Diablo IV

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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8271 Ratings

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  1. Vanwartith
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    Playing Blizzard games since forever. Seeing everything Activision did - It's like seeing best friend from school - 'methzombie' barely living under the bridge - and you can't do anything to help - It just hurts...
  2. renatoklisman
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    It hurts me to say it, but the game started really, really great.
    To get to level 50 was a lovely joy, like walking into a dream...
    then u get trapped into leveling to 100 hell and the game becomes a stupid **** BORE why the f* u trap a player and create a wall stoping him to get to level 100? Really, what the actual f*????? I have other games i like to play, i have other games i WANT    It hurts me to say it, but the game started really, really great.
    To get to level 50 was a lovely joy, like walking into a dream...
    then u get trapped into leveling to 100 hell and the game becomes a stupid **** BORE
    why the f* u trap a player and create a wall stoping him to get to level 100?
    Really, what the actual f*?????
    I have other games i like to play, i have other games i WANT to play and i HATE the feeling that a game is trying to trap me.
    If i got sooner to lvl 100, doing helltides, whispers or any other thing on the open world, I was going to 100% be creating a LOT of other characters to have the same hush experience.
    Bu being trapped like a **** rat? unable to get to lvl 100 because the ONLY way is to get xp on **** nightmare boredons?
    Its sucks more than EVER to live in Brazil and have payed almost 50% of our minimal wage on this game.
    Stupid trash cashgrab of a souless multibillionaire company    … Expand
  3. Berryson
    Aug 1, 2023
    1
    Well i dont know where to start...
    I never played any part of Diablo part, so when Diablo IV lauchned i wanted to try the new part, and take part of the journey at the beginning. This was a terrible decision.
    I payed 70 € for this game and i regret it. The only fun part was playing the story for 15-25 h. After that, i noticed, that the endgame is such repetitive. You do the same thing    Well i dont know where to start...
    I never played any part of Diablo part, so when Diablo IV lauchned i wanted to try the new part, and take part of the journey at the beginning. This was a terrible decision.
    I payed 70 € for this game and i regret it. The only fun part was playing the story for 15-25 h. After that, i noticed, that the endgame is such repetitive. You do the same thing again and again and again. It very boring and there is no concept at all. I thought the endgame would be similar like WoW. But it wasnt.    … Expand
  4. gcheongfun
    Aug 1, 2023
    0
    Boring end game loop started from lv 60-70, nerfed everything strong build instead of bringing a balance lol, terrible loot system forced you to filter items one by one instead of a filter system
  5. streyek
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    The game had a great launch only to fall on its face weeks later through multiple nerfs and just missing what seems to be very basic quality of life features (stash tabs being the most prominent of those problems). The devs say that changes are coming but I feel like it's just too little too late at this point. A big chunk of the original player base have already lost confidence in theThe game had a great launch only to fall on its face weeks later through multiple nerfs and just missing what seems to be very basic quality of life features (stash tabs being the most prominent of those problems). The devs say that changes are coming but I feel like it's just too little too late at this point. A big chunk of the original player base have already lost confidence in the game and the devs. It's really a shame because the game had so much potential only to now feel like a missed opportunity.… Expand
  6. john0bar
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    Game Dev's are now going for cash over fun. Who needs to enjoy the game they purchase when they can simply donate their paychecks to rich companies to make them even more rich.
  7. sspang
    Aug 4, 2023
    1
    When you finally get 250 for mystery chest in last minute, and find a bunch of monsters around the chest interrupt you from opening the chest, then you will want to delete this **** game!
  8. Anarchy23
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Played betas, prerelease and all the way until 8/1/23. While some balancing after release is completely expected this has just been terrible. To many exploits, bugs, broken skills, broken aspects. We hve just been testing the game for them on a game that should never have been released in this state. There's so many problems I'm not going to sit here for 30 minutes writing a review. BestPlayed betas, prerelease and all the way until 8/1/23. While some balancing after release is completely expected this has just been terrible. To many exploits, bugs, broken skills, broken aspects. We hve just been testing the game for them on a game that should never have been released in this state. There's so many problems I'm not going to sit here for 30 minutes writing a review. Best to come back to this game in a few seasons, hopefully its in a better place by then.
    best to come back in a few seasons and hope its better by then.    … Expand
  9. MileHighJedi
    Aug 8, 2023
    3
    When this game is actually finished, I will finish giving you the rest of your stars Blizzard. Maybe you will make it past a 3.

    It gets a 3 because level 1 to 50 and the story/campaign are actually very good. That's where it stops. This game is literally missing QoL features that games 23 years ago had... YOU CANNOT: Talk to anyone. Zero Social anything from an online required    When this game is actually finished, I will finish giving you the rest of your stars Blizzard. Maybe you will make it past a 3.

    It gets a 3 because level 1 to 50 and the story/campaign are actually very good.

    That's where it stops. This game is literally missing QoL features that games 23 years ago had...

    YOU CANNOT:
    Talk to anyone.
    Zero Social anything from an online required game...
    Form a group
    Make a private game
    Zero chat channels
    Trade anything
    A game economy
    The mount sucks
    Lack of skills compared to other Diablos
    Basic UI and map features
    Zero Endgame
    Cannot attack if your on the corner of a wall or where two walls meet and form a 90 degree angel.
    Bugs and glitches galore..

    Ect.... The list goes on. In what world is this okay. There has been 581 "fixed issues" in 7 weeks. JFC..
    If a car company was selling cars that did not have features form 23 years ago and need 581 fixes and feedback from their customers... They would go out of business...why is it okay for the game industry to do this. Why do our rights not count, because it's digital content? We forgo any and all rights to these sleazy companies?

    They lied when they said the cash shop would not take priority over the game. And they literally blew that in the first 60 seconds of season 1. Cash shop gets 10 new skins (that cost around $25 each) and the battle pass gets 2 skins, and one of them absolutely sucks.

    I could go on. It's heart breaking. I blame Microtransactivision. This sleazy company will monetize any and everything. To quote a famous movie "You will never find a greater hive of scum and villainy" than that of Activision.

    Microsoft please clean house. And put your paying customers first. Something that has not been done in a long time by this company.

    Thank you to the Devs for trying, Activision sucked the soul from this company, completely dry.    … Expand
  10. FeckBlizzard
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is now run by derranged man haters.

    Everyone knows that allegations of sexual harassment against male employees is female pattern anti social behaviour. That's a criminal offence to be letting female employees making malicious false allegations against male employees. Where's the evidence? The women doing it should have been fired and convicted. Diablo 4 is an incompetent    Blizzard is now run by derranged man haters.

    Everyone knows that allegations of sexual harassment against male employees is female pattern anti social behaviour. That's a criminal offence to be letting female employees making malicious false allegations against male employees. Where's the evidence? The women doing it should have been fired and convicted.

    Diablo 4 is an incompetent mess.

    It's time to boycott Blizzard the same way men boycotted Gillette.

    But don't just boycott Blizzard games, encourage everyone you know to boycott the company as well.    … Expand
  11. Blizztards
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Misandrist company.

    Blizzard is now an incompetent misandrist company that makes incompetent games.

    Anyone who has shares in the company would be wise to sell them quickly.

    A company that was once loved by gamers is now despised by them. I expect the administrators will be knocking on the door in about 5 years tops.

    Boycott blizzard and encourage other people to do the same
  12. bruce945
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    **** game change with their mood. awful game, not even close to D3, not worth your money. Also boring as hell, lol
  13. arobins222
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 sucks!!! This is a perfect example of how AAA gaming companies loves to rip off their customers. Do not buy, you will regret.
  14. manufgt
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Nice graphisms but that's all. Itemization is a disaster. No endgame except uber lilith fight who is totally bugged (zoom camera inconsistant, p1 mechanism awfull). It's just a beta, very disapointed no fun at all.
  15. moorcool33
    Aug 12, 2023
    0
    A great team, when we think they won't make the same mistake again, but they still make the same mistake! A game that doesn't even count as a semi-finished product!
  16. Likier
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Campaing is great i had a lot of fun. But then come the endgame, or a lack of it. there is no point of doing dungeons or bosses cause u cant trade the loot cause most of the items are soulbound. One of the biggest fun you can have doesnt exist in this game, I mean find an item you can sell and buy yourself items that you wanted for you character. Wasted money.
  17. fubarx
    Aug 15, 2023
    3
    I have spend 1000 of hours in diablo games.. But this is just the tomb stone from blizzard.. This company is just gone. there is nothing left, that have anything to do with blizzard. This is so sad. I am not even lvl 50 and i just cant find anything thats makes my wanna play this game..
  18. Quadratini
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    I found that during the campaign i was really into it especially trying to hit 100. However, once at 100 it felt boring and unrewarding. At NMD 88, i die easier to mobs (stingers, corpse bows, corpse skeletons, chargers, trees and bears) more than i do the bosses. Worst part is after killing the bosses at this level it drops you a sacred legendary. Hence, i say it's unrewarding. You onlyI found that during the campaign i was really into it especially trying to hit 100. However, once at 100 it felt boring and unrewarding. At NMD 88, i die easier to mobs (stingers, corpse bows, corpse skeletons, chargers, trees and bears) more than i do the bosses. Worst part is after killing the bosses at this level it drops you a sacred legendary. Hence, i say it's unrewarding. You only chase the loot that never drops for you. I won't even go into the stash issues, i really loved playing Diablo 1 & 2, then 3 was a little bitter sweet but 4 to pay so much for the ultimate edition was utterly disappointing. It baffles me how people enjoy it so much as a free game but now that people are actually paying for it makes more bad to play.… Expand
  19. JoeWhizer
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    Story is really fun, but thats it. Endgame is just boring, you only really do helltides and nightmare dungeons. Sure, there are plenty of dungeons, but there is kind of 5 different quests that you do over and over and over and over again. Often it also feels like a walking simulator, as you head back to get that item somewhere its needed, but without any monster. Kill all monsters, veryStory is really fun, but thats it. Endgame is just boring, you only really do helltides and nightmare dungeons. Sure, there are plenty of dungeons, but there is kind of 5 different quests that you do over and over and over and over again. Often it also feels like a walking simulator, as you head back to get that item somewhere its needed, but without any monster. Kill all monsters, very bad mechanic. And then the Bossfights...man, they have like no mechanics. Beside Uber lilith who has like 15 one-shot mechanics, but nothing else. One mistake, dead, start over. This game needs some real polish to the endgame, in regards to content and boss fights. At this point, rating 1 for the good story campaign. But we was promised with a great endgame, which truely didn't happen at all.… Expand
  20. Sunthilt
    Aug 18, 2023
    0
    Biggest problems:
    - Resistances not working
    - Magic Damage totally overpowered - Have to finish renown multiple times - Soup of ground effects. - Crowd control totally unbalanced - Too many useless stats (e.g. damage to frozen enemies, damage to chilled enemies, damage to slowed enemies) - Paragonboards - Endgame does not feel rewarding. If i finish 50 ND on Lvl 80, i should get    Biggest problems:
    - Resistances not working
    - Magic Damage totally overpowered
    - Have to finish renown multiple times
    - Soup of ground effects.
    - Crowd control totally unbalanced
    - Too many useless stats (e.g. damage to frozen enemies, damage to chilled enemies, damage to slowed enemies)
    - Paragonboards
    - Endgame does not feel rewarding. If i finish 50 ND on Lvl 80, i should get some serious xp and not even 1 Paragon point.
    - Looting boring cause too many useless stats (e.g. found a wand with overpower and poison damage on sorcerer)
    - Horses
    - No build variety
    - Most affixes just trash
    - prices for rerolling way too high
    - Endgame feels unrewarding and boring. You dont need to get to max level cause you can find on Tier 4 items with max item power. Your only way to get stronger is with paragon points, but XP on higher levels takes way too long. So you can reach your max item level at lvl 70-80. Then you can look for the perfect item with the perfect rolls. But because there are so many trash stats, i'd prefer looking for a needle in a haystack.

    Smaller problems:
    - running circles in dungeons
    - gold drop
    - stash space
    - Glyph leveling not rewarding and capped
    - Battlepass (666 coins)
    - Season Hearts trash and wasting space

    Good:
    - Graphics
    - Sound
    - Story

    The first 50 levels are quite fun if you play the campaign. If you still want fun playing Diablo, stop after campaign and go back to D2.    … Expand
  21. lmperator
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    A Disastrous Disappointment: Diablo 4 Fails Gamers on Every Level

    I recently made the grave mistake of shelling out a jaw-dropping $130 for Diablo 4, expecting a gaming experience that would be worth its weight in gold. What I got instead was an absolute disaster that left me questioning the sanity of the developers and the sanity of anyone who actually enjoys this travesty. Let's    A Disastrous Disappointment: Diablo 4 Fails Gamers on Every Level

    I recently made the grave mistake of shelling out a jaw-dropping $130 for Diablo 4, expecting a gaming experience that would be worth its weight in gold. What I got instead was an absolute disaster that left me questioning the sanity of the developers and the sanity of anyone who actually enjoys this travesty.

    Let's start with the most glaring issue: the lack of WASD support. In an era where gaming has evolved to cater to various player preferences and abilities, Diablo 4 has decided to regress back to the Stone Age. Who on Earth thought that denying players the basic freedom of using WASD controls was a good idea? Apparently, the developers are either blissfully unaware of the gaming landscape or simply sadistic, reveling in the suffering of players with arthritis, carpal tunnel, or any other disability that makes traditional controls difficult.

    But oh, don't worry, because apparently having control options isn't supposed to translate to good gameplay. No, according to the masterminds behind Diablo 4, we're all just supposed to adapt to their archaic control scheme and be grateful for the privilege of enduring their nonsensical design choices. Because who needs player accessibility and comfort when you can frustrate your audience to the point of tears?

    And let's not even get started on the price tag. $130 for a game that's stuck in the past, not even bothering to acknowledge the basic standards of user-friendly controls? It's as if the developers are actively trying to rob players blind while simultaneously flipping them the middle finger. Congratulations, Blizzard, you've managed to outdo yourselves in creating a product that redefines the meaning of buyer's remorse.

    In conclusion, Diablo 4 is a catastrophic failure on every conceivable level. Its lack of WASD support is a slap in the face to gamers with disabilities, and the notion that control options are somehow irrelevant to good gameplay is mind-bogglingly absurd. Save your hard-earned money and precious time for a game that actually respects its players and embraces modern gaming conventions. Diablo 4 is a prime example of how not to make a game, and I can only hope that the developers come to their senses before inflicting more misery upon unsuspecting players.    … Expand
  22. Kefijn
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    where the hell is the end game. There is literally no point going past lvl 70. You can get all the endgame (highest itemlevel) gear from this point. So being lvl 100 only makes it harder, because of this scaling. Then cherry on top, why? Why would you want to be level 100. There is no end game content where you can get better loot or do real UBER bosses to get even better gear.

    This game    where the hell is the end game. There is literally no point going past lvl 70. You can get all the endgame (highest itemlevel) gear from this point. So being lvl 100 only makes it harder, because of this scaling. Then cherry on top, why? Why would you want to be level 100. There is no end game content where you can get better loot or do real UBER bosses to get even better gear.

    This game sucks real hard, made for 12 year olds or dads with no time to play.

    Blizzard once again made millions and will not make this game better, because for them this is a great succes. But a real loss for the gaming community    … Expand
  23. Croox
    Jun 14, 2023
    4
    For the casual player it is worth to buy it. You have a good campaign and good immersion. The problem is that Diablo is THE franchise which in the past sets milestones in the genre. This isnt the fact with diablo 4.
    All mechanics are already known from other games. Nothing innovative here. I had fun playing this game until Level 60-70. But after that it gets boring. The progression system    For the casual player it is worth to buy it. You have a good campaign and good immersion. The problem is that Diablo is THE franchise which in the past sets milestones in the genre. This isnt the fact with diablo 4.
    All mechanics are already known from other games. Nothing innovative here. I had fun playing this game until Level 60-70. But after that it gets boring. The progression system is similar to the Diablo 3 system where you just do Greater Rifts to level up your gems and get paragon points. The game in its actual state does have a lot of potential because of its nice combatsystem and graphics. If blizzard would change the endgamesystem similar to poe and do innovative stuff like last epoch, this game and its community would love it. Also in its actual state there is a lot of air upwards.    … Expand
  24. Artucrus
    Jun 17, 2023
    1
    The always online requirement and MMO'ification pollutes an otherwise excellent game. Always online should be a choice, not forced!
  25. Wichuks
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    So many bugs we are testing this AAA game for 100 bucks a pop for most of us that bought the ultimate edition. This game sucks period. Been playing Diablo since i was a kid. Hell D3 is better then this garbage. Hell Diablo Immortal was actually fun besides the pay to win. Anyways this game sucks, therse a bug were the keys dont work. yep they dont
  26. clvncmo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Don't get your hopes up for the campfire talk because they won't be reverting things back to the way they used to be. Instead they will tell you how good the malignant hearts are and why we should look forward to them. These devs never listened to the real concerns their player base had pre patch and they won't be listening to them in the future.

    A good example of this is how millions    Don't get your hopes up for the campfire talk because they won't be reverting things back to the way they used to be. Instead they will tell you how good the malignant hearts are and why we should look forward to them. These devs never listened to the real concerns their player base had pre patch and they won't be listening to them in the future.

    A good example of this is how millions are requesting for more storage space but instead they nerf the leave dungeon channel time... instead of putting their energy into adding one storage tab they waste it on something pointless.

    Please give more 0 scores to this game and boycott season 1!    … Expand
  27. matpiggy84
    Jun 15, 2023
    0
    사기 당한 기분. 시즌제라는 이유로 지금 미완성이라는 것을 정당화 할 수 있을까? 내가 왜 미완성 게임에 돈을 지불해야 하는가?
  28. izumi3682
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    All I wanted was more mindless, addicting Diablo 3 goodness. I just wanted more Diablo 3 with maybe better graphics. Diablo 3 was fun. And my avatar was a really hot looking girl with skimpy outfits. Why? Because it is fantasy, that's why. Now I can't even get a female avatar that does not look, well, like a man. I'm not here to be "woke". I'm here to have fun.

    The game is so dark.    All I wanted was more mindless, addicting Diablo 3 goodness. I just wanted more Diablo 3 with maybe better graphics. Diablo 3 was fun. And my avatar was a really hot looking girl with skimpy outfits. Why? Because it is fantasy, that's why. Now I can't even get a female avatar that does not look, well, like a man. I'm not here to be "woke". I'm here to have fun.

    The game is so dark. Diablo 3 was fun it was filled with humor. I often laughed out loud. My avatar had the best LOL smart assed remarks. This is like if Demon Souls had a baby with Diablo 3. Diablo 3 was tongue in cheek. This game is just grim. That is no fun to me. Granted that could be personal preference.

    The moment I arrived in the first real town, I saw other player avatars everywhere. Sort of a la FFIV. At the moment I tried everything possible to make my game private. I have no desire to see other players in their gear or on their mounts. I want Diablo 3 privacy with no other RL humans around. It was at that point, I decided I dint want to play Diablo 4 any further. And I am really disappointed I had to make that decision. I had very high hopes for Diablo 4. Now crushed. Damn!    … Expand
  29. fantastic-game
    Jun 19, 2023
    0
    Rating on behalf of fathers who do not have enough time to play games because of parenting and sex.
  30. zozozoz
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    game is in beta
    dev is blind
    terrible PR
    greedy company
    feel so sad to the glory history of this company
  31. DukeBalek
    Jun 22, 2023
    5
    the game is ok but that's it. its kinda bland, the world map has no soul, it became very boring soon. dont buy it
  32. XViper
    Jul 24, 2023
    4
    Not going to review bomb this with a 0, but giving this a generous “4”.
    DEFINITELY NOT WORTH FULL PRICE!
    Story was interesting and engaging. Cinematics are fantastic. Initial start to the game is generally well paced. Graphics and animations are polished. The “world aesthetics” are pleasing and detailed. Unfortunately this is where the good stuff ends. The worst of all, most of    Not going to review bomb this with a 0, but giving this a generous “4”.
    DEFINITELY NOT WORTH FULL PRICE!

    Story was interesting and engaging.
    Cinematics are fantastic.
    Initial start to the game is generally well paced.
    Graphics and animations are polished.
    The “world aesthetics” are pleasing and detailed.

    Unfortunately this is where the good stuff ends. The worst of all, most of these negatives are not immediately obvious until AT LEAST 8h of gameplay. So no chance of getting a refund.

    Most of the things that would make an ARPG a “good” title, are somehow missing or in a bad state. To the point where they’ve actively gone backwards from previous titles, and are missing core features that exist in any other lesser budget ARPG that already exists.

    -Scaling mechanic. Interesting concept, terribly executed.
    -Never feeling truly ‘powerful’.
    -Enemies scaling at a faster rate than you gain power from loot drops.
    -Woeful loot itemisation.
    -Affixes, suffixes and legendary aspects that are so specific in their bonuses or activation criteria, that they introduce a level of complexity and build reliance that provide no true build diversity. This means that 99% of ‘good loot’ that drops, is not suitable for your build.
    -Extremely lackluster skill tree compared to other ARPGs, and even significantly less options than Diablo 3.
    -Paragon board that appears impressive, but in reality is just bland, grindy and uninspired. Providing you the ‘illusion’ of choice.
    -No loot filter! (how is this missing?! seriously!)
    -Extremely grindy
    -Current dev team has made it clear they WANT you to feel ‘weak’.
    -Constant nerfs to anything that may feel ‘enjoyable’.
    -Very specific pre-determined ‘builds’
    -Very little options for any kind of theory crafting or true build diversity.
    -Basic quality of life features missing that should be a standard inclusion.
    -Poorly designed and unengaging end-game loop.

    With the lessons learnt from Diablo 3, and the ability to take inspiration from some of the innovations of Grim Dawn, Last Epoch, Inquisitor: Martyr and Path of Exile (+ others). The current state of Diablo 4 is entirely unacceptable, particularly for a AAA studio like Activision Blizzard.

    This is easily the worst ROI I’ve had on a game in many many years.    … Expand
  33. blackshadow3
    Jul 2, 2023
    4
    I had high hopes for this game. Now that I've played it a bit, I'm not quite sure what to think of it. My biggest criticism is the progression system. It just doesn't feel good. With every item you find, the enemies get stronger. Stats and stats seem completely meaningless. In Diablo 2 (Resurrected) every stat had a meaning and you felt it immediately. In D4 everything is kind of justI had high hopes for this game. Now that I've played it a bit, I'm not quite sure what to think of it. My biggest criticism is the progression system. It just doesn't feel good. With every item you find, the enemies get stronger. Stats and stats seem completely meaningless. In Diablo 2 (Resurrected) every stat had a meaning and you felt it immediately. In D4 everything is kind of just random numbers. It just feels wrong.

    The graphics are beautiful. The story is interesting. However, if you want to play the game effectively, you have to skip most parts of the side quests, which are an important part of the world and how it feels. You lose a lot if you want to play the game effectively. If you want to experience the world, you waste a lot without getting anything in return. Trading is nearly disabled, which is a missed potential and at least for me close to be a killer of that game.

    My conclusion: D2R feels worlds better than D4. I leave out the comparison to D3, because I didn't like this game at the time either. I preferred to keep playing D2(R) at that time.

    Finally I would like to mention the shop: luckily it only contains cosmetics, but for the price of a whole game. These prices are completely exorbitant. Skins that can be found in the game are limited. So Blizzard forces you to run around looking like a garbage can. You used to be able to earn something like that in games in the past. That was the point of the games. But today, the point of games seems to be buying stuff for real money rather than progressing it. Where's the fun in that?

    My short summary:
    Graphics: 9/10 - Excellent & Immersive
    Soundtrack: 9/10 - Just lovely as always
    Progression System: 1/10 - Horizontal and not rewarding at all
    Difficulty: 7/10 - Moderate and adjustable. But in some cases just unfair and disappointing.
    Story: 5/10 - Would feel better if the game wouldn't punish you for playing it.
    Multiplayer: 2/10 - Forced, Stealing immersion, and thats it. No meaningful trading. No real reason for it. And if you are playing in a group it is laggy.
    Availability: 1/10 - Always forced to be online. No chance to play in a village. When Services are down, no game play is possible.
    Price-Value ratio: 5/10 - It is a good game, where you can spend some time for one playthrough. But for that it is quite expensive.

    Sum: 4/10    … Expand
  34. Stik_Figure
    Jul 15, 2023
    2
    Path of Diablo 2 Resurected: Resurected

    I don't know what this game is, but it is not a Diablo title in anything other than name. I take that back. I know exactly what it is. A storefront posing as a beloved title. Do you enjoy ARPGs with good loot and an exciting, yet challenging gameplay loop? Well keep perusing the store shelves because this isn't it. Loot: One word. Abysmal. I    Path of Diablo 2 Resurected: Resurected

    I don't know what this game is, but it is not a Diablo title in anything other than name. I take that back. I know exactly what it is. A storefront posing as a beloved title.

    Do you enjoy ARPGs with good loot and an exciting, yet challenging gameplay loop? Well keep perusing the store shelves because this isn't it.

    Loot: One word. Abysmal. I can't count how "Big Bads" i've killed during the story and exploring that drop two measly pieces of loot that wouldn't even have been good 10 levels prior. Chest loot is not any better. Treasure Goblins need to be renamed to Trash Goblins. Everything looks the same and is littered with word salad to make you think it's good. But fear not. If you want great looking gear, all you have to do is open that wallet again and head on into the store. That's where the real effort went into gear design.

    Combat: Combat is fun for about the first 20 levels. And then the realization that you will be using the same few skills for 80 more levels comes crashing down on you. Most skills are boring to use and look at. Everything else are passives that add little to no value to your build. Enemies will stun lock you constantly as the only way the game can pose a challenge is to take control away from the player. I remember another game that tried a similar approach. Warhammer Online relied heavily on CC'ing the player. How's that game doing? Oh right, it shut down 2 years after launch. Good model to follow Blizz.

    Also, get used to fighting the exact same enemies over and over again regardless of zone. 20 hours in I was done with combat and just running from quest to quest.

    Dungeons: Remember the feeling of delving deep into a dungeon, each level taking you closer to Hell and giving you the feeling of impending doom? Well forget that and get to finding the two keys that unlock the boss door or untying 5 bodies from stakes. Why? Creative Bankruptcy. Now get to it.

    MMO BS: Collect 5 flowers, fill this flask, go get my dry cleaning. This crap has no place in an ARPG. It is useless filler created by the same creatively bankrupt people mentioned above.

    No new classes: If this isn't proof of the lack of creativity the D4 team possess, then I don't know what is. They couldn't even be bothered to create a new class. They literally ripped the classes from D2, renamed the Assassin and called it a day. I have no clue what they worked on for all these years when all they did was copy Brevik and Co's hard work. Although, I would put every cent to my name on them selling a new class.

    In short, I hate this game. I really, really hate it. It's the kind of game that comes out an makes me question gaming as a hobby all together. This game is a store first and a playable game 126th.

    TLDR: Why are you here if you don't want to read?    … Expand
  35. JackingChan
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I played most of pre-season and found it difficult to enjoy a partially completed game. There are major bugs which cripple Sorcerer, build diversity is almost non-existent because of the way they designed stats, and they require tedious content to complete a character.

    Follow this with a patch on 7/18 that essentially cut player power in half across the board and my interest in the    I played most of pre-season and found it difficult to enjoy a partially completed game. There are major bugs which cripple Sorcerer, build diversity is almost non-existent because of the way they designed stats, and they require tedious content to complete a character.

    Follow this with a patch on 7/18 that essentially cut player power in half across the board and my interest in the game has completely fallen. It seems obvious they are making decisions based on numbers alone without any insight to the game they are working on. Not to mention all of the changes reek of forcing players to take longer to get to a non-existent end game.

    The whole game is truly an Activision masterpiece - as in a flaming ball of soon to be garbage.
    I wish I could refund.    … Expand
  36. mattp838
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    My main lvl 93 sorcerer is destroyed after patch 1.1. Now my character have no def and no dmg. I spent so much time and gold to build my character to the current states. Will not comeback to the game before Blizzard fix sorcerers. Whoever decided it's a good idea to mass nerf like this should be fired NOW
  37. krushdow
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    what team waht company
    What else but the reputation left by the past 0/10 0/10 0/10
  38. Sildar
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Gave this game a 7 based on potential. Now it's down to a 3 after seeing patch notes for season 1. What an absolute waste of potential. None of the player feedback they claim is so valuable is being implemented and Blizz is apparantly doing all they can to make the already grindy and boring (end)game even less fun. What a waste. For those who have the deluxe edition: you can save yourGave this game a 7 based on potential. Now it's down to a 3 after seeing patch notes for season 1. What an absolute waste of potential. None of the player feedback they claim is so valuable is being implemented and Blizz is apparantly doing all they can to make the already grindy and boring (end)game even less fun. What a waste. For those who have the deluxe edition: you can save your season pass unlock for a different season when they can get their **** together.… Expand
  39. raziaroc
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard did it again. All you will get by buying this game is a waste of your time and a very expensive piece of trash.
  40. eXelium
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    It is my duty to say that the game started strong but now guys looking at excel spreadsheets have broken it and sucked out all the enjoyment. I am a casual and progressed just fine to feel rewarded... well until 1.1 Patch.
  41. daLira
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Survivability against other games is a shame.
    Hardcore is barely playable.
    If at all you need perfect gear with 4 from 5 good rools out of like...50, which is just an annoying grind... and most likely doesn't happen.
    And alongside... they even nerfed damage reduction in the latest patch. Great move. #not
  42. sternone
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was having fun and really enjoyed the game, then I got a seaon update and now I don't touch it anymore I just hate it. What kind of people make descisions like that? Completely out of touch with the playerbase, nice job.… Expand
  43. Crpaton
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Was fun until Patch 1.1. Now it’s too much of a grind. Not sure I’ll be back, since most of my friends have stopped playing…
  44. Corvinus
    Jul 23, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't understand Blizzard what to do with their important game? which call it Diablo!
    Destroy or what?    … Expand
  45. omggga
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I am a passionate sorcerer player, but the decision Blizzard makes just make me infinitely sad and discourage me from playing the game. I am losing hope that Blizzard understands what’s wrong with their own game.
  46. Alongar
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game server is literally unstable, lag is horrendous. The dev team on Diablo 4 has no clue on what they are doing. You can literally read their patch notes and hotfixes to determine the mind-boggling idiocy they are doing to the game. The endgame content is literally just Nightmare Dungeons and they nerfed Nightmare Dungeons to oblivion. All big content creators acknowledged how badThe game server is literally unstable, lag is horrendous. The dev team on Diablo 4 has no clue on what they are doing. You can literally read their patch notes and hotfixes to determine the mind-boggling idiocy they are doing to the game. The endgame content is literally just Nightmare Dungeons and they nerfed Nightmare Dungeons to oblivion. All big content creators acknowledged how bad Diablo 4 is.… Expand
  47. Colinski283
    Aug 21, 2023
    5
    Not good but not terrible…it definitely doesn’t live up to the Diablo name. The combat is fine but just isn’t very fun to play. I got 2 characters past level 50 and just have no interest in continuing despite playing countless hours of Diablo 1,2 and 3.
  48. escruting
    Jul 24, 2023
    6
    Boring game. So shallow and repetitive quests, maps and enemies. A waste of time.
  49. Zeriel000
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Save your money

    The story is bland and woke, really disappointing
    The gameplay was really good before they forced the pre-season patch that broke the entire game.
    Save your money, you can't expect anything good from Activision and there's no point playing a game that can remove all your progress when they feel likes it.
  50. Ixxon
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Activision got their money and don't care now if the game is fun, save your time and money. Just don't play it. The story was good but the gameplay is bad so it's a slog to get through.
  51. grudgeoms
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    All I'm going to say it gets boring and the recent patch makes the game less fun.
  52. Heikki
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately, this is not a good game. We were led to believe this would've been different, and that we would have been treated decently but Blizzard led us astray yet again. This game is probably the last nail in the coffin of this franchise, after the diablo immoral fiasco.
  53. cruccolo
    Aug 23, 2023
    2
    Played it for twenty hours. It is just really boring. Story seems cool, but I can't bear to do another click. Why don't they implement WASD movements. Why the only thing that seems optimized is the skin shop? Why can't we zoom out more. Why fun seems to be second to profit?
  54. jesterrr89
    Aug 2, 2023
    0
    I've been playing through both betas, launch and now S1.

    Launch Sorc lvl 83 and got 'meh', S1 Necro lvl 61 and got 'meh'. The game is just boring. It's ok until ~lvl 60 then when you need to again change your whole inventory from Sacred to Ascentral is just not fun at all. Even if you find good asc item which has good affixes for you, often it's a problem to actually use it cause    I've been playing through both betas, launch and now S1.

    Launch Sorc lvl 83 and got 'meh',
    S1 Necro lvl 61 and got 'meh'.

    The game is just boring. It's ok until ~lvl 60 then when you need to again change your whole inventory from Sacred to Ascentral is just not fun at all. Even if you find good asc item which has good affixes for you, often it's a problem to actually use it cause you don't have the legendary aspect which is making your build fun/good so you are stuck with sacred until you find the aspect. Why aspects are not tradeable or saved in the codex for future use? I don't get it. Having super rare unique items where it is more likely to win the lottery than to find one of these is just sad.

    Making us grind renown every season is just bad, stupid and boring. If they need to do that, just switch lvl 5 with lvl 4.

    S1 new mechanic is ok but again at certain point boring.

    If they won't come up with some major and exciting changes for this game then it would have less and less active players. As a 20 year diablo fan it is sad for me to watch this happen.    … Expand
  55. Melaeyn
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Jack (2 clubs) of all trades, master of none. If you're reading this you already know, and agree, as you've experienced it yourself. The game was trying to hide it, poorly, but this is just the pc/console port of diablo immortal.
  56. MablePooHead
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Released a unfinished game and they have a plan for Battle Pass and ladder seasons already. I can understand if it's an indie game and developers but it's BLIZZARD. What did they think?? Also, if you are unconfident for your patches, release PTR for beta test for the patch.

    미완성된 게임 출시해놓고 시즌, 배틀패스 언급하는거 자체가 웃기고 기가 막힙니다. 인디게임이나 인디개발자들이 만든 게임이면 이해하겠는데, 과거 스타나 디아1, 2를 개발한 블리자드가 이런 게임을    Released a unfinished game and they have a plan for Battle Pass and ladder seasons already. I can understand if it's an indie game and developers but it's BLIZZARD. What did they think?? Also, if you are unconfident for your patches, release PTR for beta test for the patch.

    미완성된 게임 출시해놓고 시즌, 배틀패스 언급하는거 자체가 웃기고 기가 막힙니다. 인디게임이나 인디개발자들이 만든 게임이면 이해하겠는데, 과거 스타나 디아1, 2를 개발한 블리자드가 이런 게임을 출시했다는거 자체가 이해 불가네요. 그리고 매 패치마다 버그가 생길 것 같으면, Public Test Realm (PTR)처럼 정식 패치 전에 테스트할 수 있는 서버라도 좀 만들어서 피드백 좀 제대로 받으시길 바랍니다.    … Expand
  57. Widescreengamer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    No proper ultra-wide screen support and boring repetitive gameplay. Blizzard is dead.
  58. stanscut
    Aug 30, 2023
    0
    For Diablo 3 Fans this is a slight upgrade. For Diablo 2 Fans this is just extremely bitter.
    They have removed most parts of what makes RPG's great and interesting, therefor we are left with little to no replayability. No randomized Dungeons/Area's just the same boring stuff with stolen mechanics from PoE (not even well implemented). Even in Hardcore the Endgame is boring af and if you    For Diablo 3 Fans this is a slight upgrade. For Diablo 2 Fans this is just extremely bitter.
    They have removed most parts of what makes RPG's great and interesting, therefor we are left with little to no replayability. No randomized Dungeons/Area's just the same boring stuff with stolen mechanics from PoE (not even well implemented). Even in Hardcore the Endgame is boring af and if you die its only because you couldnt be bothered to wait for those annoying on death explosion that 70% of enemies now have.    … Expand
  59. Nmleo
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    Newest patch has sucked the fun out of the game. Honestly not sure what they are thinking
  60. Featherspeed
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    Season 1 took the potential and changed the future of the game and made it exponentially worse that diablo 3 is now
  61. Kariko22
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    My favorite series on PC has become PayToWin, even as fuil price title.
    After 1000+ hours in Diablo 3, this is one of the saddest things ever.
    The story and graphics are great, but the Seasons ruin it for me. You can cash for Season Pass Levels to increase experience gain and loot. Season 1 came way too fast and leveling takes too long to make it interesting.
  62. Meatzoo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Not the best ARPG, but definitely could ascend to that level within a few seasons. Or not...
  63. Timmylaw77
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    How they gonna nerf 80% of the game for the very first season?

    Zero QOL updates, defense nerfed for what was already a glass cannon, classes doing upwards of 70% less damage, and making leveling much much harder.
  64. Tymberus
    Aug 15, 2023
    4
    I would like the European Union to introduce the right to a refund for a game with patches that can spoil the game so much that you don't want to play it. Maybe it would force some accountants to hand over the game to the developers, not the shareholders.
  65. Hotdoggie91
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    Make Diablo 3 Resurrected
    There's nothing better than the previous D3
    D4 that's only regressive
  66. Usagi_yojimbo__
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Legendary drops are spammed and crap. Rares drope like gold coins and you have to keep checking stats that are usually garbage. Respec and explore new options consume lots of gold and therefore take excessive time to try. Inventory management is garbage. Forget about trying to play more than one class as you're likely never going to reach max level, or even approach decent gear.
  67. Papanurglee
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    evewrything nerfed, games is slog now, it's not harder, just takes 3x more time to achieve same thing. No qol changes, nothing. Devs are out of touch with playerbase. Play this game in few years, maybe then it will be ok
  68. Chipperton
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I didn't look up anything about this game before throwing $70 at it and now I feel ripped off.

    In fact, I've never purchased or played this game. Metacritic is **** stupid.
  69. Chladix
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Story is decent long enough pretty good graphics too, dev decision and lack of end game content is pretty bad maeby in 2-3 year will be good enough
  70. Painless238
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    There is so many things that could be fixed to make the game better and much more fun to play but instead they are making it even worse. Yes I agree that some things needs to be nerfed, and I agree with nerfs like Vuln DMG (which was necessary for every build), but Devs are not thinking about what is fun and instead they are focusing on doing changes, while looking at a spreadsheet, thatThere is so many things that could be fixed to make the game better and much more fun to play but instead they are making it even worse. Yes I agree that some things needs to be nerfed, and I agree with nerfs like Vuln DMG (which was necessary for every build), but Devs are not thinking about what is fun and instead they are focusing on doing changes, while looking at a spreadsheet, that no one wants, like nerfing Cooldown Reduction - stat that makes the game more enjoyable. It just feels like the devs have not played this game at all, so out of touch of what people want. It's insane how many things should be in the game from start or at least should be a priority in patches, for example: stash space, build (paragon) slots, fixing resistances, group finder(!!!), in-game trading, buffing useless skills (like incinerate for Sorc or Druid companions), endgame content+rewards and many more.
    I don't know if there is any hope for this game, maybe in few years when devs will finally put their ego aside and stop saying that they better know what is fun for the players.    … Expand
  71. d606606
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. nerf nerf nerf, nerf all of you
    Oh…camel had a buff.
    Camel has a really good voice now!    … Expand
  72. Haurdead
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Patch gutting my willingness to keep playing and it seems like they have never played the game.… Expand
  73. Vad22089
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    You make a great game and people work out thier month for a great build and then out of nowhere you make 1.1 patch with so many nerfs to helltied where people enjoyed so much and now it's impossible to even get 1 stone per 30 mobs and huge nerfs to class characters and all that before first seasson, well done gg for breaking your game. Really the new patch is made for nerf everything toYou make a great game and people work out thier month for a great build and then out of nowhere you make 1.1 patch with so many nerfs to helltied where people enjoyed so much and now it's impossible to even get 1 stone per 30 mobs and huge nerfs to class characters and all that before first seasson, well done gg for breaking your game. Really the new patch is made for nerf everything to the grown just why ????… Expand
  74. PsYkHoTiK
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I have never seen a developer so militant on killing off anything that is performing well in their game.

    And to make everything be harder and longer instead of more interesting and engaging. And their philosophy on balance isn't by improving how enticing other aspects, skills, or items are, but instead to bury those to be as mediocre as the rest. All while ignoring the far bigger    I have never seen a developer so militant on killing off anything that is performing well in their game.

    And to make everything be harder and longer instead of more interesting and engaging.

    And their philosophy on balance isn't by improving how enticing other aspects, skills, or items are, but instead to bury those to be as mediocre as the rest.

    All while ignoring the far bigger issue that drives dissatisfaction (like item management, quality of life, other viable builds, actual broken bugs, etc).

    Very out of touch of reality.

    Don't waste your time - you'll spend 100 hours trying to find the best things (while managing it horribly in their inventory management) only to have it rendered useless and now you have to spend more time finding mediocre loot and spend a lot of time and money unclicking all of the dots to try and find relevancy..    … Expand
  75. tralalaxd
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    There are many other issues and QOL changes that needs to be made before it could even live up to its predecessors expectations but instead, Diablo 4’s latest patch bricked the whole ACTION part of an ARPG. The PS5 trading system with other players, I still have to use a scroll wheel to input gold in multiples of 1?! Are you out of your damn mind. There are not even any in-game partyThere are many other issues and QOL changes that needs to be made before it could even live up to its predecessors expectations but instead, Diablo 4’s latest patch bricked the whole ACTION part of an ARPG. The PS5 trading system with other players, I still have to use a scroll wheel to input gold in multiples of 1?! Are you out of your damn mind. There are not even any in-game party finders to run through the content. Even after level 80 there is no end-game content to look for besides Uber Lilith and T100 NMDs. What is the point of World Boss when it dies within 5 seconds?!… Expand
  76. Leafzer
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    How to alienate your player base 101. If any development team wants a master class of what not to do, look at the season 1 patch notes.

    The devs decided that the players were having too much fun and the only way to stop that was to do the following: Globally nerf Cooldown reduction so that it takes longer before anything happens on your screen Globally nerf defenses so that the    How to alienate your player base 101. If any development team wants a master class of what not to do, look at the season 1 patch notes.

    The devs decided that the players were having too much fun and the only way to stop that was to do the following:
    Globally nerf Cooldown reduction so that it takes longer before anything happens on your screen
    Globally nerf defenses so that the monsters that were 1 shotting you now 1 shot you earlier
    Globally nerf sustain so that you become more reliant on hp pots when the classes were designed originally around having that sustain
    Globally nerf defensive skills that break you out of CC because peak gameplay is being frozen, stunned, feared, and dazed permanently until you die in diablo 4.
    Globally nerf damage output on all classes across the board because there is no actual end game content so they needed to slow players down before they reach the non-existent end game.

    Oh and if you love Sorc, jokes on you, the class may as well not exist. It was the worst class by far before season 1 patch and then was nerfed further. At this point it almost seems purposeful to ensure this dev team **** on sorc players as much as possible. If you want to play sorc, go necro. Simple as that.

    There's so much more to write but at this point I've put more thought and effort into this review than the entire d4 dev team did into season 1 patch notes.    … Expand
  77. octarinewind
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The latest patch ruined the game enough for me to make me register in Metacritic just to give it a 1 rating. Helltides is now more tedious with the nerf on mystery chests and the low cinder drop rates. I'm shutting it down until after season 3. Should have just waited for the new POE instead of paying 80 USD for this crap.
  78. brushmaster
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game started off pretty strong, it was fun to hang with old D2 friends, do the campaign and slay the monsters of hell but it has started to turn for the worst.

    Season 1 is upcoming and as part of that a new patch was released that basically reduce damage output for most builds, reduce survivability for everyone and slowed up the gameplay. While some balancing was needed, their    The game started off pretty strong, it was fun to hang with old D2 friends, do the campaign and slay the monsters of hell but it has started to turn for the worst.

    Season 1 is upcoming and as part of that a new patch was released that basically reduce damage output for most builds, reduce survivability for everyone and slowed up the gameplay. While some balancing was needed, their development team ended up providing very little positive improvements and made far too many negative changes to the community at one time. It feels like the Blizzard teams failed to test or get feedback from the community. Can they turn this around in the near future? remains to be seen.    … Expand
  79. ashina
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Waiting for cooldown, the game.

    The bad: -Very low enemy density -Dungeon mechanics designed to make you backtrack through them. -generator/spender skill system in which the generators are incredibly weak and lackluster requiring 5 wet noodle attacks to do use 1 spender skill, similar to being level 6 in diablo 2, using normal attack because you are out of mana constantly. -Very    Waiting for cooldown, the game.

    The bad:

    -Very low enemy density
    -Dungeon mechanics designed to make you backtrack through them.
    -generator/spender skill system in which the generators are incredibly weak and lackluster requiring 5 wet noodle attacks to do use 1 spender skill, similar to being level 6 in diablo 2, using normal attack because you are out of mana constantly.
    -Very zoomed in camera that cannot be changed even though a camera with a more relaxed zoom exists when you use the mount.
    -Leveling is a slog, similar to level 90+ in diablo 2, but every level, just a very even walk through a swamp of molasses.
    -Very limited mobility in general, hard to get faster run walk affixes on items.
    -Endless interruptions on gameplay to slow you down, barricades in roads so you have to dismount, and then a cooldown so you cannot just remount, etc.
    -Most items are very weak upgrades of whatever you had before, endless yellow pant comparison simulator.
    -Legendaries are not exiting to get, never did i get an item and feel the immediately thrill of a great find.
    -Uniques do not appear until the 3rd difficulty, they are rare, and most are not particularly useful.
    -Constant crowd control from the enemies will leave you stuck in place and killed constantly in higher difficulties, no way to escape being frozen, webbed, etc for 10 secs or more.
    -lack of character model options for all characters, if you want to make a fat necro, you cant.
    -purposely annoying town layout, be ready to walk a lot to go from one shop to the next, only to be stopped by hard to see walls,etc.

    The good:
    -The campaign is the best so far in the diablo series, some poor writing towards the end though.
    -Great cgi movies, but only 2 of them.

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    Since launch the developers have continued to make the game slower in general, increasing time to use scrolls, effectively incresing cooldown times, etc.

    It seems they want to increase total played hours per month, and not increase the fun one gets from the game.

    I regret my purchase.    … Expand
  80. Csy1213
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have a 100 Sorceress, 100 Barbarian, 100 Necromancer, 70 Druid and a 52 Rogue. I have many hours in this game and I will not play a minute of it going forward. They took a game that was fun and said "we can't be having fun here". There are many many other games to choose from. Don't choose this one.… Expand
  81. JustSomeDad
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I haven't seen something crash and burn like this since Game of Thrones. This last patch and the care and devotion of the dev team has reduced it's score to a huge steaming pile of number two.
  82. neckchops
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Imagine having a gaming franchise that's 26 years old(1997 Diablo 1) and yet having no clue how to make a decent game anymore! If you had any standards you would NOT rate this game higher than a 5. The Diablo games should be held to the highest possible standard.
  83. Idekae
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    D4 was a good game with immense potential when it was launched. It had an engaging story, compelling voice acting, and solid gameplay. Players grumbled here and there about quality of life and inter- and intra- class balance, but we thought the game was mostly there. There was always a small minority of people that claimed that the game had a serious endgame problem, in that there wasn’tD4 was a good game with immense potential when it was launched. It had an engaging story, compelling voice acting, and solid gameplay. Players grumbled here and there about quality of life and inter- and intra- class balance, but we thought the game was mostly there. There was always a small minority of people that claimed that the game had a serious endgame problem, in that there wasn’t one. Most just shrugged them off, thinking “of course you’re going to get bored if you hit endgame in one week.”

    However, as more and more people reached the endgame, we realized that there definitely was a problem. Player power spikes three times in the entire game. The first, getting all ancestral gear and imprinting good aspects, is easy to get and gives the most power. The second, finding good/max rolls on random yellows, offers a disproportionately small power boost for how long it takes. The final power spike, getting ultra rare legendaries, is more likely to happen than being struck by lightning. Not to mention that, as you grind and level up, you become relatively weaker thanks to the level scaling. It’s a very offputting concoction of demotivation to play. Still, we had hope! The community had been talking and talking about potential ways to improve the endgame loop, and we all eagerly waited for the 1.1 patch. And then it came. Blizzard’s solution to the endgame problem was not to improve the endgame, but to slow down the entire game. Longer cooldowns and less damage all around. With this patch, Blizzard doubles down on keeping players playing not through excitement, but instead through tedium.    … Expand
  84. iceguy1399
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I trudged through this game, thinking that it was going to get fun or challenging at some point, but it never came. The story couldn't draw me in because the gameplay was so boring I just tried to get through it as quickly as possible. On top of that, if felt like a bad PC port of a console game. This game was designed for consoles first, and that's apparent from the skill tree too the 6I trudged through this game, thinking that it was going to get fun or challenging at some point, but it never came. The story couldn't draw me in because the gameplay was so boring I just tried to get through it as quickly as possible. On top of that, if felt like a bad PC port of a console game. This game was designed for consoles first, and that's apparent from the skill tree too the 6 skill maximum. God forbid someone plays this game on PC... you know, a series that was on PC first. I quit as soon as I finished the story. Good riddance, this game is garbage.… Expand
  85. Blaktorne
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Thats me being generous. Patch after patch blizzard is destroying the game. The game goes less and less fun after every patch. Game is lagging 10 years behing in quality of life feature. I dunno what to say more rather than go play baldur
  86. SmurfHunter
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    At release, the game might sneak up to an 8 as it was entertaining enough, although the first 30-40 levels (the campaign) were less exciting.

    But out-of-this-world developers managed to break the game in a split second with patch 1.1. The game is completely ruined and deserves a "ZERO" rating. I have been totally ripped off as I actually bought an okay entertaining game that lasted a    At release, the game might sneak up to an 8 as it was entertaining enough, although the first 30-40 levels (the campaign) were less exciting.

    But out-of-this-world developers managed to break the game in a split second with patch 1.1. The game is completely ruined and deserves a "ZERO" rating.

    I have been totally ripped off as I actually bought an okay entertaining game that lasted a month and a half - I even spent more money supporting the company by buying cosmetic which makes me feel extra stupid when the company changes the game completely.

    Thanks for nothing Blizzard.
    Casual lvl. 81 sorc leaving the scene.    … Expand
  87. Phatcat09
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I played Diablo 2 for a decade, and what kept me playing for so long, after so many years without any new content was how much fun it was to explore new builds, and treasurer hunt. Second to this was the fun in trading rare drops to rapidly gear other characters and explore those builds across different characters. Third was the experience of joining games and helping other players.

    I    I played Diablo 2 for a decade, and what kept me playing for so long, after so many years without any new content was how much fun it was to explore new builds, and treasurer hunt. Second to this was the fun in trading rare drops to rapidly gear other characters and explore those builds across different characters. Third was the experience of joining games and helping other players.

    I play the sorcerer and my experience has been that the way Diablo 4 is designed makes me feel like none of those things are an option. Character builds are restrictive, trading doesn't exist, and the treasurer hunt doesn't exist.

    I'll elaborate on that build restriction and the treasurer hunt. Items and damage output scale incredibly linearly in the game. There's never a massive damage increase for finding a rare unique, because they simply don't exist. Everything is frustratingly incremental.

    This is further exacerbated by how much spell damage is tied to items. In diablo 2 you could increase your damage by investing points heavily into skills. You could diversify your play style on your own terms. Items served as a way of intensifying those choices.

    Diablo 4 requires that in order to diversify your play style you must first "unlock" the right to do it by finding the right aspects at the right quality, which depending on how often you play may never happen.

    You can't run a build at an un optimal damage output or at a trade off such as defense. This is again exacerbated by how the game forces the sorcerer to play in melee range to maximize damage output because of the reliance on the vulnerability mechanic that is hard signed to the Frost Nova skill. This is a double dip on skill selection. You cannot run a build with out vulnerability, and you cannot ignore defensive stats in favor of a glass cannon play style because of it. So you are forced to use skill slots on even more defensive skills to push through even the mid game. As so much damage output potential is tied to defensive ability, but at the cost of build diversity.

    All this would be fine if you could more easily boost your damage potential to mitigated the defensive requirements. Which leads me back to why the treasurer hunt is so boring. You don't find much that will rapidly boost your damage potential. It's all incremental and quite frankly boring. The treasurer hunt doesn't exist not because things don't drop, but when they do it is almost meaningless. You just barely stay ahead of the curve through the entire game. Not only that, but you constantly have to swap gear out for marginally better equipment which becomes annoying and tedious.

    You don't enhance your build with items, you look for items to even begin to see a build. And then when you find items, you maybe be SOL if you find something with the right stats, but the wrong aspect. So now you have to grind to find the right aspect to imprint on the item that has the optimal stats and that new item with the optimal stats just sits there unusable until you do.

    Talk about taking the wind out of your sails.

    I don't think there's anything that can save this game for me. I think the fundamental design is broken.    … Expand
  88. jlynch
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After leveling two classes to 100, putting in over 300 hours. After grinding the non existent endgame mind numbingly. In hopes that blizzard will redeem themselves with the season 1 patch, but no. They failed to deliver.

    Instead they are patching their beta game they sold to us. Yes that's right we all paid 70-100 quid for a beta. I won't be so keen on playing anymore blizzard games in    After leveling two classes to 100, putting in over 300 hours. After grinding the non existent endgame mind numbingly. In hopes that blizzard will redeem themselves with the season 1 patch, but no. They failed to deliver.

    Instead they are patching their beta game they sold to us. Yes that's right we all paid 70-100 quid for a beta. I won't be so keen on playing anymore blizzard games in the future.    … Expand
  89. gehtdirnixan
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Good job getting rid of 75% of the playerbase with last catastrophic update!
    No body cares about a new seaon, if the base game is ruined and not getting destroyed even further!
    You are completely out of touch with the community and deserve whats comming to you. I hope you getting fired ASAP, you don´t deserve the salary you earn and you obviously don´t care about your game getting    Good job getting rid of 75% of the playerbase with last catastrophic update!
    No body cares about a new seaon, if the base game is ruined and not getting destroyed even further!
    You are completely out of touch with the community and deserve whats comming to you.
    I hope you getting fired ASAP, you don´t deserve the salary you earn and you obviously don´t care about your game getting improved in terms of QOL features like stash space, endgame content, balancing overall skills not destroying the ones everybody clings too since the others are complete TRASH! GG Blizzard GET WRECKED!    … Expand
  90. Rookiemonster42
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    With the recent 1.1 patch, blizzard has made it very clear that they are either completely out of touch with their player base or that they just don't care. They made promises that they didn't keep and in some cases did went in the opposite direction with the game design.
  91. Tiddees
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    An absolute **** game from an even ****tier, tone deaf indie company. Burn in your patched up hell Blizzard.
  92. hyunoh
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even a dollar is a waste, but Diablo 4 sells memories of unfinished games for 100 dollars only in ip. We decided to call this a scam. Money spent on Diablo 4 is money for condolences… Expand
  93. Drake_MO
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This is a game that will let all the player's past efforts go in vain.Complete waste of time
  94. anhle138
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard continuously made bad design decisions and constantly lied to players. They DO NOT listen the players and their opinions, actively made decisions to improve profits but haven't realized they already destroyed the game.
  95. primahd
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Clearly they didn’t play their own game
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  96. Cmoffatt
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Never had this much excitement for a game turn around so fast. Devs are oblivious to the glaring issues and don’t listen to fanbase. Blizzard has successfully killed my favorite childhood game.
  97. Phantom_Valse
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    My initial impression was very positive for this game. However, I have played from early release until now and likely wont be playing any longer. The game does have positive aspects. Its visuals are beautiful and the story was well told. The way the game has been handled by blizzard since the release has been messy at best. Continuous nerfs to various abilities and farming methods was veryMy initial impression was very positive for this game. However, I have played from early release until now and likely wont be playing any longer. The game does have positive aspects. Its visuals are beautiful and the story was well told. The way the game has been handled by blizzard since the release has been messy at best. Continuous nerfs to various abilities and farming methods was very frustrating, though some things legitimately needed to be hotfixed, but the latest patch not fixing ANY of the numerous core issues plaguing the game and instead instating even more nerfs is extremely confusing.

    Who ever is making decisions about patch priorities should be reassessed. We (mostly) tend to play video games to have fun and the long list of hotfixes and this recent patch have active removed this element from the game. Why would anyone play something that is no longer fun?

    Server Lag is horrible. There is a known memory leak that still remains unfixed that causes frequent game crashes. The effectiveness of many builds were destroyed and there is no compensation for all the players that now have to reassess and rebuild their characters since the issue of respeccing/ cost is still unaddressed.

    There is much more that can be discussed but it seems to fall on deaf ears with blizzard.

    TLDR; I do not recommend this game in its current state. The ratio of enjoyment to frustration is too high.    … Expand
  98. Synthh_
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    art is nice designers are noobs, this is not a game just a money extractor.
  99. Byo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The recent patch has made the game even worse. Not that it was anything special to begin with, mostly a Diablo 3.5 DLC while missing all the good things from Diablo 3. No matchmaking in 2023, bugs, terrible horse and itemization, no greater rifts which were pretty fun because of the density and playing with randoms.

    I have no idea what this game is trying to be. Never in my life have I    The recent patch has made the game even worse. Not that it was anything special to begin with, mostly a Diablo 3.5 DLC while missing all the good things from Diablo 3. No matchmaking in 2023, bugs, terrible horse and itemization, no greater rifts which were pretty fun because of the density and playing with randoms.

    I have no idea what this game is trying to be. Never in my life have I seen a worse patch. Not only that, but releasing a patch like this before the most important (first) season of your new video game is incredibly stupid. None of the issues that people have talked about were fixed or changed. Nothing about stash tabs, the bad itemization, overly expensive build respec costs (and how long it takes to respec), item reroll cost, buffing weak builds like whirwlnd in higher tiers or the terrible necro summoner. Just a patch about nerfing the entire game before the season, when it was already boring to begin with.

    For now I'll not participate in this game but will keep an eye on the news to see if they change it for the better. Blizzard does not respect your time. It's best if I don't log in because that's the only metric they understand.    … Expand
  100. Kamots
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Long-time fan of the original Blizzard and what they did for gaming. D1, D2, even D3. But, I bailed when "Don't you guys have phones" and other company actions showed they were not the same Blizzard and anything they produced in the future would probably just be a cash grab.

    And then, I caved. A couple of my kids picked up D4 and had some amazing things to say. It had been two years    Long-time fan of the original Blizzard and what they did for gaming. D1, D2, even D3. But, I bailed when "Don't you guys have phones" and other company actions showed they were not the same Blizzard and anything they produced in the future would probably just be a cash grab.

    And then, I caved. A couple of my kids picked up D4 and had some amazing things to say. It had been two years since I'd even opened Battle.net. But, I went for it. And, to my surprise, while things were not perfect, I loved it! The graphics, the story, the attention to small details, most of it was truly amazing. And, it seemed as though the development team was listening to the users about the issues and future directions that would make the game more fun.

    How wrong I was. Nothing has changed. This Blizzard is not, and never will be, the Blizzard that understands its gaming audience and seeks to make the best game it can. This Blizzard, rather, is the one that wants to find every possible way to squeeze every penny it can from it's "asset". They've clearly adopted a profit-over-player mentality. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, here's the scoop. Blizzard released the game with what they felt was too much power in the hands of the players. Their content was being conquered too easily for their liking.

    The appropriate way to fix this? CREATE NEW, MORE CHALLENGING CONTENT.

    This could have kept the players engaged and been a huge win. Add another tier of content, or another chapter to the campaign. Create a more challenging pile of content for those players creating the great builds. Hell, I realize this is a lot of work, so in the interim, just toss in a couple new seriously difficult bosses for players to work toward conquering. Just give us new challenges. But instead, Blizzard decided the best thing was to take away our toys and tools for meeting these challenges.

    Blizzard's response was a massive nerf across the board of player power. No content actually changed. Nothing was added to make the game more enjoyable, more engaging. But power was nerfed, speed of progression was nerfed, speed of acquiring gear was nerfed. So, the same exact content, but now all the builds people had been working toward, milestones they'd achieved, were all set back, and everything was made more work, more difficult.

    Just, wow. How a game developer could be SO out of touch with it's players is just unreal. The real Blizzard is dead, so I'm going to retire my Battle.net client once and for all.

    As is, the game is really a zero, but I'm giving 2/10 because I honestly truly enjoyed the campaign and the state of the game before the patch. I was leveling, enjoying reaching milestones in the build I was creating. And then, BAM. It's like I was set back from 80 to 50, even though my character was still level 80. And now getting back to the same level wasn't even possible, and working toward getting as close as possible would take much, much longer. No thanks. I play games to have fun, a privilege for which I'd happily pay. But Blizzard thinks they need to hold my attention by just making everything I do take longer. Yeah, no. Bye.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 90 Critic Reviews

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