Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 5,649 out of 6675
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  1. dreadpiratetomW
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    At launch I would have given an 7 due to the decent state of the game and the high potential. After the recent patch, it is clear the developers do not want the game to be fun at all. They made the already tedious grind unbearably slower, and nuked survivability of all classes that was already terrible for most builds. Do yourself a favor and skip this one unless they fire some people andAt launch I would have given an 7 due to the decent state of the game and the high potential. After the recent patch, it is clear the developers do not want the game to be fun at all. They made the already tedious grind unbearably slower, and nuked survivability of all classes that was already terrible for most builds. Do yourself a favor and skip this one unless they fire some people and make massive changes.… Expand
  2. lacedemonio
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The most un-fun ARPG in existance.Low mob density because their awful servers can handle more, and even then continue to lag out constantly. Some classes speed clearing endgame while others can barely handle enemies of the same level. Awful and restricitive class balance and design. Everyone should had known better after they canceled OW2. Blizzard is long gone.
  3. CabaaL666
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Most boring, repetitive, unfinished, tedious, not challenging, unbalanced and bugged mmo i've ever played. And it's not even a true mmo. Season 1 content is basically that all previous negative aspects are even worse. There are no end game modes. Devs lied about the quality of the game, and now they promise it'll get better. A company that cares only about making money and zero aboutMost boring, repetitive, unfinished, tedious, not challenging, unbalanced and bugged mmo i've ever played. And it's not even a true mmo. Season 1 content is basically that all previous negative aspects are even worse. There are no end game modes. Devs lied about the quality of the game, and now they promise it'll get better. A company that cares only about making money and zero about their customers experience and satisfaction. Snakes.… Expand
  4. SchlafP
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Save your money and wait 2 or 3 years for the game to get content. This game honestly should have waited another year to release. If you want to play it for just the story, then that's the only worthwhile thing in the game right now.
  5. Beavspam
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Really disappointed after last patch. I want old game back! They destroyed a game.
  6. HeXiiK
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Unfortunate L for the one of the most nostalgic RPG series of a generation.

    To start off, I've played Diablo 1, Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 in extensive time frames. Well over 4,000 hours in each game. Diablo 2 was my most played game, where I'd have to gauge it's somewhere between 20,000 and 25,000 hours. Diablo 4 makes you feel like you are barely keeping up with the difficulty curve and    Unfortunate L for the one of the most nostalgic RPG series of a generation.

    To start off, I've played Diablo 1, Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 in extensive time frames. Well over 4,000 hours in each game. Diablo 2 was my most played game, where I'd have to gauge it's somewhere between 20,000 and 25,000 hours.

    Diablo 4 makes you feel like you are barely keeping up with the difficulty curve and is very contingent on your skills and gear. If you do not put the proper point in the proper skill for your build using the gear you find, you'll find the monsters have become harder when you level. It's "match level" scaling can be an absolute hinderance to people who do not know what build to run or have not found the gear/legendary aspects to create the build.

    The game has many problems from bugs and exploits to developers who actively work to lower the fun of the game. If one were to ask me if they should buy this game, I'd tell them wait 2-3 years (Diablo 3's timeframe from release to an acceptable game). I have nothing to tell these people as I have to be honest and I cannot just sit there and assume these developers will make any meaningful changes the community has been very vocal about. They have their vision to make money off of us and they aren't willing to change that in the slightest.

    The reviews from game companies are clearly paid reviews or they played 1-25 and thought the game was gonna be that fun throughout. Levels 1-50 is where the game feels completed. Post 50 the game is a grindfest with constant nerfs to loot by the developers. The developers in this game have a vendetta against it's players that play it harder than anyone else because those players found the holes of content that was non-existent. The game is for now, a lost cause.

    It pains me to say it, I am a huge fan of the Diablo series. Diablo 1 was great, Diablo 2 was it's peak, Diablo 3 was showing cracks in Triple A publishers armor and Diablo 4 is the full collapse of the series. Hacking and slashing through demons is great, but when the monster variety never changes and the dungeon boss variety never changes, you feel like the last dungeon is the same as the one you're doing now.

    I put 14 days of gameplay into the game since release and I have not touched it since July 7th. They told us there was a big patch coming on July 18th, two days before the Season 1 launch. They nerfed everything. It was worse than I could've ever imagined. They nerfed all top end damage buckets and multiplicative damage types because they are worried top players will beat the content too fast yet again and realize their Season 1 mechanics are not good either and right back to a lowered playerbase they will go and nerfed all defensives by 50%! They made getting through the game more tedious than launch by nerfing EXP where you have no choice but do Nightmare Dungeons on your character to level, that will just kill you faster because your defenses are nerfed by 50% and if you can't tank them, you have to kill them faster or it leads to more dying - but that is nerfed by 50% on average with some builds seeing upwards of 75% nerfs to the overall damage.

    I don't know what their goal is, but this ain't it. Save yourself money. Don't give Blizzard and Activision any more time or effort. The only way this company will change is if the same thing that happened to Diablo 3 happens to Diablo 4. Everyone gets fed up, 3,500 players are left playing then they make some meaningful changes to make the game fun. For now, stay away and just keep an eye on the Microsoft takeover to hopefully fix this abomination.    … Expand
  7. Loploo
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    Noobs who vote after reading patch notes without trying s1. How can one be so bad at a game.
  8. thenord333
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    They had an OK base game that needed work, but then they completely unbalanced it and didn't fix the issues they started with.

    I played the launch version with lvl 80 Rogue and 85 Druid, they are both broken now. I won't be joining season 1. They made all classes too weak, with maybe necro as exception.
  9. colinclemensh
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The dev team has, on the surface, created a good game with solid, tight, responsive gameplay that feels good to play. That is where the positives end. The game is absolutely riddled with QOL issues that are so painfully obvious even after 10 minutes of playing the game, that it seems like the devs have truly never play tested for more than a couple mins.

    Also, half the systems in the game    The dev team has, on the surface, created a good game with solid, tight, responsive gameplay that feels good to play. That is where the positives end. The game is absolutely riddled with QOL issues that are so painfully obvious even after 10 minutes of playing the game, that it seems like the devs have truly never play tested for more than a couple mins.

    Also, half the systems in the game are just terrible. the mount system is an absolute abomination, the itemization completely blows. I honestly could write 10 pages about all that is wrong with the game it’s kind of insane to think about how much they’ve missed with the team and budget they have. Then to top it all off, 7/18 released a patch which I can only describe as a complete slap in the face. Not a single QOL update, nerfed all damage and survivability, nerfed helltides for literally no reason. And the cherry on the cake is making the dungeon exit timer go from 3 seconds to 5 seconds. Nobody asked for this change. It is purely a time sink that blizzard thought they could sneak in. Absolutely reprehensible. 1 star is generous. the game deserves zero    … Expand
  10. Diablo4sucksbig
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is so disappointing. Please save your money, I sure wish I did, I am severely regretting my purchase and can’t get a refund anymore. Farts
  11. rioht
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Completely out of touch developer who somehow can't incorporate features that made their own previous games great.

    Clear display of arrogance and disdain for their customers.
  12. Jamsfield
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Developers are money hungry greedy and just plain stupid,Took a mediocre game and made it unplayable in last patch. WIsh i could refund. Do not buy this game in it current state theres better games for cheaper
  13. Pietriej
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I waited for Season 1 to give this game proper feedback, and my intention was to give it a solid 8/10, but in light of recent changes introduced by the game developers, I changed my mind. A 3/10 is the best I can do. 

    Slaughtering hellish legions is fun to the point where you ask yourself "What else is there for me?". Endgame is lacking, but it's normal for a game that has been just    I waited for Season 1 to give this game proper feedback, and my intention was to give it a solid 8/10, but in light of recent changes introduced by the game developers, I changed my mind. A 3/10 is the best I can do. 

    Slaughtering hellish legions is fun to the point where you ask yourself "What else is there for me?". Endgame is lacking, but it's normal for a game that has been just released, so people were waiting for new content that was promised by Blizzard. 

    Instead, we got the 1.1 patch that butchered the game for many. 

    The problem is this patch has taken lots of things from the players that made the game fun for them, and given nothing substantial in return. You could have spent a hundred hours building your character to work the way you want using the rules available, and now it's pretty much useless and requires a grand rebuild (respec that cost in-game resources, as well as looting new items). It's not that the game enabled new, better builds you may want to consider - your current character got nerfed to the ground not allowing you to enjoy the content you were enjoying just a day before. One day you log in, play, and have fun, the next you get slaughtered by a random white mob out of nowhere and you don't know what's happening. An awful experience for casual players and not a pleasant one for pros either. 

    What is worse, some classes' design is simply broken. Looking at the Sorc class, there are basically no significant choices you can make, and the only viable playstyle for endgame activities is "Stun-Kill / if doesn't work run around until the next stun is available". It seems Blizz wanted to address this as well, but instead, they've just nerfed this type of build to the ground while offering no alternatives and making the Sorcerer class significantly weaker than all other classes... just two days before the season starts and people were making plans to go for this class. 

    At the same time, none of the quality of life issues people were asking for even before the release were addressed. Stash is a mess, the game is basically a garbage management system where you drop 30 items and spend time thinking if any of them are worth keeping, because if you don't you will run out of storage space really quickly. For a game that was in design for 10 years not being able to provide a solution some games had 10 years ago is scandalous. 

    It seems as if there was a team working on matching digits in Excel who never actually experienced the game and had no idea what they were doing. There seems to be no real plan for how the game should be balanced, and since the release they've been just changing the numbers chaotically in the hope it will somehow get better. Instead of fixing the core of these issues, they just keep adding or subtracting digits. 

    And while I understand they may still address this, these were to be addressed BEFORE the game launch. It doesn't require a degree in rocket science to understand how the game you're designing works, and if you learn it after the game is released and decide to take away what makes the game fun for people, you have to also accept the consequences with the review of your game dropping significantly and players moving away (aka not spending money on your "live service" anymore). 
    Additionally, this is the first Diablo game that took away the option to play single-player from people, which is an absolute nightmare and causes tons of problems.    … Expand
  14. Joojee
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It’s clear the pencil pushers are in charge at Blizzard and they are playing the only game that matters to them … how to milk is dry off time and money. Goodbye Diablo IV we hardly knew ye.
  15. toviroggo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    While the game has a lot of potential - the consisten interaction with the devs, shows a complete lack of understanding. Starting out and leveling through the campaign has merits - the visuals are good, story great. Everything else - meh, and worse and worse over time. The patch 1.1 put the nail in the coffin.

    Campaign playthrough in itself not worth the investment for this "AAA" game.    While the game has a lot of potential - the consisten interaction with the devs, shows a complete lack of understanding. Starting out and leveling through the campaign has merits - the visuals are good, story great. Everything else - meh, and worse and worse over time. The patch 1.1 put the nail in the coffin.

    Campaign playthrough in itself not worth the investment for this "AAA" game. Watch the campaign videos on youtube for free and get all the best from the game at no cost at all.    … Expand
  16. aluminum_hat
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Started off great, but the devs ruined the game in the first few weeks by nerfing unusual things, and not fixing major issues with gameplay.
  17. Natero
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Even worse than going outside and touching grass Dumb people making a dumb game
  18. Tangosplice
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Played 200 hours game was slow but after the recent xp buff the game was finally worth grinding past level 75 plus. Woke up expecting to see sorcerer buffs because I was very far behind in dmg and survivability, they nerfed the **** out of sorcerer???? And then they nerfed cool down reduction. Wow really i guess I won't be able to play the only class I play in every blizzard game.… Expand
  19. sloth_mentality
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    1500+ hours in D3.

    Currently this game is: - an ARPG looter with abysmal loot design - an MMO coop game with zero social UI/support - an action game that is slow and unengaging Rather than building a compelling end game to keep players engaged, they've slowed the game down significantly to increase player retention. The game has good bones, and has great potential but the current    1500+ hours in D3.

    Currently this game is:
    - an ARPG looter with abysmal loot design
    - an MMO coop game with zero social UI/support
    - an action game that is slow and unengaging

    Rather than building a compelling end game to keep players engaged, they've slowed the game down significantly to increase player retention. The game has good bones, and has great potential but the current changes have moved the game in the wrong direction. D4 is currently being playtested by the players, and this hurts the health of the playing population long term.

    It gets 2/10 rather than 0 for me because the style is great and the lore is rich.    … Expand
  20. kelthalas01
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    patchnotes 1.1:
    Fixed multiple issues where players were having fun
    Fixed multiple issues where the sorcerer wasn't already weak enough
    Fixed multiple issues where players were excited for season 1
    Increase time spent with family by 30%
  21. weakest
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It was fun an engaging to start with. Classes had many builds to choose from making them all feel unique. Blizzard decided to put all the good and bad things into a blender and turned it into a thick, disgusting paste they called Patch 1.1. No one wants it now and for the most part it makes people sick.
  22. Cloudcpu
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I am a small business owner who works very hard and have been a fan of Diablo since the original game I look forward to a few hours every night after dinner with my wife to play Diablo together. I Spent many years in Diablo 2 Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 resurrected. While I agree that balancing is important for true MMO games what blizzard has done recently with Diablo IV which is not a true mmoI am a small business owner who works very hard and have been a fan of Diablo since the original game I look forward to a few hours every night after dinner with my wife to play Diablo together. I Spent many years in Diablo 2 Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 resurrected. While I agree that balancing is important for true MMO games what blizzard has done recently with Diablo IV which is not a true mmo instead a casual coop game is completely ridiculous they not only nerfed the game but they killed all the fun and the game itself by not having content instead making it harder/longer to do the same content during season one as a fox to having nothing to do post 100!?!?!? I uninstalled last week once I hit 100 and killed Uber Lilith anticipating a reinstall during season 1 to experience lots of new content with the anticipated amazing new patch 1.1.0 now I have no plans to come back to sanctuary and I wish I could get a refund as this felt like this was a $20 Indy game experience as the story was excellent but Indy game short. This is not the experience I /we waited years for I expected Diablo IV to be a game we would play after dinner together for an hour or so for years to come! Happily it looks like a really great game by truly passionate developers is just around the corner with Baldurs Gate 3 to possibly fill the gap left by blizzard and Diablo 4 but that would be another review and we must wait to see (although everything looks to be roses there)! What I have such a hard time understanding is why is Blizzard trying so hard to nerf a game that is really a co-op game definitely not a true MMO competitive style game?

    Thankfully I look forward to spending more time with family in the coming weeks especially with my grand children now that this game will not waste anymore of my precious time trying to hit 100 quickly and get to a missing end game    … Expand
  23. Razefordaze
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I really had hope that blizzard could right the ship despite their recent track record with Activision. They made a game that has great graphics, crisp combat, and good monster art design. Sadly that is about all that is great about this game. Why would I give this a game a zero after mentioning these things? I give it a zero because of the continuous utter incompetence displayed in theirI really had hope that blizzard could right the ship despite their recent track record with Activision. They made a game that has great graphics, crisp combat, and good monster art design. Sadly that is about all that is great about this game. Why would I give this a game a zero after mentioning these things? I give it a zero because of the continuous utter incompetence displayed in their post release decision making. Congrats you made some good money using marketing, the blizzard label, and the communities hope. A game can be the most beautiful in the world but if we cant engage with it then its useless. No one wants something that is exclusively pretty to look at, we want to play an actual game. The decisions they have made communicate volumes about their competency and the direction they want to go. The game has god awful item design, build diversity, item diversity, character respec, end game, and worst of all...an incredibly disconnected negligent dev team.

    Its incredible they averaged this as a social game yet provide ZERO, literally ZERO **** matchmaking methods.    … Expand
  24. jtstauff86
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    You will grind 100s of hours to try and min/max a build only for the developers to ninja nerf your progress. Items on your character will actually be rolled to other stats/skills/%. Sticking with one build is very difficult for the average to above average player. All nerfs will be based on streamers who have all BiS. Congrats, your Shako was just upgraded to a Tarn.
  25. B-unit79
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Cash grab. They made below average game and made it even worse with the latest patch. These people are so out of touch with the player base that I think that they don't even care. Can't believe i parted with all that money for the ultimate edition, lesson learned.
  26. caycham1
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Extremely boring endgame which got even more boring somehow with nerf going into season 1
  27. A8a
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Bee were promised a much better game since the release of the game blizzard had done nothing but nerf the game to a point where it is unplayable and un enjoyable. It’s a seasonal where you play 3 months just to try and hit 100. Lore is in enjoyable in this game everything is rng and builds are so weak that even if you try and push as solo casual player you will get no where. Compared toBee were promised a much better game since the release of the game blizzard had done nothing but nerf the game to a point where it is unplayable and un enjoyable. It’s a seasonal where you play 3 months just to try and hit 100. Lore is in enjoyable in this game everything is rng and builds are so weak that even if you try and push as solo casual player you will get no where. Compared to other games like elden ring where lore is interesting or even indie games like hades or vampire survivor where we actually get a strong character at the end if we do everything right. As soon as a player gets strong blizzard just needs the class. Even the market is bad it’s not free and they try to control everything in the game why don’t they just okay it for us too? Honestly I gave up on d4 hoping new triple a games are going to be more enjoyable for coming months and even games like bg3.… Expand
  28. ERROR_EXODUS
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game was already having issues BEFORE the recent patch but at least I could enjoy SOME aspects of the game. Now with this patch, it is clear how out of touch the D4 developers are this early in the life of this game.

    NERFS ACROSS THE BOARD TO EVERY CLASS AND ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING XP WHILE LEAVING GLARING BUGS AND LEAVING THE PISS POOR FOUNDATION THE WAY IT WAS IS NOT GOOD GAME    This game was already having issues BEFORE the recent patch but at least I could enjoy SOME aspects of the game. Now with this patch, it is clear how out of touch the D4 developers are this early in the life of this game.

    NERFS ACROSS THE BOARD TO EVERY CLASS AND ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING XP WHILE LEAVING GLARING BUGS AND LEAVING THE PISS POOR FOUNDATION THE WAY IT WAS IS NOT GOOD GAME DESIGN.

    They need to delay season 1, fix this disgusting mess they created, or undo it and release season 1 and rethink the development team's structure because this ain't it chief. I had a glimmer of hope for this game but of course, a Blizzard rolled in and killed everything in its wake.    … Expand
  29. Mchk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Boooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnngggg asssssssssssssssssssssss fuccckkkk
  30. Rosittia
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I only played for a few hours because it was so underwhelming. I don't like there is no 360 view as an option. It would stop off screen attacks. After seeing my partner play for 300+ hours learning about how resistances didn't work. To then go nerf damage reduction and armour, what are you trying to achieve from doing this? All you have done is made the game less enjoyable and people haveI only played for a few hours because it was so underwhelming. I don't like there is no 360 view as an option. It would stop off screen attacks. After seeing my partner play for 300+ hours learning about how resistances didn't work. To then go nerf damage reduction and armour, what are you trying to achieve from doing this? All you have done is made the game less enjoyable and people have waisted good money on a game that's more flawed than wow vanilla… Expand
  31. Omnidan
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    D4 has a great foundation with generally good content, but the patches and updates are killing this game. It feels as though the dev team are not listening and are making unnecessary changes. I had hope for it but quickly losing it. I recommend waiting for actual content and QoL updates.
  32. Anpu
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game was halfway decent but they continued to tinker with it until it was ruined. No one wants to grind for years on one game. My list of complaints are too many to list. Not happy. Uninstalled. I spend weeks getting the same 5 uniques trying to get one common one my friend had. The game is of poor design. And they just made llerable.… Expand
  33. Darealboot
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    yup, pay a hundred bucks for nostalgia. 100 bucks i wont get back. loved the game at first. but latest patch makes me want to vomit.
  34. austin2997
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I loved the game at first, and played for hours on hours. However after their first patch of the game they completely gutted every class in the game and now it seems like a total waste of time wince you'd have to grind for days just to get 1 good item for any build your doing. I was even planning on buying some skins and supporting them, after this though I don't think I'll play anymoreI loved the game at first, and played for hours on hours. However after their first patch of the game they completely gutted every class in the game and now it seems like a total waste of time wince you'd have to grind for days just to get 1 good item for any build your doing. I was even planning on buying some skins and supporting them, after this though I don't think I'll play anymore until they get some of these issues fixed and buff the classes again… Expand
  35. Xzeko
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    D4 team have no idea what they’re doing. Out of touch waste of money. Blizzard does not want you to have fun.
  36. baja2215
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Patch 1.1 - where to start! In short, Blizzard are totally out of touch with the latest patch. Backlash looks to be rather large considering their almost immediate announcement of a panic 'campfire' stream! They've basically made lots of things worse (nerfed) whilst at the same time giving absolutely nothing in return - e.g. QoL fixes!
  37. Gabon
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Boring repetative grind without any special twists, feels like 1998, no loot filters, small inventory space, cant create fun builds as they get nerfed to oblivion with every new patch. No runewords which D2 had, no special crafting, no real goals after you get to lvl 90, dungeons are basically 4-5 same base ideas, they do have modifiers which are just annnoying, like a red exploding stoneBoring repetative grind without any special twists, feels like 1998, no loot filters, small inventory space, cant create fun builds as they get nerfed to oblivion with every new patch. No runewords which D2 had, no special crafting, no real goals after you get to lvl 90, dungeons are basically 4-5 same base ideas, they do have modifiers which are just annnoying, like a red exploding stone which just follows you around or a shield which semi follows you around. New patch completly removed the incentive to play in a group, as they dugeons scale 1:1 with each player added. Usefull uniques are super rare and you will never get them, where junk uniquest which you sell to the vendor without a second look drop like wild. Season pass purchase is a big regret after the latest patch. Renown is annoying and bugged. At this point ill just stop playing the game, switch to Destiny 2 with its horrible datadisk and wait for Starfield and Baldurs Gate 3. Also im never purchasing anything again from Blizzard… Expand
  38. videogamedad
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was ruined by updates that are only meant to make the game more of a grind and keep people playing longer artificially. All fun has been removed.

    Boring, no real content, multiplayer doesn't really exist (no matchmaking). This game is incomplete.
  39. GaiaPapaya
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Super fun until the end of the campaign. Becomes stale, and repetitive around lvl 70. Loot chase is boring. Grind to 100 is painfully slow (and recently made worse). Devs are oblivious to community feedback.
  40. Telenortron
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They did that thing where they keep making the game progressively worse to try and retain a player base, because they have no confidence players will develop loyalty on their own. This is no longer the game I bought and it has lost any semblance of enjoyability.
  41. Brian_lefevre
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Buy diablo 2 or diablo 3 and wait for this to get to a stage in development that can pass as a beta-test! 100% not worth it at this stage and you will be disappointed of the state of the game hiding behind this AAA price tag!
  42. Boobb
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I register my first metacritic account, in order to rate this update to 0 score. Luckily, there is only 0 score with no negative score.… Expand
  43. mkonco
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Most expensive early access ever, and they managed to kill any little fun the game had on the first major patch. Blizzard is only a shadow of what it once was.
  44. Lostc4use
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Yep s1 patch did it for me. What could se expect from the greediest company of them all?
  45. Turnblom
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They keep sinking the game with bad update... keep getting slower
    Nerf everthing
    No goal exept lilth
    Maybe T100 but give u nothing or no reason to do it
  46. Bedacz
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Repetitive and boring and with every patch the character gets weaker. I'll skip the season and uninstall for now.
  47. foxexary
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Blizzard took everything that ARPGs did in the last decade and more or less ignored every bit of the good details. And started making their own garbage. The latest patch literally nerfed the entire game.

    This game is such a meme, That if anyone finds a broken OP build for any character. Somehow, In some sadistic blizzard style. Barbarians will get nerfed.
  48. tbrooks92
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The developers do not listen to the community! Developers have been driving this game into the ground patch after patch since launch. Instead of addressing the issues the players actually have with the game that would make the game better they continue to make the game worse by nurfing every part of the game. The reward quantity and quality are not enough to keep players engaged/playing.The developers do not listen to the community! Developers have been driving this game into the ground patch after patch since launch. Instead of addressing the issues the players actually have with the game that would make the game better they continue to make the game worse by nurfing every part of the game. The reward quantity and quality are not enough to keep players engaged/playing. Endgame is terrible!… Expand
  49. jordegales
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    Very fun game, very well balanced, the last update 1.1 brought better balance and is more fair for all players. Cleaning up users abusing game exploits, rush dungeon or piggybacking. The part of the community that is angry are players who want to have maximum damage, never die to the point of being god mode from day 1. The game now implements more challenging gameplay and that is always welcome.
  50. Ideoman
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After a decent start player experience was gutted with sensless nerfs designed to sort out the utter lack of their end game testing.
    The second BG3 releases, I’m done with this game.
  51. Nivialeth
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was actually enjoying the game… And came the patch for season 1 good job Blizztard
  52. ailailoufi
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    **** of a game company. Worst season 1 of a patch game. Not sure what I expected from blizzard, the betas were ok, first month after release as well, but after level 70 it's an absolute snoozefest of a game.
  53. Knightwolf386
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game at Launch I saw a good chance of a decent game. We are now about to go into the first Season which I love seasons in other Games. First Don't get me wrong I like a challenge in games That being said prior to season 1 damage and defense across the board are roughly cut in half for every class and skill. Prior to the patch you would contently get 1 shotted by a mob off screen thatThe game at Launch I saw a good chance of a decent game. We are now about to go into the first Season which I love seasons in other Games. First Don't get me wrong I like a challenge in games That being said prior to season 1 damage and defense across the board are roughly cut in half for every class and skill. Prior to the patch you would contently get 1 shotted by a mob off screen that charges. You would also constently get into a CC loop that you would have to wait about 6 to 12 seconds to get out of and most likely die. They decided to make you take twice the amount of damage now and do halph the damage you use to so now you have no chance of killing a group of mobs prior to getting CC'ed to death. This is punishing not enjoyable difficulty. To add insult to injury loot is a joke 99.99% of loot you get is trash and ends up selling to the vendor so there is no real gear progression. I will still play season 1 only because the battle pass with the game purchase, After that I will dedicate all my game time and money on POE which I consider to be a more complex and difficult game than D4 However it is enjoyable, rewarding, and not punishing. If you are thinking of buying this game I will tell you the story is a good story however after that the game is not worth it, I would save your money and wait tell the game is highly discounted to purchase and play the game.… Expand
  54. crenfrow524
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Was fun, they ruined the game for me. I would recommend checking out another arpg of you want something fast paced or just not to die constantly.
  55. bentcurve
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This game has a lot of promise in the first 49-50 levels. The side quest are interesting, the main story is compelling, and you can finish the campaign with almost any build really. However, when you progress to endgame, which is really where ARPGs are supposed to shine, it all falls apart. The tree of whispers is just a mindless grind which offers no fun or challenge. The hell tides areThis game has a lot of promise in the first 49-50 levels. The side quest are interesting, the main story is compelling, and you can finish the campaign with almost any build really. However, when you progress to endgame, which is really where ARPGs are supposed to shine, it all falls apart. The tree of whispers is just a mindless grind which offers no fun or challenge. The hell tides are okay, but infrequent and require a 40+ minute play session to open chest because of the low mob density. NM dungeons, which is where the game should be best, are slogs. Every class has resource and cooldown management issues that mean you spend most of your time waiting to do something. The foolish task inside the dungeon add nothing but annoyance. The NM dungeons should just require killing x% of the mobs in the dungeon and then the boss.

    Builds are just not fun. You never get that power fantasy feeling you got in the other diablos. Maybe this will be a good game in two or three years, but it is not yet. I have a free battle pass and no plan to play season 1.    … Expand
  56. Radiohead2023
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The initial playthrough is fun. However, after the most recent patch I can't really recommend the game to anybody who is remotely interested in the endgame.
  57. AiHoshino
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    the foundation was there to create a great sequel to D3 but time and time again blizzard shows us why they are not to be trusted. Season 1 is a death sentence for this game and could've been easily been avoided had blizzard actually addressed what the community has been asking for...

    simple QOL changes are not priority for blizzard. their mantra is, "whatever we can do to monetize and    the foundation was there to create a great sequel to D3 but time and time again blizzard shows us why they are not to be trusted. Season 1 is a death sentence for this game and could've been easily been avoided had blizzard actually addressed what the community has been asking for...

    simple QOL changes are not priority for blizzard. their mantra is, "whatever we can do to monetize and not deliver more content" - Probably Blizzard

    It's a shame that they delivered an unfinished game and were not prepared with season 1 content let alone addressing simple bugs the game has has since day one. stop giving blizzard money, and more importantly stop giving them your time. This studio does not care about it's community.    … Expand
  58. scaryman1987
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    F u Blizard
    Things expected with season 1
    Leader boards
    meaningful balance changes like buffing some of the bad builds and nerving some of the bad ones
    cool new items
    cool seasonal mechanics

    You did none of those and only made things irrevocably worse
  59. hnau
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    tl;dr: A visually alluring but fundamentally flawed and a seriously lacking addition to the Diablo series. Slow gameplay, boring itemization, and ever lengthening time-sink requirements courtesy of misguided patches. Avoid wasting your money on this one.

    Diablo IV, the highly anticipated addition to the iconic action RPG franchise, delivers an atmospheric and visually impressive world    tl;dr: A visually alluring but fundamentally flawed and a seriously lacking addition to the Diablo series. Slow gameplay, boring itemization, and ever lengthening time-sink requirements courtesy of misguided patches. Avoid wasting your money on this one.

    Diablo IV, the highly anticipated addition to the iconic action RPG franchise, delivers an atmospheric and visually impressive world with all the familiar elements that fans have come to love. However, it is impossible to overlook the developers' evident disconnection from the playerbase, as they prioritize lengthening time sinks over enriching the gameplay experience. This approach results in a title that feels unnecessarily tedious and monotonous, ultimately detracting from the potential greatness of the Diablo series.

    One of the most glaring issues with Diablo IV is the misguided notion that elongating the gameplay by making it take longer to complete things equates to a more challenging experience. Instead of offering intricately designed challenges and engaging encounters, the developers have resorted to inflating the game's content with time-consuming grinds, repetitive quests, and artificial difficulty spikes. This approach does not increase the game's difficulty in a meaningful way; it merely creates a sense of boredom and fatigue, distancing players from the once-thrilling Diablo universe.

    Despite the visually stunning graphics and well-crafted environments, the gameplay loop often feels stagnant and uninspired. The lack of innovative mechanics or substantial improvements over its predecessors gives rise to the impression that the developers were content to rely on the series' established formula without taking the risk to evolve the gameplay to new heights. As a result, Diablo IV feels like (and truly is) a step backward, rather than the much-anticipated evolution fans had hoped for.    … Expand
  60. Sigusmundo
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Repetitive, boring, no endgame, and if you are lucky enough to find a class and play style you like, they will nerf it into oblivion. The newest patch punishes group play, and severely nerfs experience. It is clear blizzard does not want players to reach level 100, because there is no content for higher levels.
  61. bestofthe60s
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Thanks for ruining the game, all the fun is gone - last patch is bs. A shame the game was so expensive - totally wasted money
  62. Pooawl
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was pretty decent before patch 1.1. For some reason, they took everything that was fun out of the game and nerfed everyone, making the game even more grindy. They didn't listen to the things that people were actually asking for such as addressing inventory, gem, and aspect management. One of the games biggest problems is the inability to easily switch between builds easily.The game was pretty decent before patch 1.1. For some reason, they took everything that was fun out of the game and nerfed everyone, making the game even more grindy. They didn't listen to the things that people were actually asking for such as addressing inventory, gem, and aspect management. One of the games biggest problems is the inability to easily switch between builds easily. They've tried a new approach that makes switching builds super expensive. With diablo 3 you could find super mega awesome gear and switch your build up to suit that gear. Now, in diablo 4, if you find super awesome mega gear you better hope it matches your build unless you want to spend MILLIONS of gold respeccing. It's sad. Basically the goal is the game is to now grind for gear that matches your build instead of being able to explore builds freely.

    Currently there are a ton of gems that you get and you only have 33 slots on your character...that means you'll be going back to are going back to town CONSTANTLY!! It's so annoying, Anywho, everyone's been asking for this to change and for the devs to rework this system to make the game more fun, but instead of listening to the player base and fixing these issues they instead decided to nerf everyone's players across the board, make the game more grindy, absolutely destroyed the 'sorcerer' class, reduced defensive skills across the board making us die more. This game is not for casual players anymore.    … Expand
  63. Vatnarok
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Here's my review, story was quite decent, but nothing at around 80$, and the new patch? THE NEW PATCH? bro just delete the game out of my account and give my money back, i paid 80$ for this? i can't wait till Larian sets a new standard for every RPG game out there, i will just buy the game right now and i gonna forget about D4 for the rest of its lifetime
  64. M4ENY
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard really is out of touch with the state of this game and what the players are asking for in terms of much needed QoL changes.

    I played the game through its betas and early access. I cant help but feel that I have been bait and switched since the game’s launch. For people on the fence about getting this game. Dont buy it. Blizzard is really turning Diablo 4 into a steaming pile of    Blizzard really is out of touch with the state of this game and what the players are asking for in terms of much needed QoL changes.

    I played the game through its betas and early access. I cant help but feel that I have been bait and switched since the game’s launch.

    For people on the fence about getting this game.

    Dont buy it. Blizzard is really turning Diablo 4 into a steaming pile of crap at this point.    … Expand
  65. DustyHollers
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This patch just busted what was an amazing game. Why take something almost perfect and just screw it up?
  66. Jhug_
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Diablo is actually a paid beta for 90$
    In a normal world we could imagine that the game is a mix between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 with the best feature of thes games but no.
    The core game is broken but you don't see it until you are above level 50-60 then you start to see all it's default.
    I congratulate the team behind cinematics, scenario, and open world design, but all the rest is a pure ****
  67. ThoughtStalker
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    With Diablo 4 Blizzard decided to capitalize and take advantage off a loyal fanbase that has been supporting their Franchise since it's inception in 1996. For full AAA price, we received an unfinished game with shiny graphics and almost zero content minus a story campaign in an empty open world setting. There is no build diversity, no true endgame. QOL features like a party finder andWith Diablo 4 Blizzard decided to capitalize and take advantage off a loyal fanbase that has been supporting their Franchise since it's inception in 1996. For full AAA price, we received an unfinished game with shiny graphics and almost zero content minus a story campaign in an empty open world setting. There is no build diversity, no true endgame. QOL features like a party finder and manageable storage space are completely missing. The game is also riddled with questionable design decisions and bugs like resistances not working although res is the main form of defense for certain classes.

    This recent patch was a ham-fisted attempt at slowing down the game since they don't have any quality endgame content to offer their players. Oh and don't forget, if this season seems like a slog you can always buy an Accelerated Battle Pass for 25 USD and skip through some of the pain points!    … Expand
  68. Hippystank
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    Updated review dropping the score from an 8 to a 4, post launch has been such a mix bag. Season 1 looks to be absolute bull crap, sorcerer class is absolutely garbage and they are making it worse. They are nerfing content that people like to do e.g. hell tides, regular dungeons, open world etc. Honestly, blizzard it feels like you don't want players to have fun the power fantasy is justUpdated review dropping the score from an 8 to a 4, post launch has been such a mix bag. Season 1 looks to be absolute bull crap, sorcerer class is absolutely garbage and they are making it worse. They are nerfing content that people like to do e.g. hell tides, regular dungeons, open world etc. Honestly, blizzard it feels like you don't want players to have fun the power fantasy is just meh here the build variety is non existent boiling down to 1-2 effective build per class if you are lucky enough to not play sorcerer.

    I dunno, they need to fix this personally I uninstalled this morning, reinstalled POE for the next week until Remnant 2 comes out then I might consider coming back once all of this is fixed but you took a game that was decently fun on launch and turned it into a boring slog with the last update. I tried a helltide last night and it was night and day compared to pre patch I can't believe how bad it has become.    … Expand
  69. Jarraxx
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Completely destroyed. Not a finished product. Trying to actively disable any fun component in the game.
  70. GamGamGam
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Ill Give it a 1 cause it distracted me from the depression of being stuck in this matrix.
  71. vonhuhuy
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have been a passionate fan of the Diablo franchise since my early childhood when I first played Diablo 1. While I had reservations following the underwhelming experience of Diablo 3, the early reviews for Diablo 4 were promising, so I decided to purchase it. For the past six weeks, I've been having fun playing the game, despite choosing the Sorceress class, which is considered theI have been a passionate fan of the Diablo franchise since my early childhood when I first played Diablo 1. While I had reservations following the underwhelming experience of Diablo 3, the early reviews for Diablo 4 were promising, so I decided to purchase it. For the past six weeks, I've been having fun playing the game, despite choosing the Sorceress class, which is considered the weakest for end-game content.

    However, my excitement turned to disappointment when patch 1.1 was deployed just two days before the start of the first season. This patch is widely regarded as one of the worst in gaming history. Blizzard essentially ruined the game by implementing massive nerfs across the board, affecting damage, defense, and experience gain, without providing any meaningful quality of life changes such as increased stash space, paragon board rerolls, or alternative build loadouts. The only plausible explanation seems to be that Blizzard lacked sufficient endgame content, so they artificially extended the "boring part" of the game to make players invest more time in grinding.

    In today's gaming landscape, such behavior from a game company is completely unacceptable in 2023. Blizzard has become incredibly out of touch with the player base and even with its own game. It is truly disheartening to witness the downfall of what was once such a wonderful game company.    … Expand
  72. Polymorph
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It's a pity that blizzard killed the game and with it the desire to play season 1. Why did you need to make a season if you have no content in the game. Just a piece...
  73. RedRing0fLife
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game was fun at launch, but before it's first paid Battlepass season the developers completely merged all damage and armor by 40%. It's a complete bait and switch. Let players have fun until enough have paid and then unleash your true intentions and ruin what is essentially a SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Unreal that Blizzard exerts its control and subjects its will on people just having fun andThe game was fun at launch, but before it's first paid Battlepass season the developers completely merged all damage and armor by 40%. It's a complete bait and switch. Let players have fun until enough have paid and then unleash your true intentions and ruin what is essentially a SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Unreal that Blizzard exerts its control and subjects its will on people just having fun and bothering no one. Unforgivable. I cannot rate this game lowly enough.… Expand
  74. gbot09
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game was fun on release, if you have been holding out I wouldn't get on board now. Blizzard just killed this game with the first major patch. They nerfed all the fun out of the game so its better to wait till they pull damage control. If they fix the game I'll change my review but for now I must thank blizzard for correcting the imbalance in my gaming/life balance.
  75. SnakesNbarrels2
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The grind is not enjoyable. There is a major disconnect between players and the developers. Feel awful having been gouged for spending more money for a game that will need years to improve
  76. MikeLFC
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They completely ruined the game with the most recent 1.1 patch, gutted damage, gutted cooldown reduction, gutted damage reduction, so we hit less hard and get hit harder. The leveling is now a lot slower, everything was made literally worse. I do less than HALF the damage i did before this patch and im not going to play season 1 now, unless they come out and apologize and revert this bs patch
  77. moviekritic
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Largest blunder in recent gaming history. This game is buggy and missing a lot of features. Feels like a beta.
  78. GameTimeee
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Jesus christ, D4 literally took a mile leap backwards with the latest patch for S1. Diablo devs are laughably out of touch with their player base and it's clear as day that they do not play their own game.

    I knew the game would take multiple seasons up to the 10+ seasons to actually become addictive and fun but this is such a step backwards that I believe this game will not recover.    Jesus christ, D4 literally took a mile leap backwards with the latest patch for S1. Diablo devs are laughably out of touch with their player base and it's clear as day that they do not play their own game.

    I knew the game would take multiple seasons up to the 10+ seasons to actually become addictive and fun but this is such a step backwards that I believe this game will not recover. Diablo 4 single- handedly alienated all the Casuals/Mid/Hardcore gamers with its Base game and its latest S1 patch.

    Diablo Devs are so hardheaded with their approach for Diablo 4 that they do not listen to its community feedback and it's always "WE ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE WRONG". They need a Dev overhaul, Rod needs to go pronto.

    Maybe in a couple years the game/devs will change for the better, but for now, Diablo is dead.    … Expand
  79. Malph
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    It started out good, and I really enjoy the game. Then they started to update and change it to fit their quota, and it became the worst game I'd even played.
  80. Km87
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I was really looking forward to this game. diablo 3 was and prombly is still my favorite game. has played from the start and all season. so my dream was for d4 to take that place.. but it's so boring! have been pushing myself to lvl 100 hoping the end game would be fun and give me a reason to keep playing... but can't find one? diablo has always been a multiplayer game for me, but whyI was really looking forward to this game. diablo 3 was and prombly is still my favorite game. has played from the start and all season. so my dream was for d4 to take that place.. but it's so boring! have been pushing myself to lvl 100 hoping the end game would be fun and give me a reason to keep playing... but can't find one? diablo has always been a multiplayer game for me, but why doesn't it find a random groupfinder or similar? leader board? I miss the countdown in nigthmare dungeons like in greater rifts in D3? glyhs have a max level so what's the point? .... it's like when you get to lvl 100 you're done and there's no point in playing. and all these nerfs just create more and more negative publicity and kill the desire to play....you guys better do something fast and season 1 will by way better then this non season otherwise im sorry to say my dream for this game will die:(… Expand
  81. TheJackScott
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Let's nerf every class, increase enemy hp and decrease xp across the board. Artificially making the gaming experience slower is a sad excuse for lack of end game content. Was excited for Season 1, but this new update changed that. Also, $70 for a game, but a paid battle pass and $25 skins in the shop? Nice one Blizzard.
  82. Greed_D_Evans
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Waste MORE time on an already unreasonable time sink? I don't think so. FF16, Starfield, BG3. are right around the corner. Blizz needed to make it WAY more fun to play to keep my time.
  83. Bart_9989
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Endgame is boring, uber Lilith power level is above the curve and you must build specific to challange her. Nightmare dungeons are boring and scale badly to player level.
    Resistances are broken, its assumed to be broken, and isn't on radar to be checked, only form of defense is armor, and not all classes have access to a lot of armor.
    One class ( sorcerer ) despite being the most played    Endgame is boring, uber Lilith power level is above the curve and you must build specific to challange her. Nightmare dungeons are boring and scale badly to player level.
    Resistances are broken, its assumed to be broken, and isn't on radar to be checked, only form of defense is armor, and not all classes have access to a lot of armor.
    One class ( sorcerer ) despite being the most played ( according to them ), is nothing compared to others, are glass cannons without the cannon.
    Open world is a joke, during campaign it had a meaning to explore and find stuff, but non-campaign quests give no plausible reward and randon mobs on the open world isn't worth farming. On endgame, you just teleport to your dungeon.
    You cant replay campaign bosses/maps unless you start a new char.
    Inventory space is not enough to keep more then a couple of spare parts of gear, gems, aspects, etc.
    And then, there comes S1 patch notes, that made everything worse, even some stuff that was working.    … Expand
  84. Oliverwald
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Developer continually makes changes that ruin the gaming experience for casual gamers. They expect people to sink all their time into the game and play solo. No real reward for playing with friends if anything it's more of a punishment.
  85. jojobao
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This game kinda suck after the honeymoon period. There’s nothing to do endgame and blizzard keeps trying to shove nightmare dungeons down our throats. Since release nothing has been added except nerfs. NOTHING. Save your money and avoid paying for this pre-beta game.
  86. ArtieBartie
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    So much potential. Not supported properly. End game is very poor. Everything too slow
  87. bigdawg782
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game would be great if the devs didn't nerf the play QoL into the ground. Patch 1.1 was by far the worst patch I have ever seen in a video game and ruined it 100% for me.
  88. foxrun
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This patch is an awful attempt to balance the game by making everything less fun and take longer. And still no quality of life upgrades that all exist in the previous game, D3. Were no lessons learned?
  89. Petrokolos
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This game is so good that it literally cured my insomnia! Thank you Blizzard.
  90. enickel
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This patch is an awful attempt to balance the game by making everything less fun and take longer. And still no quality of life upgrades that all exist in the previous game, D3. Were no lessons learned?
  91. Dingo666
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    How to nuke your playerbase in one patch... As a player who grinded 3 lvl 100 characters since release they were pretty well rounded now feel terrible. Season 1 will not make up for what we have lost with the malignant hearts. Non seasonal players will have nothing to make their characters feel any better.
  92. balefire97
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game was ok-ish and needing a solid +6 more months of baking before it was ready for launch.
    The way the stats work on gear is among the worst of all ARPGs out there. As an example, if you get lucky and loot a legendary item is the same one you are currently wearing only 10 levels higher with the exact same stat rolls, the stats can actually be lower on the +10 level item because of    The game was ok-ish and needing a solid +6 more months of baking before it was ready for launch.
    The way the stats work on gear is among the worst of all ARPGs out there. As an example, if you get lucky and loot a legendary item is the same one you are currently wearing only 10 levels higher with the exact same stat rolls, the stats can actually be lower on the +10 level item because of the way the gearing works. Also as of the time of this writing, no theory crafter has yet to be able to figure out how resistance works. You can get something that says +50% to lightening resist and when you equip it, your lightening resist goes from ~40% -> ~43%.

    Its generally accepted that the sorcerer is in the worst state compared to any other class from all patch versions of all Diablo games one though four. The community was very excited because of a major patch coming out which we were hopeful would fix so many of these day 1 issues and to make the sorcerer more viable.

    To say this patch was tone-def would be an understatement. It fixed 0 day 1 issues, the side quests that i couldn't complete due to bugs, were stlll uncompleteable and bugged. It nerfed all classes, nerfed XP gains, and took the 3 most important stats for sorcerer, Vulnerable damage, Cooldown reduction, and Crit and nerfed them to the ground. The sorcerer is all but unplayable now.    … Expand
  93. Mubarakk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Very very bad patch i lost my Money and my time to play it thats longe i already have 2ch lvl 100 and I think i will delete that game if it’s be the same
  94. Trashing
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Disappointing after a few hours. Feels like they took a game engine and released it right after you have been able to slay a few monsters. **** loot, **** leveling, **** endgame content, **** powerlevel, **** mob density, **** trade, **** UI, **** balancing, **** patches. Worst ARPG release in ages.
  95. iVile
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    An embarrassing disaster that is run by incompetent developers. The current team has an absolutely incoherent design philosophy that shows through constant embarrassments in just about every one of their patches. Constant nerfs and bizarre itemization choices make investing time into this game utterly pointless. The best items in the game are so rare that even the sweatlords wereAn embarrassing disaster that is run by incompetent developers. The current team has an absolutely incoherent design philosophy that shows through constant embarrassments in just about every one of their patches. Constant nerfs and bizarre itemization choices make investing time into this game utterly pointless. The best items in the game are so rare that even the sweatlords were constantly asking blizzard if the items were even in the game 3 weeks after launch, which effectively means there are no chase items in the game. 10 million copies sold and you can count on one hand the number of people that have found these items. Literally. Then, the items that were attainable were made absolutely obsolete after the latest patch and had their stats forcefully changed. Zero quality of life changes that players have been begging for and should have been in the game from day 1. This game is run by buffoons and has zero hope of ever sniffing it’s potential. This game is a Disaster.… Expand
  96. Demetriknows
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Regretting spending money on this titles it’s clear the developers don’t respect gamer’s time and have resorted to making the game a punishing grind fest. This quote sums up the experience “...This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action.

    It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put    Regretting spending money on this titles it’s clear the developers don’t respect gamer’s time and have resorted to making the game a punishing grind fest. This quote sums up the experience “...This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action.

    It's a LOOT hunter with boring loot.

    This is an MMO with no social aspects.

    A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals.”    … Expand
  97. nilart
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I have been playing quite a few RPGs and all Diablo games to date. It still escapes me how a company like Blizzard can make a so poorly planned game launch. They haven't thought which kind of players to target to basically they are targeting none. The game itself is fine but it has a lot of issues. Itemization is really bad and messy. Magic, Rare, Legendaries and Uniques and then,I have been playing quite a few RPGs and all Diablo games to date. It still escapes me how a company like Blizzard can make a so poorly planned game launch. They haven't thought which kind of players to target to basically they are targeting none. The game itself is fine but it has a lot of issues. Itemization is really bad and messy. Magic, Rare, Legendaries and Uniques and then, parallely, sacred and ancestral. By the end game most item drops are useless, even uniques. It feels like an endless and nonsense grind.

    There is a huge gap between the performance of different builds making it a forced single option if you want to be able to do something.

    On top of this Blizzard seems to not acknowledge these issues and instead they go for making the grind worse and destroying the popular builds and stats / aspects. But they don't balance others. I got to 74 because i was playing with friends. Was gonna try something different for season one but looking at the direction of the game i will just take a break and allow them to either find the right path or just kill their game.    … Expand
  98. Doffers
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Awful. No group finder? Really? Not a AAA game by any stretch of the imagination.
  99. lethalghost123
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Story is quite good enjoyed playing through it and leveled up to 80. Was enjoyable but slowly turned into a slow grind. That i could deal with but now with the latest patch with nerfs to damage and making it easier to die and xp gains are nerfed its a grind fest. Less damage less kills less lot drops, increased skill times so less skills to use not so much action in this arpg now ! Oh andStory is quite good enjoyed playing through it and leveled up to 80. Was enjoyable but slowly turned into a slow grind. That i could deal with but now with the latest patch with nerfs to damage and making it easier to die and xp gains are nerfed its a grind fest. Less damage less kills less lot drops, increased skill times so less skills to use not so much action in this arpg now ! Oh and increases to leaving a dudgeon because we all know player like loading screens lol… Expand
  100. Kotturgato
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Enjoy put all your effort in vain, patch update ruined everything you ever played. Force players to join s1 and start over with exceptional slow leveling speed, else you stay in miserable eternal realm get smashed on the ground by monsters.
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#22 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2023
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#2 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2023

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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Cubed3
    Mar 25, 2024
    50
    There's a fair bit to like about Diablo IV — best-in-class sound design, intriguing character classes, fantastic graphics and occasionally addictive gameplay all feel like the series in its prime. However, even the best parts are let down by an undercurrent of frustrating design choices: the cynical inclusion of a Battle Pass, a bloated open world, repetitive mission structure and progression that too often feels meaningless cast a long shadow that let the latest Diablo title down. Future Seasons may refine what's here, but many of its issues sadly feel baked into the core experience. All but the most die-hard fans may wish to wait for a substantial sale on this one.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    80
    The visuals are probably what excited me the most. The way the game looks and the atmosphere makes me feel like I'm playing the old Diablo again. On steroids and on a quadruple screen TV, but the feeling is still there. [Issue#328]
  3. PLAY
    Sep 17, 2023
    80
    Diablo is back, and taking no prisoners. The top-quality, lengthy campaign will be enough for some, while the endgame should prove a welcome obsession for others. [Issue#30, p.84]
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