Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  1. david11i1i
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    To be completely honest, I can’t help but feel deceived by the current state of Diablo 4. It’s disheartening to see a game riddled with numerous issues and constant nerfs, giving the impression that it’s still in an experimental phase rather than nearing its release. Yet, we were expected to pay full price for this incomplete experience.

    The development team appears to be at a loss as    To be completely honest, I can’t help but feel deceived by the current state of Diablo 4. It’s disheartening to see a game riddled with numerous issues and constant nerfs, giving the impression that it’s still in an experimental phase rather than nearing its release. Yet, we were expected to pay full price for this incomplete experience.

    The development team appears to be at a loss as to how to handle the game. They focus solely on nerfing various aspects like builds, dungeons, and drops, without providing any meaningful buffs or improvements. It feels like a one-sided approach that only diminishes the enjoyment of the game. Furthermore, the reduction in mob densities while neglecting changes to Nightmare difficulty is simply unacceptable. It’s nothing short of a disappointment.

    The user interface is subpar, making navigation and interaction a frustrating experience. The limited stash space is laughable, considering the vast amount of loot and items players encounter throughout the game. Additionally, the perplexing decision to restrict players to one build per character and impose costly respec fees is mind-boggling. The leveling process itself is so poorly designed that I question the sanity of anyone attempting to level multiple characters from the same class. It’s disheartening to see such oversights.

    Ultimately, the cost of changing builds is so insignificant that it would make more sense to have a simple button to switch between builds and charge a reasonable amount of in-game gold for it. It feels like a missed opportunity to provide a more dynamic and customizable experience for players.

    In conclusion, Diablo 4 is far from meeting the expectations of fans. The lack of substantial improvements, the numerous flaws in gameplay and design choices, and the overall disappointment in the user experience make it difficult to endorse this game wholeheartedly.    … Expand
  2. Daevaniel1988
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Que a Blizzard remova tudo o que veio de Diablo 3 que jamais deveria ter existido , por mais sobriedade menos sensura Diablo IV ainda pode ser melhor
  3. Johnnybeesknees
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Giving a 10 to balance the dishonest 1 and 2 ratings all over here. Real ranking would be around 9. I've played around 50 hours already, have a level 53 solo Necro that I built completely blind and is making for a very fun experience in world tier 3. Character feels extremely powerful and the payoff for optimizing gear reasonable without full on min/maxing, I can see a major difference when I get better gear. Level scaling does not prevent feeling powerful as many complain, I know this is the case because I am using a total off meta minion/shadow build and still blow through content. Story was great, there's always plenty to do and the people complaining about build diversity are just mad that the meta builds are particularly good rather than playing the game for fun. It's a beautiful world, the cosmetics and item power you get just for playing the game are satisfying and will work toward your build. Overall a very well made world with plenty to do for a somewhat casual player. Excited to see what updates and expansions will bring to the game.… Expand
  4. Stronox
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Don't listen to all the no life, race to level 100, jobless sweats on here review bombing. This game is excellent and def worth it for those of us with actual responsibilities and little time to game. Perfect blend of nostalgia, complexity, and new features, mixed with some fun grinding. The store is what it is, pricey yeah, but such is gaming nowadays. I may pick up some things orDon't listen to all the no life, race to level 100, jobless sweats on here review bombing. This game is excellent and def worth it for those of us with actual responsibilities and little time to game. Perfect blend of nostalgia, complexity, and new features, mixed with some fun grinding. The store is what it is, pricey yeah, but such is gaming nowadays. I may pick up some things or whatever down the road. Wife was so curious she bought a copy for herself on her system and she is hooked.… Expand
  5. voro
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Early Access Scam game

    hack and 'slow'

    There are many unpleasant elements here and there.
    They have nothing to do with game, so the planner is just stupid.
  6. ZieOmega
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Blizzard North releases Diablo 1 in 1997 = new players set the cult following with love and addiction. Blizzard North releases Diablo 2 in 2000 = Returning player base welcomes open arms and loves the next release with even more addiction. Blizzard North release Diablo II: Lord of Destruction in 2001 and current fans are even more addicted. Blizzard "team" wink wink finally releases dogBlizzard North releases Diablo 1 in 1997 = new players set the cult following with love and addiction. Blizzard North releases Diablo 2 in 2000 = Returning player base welcomes open arms and loves the next release with even more addiction. Blizzard North release Diablo II: Lord of Destruction in 2001 and current fans are even more addicted. Blizzard "team" wink wink finally releases dog **** cartoony easily hacked real money auction house Diablo 3 in 2012 as Lead Designer Jay Wilson talks down on original Diablo game developers on Facebook and later gets fired. Now.... Blizzard Team 3 and Albany releases yet another dog **** release as they ride the coattails of what "Diablo" the game used to be as they microtrans squeeze money for petty cosmetic stuff with no real development architecture. Most real Diablo player base left a while ago.… Expand
  7. Gamingfor
    Jun 8, 2023
    8
    Fixed the servers, had a pretty rough start but overall, game state right now is pretty good.
  8. Fingolfen
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    I wanted Diablo IV, not "Prime Evils Online" - the last thing we needed was another MMO with microtransactions out the wazoo and no true single player mode. Sadly I didn't realize how pervasive the "MMO-lite" elements were until it was too late to get a refund...
  9. mozyk
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Perfect ARPG without the extreme complexity of a spreadsheet ARPG. Few things need to be balanced/fixed but they are minor issues.

    Complaints about monetization are overblown hard, you have the foundation for hundreds if not over a 1000 hours laid out for box price without any microtransactions needed.
  10. Silist
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    My personal expression of Diablo 4 is 9/10.
    The game is great, and the D4 team did a fantastic job. The launch experience was fantastic; I had no queues.
    The graphics are 10/10, with a great visual impression and everything on point. The story is an 8/10; it's a great story, but I feel like having the option to choose our fate in the end, such as teaming up with Lilith or going with    My personal expression of Diablo 4 is 9/10.
    The game is great, and the D4 team did a fantastic job. The launch experience was fantastic; I had no queues.

    The graphics are 10/10, with a great visual impression and everything on point.

    The story is an 8/10; it's a great story, but I feel like having the option to choose our fate in the end, such as teaming up with Lilith or going with Mephisto, would be great.

    The game-play is also an 8/10. I love it, despite some bugs and glitches. The map pin route is scuffed, but it doesn't significantly affect the game-play, and those issues can be fixed over time. Enemy scaling is a minor problem, but I have fun trying new talent builds and swapping items to overcome the challenges it poses. On the other hand, PvP is terrible, with high-level players grouping up and killing low-level players. However, I'm confident that this issue will be fixed.

    The endgame is a solid 10/10. In comparison to Diablo 3, where the endgame mainly consists of rifts, grifts, and bounty spam, Diablo 4 offers a much broader range of activities. Whispers, world bosses and events, Helltide, and side quests make the endgame much more interesting. Additionally, the talent tree, paragon system, and gearing are good.

    The system requirements are somewhat high, but considering all the artwork, effects, and other elements, it makes sense that a good system would be needed.

    PS.
    I have read numerous negative reviews, but the majority of them seem to be filled with baseless anger. The cost of the game is high, but considering we are in 2023 and the inflation rate, the price makes sense to me. As for in-game monetization, people are complaining about cosmetic items being available in the shop. However, these items are purely cosmetic and do not provide any power-ups for players. If you dislike seeing the shop tab, you can simply ignore it. Some reviewers have criticized the endgame as boring. My question is: Have they actually played the game? The endgame offers a wide variety of options for gearing up and leveling, and none of these activities are mandatory. If you don't enjoy engaging in all the activities provided by the endgame, you can simply focus on the "Champion's Demise" dungeon and repeatedly play that.    … Expand
  11. okimarobot
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    I was there at the D3 launch. This is better than that.. but somehow they made D3 into a good game, they dropped off EVERY aspect that made that game fun. This game is like other reviews have said. A long, powerless walk simulator with boring items, stories, quests, and everything else. 2 thumbs down blizzard. You have no reason to fail, yet you took every opportunity to.
  12. Valtyr11
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Have no idea what’s going with the negative reviews. Love the game! Gameplay, sound effects, music, story, the world!
  13. ForJusticee
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Motivation for so called ""Diablo"" 4 (""Diablo"" 3.2) = Greedy ActiBlizzard wanna milk the 10/10 children with Price+Shop+BattlePass+Expansions+......+........+........+.........to INFINITY!!!

    Motivation for DIABLO+DIABLO2 = Just the PURE LOVE for Games and the RPG-GENRE.
  14. Moon8683
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Overall the game is an okay first playthrough but gets very boring and repetitive at level 70+.

    Endgame - literally the only activities are: running nightmare dungeons, grinding normal dungeons (if they dont nerf them all) completing legion, world boss, helltide when available. Items --- The uniques feel terrible -- cant reroll affixes and a rare is better in most instances. There    Overall the game is an okay first playthrough but gets very boring and repetitive at level 70+.

    Endgame - literally the only activities are: running nightmare dungeons, grinding normal dungeons (if they dont nerf them all) completing legion, world boss, helltide when available.

    Items --- The uniques feel terrible -- cant reroll affixes and a rare is better in most instances. There are only a few meaningful stats on all gear -- CDR, Crit Chance, Crit Damage....very boring mechanics. The ability to only re-roll one affix on your items feels bad. The in-ability to trade that GG item you find for a common resource (gold) is annoying. You can't actually trade with anyone in game....you must use 3rd party sites and shady means.

    3rd Party Tools --- Instead of building mechanics into the game and keep the player in the Diablo window we are forced to go to third party sites to view the next helltide, view the next world boss, view the mysterious chest location, trade items meaningfully.    … Expand
  15. matta0777
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Reading through some of these bad reviews, it seems like there are a lot of people here looking to just hate on a Blizzard product. I enjoy some hack and slash action after a long day at work. Game looks good, feels good on my pc controller, and the story is pretty interesting.
  16. BruteMeister
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    As someone who played D3 almost every season after RoS and PoE for 7500 hours, i felt the responsibility to give my opinion on topics that have the most misinformation about after playing the game 12 hours a day since early access launch.

    Casual Friendliness This is a huge lie. The game actively punishes casuals by pushing level scaling and unintuitive item stats and legendary    As someone who played D3 almost every season after RoS and PoE for 7500 hours, i felt the responsibility to give my opinion on topics that have the most misinformation about after playing the game 12 hours a day since early access launch.

    Casual Friendliness

    This is a huge lie. The game actively punishes casuals by pushing level scaling and unintuitive item stats and legendary powers. As their nature a casual player tends to make mistakes and misunderstand mechanics in the game. For example, you would think that when you die to a fire damage you need more fire resist but currently resistances are the worst stat to get on any piece of gear.

    Also leveling was so slow even for me and i am a hardcore gamer and i cant think of someone who plays the game a couple hours a day and manage to hit 100 before getting bored. Even 90 must feel like a dream for them.

    Game Dev Competence

    Diablo 4 is a huge mess. UI is completely garbage. I cant believe this game went through Q&A and got an approvel for this garbage UI. Inventory management is very bad. There are no search function for anything in the game.(?) This is a huge game there should be search bar on almost every UI panel. Social interface is very hard to use. Chat is also very very bad. And why do we even have trading in the game if we don't have any platform to advertise and sell our items?

    The game have been on multiple endgame beta tests and even after all those testing many huge broken mechanics have made it into the game. Most uniques and legendaries are boring because of bad game design. Only good ones are generally goes like " you have #% increased damage if you do X" and you pick a skill that can make use of all these modifiers and all the other stuff you do is literally useless. Tying the player damage to stuff like vulnerable, close/distant, slowed/cc'ed is just plain stupid. Of course these stuff has place in ARPGs but they shouldnt be the main source of your damage for every class and build. Maybe having a small number of niche build that makes clever use of these mechanics could be fun but this current system is very bad. Also, you stack so much different multipliers that it all becomes abstract and hard to imagine. Even PoE has an easier to understand damage calculation.

    Reward to Difficulty ratio

    This is absulutely non-existent. As everything else in the game this is very unintuitive. Anyone who plays any game would think that doing harder stuff would reward you with better stuff. It doesn't have to be strictly items but Diablo 4 fails to build any good reward structure. After getting to WT4 (world tier 4) there is no reason for you to do harder stuff to get items. Even doing open world events might be a better alternative to doing nightmare dungeons. Nightmare dungeons should be the best place to both get gear and xp but they only give you glyph levels and after maxing out your glyphs they are completely obsolete.

    It is idiotic that doing harder stuff doesnt reward you with higher item power. Someone who just hit WT4 could find an 816 item power weapon while another person walking around with an 800 item power weapon at lvl 100... Doing harder content should reward higher item power on average.

    Overall the game feels like it has been made by people who has no idea about concepts like ARPG, itemization, power progression, etc...

    Class Design / Build Diversity

    Because of how they designed the itemization the build diversity suffers a lot. Every stat on items are essentially just defensive or offensive multiplier of some sort. There are no interesting choices that alter how your abilities or your class mechanics work. Every item affix or legendary power are just multipliers to your damage. When i saw the plus levels to skills i was kinda excited but they are just multipliers too. I know there are some exceptions but they are very very limited. This show that the dev team is very unimaginative and passionless. If the person who designed the druid class was responsible for all the classes maybe the game would be a lot better. They have the most interesting and fun legendary powers and builds.

    I was hoping paragon boards would become the main thing you build around but they are just like items too. Most legendary paragon nodes dont even get picked by players while the only ones people pick are the damage or defansive multipliers. There is nothing to build around in paragon boards they are just there for the dev team to be able to artificially pad the play time by increasing the max level.

    I'm not even gonna talk about the skill twig.

    Some smaller stuff

    Stash capacity is a joke
    World bosses should be a lot harder and give better rewards
    Riding a horse feels horrible
    Monster density in dungeons should be increased and standardized
    NM dungeon affixes are very annoying in a boring way and because you can choose not to do them it forces you to salvage and recraft instead of actually playing the game    … Expand
  17. Mallga
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    For me the story is not worth the 70USD, it can be good but to sell me a full priced game with battle pass, ingame store or skins and add to that possible DLC or classes .... Stupid server crashes for hardcore players, a P2W release event "with early access" is fine they want to make money as a service but don't sell me the **** skins at that price being a full price AAA game.
  18. macenkrace
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    i's a big fan of blizzard entertainment, but lately Blizzard continues to disappoint. Selling the game with beta access and some early day access is from my point of view a bad decision for fans of the game, especially if the beta shows major balancing problems with the classes. I don't need to remind the people how bad barb was initially in the beta, or how the druid came out beforei's a big fan of blizzard entertainment, but lately Blizzard continues to disappoint. Selling the game with beta access and some early day access is from my point of view a bad decision for fans of the game, especially if the beta shows major balancing problems with the classes. I don't need to remind the people how bad barb was initially in the beta, or how the druid came out before launch. It's not hard to run math though a simulator and see how numbers turns out, or put a dps parser in the development builds and see how classes do. This from my point of view and experience as a QA tester only show lack of competence and bad management. To me this proves there was little to no competency, a lack of experience in this are or no planning whatsoever.

    I'll be comparing this with it's predecessors, D2 and D3 as well as PoE.

    Gameplay 8/10 - it's solid, nothing to say here, it could use minor improvements, some problem from not being able to disable text like vulnerable, zoom when using mount, not having map overlay, better contrast, some less shiny menus which don't burn your eyes when looking at them.

    Graphics 8/10 - it's very good, way better than its predecessors and PoE.

    Itemization: 3/10 - it's that bad. There is little to no choice here. Items help but they seem niche, made only for certain builds. There are no items which work well for multiple builds. D2 had runewords, which made some best in slot items, relatively easy to achieve as long you get the right runes, otherwise you go for Legendaries. There was a lot of choice in D3 with item legendary powers which modified skills or the way they worked. None of that here to encourage another build. Also no trading here. Trading with the party doesn't count, because you have no items are worth anything to another class or very little are. Thanks blizzard, it's limiting whatever and reducing social aspect. Why not make items soulbound directly? I'm guessing creative talent is lacking here to make items really good or have multiple aspects which can be used by multiple classes?

    Build customization: 3/10: Oh, the joy of exploring a multitude of character builds in this game! It's absolutely breathtaking how every class offers such an overwhelming abundance of choices. I mean, who needs simplicity and balance when you can drown in a sea of endless options? It's like being lost in a maze with no exit, but hey, at least we have countless ways to get lost, right? Pure gaming bliss! Except for the sorcerer there are very few other builds for other classes, and the builds feel pretty much the same. THAT's a big problem, at least get build which feel different, like D2, D3 and PoE.

    There was synergy between multiple stats like Str (multiplier), skill damage, skill runes or runewords, or skill synergy (adding to other skills gets a bonus for another skill). Here there is little to nothing in the skill tree, choice and improvement, there is an opportunity to play something, but it's just another skill branches with combinations, and the combinations are limited. in D2 you had at least 3 types per class, D3 was focused on one skill and each class 3 or more skills focused on thanks to itemization. Here builds are limited and there's a big difference between then because of no end game plan or testing. At least put them on paper and calculate, make graphs and see what words with the numbers game, don't go by ear. PoE gets to incredible numbers but the builds there are so many of them and you need to work for them. There is no work here, just respec and get some items.

    I feel bad for the people who got caught in the honey trap to give good reviews based on the beta or server slam. The beta was not good, it proved the game had balancing problems, first patch fixes that, and first major patch after release nerf the classes again. Also Dynamic scaling of mobs is really unimaginative, and makes mobs feel like damage sponges.    … Expand
  19. Kulpadow
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Play the game without the influence of click-bait youtube videos and this game is at worst a 8/10 even if you are someone who pay alot of attention to what could be improved, which probably will be within new seasons.
  20. Varaghar
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Feels really bad that I fell for the FOMO scam 4 day early access and got bored of the game before the actual release. Game feels like a mobile game ported to console. Just play POE.
  21. Sam_Smith
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    I have gathered legendaries twice and picked them up around 5 pm each time. The game promptly logs me out or disconnects. Blizzard is either having server issues or installing a patch again. I log back on, and I have lost my quest progress, been reset at least 30 minutes, AND lost all my legendaries, and all gear gathered in those 30 minutes.

    Story is 9/10 Gameplay is 5/10 I'll    I have gathered legendaries twice and picked them up around 5 pm each time. The game promptly logs me out or disconnects. Blizzard is either having server issues or installing a patch again. I log back on, and I have lost my quest progress, been reset at least 30 minutes, AND lost all my legendaries, and all gear gathered in those 30 minutes.

    Story is 9/10
    Gameplay is 5/10

    I'll finish the story and move on.    … Expand
  22. AngryRing
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Great game. Been playing it non stop for hours, and I can’t wait to get my mount.
  23. Dbix11
    Jun 13, 2023
    5
    Let's be honest, its not absolutely terrible and it's not perfect. More builds need to be competitive and renown is a WoW-like hamster wheel because they don't trust their game to be played enough on its own. They had 10 years to make this great and it falls well short.

    Diablo at its heart is a dungeon crawler with hack and slash with experimentation on the side. Altars of Lilith and    Let's be honest, its not absolutely terrible and it's not perfect. More builds need to be competitive and renown is a WoW-like hamster wheel because they don't trust their game to be played enough on its own. They had 10 years to make this great and it falls well short.

    Diablo at its heart is a dungeon crawler with hack and slash with experimentation on the side. Altars of Lilith and renown are a big negative for me.

    5/10 seems fair    … Expand
  24. Traxor06
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    Sadly, I feel most of this games. Attraction is held up by nostalgia. I never played any Diablo game, so I’m not basing it off. Any other Diablo game. I play video games. I don’t wanna half to go on some online forum and look up a specific build so that my character is playable. Forget what anyone says about every bill being playable because they aren’t. People who defend this aspect saySadly, I feel most of this games. Attraction is held up by nostalgia. I never played any Diablo game, so I’m not basing it off. Any other Diablo game. I play video games. I don’t wanna half to go on some online forum and look up a specific build so that my character is playable. Forget what anyone says about every bill being playable because they aren’t. People who defend this aspect say that every build can’t be viable because it’s just a shadow ball getting fired at enemies versus a fireball is dumb because every build should I have a different unique play style. If they aren’t viable, don’t have them in the game. There is no sense of balance if you’ve made no attempt at balancing. Moreover, once you spec for this specific build, just so that you can play the game, they end up nurfing it forcing you to go back on the Internet and weigh the benefits of another build or you just have to put up with what you’ve worked to gain in the game being erased. There are some mechanics like being able to avoid attacks that I like but they could’ve been done a lot better. Anytime you get into a boss fight. The only real noticeable difference is mechanics where you have to kill side mobs that either make the boss stop doing a special attack or causing the boss to be completely invulnerable. I’m all for boss is having different phases. For this to be a AAA game my expectations were a lot higher than the game delivered on. It’s definitely not worth 70 - $100. I’m sure the game has monetization shop items and stuff where they try to milk you for more money but the game base isn’t worth this amount of money, so I’m not inclined to want to spend even more money on it. I would like a refund myself. I’ve already started playing other games and enjoy them a lot more.… Expand
  25. Hykozs
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Well Well Well, what do we have here Diablo 4 ?
    I played the beta and continue to play the game now as it sells for 70 euros.
    very good artwork the graphics are nice to look at with some little problems but nothing too bad to cry about. The game is no p2w, since there is no upgrade to get with cash shop, only skins ! and considerating that they´ve used the same system of transmo that    Well Well Well, what do we have here Diablo 4 ?
    I played the beta and continue to play the game now as it sells for 70 euros.
    very good artwork the graphics are nice to look at with some little problems but nothing too bad to cry about.
    The game is no p2w, since there is no upgrade to get with cash shop, only skins ! and considerating that they´ve used the same system of transmo that diablo 3 had.
    The game has great combat moments and a lot of friendly community momments.
    Don't believe people saying that the game is like a Diablo immortal 2 because i believe they didn't even played the game for more than 2 hours.

    For people that are worried about the 3 days of early acces of the game that people bought, just to let you know that people will mostly play in the 1st season for everybody will be at the same lvl at the end.
    Don't get fooled by the predatory monetizing, just some haters that think the game have microtransactions everywhere, only skins. which are just an image to you.

    For me 70 euros is plenty ok, i played the game a lot and still enjoy it !    … Expand
  26. Bambucea
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    This game is a game that should entertain you for thousands of hours so:
    Campaign - 8 (12-20 hours playtime at best)
    Content/Endgame/Gameplay Loop/ARPG Systems - 2 (the rest of the time you ll spend in D4 if you are an ARPG fan, if you are a campaign/story andy idc). Endgame is booring and unfinished unpolished. Ganeplay loop? Same 2 builds that feel bad. No variety. For a 70$ game? Pathetic
  27. schopenn
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    All abilities and clases feel great. You can clearly understand when you are in endgame and when your character scales. About 400 hrs of content for the average player. Lots of gun, cant wait for season to try out new clases
  28. romakit90
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    I love this game so far. It will be 10/10 when they make characters stop deliting after disconnects
  29. Bnahabra
    Jun 13, 2023
    6
    First of all, I'm not a hater of the game, I hope that Blizzard will work on it over time.
    The story was good up to act 5 which felt like a chore to me, especially when I was already 53 when I finished the act 2 because I cleaned the first 2 zones completely and felt the need to rush the campaign to unlock the T3 difficulty while I just wanted to explore the map. T3 should be unlocked at    First of all, I'm not a hater of the game, I hope that Blizzard will work on it over time.
    The story was good up to act 5 which felt like a chore to me, especially when I was already 53 when I finished the act 2 because I cleaned the first 2 zones completely and felt the need to rush the campaign to unlock the T3 difficulty while I just wanted to explore the map. T3 should be unlocked at lvl 50, not after the campaign because what's the point of having such a huge world to explore if you're block the difficulty behind the campaign.

    Limited trade : I really don't like the idea of not being able to trade my perfect roll legendary that I can't use in my build. Some people will say it encourages RMT and ... I don't care, that's not my job to fight against bots, it's Blizzard job, they're taking the easy way out by removing a key feature of ARPG for a lot of people.

    Balance/bugs : There are huge disparities between classes which isn't helped by the bugs but that's not something engraved in stone, it's gonna change, yeah the actual balance is pretty bad and we're only one week into the game. Balance is especially bad if you're not playing a strength class in late game but that's an "easy" fix (comparatively to other problems about design of the game itself)

    Itemization : I didn't know what to think about it during the beta but now that I've seen it up to late game, I would rather go back to usual stats, I don't like the "close/distant/vulne" stats. They add no real value and are hard to quantify in effectiveness. I have around 1500hrs in PoE and 3000hrs in D3 and those stats still confuses me.

    Scaling (with a bit of itemization) : I get the idea behind it, being able to play with your friends and all but to me, I feel pretty bad chasing the same item I already have, just with +10ilvl. I like the idea that, if I can kill a monster in 2 hits at lvl 20 and I doubled my damage 10 lvls later to OS that same monster. That's how I feel myself more powerful, seeing change over time.
    At the moment, the game on that point feels more like a cookie clicker. That's especially true after lvl 70+.

    The mount : It's getting stuck on everything ... You can't sprint in town, in fact it's the same speed as if you were walking.

    Stash : We need a gem and an aspect inventory, they're taking way too much space for something WE NEED to have, idk why it's not already in the game while we already have a ressource inventory.

    And yet, even with all of this flaws, I'm still rating 6/10 because I truly think it's a good base for a game and I have seen much much worst of a launch ... but I wouldn't recommend it atm, especially if you're into playing all day long, as a casual, yeah maybe because you'll most probably won't encounter the late game problems before they fix those.    … Expand
  30. dp_green
    Jun 13, 2023
    6
    Soulless, mindless, joyless... Diablo IV is a devolution of the franchise into an endless grind. Loot has always been central to the series, but in D4 the enemies are constantly leveling with you as you progress. This means the shiny new weapon/armor/trinket you picked up isn't going to turn you into a killing machine, but will allow you to do the same percent of damage to the enemiesSoulless, mindless, joyless... Diablo IV is a devolution of the franchise into an endless grind. Loot has always been central to the series, but in D4 the enemies are constantly leveling with you as you progress. This means the shiny new weapon/armor/trinket you picked up isn't going to turn you into a killing machine, but will allow you to do the same percent of damage to the enemies around you that you've been doing since the beginning. There's no progression of power over your enemies, you're just treading water. You'll unlock new powers, sure, but you'll end up spamming the same basic attack to build up some form of power, which you'll then use to fuel your other basic attack. Repeat as needed. Sprinkle in a couple other abilities on cooldown, and there's your endless loop.

    There's nothing strategic about gameplay. There's no different approach or creative planning. There's only avoiding telegraphed attacks when they happen, which becomes almost impossible when the screen is filled with enemies.

    Diablo IV quickly loses its luster in the early hours of the game, and never really grows beyond what you learn in the starting zone. There are other "Diablo clones" that do the Diablo formula better, for less money, that won't dissapear once Activision decides it's time to shut down the servers.

    If you must buy it now, get the $70 (cheapest) version. The more expensive versions only come with cosmetics that don't add to the gameplay and at least to me, aren't worth the money,    … Expand
  31. Metaboynft
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    I enjoyed the gameplay - fun overworld content with friends.

    Annoying that it’s an item level chase and not as much of a skilled gameplay type of game but overall quite fun.
  32. skaels
    Jun 13, 2023
    8
    Great game, not sure why people are review bombing. It's not a 0 or a 10. I think it fits into a good spot between mindless and complicated. You can experiment with your own builds because they aren't overly complex. Yet there is enough complexity to be engaging enough to be entertaining.

    I enjoy PoE for a different reason entirely, it's like turning up the speed substantially but the    Great game, not sure why people are review bombing. It's not a 0 or a 10. I think it fits into a good spot between mindless and complicated. You can experiment with your own builds because they aren't overly complex. Yet there is enough complexity to be engaging enough to be entertaining.

    I enjoy PoE for a different reason entirely, it's like turning up the speed substantially but the downside is I have to follow build guides closely. I have 700 hrs in PoE and that is considered as a new player. You could play PoE for 10,000 hours like Zizaran and still find new things about the game.Diablo IV does not replace PoE nor is it trying to, its more like a plug n play where you don't have to look for third party resources to enjoy your experience.

    I can easily see myself alternating Diablo and PoE. The main concern I have is that I will have to farm renown each season, in which case I might do it for the first season, then not come back for years. It would just be so insanely monotonous to do it each season, even with the game being as fun as it is. The first three renown levels are fine and happen naturally, but the last two take substantial effort that is not challenging, only time consuming.

    Crafting, I hope they add more crafting options in season 1. It works out fine for release since we have a lot to learn but this won't be enough for long term play.

    Bosses, would be nice to have more Uber bosses like Lillith, maybe bring back old bosses from D2. Give us an Uber Butcher etc.

    Uniques, are awesome but I think having more options to define builds would help with build diversity. I don't think the devs should worry about people fulling slotting with all uniques, since we still need our other aspects and the Unique gear is usually lacking important stats.

    Connection issues, have been a thing. I've played every day since release and have had 4-6 times where the servers went down, it only happened after official release, not during the early release. I was never locked out longer than an hour. Otherwise, I've had 500ms spikes in the open world but for a release these days it was actually pretty good.

    Lastly, I think the worst thing to give credence to negative reviews are the bugs. Just to name a few, the "cannot use abilities" bug really threw off my groove day 1 but it's only happened twice. It's embarrasing that Shroud lost his 100 druid to the bug in HC. Also the HC world first team had it happen on their stream, which is not good publicity for people watching Twitch to see whether they want to play the game. To my knowledge the major bugs have been fixed.

    If you read this far, congrats! Please leave an upvote if you agree.

    edit: I lowered my score, initially I went overboard to compensate for people review bombing with 0's.    … Expand
  33. Hori11
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Game is bad. Just play the better games, like Diablo 2 or Diablo 3 that are not trying to manipulate you via FOMO.
  34. Knopperz
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Most people havent reached World Tier 4 or killed Lilith,
    the first Season hasnt started and so hasnt the Battlepass.
    Yet people downrank and reviewbomb like spiteful Children.

    ps: Blizzard doesnt care... they already got your Moneys.
  35. Juls7243
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    10/10.

    I'm not sure why, but this game is addicting. I do think that there is room to improve some of the core mechanics here (damage bucket system, itemization), BUT blizzard got the MOST important aspect right - its damn FUN to play. Aa classic blizzard fan who loved D2, hated D3 and have played numerous games and genres - this version of Diablo WILL be a great success. I can't    10/10.

    I'm not sure why, but this game is addicting. I do think that there is room to improve some of the core mechanics here (damage bucket system, itemization), BUT blizzard got the MOST important aspect right - its damn FUN to play.

    Aa classic blizzard fan who loved D2, hated D3 and have played numerous games and genres - this version of Diablo WILL be a great success. I can't exactly put my finger on why the game is so much fun, but if you start playing it you just won't want to stop.

    A) You definitely feel like a badass who runs around the world crushing demons left and right.
    B) Campaign is well done. Great cutscenes, easy for you to railroad at your own discretion, very thematically "diablo".
    C) The power progression is well done. Starts out simple, and layers on complexity so help a new player slowly figure out how the core mechanics work (skills, then enhancements, then aspects, then paragon powers)
    C) Lots of fun theorizing new builds and reasonably easy way to respect your character to test them
    D) Large open world that I enjoyed exploring.    … Expand
  36. Ignacy420
    Jun 13, 2023
    7
    Game plays very well in general, the main story is interesting.
    What is not so great is a lot of issues with rogue class where any back piece ornament will clip into bow/crossbow.
    The horse gets stuck on a lot of objects. The endgame paragon farming can get a bit repetitive (you have helltides, dungeons and world boss) there is a lot of room to grow though and that's what I hope for.    Game plays very well in general, the main story is interesting.
    What is not so great is a lot of issues with rogue class where any back piece ornament will clip into bow/crossbow.
    The horse gets stuck on a lot of objects.
    The endgame paragon farming can get a bit repetitive (you have helltides, dungeons and world boss) there is a lot of room to grow though and that's what I hope for. The events throughout the map are fine but could maybe show to all players in a zone or something because you usually just do them alone.
    There is no joining someone's party from the lobby like in diablo 3, meaning that if you want to experience multiplayer content you have to have friends or spam area chat.
    I know it's pretty early now but the balance is non existent. If you play rogue you mostly just go twisting blades or flurry. Most bow builds are meh same as cold imbuement. It just does not compare to the poison or shadow.
    The amount of transmogs there are in the game is kinda low which again I hope changes as they add more content.    … Expand
  37. Retromind
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    Played every Diablo game, this was by far the weakest game.

    It's weird but the game feels unfinished, as if 60% of content is missing, I can't really tell why it is but it feels that way no doubt. The price tag is unreasonable for a game that has so little to offer. The game has gotten too repetitive and stale after 40 hours of play, the social aspect of the game is non-existent -    Played every Diablo game, this was by far the weakest game.

    It's weird but the game feels unfinished, as if 60% of content is missing, I can't really tell why it is but it feels that way no doubt.

    The price tag is unreasonable for a game that has so little to offer.

    The game has gotten too repetitive and stale after 40 hours of play, the social aspect of the game is non-existent - you have to rely on Discord to find people who are willing to do same things as you do.

    Graphics are alright, tho I've never played Diablo for graphics and I view graphics as secondary, less important aspect of any game. The gameplay is all that matters.

    The music is alright, no score stood out like Tristram theme. Kinda crazy everyone knows Tristram theme up to this day.

    The thing that made me laugh out loud is ridiculous amount of work they've put into cash shop fortune teller lady, it really shows where Blizzard set their priorities.

    Feel bad for the people who want exclusively single player experience, there is no offline mode for D4. It's like we're evolving, but backwards.

    Anyhow, this was the last time Blizzard saw my money, I can't believe the game title tricked me into believing this somehow would be better than D3 or D2, it turned out quite the opposite.    … Expand
  38. Kushdee
    Jun 13, 2023
    8
    'Predatory monetizing tactics' is the most stupid thing I've heard.... You dont have to buy them cosmetics... I've really enjoyed it so far, yes it could be improved but this is one of the most solid releases in ages!!! Most games need patching before they are even playable nowadays... One thing im not a fan of is the mobs scaling.
  39. Tau1s
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Great game, lots of fun. Story is ok although I miss the huge verity of locations Diablo 3 but an open world is better. the gameplay is fun and engaging. the game is a bit grindy if you want very specific items, which you will if you're planning on optimising your build and doing highlevel endgame content hover I personally I find the grind enjoyable as the game has many quality of lifeGreat game, lots of fun. Story is ok although I miss the huge verity of locations Diablo 3 but an open world is better. the gameplay is fun and engaging. the game is a bit grindy if you want very specific items, which you will if you're planning on optimising your build and doing highlevel endgame content hover I personally I find the grind enjoyable as the game has many quality of life features which let you focus on gameplay… Expand
  40. Valdo653
    Jun 13, 2023
    6
    Incredible art everywhere you look, the map feels alive.

    I love to find other players every now and then, the scaling is great to play with friends.

    The dungeons are awesome, TRY PLAYING WITH LOTR OST, its epic.
  41. Thrillhouse010
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    As good as the design of this game is, it's impossible to ignore how debilitating and immersion breaking the server issues have been. Almost every day I've tried to play since launch there have been several crashes, rubber banding, or inability to login for hours. Blizzard we paid you a lot of money for this game. Invest and fix it.
  42. Coldflames
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    The game is mind blowing.
    Amazing Artwork, Music, gameplay and Storyline.
    The creators understand the potential of the lore they have, and so they made a Masterpiece.
    I love it!
  43. seanmf
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. first of all level scaling is very bored.
    second , we cannot trade like diablo2 also distance for npc store relates do damage to fun.    … Expand
  44. FifiFrula
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Don't listen to the bad reviews, they are sweaty tryhards who live with their parents and have no job, they have no life outside of video games so they played trough the game in 3 days. They live in the past where they loved time wasting mechanics a horrible grinding systems. If anything, this is the first game ever where I think it doesn't deserve review bombing lol.

    If you are a    Don't listen to the bad reviews, they are sweaty tryhards who live with their parents and have no job, they have no life outside of video games so they played trough the game in 3 days. They live in the past where they loved time wasting mechanics a horrible grinding systems. If anything, this is the first game ever where I think it doesn't deserve review bombing lol.

    If you are a normal person and not mentally ill this game is great, never played Diablo before, so this is a first, and I must say I am blown away. Since this is Blizzard my expectations were really low, but they delivered a really solid product, and of course the gaming community still complains.

    I am starting to feel like we deserve bad games since 90% of us are tasteless troglodytes....    … Expand
  45. Anasrava
    Jun 13, 2023
    8
    Hello, I am an avid ARPG enjoyer.
    I write this review for two audiences, casual and "competitive".
    Casual -- Let's start with casual, this will be easier :) Note that these are subject to preference, as the game is on the darker side. General categories for casual players: Storytelling - 9/10 Visuals and Audio - 7/10 Combat - 8/10 Pacing - 8/10    Hello, I am an avid ARPG enjoyer.
    I write this review for two audiences, casual and "competitive".

    Casual --
    Let's start with casual, this will be easier :)

    Note that these are subject to preference, as the game is on the darker side.
    General categories for casual players:
    Storytelling - 9/10
    Visuals and Audio - 7/10
    Combat - 8/10
    Pacing - 8/10
    ------------------------------------
    Overall - 8/10

    Good job Blizzard!

    Competitive --
    Now if the above review was not informative enough for you, then you might be in the more competitive category. I'll be frank, I've reached level 100 on hardcore mode, and I've spent many hours theory crafting builds, figuring out power scaling, and farming for gear. So let's get to it.

    Storytelling - 9/10
    My review for storytelling remains the same. This is a darker game, so others might not enjoy the storytelling aspects that Diablo 4 presents, but at the same time... If you're playing a game titled "Diablo" then you should probably expect to see darker themes.

    Audio - 8/10
    Good stuff.

    Visuals - 7/10
    This is where things become tricky. I come many different games, and I've seen a lot of visuals. There's something unique and satisfying that strong visuals (not flashbangs) and audio can bring to the player. The best example I can use is in Lost Ark, when your character uses an "ultimate" ability - it feels like an ultimate ability both from the sound cue's and the visual effects. Diablo 4 seems to shy away from this, but it's not entirely a bad thing. It's just Diablo 4's aesthetic.

    Combat - 7/10 (combined from Mobbing/Boss fighting)
    For ease of review, we can break the combat down into two styles that are applicable to the ARPG genre. Mobbing and Boss fighting.

    - Mobbing 9/10
    This is what Diablo does best. The builds you make tend to have speed as their middle name. The faster you go, the more items that drop, the more exp you earn, the more materials you farm, the higher you push your character. With so much RNG inherent to the genre, it's critical that you're farming efficiently - again, Diablo does this quite well.

    - Boss fighting. 5/10
    We have a problem here. I will preface this by saying that there are unique "bosses" within the game that have mechanics for a player to learn and adapt to. However, this goes away very quickly when the boss dies in less than 10 seconds flat. There's no real sense of "Boss fighting" in this game, as bosses are basically just another elite pack with more health, or just a means to finish your dungeon.

    The way that Diablo 4 is currently made to be played with it's skill usage, does not lend itself well to boss fighting in contrast to other games like Lost Ark's endgame boss fights (or even PoE bosses). There's a certain level of thematic presence that Diablo 4 boss fights are missing, and although I'm not an expert in game design - I can at least tell when a game is lacking.

    Pacing - 7/10
    The pacing in this game is able to appeal to both the casual and more competitive player base alike. The game features a level scaling, which matches mobs to your level accordingly. Leveling initially feels comfortable and at ease, while leveling towards the end feels very slow, which is not a bad thing per say.

    While some people enjoy chasing the higher level number, the game is much better enjoyed chasing "content" instead of "levels". As you're doing content suitable for you, the levels will come naturally, however there are some nuances to the pacing and scaling in this game that can make it feel bad at times. (Such as unlocking the next world tier when you're 7 levels down, but all of the enemies are now 10 levels higher than you.)

    Itemization - 7/10
    The is a subject to great contention. ARPG's always tend to have a random aspect to their loot, and farming for the perfect item for your build can feel either tiring or rewarding, depending on multiple factors.

    The tier levels of items for Diablo 4 was implemented quite well once you're more familiar with the system. However the systems used are incredibly and needlessly convoluted. I enjoy complex systems, but I mostly enjoy complex systems when information is in abundance.
    For example, you are unable to see the potential roll values for an item affix at the enchanter, why hide this information? Hiding this type of information only makes the game more complex and frustrating for a casual player, which appears to be your main audience, as competitive players will seek this information out on their own.
    For the average player, it will be difficult to determine if this next piece of gear is an upgrade for your character, or salvaged resources. Side content - The side content in the game is very good, but I will only ever do this content once or just not play anymore. Overall - 8/10    … Expand
  46. Kouts89
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    The perfection! Rpg like wow,lineage 2 e.t.c!! The coop and the pvp are great also!!!!
  47. Lithin
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is pretty. The graphics are next level, and the character feel is amazing.
    I really enjoyed most of the story, albeit in the end, it seemed like most of the things were rushed.
    The character builds are slim, as most of the transformative is in the aspects which you farm from items. The paragon system and skill tree is very slim when coming to a transformative experience other    Diablo 4 is pretty. The graphics are next level, and the character feel is amazing.
    I really enjoyed most of the story, albeit in the end, it seemed like most of the things were rushed.
    The character builds are slim, as most of the transformative is in the aspects which you farm from items. The paragon system and skill tree is very slim when coming to a transformative experience other than just x%+ to a specific skill.
    Most other ARPGs falls into this trend, so its nothing new.

    My biggest gripe is the end game. From Diablo 3, whenever you reach the endgame, you just push greater rifts. Here you push nightmare dungeons, which is basically just running a specific dungeon with some kind of modifiers on it, to increase the levels on your glyphs.
    The bosses in said dungeon poses no challenge as they are mostly scriptless, and feels like loot pinatas.

    Unless the seasons brings something completely transformative to the playstyle ala POE, i dont see myself play this a lot more than i already have.    … Expand
  48. Hilfred
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    I love this game. I haven't played an ARPG in years, and Diablo IV has me hooked. The graphics are beautiful and I love the sound track and sound design. The combat is smooth and looks, and plays great. I'm very confused about the negative reviews and review bombing. For me the micro transactions are completely optional and do not affect the core gameplay. The game has run seamless for meI love this game. I haven't played an ARPG in years, and Diablo IV has me hooked. The graphics are beautiful and I love the sound track and sound design. The combat is smooth and looks, and plays great. I'm very confused about the negative reviews and review bombing. For me the micro transactions are completely optional and do not affect the core gameplay. The game has run seamless for me on PS5 and I have had zero issues.… Expand
  49. DAVIDROBERTSON1
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    Amazing game! After tge failed launch of Diablo 3, Diablo 4 recreates itself with great gameplay and character classes and customization options and the skill trees are back, I can't get enough!
  50. kekq
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    It's diablo 3.5 with a cosmetics shop. Game is full of bugs and really unbalanced all around
  51. Smeow
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Okay base on the amount of 0 reviews on here, I'm convinced that either these people didn't actually play the game, or they lick windows for a living. Some of the "reviews" that need clearing up. You can zoom in and out, the characters have more depth than they did in diablo 3, story is better than diablo 3 too, and I have had no issues with serves or logging in. The builds do need someOkay base on the amount of 0 reviews on here, I'm convinced that either these people didn't actually play the game, or they lick windows for a living. Some of the "reviews" that need clearing up. You can zoom in and out, the characters have more depth than they did in diablo 3, story is better than diablo 3 too, and I have had no issues with serves or logging in. The builds do need some balancing, but as a barbarian, I have successfully deployed two builds. Thus, this really feels minor considering the game just came out. I am very engrossed with the story, and I have had a hard time not playing the main quests because I cant wait to see how the prophecy unravels. Blizzard nailed it with this game.… Expand
  52. Jkregers
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    This game isn't a 10 and this game isn't a 0. It's a solid 8. The story is actually good and the gameplay is good. I'm knocking points off for an almost complete lack of innovation. It's the same thing you've played 1000 times. Barbarians are still using the same exact moves. That being said, it's still fun. Hopefully live service improvements and a better end game push this game up to a 9.
  53. noname994
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    Looks nice but has nothing to do with what made other Diablo games great. Just a shiny hollow toy with extremely boring and tedious gameplay. They scraped a lot of good features and focused on making you waste as much time as possible for as little of a reward as possible.
  54. BobbSylar
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Despite everything, I love this game, it's the Diablo4 I was waiting for long time.

    The music is fantastic, the atmosphere is excellent, the combats are nervous. The map is huge, the story, the quality of all the quest is superior as Diablo2.

    I have suffered zero queue : instant access each time. Thanks a lot Blizzard. It's a great great release !!!
  55. something_so
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    It's amazing! As a fan of D2 it's everything I've ever wanted, something that Diablo3 couldn't solve. It's massive and there are so much to do besides main story. Add the fact that habings alts is so much easier now and coop as well as split screen, it's nice to play with friends.
  56. Kangorrilla
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    Online only. On paper this is how I would like to play the game. I’m reality it doesn’t work. Constant crashes and network issues. Forever losing progress and wasting hours of time. Stop forcing online only if you’re too incompetent to make it work. Sick to death of broken games.
  57. elmogrita
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Having played every Diablo game since 2 I am very impressed with the launch of IV so far. Game is gorgeous, keeps true enough to the original formula but adds complexity in areas that needed some love. Tons of fun with friends and gorgeous to boot.
  58. Souleater83
    Jun 12, 2023
    6
    + Beautiful graphics
    + Beautiful sounds
    + Good voice acting - World doesn't feel immersive - Lack of imagination or progress from predecessor - Doesn't really feel like I'm scaling as monsters always have 1 level around yours. - I'm about 20 hours in and getting bored! - Seems very expensive for what it is - Had a lot more fun during my first 100 hours of play through of lost    + Beautiful graphics
    + Beautiful sounds
    + Good voice acting

    - World doesn't feel immersive
    - Lack of imagination or progress from predecessor
    - Doesn't really feel like I'm scaling as monsters always have 1 level around yours.
    - I'm about 20 hours in and getting bored!
    - Seems very expensive for what it is
    - Had a lot more fun during my first 100 hours of play through of lost arc

    I'm disappointed after all the hype and numerous positive reviews from streamers, can't seem to trust anyone these days.    … Expand
  59. tyja
    Jun 12, 2023
    3
    The game is a 3/10 experience wrapped in an 8/10 package. The visuals engine is great. The sound engine is passable. Yet these things only seem to delay the inevitability of starting to get annoyed by the game.

    Its dark and atmospheric yet the world feels soul-less and empty. So much of the world just lacks anything except a pack of scrub mobs that attempt to hit you as you ride by.    The game is a 3/10 experience wrapped in an 8/10 package. The visuals engine is great. The sound engine is passable. Yet these things only seem to delay the inevitability of starting to get annoyed by the game.

    Its dark and atmospheric yet the world feels soul-less and empty. So much of the world just lacks anything except a pack of scrub mobs that attempt to hit you as you ride by. The open world seems like the basis the whole game was created upon yet it is the thing introducing the most friction into the experience.

    Towns are laid out hilariously poorly. I understand the people saying "it is for immersion" etc but at a certain point I am playing the game to have fun. It is not fun to watch my character slowly walk from black smith to stash to occultist, especially when "the town is lava" is a concept in-grained into many diablo/arpg players.

    Everything the developers could implement to introduce friction, tedium and time waste they took the opportunity to do so. Oh you are enjoying riding your horse for a slight speed boost while running from dungeon to dungeon? Too bad you have to get off every time there is a random ledge the devs added into the map. Oh and then your horse is on a 9 second cool down. It's laughable.

    The combat looks impactful but is actually a slog to experience. This mainly comes down to the level scaling where you are effectively punished for leveling up. Didn't get a good weapon drop? Not impactful passive point (lets be honest - most of them are not impactful)? Then your character just got weaker upon leveling up. Eventually you will out scale the monsters but it really feels like a grind to get there. Even when you hit the scaling tipping point, there is still so little mob density in certain areas that combat still does not become engaging.

    I don't think any hardcore player will argue with the fact that the game is extremely grindy. It requires an immense amount of time as it is to progress, and that time is multiplied by all the added tedium.

    Dungeon design is so bad. So bad. There are maybe 2 interesting tile sets? The rest feel so lifeless and similar. This is particularly confusing because I just spent so much time running to the new dungeon, surely it will look and feel different than the one far away right? Wrong. The actual mechanics of the dungeon are so annoying. "Collect animus from carriers" might as well just read as "kill all elites". There is no surplus of animus, no choice to make in which elites to kill. You have to kill them all. The dungeon layouts are not player friendly and often require backtracking multiple times just to find the remaining elite or straggler to kill. It is extremely unengaging. Or how about the interactables that require you to stand still and channel for 1.5 seconds? It sure would be annoying to have that channeling be stopped by an insignificant auto attack from a white mob (it is).

    Everything they could add to waste your time they did. I won't even get into farming renown (or the thought of having to do it again per season) but wow it is such a boring grind. In a game whose core story is life or death for the characters and sanctuary, it sure seems weird that I am doing so many fetch quests for random NPCs in the world. There is absolutely nothing engaging about the side quest system. Other than adding to the grind, of course.

    There are minimal exciting synergies that are not just a conditional multiplier for damage. Druid seems to be the only class that has some interplay between its elements, or forms and that leads to some interesting builds. The rest not so much. You always feel like you are playing a build the designers intended you to play. That is a big red flag when it comes to game design. There is nothing clever implemented just more damage multipliers. With a weird over reliance on the vulnerability mechanic. Nothing like a status so core to the game you have no option but to find a way to apply it on literally every build. The systems appear like there is more than meets the eye but you are soon disappointed once you make it passed the campaign.

    The most annoying part is these glaring issues will not be immediately apparent to the casual player. The casual player is still having a great time looking at the visuals and slowly killing monsters. That is fine. But all of this culminates into a mediocre experience, and a bad ARPG game.    … Expand
  60. Illum1nat
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    This is just a rubbish. I`v spend 50+ hours leveling up my character and you know what? Blizzard server just lagged => kicked me from the game and I`m dead. As long as my discord was still working and other internet stuff to I can be sure the problem was not on mt side, so I just lost my character couse THEIR mistake. My friend lost his character same way and if you check internet withThis is just a rubbish. I`v spend 50+ hours leveling up my character and you know what? Blizzard server just lagged => kicked me from the game and I`m dead. As long as my discord was still working and other internet stuff to I can be sure the problem was not on mt side, so I just lost my character couse THEIR mistake. My friend lost his character same way and if you check internet with "error. (Code 316009)" you will find hundreds of people with same problem. It was the last chance I gave this company. They just lost one more customer forever… Expand
  61. raviishere
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Hi Rav here. Don't listen to these HC d2 noobs and their reviews. Its 2023, its an action mmo rpg like Lost Ark, it has to be online. (if not ppl would abuse it in hac with for instance - trainers etc etc) Graphics are AMAZING, SOUND is AMAZING, voice acting is amazing, story is GOOD. Gameplay is different than D3,D2, and most action rpg ( you actualy need to know how to play, you cantHi Rav here. Don't listen to these HC d2 noobs and their reviews. Its 2023, its an action mmo rpg like Lost Ark, it has to be online. (if not ppl would abuse it in hac with for instance - trainers etc etc) Graphics are AMAZING, SOUND is AMAZING, voice acting is amazing, story is GOOD. Gameplay is different than D3,D2, and most action rpg ( you actualy need to know how to play, you cant just go in and kill everything on the map, i takes skill and preparation and understanding of the items, builds, statuss effect like "unstoppable" - must have, "vurnerable" etc, dmg to crowed controled etc" Aspect system is amazing, crafting is there and its nice, game is DEEP but not like POE trust me you dont want 7 pages of 100+ skill trees and when you hover over an item you need to do a quantum mehanics equasion to actualy know what works or what doesnt work" Its a game for MOSTLY CASUAL audience but even HC players can find something here. BLIZZ pls dont listen to these idiots trashing your game on purpose cos "its not offline" "where is Diablo" and ALL other supid explanations... Skills are great, combat and "FEEL" of the game is amazing, Transmog is great, Paragon Boards are great and fun. MOUNT system is rly good, MAP is ENOURMOUS, Bosses have phases (i guess noobs probably dont get there is a breaker system in place like in Guild Wars 2) Open World is AMAZING, leveling is great. GAME isnt easy dont listen to anyone, i am a veteran player and its not easy if you are not paying attention you WILL DIE even on World Tier 1. Dungeons are okay, BOSSES are good, DODGE mehanic is a must have to go around your cooldowns, Transmog system is great, UI is not that bad as ppl say it just takes some time to get used to it. WORLD bosses are amazing and Fun - hard but rewarding loot piniatas to enyoj the world with others, world events are on Guild Wars 2 level, and thats something RLY great. It does feel like an MMO but hey thats fine so does DESTINY 2, they all do. We live in an online wolrd. What else, yea, oh store prices? POE and other games also have 20$ prices... Everyone does it, but i gotta give it to the skin designers, even the random ass yellow items look good, (IMO some look better than the store ones, and they are free.) LISTEN TO ME, im not a fanboy i think d2 is too old, i think d3 was rly bad, but THIS game, i think is one of the best arpgs of the decade. Bu hu hu the servers suck we have disconects, guess what, ALL GAMES DO. Give the Devs a break and dont trash the game, i mean MILLIONS of people are playing the game... it WILL get better. And as for bu hu hu i want a solo expirience, gues what, if you even tried to play, most of the time id DOES feel like you play SOLO. (excluding World Bosses, and Events, and Towns) you wont see many ppl there (great server layering congratz to the devs) and ENDGAME is GREAT. You allways have something to do, i hope seasons will be great i will buy them all i think. This game is a masterpiece 10/10 with minor fixes needed, dont listen to anyone pls, listen to me, i know what im talking about i have 2500 hours in Destiny 2. and almost 1000 in all other MMO's and Action RPG's, and BY FAR Diablo 4 is the ONE TRUE KING.

    VERDICT 10/10 - if you dont like it dont trash it its just maybe not for you. Everyone likes different stuff, that doesnt mean you need to hate the game.

    HORIZONTAL PROGRESSION is a MUST. Great JOB devs, i rly like that WHOLE MAP feels impactful.
    all those idiots that say that they dont feel the progression, they are just below 60 IQ. It takes time to develop skill, and BEST in SLOT items for your character, TRUST me you DO feel strong when you do all the stuff right.

    Stay Strong DEVS!    … Expand
  62. Azerate
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    The best ARPG series is back in its full glory. There's nothing else to say. It's perfect.
  63. ferolajr
    Jun 12, 2023
    7
    Diablo IV part ways with the endless demon killing of the previous titles and delivers a more focused RPG experience, with sidequests and dialogues akin to those of The Elder Scrolls games (though nowhere as deep or entertaining). I enjoyed the gameplay and skill tree, but the story and the open world didn't quite stick the landing for me, which is really sad because I think this is theDiablo IV part ways with the endless demon killing of the previous titles and delivers a more focused RPG experience, with sidequests and dialogues akin to those of The Elder Scrolls games (though nowhere as deep or entertaining). I enjoyed the gameplay and skill tree, but the story and the open world didn't quite stick the landing for me, which is really sad because I think this is the right direction for the franchise, just not the right execution.

    Diablo IV is not a bad game, but it is a weak entry for the Diablo franchise.    … Expand
  64. sd4life619
    Jun 12, 2023
    4
    Game had potential, but is cheapened by many features that should never be in a ARPG. Group play not only does it have the advantages of co-op, but they give them infinite range XP sharing in dungeons, infinite range objective/renown sharing anywhere, bonus xp, dungeon cooldown resetting exploits. On top of this the grind and risk and skill from leveling can be completely bypassed byGame had potential, but is cheapened by many features that should never be in a ARPG. Group play not only does it have the advantages of co-op, but they give them infinite range XP sharing in dungeons, infinite range objective/renown sharing anywhere, bonus xp, dungeon cooldown resetting exploits. On top of this the grind and risk and skill from leveling can be completely bypassed by getting power leveled 1-80 in literally in sitting of 4-6hrs which massively cheapens the game and makes investing your personal time into the game playing solo worthless. Without these things being removed I cannot see myself taking this game seriously or playing it each season in the future.… Expand
  65. devo420
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Absolutely beautiful game. 10's across the board, story, graphics, gameplay, sound.
  66. derickw
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    The game is great so far you review-bombing non-grinding tantrum-throwing urchins. Seriously disregard the 0's, this game is great and I can't wait to see how it evolves.
  67. MENT
    Jun 12, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As an owner of the Ultimate edition, I would like to express my disappointment regarding the rewards.

    Wings: They have a good and epic appearance, but the three-second animation and the animation turning off make it seem like a late April's Fools joke. This item should have the option for users to permanently turn it on or off based on their preference.

    Horse: I can create a better-looking pony using MS Paint. This horse seems like a joke and should have a unique design that stands out as one of a kind.

    Now, let's discuss the game itself:

    Skills: I had higher expectations in terms of the number of base skills and the passives associated with them. There should be a wider variety of skills to provide more options for gameplay.

    Story length: The story is interesting and captivating, but it should be optional for those who are more focused on the end-game. Players should have the choice to engage with the story or skip it if they prefer.

    Leveling: As a casual player who spends around 3-5 hours per day, reaching level 1-40 takes a couple of days, level 40-60 takes a bit longer, and reaching level 60+ can take over a week or even more. The leveling process should be faster, as I lost motivation to continue pushing forward around level 50.

    End game: The endgame content is lacking. Currently, it only consists of PvP and repeated dungeon runs. More alternative progression and endgame content should be introduced to provide players with additional options and goals.

    Ubers: The entire battle system needs to be reworked, as it feels like a kill-or-be-killed scenario. Attempting to learn the mechanics seems useless, as the ubers are overpowered.    … Expand
  68. Eglin
    Jun 12, 2023
    2
    I am not review bombing, I honestly believe this game is a terrible disappointment.

    The Playstation early launch was botched and the game has been laggy to the point of unpleasantness since, despite my Internet being adequate to stream games from GFN and xCloud. The game isn't much fun, the story is juvenile in scope and presentation, the UI is PC-centric and not very good (harken the    I am not review bombing, I honestly believe this game is a terrible disappointment.

    The Playstation early launch was botched and the game has been laggy to the point of unpleasantness since, despite my Internet being adequate to stream games from GFN and xCloud. The game isn't much fun, the story is juvenile in scope and presentation, the UI is PC-centric and not very good (harken the redundant need to press a button to get from the splash screen to the main menu and it gets worse from there).

    If you strip away the hype and the fear of missing out, there really isn't much left of the game. And with Blizzard giving exclusive cosmetics to people that gift Twitch subs, there's even more than the usual amount of astroturfing. In the meantime, I just can't find any compelling reason to actually sit down and play the game. It is not very good.    … Expand
  69. Denath
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    The game is great, long time diablo fan, the story, gameplay and end game are all awesome, whether you are casual or hardcore this game has it all A++++
  70. ZenderR
    Jun 12, 2023
    5
    Pretty much a mediocre ARPG. Would be 6-7 if it didn't cost $90.

    Some reasons are: - Boring itemization - stack crit chance, crit damage, and vuln damage; - Lack of build diversity - 2-3 builds for a class. Even less if you're a sorcerer; - The endgame loop is far beyond boring - I can't describe it in words but while playing this game between monster packs I felt utterly frustrated;    Pretty much a mediocre ARPG. Would be 6-7 if it didn't cost $90.

    Some reasons are:
    - Boring itemization - stack crit chance, crit damage, and vuln damage;
    - Lack of build diversity - 2-3 builds for a class. Even less if you're a sorcerer;
    - The endgame loop is far beyond boring - I can't describe it in words but while playing this game between monster packs I felt utterly frustrated;
    - The game brought nothing new to the ARPG genre. It's okay, but not for a game that costs $90 straight away and the way it was advertised.    … Expand
  71. randomPlayer42
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    It is probably a 3/10, but the corporate shill 10/10 need to be offset. My class sorcerer has maybe 2 viable builds which get boring after 1h. The world is big but bland with maybe 10 different enemy types in total. It plays like a Chinese mobile whale milking game.
  72. Paradox1950
    Jun 12, 2023
    9
    Great campaign, well written story, runs fine on my old GTX970 no crashes so far and looks great. Unlike D3 character builds are back and the game is a little harder which in my view is a very good thing. I'm having a ball with this game so far and look forward to seeing where they take it. Pity it doesn't have a full solo play mode, but other players in the game are not as intrusive asGreat campaign, well written story, runs fine on my old GTX970 no crashes so far and looks great. Unlike D3 character builds are back and the game is a little harder which in my view is a very good thing. I'm having a ball with this game so far and look forward to seeing where they take it. Pity it doesn't have a full solo play mode, but other players in the game are not as intrusive as I'd feared.… Expand
  73. Raka87
    Jun 12, 2023
    4
    I am a huge Diablo fan but this game was clearly rushed through without being finished. There are so many bugs it is unreal. From the horse mount constantly clipping the environment to being randomly kicked out of NM dungeon groups, to the rubber banding and laggy towns to items and skills not working correctly, it just goes on and on. I participated in the closed beta about 6 months agoI am a huge Diablo fan but this game was clearly rushed through without being finished. There are so many bugs it is unreal. From the horse mount constantly clipping the environment to being randomly kicked out of NM dungeon groups, to the rubber banding and laggy towns to items and skills not working correctly, it just goes on and on. I participated in the closed beta about 6 months ago and many of these issues were reported and never fixed. They spent way way more time over marketing an unfinished product rather than focusing on a quality game. The lack of quality of life issues is just mind blowing.

    1. No group finder to play with people.
    Game efficiency is heavily skewed towards being in a group but they make it so challenging to find people to play with.

    2. No world chat? Might as well be playing offline mode except with random disconnects that make me restart endgame dungeons.

    3. Poor town design. Need to run all over the place to salvage items, go to stash, go to occultist/ Hewlett-Packard etc. I don’t want to spend time walking around while people wait for me to get back into the dungeon.

    4. NO loot filter. I legit skip picking up items at times that might be good because there is so much crap and no way to easily look through it all.

    5. Tiny inventory space which already is full with gems makes the above even worse.

    6. Tiny stash with only 4 tabs. Like this game was designed for mobile players but I think Diablo immortal may even have more stash space. How are we supposed to try different builds or classes with no stash space? 7. No stash search for items. Despite stash being small, all of the items inside take up the same space and nothing looks unique so can’t ever find anything. Just a bunch of squares. 8. Excessive cooldown on house dismount. So many times I just want to mount a short distance and jump off but due to all the lag and bugs and excessive cooldowns I’m left mashing my keyboard and stuck on my house while monsters beat on me.

    9. No teleport to party member feature. This was removed from beta and have no idea why. Why do you think it is fun to have to ride that buggy mount to every single dungeon rather than just teleport to team location. At least put a waypoint near all the dungeons. 10. No map overlay. How does tabbing my solid map open every few seconds increase immersion? What a joke. Even the minimal in the corner is so small that I have to completely shift my gaze to it which breaks immersion but it’s too zoomed in to be helpful anyway. 11. Speaking of zoomed in. My god can you please take back the FOV?! The camera is so close to the character it is nausea inducing. No fought to make you see the cosmetics they charged you a ton of money for. 12. Skill tree and paragon maps also way way to zoomed in. It’s like the designed it for old people that can’t see well. But this makes it extremely hard to navigate. 13. The occultist defaults to showing all aspects instead of class aspects. It should be the reverse. Many of the design decisions are just devoid of logic. 14. No way to mark loot you want to keep. At end game, 99% of the loot is worthless so why in the burning bells would you make a mark junk feature? Again it should be the opposite. There should be a mark “save” feature so I can auto salvage the rest. 15. No sell all feature. Game needs this as well since gold is important. I could keep going on QOL but other issues need to be addressed. 16. The open world feels too repetitive and bland. I think this has a lot to do with the lack of monster diversity. 17. The itemization is terrible. Why even have normal, sacred or ancestral item tiers of the item level dictates how strong the item is in the first place? Why do I still get extremely low item level drops for pushing harder content? None of the unique names tied to items even mean anything. A regular staff is can be just as good as an archeon staff if item power rolls the same. 18. Defenses. What is armor in this game so godly and adding resistances doesn’t seem to do anything at all to help my survival. This is a real part of the game right here that makes it feel like a cheap nock off rather than a Diablo game.

    19. How does one push nightmare dungeons when all trash mobs one shot. I get the game wants you to focus on defense. But because of how monster availing works, even when building a character defensively, the damage done and damage taken feels way off.

    20. Class balance and build options for classes feel way way off. I would have liked to see more viable options for classes and for the different classes to be closer together in power. Rogue, Barb, and druid get auto vulnerable though a glyph, which is one of the few multipliers available and are subsequently destroying content with it. It allows for strong burst damage and causes sorc and necro to run after them in dungeons but necro is so slow and cant keep up.    … Expand
  74. marco7474
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    Blizzard can't make hack'n slash anymore.
    The music is beautiful, the story is very good. But here we are, the content is empty, there are too many inconsistencies, the builds are very poor, the increase in power isn't visible, because it's smoothed out as your level rises, a serious mistake. Boring, empty zones.
    There are no more monster waves, what a disappointment... Very    Blizzard can't make hack'n slash anymore.
    The music is beautiful, the story is very good. But here we are, the content is empty, there are too many inconsistencies, the builds are very poor, the increase in power isn't visible, because it's smoothed out as your level rises, a serious mistake. Boring, empty zones.
    There are no more monster waves, what a disappointment...
    Very disappointed, I absolutely do not recommend it for true H'n Slash fans.    … Expand
  75. LuckyMarco
    Jun 12, 2023
    8
    Good game would have liked some more real cut scenes. and as far as the connection is concerned, it can always be better. Unable to log in for 3 days. otherwise good game
  76. Razz85
    Jun 12, 2023
    9
    Great game.

    But some complaints/improvements: Some stutter/rubber banding sometimes tho. And the UI/UX need some work for us that use both controller and m+kb (the UI resets when switching input, selecting the first item to the top left). And I miss the option to bind some actions (to my mouse buttons). And we need WASD. Kinds mind boggling they haven't fixed these basic issues in    Great game.

    But some complaints/improvements:

    Some stutter/rubber banding sometimes tho.

    And the UI/UX need some work for us that use both controller and m+kb (the UI resets when switching input, selecting the first item to the top left).

    And I miss the option to bind some actions (to my mouse buttons).

    And we need WASD.

    Kinds mind boggling they haven't fixed these basic issues in such a big release title.    … Expand
  77. Eternalwrath
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    What a low bar have people set up for this game is astonishing. Everything this game does is at best mediocre. The skill tree is shallow with no depth and the balancing abysmal with having pretty much all classes running same builds because only so few are viable. The upscaling is such a lazy way to approach an open world game and pretty much kills the sense of progress (leveling up,What a low bar have people set up for this game is astonishing. Everything this game does is at best mediocre. The skill tree is shallow with no depth and the balancing abysmal with having pretty much all classes running same builds because only so few are viable. The upscaling is such a lazy way to approach an open world game and pretty much kills the sense of progress (leveling up, finding better gear) making it pointless. THE ENDGAME IS LAUGHABLY BAD being repetitive beyond belief. I'm not even commenting on the microtransactions because it doesn't affect till now the game . Overall the game is a disappointment and people defending it just shows how weak their critical thought is. What I would like from this game was to evolve to become better not just be reskinned with pretty much the same abilities, brain-dead AI, boring exploration (open world in general) and the biggest offender of them all NO REPLAYABILITY WHICH IS THE CORE OF THESE GAMES.… Expand
  78. GoodGuy_Rogal77
    Jun 12, 2023
    8
    Over 100 hours played since early access, lvl 80 character by the time of writing.
    I'm enjoying actual endgame content now which is larger at launch than D2 and D3 combined.
    One issue the game has is itemization and skill system which is somewhat shallow but to say the game is 5 or 3 is just silly. Most of these negative reviews probably come from complete casuals or POE/D2 diehard    Over 100 hours played since early access, lvl 80 character by the time of writing.
    I'm enjoying actual endgame content now which is larger at launch than D2 and D3 combined.

    One issue the game has is itemization and skill system which is somewhat shallow but to say the game is 5 or 3 is just silly.

    Most of these negative reviews probably come from complete casuals or POE/D2 diehard enjoyers.

    It's an arpg, not a regular rpg. The game is meant to be grindy and repetitive. If grind in arpg bothers you then this genre is not for you.    … Expand
  79. Kebablover
    Jun 12, 2023
    5
    i have over 180 hours of game time now, lvl 100, min-maxed gear and after this time and truly discovered everything this game has to offer right now I can give it a strong 5/10.
    At start I would give it 10/10 because of the hype and "freshness" and I think that every 10/10 score here is from a fresh casual player which didn't experience the whole game yet.
    Review bombing is absolutely    i have over 180 hours of game time now, lvl 100, min-maxed gear and after this time and truly discovered everything this game has to offer right now I can give it a strong 5/10.
    At start I would give it 10/10 because of the hype and "freshness" and I think that every 10/10 score here is from a fresh casual player which didn't experience the whole game yet.

    Review bombing is absolutely justified. The "critics" reviews seems fake at this point or they just didn't experience the whole game

    GOOD
    -Story
    -Graphics
    -Combat
    -Cinematics
    -Server stability
    -It's Diablo

    BAD
    -Boring, not rewarding and laborious endgame loop & grind.
    -Various mechanic and movement bugs.
    -Very few endgame builds
    -Lack of core aRPG QoL
    -Too casual

    Diablo 4 at this state is a very strong base for an excellent, time-consuming and addictive game but right now is just a time filler, you can play, you will enjoy it but it's just pointless.

    It reminds me of Fallout 76 premiere, the game was bad but they did improve it tremendously.
    I hope that Diablo 4 won't be different and they will improve things in the first season.    … Expand
  80. Althegar
    Jun 12, 2023
    7
    Review bombing because the server was down only one day is a bit **** Overall, the games launch is actually pretty well done. The game is great, it plays and feels great, the story is nice and the music is beautiful. That being said, I do agree with the people pointing out the predatory microtransactions. Either lower the price or remove the shop. It's for that reason I won't go higherReview bombing because the server was down only one day is a bit **** Overall, the games launch is actually pretty well done. The game is great, it plays and feels great, the story is nice and the music is beautiful. That being said, I do agree with the people pointing out the predatory microtransactions. Either lower the price or remove the shop. It's for that reason I won't go higher than a seven.… Expand
  81. BigBlueMoth
    Jun 12, 2023
    5
    Game without Trading Option, which lowers its rating to 5. If there was trading, I would rate it between 8 and even 10, but killing trading is the worst thing AB could have done and it ruins half of the fun in the game
  82. Selaflaffy
    Jun 12, 2023
    8
    The next grand entry into the Diablo franchise, and boy does it not disappoint:

    Pros: - An 8-12 hour story experience that's very immersive and holds together mostly well. After the first playthrough the game allows you to skip the story so you can just jump into doing whatever you'd like. - Varied, extensive endgame activities to power your character up in numerous ways    The next grand entry into the Diablo franchise, and boy does it not disappoint:

    Pros:

    - An 8-12 hour story experience that's very immersive and holds together mostly well. After the first playthrough the game allows you to skip the story so you can just jump into doing whatever you'd like.

    - Varied, extensive endgame activities to power your character up in numerous ways (Helltides, World Bosses, Tree of Whispers, Nightmare/Regular dungeons)

    - Every class feels unique, and for how simple the skill tree looked, there is a really good amount of build diversity (4-6 builds per class).

    - The game flows amazingly well, most aspects of it's activities are simple enough to understand, and only min-maxing will require further research.

    - Those seeking a bit more complexity can find it in the paragon boards that allows you to shape them in a way that fits your character, with unique and powerful effects, and 9 different boards per class.

    - The atmosphere and the look of the world is simply stunning, and very well done. The cinematics also never disappoint, especially considering that the Player character is now present in them as well.

    - Itemizations, whilst simple, still has a lot of options and variables/tools to shape your character in a way you'd like. The idea of a Best-in-Slot item is there, and it's sufficently hard to get. To add onto that, it never feels bad to replace a legendary item with a regular rare item, because you can always just re-use the effect once from your old piece of gear.

    - The cash shop, despite all the fears people have had regarding it is an absolute non-issue. The earnable game sets look just as, if not better than the ones on sale. There is no power offered here, only cool cosmetics at reasonably high prices.

    Cons:

    - The renown system/lilith statue system is completely fine on the first playthrough, however having the renown "grind" be subsequently required every 3 months with seasonal content will dampen the mood quite a bit.

    - Limited Endgame: I list this as a con, but in reality most other ARPGs started with much less than this. Diablo 4 has a fantastic skeleton that the team clearly plans to expand upon in seasonal updates.

    - Damage buckets make stat priorities among classes a bit samey.

    Overall I feel like giving this game any worse than a 6 (And that's really trying to hate on it), or better than an 8 feels disingenous, the released base product is absolutely fantastic, and people giving it a 0-4 are just blantantly trying to discredit all the hard work the team has done over the last several years.    … Expand
  83. Jakimosan
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    The review bombing is nonsense, and comes from a specific set of D2 Nostalgiaholic Blizzard haters with an agenda.

    Diablo Immortal was a travesty. This is anything but Diablo Immortal. I t's a Live service game, so instead of a subscription it has a cosmetics only store, so those who don't want to pay monthly for a live service game are subsidesed by those who choose to pay for    The review bombing is nonsense, and comes from a specific set of D2 Nostalgiaholic Blizzard haters with an agenda.

    Diablo Immortal was a travesty.

    This is anything but Diablo Immortal.
    I
    t's a Live service game, so instead of a subscription it has a cosmetics only store, so those who don't want to pay monthly for a live service game are subsidesed by those who choose to pay for cosmetics. Box price gives you everything but some skins.

    The game is gorgeous, best in class for an aRPG, along with its character customisation. Storyline is there to set to tone for an ongoing saga with it being live service (updated game systems every 3 months) and 2 expansions already planned.

    Combat is visceral and meaty, there's a tonne of content for the casual player to enjoy and min max content for the more dedicated player.

    It really is an incredible game with plenty of room to grow, and I went in a bit of a Blizzard cynic.    … Expand
  84. chieforz
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    No Mac support is a No-Go for such a big company. Blizzard is letting its costumers go...
  85. KWB-Jonesy
    Jun 12, 2023
    2
    Game is geared toward online influencers, and money. I've played Diablo 2 & 3 and partook in the beta test for Diablo 4 and loved it. You didn't need to be cracked out on amphetamines or energy drinks to challenge a boss on your own. For some reason they eliminated the solo journey. I have one character that can't make it past the gate keepers wolves and is stuck at level 16. AnotherGame is geared toward online influencers, and money. I've played Diablo 2 & 3 and partook in the beta test for Diablo 4 and loved it. You didn't need to be cracked out on amphetamines or energy drinks to challenge a boss on your own. For some reason they eliminated the solo journey. I have one character that can't make it past the gate keepers wolves and is stuck at level 16. Another character is so weak that running from the foes on the map is its only way to survive. It is a waste of money and I'm absolutely sickened what they did to this game. Bizzard sold out.… Expand
  86. BrotherTobiasz
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Greatest ARPG out there and i don't get why every fun New game get Review bomb these days
  87. Mousehouse
    Jun 12, 2023
    9
    Every ARPG out there has gained content and balancing through patches after its release. Diablo 4 has an amazing launch edition and I expect it to only improve down the road.

    I am having a huge blast with this game. Open world is fun, dungeons are fun to play and skill system is great to experiment and try around with. Especially, you don’t have to watch “TRY THIS BUILD NEXT LEAGUE”    Every ARPG out there has gained content and balancing through patches after its release. Diablo 4 has an amazing launch edition and I expect it to only improve down the road.

    I am having a huge blast with this game.

    Open world is fun, dungeons are fun to play and skill system is great to experiment and try around with. Especially, you don’t have to watch “TRY THIS BUILD NEXT LEAGUE” videos, to make your character work.    … Expand
  88. Shewchenko
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Arte que volta às origens, história bacana, bem polido e o late game com bastante coisa a fazer, vale cada centavo
  89. Avrok
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    Some dark ambiance, lore and sound is genius. The gameplay is smooth and very pleasant, there is somme complexity in the game and we are just a the beginning. The campaign is great, i will play it for a very long time.
  90. wolfnet18
    Jun 12, 2023
    6
    I'm definitely not here to review bomb, but i'm also not entirely in support of diablo4 at this time.
    Diablo4 scores points in audio and visual. They nail it, it's blizzard, it's the quality we would expect.
    They also score some points on character customization, though they also severely lose points here because there's 1 meta for each character, and blizzards "play how you want to    I'm definitely not here to review bomb, but i'm also not entirely in support of diablo4 at this time.
    Diablo4 scores points in audio and visual. They nail it, it's blizzard, it's the quality we would expect.
    They also score some points on character customization, though they also severely lose points here because there's 1 meta for each character, and blizzards "play how you want to play" motto falls short on your build just not being able to progress. "get good" should never get in the way of just have fun. Even build % charts show 90% of each class using that one ability, there's literally no other way to get by. They shouldnt nerf these builds but bring all the other abilities up to match them.

    The gameplay is fluid (for the most part). Mounts are janky and get stuck on the smallest rock, and there's many times you'll be in battle only to have your character stop moving and attacking because he's clipped through the floor sightly and you have to dash to fix yourself.

    What hurts the game is it's repetitiveness. Sure, that's what this game is going to have, but they literally have 120 dungeons, and there's maybe 3 or 4 styles of dungeons with 5 or 6 objectives, and 5 or 6 rotating bosses, leaving the game severely hurting next to the large random rifts that their previous d3 rifts provided.
    Replayability is possible moving to a new character, but the game severely punishes this in a way with the amount of storage space you have. I personally have an endgame character with all 4 stash tabs mixed with "class specific" legendaries, so starting a new character would literally mean destroying most of that equipment, or going back to the diablo2 days where you have to make a character specifically to hold gear. Also, when it comes to loot, they say they want legendary loot to be rare so it feels like you've accomplished something when you find a piece, but i believe they should go back to diablo3's roots on this, and if a legendary drops you should be able to trade with anyone in your party, as i run with another player on the same class we just have different builds, it sucks to be in a party and something drop epic for them that you also helped work for, but you're missing that party trade timer of old.

    In summary, diablo4 is a well built game, but i feel like by the time season 1 rolls around, if the rewards arent great, i dont see many people wanting to start the game over again. The repetitive cycle on the game is very unforgiving like others of it's class. Only time will tell, and i hope in the coming months i'll be able to return and push my score up a little bit, but ultimately..... diablo2 > diablo3 > diablo4. Not a good trend.    … Expand
  91. JohnWestT
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    What a disappointment
    The campaign had some moments but was mostly dull and dragged out ,
    Leveling was mostly ok but you are very restricted on skills to cater to console players and spend most of your time out of resources and have to keep charging it up with your crappy generator skill. The end game is a disaster, you just farm up and gear up to do what exactly.... There is no    What a disappointment
    The campaign had some moments but was mostly dull and dragged out ,
    Leveling was mostly ok but you are very restricted on skills to cater to console players and spend most of your time out of resources and have to keep charging it up with your crappy generator skill.
    The end game is a disaster, you just farm up and gear up to do what exactly.... There is no challenging content and the monsters scale with you so you actually get weaker as you level overall.
    Maybe it will be good in a year but only if they remove scaling    … Expand
  92. noxhow
    Jun 12, 2023
    0
    People dont know yet, but the endgame is.... there is no endgame. You have 1 bossfight, doing nightmare dungeons gives you the same loot as the lvl 60's farming T4 in Demise.
    So in order to progress up to 100 nightmare dungeons, the best way of doing that is to farm instances where you poke enemies to death since its the same item power dropping. I never imagined in my life that i'd    People dont know yet, but the endgame is.... there is no endgame. You have 1 bossfight, doing nightmare dungeons gives you the same loot as the lvl 60's farming T4 in Demise.
    So in order to progress up to 100 nightmare dungeons, the best way of doing that is to farm instances where you poke enemies to death since its the same item power dropping. I never imagined in my life that i'd prefer D3 dungeons over D4... The chore of just running to every dungeon and backtracking constantly is just not fun.    … Expand
  93. Tumin
    Jun 12, 2023
    8
    Diablo 4 is not the best game ever, but its pretty damn good. The sounds, the music, the combat, the graphics are all great. Love the story. It might get a little repetitive when you finish the story and the grind starts. But its diablo, its supposed to be a grind. This reviewbombing going on is just bs. Right out of the gate diablo 4 is a great next step in the seires. Granted they arentDiablo 4 is not the best game ever, but its pretty damn good. The sounds, the music, the combat, the graphics are all great. Love the story. It might get a little repetitive when you finish the story and the grind starts. But its diablo, its supposed to be a grind. This reviewbombing going on is just bs. Right out of the gate diablo 4 is a great next step in the seires. Granted they arent reinventing the wheel, but the gameplay is great. Yes, i would like a gembag ingame, but giving the game 1 out of 10 because of it it just horseradish. Giving the game a 0 star rarting because you have to grind is silly. Its diablo. Its a grind.

    Overall diablo4 is good.but it can get even better. Im excited to see where it goes from here    … Expand
  94. Psi0nic_Cr0w
    Jun 12, 2023
    10
    A great game for fans of the series and a solid foundation on which to build going forward. Review bombing an insult to the brilliant work of some great devs.
  95. Valocks
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    What else can I say that hasn’t already been said.

    I create a necromancer and it gets nerfed immediately. Fine I switch to a sorcerer. Nerfed again. But I keep trying. They disable items I use for my build forcing me to start a new build. Unfortunately not as easy to do because of the scaling keeping the game difficult after screwing me out of armor I need for the build I was using. So    What else can I say that hasn’t already been said.

    I create a necromancer and it gets nerfed immediately.

    Fine I switch to a sorcerer. Nerfed again. But I keep trying. They disable items I use for my build forcing me to start a new build. Unfortunately not as easy to do because of the scaling keeping the game difficult after screwing me out of armor I need for the build I was using.

    So many disconnects and lost hardcore characters. Just unbelievable.


    The insanely priced micro transactions and multiple season pass tiers on a 70 dollar game… ugh    … Expand
  96. grreaper
    Jun 11, 2023
    2
    Very disappointed with the game. I paid a lot of money for the Ultimate Edition, but I couldn't play the promised early access. It's unforgivable.
  97. assassin56--_
    Jun 11, 2023
    9
    It's actually a very great ARPG experience capitalizing on the dark tone that fans of D2 love, such as myself, and many of the QOL features from 3. Being a live service game, the most egregious thing it has that I think anyone would come to expect is MTX cosmetics that asks for more than what they tend to be worth, in my opinion. Otherwise this game is a stellar experience and will onlyIt's actually a very great ARPG experience capitalizing on the dark tone that fans of D2 love, such as myself, and many of the QOL features from 3. Being a live service game, the most egregious thing it has that I think anyone would come to expect is MTX cosmetics that asks for more than what they tend to be worth, in my opinion. Otherwise this game is a stellar experience and will only become better over time. 9/10 would recommend… Expand
  98. t0lkien
    Jun 11, 2023
    6
    The game has a lot of potential, but swings between sublime and frustratingly bad, so it's difficult to give it an even review. Below are the high and low points:

    Good: - amazing cutscenes - some good narrative and characters - beautiful world artwork - gorgeous character armor art Bad: - clunky movement and combat - awkward an uneven systems - downright terrible narrative at    The game has a lot of potential, but swings between sublime and frustratingly bad, so it's difficult to give it an even review. Below are the high and low points:

    Good:
    - amazing cutscenes
    - some good narrative and characters
    - beautiful world artwork
    - gorgeous character armor art

    Bad:
    - clunky movement and combat
    - awkward an uneven systems
    - downright terrible narrative at times
    - way too much monster CC and no way to play around it
    - shallow itemization

    How good or bad the game is will only become clear after a few seasons.    … Expand
  99. rarz4
    Jun 11, 2023
    3
    Полнейшее разочарование. Достойна покупки только со скидкой, но так как это Blizzard, то это произойдёт нескоро.

    Игра, продающаяся за 70 долларов, выглzдит как демо-версия. Играл на PS5. Главный конкурент этой игры Path 0f Exile вышла целых 10 лет назад и на данный момент превосходит распиаренный кусок дерьма от Blizzard. И это при том, что PoE является совершенно бесплатной, не считая    Полнейшее разочарование. Достойна покупки только со скидкой, но так как это Blizzard, то это произойдёт нескоро.

    Игра, продающаяся за 70 долларов, выглzдит как демо-версия. Играл на PS5. Главный конкурент этой игры Path 0f Exile вышла целых 10 лет назад и на данный момент превосходит распиаренный кусок дерьма от Blizzard. И это при том, что PoE является совершенно бесплатной, не считая необязательные транзакции для увеличения сундука.

    Первое что бросилось в глаза - мизерное количество умений, которые мы можем разместить на панели управления. Всего 6 штук. В PoE их 12 и недавно добавили еще 4. (PS5)

    Убогое и линейное дерево прокачки. Это даже не дерево, а обструганный сучок, которым можно поковырять в этой куче дерьма. Играть становится скучно уже часа через 3. Единственный выход это сбрасывать очки и идти по другой ветви развития. Но тогда не захочется переигрывать за этого персонажа в следующий раз.

    Местами "деревянные" анимации, персонаж может резко остановиться, физика ближнего боя выглядит убого.

    Огромное количество однотипных подвалов, подземелий.

    Так как игра только вышла, то чувствуется дисбаланс некоторых умений. Но это я думаю скоро исправят.

    Количество навыков преступно мало, по сравнению с той же PoE. Это просто детский сад какой-то.

    Даже если учесть post game активности, играть всё равно скучно. Ждём запуска сезонов.

    Непонятно зачем сделанные нелепые вставки на игровом движке. Лучше бы добавили ray tracing.

    Эту игру тяжело назвать интересной. Геймплей ощущается как обрезанный и искусственно ограниченный. Выглядит игра в целом так, словно тебе показывают красивую лошадь, но не дают поездить на ней верхом, разрешают только вставить ей в задницу игрушечный руль и вертеть им влево-вправо.

    На данный момент не советую покупать Diabo 4. Игра по всем параметрам отстаёт от десятилетнего конкурента, если не считать графику(всё таки 2023 год на дворе) и сюжет (он тут нужен?).

    Серия Diablo культовая. Основоположник жанра и многолетний триумфатор. Но времена меняются. Вместо удовлетворения потребителей, в первую очередь превозносится прибыль. Если вы никогда не играли в подобные игры и готовы впустую потратить деньги, то смело спонсируйте халатность Blizzard. Если же вы хотите посмотреть на настоящую ARPG, гораздо более глубокую, интересную, реиграбельную, с несоизмеримо большим количеством контента, со все ещё актуальной графикой, то выбирайте Path of Exile.

    Релиз Diablo 4 от Blizzard выглядит в этом году как самоубийство. Ведь совсем скоро выходит Path of Exile 2.    … Expand
  100. Bocle
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Why are there only eight monster types in the $70 to $100+ game? Connection errors, connection errors, and yet another connection error. Also, I hate there is no offline mod, that $70 will also vanish into thin air after a few years.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 34
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  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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