Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  1. fellnogueira
    Jul 25, 2023
    5
    I gave 8 when I started to play but I'm changing the score because the free items from season one is a joke!
  2. brearick82
    Jun 26, 2023
    5
    I really really want to like this game. I just can't shake the feeling they just want this to badly be an MMO. The feel, the always online approach, the fact that it's difficult to solo. Blizzard could have done so much better. I just feel cheated. It doesn't hold the same attention as the previous 3 games did with me. If you like MMOs, this game is probably a 9...if you just wanted toI really really want to like this game. I just can't shake the feeling they just want this to badly be an MMO. The feel, the always online approach, the fact that it's difficult to solo. Blizzard could have done so much better. I just feel cheated. It doesn't hold the same attention as the previous 3 games did with me. If you like MMOs, this game is probably a 9...if you just wanted to play an old school diablo game, go buy 3 or 2. This isn't something I can recommend sadly.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. Androox
    Jul 23, 2023
    5
    I would give Diablo IV a 8.5/10 before the massive batnerf update ruined everything.
    -Seasonal mechanic is not strong enough to compensate the loss
    -Leveling is boring -Crowd Control from monsters is out of control -Massively unfair classes balance, some classes are extremely gear dependant and struggle during leveling, while others like Necro Bone Spear one shot everything without the    I would give Diablo IV a 8.5/10 before the massive batnerf update ruined everything.
    -Seasonal mechanic is not strong enough to compensate the loss
    -Leveling is boring
    -Crowd Control from monsters is out of control
    -Massively unfair classes balance, some classes are extremely gear dependant and struggle during leveling, while others like Necro Bone Spear one shot everything without the need of good gear/aspects.
    -Reroll stats on gear is way too expensive
    -Mount is broken/feels bad
    -Massive lag everytime you switch area
    -No [WASD] to move, my right index is tired of spam clicks like a MOBA
    -Expect your favourite build to be nerfed every single update or hotfix
    -Lack of inventory
    -Lack of stash tabs
    -Lack of aspect inventory space
    -Some KEY aspects for some builds are not in the codex, making leveling/switching gear unfun
    -T100 nightmare dungeons difficulty is now nerfed to the T70 difficulty was, No End Game pushing anymore
    -No filter in stash or inventory    … Expand
  5. Odezza
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    I had very high hopes for this game, it didn't meet them. The most fundamental problem is that the game is just not fun to play, it all feels like a chore and you never make any progress. Majority of the game is you walking very slowly from A -> B. The story is full of characters you meet a few minutes then are expected to have a emotional respone to when they heroically die a few momentsI had very high hopes for this game, it didn't meet them. The most fundamental problem is that the game is just not fun to play, it all feels like a chore and you never make any progress. Majority of the game is you walking very slowly from A -> B. The story is full of characters you meet a few minutes then are expected to have a emotional respone to when they heroically die a few moments later.

    Liliths personality start promising, a demonic, scary but by the end has become a disney character.

    The affixes on items are pointless,
    2% damage or crowd controlled enemies
    2% damage to vurnable enemies
    2% damage to near enemies
    ... List goes on with MANY more exactly the same.

    The cinematics and music (you have to tweak your audio settings, turn down SFX to ~50% if you wanna hear the music while playing) in this game are fantastic.

    All in all the game is not fun, most of the time you are just slowly walking without killing any monster, very sloppy and bland story, game lakes itemization, very good cine matics and music.    … Expand
  6. Taiyu
    Jul 16, 2023
    5
    - Major memory leak problem, eats 8GB of graphic card memory in a few seconds, the games stutters frequently on my 9700K+RTX2080+32GB memory system. This should NOT happen, and it seems the company could not address this technical problem any time soon.
    - Nasty nightmare dungeon design, it seems to me that the game designers has no ability to do any innovations, instead of making the    - Major memory leak problem, eats 8GB of graphic card memory in a few seconds, the games stutters frequently on my 9700K+RTX2080+32GB memory system. This should NOT happen, and it seems the company could not address this technical problem any time soon.
    - Nasty nightmare dungeon design, it seems to me that the game designers has no ability to do any innovations, instead of making the gameplay more interesting and fluent, they came up with a idea to insert hard environmental elements to increase diffculty, it is totally absurd, the forced mechanisms totally detached from a diablo game and causes a lot of frustration and even anger.    … Expand
  7. Oxygent
    Jun 19, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Однообразные квесты. Локации темные и скучные. Рогу ренж урезан. Он есть, но билдов внятных, как на нож, нету... 3я часть на голову выше.… Expand
  8. Egis511
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    This game is pretty good if you look at it as a single player game and play only story. The story is quite good but has a week ending. Execution is 10/10 though. Cut-scenes and voice overs are amazing. Graphically it looks nice. And that is where the fun stops. The gameplay is quite boring. Players are pushed in these little frames and have to run certain builds otherwise are punished. YouThis game is pretty good if you look at it as a single player game and play only story. The story is quite good but has a week ending. Execution is 10/10 though. Cut-scenes and voice overs are amazing. Graphically it looks nice. And that is where the fun stops. The gameplay is quite boring. Players are pushed in these little frames and have to run certain builds otherwise are punished. You are punished if you are playing solo as well, as teams can progress four times faster. The end game is boring as you will be running the same dungeons again and again. Loot, even though is most important part of any build, at the same time is irrelevant. You will dismantle/sell 999 items out of 1000 in end game. Helltide is another end game activity which is, as you might have guessed it - very boring. World bosses, legion, tree of whispers (if I remember correctly) are boring and waste of your time as rewards are meaningless. PVP is least balanced of all the games I have ever played. There can be 40 lvl difference between players and guess which one will be oneshot killed?
    So, would I recommend this game? Yes, if you are casual and a fan of Diablo franchise. As I said the story is very good and acting is at a different level. Finish the story and be done with it as the rest is not worth your time.    … Expand
  9. frazzefraz
    Jul 15, 2023
    5
    Dont like the open world and disconnects sometimes. Diablo 3 was better in my opinion.
  10. Wunpleum
    Aug 15, 2023
    5
    Fun at first 10-20 hours but get boring some time after. No content no story nothing, just keep spamming skill to monster. Maybe it's not my kind of game and also cash greedy as fxck.
  11. CallumMcA
    Jun 17, 2023
    5
    One of the biggest ARPG launches in years and they came back for the crown. The campaign is well thought out. Sadly, its all down hill from completing the story. ARPGs have come so far and some new standards have been set which Diablo IV feels lacking in.

    Sure, ARPGs have reptation and grind but some have found ways to keep this interesting. Diablo IV lets you loose on a world map with    One of the biggest ARPG launches in years and they came back for the crown. The campaign is well thought out. Sadly, its all down hill from completing the story. ARPGs have come so far and some new standards have been set which Diablo IV feels lacking in.

    Sure, ARPGs have reptation and grind but some have found ways to keep this interesting. Diablo IV lets you loose on a world map with dungeons that are beautiful and can be fun for the first couple of runs but sadly they get boring very quickly. After a few runs you start to see the same patterns, enemy types.

    I keep thinking of the term 'surface level', I think everything seems great as you're whizzing by on the story but when you stop to have a look, it gets very dull and fast.

    The short number of skills you can have assigned seems like a step back and the PC experience feels like its held back.

    Disappointing.    … Expand
  12. RYZE-ICONIC
    Aug 19, 2023
    5
    This game is a joke. Once you reach level 100, there's nothing to do but repeat the same thing. I've played for over 300 hours and even played the first season with a different character, reaching level 60. I felt that it wasn't worth my time anymore because it doesn't offer anything new, just repetitive gameplay without any purpose.
  13. Zoddy
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    If we only take the campaign and the 1-50 leveling into account the game is a 6,5/10. The first 30 hours are quite fun and the gameplay is good. However after that it just become endless repeating the same content for minimum upgrade. From level 50 to 60 I upgrade my gear maybe a couple of times. Diablo III was better.
  14. Andreafrancolin
    Sep 4, 2023
    5
    I played all Diablo series since original, this one is so messy … The story is quite poorly written, the way it starts is nonsensical and evolve totally by chance. Majority of NPG are all flat and pointless with no meaning in their stories. I don't even get to understand WHY we are involved in chasing this demon ... what are the motivations?

    Finding a good armor or sword has become    I played all Diablo series since original, this one is so messy … The story is quite poorly written, the way it starts is nonsensical and evolve totally by chance. Majority of NPG are all flat and pointless with no meaning in their stories. I don't even get to understand WHY we are involved in chasing this demon ... what are the motivations?

    Finding a good armor or sword has become totally pointless, the game keep throwing at u so many objects that they have become simply money. There is no more joy about finding a really good weapon.

    The monsters respawn is damn annoying … why am I doing all that mess if no progress can be perceived on the field? And why all monsters continue becoming stronger ? What is the point of growing if u never benefit from that?

    The mechanic is always fun and fights entertaining and thrilling but i was hoping to see some evolution in this series. if wasn't for my broken foot i wouldn't play again this game.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. moranmoa
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    I am D3 HC And Lost Ark player. I am now level 75.
    D4 doesn't bring anything new. If you want to farm maps you do the same map layout. In D3 you do random generated map.
    No teleport to dongen entrence.
    We don't have ESC to pause the game. Its needed in HC solo or if you have kids.
    ther is no lider board.
    No armory save for build swap.
  17. Smint
    Jun 13, 2023
    5
    It's very good, the problems it has right now will Shure be fixed and even if not, it's fun how it is. I was wrong, it's worse now. Correction from 8 to 5.
  18. PlotFan
    Jul 29, 2023
    5
    Game was fun for about 20 hours then its boring, Level scaling needs to be removed. Big open world feels so empty and everything feels padded and over bloated. I really wanted D4 to be great and it is not that good... I guess Blizzard making a game to please everyone, made a great game at pleasing nobody. Casual Players (like Myself will leave as its boring after a while, and hardcore ARPGGame was fun for about 20 hours then its boring, Level scaling needs to be removed. Big open world feels so empty and everything feels padded and over bloated. I really wanted D4 to be great and it is not that good... I guess Blizzard making a game to please everyone, made a great game at pleasing nobody. Casual Players (like Myself will leave as its boring after a while, and hardcore ARPG fans will leave as there are better alternatives to play) I feel the aim to make the console controls hurt the skill variety available and that could be fixed with load outs, the loot fills the LIMITED chest space so fast. I played the game in World Tier 2 and it was easy, like boring easy… put my brain in autopilot and before you know it I’m at the end, and wishing I spent my time on another game. Really sad Blizzard used to make amazing games that were fun and have focused on making an endless chore game where you hopefully pay more money on top of a $70 game… Was fun for about 20 hours then it’s over… So if you want a 20 hour game I guess it’s ok, but if you expected a 200+ hour game it is not… Maybe like D3 it will get fixed. But I think it’s a case of a lot of potential, and just not there yet, maybe it will turn into something good, but its boring now.… Expand
  19. propulsion
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Well basically the always online, plus the lack of a good end game are the main issues with this game. The main story isn’t much better or worse than previous games, so if you just want to play the story and don’t care about end game grinding and the always online, then it’s not a bad game.
  20. 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
  21. NeverCasual
    Jul 23, 2023
    5
    Based on in-game delivery, definitely the best story of the franchise and worth playing for the story. For the first time you will not need to buy books or turn to content-creators to get the backstory to fully understand what is happening which is a really nice change. It is as dark as the early Diablo games (before the fight was taken to the high-heavens) and has enough characterBased on in-game delivery, definitely the best story of the franchise and worth playing for the story. For the first time you will not need to buy books or turn to content-creators to get the backstory to fully understand what is happening which is a really nice change. It is as dark as the early Diablo games (before the fight was taken to the high-heavens) and has enough character development and twists to keep you engaged.

    The open-world content is fun enough to keep you playing for 10-20h after the story ends. Events are engaging and rewarding enough to be worth participating in until most gear slots are euipped with suitable "ancestral"-items.
    Unfortunately, this is where the game starts to stumble. Once you have your "ancestral"-items for a working build, the only way to increase your power is through "unique items" that are randomly dropped. Yet, these "uniques" are sometimes so powerful that they can make or break your class and without them you will struggle significantly more with higher nightmare dungeons (which become the only endgame content - similar to greater rifts, just with objectives instead of a timer).

    The gameplay is basically a builder-spender rotation that rewards big pulls for most classes. Spenders hit really big while builders do pretty much nothing which feels very weird, especially for classes with very costly spenders. It still feely clunky when you compare the gameplay to Diablo 3 in the end stages, before sets and newly introduced uniques solved the problem. Therefore I give them the benefit of the doubt here and assume that they will introduce new items with following seasons to make gamplay much smoother.

    The game is ok. If you think about buying the game, I would recommend to wait until you can get it at a cheaper price since content is quite limited right now and the gamplay is still somewhat sluggish.    … Expand
  22. random-dude
    Jul 26, 2023
    5
    First few weeks were great, but the gameplay loop doesn't carry for very long, unlike how it was obviously intended. Honeymoon over.
  23. urgeN11
    Aug 7, 2023
    5
    Edit: Went from 10 to 5. Old review further down below.

    I have purchased from Activision-Blizzard 5000 platinum (50 euros worth) for Diablo IV. I have bought something that I realized after a few minutes it doesn't look as I expected in-game. I have asked for a refund ONLY for that cosmetic (2200 platinum, not money) back, so I can use the platinum on something I eventually like. I have    Edit: Went from 10 to 5. Old review further down below.

    I have purchased from Activision-Blizzard 5000 platinum (50 euros worth) for Diablo IV. I have bought something that I realized after a few minutes it doesn't look as I expected in-game. I have asked for a refund ONLY for that cosmetic (2200 platinum, not money) back, so I can use the platinum on something I eventually like. I have been denied the refund, because:

    '... cosmetics that are purchased with in-game currency, such as Platinum, are non-refundable. However, those cosmetics can be refunded in case they were purchased with real money!' - guess what: the option to purchase from the shop via 'real money' is not existent, and the platinum is purchased with 'real money'. Being treated like this after I've given them 'real money' and didn't ask back for it, but for the platinum, is disgusting.

    Old review:

    People have lost it ...

    This is a great game, even with it's few flaws compared to the big picture - in story, and in bugs.

    Even if I think the game is a 8.5, I had to rate it 10 to balance the reviews of these hating people... the game is fun, and at the moment fair, nothing is pay to win, and the amount of work required to create it is immense. I can't believe how ungrateful people are. A game such as Diablo Immoral which aims to get every drop of $ from you should get a pss low rating, but this game is wonderful in so many regards. Wake up people, and appreciate what is good, for if you will keep hating, it will disappear.    … Expand
  24. Tymberus
    Jul 25, 2023
    5
    Apart from all the drama with the patch, after going through the story campaign and playing a little further... The game is very average. There's virtually no variety in the builds, looting isn't fun (it's more of a hunt for special abilities and getting them out of them), constant slowdowns due to silly in-engine solutions, and always online. It's definitely not a 1/10 game, but it's notApart from all the drama with the patch, after going through the story campaign and playing a little further... The game is very average. There's virtually no variety in the builds, looting isn't fun (it's more of a hunt for special abilities and getting them out of them), constant slowdowns due to silly in-engine solutions, and always online. It's definitely not a 1/10 game, but it's not a quality AAA game from such a large publisher and with such a historical and financial background. It looks like a game made on the cheap and by interns, with management who is afraid of the board.… Expand
  25. platDude
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    This is coming from a guy who's put several 1000's of hours into previous diablos going back to the first one.
    Honestly the worst thing about this game is all the fanboy apologists who viciously defend any and every criticism of the game. The ferocity is real and intense, people.
    The game itself isn't terrible, but there are plenty of better ones out there. After leveling 1 char to 100    This is coming from a guy who's put several 1000's of hours into previous diablos going back to the first one.
    Honestly the worst thing about this game is all the fanboy apologists who viciously defend any and every criticism of the game. The ferocity is real and intense, people.
    The game itself isn't terrible, but there are plenty of better ones out there. After leveling 1 char to 100 and 2 others past 50, here's what I didn't like:
    - Enemies ALWAYS scale to your level. You can never really have that fun relaxing overpowered grinding until after level 50, in which you can gear up and keep the world tier low. But by then, there's no reason to.
    - Only 6 skills are usable at any time, no exceptions. Classes like necro and sorc would've been really fun and more tactical if you could actually use all the skills you allocate, but they don't let you.
    - Everything is so slow. After coming from Path Of Exile and Chaosbane, EVERYTHING is so damn slow. Killing enemies, moving, dying. It's like Dark Souls vs Bayonetta.
    - Online only, even if you wanna play solo. This to me was the worst part, because the server seems to constantly have issues, sometimes you can't log in, and you need constant good internet as well. Just annoying especially for those who don't care about multiplayer.
    - Badly tuned bosses, often dependent on RNG. Sometimes the adds drop healing potions, sometimes they don't and you die. Oh, and you can't overlevel, as mentioned above, because they'll just get stronger with you. Yeah, it's dumb.
    - Respeccing costs money. A LOT when you're high level. This is annoying because sometimes your build just really can't beat a boss, and you spent an hour getting to him.
    - Thus far, anytime people found a really strong class build, it's been nerfed to the ground. While you could argue that it's necessary, there are other ways to keep balance, and the D4 team seems to be taking nerfs a little to the extreme. Pretty lame and very inconsiderate if you've spent dozens of hours on building a certain way.

    So this definitely hits right for some people, but I found it a waste of $80. Wait for $30 and you'll get your money's worth. The whole game just feels like it was created by investors and accountants.
    -    … Expand
  26. Omega_Dan
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    Played since Diablo 1 excluding Inmortal and Diablo 4 even if the game is not "terrible" so to speak is being carried hard by the franchise brand being an "okaysh" hack and slash that sadly lacks a soul. The story starts good but after act 1 quickly go downhill and the lore barely makes sense

    Gameplay wise the characters feel quite clunky and the build variety is extremely limited    Played since Diablo 1 excluding Inmortal and Diablo 4 even if the game is not "terrible" so to speak is being carried hard by the franchise brand being an "okaysh" hack and slash that sadly lacks a soul. The story starts good but after act 1 quickly go downhill and the lore barely makes sense

    Gameplay wise the characters feel quite clunky and the build variety is extremely limited moreso, when the paragon system got neutered hard and the character's balance is out of whack with wild balance swings.

    Also a dirty blow is to just announce "we have 2 expansions in the oven" after the horrble cliffhanger game ending aka "we want more cash buy our expansions as well ty" not counting the season pass and the in game cash shop in a 70 bucks game that thankfully for now only sells cosmetics albeit with overinflated prices trying to milk their customers as hard as they can using every trick of the book

    Diablo franchise sure has fallen :(    … Expand
  27. Cako86
    Jun 8, 2023
    5
    The art graphics sound is great ! The combat are very repetitive and not rewarding . The scaling is broken … finding new gears is boring since its good fol like 25 minutes of gameplay … and the bugs … i wont even go there
  28. Pookasaurus
    Jun 11, 2023
    5
    It has potential, but it just feels like Diablo 3 with a few new things at the end of the day. Feels like it's still in beta, and it feels like they knew this as well. Graphically good, the story is okay but not revolutionary. Hell tides are a nice addition but become a chore over time. This is a PC review, and I'm a little disappointed how 9 years of development led to this.It has potential, but it just feels like Diablo 3 with a few new things at the end of the day. Feels like it's still in beta, and it feels like they knew this as well. Graphically good, the story is okay but not revolutionary. Hell tides are a nice addition but become a chore over time. This is a PC review, and I'm a little disappointed how 9 years of development led to this.

    However, the world looks amazing. Skills do feel pretty fluid and look half-decent. The music is great. it's worth a playthrough...although I think just once. Here are the issues I had with the game.

    -The Mount system is really bad, the way it moves, doesn't move, and bugs are awful.
    - Invisible walls all over the map, most notably coming out of cities.
    -Massive loading lag in certain areas.
    -The stash is a 4th of the size it should be. 1 character will fill up the entire thing, not well thought out for multiple characters.
    - No search in the stash which is AWFUL, you have to save up legendaries and it is so tedious to mouse over every single item to check things.
    - Resists and defenses seem to be bugged, many people reporting this. This is a HUGE problem.
    - because of the resist issues, elixirs feel pretty useless outside of the XP bonus they give
    - NM dungeons bug out and kick you out sometimes while in a party
    - Too much screen clutter during battle, sometimes you cant see enemy attacks at all. Its a bit much.
    -Running to every NM dungeon feels tedious, especially with how the mounts are.
    -Some dungeons are unable to be completed due to bugs of objectives.
    - Very little build diversity (so far) I went to lvl 100, and I felt pigeonholed into going into 1 or 2 builds at most. All other builds weren't just slightly worse, they were almost unplayable.
    - The UI is horrendous, it's very mobile-like, with no customization. No name or health bar above your head. No map overlay options.
    - the PC UI is clunky, the game was clearly catered towards console, PC is paying the price for it.
    - The HP bubble is very confusing with Fortiy, Shield, and Poisons. HP bar over your head would help this.
    - Almost no endgame content. It's a never-ending loop of helltides and NM dungeons. They are D3 systems renamed. There's a boss at the end, but that's it? Needs more endgame goals.
    - No leaderboards at launch, kind of odd.
    - Itemization is not as hype as they make it. It is very basic but slightly better than D3...I guess?
    - Some loot rewards just don't feel worthy enough in some parts of the game.
    - World bosses are very basic, Not a challenge in any way, shape, or form.
    - Can't block people spamming emotes, gets pretty annoying
    - objects in the open world cause you to get stuck all the time
    - The notifications for world events are basically non-existent, so you end up missing some or needing to use a website to keep track of things.
    - Quest log does not track your old quests. So at a certain point, you cannot retrace and find the ones you are missing. Many people are stuck not knowing where to go to complete these currently outside of using a website and retracing all of their steps in every zone.    … Expand
  29. thegreathumbug
    Jun 11, 2023
    5
    Serious slog.

    Long time D3 player and so much about D4 feels like a step backwards. Incredibly grindy, and it never feels like you have the upper hand. Spend 80% of the game trying not to get ohk'd by everything and not able to deal meaningful damage. Massive scaling issues as you level and the whole thing feels like running underwater. Movement, resources and just about everything else    Serious slog.

    Long time D3 player and so much about D4 feels like a step backwards. Incredibly grindy, and it never feels like you have the upper hand. Spend 80% of the game trying not to get ohk'd by everything and not able to deal meaningful damage. Massive scaling issues as you level and the whole thing feels like running underwater. Movement, resources and just about everything else need to be about 70% faster.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. JoProno
    Jun 14, 2023
    5
    Gore and Evil for ages 16+ ; puzzles/combat mechanic designed for 8-14..
    Really sad about a game that started strong and...faded after 2 weeks playing part time...
    Now: will I have to pay more for Seasons and some other bulls* pretexts? Def' not a AAA title; the game needed a good 3 more months of testing and dev to be up to some standard. Cinematics/Story : 9/10. Nothing you    Gore and Evil for ages 16+ ; puzzles/combat mechanic designed for 8-14..
    Really sad about a game that started strong and...faded after 2 weeks playing part time...

    Now: will I have to pay more for Seasons and some other bulls* pretexts?
    Def' not a AAA title; the game needed a good 3 more months of testing and dev to be up to some standard.

    Cinematics/Story : 9/10. Nothing you can't view off Youtube. And after ALL THAT hesitation to know WHO'S THE BAD GUY(S) and who to choose: you have no choice to make!!!! At least give us some god damn choice for 1-2 different fight/dialogue or cinematic... That's basic stuff Blizzard! RPG says it in the name!!
    Voice acting: 10/10. Same as above for Youtube experience.
    Fight mechanics: 5/10 Clunky, world bosses are boring AF. Helltides suck. Endless braindead farming.
    Difficulty ramped? You get 1 shot by boring chaos/mechanics you can't see.
    Farming/Story/Grind after level 50: 2/10 Boring AF.
    Multiplayer: 5/10 Crossplay? Cool! Decent-enough system to play with low levels...but no freaking LFG system or COOP goals. Even my guildies do all their stuff Solo. We're far from WoW 2002.
    Bought a 15$ Mount to support a Streamer: The resolution on my 27" makes me see no difference than the brown one lol.... Ok...

    Gearing up with ASPECTS is a PAIN . They nerfed the builds like 5 times in 10 days??? Now, my inventory is full of Legendary Aspects I can't freakin use as I know they'll be the next best build in 10 days... And I have no mats for new Aspects on new Gear my level, as Aspects are 5x more important, but you can't get mats! Endless, braindead farming needed...

    The druid sucked levels 15-30. I was happy to see a super pickup at levels 30-35-50...Now i'm thinking of going back to Vermintide2 with the friends.    … Expand
  32. kaltesklares
    Jun 14, 2023
    5
    Hi guys,
    D4 is a big fail in my eyes.
    First and biggest one is that they just developed the game for console and then just ported it to PC. You can feel the "simplicity" and cheap variations of an inventory or the UI in general. I do understand the arguments for it but this isnt any company you never heard of with a low budget or something. playing the game on PC for me feels a lot like    Hi guys,
    D4 is a big fail in my eyes.
    First and biggest one is that they just developed the game for console and then just ported it to PC. You can feel the "simplicity" and cheap variations of an inventory or the UI in general. I do understand the arguments for it but this isnt any company you never heard of with a low budget or something. playing the game on PC for me feels a lot like an upgraded mobile game.
    The second biggest nono is the scaling world and mobs, it kills the immersion of the game because you dont have the need to do side-quests or grind Mobs to get a higher level because all content is scaling with you, so you are perfectly fine at any point even if you just rush the main quest and do nothing besides that. Me personally i did a few side quests just for the sake of doin it and to try it out but like i said, i dont feel ANY need to do them. So now lets get to questing in generell. You dont even have to know how to read or play the game with sound because every single quest has an integrated NAVI-system to tell you on the exact point what is where to do, you just have to follow the BIG yellow arrow above your head and complete every quest with an ease. I did watch the cut scenes and i even liked them but all the ingame voice acting i skipped because i didnt want to lose time and yet again, why would i even listen, when all i have to do is follow my QUEST NAVI. why would you kill your own game like that? same for items and their weird stats. I'm not sure why exactly they dont stick with the item bases they had in their privious games but i do know that the new changes are horrible. a few examples here: rare items(yellow) can turn in legendary items (orange) at any time at the vendor so you theoretically have to check every rare item that drops to look up the thousands of useless modifiers to check if its an upgrade for you. comparing items is always a torture because of the bad UI and those thousand stats with nothing to say. weapon bases also got downgraded and simplified. i could go on on so much more but im tired of listing all the things that are bad. im disappointed but not surprised. this game just has to generate money, no soul went into it imo    … Expand
  33. Silverborn
    Jun 16, 2023
    5
    This is a review written by and for players age 25-40 who played various Blizzard games, and the ARPG in general. I looked forward to Diablo 4 for about a year thinking they could not go wrong with this game. Hearing the first reviews saying it is better than Diablo 3, I felt Diablo 4 could not go wrong.

    Oh boy was I wrong. Diablo has 2 playmodes. Regular and Hardcore. In the first you    This is a review written by and for players age 25-40 who played various Blizzard games, and the ARPG in general. I looked forward to Diablo 4 for about a year thinking they could not go wrong with this game. Hearing the first reviews saying it is better than Diablo 3, I felt Diablo 4 could not go wrong.

    Oh boy was I wrong. Diablo has 2 playmodes. Regular and Hardcore. In the first you can die, respawn and play the game till endgame. Death is of little consequence. In this experience you will quickly learn that the game is really easy most of the time and death happens, but I never truly felt like it was my fault. This is the gamemode to play when you can stand losing and wasting time, but at the risk that the endgame becomes boring REALLY quickly. Hardcore is the exact same game, but if you die, you have to start the entire game over again.

    That last gamemode? That is how I like to play Diablo. Because the game can become too easy, having a permanent risk to lose a 20-80 hour character because of a single mistake, makes the entire game more enjoyable. Now here comes the biggest issue. The chance of a bug, or a disconnect being the reason you lose your hardcore character is so incredibly pronounced right now. It is going to ruin your entire experience with the game, when it happens twice in a row. Which it did for me.

    But Blizzard made a game, with little to no depth. Where the game doesn't become harder over time, but you become weaker over time. Now 95% of players won't notice this at first, until their level 50 character is fighting a boss, and a level 5 barbarian just burns the boss down. Because there is level scaling ánd multiplayer coop, these two worlds don't mix. The fact that you are consistently reminded that you NEED to grind gear for hours and hours only to have the same effectiveness as someone 30 levels below you. You start to realize that 90% of this game was designed to keep players exited for new gear, upgrades and skills. Which they now NEED, to play the game with the same difficulty with people 30 levels lower than them.

    What Diablo 4 is, is a 30 euro arcade game with little to no depth in gameplay, generic gaming mechanics that are seen in Diablo 3 and Word of Warcraft. It literally does nothing original. The story is great, and you feel like someone who truly is facing evil without any self preservation, but in reality 90% of the game is doing stupid chores for people who did something stupid with tons of demons roaming around.

    And at the 50 hour mark, with I realized I was enjoying the game the most around level 30 because that was when you still feel like you look forward to something, yet are a little too weak for the stronger content. Once you hit the harder content, the game is still the exact same, but you die a little faster.

    Now imagine that endgame requires you to grind for DOZENS of hours, only so you can keep up with low level players. You literally have to grind the game into boredom. To enjoy the game as much as a starting player.

    They ask 70 dollars for this game, remind you the entire time to upgrade and buy coins. And deliver a product worth 30 bucks with half a story waiting for 40 dollar DLC, a "new" class and the same grind all over again.

    If you think World of Warcraft can waste your time? Diablo 4 does it better.    … Expand
  34. Verciretti
    Jun 18, 2023
    5
    First and foremost, this is in no way a final product. This is an expertly marketed commercial public beta. It's plagued with bugs, server and client side. The cynicism of the marketeers -aptly monikered "developers" in blizzard's videos and logs- says it all: "We're still learning and listening."
    A sad trend in modern days' game's production.
    No, this marvel hasn't been fully tested    First and foremost, this is in no way a final product. This is an expertly marketed commercial public beta. It's plagued with bugs, server and client side. The cynicism of the marketeers -aptly monikered "developers" in blizzard's videos and logs- says it all: "We're still learning and listening."
    A sad trend in modern days' game's production.

    No, this marvel hasn't been fully tested in-house. It's been thoroughly played with dev-only cheats.
    Any serious but mainly ethical, software developer knows a piece doesn't reach release-ready state without first testing how the real-world user experience will be like.

    Onto the required comparisons with early Diablos.

    Diablo IV vs. Diablo.
    Well, the dark, eerie setting is back. Kudos on that. Even D2 failed to bring back that atmosphere. Graphically, it's obvious that D4 SHOULD run quantum leap rings around the former! No extra points here. Drops, mechanics, replay ability... Diablo wins hands down. It never became as boring as any of it's later iterations, simply because each and every freaking dungeon was different! Nothing the after coming have achieved.

    Diablo IV vs. Diablo II.
    D4 crew thought their skill tree, the sickly bastard of D2's and POE's, would kick nether zones, because of it's inherent mix and match options. Something along the lines of "Every build will be different, it'll be your own" was said in their dev logs. Not so, sadly. We're back to the disgusting D3 meta builds.

    Diablo IV vs. Diablo III.
    I think most of us who went through the early D3 failure would think that blizzard would be keen on avoiding that mess. Guess what? They might have a bit of a thing for it. They may love said mess, even!
    Yes, they got rid of the REALLY dumb cartoony, WOW style graphics, granted. And much thankful for that I am, truly am. D3 still reeks in some areas. Granted too.

    But guess what? Ditching everything that didn't stink in D3 was a huge failure. The sheer amount of legendaries we got in that game meant you could make a WIP character that could manage to take the player from 50 to 70 with some thinking and effort, no matter if the drops were 5 levels down, they would make your UNIQUE build work for some time. Until you found those game-breaking set pieces so you could do the meta build too... Yes, that thing about D3 still stinks.

    Diablo IV vs. Diablo Immortal.
    That's mobile game stuff, I'll never delve into that other excuse of a game. Sorry, old fashioned PC gamer here.

    Now, why D4 might fail on the long run?
    It might not! Why? Game consumers today, are rather inclined to purchase a product based on looks rather than quality. Blizzard has them covered here.

    I'll let you answer this. How many patches did every Diablo iteration had? Find the pattern there.
    D4 will have thrice as many, or more as D3 ever had in eleven years.

    You need further evidence that this is nothing but a beta?
    How about constant crashes, in either entry level or high end hardware? Yes, not one dev can claim it has completely tested in every hw configuration. Granted. But we have one too many people with the SAME problem in a very wide spectrum of configurations, from the oldest video cards, to the top high end ones. Have a stroll on the official forums, I kid you not. Some of them that ran D4 in the best looking configs at public beta tests.

    I ran those at 1080, high res textures on with no problem. Come release, 720p at the lowest, ugliest settings and still crash every so often. Because there's no full screen option, nope, you have to run the bleeder, windowed. Full screen or not, that's the game running in a window. Most every seasoned game knows that's going to have an impact on performance. That's a fugly beta.
    Funny how the mainstream reviewers seemingly had a problem-free experience... My take is that there must be some perk involved.

    I'd rant some more but seems to me, we have every corner of the problems covered with the previous reviews.

    Best Diablo iteration? It is not. Not by a long, very long shot.    … Expand
  35. orolco
    Jun 20, 2023
    5
    why make it an "MMO", we wanted a single-player Hack and Slash, a Diablo 3 with upgrades, nothing fits (don't discuss graphics, everyone can find what they're looking for or not) but the leveling with the mobs evolving at the same time, the stuff that looks like nothing, the multiplication of crafts... nothing's going right for this kind of game
  36. Dubs27
    Jun 21, 2023
    5
    Such good cinematics and story. The gameplay is amazing. I would highly recommend this game to anyone. Got it on release day
  37. mvasconcelos
    Jun 22, 2023
    5
    O jogo não inova, tem uma qualidade de vida abaixo do esperado para 2023. É divertido na primeira semana, depois você sente que jogou seu dinheiro fora, não tem profundidade, é uma experiencia fraca em termos de game.
  38. Diverdaddy0
    Jun 22, 2023
    5
    Great game. Couple issues with connectivity but other than that I've pit in over 100 hours and had no issues. Some fixes are needed (quest tracker, better inventory management) but for a game that's been out a week or two, I'd give it a 10 out of 10. Let's just see if the devs can keep it up!
  39. nobodyimportant
    Jun 28, 2023
    5
    Eh, I guess I'm a bit biassed, but I'm not into the gameplay. The characters are fine, but none of them grab me in any way. Also, they really need to work on their servers if they still force players to play online.
  40. HadesBr
    Jun 25, 2023
    5
    Até o level 50 é um bom jogo. Depois disto se torna repetitivo e chato. É um jogo simples, era só pegar a fórmula dos outros Diablo, POE, e melhorar. Não conseguiram fazer o básico. Como pode um jogo se diz RPG, as skill do level 10, são as mesmas até o level 100, isto é só um dos erros básicos, voce nunca fica forte no jogo, nunca evolui.
  41. Hazardum77
    Jun 25, 2023
    5
    Estoy por el nivel 30 y el juego me parece correcto, el principal problema es la conexión permanente a internet, los fines de semana puedes esperar hasta 30 minutos para poder jugar, aunque quieras jugar tu solo, absurdo.

    I'm at level 30 and the game seems correct to me, the main problem is the permanent internet connection, on weekends you can wait up to 30 minutes to play, even if you    Estoy por el nivel 30 y el juego me parece correcto, el principal problema es la conexión permanente a internet, los fines de semana puedes esperar hasta 30 minutos para poder jugar, aunque quieras jugar tu solo, absurdo.

    I'm at level 30 and the game seems correct to me, the main problem is the permanent internet connection, on weekends you can wait up to 30 minutes to play, even if you want to play by yourself, absurd.    … Expand
  42. ecoil
    Jul 2, 2023
    5
    Beautiful game and really liked how they went back to their darker roots in the storyline this time around. Unfortunately I had to request a refund due to not being able to play alone. It's incredibly immersion-breaking to have characters such as DarthNads and I'mNotAGirl show up in your world. I may be back if they ever change that.
  43. Burritosiz
    Jul 5, 2023
    5
    I've been playing this franchise since the first Diablo. Loved Diablo II so much and played it more than any other game. Diablo III was hit and miss but it grew on me in time and I have spent hundreds of hours killing demons with my wife. I am in my 30s now and I very rarely get hyped for games but knowing I would spend hours of fun mowing down devils with my wife again I preordered DiabloI've been playing this franchise since the first Diablo. Loved Diablo II so much and played it more than any other game. Diablo III was hit and miss but it grew on me in time and I have spent hundreds of hours killing demons with my wife. I am in my 30s now and I very rarely get hyped for games but knowing I would spend hours of fun mowing down devils with my wife again I preordered Diablo IV on PS5. I gave Blizzard my trust but oh, how I fell for their marketing...

    Diablo IV, in my humble opinion, is a soulless game, as soulless as they come in 2023. With all the money grab and microtransactions that pleague most of today's games. Sadly it would have been just as bad without them. We completed the campaign, reached level 50 and now we cannot spend another minute with it. It's simply not fun and feels like doing work after we come back from work. It's crazy really. Big teams with talented developers mostly get their games wrong nowadays. Minecraft Dungeons is so much more fun for at leas three times less money and you can feel the devs had fun making the game.

    I could talk about Diablo IV in depth, but there are a lot of reviews that do, so I'm just going to keep it at that. I have as much desire to spend my evenings playing this game as I do with an average or slightly below average game. I cannot rate it higher than 5 and less would be unfair to all the work that went into it. It's just an average, soulless, by the numbers game for me,    … Expand
  44. bobbyjew
    Jul 9, 2023
    5
    I feel a rating anywhere from 4-7 is fair for this game. It's not the worst game out there by far but it has some real issues in how fun it comes across. I'm only going to hit on the main parts. I played to level 50 and made it through most of the story but I'm just bored. I've been excited for this game to come out for years and I'm just so disappointed.

    1. Gems sucks. I literally    I feel a rating anywhere from 4-7 is fair for this game. It's not the worst game out there by far but it has some real issues in how fun it comes across. I'm only going to hit on the main parts. I played to level 50 and made it through most of the story but I'm just bored. I've been excited for this game to come out for years and I'm just so disappointed.

    1. Gems sucks. I literally have a stash full of gems and don't even bother attempting to socket them to anything. Any benefit they do is just so minimal that most of them aren't even worth my time. Remember when you got life or mana steal? Or when topaz/ruby/sapphire meant elemental damage? No longer. Now it's a very small bonus per kill for skulls, or a tiny bonus to overpower damage which has only a 3% chance of triggering.

    2. Bonuses on items are ridiculously specific. Similar to gems here. Items are a huge part of this game though, if your benefits suck then the overall game will be hurt. 5% bonus damage to close enemies (and that's one of the best bonuses). Others are more like, if your enemy is under a special status you can have a tiny percent chance of getting something minorly good. This makes swapping out items take more time to compare and adds to the overall boredom of the game. I want to kill demons I don't want to sit down with a spread sheet and debate on which item will be better in the long run.

    3. Auto scaling. This is one of the worst decisions they could have ever made. All the enemies scale to your level. Yay, I got a new level...wait, why is everything harder? Oh that's because leveling up actually works against you in this game. Items make you powerful, experience makes everyone else powerful. I can kill bosses and the best item I get is a rare that is over 10 levels below my own! Diablo has always had an element of items being important in your overall character but now items are so important I don't like leveling up. Once you have access to all your abilities around level 20-25 I believe, there is not much more reason to level up.

    Just my 2 cents. This is a sad day when I can't finish a diablo game out of boredom.    … Expand
  45. xitoamper
    Jul 16, 2023
    5
    I can't enjoy the game because of high latency... i think servers have problems
  46. Boujee
    Jul 17, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Does good things in some categories, and very poorly in others. Unfortunately the poorly designed categories outweigh what is done well in the game.

    Starting with the good stuff:
    in the first play through you experience a quite joyful campaign. Characters feel visually appealing as your progress and find ways that items and skills further enhance your playthrough. Cinematics in the game are some of the best I've personally seen, and sound/audio is nicely designed within the game.

    The Ugly:
    While combat, first run in the campaign, cinematics and sound may appear pleasant at first, the daunting tasks and playstyle ahead is what completely ruins the game afterwards. The largest and biggest issue within the game currently lies within its itemization design, and even more troubling is that this is meant to be a loot-based ARPG, that focuses on the loot systems and designs. During the play through you gear up in Tiers 1 and/or 2, to progress into Tier 3. In Tier 3, you are met with Sacred items that are more powerful than your current ones. This period is really meant for you to progress to Tier 4, which now introduces Ancestral Items, same thing, just more powerful. As this alone is unexciting and more of a chore, the items themselves contain a massive amount of non-simplistic affixes that further hinder enjoyment. The items do not feel rewarding and are not special in any way really, therefore you are just bombarded with random items that you end up spending more time on shuffling in the inventory than you do enjoying any gameplay. The progression in items is so lackluster that they generally provide you with extremely minimal increases in power on of top not providing any unique design to items themselves. While there are unique items in the game, there are very few of them. And things only get worse from here, these items are locked to your character level, as well as only tradable if they are rare items, therefore excluding any uniques and legendaries to be traded to others. Now there are restrictions on what you are able to trade (which is practically nothing) and only able to use your well deserved finds on characters that meet the high level requirement on alternate characters. So now as you grind, you are showered with useless "rare" items and a few uniques (which you will have several copies of) only to end up having to sit and read what feels like pages of affixes in order to make a decision on whether you want to change your build 0.1% this way or that way. The are also no other uses for any of these items as trading is restricted and the only type of "crafting" in the game is re-rolling an affix on an item.

    This entire chore filled and very repetitive and very little rewarding itemization system does not fulfill any kind of excitement for loot or building of a character, especially in later levels as there is nothing else to look forward to. You will simply grind the same content, with very very little upgrades ever provided to you, and a guarantee shower of useless items that you will not know what to do with.

    There are several more issues that itemization presents that would be too long to elaborate on. Other issues are the social aspect of the game. As this is a "MMO" there aren't any great ways of actually communicating with others, which also seems shocking. The is no trade chat (trading is non existent anyway), no global chat, and a very unsatisfying local channel. Currently the best way to find others is through third-party apps such as discord.

    World boss and other events do not provide anything meaningful in the game. Most world bosses are defeated within the first couple minutes, occur every 6 hours, and provide you with the same useless gear as the rest of the game.

    Overall, this is a very disappointing release of another Diablo series, while I was personally very excited for the game and played it to lvl 100 on top of a second character to T4, there is little excitement to any gameplay. It is a shame as the Diablo series that I assume most hoped for, is yet again not what we expected. And by far the largest disappointment is the way they designed items, what you can do with them, how they feel, and the very underwhelming experience they provide in gameplay.

    As a long long fan of Diablo, I unfortunately do not recommend this game.    … Expand
  47. glassh0le
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Has huge potential but I am a bit concerned with the horrible tone-deaf decision making at blizzard. Had an amazing time with the campaign, but the end game is a horrible slog fest that just gets boring after about week. There are also classes that are fundamentally BROKEN and instead of listening to the community and make improvements they go the opposite direction. At the current priceHas huge potential but I am a bit concerned with the horrible tone-deaf decision making at blizzard. Had an amazing time with the campaign, but the end game is a horrible slog fest that just gets boring after about week. There are also classes that are fundamentally BROKEN and instead of listening to the community and make improvements they go the opposite direction. At the current price of $70 bucks its not worth it. Check back after a couple of seasons and see if they finally listened.… Expand
  48. CamE2Hard
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Went back and grim dawn and diablo 3 after playing this, and was genuinely having more fun playing those, in d4 it never feels like my character gets any stronger, and the builds are just so basic and boring. It doesn't look like blizzard is prioritizing it's main issues either, d4 might be good in a few years.
  49. R4S3C-Plays
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Season One is super fun! Caged hearts mechanic is really gods/fun. Hopefully we can have them in the eternal realm. Cosmetics are good. Kudos to the design/illustrators team.
  50. fourmica
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Good: gorgeous graphics and sound design. Outstanding campaign story and voice acting. True cross-platform between both consoles and PC players. No pay-to-win microtransactions, strictly cosmetic. Modest PC client requirements.

    Bad: incomplete endgame. All stick, no carrot balance philosophy. No effort to improve quality of life issues. Emphasis on player minutes, microtransactions, and    Good: gorgeous graphics and sound design. Outstanding campaign story and voice acting. True cross-platform between both consoles and PC players. No pay-to-win microtransactions, strictly cosmetic. Modest PC client requirements.

    Bad: incomplete endgame. All stick, no carrot balance philosophy. No effort to improve quality of life issues. Emphasis on player minutes, microtransactions, and other corporate metrics over customer satisfaction. Aggressive changes to encourage the "right" way to play as dictated by the devs. No random scenarios like D3 Rifts (i.e. no procedurally generated dungeons).

    Neutral: darker and grimmer than Diablo 3. Closer to Diablo 2 in terms of setting and art. Slower paced combat than Diablo 3, less "arcade-y".

    Diablo 4 is one of the most anticipated games of the last few years. The launch went very smoothly, which gave many people hope for the game in general. But the developers seem to be ignoring player feedback in their attempts at "balancing" the game. Statements are made about preserving the long term health of the game, but in practice that just seems like artificially slowing down character progress with nerfs to damage and experience. Some changes make no sense other than as ways to extend active player minutes, a metric used to indicate user engagement on the platform (and something the suits like to see).

    The attempts at balance feel very punitive and subtractive; that is, instead of increasing things on one side and decreasing them on the other, the vast majority of changes to gameplay involve reducing the amount of damage players can do, increasing the damage that monsters can take and deal, and slowing down the rate of progression. For a company that literally invented the ARPG genre and has almost two decades of experience managing a live service game in WOW, these actions feel comically inept and unfriendly. The lack of a player test realm - an environment in which players can help developers test changes to the game - means that balance changes are made in a partial vacuum. In a context where the player is the ultimate arbiter of how things work in practice, this makes no sense, especially when PTRs have been a fundamental part of WOW's development and were used in Diablo 3.

    In short, it feels like Blizzard somehow forgot almost everything they learned from Diablo 3 when making Diablo 4. Players are punished for finding effective configurations, with changes that not only fix "broken" builds, but changes that ruin every build by turning down fundamental values without turning others up for balance. It's not too much to expect a company with Blizzard's resources and experience to provide a product that respects the player and leverages the wisdom accumulated by literally decades of experience in the market.    … Expand
  51. BalianOfEarth
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    I mean, what to say. I dont get a team that can make this game- probably realistically an 8or 9/10- but their patches.. they really just dont really do much but make the game worse. They seen to patch the game according to the small percentage of people who are in endgame with busted builds- but at the same time dont cater to end game players with the “end game” content. Most people areI mean, what to say. I dont get a team that can make this game- probably realistically an 8or 9/10- but their patches.. they really just dont really do much but make the game worse. They seen to patch the game according to the small percentage of people who are in endgame with busted builds- but at the same time dont cater to end game players with the “end game” content. Most people are either hunting high gear score ancestral items or uniques by tier 4. Sacred items are purely for selling at this point. Yet end game content either doesnt drop unique items (whispers) or have an equal chance to drop sacred items… Thats just one example of frustration. Worked hard on a build- dont worry- thanks to some youtuber making a video about something similar- all the gear you just spent 40 hours farming is now useless- patch sorted that for you- What did the patch not sort. Loot tabs, item search, gems bags, quests that still dont let you complete them due to bugs… and so much more. Ugh. You know how many bugs I had on ff16 (cheaper) … non. Yeah I know- smaller scope in general right. But I didn't spend 100s of hours in game to have all my gear become useless, my game to shutdown or stutter every time I dodge or my time essentially being wasted on the same content thats now harder for no more reward. Real shame but I cant see myself jumping into season 1. Maybe see what the game is like when I am bored of Remnant 2 or Baldurs gate 3. Also. Final note. R.I.P barb. Absolutely decimated on the latest patch.… Expand
  52. YoRHaNexus
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    The Season 1 XP nerfs, patch 1.1 balance changes and the overall slow down of gameplay loop make it hard to recommend right now. The various nerfs have made non meta builds unable to compete in higher tier content, which by the developers own words should have been the opposite effect.
  53. figjamsmash
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    This game could be so much more. I've been a fan of the series since Diablo 1 and find the constant direction changes disappointing this soon after release. Pick a lane and stay in it for awhile. Instead they buff an aspect, only to nerf it beyond its original state next patch. I was initially excited for the 1st season, but it looks like I may go ahead and buy Remnant 2 then wait andThis game could be so much more. I've been a fan of the series since Diablo 1 and find the constant direction changes disappointing this soon after release. Pick a lane and stay in it for awhile. Instead they buff an aspect, only to nerf it beyond its original state next patch. I was initially excited for the 1st season, but it looks like I may go ahead and buy Remnant 2 then wait and see if Blizzard actually fixes anything.… Expand
  54. gutsMurphy
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Rating a 5, game was fun but the season 1 patch made abysmal changes to the game.
  55. uruvielle
    Jul 21, 2023
    5
    giving them some faith after the campfire event. Will edit this review later
  56. Frieger
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    Awesome game, even after season patch.

    Some people seem not to be willing to do the Diablo grind and want to choose the fast/easy way.
  57. Historicc
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    Really disappointed in the direction they took this compared to Diablo 3 and they don’t seem to listen to the community at all. All the changes they make aim to make you play longer but have less fun
  58. Cha0t1c
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    Just bought it and almost finished the campaign. As I loved the dark style of D2 and never really got into D3 cause of the comic-like art, D4 has all I wished for.
    Can't say anything about endgame but people whining a lot here, when there is still time for Blizzard to improve things.
    At first was too easy, now too much nerfed. They won't be satisfied whatever happens next.
  59. Purge6
    Jul 20, 2023
    5
    Story/campaign is good. Graphics are good. Sound effects are nice and punchy. However, once you reach end-game, it is quite lacking. I leveled my sorc to 83, but grinding to 100 is such a chore and the lack of interesting activities to do in end-game makes it worse. Also, there are A LOT of bugs in this game, some of which have existed since beta and still have not been fixed. BlizzardStory/campaign is good. Graphics are good. Sound effects are nice and punchy. However, once you reach end-game, it is quite lacking. I leveled my sorc to 83, but grinding to 100 is such a chore and the lack of interesting activities to do in end-game makes it worse. Also, there are A LOT of bugs in this game, some of which have existed since beta and still have not been fixed. Blizzard relies way too much on players to test their game for them. Not only that, but with every patch, Blizzard seems to break something, if not multiple things.

    If you are only interested in the campaign, I highly recommend this game. The production quality of the cutscenes/voice-acting/etc. is top notch. I liked the main story enough to not skip a single cutscene or line of dialogue the first time through.

    If you are an avid ARPG player who is definitely interested in end-game, there are better ARPGs out there. If you have not purchased the game yet (unlikely, because most ARPG fans have already tried this game), I suggest that you wait until Blizzard improves the game.    … Expand
  60. Kingfaceone
    Jul 21, 2023
    5
    Diablo 1, 2, 3, 4 inklusive aller Inhalte. Auch diese, die nicht von Blizzard stammen, prägen meine Erfahrung und auch wenn Diablo 4 nach dem optischen Reinfall von Diablo 3 wieder mehr meinen persönlichen Geschmack getroffen hat und ich für mein Geld viele viele Stunden AAA Spielspaß bekommen haben, ist der Start der Saison 1 auch in Verbindung mit einem neuen absolut Irrwitzigen PatchDiablo 1, 2, 3, 4 inklusive aller Inhalte. Auch diese, die nicht von Blizzard stammen, prägen meine Erfahrung und auch wenn Diablo 4 nach dem optischen Reinfall von Diablo 3 wieder mehr meinen persönlichen Geschmack getroffen hat und ich für mein Geld viele viele Stunden AAA Spielspaß bekommen haben, ist der Start der Saison 1 auch in Verbindung mit einem neuen absolut Irrwitzigen Patch eine Ernüchterung. Einwegcharaktere, die später gelöscht werden müssen, weil der Ewige Realm überläuft und Herzen in Käfigen, die jetzt mein Inventar zu Müllen sind definitiv keine Basis für einen Battlepass oder anderweitige finanzielle Unterstützung. Das System ist grundsätzlich falsch übernommen worden und nicht mehr in die Zeit zu denken. Wieso in jeder Saison einen neuen Charakter starten, wenn es eh nur darum geht ohne Sinn und Verstand schnellstmöglich das Maximal LVL zu erreichen, um vom neuen Inhalt zu profitieren. 10-20h aufgezwungenes Monsterschlachten ohne Mehrwert, wer soll da noch langfristig Lust entwickeln.
    Das nennt man dann wohl ein Fall von Betriebsblindheit im Hause Blizzard. Die Uhr tickt jetzt das Ruder umreisen oder das ganze strandet wie Diablo 3!    … Expand
  61. Ferneyb
    Jul 21, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excelente juego, la jugabilidad es muy buena, la historia solida y tiene mucho contenido alterno que es interesante y da horas de juego.… Expand
  62. ActuallyAnnnoye
    Jul 22, 2023
    5
    Let's get down to the nitty and the gritty. Diablo 4 isn't a complete game. Diablo 4 is Blizzard's attempt to mobilize their PC and console content. What do I mean by that? It's simple, the world of Sanctuary in D4 is a world where you are doing random activities that mean absolutely nothing to the landscape or the story you are progressing.

    Your only source of change in this world is    Let's get down to the nitty and the gritty. Diablo 4 isn't a complete game. Diablo 4 is Blizzard's attempt to mobilize their PC and console content. What do I mean by that? It's simple, the world of Sanctuary in D4 is a world where you are doing random activities that mean absolutely nothing to the landscape or the story you are progressing.

    Your only source of change in this world is buying cosmetics. The world is made incomprehensibly grindy and hard because Blizzard nerfs the content to be that way. The grind is created in the hopes that while you are in the game you will get fed up with playing and buy something to comfort yourself.

    I bought the Season even though everything told me not to. I can tell you right now, you are going to go and do rehashed dungeons with half the power you once wielded with the same talents, and you will be told this is game play. You will pick up nothing of value from these rehashed dungeons. These seasons are created strictly cause POE exist. You must understand I have never commented on metacritic before.

    This time I felt obligated to do so to warn people that this is not a real game. Blizzard couldn't even be moved to change the map once you beat the campaign boss. Absolutely nothing changes once you fell the big bad and save the land. What was the rise in price tag for? For the honor of getting a PC game out of blizzard? You can't even blame the critics who probably got suckered into liking this game. What they received was a copy of something that wasn't truly fulfilled.

    I will give this game a five because the visuals the voice acting and the animation are top notch. I wish the game play was just as compelling. It's a shame that all this artistic talent has been wasted on poor game designers and world builders.

    Blizzard knows how to make a game, they just don't think they have to. I am ashamed I bought this product twice proving them right. Never again.    … Expand
  63. Joshuaworld77
    Aug 22, 2023
    5
    I enjoyed the campaign even though it is really short. After level 50 the game is extremely boring…the campaign is the only thing keeping me from giving it a zero. I’m kinda over of these AAA developers rushing, what could be great games out to the public.
  64. Casavatar
    Jul 28, 2023
    5
    Some people are probably rating too low due to the price of the game and recent nerfs. I agree that $70 is way overpriced. However, in general, the game is quite high quality, given that at an early stage, many projects have children's sores (server delays, bugs). As for the endgame content .... So it was not in Diablo 3 either. It took me 3 weeks in D3 to forget about him. The only thingSome people are probably rating too low due to the price of the game and recent nerfs. I agree that $70 is way overpriced. However, in general, the game is quite high quality, given that at an early stage, many projects have children's sores (server delays, bugs). As for the endgame content .... So it was not in Diablo 3 either. It took me 3 weeks in D3 to forget about him. The only thing that I really personally lack in the game is the variety of the endgame, the introduction of any arenas and additional bosses at levels 70-80-90 to stimulate the leveling of the character.… Expand
  65. Vaynn82
    Jul 30, 2023
    5
    Feels that the game been rushed, small mobile like instances with repetitive objectives. Same mobs with same mechanics, gameplay, graphics and story is awesome.
  66. mr_exorcist
    Aug 7, 2023
    5
    A lot of dumb kids just bombing the rating without even playing the game.
    The game overall is ok. You can definitely spend there few weeks-month by playing campaign and then exploring some endgame stuff to do until it starts getting boring. I had fun playing this amount of time so gaming is good.
    Rating it as 6, because game also has issues that needs to be solved.
  67. Yeung
    Aug 9, 2023
    5
    垃圾遊戲，職業平衡亂調，連防禦屬性也亂改，賽季新增的東西也少得可憐，不停暗改。
  68. GothicRuin
    Aug 9, 2023
    5
    Whilst it has its strong points the ridiculous leveling is so long and boring it made me quit at level 75 i just could not handle it anymore
  69. SmokeyGamer17
    Aug 11, 2023
    5
    Great story and fun mechanics but that only lasts for about 10 hours of game play. Enjoyed running dungeons with friends. The side quests start to feel extremely tedious and the endgame content is a bit repetitive. Has such potential to be an amazing game, hopefully future content will help it meet that expectation. Fully recommend waiting for game to go on sale before buying.
  70. MackyLewis
    Aug 13, 2023
    5
    Unfortunately, a lot of potential was left unused. The main story was fun, but despite the season I see no reason to pick it up again. Too limited content, no varied activities in the end game after about 100 hours of playtime and I no longer want to collect all the yellow items (lootfilter plz...).

    For the fact that the Diablo series has set standards in the past, it lags only tired    Unfortunately, a lot of potential was left unused. The main story was fun, but despite the season I see no reason to pick it up again. Too limited content, no varied activities in the end game after about 100 hours of playtime and I no longer want to collect all the yellow items (lootfilter plz...).

    For the fact that the Diablo series has set standards in the past, it lags only tired behind today. Like all current Blizzard titles, everything is investor-driven and I miss the heart and soul for the players who love and live such games. It just doesn't bring anything new to the table. I miss the new ideas that are needed to keep up with the competitors. Also, the gameplay feels way too slow and clunky for the genre.    … Expand
  71. LortMarkus
    Sep 4, 2023
    5
    I have played Diablo since the very first one was released. I have a ridiculous amount of hours in Diablo, D2, and D3.

    The good: + I enjoyed the overall story. + I enjoyed the main npc characters and many of the quests. + Leveling up to level 50 or so was fun. The bad: - Leveling past 50 is an absolute chore and boring. - Many stat rolls on gear are freaking bizarre and useless. -    I have played Diablo since the very first one was released. I have a ridiculous amount of hours in Diablo, D2, and D3.

    The good:

    + I enjoyed the overall story.

    + I enjoyed the main npc characters and many of the quests.

    + Leveling up to level 50 or so was fun.

    The bad:

    - Leveling past 50 is an absolute chore and boring.

    - Many stat rolls on gear are freaking bizarre and useless.

    - Cost of re-rolling and re-speccing is outrageous.

    - Online only.

    - End game feels like World of Warcraft with nothing but busy work.

    - Classes are completely unbalanced.

    - Graphics are not really anything to brag about.

    - Absolutely no point in making a hardcore character if you can only play online. - Disconnections and world lag.

    - Dungeons are terrible. - Season 1 is massively boring. - The top down view needs some major adjustments.

    - Battle pass and cosmetics shop is unnecessary.



    Overall 5/10. Completely average. Nothing special at all. A solid deal when it goes to $29.99 or lower.    … Expand
  72. BernieBernieson
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Extremely mediocre and disappointing, if it was called Lillith 1 no one would defend it.
  73. Bimmy_Time
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Diablo 4 was quite fun until the endgame happened, it went from promising to depressing repetition filled with micro-transactions and battle-pass scam tactics. It's just another storefront for blizzard.
  74. Sizuke
    Sep 3, 2023
    4
    As a single player game to make the campaign and enjoy the story is a great game, however that is not the main goal of the game and what was designed for.
    I was designed with multiplayer, character building and progressing and dungeon crawling for loot in mind and at that if fails miserably compared with the past blizzard diablo games.
    A shame really !
  75. 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
  76. helpermonkey
    Jun 28, 2023
    4
    Just as many others have already said - The game is pretty but also soulless and boring. The non-stop waves and hordes of enemies isn't fun in the slightest bit. You just mash and click buttons until the vague and mostly indistinguishable moving objects surrounding you stop moving. Then you pick up the largely useless gold and items that don't really help you in any significant way. I wasJust as many others have already said - The game is pretty but also soulless and boring. The non-stop waves and hordes of enemies isn't fun in the slightest bit. You just mash and click buttons until the vague and mostly indistinguishable moving objects surrounding you stop moving. Then you pick up the largely useless gold and items that don't really help you in any significant way. I was fully kitted out with yellow items top to bottom by level 14. What's even the point of blue items? And really, even the yellow items aren't usually all that special.
    Diablo I and II were insanely fun games. There was a formula that worked so well that people literally played them for years and even decades (D2). DIII was ok-ish but everyone knew D2 was better. How can the developers at Blizzard be so obtuse? Why make moving through the game so mind numbing? Why get rid of the value of gold? Why not make yellow (and orange) items hard to find and worth it when they are? Why make enemy combat an endless, confusing button smash slog? I literally can't tell what most enemies look like or what they're even doing to me. It's just visual noise.
    Why was D2 so much better than D1? Because it was bigger and gave us more characters. Sure there was some pretty cool innovation with the gems and rune system but the basic game play didn't change.
    I feel like D4 is a pretty looking Diablo clone that got all the reasons why Diablo was so fun completely wrong. This kind of misstep would be ok if these games came out every 5 years. But to wait almost 12 years? For this? It's just flat out unacceptable.    … Expand
  77. praxisseizure
    Jun 14, 2023
    4
    Blizz details are real nice. The game is more of Diablo 3 tweaked. It's fun but gets rote real quick.
    Should be free to play.
    If you dare engage with the story, you will become dumber. Funny enough, Diablo 3 vanilla at launch was more fun through the main thread. This is just a hot mess and that's not where the vomitous lack of thought ends. It actually gets worse. 9/10 for    Blizz details are real nice. The game is more of Diablo 3 tweaked. It's fun but gets rote real quick.
    Should be free to play.
    If you dare engage with the story, you will become dumber.

    Funny enough, Diablo 3 vanilla at launch was more fun through the main thread.
    This is just a hot mess and that's not where the vomitous lack of thought ends.
    It actually gets worse.

    9/10 for attention to detail in art.
    3/10 for attention to a good experience.

    Don't muck with something that works. Doubling down on mucking with what works is worse than trying to fix it at all.    … Expand
  78. beebl
    Jun 11, 2023
    4
    Poor story, insultive characters, giant step back for series. Skill, gearing, endgame that looks very raw. So many things just useless and pointless.. And there is even no Diablo in game, wow, im crying.
  79. BioTofu
    Jul 23, 2023
    4
    The game is so very poorly designed and buggy. A lot of connection issues, horse bugged cant sprint outside of town, dev admitted that resis doesnt work and then proceed to add it to the mod pool for shield, very limited stash tab in a freakin looter arpg

    The game's story gets pretty good about half way through. the monster scaling for coop is excellent but almost everything else is    The game is so very poorly designed and buggy. A lot of connection issues, horse bugged cant sprint outside of town, dev admitted that resis doesnt work and then proceed to add it to the mod pool for shield, very limited stash tab in a freakin looter arpg

    The game's story gets pretty good about half way through. the monster scaling for coop is excellent but almost everything else is disappointing.    … Expand
  80. JonOlson
    Jul 3, 2023
    4
    The game is great. The atmosphere is palpable, the weapons/armor/skills are as good as they ever ever been. The graphics are better than ever.

    The online-only requirement and consequent constant rubber-banding is a major buzzkill. I’m nearing the point of quitting the game. Dying repeatedly because of technical problems is no fun. I really, REALLY hope they add an offline mode. Without    The game is great. The atmosphere is palpable, the weapons/armor/skills are as good as they ever ever been. The graphics are better than ever.

    The online-only requirement and consequent constant rubber-banding is a major buzzkill. I’m nearing the point of quitting the game. Dying repeatedly because of technical problems is no fun. I really, REALLY hope they add an offline mode.

    Without the server issues this would be a 9 out of 10.    … Expand
  81. MikeGold
    Aug 15, 2023
    4
    I was hoping for a decent fun for many many hours, kind of like I had with Torchlight 2 or Grim Dawn. Sadly the game became repetitive and boring very fast. With the world leveling with me I lost all sense of progress and once my level got high enough developers nerfed my class just to remove the last few bits of fun I had with it. Diablo quickly became more of the chore than fun and II was hoping for a decent fun for many many hours, kind of like I had with Torchlight 2 or Grim Dawn. Sadly the game became repetitive and boring very fast. With the world leveling with me I lost all sense of progress and once my level got high enough developers nerfed my class just to remove the last few bits of fun I had with it. Diablo quickly became more of the chore than fun and I decided that I don't really have that much free time to waste it on the game I don't enjoy. Overhyped, overpriced, and literally a cash grab title. Sadly it don't deserve a higher score than it has.… Expand
  82. ryryan
    Jun 15, 2023
    4
    The UI and loot management are a massive step back, the combat is a chore through the campaign, even with a good build, the game scales and I felt more powerful in the beginning. Most of the big fights just become slogs of dodge, spam x, use the ultimate, repeat - then the game glitches and you have to do the whole dungeon over again. I tried to reserve judgment till I hit endgame. IThe UI and loot management are a massive step back, the combat is a chore through the campaign, even with a good build, the game scales and I felt more powerful in the beginning. Most of the big fights just become slogs of dodge, spam x, use the ultimate, repeat - then the game glitches and you have to do the whole dungeon over again. I tried to reserve judgment till I hit endgame. I wanted to play with my friends but can't recommend they get it.… Expand
  83. dogget76
    Jun 20, 2023
    4
    Visuals are great, gameplay is the one we love but dying repeatedly because of the lag in a single player campaign is absolutely crazy.
  84. Hippystank
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    Updated review dropping the score from an 8 to a 4, post launch has been such a mix bag. Season 1 looks to be absolute bull crap, sorcerer class is absolutely garbage and they are making it worse. They are nerfing content that people like to do e.g. hell tides, regular dungeons, open world etc. Honestly, blizzard it feels like you don't want players to have fun the power fantasy is justUpdated review dropping the score from an 8 to a 4, post launch has been such a mix bag. Season 1 looks to be absolute bull crap, sorcerer class is absolutely garbage and they are making it worse. They are nerfing content that people like to do e.g. hell tides, regular dungeons, open world etc. Honestly, blizzard it feels like you don't want players to have fun the power fantasy is just meh here the build variety is non existent boiling down to 1-2 effective build per class if you are lucky enough to not play sorcerer.

    I dunno, they need to fix this personally I uninstalled this morning, reinstalled POE for the next week until Remnant 2 comes out then I might consider coming back once all of this is fixed but you took a game that was decently fun on launch and turned it into a boring slog with the last update. I tried a helltide last night and it was night and day compared to pre patch I can't believe how bad it has become.    … Expand
  85. winzentween
    Jun 8, 2023
    4
    Im a big fan of diablo 3 so I guess with d4 being more like 1 and 2 (grittier) im not the best judge but its not the excellent story or the awesome graphics or the brilliant sound and music which I take issue with. Its the microtransactions.
    DAY 1 micros and a battle pass to come!!!
    So this game cost me like 100!!! which is insane. Yes its a big game and ill probably play for over    Im a big fan of diablo 3 so I guess with d4 being more like 1 and 2 (grittier) im not the best judge but its not the excellent story or the awesome graphics or the brilliant sound and music which I take issue with. Its the microtransactions.
    DAY 1 micros and a battle pass to come!!!

    So this game cost me like 100!!! which is insane. Yes its a big game and ill probably play for over 60hrs but that doesnt justify 100! or day 1 micros which add up to over 350!!! and the battle pass at another ...who knows!!! Its just greedy. And anti consumer. And no game except maybe the witcher 3 would be worth this insanity.

    So if the game didnt have day 1 removed content sold back to us then I would award it an easy 7 or 8...maybe higher once the many bugs are fixed. But right now and for evermore as these micros get worse and worse... I have to say wait for a deep sale or fee2play or plus etc. And its not ok just say dont buy it as if it wasnt for the gulf between rich and poor where there are enough whales to make games with these business models possible then the rest of us average people would not have to put up with this...as we didnt for the last 30 years.

    Maybe buy the disc and resell it etc. Do not reward the greedy devs as I didnt get a pay rise to afford this new tier of 100 gaming and you prob didnt either so we shouldnt encourage it with 10/10.    … Expand
  86. darthcooper
    Jun 21, 2023
    4
    Sometimes I wonder if Critics are on drugs when they review these games. I'm not here to say buy or not buy; I'm here to give my opinion, so take it or leave it. I got roped in to begin with but level scaling, grinding, forced online playing, microtransactions, and so on. The more I played, the more frustrated I became. In my opinion, the game is simply not fun. Its overpriced, overrated,Sometimes I wonder if Critics are on drugs when they review these games. I'm not here to say buy or not buy; I'm here to give my opinion, so take it or leave it. I got roped in to begin with but level scaling, grinding, forced online playing, microtransactions, and so on. The more I played, the more frustrated I became. In my opinion, the game is simply not fun. Its overpriced, overrated, and I can never get back the time I wasted.… Expand
  87. OmniHakurei
    Jun 10, 2023
    4
    Death of a Franchise

    Poe versus Diablo well diablo start the franchise but lost the souls , now we got totali diferent online copy paste game what i see so many times .
  88. Minnow
    Jul 25, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very average ARPG at best, and that's setting aside the Activision-Blizzard pricing on the game shop (for a game that cost $70 base edition???).

    * Compelling story moments are not often to be found throughout Diablo IV (including side quests).
    * Very pedestrian music, where environment is very hard to notice and boss music is overwhelming.
    * Little variance between mobs.
    * The default zoom-out is way too zoomed in compared to even Diablo III.
    * Seasonal balancing changes that negatively affect those on the Eternal realms (who can't even participate).
    * There is no single-player option, so you can never choose to play offline which leads to...
    * Frequent disconnects and lag, which is devastating for "hardcore" characters and --
    * Even setting aside the DDoS attacks, their servers in general are lacking.
    * Game-play wise, there are so many issues that you should just watch The Act Man's video on YouTube on why D4 is a bad game.

    The only positive I can come up with is that the aesthetic of Diablo IV is a massive improvement over Diablo III's. It was very nice to have a return to form.    … Expand
  89. ShadowOPanda
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its just a beta game ... Great campaign with a very broken game, with poor mechanics and a mediocre endgame… Expand
  90. porksicle
    Jul 20, 2023
    4
    After thirty years of developing Diablo games, Blizzard forgot every important lesson about how to make these games fun. Items are boring, the map is just an endless slog, movement is slow, the game is both always-on and completely empty, you can't trade items, your bags get full, skills are boring, etc.

    I can't understand why they didn't bring a single QOL feature from the last    After thirty years of developing Diablo games, Blizzard forgot every important lesson about how to make these games fun. Items are boring, the map is just an endless slog, movement is slow, the game is both always-on and completely empty, you can't trade items, your bags get full, skills are boring, etc.

    I can't understand why they didn't bring a single QOL feature from the last decade's worth of Diablo 3! Early in 3, items were boring, builds were bland, crafting materials used too much space, etc. But after some major rework - items were fun, builds were unique, crafting materials use very little space, etc. And when Diablo 4 launches - why did they make their items boring, their builds bland, their crafting materials use too much space? Why can't they play their own games and try to include the "fun" from them?

    This game is shockingly bad, and while you may have some fun with it, the game itself has very little to offer.    … Expand
  91. Cgile910
    Jun 18, 2023
    4
    As a new player to Diablo this was not what I expected. I didn't expect to see such a bland graphic setup which reminded me of how games looked on an early console. After playing amazing games such as God of War and Hogwarts as well as Horizon Zero Dawn, GTA, Call of Duty and others I ended up expecting similar style and graphic detail in this game. Diablo isn't that as it's an overheadAs a new player to Diablo this was not what I expected. I didn't expect to see such a bland graphic setup which reminded me of how games looked on an early console. After playing amazing games such as God of War and Hogwarts as well as Horizon Zero Dawn, GTA, Call of Duty and others I ended up expecting similar style and graphic detail in this game. Diablo isn't that as it's an overhead view which looks like a game out of the 90s where you run around smacking creepy things with an axe. It looks boring aside from the sections of video that play outside of the actual game play which isn't going to leave a notable impression with too many people I wouldn't think. To each their own but I feel I tossed 75 bucks in the fire on this one.… Expand
  92. carlosmacieljrp
    Jul 18, 2023
    4
    The game is too grindy and the latest update makes progress even slower. 100+ hours to max level when there is no build variety and itemization is very poor. I have a PS5 and I am a casual player. I am about to buy a PC so I can play Last Epoch and PoE2.

    I have no doubt that Diablo 4 is one of the best games of 2026, today it's not this day.
  93. thekillerwind
    Aug 26, 2023
    4
    With microtransaction skins that cost roughly half of the game's price, this is a real feast of a game for a cost of 70 dollars. This is outrageous, Blizzard, what the hell happened to you? You help some of the greatest video games ever come to the PC. Because this game has the potential to be so much better, I am quite dissatisfied. Get yourself together, Blizzard, so you can create aWith microtransaction skins that cost roughly half of the game's price, this is a real feast of a game for a cost of 70 dollars. This is outrageous, Blizzard, what the hell happened to you? You help some of the greatest video games ever come to the PC. Because this game has the potential to be so much better, I am quite dissatisfied. Get yourself together, Blizzard, so you can create a better game.… Expand
  94. Drakman
    Jul 22, 2023
    4
    I've been disappointed by long waited big releases before, this is nothing new. But I think it's really the first time Blizzard ever let me down. Diablo 4 is at it's heart kind of boring. It has all the loot hunting and monster slaying mechanics that the previous entries had, but with very little of the life and soul. The flavor just isn't there, it's dry. I rarely even care about theI've been disappointed by long waited big releases before, this is nothing new. But I think it's really the first time Blizzard ever let me down. Diablo 4 is at it's heart kind of boring. It has all the loot hunting and monster slaying mechanics that the previous entries had, but with very little of the life and soul. The flavor just isn't there, it's dry. I rarely even care about the loot I pick up because most of it isn't usable without restructuring your entire build around a probably temporary piece of gear that doesn't seem to really feel any better. Diablo 4 has taken away the joy of finding a new legendary and replaced with a great deal of "meh". I thought the throwback to a Diablo 2 style skill tree would be great, but they sucked the life out of that as well with punitive rising costs for changing skills, the skill bar is much too small too explore your abilities and experiment. The story is okay, the main character voice actors are excellent, but ultimately no matter how good of a job they did, the ending was anticlimactic and forgettable. I've little doubt they will milk it for DLC before too long, but honestly, why bother? They put in a half effort on the main game, and I've little interest in rewarding their laziness by paying them again to do a little bit better. Blizzard used to be great, and I will always appreciate the work they once did. Maybe if Activation gets their mitts off of Blizzard they will be a gaming company again instead of the soul less corporate entity that their newest game mirrors.

    On a minor side note, I really miss hearing Brian George's Abd al-Hazir monster entries and James Hong's jewelcrafter story telling, little things like that being barely present at all in DIablo 4, the small details like that added up to make a game that felt far less empty. Diablo 3 was far from perfect, but at least it was fun. Diablo 4 just feels grindy and hollow to me.    … Expand
  95. qosimo
    Jul 26, 2023
    4
    This game is far from finished. There are so many well thought out, fleshed out systems that are in D2:R and D3 that are completely missing in this game. Locking the capability of builds to function in key aspects that are hard to get and very expensive to maintain. There are no followers or mercenaries. End game is busted with patch 1.1 - nightmare dungeons are just chock full of 1This game is far from finished. There are so many well thought out, fleshed out systems that are in D2:R and D3 that are completely missing in this game. Locking the capability of builds to function in key aspects that are hard to get and very expensive to maintain. There are no followers or mercenaries. End game is busted with patch 1.1 - nightmare dungeons are just chock full of 1 hit mechanics regardless if you have every defensive talent maxed and paragon defensives - you will routinely die to 1 shot mechanics you cannot see due to all the flash going on screen. End game is boring, gear is boring, the endless +dmg to some obscure condition stats are boring and tiresome. Respec's start costing a million+ gold. No group finder, clan controls are barely functional. Its just amazing that a company that already has all the answers figured out from D3 - is unable to captialize and improve on that knowledge in D4. Such a missed opportunity. Maybe in 2-3 years if devs really work at it this could be the game it should have been.… Expand
  96. JuanCena
    Jul 29, 2023
    4
    I love this game. It's been such a long time coming, and the first 35 or so levels are an absolute joy to progress through. However, after that, it becomes dull, stretched out and repetitive. The game focuses on tedium as opposed to content to entice players to continue and purchase cosmetics. Once I complete the story, I likely will not return for another few seasons.
  97. 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 - $100. I’m sure the game has monetization shop items and stuff where they try to milk you for more money but the game base isn’t worth this amount of money, so I’m not inclined to want to spend even more money on it. I would like a refund myself. I’ve already started playing other games and enjoy them a lot more.… Expand
  98. iiell
    Jun 23, 2023
    4
    Empty dungeons with tedious dungeon objectives ruin the endgame experience. The company that basically invented the ARPG genre has forgotten to include the Action in their latest ARPG title. On the other hand, the story starts out interesting enough and sets the audience up for an unexpected climax, but Blizzard's creative writers had a brain fart right at the very end. The foundation hasEmpty dungeons with tedious dungeon objectives ruin the endgame experience. The company that basically invented the ARPG genre has forgotten to include the Action in their latest ARPG title. On the other hand, the story starts out interesting enough and sets the audience up for an unexpected climax, but Blizzard's creative writers had a brain fart right at the very end. The foundation has potential, but it feels unfinished. At a premium price, you'd expect more.… Expand
  99. Bambucea
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    This game is a game that should entertain you for thousands of hours so:
    Campaign - 8 (12-20 hours playtime at best)
    Content/Endgame/Gameplay Loop/ARPG Systems - 2 (the rest of the time you ll spend in D4 if you are an ARPG fan, if you are a campaign/story andy idc). Endgame is booring and unfinished unpolished. Ganeplay loop? Same 2 builds that feel bad. No variety. For a 70$ game? Pathetic
  100. IlyaPi
    Jul 15, 2023
    4
    0 or 10?

    I played in D2, D3, and D2 remastered. Several times in all of them! This is my background. Design 9/10 Skill Tree 2/10 Loot 2/10 Story 7/10 Dialogs 3/10 Gameplay 3/10 I finished D4 on the first level of difficulty and stop playing. It's the first time ever. I'm just not interested in it. The game isn't 0 out of 10 and neither 10 out of 10. It's 4/10 according to my    0 or 10?

    I played in D2, D3, and D2 remastered. Several times in all of them! This is my background.
    Design 9/10
    Skill Tree 2/10
    Loot 2/10
    Story 7/10
    Dialogs 3/10
    Gameplay 3/10

    I finished D4 on the first level of difficulty and stop playing. It's the first time ever. I'm just not interested in it. The game isn't 0 out of 10 and neither 10 out of 10. It's 4/10 according to my calculations. Worst of all Diablo games.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

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