Diablo IV

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  1. ExcellentTumor
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    The game is god awful for the price. I won't drone on with all the same complaints others have had but they're right. Also this Reddit post gets it right. But look at all the Blizzard teat sucklers in there refusing to come to terms with how bad the game is. I sure hope the price goes down and the available content goes up.The game is god awful for the price. I won't drone on with all the same complaints others have had but they're right. Also this Reddit post gets it right. But look at all the Blizzard teat sucklers in there refusing to come to terms with how bad the game is. I sure hope the price goes down and the available content goes up. https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1457uwn/some_of_you_got_so_angry_that_i_called_out_this/… Expand
  2. Anti-materialR
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    Not worth it. Blizz is not that blizz we knew. it's gone.
    both D4 and blizz are remnant of good old day, like everything these days.
  3. Nos42
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    I downvoted this because blizzard seems intent on making getting to endgame the most horrible slog in history, actively hunting down legit tactics on youtube to nerf them the very next day.
    This wouldn't be a problem if the other content wasn't so stale
  4. Divinegod
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Zero from me dawg, just to prove a point game looks nice, but season 1 just sucks so much ass cuz you have to create a whole new character just to get the new content.

    Poop for real.
  5. deviruzy
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    People running around on their horses, carrying monsters on their backs, when monsters reach the limit of their territory they come running back to their original spot and that's where I freaking AM!! Why the freaking heckin slashin posin doofisnitis do I have to clean up these douche bags mess?! HUH?!?! Why are these bozos playing the game if they're not even going to kill the monsters inPeople running around on their horses, carrying monsters on their backs, when monsters reach the limit of their territory they come running back to their original spot and that's where I freaking AM!! Why the freaking heckin slashin posin doofisnitis do I have to clean up these douche bags mess?! HUH?!?! Why are these bozos playing the game if they're not even going to kill the monsters in a game where its sole purpose is to kill monsters?! Don't play the game numbnuts! Then you don't have to rush to anywhere in the first place!!
    Campaign is great though.    … Expand
  6. surroundedbyme
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    I love diablo but i was bored as hell such a dissapintement sorry but his is not good
  7. viti87
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4 is an empty world, with big empty dungeons. Where a level 10 character is killing the same mob faster than a well geared level 80 character
  8. Paenguin
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Hate that the developers nerf dungeons to the ground. What about those who already benefited before it was nerfed? What about the casual players who dont have time to no life the game? At they should implement a way to let casual players catch up to other players. I literally cannot play with my friends since they are higher level from me. One more thing is the class balances. If the devsHate that the developers nerf dungeons to the ground. What about those who already benefited before it was nerfed? What about the casual players who dont have time to no life the game? At they should implement a way to let casual players catch up to other players. I literally cannot play with my friends since they are higher level from me. One more thing is the class balances. If the devs are going to nerf a build to death then at least they can give an option to refund all the resources wasted on building that build and not farm a new build while using a dead build. Heck, let us make a new charactacers starting at least at level 50 so we can try out new builds without the hasslr of going through everything again… Expand
  9. nikt1
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    Played D1, D2, D3 and now after wait D4. 106hrs played. Barb.
    I give it 0 bcoz giving it anything else is pointless - it's a bad game.
    - npcs break immersion. I know I can not speak freely, but I don't get why they put here their agenda. - noname gear. i don't feel any connection with any of my gear. you just pick some crap and check power of the item. soulless. - campaign is a    Played D1, D2, D3 and now after wait D4. 106hrs played. Barb.
    I give it 0 bcoz giving it anything else is pointless - it's a bad game.

    - npcs break immersion. I know I can not speak freely, but I don't get why they put here their agenda.
    - noname gear. i don't feel any connection with any of my gear. you just pick some crap and check power of the item. soulless.
    - campaign is a little better than in D3 but still very simple and stupid
    - no end game. after lvl 50 you have nothing to do. repetitive dungeons, monsters...
    - monsters - they are brought back from D1 and D2. Nothing new added. they are all the same.
    - bosses - ....... come on.
    - a lot of content is censored (sucubs, andariel, etc.)

    goodbye Diablo, goodbye blizzard. No more money from me.    … Expand
  10. schena
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    there is no local coop on the pc, something that is on the console and not on the PC (they gave a very lame excuse), it lacks offline mode, it lacks search filters, the horse is very bad, it only serves as a decoration.
  11. Ithuriel
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    I've never played an arpg before that's so damn boring. I can only play for 30min before I fall to sleep or just alt+f4 out of pure boredom.
    The combat is **** slow and ungaging. The quests just sends you back and forth, so you never feel like you are progressing cause you run around the same places over and over. The skill tree is lame and make such little difference that I usually forgot    I've never played an arpg before that's so damn boring. I can only play for 30min before I fall to sleep or just alt+f4 out of pure boredom.
    The combat is **** slow and ungaging. The quests just sends you back and forth, so you never feel like you are progressing cause you run around the same places over and over. The skill tree is lame and make such little difference that I usually forgot to put out any points. And when I did i didnt notice any difference.
    The bosses lacks personality and I even fall asleep during my first bossfight.
    I tried both difficulties and 2 classes and everything was ****!
    Wish I could refund this bag of garbage.    … Expand
  12. Jovzin
    Jun 10, 2023
    3
    Was looking forward to new Diablo 4. But the main thing that I still can not get over with is that bad forced online play. Why we can not have private online play at least? Cinematics are great as usual from Blixz art department. World is nice and dark. Cosmetics nah. Story is quite good. Items well its Diablo so you always want a better item. Skills are decent. Overall it is OK game justWas looking forward to new Diablo 4. But the main thing that I still can not get over with is that bad forced online play. Why we can not have private online play at least? Cinematics are great as usual from Blixz art department. World is nice and dark. Cosmetics nah. Story is quite good. Items well its Diablo so you always want a better item. Skills are decent. Overall it is OK game just hate the forced online play. For me Diablo was always single player rpg...… Expand
  13. ChoiRang
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    1/10
    Due to my experience with Diablo 4, I promise not to play Blizzard's games anymore.
  14. Jbberd
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    I’m very disappointed in this game. I’ve been a huge Diablo fan since the first game and this latest addition is the worst, by very far. They essentially overdid everything that’s boring, while under-doing the fun parts of the game: the map is 10x larger, with 10x more dialog, 10x more doors to open, 10x more walking around to complete the campaign, 10x more character customization, whileI’m very disappointed in this game. I’ve been a huge Diablo fan since the first game and this latest addition is the worst, by very far. They essentially overdid everything that’s boring, while under-doing the fun parts of the game: the map is 10x larger, with 10x more dialog, 10x more doors to open, 10x more walking around to complete the campaign, 10x more character customization, while there are 10x less magical weapons, 10x less cool exciting drops, 10x less visual effects, 10x less challenging fights… it’s as if they had 10x too many people who designed the game who were not even players. Whoever directed the game was either depressed or missing in action. The game is now completely out of touch with the spirit of the Diablo franchise. I’m not sure if it can be fixed, they most likely missed the mark by so much that fans are already moving to other games. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted, RIP Diablo.… Expand
  15. xethod
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. for context: I've over 6000 hours of time spent across various ARPGs including but not limited to:
    D1, D2, D3, POE (since 2011), Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, Last Epoch, Wolcen..

    tl;dr
    fans of good ARPG fans stay the hell away from this game for another 12-36 months, at its current pace of development (including the time since closed beta) the game needs multiple multiple years worth of development and getting reality checked by what ARPG enthusiasts want in terms of gameplay and game systems to be able enjoy it past a casual 30-60 hours

    so far Activision King Blizzard has had:
    20 years of experience & time to develop modern ARPGs
    over 10 years of good examples like POE, Grim Dawn, Last Epoch etc. to draw inspiration from for game systems, customization, skill diversity, balancing, crafting systems, endgame systems
    Billions of dollars earned by their CEO, carried on the backs of hard-working employees

    and what did they deliver to you for an up to 3-digit € price tag?

    PROs:
    - 9/10 early game experience & campaign - ideal for your average casual dad gamer videogame "critic" to play through for 20-30 hours and come to the conclusion that "this game is a 90/100!!! so good!!" - mission accomplished
    - 9/10 visuals, never outstanding for an ARPG, art design is spot on, although the druid could have a more fitting fantasy "Ideal body" character look.
    - 8/10 audio, snappy and impactful sound design, skills feel weighty because of it, environment sounds are gear
    - 8/10 world & lore - despite being mostly not the old blizzard team anymore, it's still the Diablo universe with lots of references and very good world building
    - 5/10 soundtrack, honestly quite on the fence here
    - 5/10 potential - a solid mechanics engine foundation to build upon - hopefully this time it won't take 10 years like with D3 to make a playable ARPG that people enjoy coming back to every season for 40-100 hours
    - 5/10 pricing - pricey cash shop in a p2p game for 60-100€ in Europe - still fairly reasonable considering the many hours of gameplay you'll have over many seasons - but Bobby needs a new yacht for sure

    CONs:
    - 3/10 core class design - generator+spender patterns could work, but not if you need to use 3-5 generator attacks, for a spender that barely does 3-4x the damage of the generator, fails to kill elite monsters in one hit, and has a TINY aoe
    why would you only have 6 ability slots? (see the UI design & input (click to select rather than hold), 10 total combat button keybinds, lack of choice and depth in talents)..
    - 2/10 endgame - if you're expercing over 50 hours of gameplay past the campaign, sorry, the game is far from that (playing just 1 class)
    - 1/10 honesty - lying in interviews about "more uniques and legenadries existing that players haven't seen before"
    - 3/10 progression & lvl scaling - leveling up makes you weaker past unlocking ilvl 725-815 item drops (which is around the level 45-60 mark)
    the way the armor formula works has to be a joke, as you cannot upgrade your gear past a certain stage, while paragon points provide laughable "bonuses" of 5 attribute points on average, and rarely more than 5% damage (onto a pool of already 200-400% increases of the same kind, effectively 0.5-2%)
    as you level up you tend to lose 5% mitigation, 5% damage and re-gain 1-2% damage/mitigation at best, making you not only slower to kill level-scaled enemies but also squishier
    - 1/10 "balance" - rather than buffing underused skills the devs will eventually nerf your build if it's remotely smooth to play, you will get caught in the crossfire of disabled uniques/legendary powers that were deemed exploitable -> losing 30-60% damage in the process and wonder why you got WEAKER over night as the devs try to frantically fix bugs while disabling core gameplay mechanics & ways to scale builds (affecting every player, instead of detecting the few exploiters with proper logging)

    (IMO) what makes ARPGs "worth playing" - satisfying, interesting or straight up addictive:
    -sense of progression = something to CHASE (levels, items, collectibles, unlocks, permanent power, etc)
    -rewards for smart decisions (crafting, build making, farming routes)
    -a well thought-out coherent game system "that makes sense", with reasonable combinations of gear/talents/abilities to optimize a character
    -the ultimate POWER as a reward- achieving a "maxed out" build MUST be very rewarding and result in an extremely smooth, effortless and (borderline) overpowered performance after starting out weak & clunky - this is the main reward for your combined time, effort, thought and trial&error
    -OPTIONS - all item/level/currency acquisition boils down to the same low level concept of "gaining options to change something" - be it the way your current character plays, the numerical/mechanical scaling leading to different potential for your build, or entirely new builds enabled by "the thing you JUST got that FINALLY allows you to do X..    … Expand
  16. va1234
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately, Blizzard's inability to balance the game and their decision to nerf all the enjoyable dungeons have made the experience less fun, resulting in a one-star rating.
  17. crapgame
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    D4 is a tragic Diablo, a tragic hns, an average pc game, and a brilliant mobile game for the toilet. The skill mechanics are lacking, the skill tree is just an illusion of choice. There's no sense of character development, spells from the first level are used in the same unchanged form even at the endgame. The itemization is tragic, like in a mobile game. There's no endgame. And many otherD4 is a tragic Diablo, a tragic hns, an average pc game, and a brilliant mobile game for the toilet. The skill mechanics are lacking, the skill tree is just an illusion of choice. There's no sense of character development, spells from the first level are used in the same unchanged form even at the endgame. The itemization is tragic, like in a mobile game. There's no endgame. And many other things, I won't elaborate because many before me have already written about it.

    0/10 to compensate these 10/10 reviews.
    D4 is 3/10    … Expand
  18. Pejman12376
    Jun 10, 2023
    3
    Generic, boring, repetitive and offers no real challenge. Extremely pricey.

    Putting everything aside, what disappointed me the most was the fact that the "Return to darkness" was a lie. Even with better graphics the game does not even get close to offering you the same immersion and feeling that D2 used to have (as it was proposed). They just made D4 less flashy and more gory compared    Generic, boring, repetitive and offers no real challenge. Extremely pricey.

    Putting everything aside, what disappointed me the most was the fact that the "Return to darkness" was a lie. Even with better graphics the game does not even get close to offering you the same immersion and feeling that D2 used to have (as it was proposed). They just made D4 less flashy and more gory compared to diablo3.    … Expand
  19. ObserverOfSin
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Boring, All the gear modifiers are the same, All the rings/amulets are the same. But it doesn't matter that all the gear is the same, because the enemies all scale to whatever level you are, so you will always pretty much do the same damage.
    You are punished for levelling in this game.
    If you liked the original D1 D2 games, you will really really hate this.
    Complete waste of money.
  20. jomdarbert
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    The Diablo franchise no longer respects players' intelligence. Skill and gear choices are simple, giant glowing arrows point where to go, and difficulty is lower than ever. Blizzard has failed to deliver on their promises. Again. This release is a buggy, shallow running simulator laden with "micro"transactions that cost half the price of the full game.

    If you want to play a title from    The Diablo franchise no longer respects players' intelligence. Skill and gear choices are simple, giant glowing arrows point where to go, and difficulty is lower than ever. Blizzard has failed to deliver on their promises. Again. This release is a buggy, shallow running simulator laden with "micro"transactions that cost half the price of the full game.

    If you want to play a title from this developer, Candy Crush requires you to think more critically than Diablo IV and will drain your wallet more slowly.    … Expand
  21. tarzan123
    Jun 13, 2023
    3
    If this game was to be rated by itself, on it's own merit, outside of the name of this franchise, or the studio behind it, it would be a 6/10. Mediocre, but scratches the arpg itch for a week or two and that's it. Unfortunately, there is a whole lot of parasites and baggage attached to it, that makes me hesitate to even give it a 3/10.

    I will start with the company behind it. It's not    If this game was to be rated by itself, on it's own merit, outside of the name of this franchise, or the studio behind it, it would be a 6/10. Mediocre, but scratches the arpg itch for a week or two and that's it. Unfortunately, there is a whole lot of parasites and baggage attached to it, that makes me hesitate to even give it a 3/10.

    I will start with the company behind it. It's not the Blizzard that made Diablo 2, it's not the Blizzard that made WoW, one of the most impactful accomplishments in gaming history. No, it's a parasite that uses the name and goodwill of mislead "fans" that still support it to push for things, that I don't think belong in an escapist entertainment. I will attach the marketing to this as well, most of it was just brutally unfunny, but using Megan Fox in marketing is not just stupid, (no I have nothing aginst hot women that's not the point) but disturbing and downright creepy/should be criminal, considering what she does "outside". We live in times when this matters, and it should matter to Blizzard as well.

    Now for the game. Part of a more than 25 years old franchise, and genre that now has some very strong competitors, compared to what Diablo 2 had to "fight against". This is absolutely pathetic. Not a single aspect of this game contains anything truly new, truly innovative, some might say that Blizzard was never really known for the innovations, much more for perfecting what already existed, but that's a pathetic excuse this game does not deserve. And for those that use the "it's just the initial release they will add it later they don't have the 15 years of added content PoE has", I would tell them to do things that would get deleted from this review. 10 years of development, absurd budget, (100s of millions and I am not even exaggerating) and the opportunity to look at what Path of Exile, Last Epoch or Grim Dawn did, copy it, and make it better with the insane resources studio like Blizzard can offer. They did absolutely none of that. Non-existent endgame, one boss that's basically a corpse rush until you make it. Season 0, and characters already hit for billions of damage. Boring, extremely boring stats that are just % increases. Why are there no class specific stats on items, why is everything just so uniform, every single class has damage to close enemies, reduced damage from distant enemies is that really what the combined brains of thousands of people that worked on this game were able to come up with? Critical chance and critical damage? Really? We haven't seen that ever before... This is not a sequel this is not a new game. It should have been. Stop making excuses for something created by this behemoth of a studio that gets dumpstered in content and creativity by a group of 20 people and a hamster. It's something that "works", which of course it does, it's geared towards a certain group of players and they will buy it. I absolutely don't care about graphics in games, so that's something I am not going to spend too much time on, and probably the reason why I am even going to give it a 3 and not 1/10. The game looks good, the cinematics look good. But everything underneath it is worthless. And that makes that nice coat of paint worthless as well. I am not going to talk about all the "problems" people have with leveling and grind being hard. Games should be hard...but also rewarding. With both gameplay and interesting loot. This offers none of that. Those supposedly infinite different builds are 3 builds (at best!) per class, that use the exact same skills, and pretty much the same, "most efficient", paragon board. Barbarian, for example, has 3 skill slots locked in, because everything else is trash, so everyone uses three shouts. Pinnacle of game design by one of the biggest developers in the industry. The story...exists? I guess? And I love Diablo books and lore. Nothing in this game made me interested in the characters or their journey...

    And one last thing. Pricing. Premium priced game (yes 70 dollars is a premium end of discussion) has no right to have microtransactions in it. Absolutely none, I despise everyone that says that cosmetic only microtransactions are fine in games you pay full price for. I don't like them in f2p, but I am willing to stomach that, if the game is worth it. This is not the case, and it's disgusting. Then you have three battlepasses, there are for sure going to be paid dlcs, and the price of those cosmetics is exorbitant as well.

    To finish this off. I do not recommend buying this game under any circumstances. I know that writing this review is worthless, and that people will do exactly that. This is Diablo 3 somehow downgraded sideways.    … Expand
  22. Chrisazgo
    Jun 14, 2023
    3
    Campaign was good but the rest of game was terrible for an aprg. I thought it was well tested?

    Itemization awful - too many affixes the same, some are way too good. Why is vulnerability damage a multiplier and weighted the same or better than other damage mods? Finding upgrades feels harder than other games and just not fun. The tree(new bounty system) awful rewards in t4 Gambling    Campaign was good but the rest of game was terrible for an aprg. I thought it was well tested?

    Itemization awful - too many affixes the same, some are way too good. Why is vulnerability damage a multiplier and weighted the same or better than other damage mods? Finding upgrades feels harder than other games and just not fun.
    The tree(new bounty system) awful rewards in t4
    Gambling with orbs seems worthless in t4, everyone avoids events
    Helltide is an annoying chore maybe put the chest items into tree.
    Nightmare dungeons are more tedious than anything. Im not going to use the ones with heavy minus to my builds damage or burning my rescource. Why are there all bonuses for elemental damage appearing when playing a physical class, makes the whole crafting part pointless.
    Dungeons on a whole 75%+ have too low mobs. They keep nerfing the good ones
    Game seems to punish solo play
    Class builds are boring, 1 spender. Many skills are useless, end up using the same defensives across all builds.
    Very disappointed. Expecting the renown system to not carry over to seasons to so i probably wont revisit. I also paid for a battle pass which isnt there yet.    … Expand
  23. shinrai93
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    Was going to give Diablo 4 a 10, but I decided to nerf my score, so a 1 is the best I can do, like the number of demons in the dungeons.
  24. PatusBence
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    As a long time diablo fan, all i can say is that this is the diablo game we were waiting for! The visuals are beyond the roof, the gameplay is fluid and fun, the world is huge and alive, the story is interesting and well written. There is so much to do even after finishing the story. Ignore the negative review bombers, probably just some dissatisfied woke feminazis.
  25. Francoporto
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    Every zone are the same, seems like an IA who did the maps.
    70€ for that what a scam, and Blizzard refused to refund.
  26. helladarionx
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    Historia minima, muito pouco de lore mesmo. praticamente um mundo gigante generico e vazio. historia que é bom quase inexistente. Jogo super fraco, super generico.
  27. Moodd
    Aug 6, 2023
    2
    The game is okayish, but boring very fast. Gameplay is not that deep, world is not so interesting. It just feels like another ARPG.

    update: Blizzard thinks D4 must feel like a job.
  28. IDlkcvjasd
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Great idea that different editions have different access time. Also another epic idea that it requires online all the time.
  29. Reviewing-Stuff
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    GOOD REASONS DIABLO 4 = NOT GOOD

    1. Monster Scaling / Poor Player Progression 2. Restricted Trading 3. Limit 4x co-op, the year is 2023, not 1997 4. 5x Classes, 4x co-op 5. No Paladin / Warrior ( hack n slash is a genre?) 6. Screen Spam 7. Lack of Innovation (insert D3 mechanics, itemization, Immortal gameplay, Wow open world) 8. Limited PVP 9. Evasive Death    GOOD REASONS DIABLO 4 = NOT GOOD

    1. Monster Scaling / Poor Player Progression

    2. Restricted Trading

    3. Limit 4x co-op, the year is 2023, not 1997

    4. 5x Classes, 4x co-op

    5. No Paladin / Warrior ( hack n slash is a genre?)

    6. Screen Spam

    7. Lack of Innovation (insert D3 mechanics, itemization, Immortal gameplay, Wow open world)

    8. Limited PVP

    9. Evasive Death Elixirs

    10. Ugly Character Models, "Near Endless Character Customization" - complete flat out lie by Joe Shely developer

    11. Hit all aspects of the Monetization Tree, Early Access, Microtransactions, Initial game cost, Battle Passes, Expansions

    12. Collector's Edition for $100 but Game Sold Separately

    13. Smart Loot, designed for casuals who don't know what to use...

    14. No Map Overlay - Staple Feature missing, 1997 called..

    15. Lack of Build Variety, holds no weight vs other titles

    16. Cooldowns length of delays increased by a multiplier of 20x vs Diablo 2 cast rates view frame delay

    17. Maps are not as open as Diablo 2, they look and feel like narrow paths you have to follow, lack of freedom of movement.

    18. Diablo isn't in the game

    19. Woke Propaganda inserted into Character Creation, i.e. Body Types? What is a Woman?

    20. Level 100 took under 4 days, Game is fully maxed out and over before Standard Edition release date.    … Expand
  30. idobach
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. uninstalling right after reading season 1 patch notes.
    making the game slower and more tedious (unfun) does not equal balance.
    the dev team are completely clueless on what makes a game fun. it seems they are
    more worried about keeping the player base mindlessly grinding than actually creating fun content.    … Expand
  31. Nintelav17
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    This game is really fun when it works but it's unpayable in this state. If you like to play an Hack n Slash on laggy servers who get DDoS every week, this game is for you.
  32. tibzoid
    Jun 24, 2023
    6
    Repetitive gameplay, boring, monotonous. There is no magic here. This game is Candy Crush for dudes. I'm at level 50. I'd prefer to beat towels on rocks than play this any further. Paid, regretted it, uninstalling. I have no idea why leading reviewers liked this game. They must be sheep.
  33. NapoMMC
    Aug 1, 2023
    6
    The game is fun to play for a bit but when you get to the end game it is awful.
    CONS:
    Farming renoun, having to do the side quests and having to repick the way points again is stupid. On-death effects are stupid. Resistances don't work. A lot of mechanics that are frustrating, not fun to play and unfair. You can't scroll and you only see 5m around your character. I've died so many    The game is fun to play for a bit but when you get to the end game it is awful.
    CONS:
    Farming renoun, having to do the side quests and having to repick the way points again is stupid.
    On-death effects are stupid.
    Resistances don't work.
    A lot of mechanics that are frustrating, not fun to play and unfair.
    You can't scroll and you only see 5m around your character. I've died so many times from attacks that start offscreen that I can't even remember. Being killed by an attack that is off-screen is not fun at all.
    Stash is limited to a few items and gets cluttered by gems and seasonal items.
    The game could be a lot better and most of the stuff wrong with the game is easy to fix but they don't even try to mime that they are trying to fix it. (This is not really true, they seem to be trying to fix it, hopefully they will do it and I can enjoy the game better)
    I've got my money's worth out of the game at about 50h played, fun enough in the beginning but everything goes to hell really fast after lvl 70-80 and becomes boring as hell and the problems with the game are ever more frustrating and not fun.
    I play games to have fun and frustration is not fun. I've wasted about 15h now just to farm renown. I would actually prefer to have to do the campain again and the reward should be 100% renown by the end of the campain. This should be a choice. Forcing yourself to do side quests just to farm renown is simply retarded. I'm not sure who thought of this was a good idea but I pity the fool.

    Update: I've decided to update my review and give it a 6/10. The game can still be fun if you don't take it too seriously and I've already gotten the $ back from it. I've played it about 120h now and I've enjoyed it most of the time.    … Expand
  34. FrankHorrigan83
    Jul 20, 2023
    4
    I’m not going to thrash the game cause everyone does. The game has flaws and really big ones but has some nice aspects.
    Graphics, animations, sounds, open world and its scale (sth. new to Diablo franchise and it’s very good!), world locations are at 50/50 some are good and interesting some are total thrash.
    The part where you travel the open world, meet someone and do some stuff, clear a    I’m not going to thrash the game cause everyone does. The game has flaws and really big ones but has some nice aspects.
    Graphics, animations, sounds, open world and its scale (sth. new to Diablo franchise and it’s very good!), world locations are at 50/50 some are good and interesting some are total thrash.
    The part where you travel the open world, meet someone and do some stuff, clear a dungeon and the depart is super cool IMO. The music is also 50/50 some locations, for me especially the desert ones have great music. Unfortunately some like the Kyovashad are total **** and it’s better to turn it off.

    The issues are again… music in some locations. Character progression is not the best, it’s very limited and boring, gives no fun after level 40+.
    The biggest issue for me is the main story/plot. It’s total **** and my 6yo daughter could write something better. I know it’s Diablo but the previous parts had at least a coherent story and background lore. This is a freaking dumpster fire, dull, rigged with some pro-feminism aspects and it’s hardly bearable.

    The loot, the end game is also very weak and boring. With the recent changes the game is getting rely in reviews so I’m not gonna add anything here.    … Expand
  35. Metalpro
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Some of the most out of touch devs I have seen in quite some time - I know games can take some time to get fleshed out but this is just laughable
  36. Angryfeline
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4's decision to slow down the gameplay feels like a misguided attempt to inject realism into the experience. While I understand the developers' intentions, it has regrettably resulted in a lack of excitement and engagement. The once satisfying and fluid combat now feels clunky, sluggish, and devoid of the frenetic pace that made previous Diablo games so satisfying.

    What made the    Diablo 4's decision to slow down the gameplay feels like a misguided attempt to inject realism into the experience. While I understand the developers' intentions, it has regrettably resulted in a lack of excitement and engagement. The once satisfying and fluid combat now feels clunky, sluggish, and devoid of the frenetic pace that made previous Diablo games so satisfying.

    What made the previous Diablo titles special was their flawless inclusion of grinding mechanics, encouraging players to immerse themselves in repetitive battles in the pursuit of powerful loot. Diablo 4, however, seems to have undermined this integral aspect. The pacing is now so tedious that grinding becomes a monotonous chore rather than a satisfying endeavor. The joy of seeing your character grow stronger through countless encounters is sadly diminished due to the artificially imposed slowness.

    Moreover, the game's overall rhythm suffers as a result. Diablo 4's slower-paced gameplay undermines the thrill of exploration and discovery. With less urgency and intensity, the environments lose their allure, becoming mundane and uninteresting. The lack of immediate and gratifying feedback from battles exacerbates this issue, leading to an unsatisfying player experience.

    To be fair, Diablo 4 still possesses the franchise's trademark dark and atmospheric visuals, along with a compelling storyline that immerses players in a bleak and foreboding world. However, these redeeming qualities cannot overshadow the significant flaw of slowed-down gameplay, which ultimately eliminates the very enjoyment I sought in this new installment.

    In conclusion, Diablo 4's decision to significantly slow down the gameplay is a baffling misstep. While attempts to add realism may have been well-intentioned, they have resulted in a tedious and unsatisfying experience. The absence of the once-enthralling grind dynamics and the lack of intensity and urgency in combat thwarts the overall enjoyment of the game. As a fan of the series, I sincerely hope that the developers reconsider their approach and find a way to recapture the fast-paced magic Diablo has been known for.    … Expand
  37. nohluv
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Imagine you have all this pent up "energy" a few weeks before having this smoke show of a date. And then they ghost you the night of. Thats just what they did for season 1. I would say the most anticipated seasonal start of any game this year. If they dont fix this within a week itll probably uninstall until season 2 when they agreed to fix a lot of the QoL features. ( you can save yourImagine you have all this pent up "energy" a few weeks before having this smoke show of a date. And then they ghost you the night of. Thats just what they did for season 1. I would say the most anticipated seasonal start of any game this year. If they dont fix this within a week itll probably uninstall until season 2 when they agreed to fix a lot of the QoL features. ( you can save your seasonal battlepass token for any future seasons to come ) The monetization side of things is okay. So far just really underwhelming cosmetics that cost way to much money.… Expand
  38. Phylogeny
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Latest patch showed utter disregard for players experience and time, in an attempt to draw out content. Terrible foreshadowing for future content.
  39. AlexTheGr8r
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The campaign was decent, but the developers seem to not know how to balance the game. They simply take the highest usage mechanics and nerf it, but they do not take account for the fun factor. Games are supposed to be fun, but the developers have forgotten that.
  40. Sonofdoom
    Jul 19, 2023
    6
    It was for sure the best game until the latest patch for season one dropped... this patch is just a pile of sh..... tbh ( dont know if the season one gems change something in the game, time will tell)
  41. Syrazia
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Newest patch for season 1 killed sorcerer when it was already the weakest class, nerfed damage and survivability overall, not to mention the negative QoL updates like extending exiting dungeon teleport from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Clearly, Blizzard dev team does not respect players' time or enjoyment of a game they've paid $70+ to play.
  42. Artexxxx
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs trying so hard to have nothing to maintain right on the start. Pushing people to quit that
  43. apsodiuu
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    我根本付錢來應徵資源回收員，打地城滿地垃圾，撿完回村還要花時間辨別哪些垃圾是要留的，而且附魔有夠貴，拿一個禮拜賣垃圾賺到的錢還沒辦法洗出好屬性的裝備。現在第一賽季經驗值又改得這麼少，誰還想再練第二支，好不容易練好一隻俠盜現在你又跟我說毒灌注觸發是bug，撿這麼久垃圾好不容易湊成能玩的流派，現在改完直接跟垃圾沒兩樣，感謝暴雪讓我能把玩d4的時間空下來去運動、陪家人，送你0分不用謝。我根本付錢來應徵資源回收員，打地城滿地垃圾，撿完回村還要花時間辨別哪些垃圾是要留的，而且附魔有夠貴，拿一個禮拜賣垃圾賺到的錢還沒辦法洗出好屬性的裝備。現在第一賽季經驗值又改得這麼少，誰還想再練第二支，好不容易練好一隻俠盜現在你又跟我說毒灌注觸發是bug，撿這麼久垃圾好不容易湊成能玩的流派，現在改完直接跟垃圾沒兩樣，感謝暴雪讓我能把玩d4的時間空下來去運動、陪家人，送你0分不用謝。
  44. RonnieFrown
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game sucks. Nerfed beyond recognition. The entire game is still a beta and Blizzard is having players pay for this game....… Expand
  45. sunboy136
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Super bad! Bad design idea! Change day and night! All go to bad places!
    超爛的遊戲！    … Expand
  46. milomilomilo
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    Was mysteriously banned for selling items found during runs in discord marketplace due to the lack of marketplace in game for exploit people made use of and can't send a appeal.. joke of a game
  47. Clunning
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This game falls off hard after the campaign. Th campaign is well done and I really enjoyed the journey. Nightmare dungeons are fine for a while, but the gameplay loop feels messy. There is literally nothing to do at endgame except reroll a new character. There is no way to target farm specific items, so you are completely at the game's RNG mercy. Class builds do not feel diverse at allThis game falls off hard after the campaign. Th campaign is well done and I really enjoyed the journey. Nightmare dungeons are fine for a while, but the gameplay loop feels messy. There is literally nothing to do at endgame except reroll a new character. There is no way to target farm specific items, so you are completely at the game's RNG mercy. Class builds do not feel diverse at all with limited skill options. Other than graphics I don't know why you'd play this over Path of Exile.… Expand
  48. Nowhere94
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard needs to recruit less LGBT+ scum and listen more to players. Blizzard kills Blizzard
  49. s10hotrod
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nerf the sorc!!!!! Because, why??? Maybe they are afraid of her powers!?!?? Nah!!! Because Bobby Cockdick sucks.… Expand
  50. halfgandalf
    Jul 25, 2023
    5
    It plays and feels great. However everything else is quite weak.

    They could not design a game where grind has a meaning, which is pretty much the whole premise of the game. Most worrying part is, most of the shortcomings of the game are so foundational that I doubt it can be fixed without deconstructing the game completely. --- Loot: Dropping legendaries not exciting anymore. Too    It plays and feels great. However everything else is quite weak.

    They could not design a game where grind has a meaning, which is pretty much the whole premise of the game. Most worrying part is, most of the shortcomings of the game are so foundational that I doubt it can be fixed without deconstructing the game completely.

    --- Loot: Dropping legendaries not exciting anymore. Too much loot drops left and right, just to salve and steal its aspect. Yellow items becomes legendary with imprinting aspects, which kills aaalll the fun of looting.

    --- No trade: You can't trade anything of value in the game, which eliminates the Economy. It's such a bizarre choice in a grinding game that's always-online. What's the point of grind & loot if they are of no value?

    --- Endgame content: After beating the story and skipping the campaign, your experience from lvl 0 to 100 never ever changes. There is no progressive content that unlocks at certain levels or item powers. All activities are same, only gets more difficult.

    --- Lazy stats and build variety: It seems like there are too many stats, but most of them are gimmicky and only a few are so impactful (e.g vulnerable dmg). And build options in all classes are extremely dependant on a few very powerful skills that are must to use. E.g If a skill is applying vulnerable, no point in using any other skill as your main cast.

    --- Lack of online interaction: There is no 4 people dungeons / raids that you can join via Matchmaking. They advertised the game as a very interactive, massive multiplayer experience. It's literally Diablo 3 with open world that scales to your level. There is not even a collective buff / reward or some interaction mechanic when doing an event with randoms on the same area. They could have done so many things with that idea.

    --- Nothing new to the genre: There is ZERO innovation to the genre. There could be so much done with that skill tree. E.g You start with a base hero which then would branch out to different sub-classes etc. (Start with Sorc > Elemental Wizard / Witch / Dark Mage etc)

    --- Bad mob design: Very few mobs in each encounter. Never fully satisfies you killing 7-10 mobs. You very rarely get a pack of mobs that are 20+ Almost everything explodes after death, or just immobilizes you, which seems like the only way to get you. Nothing creative and or fun.

    --- UI UX: Whoever was responsible for this inventory and build management probably does not play games, let alone ARPGs. Nothing in the UI was made for scalability. The grind was not considered in designing this. There could be so much done as quick wins to improve this UI.

    There's much more to list here but these are the most foundational and prominent faults of the game. It feels like the designers of the game do not play this type of game, because it neither caters to casual players (because of endless and meaningless grinding) nor the hardcore player base (due to lack of build variety, end-game contents having no extra rewards)

    5 points for the story and fluidity. -5 for falsely advertising what it should be and it wasnt.    … Expand
  51. takenek
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    This game is a complete disaster. First of all, this is not Diablo, but some MMO in the world of Diablo, secondly, every now and then Blizzard mixes up the character balance so much that today your character is able to kill Butcher at the highest level and a day later you are unable to kill him. The way of collecting loot is completely broken, you have to first collect yellow items to turnThis game is a complete disaster. First of all, this is not Diablo, but some MMO in the world of Diablo, secondly, every now and then Blizzard mixes up the character balance so much that today your character is able to kill Butcher at the highest level and a day later you are unable to kill him. The way of collecting loot is completely broken, you have to first collect yellow items to turn them into unique items. The game has absolutely nothing to do with the Diablo series, only the name. Another problem is that every season you have to discover everything again, even though my main character has discovered everything, shrines, etc., now I have to run and discover them again, along with the portals. I don't know why the editors gave this game such a high rating, because for me it is a complete failure.… Expand
  52. TotesMeGoats
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    This is a free game that cost $70. You’re probably asking how does that make any sense? Because this game was designed with micro transactions it’s main focus. This game is designed for seasonal play to sell its battle pass. Want to level faster? Buy the battle pass. With the season 1 patch they slowed exp gain, so you’ll get so frustrated with the slow leveling that you’ll purchase theThis is a free game that cost $70. You’re probably asking how does that make any sense? Because this game was designed with micro transactions it’s main focus. This game is designed for seasonal play to sell its battle pass. Want to level faster? Buy the battle pass. With the season 1 patch they slowed exp gain, so you’ll get so frustrated with the slow leveling that you’ll purchase the battle pass. They increased the portal time to leave or escape dungeons. Why? Because this is to eventually sell portal effects in the store. This is just another blizzard cash grab game. Stay away.… Expand
  53. Fausthor
    Aug 11, 2023
    5
    A fleeting experience that starts great, but quickly collapses upon itself. The game starts great, feeling like what Diablo 3 should always have been, a Diablo II but vastly improved. Sadly, the game quickly folds into a repetitive (not in the good Diablo way) and bug infested experience, made worse with continued patches that seems to take away the little fun the game can offer. AddA fleeting experience that starts great, but quickly collapses upon itself. The game starts great, feeling like what Diablo 3 should always have been, a Diablo II but vastly improved. Sadly, the game quickly folds into a repetitive (not in the good Diablo way) and bug infested experience, made worse with continued patches that seems to take away the little fun the game can offer. Add microtransactions and a battle pass scheme to a full priced game, and you got the recipe for a game rushing to be forgotten.… Expand
  54. Tiagoskrepka
    Sep 3, 2023
    0
    O jogo esta muito caro e não tem end game vc simplesmente zera o jogo e não tem praticamente nada para fazer
  55. kilowatch
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    After the disaster that was Patch 1.1.0, you'd think they'd dedicate resources to fix what's left of their game. Instead, they're inventing new ways for you to hate the game. When I try to start the game, I get thrown an error code and sent back to the launcher. This means that the horribly flawed game that is Diablo IV is now not even playable at all, since they decided to make the gameAfter the disaster that was Patch 1.1.0, you'd think they'd dedicate resources to fix what's left of their game. Instead, they're inventing new ways for you to hate the game. When I try to start the game, I get thrown an error code and sent back to the launcher. This means that the horribly flawed game that is Diablo IV is now not even playable at all, since they decided to make the game online only. This is unacceptable.… Expand
  56. Absolutmaster
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I hate the lease for the season now. I wanted to play my mage again and was hoping for a buff but instead they made it even worse than it already was. The necro is the better mage...lol
  57. HotCoffee
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Why is Blizzard not listening to player feedback? Players write that the camera is too low, that the ballista that kills you is not visible because of the screen borders, this is not corrected. Players are asking to remove things that players have not obtained honestly, Blizzard is making it so that other players will not be able to receive these items at all. The last patch finished offWhy is Blizzard not listening to player feedback? Players write that the camera is too low, that the ballista that kills you is not visible because of the screen borders, this is not corrected. Players are asking to remove things that players have not obtained honestly, Blizzard is making it so that other players will not be able to receive these items at all. The last patch finished off Helltide. The balance of the characters is missing both in pvp and for killing the echo of lilith. Server lags and the number of bugs are endless. Blizzard, maybe you need more white males on the development team, otherwise your project is similar to that submarine case.

    I still don’t understand why it was impossible to make a normal system for calculating the chance and strength of critical damage, elemental resistance, etc. It’s probably easier to hide from the players that your damage calculation is very crooked with all the conditions.    … Expand
  58. Bnrluck
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Very horrible videogame, devs do not listen to the community. Queue times are horrible, balancing is very bad.
  59. diablo4isgarbag
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    its about time people stop referring to them as blizzard they are ATIVISION blizzard died when they killed them.
  60. theanna
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    the game is visually beautiful and full of promise, but otherwise empty. Classes and attack elements are imbalanced resulting in narrow build options, and the world lacks personality and mindfulness (Rakanishu anyone?). Story is decent with great moments but is stunted by Blizzard's design philosophy. From pre-launch to Season 1, the management of the game has been a fiasco, with a sham ofthe game is visually beautiful and full of promise, but otherwise empty. Classes and attack elements are imbalanced resulting in narrow build options, and the world lacks personality and mindfulness (Rakanishu anyone?). Story is decent with great moments but is stunted by Blizzard's design philosophy. From pre-launch to Season 1, the management of the game has been a fiasco, with a sham of a tournament, frequent crashing (which makes Hardcore mode terrifying to consider) that was not solved as promised with v1.1.0, and tonedeaf patches seemingly intentionally meant to stunt the community's progress and strongarm players into exposure to monetization. The more i play this game, the more its apparent that it was pushed out incomplete, or intentionally gutted to 'sell' improvements in future versions for retention. I can't even find youtube video's out there with a positive air to them to keep me feeling at least neutral about a game which's frequent memory leaks barely permit me to play. Tell Rod to get his head out of his Malignant Tunnel and go fix this **** game.… Expand
  61. PastainPizza
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a cash grab. They tricked the customer into believing it's a good game. Plenty of reviews out there. Just logged into review it. NIOH2 is the best action looter and this company can learn a lot from from the on how a game is made.

    They are just greedy and Manipulative.. This is a psychological exercise on tricking the customer..    … Expand
  62. nawali
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I was having fun in this game until they bricked it. Spent about an hour in season 1 and don't know if I can play it anymore.
  63. vaalkaar
    Jul 21, 2023
    5
    The campaign is well written, and the game is a lot of fun initially. However, once you get into the "end game", the meat and potatoes of the aRPG genre, the luster quickly fades away. The game becomes a chore and gives very little in terms of reward. Itemization is boring, you get flooded with loot drops, which feels cool at first until you realize all the loot is trash. It seems toThe campaign is well written, and the game is a lot of fun initially. However, once you get into the "end game", the meat and potatoes of the aRPG genre, the luster quickly fades away. The game becomes a chore and gives very little in terms of reward. Itemization is boring, you get flooded with loot drops, which feels cool at first until you realize all the loot is trash. It seems to be there just to get salvaged and fuel the gear upgrading mechanic. The balance is worse than ever for a Diablo game. For each class there's only a few (sometimes only one) path to successfully do the harder content. I struggled with a sorcerer for a couple of weeks listening to my friends brag about how much damage their barbarian and their druid were doing. The "tanks" do more damage than the glass cannon, and the sorcerer is STILL made out of paper, dying multiple times. They've stolen the soul out of the series. Hopefully they'll find it, but for now everything after the campaign still feels like it's in beta.… Expand
  64. kkkkkeith
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...Rubbish update...
  65. eiwr
    Jul 21, 2023
    0
    they haven't learned they haven't learned they haven't learned they haven't learned
  66. lyricarren
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    I still dont get it which one idea was to nerf sorcesress which is already weakest char.
  67. xibee
    Jul 23, 2023
    1
    I’m really love camel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  68. dj7111
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Patch Notes 1.10 patching the fun out of the game.
    This patch shows they don't know what they want this game to be. If it was suppose to be for casual gamers then why all these nerfs cause its still too easy for hardcore people but now casual people just get frustrated doing less this is just kinda ****
  69. MacKingsly
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    The rating given is mostly for protest, but the game itself isn't very good either. Looking at D4's initial and first seasonal content, even with a generous mindset, it is clear that it's not the game we were waiting for. The points it scores on is the return to the bleak and desolate tone the series was built on, and the release wasn't a dumpster fire (is that even a point anyway?) butThe rating given is mostly for protest, but the game itself isn't very good either. Looking at D4's initial and first seasonal content, even with a generous mindset, it is clear that it's not the game we were waiting for. The points it scores on is the return to the bleak and desolate tone the series was built on, and the release wasn't a dumpster fire (is that even a point anyway?) but the gameplay itself suffers greatly.

    Exploring the mechanics and story simultaneously was the interesting part of the game, yet putting a critical eye on the ARPG experience there was some glaring issues that was clearly brought up by the community the very first days. These issues only worsened after finishing the story at level 50, and got practically unbearable at approximately level 70. There isn't a sense of achievement or fun, since the game itself is easy but the mechanics thoroughly unfair.

    D4 has ultimately not been designed for accessible experimentation and fun progression in mind, and constantly seen to demand from the player the typical "you have to suffer for 200 more hours before the fun starts". Off-screen attacks that kill you instantly. Constant stuns, freezes, fears etc. that combo into each other, removing the player's agency and ultimately killing you. Getting stuck on invisible terrain, and many other disappointing things. All the while the stash tabs completely fill up with unending, uninteresting gear with strange, low-roll stats, and the way to a coherent build feels clunky.

    With all the new players attracted to the genre and game from false hype, (Blizzard hasn't been the Blizzard we knew for many many years) there was many questions about the seasonal content. Why force the players to replay a tedious part of the game to make your builds work? Why punish the eternal realm players by not including season pass there, too? Why refuse to add more stash tabs and functions to help players wade through the endless junk that is forced into the stash? Why not make aspects and other statistics upgradeable for a better sense of progression? Later, as the casual players came further into the game, they also started asking about the unfair mechanics, the class imbalances and artificial roadblocks that was put in place for seemingly no reason.

    Blizzard ultimately answered with a massive nerf to absolutely everything that crippled many of the characters on the eternal realm, and made the apparent issues even more oppressive. The season mechanics themselves are uninspiring and suffer from the same issues - filling the few stash tabs you have even faster and with equally disappointing things.

    Ultimately, the game is not worth it, and will probably never be since Path of Exile 2 will fill the void and blow this game out of the water if and when Diablo 4 finally, maybe, starts getting somewhere.    … Expand
  70. ssmyle
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Hey why is there no negative score here?

    Perverts who never see users playing games comfortably
  71. azure978
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    always laggingggggg always laggingggggg always laggingggggg always laggingggggg
  72. DungDungGuruem
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    Developer haven't brain
    It's so expensive, but the server is rubbish and the patch just wants to screw the user
  73. wowshaman
    Jul 27, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very bad
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  74. Branandorf
    Jul 27, 2023
    1
    I understand the EULA Blizzard has, but banning players for hud mods still? Runsecape be calling me name again
  75. Spezialsalz
    Aug 6, 2023
    6
    Fantastic art design great combat and a far more engaging story than previous parts.
    Yet, the longer you play D4 the more hollow it feels.
    Don't get me wrong, playing one character through the story and reaching maybe lvl70 is great. But then what. You will never encounter the cool bosses again. The super rich, variable world begins to turn into a grey/brown mush, because you are so    Fantastic art design great combat and a far more engaging story than previous parts.
    Yet, the longer you play D4 the more hollow it feels.
    Don't get me wrong, playing one character through the story and reaching maybe lvl70 is great.
    But then what. You will never encounter the cool bosses again. The super rich, variable world begins to turn into a grey/brown mush, because you are so freely happing between regions etc ( I do not like open world). And, then utter loneliness creeps in.
    THIS IS NOT A MULTIPLAYER UNLESS YOU BRING ALONG FRIENDS.
    There is no functioning matchmaking, the is no chat system seeing any appreciable use, there is no trading.
    All in all a perfectly fine single player, off-line game at a to high prize and with the questionable need to always be online.

    If you can, wait another year I am sure it will get better.    … Expand
  76. xit830225
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You have modified the problem of triggering the poison pool of the Rogue class. Why is the update content not explained? For a long time, the equipment has been invalidated in an instant. It is hopeless… Expand
  77. nkps52008
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 遊戲已經失去了遊戲本身的價值
    我花費了快兩個月的時間，犧牲休息時間
    我從期待到失望!
    謝謝!推出3代，但不要在出第四代了。    … Expand
  78. frodson312
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    wywala mnie z gry po teleportacji do miasta po nowej aktualizacji polecam serdecznie ;)
  79. zxc50079
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 有夠爛可以別再亂改亂用了嗎？遊戲體驗都沒了大家千萬別買買了浪費錢… Expand
  80. mikechan
    Jun 9, 2023
    3
    攻擊怪物時顯示“易傷 定身”等狀態字體已經完全遮蓋戰鬥視野，而且不能關閉，怪物死後沒有聲音特效，上述兩點極大削弱戰鬥快感，物品賬號綁定白癡設定，刷到物品沒有意義，正常人不會浪費大部分時間刷怪，what a bad game no need to buy
  81. Ippon
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game looks nice but becomes hideously boring and repetitive after 3-4 days. It has no replay value like D2 and D3 did. You never feel strong in this game as monsters level up with you making leveling up actually a negative. The loot feels terrible. Not one was I excited about a single loot drop. Hard pass and save your money. All of my play group wishes we could get refunds but we are passed the window to get one… Expand
  82. BukkaDruid
    Jun 14, 2023
    6
    For now the game don't deserves more than 6/10. Not enough content and no endgame.

    No innovation it looks more like a beautiful diablo 3.5 than a new game: Same things - different name: Dungeon = Rift Nightmare Dungeon = GR Tree of whisper = Bounty Campaign was solid but after that it's just the start of a long grind repeating the same 5-6 dungeons layout/boss. The pace is    For now the game don't deserves more than 6/10. Not enough content and no endgame.

    No innovation it looks more like a beautiful diablo 3.5 than a new game:

    Same things - different name:
    Dungeon = Rift
    Nightmare Dungeon = GR
    Tree of whisper = Bounty

    Campaign was solid but after that it's just the start of a long grind repeating the same 5-6 dungeons layout/boss.

    The pace is way to slow, mob density is low and you pass more time going to point A to B than killing demons so except if you enjoy open world, running empty space you should pass until they add season content.    … Expand
  83. sisharp
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    I was anticipating this game for months now. When it finally released it was plagued with constant crashes. I wish i could review more of the game but i find myself continuously restarting dungeons and quests due to hundreds of crashes. LITERALLY. No joke, in my Diablo IV error folder I have 89 reported crashes and that does not include the hard crashes where the entire computer freezesI was anticipating this game for months now. When it finally released it was plagued with constant crashes. I wish i could review more of the game but i find myself continuously restarting dungeons and quests due to hundreds of crashes. LITERALLY. No joke, in my Diablo IV error folder I have 89 reported crashes and that does not include the hard crashes where the entire computer freezes and restarts. I friggin hate the current state of the game. Progressions absolutely sucks. I sometimes crash just sitting in a town while i go grab some water. The devs constantly focusing their efforts on nerfing everything in site with class skill reductions, move deletion, dungeon elite spawn rate nerfing and everything thing other than fixing the dang crashes. Don't bother playing this game.… Expand
  84. Gargantuoso
    Jun 19, 2023
    7
    Your experience highly depends on class you choose so be aware!
    Because there are some class balance and itemisation issues.
    Game is fun and beautiful and i expect a lot of content is yet to come.
    FYI Im not in the endgame yet,
  85. ArtemusDE
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Just does not motivate to play in the endgame. Too many bad decisions by Blizzard leading to friction everywhere. Ignoring player feedback in the beta test and then nurfing while the game is live takes away the fun of planning and investing in a build. The game makes countless mistakes that have been avoided by Last Epoch and Path of Exile.
  86. Bazers
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Game is absolutely terrific. Super addicting and polished. Can't wait for end game content and new seasons/DLC. Great value as is.
  87. nerfer
    Jun 13, 2023
    3
    (Hardcore diablo 1 and 2 player). I didnt enjoy the direction diablo 3 took visually or gameplay wise)

    Art - 9/10. amazing, hit the nail on the head of what a diablo game should look and feel like. Can just improve character customization as it feels dated and limited compared to eastern games like Lost Ark. Gameplay - 2/10. I'm bored. I don't really want to keep playing, but I'm    (Hardcore diablo 1 and 2 player). I didnt enjoy the direction diablo 3 took visually or gameplay wise)

    Art - 9/10. amazing, hit the nail on the head of what a diablo game should look and feel like. Can just improve character customization as it feels dated and limited compared to eastern games like Lost Ark.

    Gameplay - 2/10. I'm bored. I don't really want to keep playing, but I'm trying to give the game an honest shot and get to end game to see if there's anything there. but so far... levels 1-40 on 3 different classes is braindead gameplay with 2/10 fun factor.
    The boss battles feel more like a life skill in other mmo's than actual boss battles. On my Barbarian I just feel like I'm trying to chop down a really big (and amazing looking) tree that sometimes moves, and occasionally tickles me with it's branches. It usually results in my standing in one spot, holding left click, occasionally popping Iron Skin, and waiting the allotted 5-10 minutes it takes to slowly chop it down. Using other skills doesn't feel like it makes a difference so why not just hold left click.

    I want to like this game. It looks amazing, the art team did such a phenomenal job in both characters and environments and animations. (the armor is a 10/10), but going through this world is probably the most boring gaming experience I've ever had. If it weren't for the visuals, I would have stopped on day 1 after dishing out 140$. Which hopefully speaks volumes.    … Expand
  88. loktarogar
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    They should be grateful that there is no minus score. Anyway, I don't feel much different from Diablo Immortal.
  89. JQK
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    I've been stuck waiting for the new update for ages, and this game has given me enough time to leave a comment. Honestly, I feel like giving this game a score of 0 would be completely justified. I don't even want to bother rating it...
  90. McCommi
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    Diablo, which used to be the epitome of hack and slash, has vanished and has now turned into a despicable game that maliciously aims to create unpleasant experiences for users and keep them hooked for longer.
  91. Rubistone
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 falls disappointingly short of expectations, earning a 4 out of 10. The lackluster story fails to engage players, while the MMO elements feel forced and underdeveloped. The game's FOMO design decisions, including an overwhelming number of monetization strategies like a battle pass, early access pass, and in-game shop, reveal Blizzard's immense greed. Moreover, the endgame becomesDiablo 4 falls disappointingly short of expectations, earning a 4 out of 10. The lackluster story fails to engage players, while the MMO elements feel forced and underdeveloped. The game's FOMO design decisions, including an overwhelming number of monetization strategies like a battle pass, early access pass, and in-game shop, reveal Blizzard's immense greed. Moreover, the endgame becomes tiresome due to its repetitive nature and lack of innovation. Surprisingly, leveling up actually makes you feel weaker, undermining the sense of progression. With unbalanced gameplay and a steep price tag of $70, Diablo 4 leaves players feeling let down and yearning for the glory days of the franchise.

    0/10 to balance out the weird "10/10" bomb reviews after a reddit post.    … Expand
  92. tdebug
    Jun 14, 2023
    1
    You cannot even change the screen resolution in the game. I guess blizzard quality never changes.
  93. BattlefieldFail
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    Really good early game and has a lot of feature potential for seasons and expansion.
  94. Mordius71
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    For the time we've been waiting for it, and all the missing features, the diablo inmortal UI, the shop, the repetitive endgame, the lack of build diversity, the inexistence of customizable atributes, the **** itemization (like in D3), the price, the season pass, and much more, it doesn't deserve more than a 0. I wanted it to be good, it is just plain garbage.
  95. Scuffy
    Jun 18, 2023
    5
    TLDR:
    I don't feel powerful or satisfied. It is okay for playing the story but boring afterwards.
    Enemy Scaling & Combat: I played through the story with some side quests on a medium paste I guess. Since the enemies scale with your level, you run into some issues. After a certain level, your level up does give you less power than it makes enemies more spongy. Much of your power comes    TLDR:
    I don't feel powerful or satisfied. It is okay for playing the story but boring afterwards.

    Enemy Scaling & Combat:
    I played through the story with some side quests on a medium paste I guess.
    Since the enemies scale with your level, you run into some issues. After a certain level, your level up does give you less power than it makes enemies more spongy. Much of your power comes from synergy of legendary items. If you don't get these items for 5 levels, you suddenly need four times longer to kill a group of 5-10 enemies which you killed quite fast as a fresh character at level 6.

    You can at least respec for gold but it is too expensive for try and error if you are not the synergy-min-max-genius.
    So the fights itself feel tedious and boring. But after finishing the story that is the only thing which is left imo.

    OpenWorld:
    Again, feels fine during the Story, but after that you see the flaws. I did not count the different events but they feel repetitive and uninteresting it's either waves or waves with collection of remains....
    Also due to the scaling problem you are clearing events slow and then a low level rando comes by and kills the mobs faster. That feels just odd.
    On other occasion you struggle with the event than 4 people rush in and you contribute nothing. If I wanted that, I would have created a group.

    So if you expect PoE or Diablo 3 style of long term engagement, maybe wait for season 3 or 4.
    At least they take feedback seriously.    … Expand
  96. Tanphu
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game have online check, microtransaction,recently the horrible update, definitely billizard
  97. TAMLIEU
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    For all Blizzard's andies telling us that "D2 D3 hAve the Same ProbLem AT Start" "LEave DEV AloNE!!!". You don't buy a car, and your dealer tell you that you will get your "fun" fuel years later. Meanwhile, just push the car. D4 graphic looks very good, everything else from story, contents are mind-numbing.

    Sure it may get fix years later, but It isn't their first time making Diablo.    For all Blizzard's andies telling us that "D2 D3 hAve the Same ProbLem AT Start" "LEave DEV AloNE!!!". You don't buy a car, and your dealer tell you that you will get your "fun" fuel years later. Meanwhile, just push the car. D4 graphic looks very good, everything else from story, contents are mind-numbing.

    Sure it may get fix years later, but It isn't their first time making Diablo. This is Blizzard’s 4th “Diablo” game with $70 for base game, MTX, battle passes, expansions. For these, I have very high standard for their game. They charge premium price up-front, I expected premium experience. Not this half-baked, boring.    … Expand
  98. d1versify
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    When early game levelling feels unrewarding, not fun, sometimes hard, what do you expect?
    Furthermore i didn't like the Lost Ark feel I got from it, an Asian mmo like game, which I disliked a lot
  99. idmjhxspgbabttv
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    I recently had the misfortune of playing Diablo, and I must say it was an experience that left me utterly unimpressed. As a long-time fan of the franchise, I had high hopes for this installment, but it ended up being a soulless, disappointing journey into the abyss of gaming mediocrity.
  100. qweqweqweqwewq
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Game is really boring, optimization is total disaster - on RTX 3080 Asus ROG, 32GM ram, Ryzen 9 3900X and NVMe storage games sometimes goes from 200 to ~5 FPS with no reason for it (like while moving in town with no other players around). Also it crushes sometimes but in the most inconvenient moments (but it killed some streamers playing HC on lvls > 70) - like when you wasted 20 min ofGame is really boring, optimization is total disaster - on RTX 3080 Asus ROG, 32GM ram, Ryzen 9 3900X and NVMe storage games sometimes goes from 200 to ~5 FPS with no reason for it (like while moving in town with no other players around). Also it crushes sometimes but in the most inconvenient moments (but it killed some streamers playing HC on lvls > 70) - like when you wasted 20 min of your life to run from one point to another and didn't managed to get waypoint because game crashed when you were about to, etc.
    Also price is complete joke - it should cost ~20 euro for what it offers    … 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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