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  1. Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Will update if they make it better. Right now I can’t find a reason to log in.
  2. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As July 19 the game is repetitive, boring, grindy and just not fun anymore. Corpo killed it by greed!
  3. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They gutted how the game feels and plays in the 1.1 patch. Everybodies damage has been reduced, everybodies survivability has been reduced (without fixing the resistance bug yet) and worst of all, COOLDOWN REDUCTION WAS NERFED. Horrible decision by blizzard, what a joke of a patch.
  4. Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Horrible. You cant even compare this game with Diablo1 and Diablo2. Its a game for 10y kids, which never played any game. Dark or horror mood not found.
  5. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 ruined any hype there was for season 1. I’ll come back in a few seasons to see if anything’s changed. I don’t understand why Blizzard doesn’t want people to have fun. It’s kind of the point of a video game
  6. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is not the product we bought anymore it’s become something completely inferior. 1.1 erased an entire game. Do not buy this game.
  7. Aug 22, 2023
    0
    **** unfinished game! Do not buy this trash, buy Baldur's Gate 3 instead, the game of the year made with love by gamers to gamers!
  8. Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Devs dropped a patch two days before season one that significantly nerfed players, made monsters tougher, and significantly lowered xp making it a tedious grind to level. They killed season one before it even got a chance.
    There is absolutely no point in playing once the quests are completed. Unless you just want to run the same content over, and over, and over. The devs borked the
    Devs dropped a patch two days before season one that significantly nerfed players, made monsters tougher, and significantly lowered xp making it a tedious grind to level. They killed season one before it even got a chance.
    There is absolutely no point in playing once the quests are completed. Unless you just want to run the same content over, and over, and over. The devs borked the enchanting system recently so that it's even harder to get the gear with rolls you want. This game is definitely not worth the price. Wait until it's on sale for 10 bucks.
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  9. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard are no more. Not sure who's going to play season 1. Good job guys...
  10. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was a decent game until version 1.1. They have utterly sucked the fun out of it. Moving on.
  11. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I started this game out fresh without ever playing any Diablo games before. I played the beta and it was really good, nice graphics, sound, gameplay. This game as it stands right now is being castrated by the developers with horrible updates, and nerfs that aren’t needed. This so called game review bombing here isn’t that, it’s legitimate reviews by users.. This game is deserving of that because honestly it’s pretty bad now. Imagine me (Sorc) spending hundreds of hours in the game finding a build that works half decent. The Sorc btw is already the weakest class and lowest survival rate in the entire game.. So with the updates they nerf this class into the ground making it way worse and completely useless and also my hundreds of hours a complete waste of time and my life.

    I wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone with how the devs handle updates and keep ruining the game for everyone. You won’t be able to build a character to keep without them ruining your build with huge nerfs. For example spend 100 hours building a class.. few weeks later it’s nerfed into oblivion.. now start over and over.. this games a complete waste of time, money, and overall happiness.
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  12. Aug 9, 2023
    2
    You know what, I kept my mouth shut and stayed positive throughout this whole debacle because you didn't break rogue right off the bat. I was pissed with the season 1 update, but I said heck with it ill keep playing, I made it to lvl 83 while working a full time job, POST season 1 patch. Leveling feels TERRIBLE.

    I go to log on today and all the sudden my poison rogue just cant do the
    You know what, I kept my mouth shut and stayed positive throughout this whole debacle because you didn't break rogue right off the bat. I was pissed with the season 1 update, but I said heck with it ill keep playing, I made it to lvl 83 while working a full time job, POST season 1 patch. Leveling feels TERRIBLE.

    I go to log on today and all the sudden my poison rogue just cant do the content it was just doing? I dont even mean a little nerf here, A FULL ON NERF. My poison rogue feels like crap and you know what, im done. I work to many hours a week to deal with this on something that I choose to do in my freetime. Ya'll are insane, actually battshiit crazy if you think people respond well to stuff like this. I WILL GLADLY spend money on POE or League, or ANYTHING just to not have to play this anymore.

    THIS IS REALLY REALLY SAD BLIZZARD.

    Why don't you make an honest report of the % of builds running the caged heart of the barber that are above lvl 70.

    Yea, keep talking about your "build diversity".

    I hope you get put in the dark and fed poop just like you did to us. Im not a mushroom.
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  13. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I'm tired of the management policy. I saw , didn't want to talk to the user.
  14. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I'm a long-time fan of the first game. To this day, I think it represents the most raw, pure action-rpg experience in the market. the game never gets un-fun. i still play it to this day, at least one coop run every other year.

    this game is the antithesis of everything i like about the first game. It's bloated, it's unrewarding, it's unchallenging, it's unfun. I tried my hardest to find
    I'm a long-time fan of the first game. To this day, I think it represents the most raw, pure action-rpg experience in the market. the game never gets un-fun. i still play it to this day, at least one coop run every other year.

    this game is the antithesis of everything i like about the first game. It's bloated, it's unrewarding, it's unchallenging, it's unfun. I tried my hardest to find fun in this game, but after some 5 or so COMPLETELY DEVOID OF FUN hours, I gave up. This "game" is a digital chore dispenser / walking simulator hybrid. I hate everything about it (except the graphics and art style, but that doesn't warrant a score on its own imo). I consider this to be my biggest waste of money in a long time. i got ZERO value from it. In my honest opinion, this series has had a constant downhill progression. Which means yes, I think diablo 3 is better than 4. It's that bad.

    btw, this review is completely unrelated to season 1 or any patch, as that doesn't concern me in the least since i've long quit this game. this is my genuine feelings towards the base game itself.
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  15. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I started playing as a Sorc, and after the patch on 7-18 I lost all interest in playing. There are some good parts to this game, but the developers vision is so far off base I would avoid the game until it gets better.
  16. Aug 1, 2023
    0
    They made the game much worse with 1.1.0 and its now pointless to play the game.

    Season 1 is not impressive in any way shape or form.

    They say they are going to buff some things and say they dont want to slow things down, but we all know they are lying.
  17. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard doing modern Blizzard things. They deserve all the hate that they are receiving
  18. Aug 31, 2023
    1
    According to Blizzard 9000 people worked on this game.

    Blizzard has never heard of the "dead-sea" effect and proudly announces their absolutely bloated process. The dead-sea effect is truly showing. I give it a 1 for nice looking graphics.
  19. Aug 21, 2023
    4
    Battlepass model and store are really bad. Season 1 has had a really bad start as well. Dev team just not driven by passion for games, only greed.
  20. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They gutted alot of the builds that were alreaddy lacking in the latest patch. Made mobs harder. Experience for levels are slower to get. Rewards for doing things are lower. Pretty ratchet.
  21. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Latest game patch has slowed the game down to a snail’s pace. Gameplay is tedious and unrewarding. Characters feel low-powered and unexciting. Pulled the rug out from any excitement I had for Season 1 and future content pipeline. Devs intentionally made tone-deaf changes to artificially extend the life of the game, rather than address the criminal lack of content. Activision-BlizzardLatest game patch has slowed the game down to a snail’s pace. Gameplay is tedious and unrewarding. Characters feel low-powered and unexciting. Pulled the rug out from any excitement I had for Season 1 and future content pipeline. Devs intentionally made tone-deaf changes to artificially extend the life of the game, rather than address the criminal lack of content. Activision-Blizzard continues to overpromise and underdeliver. Don’t hold your breath for the Diablo series - all of the people responsible for creating the game you once fell in love with are long gone. Expand
  22. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Garbage after the patch notes.
    Garbage after the patch notes.
    rubbish game
    rubbish game
  23. Jul 6, 2023
    2
    The game would be good if it didn't randomly go offline half the time. The story is generally good, the gameplay is fine. I miss random map generation. I think it has less charm overall than the previous diablos. It was a huge mistake that they made it online only as they can't seem to keep the servers up. In 2023, i find it absurd that their servers have such issues and the game can't runThe game would be good if it didn't randomly go offline half the time. The story is generally good, the gameplay is fine. I miss random map generation. I think it has less charm overall than the previous diablos. It was a huge mistake that they made it online only as they can't seem to keep the servers up. In 2023, i find it absurd that their servers have such issues and the game can't run without random disconects. The game would be good if it weren't a complete broken mess. Its a shame blizzard, one of the absolute power houses of the olden days, is no longer innovative or interesting in its game design. They think releasing a broken mess is acceptable. I'm also disappointed that they seemed not to optomise it at all for various platforms. For example i have it on xbox series x, they could have made it with no loading times when going into a dungeon or back out very easily, but just didn't even try. No use of the rumble feature of the controller or anything either. Blizzard has gone from being my favorite game company from around 20 years to 10 years ago, now its mediocre on a good day! Expand
  24. Jul 8, 2023
    0
    Always online so can't pause. As soon as you want to afk, some enemy comes out of nowhere and kills you. Fairly buggy. Boring endgame.
  25. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    they took this grindfest and made it grindier for less rewards. unless you are a no life streamer you will never reach endgame and if you are a no life streamer, you will still be disappointed when you reach endgame
  26. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately, they have missed the mark with D4. The developers and company remain out of touch. There is clear feedback that has been given across all stages that has been ultimately ignored. I do not believe they are capable to fix the glaring issues within their own game, they attempt numerical nerfs instead of drilling down to the root of the issues and ruining the gameplay experienceUnfortunately, they have missed the mark with D4. The developers and company remain out of touch. There is clear feedback that has been given across all stages that has been ultimately ignored. I do not believe they are capable to fix the glaring issues within their own game, they attempt numerical nerfs instead of drilling down to the root of the issues and ruining the gameplay experience for the majority of players. The recent patch notes is an indicator of this and I do not believe the future is bright as an ex developer said, Blizzard is a shell of itself being guided by Activision, hopefully Microsoft can make some positive internal changes to bring this back in the right direction. Expand
  27. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs don't listen to the community, game will die fast if it stay like that.
  28. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Way to take a game with such potential and completely destroy any chance of enjoyment with the last patch notes. Un-installing and heading over to PoE or anything that's not Blizzard. Done with this crappy company that only cares about profit and craps on its own consumers every chance it gets.
    Great job ruining everything in one update.
  29. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The developers are actively trying to ruin all the fun out of the game. Completely detached from the playerbase. The new patch is the worse I have ever seen in a PC game. I am done with Diablo 4.
  30. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Dev hyped up season 1 since launch only to heavy nerf the game to the ground days before the season landed with ZERO quality of life update. "Lets fix a sluggish repetitive gameplay by making characters hit for less, take more dmg from mobs and earn less xp across the board, that'll extend gameplay! Oh people are complaining sorc are weak? Hold my beer while I nerf it some more. That'llDev hyped up season 1 since launch only to heavy nerf the game to the ground days before the season landed with ZERO quality of life update. "Lets fix a sluggish repetitive gameplay by making characters hit for less, take more dmg from mobs and earn less xp across the board, that'll extend gameplay! Oh people are complaining sorc are weak? Hold my beer while I nerf it some more. That'll show em!" Previously, the dev responded to the season controversy of new diablo players by responding with "don't worry your character can still be played on the eternal realm" only to turn around and make it so it's unplayable just before the season starts. Really disgraceful and deceptive practice by the Devs. Expand
  31. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    blizz...what are you doing. Update was a slap to the face after keeping up hope they would improve the game....there were alot of red flags from initial purchase but was blinded by the excitement that diablo 4 was finally releasing. Way to go blizz and diablo 4 dev team.
    Going to try POE now.
  32. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible game. There was already no end game to speak of, with terrible itemization. Instead of fixing the problems they nerfed everything into the ground, made multiplayer pointless, and added limitations to reduce the speed in which you can get through their **** game. To them, "Fixing the endgame" was just ensuring that nobody wants to get there in the first place... nice development strategy.
  33. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard shows with Patch 1.1 how out of touch they are with the players. I could never have imagined that by playing Diablo IV I would actually become more excited about Path of Exile 2, a game which developers do have a pulse on the ARPG community.
  34. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I hate Blizzard with all my heart and soul! Patch 1.1 ruined the game and I had to delete it. Dog **** Blizzard employees wish you to burn in hell!
  35. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    - Low build diversity
    - Horrible uninspired loot
    - Trash tier unique items
    - No crafting
    - Useless gems
    - Boring and repetitive dungeons( Carrying mechanical boxes lol)
  36. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I was actually enjoying the game… And they released patch for season 1, good job Blizztard
  37. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    after level 60 there's not much to do: 1 mega easy world boss every 8 hours that doesn't give any loot of sense of achievement, repetitive Legion coop events, and mindless boring dungeons without engagement or loot.
    no trading.
    open world but no tools to socialise: no way to look for groups to play together. after this last patch they've made the XP grind even more tedious and lengthy
    after level 60 there's not much to do: 1 mega easy world boss every 8 hours that doesn't give any loot of sense of achievement, repetitive Legion coop events, and mindless boring dungeons without engagement or loot.
    no trading.
    open world but no tools to socialise: no way to look for groups to play together.

    after this last patch they've made the XP grind even more tedious and lengthy just to make you stay in the game longer... the problem is not the time, the problem is that THERE'S NOTHING TO DO.
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  38. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is disgustingly bad.

    Blizzard devs for D4 are braindead. They made itemization worse. Brought in the same skills from D2/D3 without any changes to classes. Terrible loot table. Terrible unique design. And all of their recent patches has only been nerfs without any buffs. Releasing the game and giving it 2 patches with just a bunch of nerfs should tell you something. They
    This game is disgustingly bad.

    Blizzard devs for D4 are braindead. They made itemization worse. Brought in the same skills from D2/D3 without any changes to classes. Terrible loot table. Terrible unique design. And all of their recent patches has only been nerfs without any buffs. Releasing the game and giving it 2 patches with just a bunch of nerfs should tell you something. They clearly don't test their game at all and just release it with the simple mindset of "if it works then it works." Who hired this game director who has absolutely no idea what to do with Diablo? Someone please fire the kid.
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  39. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I've honestly been playing since d1 but d4 just continues to show they are really just going for the most stat padded cash grab possible. A lot of the patches seem as if they have not been thought out but rather just wait until a reaction occurs and respond as if it was unintended or a bug. Slowing down game play and adding no quality of life or real content for a 70+ AAA title game isI've honestly been playing since d1 but d4 just continues to show they are really just going for the most stat padded cash grab possible. A lot of the patches seem as if they have not been thought out but rather just wait until a reaction occurs and respond as if it was unintended or a bug. Slowing down game play and adding no quality of life or real content for a 70+ AAA title game is pretty questionable. You're basically paying for a beta that continues to reduce the fun factor with every patch. Expand
  40. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Play 300 hours for nothing after this patch..., good luck for the future season and future patch :')
  41. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Sold in exceptional numbers, Diablo 4 can be considered successful as a product, but this success stems from the nostalgia effect, and mostly from people like me who bought into it due to this effect.

    The game is released in what would be considered as "Beta" stage, there is a massive lack of quality of life improvements, the entire game feels repetitive and everything you do is a chore
    Sold in exceptional numbers, Diablo 4 can be considered successful as a product, but this success stems from the nostalgia effect, and mostly from people like me who bought into it due to this effect.

    The game is released in what would be considered as "Beta" stage, there is a massive lack of quality of life improvements, the entire game feels repetitive and everything you do is a chore devoid of any sense of entertainment or enjoyment. There is no targeted progress or goals, full of randomness, and everything is unbalanced...

    There are much better things to do with your time, even if you are going to waste time, there are much more entertaining stuff to waste time with and spend your money on.

    This game deserves an absolute 0
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  42. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Live service is repeatedly changing the game for the worse. So commenting on a specific issue now is irrelevant. Instead these are the changes implemented with each patch.

    Everything takes longer. Do less damage. Take more damage. Level up slower. They want you to play longer for less in an attempt to slow down the 1% who play the game for a living and getting anyone else caught up in
    Live service is repeatedly changing the game for the worse. So commenting on a specific issue now is irrelevant. Instead these are the changes implemented with each patch.

    Everything takes longer.
    Do less damage.
    Take more damage.
    Level up slower.

    They want you to play longer for less in an attempt to slow down the 1% who play the game for a living and getting anyone else caught up in the crossfire.

    Has good graphics I guess.
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  43. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I played Diablo and Diablo 2 with my father while he was alive. There were many great memories shared before he passed. Diablo III felt like a great graphic update, had a great environment and story. Diablo III definitely felt like a new chapter in the franchise.

    The re-skin of Diablo III that has been released as Diablo IV is truly a disgrace. The release of Patch 1.1 shows that the
    I played Diablo and Diablo 2 with my father while he was alive. There were many great memories shared before he passed. Diablo III felt like a great graphic update, had a great environment and story. Diablo III definitely felt like a new chapter in the franchise.

    The re-skin of Diablo III that has been released as Diablo IV is truly a disgrace. The release of Patch 1.1 shows that the magic that was once Blizzard, is now just as dead as my father.
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  44. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It is 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 dev team had years of established history with D1-D3 to work with and improve the gameplay of Diablo 4....which they did not use at all. The game is missing so many QOLThis is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It is 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 dev team had years of established history with D1-D3 to work with and improve the gameplay of Diablo 4....which they did not use at all. The game is missing so many QOL features. Skills and spells are so bland. Classes feel meh. No way to try out new builds without wiping out all your skill tree. Useless affixes on all loot make checking loot so tedious. Game clearly needed another 2 years of development but was pushed out early by executives. Expand
  45. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    D4 devs are tone deaf and do NOT listen to their player base when they provide feedback on their gaming experience. I payed FULL price for a game, and received an incomplete game. Feedback was provided during beta regarding bugs, class disparities, and nothing was address during release. Tons of feedback was given to the team regarding class mechanics that are BROKEN like resistances thatD4 devs are tone deaf and do NOT listen to their player base when they provide feedback on their gaming experience. I payed FULL price for a game, and received an incomplete game. Feedback was provided during beta regarding bugs, class disparities, and nothing was address during release. Tons of feedback was given to the team regarding class mechanics that are BROKEN like resistances that will not be addressed till SEASON 2??! leaving classes that depend on this defensive stat in a terrible state, totally unacceptable! Standard qualify of life features missing, that were found in previous games like a LFG system, no zone chat, no reasonable bag space. in the latest patch release 1.1, they made the game SLOWER, NERFED everything, to make the game feel longer, and sluggish, and feel terrible, no endgame content, nightmare dungeons monster affixes, annoying and uninspiring. Uninstalling this game. Expand
  46. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The original game was already riddled with issues and problems that the community was very vocal about, and for season 1 instead of fixing those problems they just globally nerfed everything and made the game artificially harder with no reward for the difficulty increase, they made me feel like I wasted all the time I put into my build because it just ended up being unviable late gameThe original game was already riddled with issues and problems that the community was very vocal about, and for season 1 instead of fixing those problems they just globally nerfed everything and made the game artificially harder with no reward for the difficulty increase, they made me feel like I wasted all the time I put into my build because it just ended up being unviable late game because I can't survive or do damage now, before I could at least do damage Expand
  47. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game was released in an incomplete state, riddled with bugs, and little endgame content. Post-release content that should have been available on release is extremely limited and locked behind additional pay walls. Game-breaking bugs that should have been fixed prior to release are still present and increase in number in each subsequent update. Rather than adding more end gameThis game was released in an incomplete state, riddled with bugs, and little endgame content. Post-release content that should have been available on release is extremely limited and locked behind additional pay walls. Game-breaking bugs that should have been fixed prior to release are still present and increase in number in each subsequent update. Rather than adding more end game content, post-release updates have reduced the rate of experience game and the rate of play to make it more difficult to reach the end game. What started out as a promising release has become a cautionary tale. Expand
  48. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo IV management has managed to ignore the community and ruin the game with it’s first large patch. Time to uninstall and play Parh of Exile. So much for a 4 game series. D2 and D3 are somehow still leagues ahead of this game, despite the development time and resources available to blizzard.
  49. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Made an account here just to voice my utter disappointment and disgust for the disregard of the player base and our needs for the game to actually be enjoyable
  50. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Usual blizzard shenanigans release something with tons of promise then proceed to obliterate it.
  51. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They broke the game with S1 patch. Go play Path of Eile, Last Epoch, or BG3 instead.
  52. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is decent in the beginning but dies off quick with a sluggish gear grind after 50. Not worth the time investment. Not to mention the devs make horrendous game changing (breaking) changes off the cuff
  53. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game director needs to go, the entire D4 team is turning blind and deaf toward community feedback. Instead of listening to feedback from beta and make the first major patch a QoL improvement, adding new content or just general continuous improvement. Nop, they went ahead and double down and implemented everything that nobody asked for. That was unwanted/unwarranted. What a disaster ofThe game director needs to go, the entire D4 team is turning blind and deaf toward community feedback. Instead of listening to feedback from beta and make the first major patch a QoL improvement, adding new content or just general continuous improvement. Nop, they went ahead and double down and implemented everything that nobody asked for. That was unwanted/unwarranted. What a disaster of the game this is. Do not buy it's a cash grab. Expand
  54. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Catastrophic update, nothing more to say, all the past efforts of all players were wasted
  55. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Devs killed the game for Season 1, nerfs everything fun about the game and makes me not want to play anymore. Could’ve been a great game but the developers obviously don’t even play their own game.
  56. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The Diablo 4 developers do not have any experience with the Diablo 4 franchise or history. The Diablo 4 developers do not have any experience with ARPGs. The Diablo 4 developers do not play their own game. The Diablo 4 developers do not listen to their community. The Diablo 4 developers are out of the loop on what makes Diablo….Diablo. Save your money and play something else. Re visit in aThe Diablo 4 developers do not have any experience with the Diablo 4 franchise or history. The Diablo 4 developers do not have any experience with ARPGs. The Diablo 4 developers do not play their own game. The Diablo 4 developers do not listen to their community. The Diablo 4 developers are out of the loop on what makes Diablo….Diablo. Save your money and play something else. Re visit in a few months. Expand
  57. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I created an account just to give this stupid game a zero. HEY BLIZZARD....WAY TO GO ON KILLING YOUR GAME WITH ONE OF THE WORST PATHCES IN HISTORY.
  58. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They took your money at launch and gave up. Season 1 is looking to be the worst seasonal launch to an ARPG in history. Uninstall and play something better. Don't waste your money on this
  59. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    There was so much hype behind this game that all they had to do was make it as good as Diablo 3. Instead of tried to reinvent the wheel and we ended up with something worse than the release of Diablo 3 with an even worse season patch. So much of nostalgia ruined. They will continue to make it worse by trying to monetize the game more and more.
  60. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 프리시즌에서 보았듯이 더이상 즐길 컨텐츠가 없는데 시즌에 새로운 컨텐츠 추가는 없고 컨텐츠 소모 시간만 늘리는 최악의 시즌1 패치입니다.
    아무런 준비 없이 게임을 출시한 방증입니다.
    여전히 개발중임을 기대하면서 0점 아닌 1점 드립니다
    나아지길 바랍니다
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  61. Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLDR: Don't waste your money. $70 for a half-baked game. Game ends at level 60 even though 100 is max. Devs refuse to fix the end-game (60-100). Why? Because they want you to play seasons. Seasons has been promoted as optional but the truth is that it is the actual end-game and the other half of the game. Why is this an issue? They recently nerfed everything including exp to the ground to get you to play seasons to > wait for it > buy the battle pass because it contains exp buffs. Do not pay $70 for half a game!!

    Example:
    I mained a level 89, pure crossbow, cold-imbued, rapid fire, rogue.
    These are the DPS nerfs to my build from the latest patch:
    -Dexterity: 50% Stronger when on Weapons -> 25% Stronger when on Weapons.
    -Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
    -Imbuement Skill Cooldown Reduction: Reduced by ~30%.
    -Critical Strike Damage: Reduced by ~17%.
    -Critical Strike Damage with Bone, Earth, Imbued, and Werewolf Skills: Reduced by ~17%.
    -Vulnerable Damage: Reduced by ~40%.
    -Vulnerable Damage (Inherent on Crossbows): Reduced by ~65%.
    -Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies: Decreased by ~30%.

    These are the DPS Buffs to my build from the patch:
    Cold Damage: Increased by ~25%
    Imbued Skill Damage: Increased by ~25%.

    Their justification:
    D4 devs stated they made these changes to improve build diversity and prevent players from doing uber damage to protect the health of the game.
    My crossbow rogue was non-meta, non-YouTube, never hit in the millions. It was already on the low-end of DPS in comparison to other rogue builds such as trap rogue (I played both). Crossbow hits slow but the tradeoff was a little more dps than when compared to i.e. bow, which hits faster with a slight reduction in dps. And even then, crossbow/range rogue was still, overall, the less favorable build when compared to any other rogue for DPS and survivability. Thus, you can see how the vulnerable damage nerf of ~40% in addition to a nerf of ~65% inherent on crossbow, is a straight up slaughter to the build, and that’s just the vulnerable damage alone.

    The "buffs" to offset the nerfs are laughable at best. The trade-offs are such a joke, its not accidental. With this patch and moving forward, there is no "build diversity", which was and is now a false claim when they were promoting D4 before release "Play whatever you like, however you like". It was a lie. They killed many non-meta builds with this patch so, if you want to play D4, make sure you're following the only 3 viable builds on YT.

    Post-patch gameplay:
    My core skill rapid fire has to be imbued just to be able to kill the trash mobs in T4 NMDs, LOL.
    What's the issue? Well, if you use your imbuement skill on trash mobs, you won’t have anything to kill elites with because *checks notes*, cool down reduction and imbuement cool down reduction both got nerfed too.

    So what’s the solution? You have to drag out fights; kill small groups one-by-one and pray that you don’t get jumped by a pack of elites. If you do, you have your one-time-use ultimate "rain of arrows" (because of the already long CDR coupled with the current CDR nerfs) and hope that that does enough to get you through.

    So what's the issue then? Well, after "rain of arrows" goes off and the second group of elites + trash mobs spawn, your skills are all on cool down and you have to survive on basic skill + defense. But wait, *checks patch notes*, defenses also got a nerf:
    -DR from close reduced by ~30%,
    -DR from distant reduced by ~30%
    -Total armor reduced by ~30%,
    -Disobedience aspect reduced from 25-50% to 15-30%.
    So essentially, now you can’t push high tier NMDs, and it’s a struggle to clear NMD your level!

    Just respecc then. Respecc cost 30+ million gold. And what do I do with my items and aspects? Put them in the limited 4 stash. What about all the gear and aspects for my new build? Or if I need to respecc my sorc and barb that also got hit in this patch too? What do I do about their items and aspects?

    Just make a new character then. But wait, *checks patch notes*, exp bonus also got nerfed. You have to fight 10+ level mobs now for the measly +15% bonus that used to apply for mobs only +3 levels higher than you. And now with all the DPS and Defense nerfs, how do you do that?

    Just play in a party for the exp bonus and help from friends then. But wait, *checks patch notes*, mob health have been scaled for groups, so now party players have to do double damage to kill.

    Just quit playing then. Yeah, I just did but doesn't that defeat the purpose of retaining players?

    Conclusion:
    Prior to the patch, the game already had major unfixed bugs, lack of QoL features, unfinished end-game content; namely loot drops having garbage stats. And now, Devs decided to nerf the journey (the leveling and playing around with builds) instead of actually addressing the broken end-game loot.

    Do not buy. Avoid at all cost.
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  62. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was already in a bad state but blizzard really decided to say f it and make the game even worst with the latest patch. Clearly they don’t play their own game so we shouldn’t either. Season 1 is dead on arrival because this patch really said “Fixed an issue where players were having fun so we took out all the fun”
  63. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Greedy company. Incompetent employees. What more could you ask for. Their most recent patch single handedly created the best end game content ever. By actually ending their game. Rip D4 6/23-7/23
  64. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.

    It tries to be everything, and fails on every aspect. And this patch made everything so much worse.
  65. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    PROS
    -Story
    -Voice Acting
    -Cut Scenes
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    CONS
    -Gameplay
    -Developers DO NOT listen to you (the player)
    -Constant Nerfing which leads to zero build variety
  66. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was already full of problems, unbalanced, tier 80+ monsters causing one shot, mods that didn't work and full of bugs.
    Blizzard releases a patch notes that made what was strong stronger and what was weak useless
    Nerfed: damage
    Nerfed: defense
    Nerfed: Leveling
    Nerfed: Helltide
    Among other things.
  67. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I played sorcerer in Beta, I played to the first 70 levels and convinced myself I loved it after beating the main storyline.

    Then forced myself to 100 to only realize how even after grinding 200+ hours I was screwed. 2 weeks an update would come out making my progress worthless. If that were not enough this was a game of trying to get a few rings a few % points higher only to grind for
    I played sorcerer in Beta, I played to the first 70 levels and convinced myself I loved it after beating the main storyline.

    Then forced myself to 100 to only realize how even after grinding 200+ hours I was screwed. 2 weeks an update would come out making my progress worthless. If that were not enough this was a game of trying to get a few rings a few % points higher only to grind for Uber Lilith.

    All the other classes could max dmg, sorcerer... you have 1-2 builds and even then your stuck spending hours on Helltides "hoping" you can get 1-3 pieces.

    Worthless.... Then hoping for a patch they nerf it even more.

    Somt buy the game, maybe if free. Even then wait until they fix it.
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  68. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was waiting for the season to start, as we're all of my friends who play the game since launch. I'm not interested in playing at all after the latest update, and nobody that I know is planning to play the game again, even the ones who purchased ultimate edition.
  69. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    its clear after the 'balance' update that they are so out of touch with the players its actually insane. Microsoft should fire all of the current diablo team. Nothing added to endgame instead they are making everything harder for people to reach to endgame which isnt even rewarding. Where is the mount rework? Who asked for leave dungeon time to be increased from 3 to 5 seconds? Where isits clear after the 'balance' update that they are so out of touch with the players its actually insane. Microsoft should fire all of the current diablo team. Nothing added to endgame instead they are making everything harder for people to reach to endgame which isnt even rewarding. Where is the mount rework? Who asked for leave dungeon time to be increased from 3 to 5 seconds? Where is the fix for the absurdly poor performance whenever teleporting to a town? Nerfing even the weakest class both damage wise and defense wise... For all the nerfs they brought they didnt even had the courtesy of making all renown progress account bound. Nobody has time for that bs renown every 3 months. STAY AWAY FROM THE GAME. Wouldnt play the game even if it was free. Cant believe they managed to send d4 to the grave in under 2 months. Never trusting blizzard in any game they release from now on. Expand
  70. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    As a casual player who put a lot of time building my character to lvl 100 alongside grinding for the best gears to fit my build, only for them to literally pull the middle finger on me and say f you and your time ... here is the worst patch to make you feel bad. They buffed the uninstall button to 80% more.
    I uninstalled both Diablo and battle.net.
    Worst decision I made is buying this
    As a casual player who put a lot of time building my character to lvl 100 alongside grinding for the best gears to fit my build, only for them to literally pull the middle finger on me and say f you and your time ... here is the worst patch to make you feel bad. They buffed the uninstall button to 80% more.
    I uninstalled both Diablo and battle.net.
    Worst decision I made is buying this pathetic game whose developers wont even glimpse at the feedback people are giving them.
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  71. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    player want a good and fun game, fun game means no blizzard style balance, fun game means innovative to play even its not a intend gaming style.
  72. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Seasoon 1 patch is terrible. Uninstalled once i read the patch notes. Blizzard clearly does not even care about their own game.
  73. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They should have nerfed bank stash at this point.... not even 2 months from the game release date and they screw everything up. That's borderline fraud...
  74. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I don't know if they made this a game...
    Diablo series was the best game of my life and Diablo 4 smashed everything. It's the worst game and the more uncomfortable and unpleasant it gets
  75. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Officially modify the game content all day long
    Losing gamers is only a matter of time
  76. Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Patch 1.1 worst patch in gaming history, made everhthing worse, less fun garbage.

    Blizzard shoulf be ashamed
  77. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Never seen someone fudge a Season 1 update so hard. Blizzard no more. Blizzard north for life.
  78. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    graphics and story are good but frankly speaking this game is clearly going nowhere as the devs have clearly demonstrated a mindset of "make the game as long and tedious as possible so players cannot accomplish anything and therefore will not quit"
  79. Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The developer who develops this game seems to mistake himself for an artist. I think I don't need the idea of the user who enjoys the game. Now there's no Blizzard we knew. Expand
  80. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard: check this cool stuff you can do Us: wow cool early game and campaign (looks harder) holy **** Where’s the end game/ meaningful progression/ stash tabs/ itemisation/ actually good uniques and affixes/ resistances and any other form of good changes?!?
    Blizzard: Don’t worry we hear you, so season one we will nerf everything, cool down reduction? Don’t worry you don’t need that.
    Blizzard: check this cool stuff you can do Us: wow cool early game and campaign (looks harder) holy **** Where’s the end game/ meaningful progression/ stash tabs/ itemisation/ actually good uniques and affixes/ resistances and any other form of good changes?!?
    Blizzard: Don’t worry we hear you, so season one we will nerf everything, cool down reduction? Don’t worry you don’t need that. Defensive stats? That’s nerfed too you don’t need that either, actual good balances? Don’t worry season 2 it’ll be there we promise. Stash tabs we hear that a lot but it’s too hard to add right now so just hold out till season 2. Build diversity? Yeah we hear you… anyways… oh wait we got something cool to add, another UBER unique that’s pretty cool right? Maybe you’ll be the lucky 35k hour player who gets it ;) oh also we hear some classes are abit strong so we decided it’s best to sort that out like for example Sorc crazy class too over powered so we decided to delete it out of the game. Us: d4/10 baseg trash bad game Blizzard: wow okay we hear you we will have a campfire chat a day after release and try our best to convince you that all these nerds are actually good for the game. By season 2 it’ll be good trust me guys we hear you.
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  81. Jul 20, 2023
    0
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  82. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Season 1 Patch notes show that the developers don't know what their playerbase wants in a game and they're willing to overhype pages upon nerfs as something to be excited about in order to generate sales.
  83. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The 1.1a patch is unplayable, and this company does not care about it's community.
  84. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I made this account just to give Diablo 4 an honest review. Blizzard never passes up a chance to disappoint.
  85. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I never write reviews but for this piece off crap i'm willing to make an account and start giving it the points it deserves.
    Hopefully the colonoscopy results nerfs devs life expectation.
  86. Aug 2, 2023
    0
    I don't think the designers understand what the purpose of the game is, they just keep prolonging the game.
    It is recommended to save money to play other games

    Example POE

    Blizzard says it's understaffed but updates unimportant stuff

    like the sound of a camel that no one cares
  87. Jul 21, 2023
    3
    The game is just not fun. It seems like they're trying to make it more like Path of Exiles. If I wanted to play Path... I'd play it!!

    You dont feel powerful. The mob density is bad. The paragon system makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.. If you're not strictly following some meta build, you're literally trash. The loot system OMG.. I dont have time in my day to unpack that.
    The game is just not fun. It seems like they're trying to make it more like Path of Exiles. If I wanted to play Path... I'd play it!!

    You dont feel powerful. The mob density is bad. The paragon system makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.. If you're not strictly following some meta build, you're literally trash. The loot system OMG.. I dont have time in my day to unpack that. Trust me its annoying.

    The only good thing i can say about it is the overall aesthetic look of the game.
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  88. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I signed up reddit just to review this piece of sxxx.
    Lacking end contents. Unbelievable user utility. Can't believe this game came out in 2023 with such rip off price.
    1. Sorcerer is dead. And after latest patch, is in the coffin buried in the ground. 2. Why do I have to put EVERYTHING in my inventory until is full, then go back to town? This is so dumb. 3. Horse is imbecile. Yeah.
    I signed up reddit just to review this piece of sxxx.
    Lacking end contents. Unbelievable user utility. Can't believe this game came out in 2023 with such rip off price.
    1. Sorcerer is dead. And after latest patch, is in the coffin buried in the ground.
    2. Why do I have to put EVERYTHING in my inventory until is full, then go back to town? This is so dumb.
    3. Horse is imbecile. Yeah. Absolutely. With imbecile horse, Blizzard thought it wasn't enough to make us angry? They built up well trained skeleton archers with barricade to block this imbecile horse. Pretty sure horse can't really speed at the first place, Now that it is stuck in places forever. No wonder movement speed is s tier option for most class.
    4. So many bugs unfixed. They come up with 1 solution and ta dah! 10 other bugs! We will fix it 6 months later folks! Don't worry
    5. Terrible balance. Druid can clear the level 100 nightmare dungeon while watching porn and jerking off. Meanwhile, sorcerers are playing dark soul 1 in level 50. ROGUE is somewhat better, still not much of a difference 6. Nerf Nerf nerf !!!!!! It's like Reaper from overwatch using nerf ult. Everything burnt to the ground. 7. No paragon preset? LOL . If I were to make another build, it takes annoying 10-20mins. 2023 game?.really?
    8. Developer comment: F you all, F you sorceress, and there will be no refund. And see you next season(we all are hearing from you!! Suckers)
    9. The chair. OMG... the intention is pure to give player pain in the A. (haha take that!)
    10. Dungeon escape time 3secs to 5secs? Why??? Why is this necessary????????
    11. Believe it or not, this game is hack and slash genre.
    Yet they nerfed mob pack. Like why? Is anybody in blizzard sane? Do these devs actually played the game? I think LGBT is their first priority it seems.
    12. Boring endgame, coupled with repetitive dungeon, and I remember they advertise something like hunters? Thousands? Dungeons will be there!
    Yet all I do is carrying stupid stones 3TIMES ACROSS THE MAP for like nothing at all 13. Wo wo wo ya all having fun eh? We will nerf the FUN(eridu, crit damage, vulnerable damage etc)
    14. Nightmare dungeon not rewarding. This is worst combination when coupled with end content(=nothing)
    And the dungeon options are also ridiculous. Like there are only maybe 10 options? Players care about. Rest is pure trash. Like lightning thing, resource diminish, crit damage diminish, the shade Everything basically FORCE player to take certain actions are not fun and not rewarding.
    15. The weeping tree reward is just unbelievable. I didn't actually this was end content.
    So many other things...sad thing is that I'm posting this on mobile. Maybe I will finish this in my PC
    God trash game
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  89. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    instead of fixing the game in patch 1.1.0 they nerf everything. The game is no longer fun. DO NOT PLAY!
  90. Jul 31, 2023
    0
    Garbage cash grab by Blizzard, waste of $70, just play PoE and wait for PoE 2, it's free and miles better than this garbage.
  91. Jul 23, 2023
    0
    First few days of playing Diablo IV was actually pretty good. But eventually, this game have created a lingering desire to kill myself, to the point that I had to seek a medical attention. AVOID AT ALL COST!
  92. Jul 24, 2023
    0
    First, the server lag crushed this game. I bought it solely to play single player, and was extremely disappointed that I couldn't turn off the online gaming aspects (I was able to disable cross-platform). Teleporting, rubber-banding, freezes, stutters... they were all there, constantly. During peak gaming hours the game was unplayable.
    Second, there just isn't a lot of game here. The
    First, the server lag crushed this game. I bought it solely to play single player, and was extremely disappointed that I couldn't turn off the online gaming aspects (I was able to disable cross-platform). Teleporting, rubber-banding, freezes, stutters... they were all there, constantly. During peak gaming hours the game was unplayable.
    Second, there just isn't a lot of game here. The pacing is horrible. You will have maxed out your character skills before you are even 50% through the main quest line. You will have gotten pretty optimized loot by the time you hit about level 40, and after that you will game entire evenings without upgrading a gear slot. Instead you will spend tons of time looking at every piece of loot, just to decide it isn’t that good and needs to be sold to the vendors.
    Speaking of vendors – why? I played the entire game without buying a single thing from the vendors, ever. They never offered upgrades! I played the entire game without using a single potion (other than healing potions). Even gems were boring – and I was astonished to see that gems are maxed out by level 30ish. Because your skills are maxed out at level 40, about half of the entire game you press the same skill buttons over and over and over… for every encounter.
    Bottom line, the game was a well-produced, but poorly designed, repetitive slogfest. It provided a couple of weeks of laggy diversion… and I will forget about it within hours of deleting it from my PC. I think it is over-priced for the entertainment value.
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  93. Jul 23, 2023
    0
    Can't believe I paid for it. I won't be wasting money on the shop of a dying game.
  94. Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Westerners are bias,they critized ff16 then they go play this **** game,what a hypocrite
  95. Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Anfangs gut, gegen Ende Schlecht und die Season ist einfach Schlecht... es geht los von Nerfs ins Bodenlose, bis hin zu den nicht vorhandenen Endgame-Kontent.

    Tut euch selbst den gefallen und lasst den kauf!
  96. Jul 31, 2023
    2
    I'm soooo angry with this game! Constantly NOOOO F...'n MANA!!! Upgrade to world IV tier is so hard because THERE IS NO WEAPON UPGRADES about 60LVL and monster LVL in pass dungeon is 70 but boss is 73-5?!?!?! WTF blizzard did you play your games or what?!?!?! Toooo long cool down to much cost of mana to fragile :( I played hundreds of hour but I'm done with this **** season and this ****I'm soooo angry with this game! Constantly NOOOO F...'n MANA!!! Upgrade to world IV tier is so hard because THERE IS NO WEAPON UPGRADES about 60LVL and monster LVL in pass dungeon is 70 but boss is 73-5?!?!?! WTF blizzard did you play your games or what?!?!?! Toooo long cool down to much cost of mana to fragile :( I played hundreds of hour but I'm done with this **** season and this **** that destroyed FUN FROM GAMING!!!!! Go fu...k your selves and never again touch DIABLO franchise - sell it to someone who actually played diablo 1 and 2 and even 3 and wil not make same mistakes or even worst!!! Expand
  97. Aug 2, 2023
    0
    It's completely obvious that Blizzard is Blizzard in name only. Diablo 4 is awful in every way that matters. Forget about the late game, everything about it is just boring. The way it feels, the way it plays, the inconceivably bad loot. Like someone else on here said, they could strap me to a heart rate monitor and it would show absolutely no change with a legendary drop. The items feelIt's completely obvious that Blizzard is Blizzard in name only. Diablo 4 is awful in every way that matters. Forget about the late game, everything about it is just boring. The way it feels, the way it plays, the inconceivably bad loot. Like someone else on here said, they could strap me to a heart rate monitor and it would show absolutely no change with a legendary drop. The items feel inconsequential. Though what's even worse is that the entire game world feels inconsequential. Going ever deeper into the world beneath Diablo 1's Tristram... goddamn if that wasn't an incredible experience. Diablo 4 on the other hand feels like a cynical theme park ride version of that designed to achieve other things instead of evoking that experience in the player. What a terrible shame to see what has become of my favorite game of all time. At least we'll always have Diablo 1 and 2. Expand
  98. Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Dont bother, they've nuked everything that ws fun about this game. Its become Diablo Immortal, all take and no give.

    Abilities = Nerfed to death. Weapons = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons. Aspects = Nerfed to death. jewelry = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons. Events = Waste of time. Cosmetics = Nearly the price of the game.
    Dont bother, they've nuked everything that ws fun about this game. Its become Diablo Immortal, all take and no give.

    Abilities = Nerfed to death.

    Weapons = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons.

    Aspects = Nerfed to death.

    jewelry = Get a semi viable one every 15 to 20 nightmare dungeons.

    Events = Waste of time.

    Cosmetics = Nearly the price of the game.

    Fun = Non-existent.

    Season = Progression far too long. Unless you're playing this game for hours every day in a team, you won't complete the battlepass.

    Battlepass = Anti proactive, you'll not earn enough currency to buy the next, you'll need to pay.

    Support = Devs, simply don't care. The nerfs will keep coming untill it takes players years to level up.

    Stability = Extremely unbalanced, rubberbanding and lag in general.

    Gameplay = Repetitive, extremely slow, unfair and just not enjoyable.

    Please don't buy this game, it pains me thinking people out there are expecting to enjoy this game.
    This is nothing but a cash grab!

    The Devs need firing and banned from the game developing industy if they think they done any sort of good with Diablo 4
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  99. Aug 7, 2023
    0
    Absolute rubbish. A typical Blizzard game... Graphics and marketing are ok, but it's no fun, has no soul and no good story. The main thing is that there is an ingame shop.
  100. Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Long time fan of the series, absolutely dissapointed. All "additions" to this game fail to relate into meaningful content. Expected content missing (rune/runewords, set items, actually unique uniques), all the things that make Diablo, Diablo.
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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