la saga ha empeorado respecto a diablo 3, la historia es intuitiva y muy aburrida, pero mas aburrido es el endgame, donde tendrás que hacer las quest secundarias que no hiciste anteriormente.

    La temporada 1 mejora un poco el juego pero no lo suficiente, ya que se trata de ir a localizaciones ya conocidas para matar a mas enemigos con mas contenido de la historia sin ser algo relevante, casi una misión secundaria algo mas currada.

    Para mi la falta de pets y de buscador de mazmorra es lo peor, obligándote a coger los objetos de 1 en 1 y haciendo casi imposible ir a mazmorras acompañado, además de la existencia de muchos bugs, en especial con el caballo que es como el de skyrim pero al revés, donde se para hasta por la piedra mas pequeña del camino y cuando sale parece que le cuesta arrancar, cosa que puede fastidiar mucho sobre todo en el JCJ.

    Y ya hablando sobre el JCJ, no se hasta que punto esta nivelado el juego, creando situaciones surrealistas    … Expand
  58. taka0721
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 遊戲單調 技能沒變化 沒新意 為了讓玩家再現人數的數字好看 用惡意的方法留住玩家 通行證的問題 太過惡劣 我也不想用通行證 然後莫名就使用 遊戲製作人等相關人員 太自以為是… Expand
  59. Joretapo
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a scam, cannot get my money back. Won't buy anymore from Blizzard. There should be a class-action… Expand
  60. ThomasJefferson
    Aug 8, 2023
    4
    Game isn't good but it could be. Season 1 changes and additions are not good. Need to rollback some of the EXP changes. pre-season I hit 92. I'm at 63 Seasonal and I'm about to quit. We'll see if the NM dungeon loot patch fixes it today. Not worth the price tag.

    If this was a free game I wouldn't be complaining.
  61. hamsip
    Aug 8, 2023
    3
    I made an account just to write a review on this game because this game embodies exactly the type of game design practices that should not be allowed, especially with such a high price tag of $70.

    Diablo 4 is good to play once for the campaign. There's no denying the great visuals, animations, and a tiny handful of decent cutscenes. But that's about where the positives end. And that's    I made an account just to write a review on this game because this game embodies exactly the type of game design practices that should not be allowed, especially with such a high price tag of $70.

    Diablo 4 is good to play once for the campaign. There's no denying the great visuals, animations, and a tiny handful of decent cutscenes. But that's about where the positives end. And that's about where your gameplay should end too. For that experience, I'd spend $40.

    The other $30 is like forcing you to pay for a game pass on the hope that they will eventually release decent content in the future. That's shady practice and I'd rather have it as a side DLC when it does come out. As it stands today, the endgame is an absolute joke. Lazy content, broken promises, bad balancing, and out of touch devs. Not all builds feel good and you really don't have a lot of customization. Items are extremely boring and drops don't feel good. Lack of quality of life.

    Everything about the endgame is a terrible mess, but the endgame is what makes an ARPG worth it. Pass on this one. Don't even think about it.    … Expand
  62. ShumOne
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1.1 made me realize that I will never build a seasonal character again, rebuilding my lvl100 fully geared character less than a month into the season is already a pain that I will not suffer.
  63. crazy54637
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    The BLIZZARD is hiring ChatGPT to optimize the system, the 1.1.2 patch is a piece of shxt! Removing all gameplay mechanisms that benefit players, nice try
  64. Neqva
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    I realy wanted to love this game. Spent alot of hours in it and it played good, felt good and looked good. But thats not enough. Loot system is crap, damage system is crap, speed is crap oh and the company?! the Devs?!?! Pritty much just Evil. I hope with what they are doing everyone quits blizzard and activision and never supports them again. 0/10 I have lost faith
  65. Mune
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    A disappointment and a waste of money, the story made me want to fall asleep multiple times, balancing is all over the place, and in return for your money you are supposed to smile and spend MORE money for battle passes, a hard pass as the game gets boring somewhere after 5h of gameplay
  66. narirm
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    don`t waste your time & money to buy this game. because it still not a complete version.
  67. Tr0naldDumb
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    it all makes sense now, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-G3j00RQ1U fck those bull dykes, dying at WT 1 with lvl 50 holy **** wtf, they can't even play their game properly and are designing that?!?!
  68. qrfII
    Sep 1, 2023
    4
    graphic: 9.0
    story: 6.0
    game play: 4.5
    DLC: 1.5

    Although it does look great, the story is not really there and the pay to win is so sad coming from a once great title
  69. paulsulo
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Blizzard killed the best IP they created. Every patch was showing that the team didn't play this game before and after it submitted.… Expand
  70. VanDeRaser
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    Nach einem echt beschissenen Patch und einen richtig beschissenen start in die erste Session ist det Scor für das Game bereits auf unter 2,2. Gefallen, völlig zurecht. Aber jetzt die Opfer eines trade zu bannen ist eine absolute Frechheit.
    Und dann kommt noch dazu, dass ein ganz essenzieller teil der Diablo games komplette raus genommen wurde. Nicht nur dass das traden in diablo 4 aufs    Nach einem echt beschissenen Patch und einen richtig beschissenen start in die erste Session ist det Scor für das Game bereits auf unter 2,2. Gefallen, völlig zurecht. Aber jetzt die Opfer eines trade zu bannen ist eine absolute Frechheit.
    Und dann kommt noch dazu, dass ein ganz essenzieller teil der Diablo games komplette raus genommen wurde. Nicht nur dass das traden in diablo 4 aufs ultra minimum beschränkt wurde. (Das auch unglaublich bescheuert ist.) Ne jetzt entfernt man das komplett aus dem game… GG würde mich nicht wundern, wenn der User Score heute und morgen noch weit unher 2,00 fallen wird.
    Wie kann man nur sooooo hart rein scheisen?
    Wirklich Leute, blizzard stand mal für geile games und Qualität… davon ist überhaupt nichts mehr zu sehen.
    Das war das letzte Blizzard game, dass mir meine nerven und zeit und vorallen dingen geld gestohlen hat.

    Englisch:
    Diablo games has been completely removed. Not only that trading in diablo 4 was limited to the ultra minimum. (That's also incredibly stupid.) No, now it's completely removed from the game... GG wouldn't surprise me if the user score falls well below 2.00 today and tomorrow.
    How can you **** sooooo hard in?
    Really folks, blizzard used to stand for awesome games and quality... there's nothing left of that anymore.
    That was the last Blizzard game that stole my nerves and time and above all money.    … Expand
  71. breadvan
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    After playing for 100+ hours on and off season, I can confidently say this game is an absolute turd. The game is so bad in fact that this will be my first time making an account purely for the sake of writing a review.

    Every patch is released with the intent of heavily decreasing player power, dragging the game out, or both. Players are banned every day for unknowingly trading with    After playing for 100+ hours on and off season, I can confidently say this game is an absolute turd. The game is so bad in fact that this will be my first time making an account purely for the sake of writing a review.

    Every patch is released with the intent of heavily decreasing player power, dragging the game out, or both. Players are banned every day for unknowingly trading with bot-farmed gold or outright just for trading between friends. This latest patch disabled trading altogether, because they can't do anything right. The game barely functions, the business practices of Activision Blizzard are egregiously predatory, and it's not even fun when the game does work.

    After the campaign, the game becomes a grueling and ceaseless grind to get 1% stronger via paragon levels, min maxing, and micromanaging gear aspects and stats. Classes like Druid have 75% of the late game builds gated behind unique items that have a good chance of not even dropping by level 100. The world mob levels don't even scale up after level 75, so Nightmare Dungeons are the only viable content in the game at that point.

    At the start of the season, the journey menu would automatically hover the button to activate the accelerated battle pass, and there wasn't even a confirmation dialogue if you accidentally clicked it. You can't try to say that a company with over 30 years of game development experience made a mistake with that. It's moronic at best and intentionally scummy at worst. On top of all that, the battle pass doesn't even give you enough in game currency to buy the next battle pass. What kind of joke is that? If you bought this battle pass and the next one, then used your platinum from those for the 3rd, you would still be 2 plat short for the 4th. And the cherry on top of this turd sundae is the MTX shop.

    The best "prestige" skins are on par with the base cosmetics in the game, while the worst aren't even worth looking at. It costs $25 for one set of cosmetics for one class that has a good chance of getting nerfed into the ground in the next patch, and that doesn't even include the "accessories" they try to pedal alongside it. What a joke. You'd be better off spending that money on a strong magnet to fry your old hard drive with.

    TL;DR This game is a grueling chore that you pay no less than $70 for the privilege of doing, and the worst part is these greedy scumbags can get away with all of it. Instead of buying this turd, you should buy Risk of Rain 2 for you and two friends. You'll be much happier for it.    … Expand
  72. sahnisani
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    it's time to move on and let other game studios have the stage. D4 is beyond disappointing
  73. LoSKoS
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Story mode was okay, but just okay. After a couple decades of D3, I was disappointed by the loot. Gems only have 3 tiers of advancement... and none of them have socket adds that are worth much to a build. Legendary items have weaker bonuses. Items don't drop that are relevant to your class, which means finding useful items will be a dismal grind. Set items don't seem to be a thing atStory mode was okay, but just okay. After a couple decades of D3, I was disappointed by the loot. Gems only have 3 tiers of advancement... and none of them have socket adds that are worth much to a build. Legendary items have weaker bonuses. Items don't drop that are relevant to your class, which means finding useful items will be a dismal grind. Set items don't seem to be a thing at all... and with the game scaling to your level, you never feel like you're actually growing in power. There seems to only be about 20 monsters and the bosses are non-memorable. There's no Diablo at all!!! So how they call this "Diablo 4" is beyond me. The open-world feel is a cool idea, but what it actually does is confuse you as to where in the game you actually are. Honestly, the side quests are more interesting than the story ones. Feels like I may have wasted a bunch of money on this one, but at least I only bought the standard version. It's back to D3 for me. If they close it down then I'll be deleting battlenet altogether.… Expand
  74. srnm
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    Blizzard has broken their promise to it's customers.
    'Gameplay first' has become 'ingame shop first'.
  75. vinibr
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    The game release on beta version or alpha. A lot of issues and errors. The damage calculate is complete unbalanced, some hits does not make big damage and others with the same mob made a hit kill and some class is very bad do grow or end game and a lot of more. The graphics are good but to much confuse some things for example i can´t see poison attack on the floor. Sometimes you are killedThe game release on beta version or alpha. A lot of issues and errors. The damage calculate is complete unbalanced, some hits does not make big damage and others with the same mob made a hit kill and some class is very bad do grow or end game and a lot of more. The graphics are good but to much confuse some things for example i can´t see poison attack on the floor. Sometimes you are killed by enemy without your screen. If you check the "propaganda" the images are beautiful and after your better your skills the effects increase your quality, its not working at this moment. Check the videos before release the game and compare your game. In most the time we run on the dungeons like a olimpic game. In the last patch this better but not enough, for example if you killed you reborn miles of the happen, sometimes in the start on dungeon, ok, its make sense to some penalty not to walk more time to fight. The patchs are slow to release, the game server is very lag, sometimes the screen hang and after release your are died And by end the elemental damage and defense its doubt if work well. If you increase elemental damage and defense on paragon board or your items and test after you don´t see anything. The damage is based on vulnerability only. Others sources not work. today in the current state of the game and considering the price it's not a good game.… Expand
  76. kiwaczek
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    Hello
    So there is my linst :
    - user support dont exist, and if you make any complain you get ban from forum - create a ticket with problem - lead you to forum = you get ban - basic stuff like delivery quests , achievements, credits from delivery quests - bugged ...... i cut the list, only + is good graphic , and few moments when you dont feel to you just wasting you time after you    Hello
    So there is my linst :
    - user support dont exist, and if you make any complain you get ban from forum
    - create a ticket with problem - lead you to forum = you get ban
    - basic stuff like delivery quests , achievements, credits from delivery quests - bugged
    ......

    i cut the list, only + is good graphic , and few moments when you dont feel to you just wasting you time after you paid 70 GBP    … Expand
  77. jabby33
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard gloats about making so much money breaking records and refuses to provide players with stable servers, while forcing online gameplay. Company solely cares about the cash grab while pushing minimum viable products.

    Loot is unrewarding, grinding post storyline is boring, inventory management is horrendous. Only reason giving it a 1 is the pre-release (stable servers)/storyline    Blizzard gloats about making so much money breaking records and refuses to provide players with stable servers, while forcing online gameplay. Company solely cares about the cash grab while pushing minimum viable products.

    Loot is unrewarding, grinding post storyline is boring, inventory management is horrendous. Only reason giving it a 1 is the pre-release (stable servers)/storyline playthrough.    … Expand
  78. ErnestHank
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    Made an account specifically to rate this.

    - You are basically paying Activision Blizzard $70 to beta test their game. And what you are beta testing is hardly worth it. - Build variety at the end game is non-existent. If you want to succeed, you must play a very limited set of builds. You are dead meat otherwise. - There are also many things that seem specifically designed to just    Made an account specifically to rate this.

    - You are basically paying Activision Blizzard $70 to beta test their game. And what you are beta testing is hardly worth it.
    - Build variety at the end game is non-existent. If you want to succeed, you must play a very limited set of builds. You are dead meat otherwise.
    - There are also many things that seem specifically designed to just keep you in the game longer, like the placement of various important NPCs and events. Walking simulator galore.
    - And don't get me started on the monetization. In a game that already costs a mind-boggling $70 upfront, to have this level of monetization should be criminalized.
    - The two things this game delivers upon are music and art. Not much else, unfortunately.

    Don't waste your money and your time. Wait until the game is at least half the price and enough time has passed for it to have maybe left early access. Maybe. Other than that, Activision Blizzard have delivered yet another massive disappointment.    … Expand
  79. YahmalMcCoy
    Aug 20, 2023
    2
    After playing a dozen hours I just couldn't get myself to play any longer: I was bored out of my mind! the repetitive combat where every fight felt the same, no challenge, terrible loot - not even the visuals compensated for it. I just refused to put any single more minute of my life into this money-sucking game and simply uninstall it. Truth is, I have buyers' remorse, I truly regretAfter playing a dozen hours I just couldn't get myself to play any longer: I was bored out of my mind! the repetitive combat where every fight felt the same, no challenge, terrible loot - not even the visuals compensated for it. I just refused to put any single more minute of my life into this money-sucking game and simply uninstall it. Truth is, I have buyers' remorse, I truly regret buying this game.… Expand
  80. willemavw
    Aug 29, 2023
    3
    Diablo IV has been quite a struggle for me to play, often finding it hard to engage for more than a few minutes at a time. The experience comes across as excessively repetitive, grind-oriented, and devoid of enjoyment.

    My sentiments toward the pricing of the store skins are in stark contrast as well. While I've willingly invested in microtransactions before, the cost of these skins    Diablo IV has been quite a struggle for me to play, often finding it hard to engage for more than a few minutes at a time. The experience comes across as excessively repetitive, grind-oriented, and devoid of enjoyment.

    My sentiments toward the pricing of the store skins are in stark contrast as well. While I've willingly invested in microtransactions before, the cost of these skins feels exorbitant. A single skin costs as much as a significant portion of the base game? It's truly perplexing!

    Comparatively, my recent experience with Path of Exile (POE) has been far more immersive and captivating. I'm inclined to transition to POE2 upon its release and observe how Diablo IV evolves after a couple of seasons.

    It seems as though Diablo IV was hastily pushed to market, possibly to secure a player base before the launch of POE2. This rush is palpable and has likely impacted the game's overall quality and experience.    … Expand
  81. grandchefpanda
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    The campaign was fun despite the heavy stuttering due to the game not being optimized, I was still leveling my sorcerer character when the season 1 dropped and they removed all the fun of the non seasonal characters by removing at least 25% of the characters damages to force you to play the season. Tried a little but it became soooo boring to do the all the grinding. I've discovered theThe campaign was fun despite the heavy stuttering due to the game not being optimized, I was still leveling my sorcerer character when the season 1 dropped and they removed all the fun of the non seasonal characters by removing at least 25% of the characters damages to force you to play the season. Tried a little but it became soooo boring to do the all the grinding. I've discovered the game needed you to make it your second job to be able to go at the end of the season pass.
    Because of that I can't give a good score. 6/10 before season 1, it lasted a month.    … Expand
  82. aven59
    Aug 26, 2023
    0
    Trop de problèmes... Pas assez équilibré... Manque de fluidité dans les combats...
    On attendait mieux !
  83. kjcm2000
    Aug 28, 2023
    1
    40+ Diablo series fan here.
    D4 became boring much much faster than any of the other Diablo games. There is nothing to do after a certain lvl. The game really sucks, which is also really sad to see.
  84. zen8130
    Aug 28, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Positive: Story and artwork are good. Negative: Compared to D3 where set items, TONS of legendaries with interesting affixes and legendary gems existed and acquiring/optimizing them was a real motivation for playing, D4 lost set items & legendary gems and there are only ~10 uniques per class and therefore place you in a position where you're constantly checking every rare to see if it's worthy of copying a saved affix to, usually to get a tiny improvement. Even more glaring is the lack of social interaction - you basically play by yourself 95% of the time, in D3 you could meet and do rifts together easily, in D4 I think social interaction was put on the backburner - a player lobby might be a good idea. My impression is that D3 had more monster variety than D4 - I feel like I'm always fighting enemies that have the same offensive skills.… Expand
  85. Tarunek
    Aug 30, 2023
    1
    Campaign is good but the game offers nothing in end game and takes too long to level up character in the higher levels. It has no replayability value. It asks for mindless grinding with nothing but a broken 1 hit boss fight at the end for which skills or stats don't matter.All that
  86. archangelmarc
    Aug 30, 2023
    2
    Graphics are awesome and story is ok but this pretty much it. Blizzard failed Diablo 4 with poor itemnisation (supposed to be the MAIN part of this game) with careless drops and over complicated item random stats. Started to get bored at level 60 and gave up around level 70.

    - No set items
    - absolutely zero social aspect
    - Useless and forgettable legendary items
  87. EnkiEcruffy
    Sep 4, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 makes me feel bad for the artists that put an effort in environment art, design, and animation for a game that wasted so much potential and time.
  88. eternalRest
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    The game is about hunting items and killing tough demonic monsters that potentially would make your character powerful rich and respected.
    The truth is that there is no items inside the game, there is like 4-5 different factions with 4-5 different units without any special mechanic or AI implemented, there is no trade.
    The game is an empty map. The best part is that after 1.5 month    The game is about hunting items and killing tough demonic monsters that potentially would make your character powerful rich and respected.
    The truth is that there is no items inside the game, there is like 4-5 different factions with 4-5 different units without any special mechanic or AI implemented, there is no trade.

    The game is an empty map.

    The best part is that after 1.5 month of release of the game they added a bug where when you teleport you get disconnected, and inside activision forums they blame customers network while this has nothing to do with the customer's network.

    Overall this is an empty map without anything implemented inside, it is literally not even playable because of the teleport bug you get returned to main menu with a disconnected message. If you do not teleport you will not disconnect but that means you will have to really travel long distances taking even like 20 minutes of your time.

    After 3 months of release at the cost of 70 euro without anything implemented or working they announced a yearly paid expansion while the game is filled daily with new microtransactions.

    This game does not even work right now you will get disconnected on teleport.

    You have been warned.    … Expand
  89. compmanben
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I have played D1, D2, D3, so I am well seasoned. D4 by comparison is terrible in my personal opinion.
  90. Ulfhedinn
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Great start to the game, good beta and server slam. A few niggles and questionable decisions, looking forward to Season start.

    Pre season patch has removed all of the fun the end game content had going for it. Almost every player (except 2) attached to the clan (some 30+ members) have uninstalled and are putting off playing again for the foreseeable future. Blizzard have not learned    Great start to the game, good beta and server slam. A few niggles and questionable decisions, looking forward to Season start.

    Pre season patch has removed all of the fun the end game content had going for it.

    Almost every player (except 2) attached to the clan (some 30+ members) have uninstalled and are putting off playing again for the foreseeable future.

    Blizzard have not learned from thier past mistakes and I fear that D4 will not have a sustainable playerbase if the patch decisions continue the way they have been going.    … Expand
  91. Drayden
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Blizzard has been making Diablo games for the better part of three decades. You'd think they'd know how to make a good one by now.
  92. tetsuoo
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    This game is a poor mans Path of Exile and borderline an insult to the ARPG genre.
    All Blizzard had to do, was take the best part of D2, the best parts of D3 and build upon that. Instead we get this. Its a decent game for about 50 hours, then you realise it has no soul, no inspiration.
    The loot system is ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS as well.
    Avoid this game. Wait for POE2.
  93. Micktorious
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    They made this game already a grind, with a super long road to max level, annoying paragon that is a complete mess to undo if you ever want to redo your build, cool downs on your mount for no reason, huge gold sinks for resolving items, barely a trickle of decent items that are impossible to tell anyways if they will improve your build unless you are a PhD math major, and just tons ofThey made this game already a grind, with a super long road to max level, annoying paragon that is a complete mess to undo if you ever want to redo your build, cool downs on your mount for no reason, huge gold sinks for resolving items, barely a trickle of decent items that are impossible to tell anyways if they will improve your build unless you are a PhD math major, and just tons of other roadblocks to slow the entire game down. Then they dropped the new update, which doubled or tripled down on these same values to make the game an entirely longer and less fun slog. GRIFTS used to be super fun to push in Diablo 3, but whoever is the guy making these design changes at the top is an absolute know who probably is known as "a numbers guy" and knows next to nothing about making a game fun and rewarding. I have never in my entire life been so disappointed in a Diablo game, and I have played them all since the original Diablo. The only reason I gave this a 1 is because the artwork and world are beautiful. I feel bad for the artist who made such an awesome world to play in, that is entirely ruined by game design.

    Shame on you Blizzard for this patch, you used to be an amazing game company, but sexual harassment, OW2, and Diablo 4 have shown me just how far you have fallen.    … Expand
  94. torgnyhylen
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    this fully priced, fully released title is Early Access in 2 ways.
    1) it is a Minimum Viable Product. Just barely enough to say there is something... and then you get to the End Game and it's not there. They're relying on seasons and battle passes to drip feed 6 uniques at a time over months of barely there content. There isn't even a single unique per weapon type, never mind inventory    this fully priced, fully released title is Early Access in 2 ways.
    1) it is a Minimum Viable Product. Just barely enough to say there is something... and then you get to the End Game and it's not there. They're relying on seasons and battle passes to drip feed 6 uniques at a time over months of barely there content. There isn't even a single unique per weapon type, never mind inventory type. theres nothing to do with gems beyond slotting them into 10 slots and then... they just take up space. theres not enough inventory space. the horse takes forever to get, is slower than a fast character and is buggy AF and ...
    2) they devs are pulling huge math levers that are nuking players builds. builds they have grinded hundreds of hours for the right gear, the right rolls, the right affixes. this is not what post launch v1.0 games do... this is what early access games do, to find the balance devs can make huge changes to see what the player base does, finds fun... but this is not an early access game. these devs are not refining with small tweaks to improve Sorc survivability here, bone spear OP there... they're using death star sized nerf hammers to essentially add more grind, for less reward, less XP, worse gear, worse mixed gear, that cannot beat the end game boss or even participate in high level content... where your character will just be randomly one shot by some trash mob because MATHS and their idea that this PVE game needs BALANCE.
    I thought the cutscenes were cool in the campaign... too bad YOU CANNOT WATCH THE INTRO CUTSCENE IF YOU SEEN IT ONCE BEFORE due to a flag being set to hide cutscene in the backend. smh.    … Expand
  95. twinsen13579
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    1. Always online DRM -- no offline.
    2. Built in shop with expensive transactions.
    3. Battle pass on top of multiple editions cost 4. Server queues for long logins and crashes. 5. Predatory button placement to sucker people in to activating premium battle passes. 6. No Diablo in a Diablo game. The game play is tedious and meant to drive retention for live service purchases. This is    1. Always online DRM -- no offline.
    2. Built in shop with expensive transactions.
    3. Battle pass on top of multiple editions cost
    4. Server queues for long logins and crashes.
    5. Predatory button placement to sucker people in to activating premium battle passes.
    6. No Diablo in a Diablo game.

    The game play is tedious and meant to drive retention for live service purchases. This is a diablo game only by name, just as Blizzard is now a below average game dev company only by name. All of the old guard is gone and this "new blizzard" is just trying to cash in on beloved IPs for as long as possible.    … Expand
  96. sensai25
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    At start I really enjoyed that game. I played early access, open beta, early launch and all pre season as a sorceress.

    I reached lvl 100 using a chain lightning + cracking build (non meta build/passive). I pushed to NM dungeon lvl 61, did all side quests, all renown for each region. BUT : I stopped playing. Why ? Lack of content, end game is frustrating I throw away 499 out of 500    At start I really enjoyed that game. I played early access, open beta, early launch and all pre season as a sorceress.

    I reached lvl 100 using a chain lightning + cracking build (non meta build/passive).

    I pushed to NM dungeon lvl 61, did all side quests, all renown for each region.

    BUT : I stopped playing. Why ? Lack of content, end game is frustrating I throw away 499 out of 500 drops.
    Lack of meaningfull drop (Uber legendary are for hardcore gamer only).
    Lack of boss (only 12 bosses for 100+ dungeon).
    Lack of build diversity, you have to respec to meta build to push (11 millions gold per total respec)

    And the BEST is season one patch : Nerf Nerf Nerf to the ground.

    My main character I spend 250h in is now demolished, after reading patch I do not see how I can play a decent sorceress.

    They nerfed XP per monster, they put limit to reach T3 T4 world tier (lvl 50/70). They overall buffed monster and nerfed player for one only purpose : hide the lack of content and slow down XP process to hide the fact that there is not enough content for a 3 months season.

    I am considering to extend my pause and may be to skip season one.

    Listen to players Blizzard.    … Expand
  97. Rhinogamer
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The developers are ruining the game for all of the players. The patches have been so bad that multiple gaming magazines have published articles about how bad the Pre-Season patch for Season 1 has been. Players are outraged.
  98. TheFulander
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. This is one of the worst ARPGs of all time. The leveling grind is awful. The gear you get is awful. The end game is awful. The devs do not respect your time. Spending my money and time on this game has been a huge mistake
  99. BahamutxD
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Game launched in clear bare bones - as if content was deliberately cut from the game to most likely launch it later on on "season"

    Post launch patches/content is no existent so far. Game is plagued with issues and patches had made the game less fun and more tedious.

    The base game is good. But thats it - the fundation - everything else is either missing or very lacking for a 70-100€ game.
  100. Aisar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a huge Diablo fan who played the hell out of Diablo 1, 2 and 3, I am very disappointed. Not surprised just disappointed.
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  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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