Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  1. TheBackpack
    Jun 10, 2023
    2
    The game is okay. If there was no level scaling I would rate it much higher but the level scaling is just way to lazy and really sucks the fun out of the game after awhile. This game feels like it should be F2p and not $100. I am not at all happy with my purchase and the game is just meh. I am really pushing to just get through the campaign for the sole reason that I don't want to feelThe game is okay. If there was no level scaling I would rate it much higher but the level scaling is just way to lazy and really sucks the fun out of the game after awhile. This game feels like it should be F2p and not $100. I am not at all happy with my purchase and the game is just meh. I am really pushing to just get through the campaign for the sole reason that I don't want to feel like I threw $100 into the abyss but I'm not sure I can even manage that.… Expand
  2. brianbalote
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Positives:
    + Graphics
    + Voice acting

    Negatives:
    - Poor itemization
    - No end-game loop
    - Poor build diversity at end-game
    - Massive costs to respec
    - Massive costs to re-enchant
    - Game feels unfinished, it feels like I paid $99 to be an open beta tester
  3. GCassels
    Aug 1, 2023
    2
    Making this game online only was a dumb decision. Couple that with the ineptitude of Blizzard and their inability to read their audience and you have a functioning train wreck.

    My D4 Journey: Played to level 30, got bored left. Battlepass drops. Oh look, I have to create a new character. Played to level 20ish, looked at battlepass and made startling realization the BP doesnt    Making this game online only was a dumb decision. Couple that with the ineptitude of Blizzard and their inability to read their audience and you have a functioning train wreck.

    My D4 Journey:
    Played to level 30, got bored left.
    Battlepass drops.
    Oh look, I have to create a new character.
    Played to level 20ish, looked at battlepass and made startling realization the BP doesnt include enough currency to pay for itself. ::Eyeroll::
    Played to level 45 (Sorcerer)
    Patch releases, Sorcerer nerfed through the dirt
    Deleted Game.    … Expand
  4. dozeyo
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    One of the biggest disappointments in gaming history. Simply it’s just a 40-50 hours of fun, nothing else. This might be a good rpg but this is not Diablo. Blizzard must consider feedback from players, not simply try to boost playing time with nerfing everything, even increasing loading screen time.
  5. zappking
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Would be a zero, however the visuals and cinematics are worth something. I found the game to be very grindy and repetitive. Prior to patch 1.1.0 casual players like myself took a long while to get to max level. One I reached my personal potential in the game I switched to another character for a refresh. The ability to skip campaign is nice however grinding to 100 again not so much andWould be a zero, however the visuals and cinematics are worth something. I found the game to be very grindy and repetitive. Prior to patch 1.1.0 casual players like myself took a long while to get to max level. One I reached my personal potential in the game I switched to another character for a refresh. The ability to skip campaign is nice however grinding to 100 again not so much and now with the new 1.1.0 update, that grind got significantly longer AND don't expect any help from your friends to breeze you through to higher levels, those days are over. The xp gains now are laughable, I get them trying to prevent pay to level schemes, but me and my friends rely on each other to help boost one another. The across the board nerfs are atrocious, people were actually having fun playing the game and making it harder just to extend play time is a bad decision. When QOL improvements were added such as being able to teleport to a NM dungeon, it made the game better, cut down on unnecessary travel time and helped get lower level friends to the dungeon safely. Now, storage space, no changes to that? Really, my main character's loot took up tons of space. I had to create mule characters to hold stuff like gems and aspects. Anyways, I could keep going, but I need to remind myself that even know I paid $99+ for this game, it isn't mine and I only paid to access it. Shame on me.… Expand
  6. innocuous_slav
    Jul 2, 2023
    2
    Sat here and wrote a long review only to be sent to a forbiden xxx page, so I'll keep it simple. This game is a super lazy attempt at a Diablo game. It lacks soul and replay-ability. It looks decent and borrowed some lovely aesthetic pulls from Diablo I & II however; once you reach a certain level it becomes so utterly mediocre and boring it leaves you with no desire to play. I guess it'sSat here and wrote a long review only to be sent to a forbiden xxx page, so I'll keep it simple. This game is a super lazy attempt at a Diablo game. It lacks soul and replay-ability. It looks decent and borrowed some lovely aesthetic pulls from Diablo I & II however; once you reach a certain level it becomes so utterly mediocre and boring it leaves you with no desire to play. I guess it's my fault for expecting more after two garbage releases IE D3 and Immortal. The sanctity of this game has been fouled and I don't see it being fixed anytime soon. 2 out of 10 is being generous as the design is okay. Will check back in a few seasons for any positive change but I will not hold my breathe as they are clearly searching for profit over quality.… Expand
  7. stanscut
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    For Diablo 3 Fans this is a slight upgrade. For Diablo 2 Fans this is just extremely bitter.
    They have removed most parts of what makes RPG's great and interesting, therefor we are left with little to no replayability. No randomized Dungeons/Area's just the same boring stuff with stolen mechanics from PoE (not well implemented). Even in Hardcore the Endgame is boring af and if you die its    For Diablo 3 Fans this is a slight upgrade. For Diablo 2 Fans this is just extremely bitter.
    They have removed most parts of what makes RPG's great and interesting, therefor we are left with little to no replayability. No randomized Dungeons/Area's just the same boring stuff with stolen mechanics from PoE (not well implemented). Even in Hardcore the Endgame is boring af and if you die its only because you couldnt be bothered to wait for those annoying on death explosion that 70% of enemies now have.    … Expand
  8. Zfong4
    Jun 30, 2023
    2
    As a diablo and RPG lover, D4 is really boring and soulless.

    Level scaling is really silly and items are worthless until you grind it to the upper tiers.
  9. MysterB
    Aug 17, 2023
    2
    The game looks great and combat feel great but it suffers from a lot of drawbacks. Two main things. The loot system is boring and the end game is non existent. You never feel like you're working towards anything. The loot has a million affixes and you never really know if you have something good or not, everything scales with you so you never feel like you got something amazing.The game looks great and combat feel great but it suffers from a lot of drawbacks. Two main things. The loot system is boring and the end game is non existent. You never feel like you're working towards anything. The loot has a million affixes and you never really know if you have something good or not, everything scales with you so you never feel like you got something amazing. Legendaries don't feel like legendaries. Around level 65+ I couldn't go any further. Thats not to mentioned the wierd choices like not having a bag for gems and putting in MMO features but there is no group finder. I'm convicted this game was not tested. Not worth 70$.… Expand
  10. PaintMaster
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Good graphic, style of environment, armour look amazing.

    No endgame currently, bad class balance, recent nerf of everything, damage and defense of character, exp gain, loot, and TELEPORT CAST TIME INCREASED FROM 3 TO 5 SECONDS, WHY?? Season 1 has no actual content, just changed values on skills and gear, new boss, bunch of new aspects. If next seasons will be same, then this will    Good graphic, style of environment, armour look amazing.

    No endgame currently, bad class balance, recent nerf of everything, damage and defense of character, exp gain, loot, and TELEPORT CAST TIME INCREASED FROM 3 TO 5 SECONDS, WHY??

    Season 1 has no actual content, just changed values on skills and gear, new boss, bunch of new aspects. If next seasons will be same, then this will become same as Diablo 3, that was released 11 years ago, and after so many seasons, all new "content" was necromancer class added.

    All you could do in Diablo 3 for years was nothing but rifts. Imagine same thing in PoE, if GGG would add maps, and stop adding any content after that, like breach, abyss, harvest, delve and so on.

    Currently i see that Diablo 4 goes the same way as Diablo 3, no actual content added in new seasons, just "balance", bunch of new aspects and thats it.

    Hope to see more effort put into season 2, otherwise, its not worth 70-90$, more like 20$ at most.    … Expand
  11. Melzago
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Campaign was good, side quest entertaining. Everything was fine until we learn about the pointless loot table, the renown reset, and the preseason 1 patch.
  12. Ghost1311
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Sou um jogador casual, estava tentando chegar ao nível 100, porém o jogo se torna extremamente maçante com o tempo. O último patch 1.1.0 serviu pra demorar AINDA MAIS e dificultar jogadores casuais. Acabei por desistir e deletar o jogo.
  13. lazerblade10
    Jun 24, 2023
    2
    The story is fun, first 80 hours are fun. Once you get to endgame, the lack of online community is a big turn off.
  14. Miz-taken
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was okay in the beginning. The story was okay. The end game is tediously boring. I've reached level 98 and don't even want to bother getting to 100. It's just not worth the time. It's too repetitive. I'm lvl 98 wearing lvl 60 n 70 gear and don't even need to change it. There are no real rewards for reaching max level so why bother? Once you reach lvl 60-70 and get ancestral gear there really isn't any point in leveling up. Unless it's just to run repetitive and boring nightmare dungeons. I've started playing other way older Rpgs again. That's how boring Diablo 4 has gotten. Season is no better. I've reached lvl 78 and just can't be bothered to level any higher. What's the point? Also, spending 20 mill to reroll one thing on one item is super annoying. And also I've played over 500 hours of this game and not gotten even one Uber unique. I don't really care about them but still. Doesn't that drop rate seem just a little too low?… Expand
  15. Patricci
    Jun 7, 2023
    2
    Great polish unfortunately doesn't save the gameplay. Walking simulator quests, lack of action / pack size and absolutely horrible itemization ruin all pillars of an "Action RPG".

    The itemization just comes down to "does this item show a green arrow? = equip it" with small upgrades dropping so often that you just never get excited about anything, including legendary drops. The worst    Great polish unfortunately doesn't save the gameplay. Walking simulator quests, lack of action / pack size and absolutely horrible itemization ruin all pillars of an "Action RPG".

    The itemization just comes down to "does this item show a green arrow? = equip it" with small upgrades dropping so often that you just never get excited about anything, including legendary drops.

    The worst part is, this is all so deeply rooted throughout all systems, that it is extremely unlikely to ever get fixed. Easily the most boring game in its genre to come out in the last few years.    … Expand
  16. KWB-Jonesy
    Jun 12, 2023
    2
    Game is geared toward online influencers, and money. I've played Diablo 2 & 3 and partook in the beta test for Diablo 4 and loved it. You didn't need to be cracked out on amphetamines or energy drinks to challenge a boss on your own. For some reason they eliminated the solo journey. I have one character that can't make it past the gate keepers wolves and is stuck at level 16. AnotherGame is geared toward online influencers, and money. I've played Diablo 2 & 3 and partook in the beta test for Diablo 4 and loved it. You didn't need to be cracked out on amphetamines or energy drinks to challenge a boss on your own. For some reason they eliminated the solo journey. I have one character that can't make it past the gate keepers wolves and is stuck at level 16. Another character is so weak that running from the foes on the map is its only way to survive. It is a waste of money and I'm absolutely sickened what they did to this game. Bizzard sold out.… Expand
  17. Varaghar
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Feels really bad that I fell for the FOMO scam 4 day early access and got bored of the game before the actual release. Game feels like a mobile game ported to console. Just play POE.
  18. Rockslydes
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    R.I.P Diablo. It's all about the money now. And don't forget the beta was a SCAM that overpowered the player and hid the true nature of this game which is boring, repetitive, and begs for your time which will eventually lead to cash payments in the cash shop or battlepass. And that's all this game is about.
  19. notsomiamimike
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    Lackluster, repetitive, and "open world" in the sense that the game makes you walk forever. This game feels like Blizzard updated the assets on an unfinished Diablo II sequel, and added concepts to the game without understanding how to make them good, and launched it onto unstable servers. The Shop, where for $25 (40% of the game's cost) you can buy a skin, is relatively stable.

    -Talent    Lackluster, repetitive, and "open world" in the sense that the game makes you walk forever. This game feels like Blizzard updated the assets on an unfinished Diablo II sequel, and added concepts to the game without understanding how to make them good, and launched it onto unstable servers. The Shop, where for $25 (40% of the game's cost) you can buy a skin, is relatively stable.

    -Talent tree and entire UI is ugly and convoluted. It's a quest to find your quests.
    - The monsters are the same the entire game. No fun / new mechanics to learn to dodge, no upgraded or variations, just the same guys over and over and over and over.
    - Completely unnecessary 'open world' with mounts - It's just boring filler Blizzard requires you to go through for no reason
    - Dumbest people - Not a single person has common sense. Every person who walks into a cellar, or goes down a ladder is inevitably caught by demons and needs to be saved. Sure, my main goes into those cellars, but is also capable of killing his way out.

    If you know the franchise, then chances are you'll get through the main story line, start the next difficulty, and then quickly taper off. This game needs a FFXIV revamp - take it off the market, apologize to the player base, and develop a game that's good - otherwise it'll be a disappointment to the franchise, but at least removes the temptation to stay inside this summer.    … Expand
  20. Gronemayn
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    I gave up on the game once I reached something like level 60. I've never had that reaction to any aRPGs I've played except Diablo 3 and 4. I usually at a minimum reach and play the endgame for quite a while.

    And honestly? Though there are many reasons, I believe the main culprit is the spender-generator gameplay. Forcing you to use ineffective, cruddy, non-fun "basic" skills half of    I gave up on the game once I reached something like level 60. I've never had that reaction to any aRPGs I've played except Diablo 3 and 4. I usually at a minimum reach and play the endgame for quite a while.

    And honestly? Though there are many reasons, I believe the main culprit is the spender-generator gameplay. Forcing you to use ineffective, cruddy, non-fun "basic" skills half of your playtime that do literally NOTHING except allow you to use skills that actually do something is such asinine design I am totally and utterly baffled that it ever made it into any game - let alone survive for two games in the most popular franchise of the entire genre. Why? What is the point?

    I enjoyed parts of the story, I suppose, but most of what wasn't boring was just mediocre. Even then, I probably would have enjoyed some parts if I wasn't gated by the complete failure of the core gameplay to engage me even a tiny bit.    … Expand
  21. Reflected2683
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    The Story is ok, but everything else is awful. The performance is horrible, and the GPU utilization goes crazy when opening the inventory. I never had this many crashes in a game, Cyberpunk was very stable compared to D4.
    The MMO aspect doesn't work out at all, it's so much more lonely than Diablo 3. Build diversity doesn't exist - if you play Sorceress pick Teleport, Ice Armor, Frost    The Story is ok, but everything else is awful. The performance is horrible, and the GPU utilization goes crazy when opening the inventory. I never had this many crashes in a game, Cyberpunk was very stable compared to D4.
    The MMO aspect doesn't work out at all, it's so much more lonely than Diablo 3. Build diversity doesn't exist - if you play Sorceress pick Teleport, Ice Armor, Frost Nova and Flame Shield like everyone else. The fact that respeccing costs gold doesn't help. I really don't get why they suddenly decided to penalize people that want to experiment with skills, rather than just looking up builds online. After you finished the story you would hope that finally the real fun begins, but no, Blizzard bombards you with boring side quests (go there, fetch that, come back, go there, kill that, come back, wohoo you did it) and annoying side activities like "Find the 160 hidden Althars of Lilith".
    Maybe the game gets better in 1-2 years, Diablo 3 also had a weak start and got enjoyable years later, but as of right now I can't recommend it.    … Expand
  22. atmaworm
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    I have tried to upload my review 5 times and it continues to get my error forbidden. Has Blizzard paid you to prevent users leaving honest reviews of the game Metacritic?

    My negative review is mainly due to it being almost unplayable on Playstation. I have a PS5 and both PS5 and PS4 versions behave the exact same way. The game client will crash in city hubs or freeze when transitioning    I have tried to upload my review 5 times and it continues to get my error forbidden. Has Blizzard paid you to prevent users leaving honest reviews of the game Metacritic?

    My negative review is mainly due to it being almost unplayable on Playstation. I have a PS5 and both PS5 and PS4 versions behave the exact same way. The game client will crash in city hubs or freeze when transitioning from open world to dungeons. These issues happen almost every play session multiple times. I have started opening alternative game clients (if I had PS5 version, launch PS4 to load game and start playing again until PS4 version freezes and forces me back to PS5.)

    Besides that, Blizzard has begun nerfing decent leveling areas to time gate content on the casual player. I don't have all the time in the world to sit and play video games any more. That is why I stopped playing MMOs. With D3, I would complete a playthrough and start a new one, but Blizzard is trying so hard to prevent most people from even reaching level cap.

    I wish I could rate the game hirer, because the visuals are nice and the game play is fun, but there is honestly only about 20 hours of unique game play currently in the game. I have played around 60 hours so far and I feel like I have already done every little mini game 100 times and there is not a lot of variety in dungeons. I have literally run two seperate dungeons back to back only to get the same boss both times. Every time a YouTuber comes out with a video titled, best xp farm, you can bet, the next day, Blizzard has nerfed it into the ground. It is already got me looking for another game, because i am tired of dealing with the crashes/freezing and tired of running the same content over and over for minimal gains.    … Expand
  23. utamog
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    Boring grind fest. Even more casual of a game than Diablo 3. Not a game for fun, a game for promoting online addiction, microtransactions, and brainless grinding.
  24. PVK99
    Jun 17, 2023
    2
    It really is a super boring game, with nice graphic for a arpg. Grinding didn't feel rewarding at all, enemy's scale with you what's also lazy as hell, open world sucks, walking is the most you do in this game. That's it. 2 points for the graphic. Would recommend poe or grim dawn instead of this. If you didn't want to use your brain and just press two buttons, that's your game.
  25. phidget
    Jun 30, 2023
    2
    So far it's been quite a messy disappointment really. I've had multiple crashes every day since buying it, there's been bugs and character killing lag spikes on numerous occasions so no, this has certainly not been a smooth launch - with a ps5 on a ridiculously fast internet connection I know it's not a problem at my end. These are problems that numerous people have posted about on variousSo far it's been quite a messy disappointment really. I've had multiple crashes every day since buying it, there's been bugs and character killing lag spikes on numerous occasions so no, this has certainly not been a smooth launch - with a ps5 on a ridiculously fast internet connection I know it's not a problem at my end. These are problems that numerous people have posted about on various sites so seeing reviews stating "smoothest launch" seem incredibly suspicious to me.

    Next you have the odd design decisions. Just lots of little things that make you wonder if there was any quality control going on or if they had two teams working on it that couldn't agree on anything. Like when I'm trying to create an outfit on my druid and I can't see the top of the staff which is the bit with all the detail on, when looking at the challenges if I expand one that has a lot of requirements I can't see them all as there's no way of scrolling down (there's a scrollbar but this is ps5, not PC so you can't use your non-existent mouse to scroll it down) or their rather odd way of making it cheap to change your class build anywhere but it's a tedious endeavour to do so and there's no option to save your build as they want to encourage people to commit to a build........so why let us change out our build wherever and whenever we like then?

    The combat feels clunky - they wanted to slow things down from the arcadey feel of D3 however it just comes down to hitting more resource builders and fewer spenders so it doesn't feel very satisfying - they could've tried something new or different instead of just slowing down a system that was fine for faster combat but feels sludgey in slower combat. The builders do absolutely no damage as well so the flow of combat is wonky as hell.

    The world itself is a nice idea and having active events is welcome however the core dungeon grinding is bland. There's nothing new here, the layouts feel all too familiar, however they've opted to have every dungeon use one of about 4 different mechanics that all involve backtracking as you fetch items to progress to the next area, kill a room of mobs, do another similar mechanic then do the boss. It becomes very tedious, very fast and when you think there's over 50 dungeons it just feels incredibly lazy to only have a handful of variations on how to progress through them. There's things missing too like all the random traps that added little bits of flavour here and there or the joy of finding a randomly generated dungeon of epic size just teeming with mobs to kill - I'd actually groan if I found such a dungeon now with how tedious the combat can feel and how far I'd have to run with all the backtracking.

    Build wise it looks good at first - there's lots of options to try out and have a play with but sadly this just makes the lack of being able to save your builds even more frustrating. It harms absolutely nobody to just let people save them - the cost of changing skills is negligible even in late game so why half a*** it like this? There are also some incredibly powerful builds that rely on "uniques" dropping which are incredibly rare and when you combine that with the bug where druids get a lot of barbarian drops (in the first week I had 9 uniques drop and 6 were barbarian) it just saps all the fun out of grinding - you see that unique item colour drop, get excited, pick it up, look at it and realise it's not usable (they have acknowledged that this is a bug). There is also a caveat to this build variety however - when you get to late game you absolutely must have ways of afflicting the vulnerable status as well as ways of becoming unstoppable to break out of the constant CC chains which make the already sluggish combat feel even more tedious so your build variety becomes somewhat limited which is a real shame.

    I like a challenge - in fact I'm drawn to difficult games like a moth to a flame but this isn't difficulty to me, it's just frustrating even when it's not particularly challenging. I feel hamstringed at every turn when I just want to move around and have fun.

    edit: based on the recent big update I'm lowering the score by another point. Boosting the damage of basic skills slightly does nothing - they still hit like a wet noodle whilst you build resource for the core skills. They apparently bumped up the resource gains but not nearly enough - it still feels slow and dull, if you run out of resource you're left casting up to 7 attacks or so to fill it back up again then spent it all in 3 core skills. They also allegedly bumped up the xp gains from nightmare dungeons. I completed one with enemies 2 levels higher than me and got around 10% of a level and one legendary item. This is painfully slow levelling when combined with the dull combat. I'm not asking for it to be lightning fast, just for your time investment to mean something more than the paltry rewards you currently get.    … Expand
  26. Flamekid
    Jun 17, 2023
    2
    Terrible nonsensical story, and terrible level scaling that punished progress, D4 is one of the worst addition which only- loses to Diablo immortal in the unplayable case
  27. Ender79
    Jun 18, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, i expected Diablo to be in an Diablo game.
    Not maybe in a future expansion, but in the main game.
    Lilith final boss? Try dealing with The Butcher in your way.
    Repetitive and boring dungeons mechanics.
    Loved the first chapter. They could stopped the game there. Everything after it's not polished, just fillers.
    Nice music and sounds.
    Definitely not worth 70€. Blizzard is really missing innovating capabilities. They are stuck in an e-sport mentality where everything must be balanced.
    Doping graphics and building auxiliary money services does not improve de gaming experience.
    Dommage, such amazing lore and potential wasted ...    … Expand
  28. padlakotnik
    Jun 18, 2023
    2
    Diablo 4 left me disappointed after many hours and levels of playtime. The gameplay feels slow and uninteresting, lacking the satisfying combat and variety found in previous titles. The leveling system is shallow, providing little sense of progression. Loot drops are underwhelming, failing to deliver the excitement of finding powerful gear. Overall, Diablo 4 fails to deliver the engagingDiablo 4 left me disappointed after many hours and levels of playtime. The gameplay feels slow and uninteresting, lacking the satisfying combat and variety found in previous titles. The leveling system is shallow, providing little sense of progression. Loot drops are underwhelming, failing to deliver the excitement of finding powerful gear. Overall, Diablo 4 fails to deliver the engaging gameplay and meaningful progression that I expected.… Expand
  29. Lukeyyc88
    Jun 21, 2023
    2
    Boring lazy story. Boring combat. Boring items. Boring level scaling. Will not be buying into blizzards diablo series again before checking reviews.
  30. jma22
    Jun 21, 2023
    2
    The campaign is maybe a solid 6/10, if you just want to casually play it for 10-20h, go for it.

    Now, the endgame is a real mess. - Online only, constant stuttering and freezes in towns, when entering/leaving the open world areas, it just feels terrible - Social interactions are pointless, you just meet to do a world event then leave, that's it, no world chat, no trade chat,    The campaign is maybe a solid 6/10, if you just want to casually play it for 10-20h, go for it.

    Now, the endgame is a real mess.

    - Online only, constant stuttering and freezes in towns, when entering/leaving the open world areas, it just feels terrible

    - Social interactions are pointless, you just meet to do a world event then leave, that's it, no world chat, no trade chat, nothing except a local chat that no one uses

    - PvP areas, fun with players of a similar level, which rarely happens, if another player is 5 levels below or above you, you stomp them or they stomp you, and that happens 90% of the time

    - Progression, during the campaign and up to level 50 it's fine, then it rapdily slows down to a tedious grind

    - Items, fine until around 50-55 when you will have good items for your build and then it's just min-maxing, without any real gameplay changing upgrades for felt ages or ever, 99.9% of the items will get instantly sold/scraped

    - Crafting, maybe a bit overwhelming for casual players who are unfamiliar with similar systems, but very restrictive for others

    - Currencies, mostly pointless as you will have massive amounts of them and very few items to use them on

    - Trading, sometimes you might find items that are good, but you can't use for your build or store them, let's sell them to other players?, yeah, nope, no auction house or anything that could reasonably facilitate trade between players

    - Content, you have a couple different variations of pretty much the same gameplay loop, get's stale fast

    - Downtime, there's just way too much of downtime in between, go travel to a dungeon for 2 min why???, just tp, want to do an event with other players, time to travel and wait, have to do errands in town? time to run around the whole town because everything you need is spread out, kill a mob group? time to move to the next one which takes the same or more time then killing it, did you miss something in the semi-maze dungeon? time to walk around and find it, ..

    - Mobs, mostly fine, some variety, mob group density is bad in dungeons

    - Bosses, forgettable, unchallenging and repetitive, world bosses are a joke as is the reward of killing them (which you only get once a week xd), campaign bosses which were fun aren't used in the endgame (with some exceptions)

    - Overall difficulty, if you use all the tools you have available somewhat efficiently then you will hardly struggle, you want a challenge? You can play dungeon at a much higher level then yourself to limit test, which mainly takes more time and makes it frustrating as a untimely sneeze will be your demise, loot is still bad and you earn less xp per hour

    - Game stability, handful of game crashes in my playthrough, ocassional stutter even in dungeons, forget about playing hardcore

    - Build variety, is very bad, you have a handful of options per class and that's pretty much it, and if you find a non-default build, good luck finding any uniques that might fit, because they don't exist

    Well, I'll leave it at that.

    tldr; If you don't own the game and want to play it for an extended period of time, forget about it. If you own the game, stop playing when it becomes tedious, because it will only get worse.    … Expand
  31. Safetyhaven
    Jun 21, 2023
    2
    I never thought a game would make me say "i want to play diablo 3". The last two installments in the franchise are lack luster and contain so many elements of blizzard south games that we might as well call this "World of Diablocraft". I understand the reasoning for this, blizzard has to cater to it's majority fan base across all it's games. But hear me out on this, if items scale withI never thought a game would make me say "i want to play diablo 3". The last two installments in the franchise are lack luster and contain so many elements of blizzard south games that we might as well call this "World of Diablocraft". I understand the reasoning for this, blizzard has to cater to it's majority fan base across all it's games. But hear me out on this, if items scale with level, and i cannot trade good items(only yellow), then it would stand to reason that i need to be level 100 before any item i actually can trade becomes worth anything. This is an insult to the heart of David Breviks Diablo franchise which was about killing monsters, finding loot, and TRADING IT.

    I did a nightmare dungeon(post buff) and could not see my xp bar move at all by the end. Why would i want to spend 200 hours leveling a character to MAYBE trade with others who eventually get to level 100 just to have the season reset in a week? Every character seems to have one cookie cutter build with no variation on the skill twig(cannot rightfully call it a tree). My mount gets stuck on corners. There are random road blocks that force me to dismount and kill two skeletons long before the timer for my mount resets. I am forced to pick up legendary items that don't feel legendary at all because i can't trade them. The game seems to want me to do world of warcraft-esk content akin to dailies. Even world bosses feel like a chore instead of an epic battle.

    There are many other complaints but this game only gets a 2 instead of a 0 because of it's beautiful graphics and scenery, though i'll add that the towns and hubs lack imagination and creativity. But as someone coming into this game with no expectations at all it crushed even that for me fantastically.    … Expand
  32. Szerox
    Jun 22, 2023
    2
    I could lisen players that said "dont buy this game at start". For now... its totaly crapy game. Itemizations, dungeons, worldscaling, trade, pvp, monsters... everything working bad. And in my opinion... blizzard will NOT rapair thats all in future seasons... this game need TOTALLY REBUILD. Mayby after 5-6 seaons it will be playable
  33. Tistvan
    Jun 22, 2023
    2
    The game is bad, definitely not worth the 70 EUR price, the story is full of cliches and boring moments, and it just feels cringe as hell. The endgame is even worse, theres nothing to do after you finish the story, gearing and items doesnt feel good, maybe the paragon board is all right but thats it.
    The graphics and voice acting are the only thing that feel AAA in this game. Maybe later    The game is bad, definitely not worth the 70 EUR price, the story is full of cliches and boring moments, and it just feels cringe as hell. The endgame is even worse, theres nothing to do after you finish the story, gearing and items doesnt feel good, maybe the paragon board is all right but thats it.
    The graphics and voice acting are the only thing that feel AAA in this game. Maybe later its gonna change as it did with D3 , but right now it was just money thrown out of the window.    … Expand
  34. BrojackMemelord
    Jun 24, 2023
    2
    Feels a little soulless, the opening environment is large but kind of empty. Forced online connection, you can't launch or play otherwise. You can play solo yes but it doesn't stop you from sharing the major areas with other players. Regardless if you're paying for a console network subscription. It wouldn't be THAT bad if it weren't for the rubber banding and lag, even on gigabitFeels a little soulless, the opening environment is large but kind of empty. Forced online connection, you can't launch or play otherwise. You can play solo yes but it doesn't stop you from sharing the major areas with other players. Regardless if you're paying for a console network subscription. It wouldn't be THAT bad if it weren't for the rubber banding and lag, even on gigabit Internet. I've played about 4 hours. I'm going to put it down and hope for a patch or better stability. Buyer beware I suppose. I'm definitely disappointed.… Expand
  35. Lithriel
    Jun 25, 2023
    2
    I thought Blizzard failed in Diablo 3 but wow! Diablo 4 lures you with great cinematics and huge hype. Since I'm a Diablo fan I bought most expensive preorder and coun't wait to join the fight. The storyline is ok, but I have a feeling someone just wants to bring back some memories from Diablo 2. But don't expect too much excitement. After level 50 everything gets even worse. No end-gameI thought Blizzard failed in Diablo 3 but wow! Diablo 4 lures you with great cinematics and huge hype. Since I'm a Diablo fan I bought most expensive preorder and coun't wait to join the fight. The storyline is ok, but I have a feeling someone just wants to bring back some memories from Diablo 2. But don't expect too much excitement. After level 50 everything gets even worse. No end-game activities worth spending time on, no rewarding loot. I gave up on this game at level 73, bored since lvl 50... Shame.… Expand
  36. Dwarfcow
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I have played every major title that Blizzard has ever released starting with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. I have had more fun with some and less with others, but overall each has been enjoyable and replayable products. Most recently I have been heavily invested in their diablo franchise, and while Diablo 3 had a bit of a rough rollout (the game itself was good, the servers, and the always onI have played every major title that Blizzard has ever released starting with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. I have had more fun with some and less with others, but overall each has been enjoyable and replayable products. Most recently I have been heavily invested in their diablo franchise, and while Diablo 3 had a bit of a rough rollout (the game itself was good, the servers, and the always on nature of the game requiring them, made them frustrating at moments. A few missteps were made attempting to introduce real money into the auction house but after it was carved out, the game was once again, fun to play. It was clearly designed to appeal to the end user, whether they were seasoned grinders, or casual players looking for some fun couch co-op. So, when Diablo IV was hinted at a few years back as a work in progress, I was very excited. However, the influence of Activision loomed large in their decision to launch a pay to win time suck of product a'la Diablo Immortal in a proper game's place. It was and still is a garbage product intended only to such the finances and time out of desperately addicted fools for the sake of their bottom line. While dismayed, i remained hopeful for what was promised to be a legitimate successor to the Diablo franchise, a game hinted at, but always just around the corner. Finally in , we were gifted a playable demo of the fabled unicorn. The early access and public betal playthrough to level 25 and around in ACT I of the final game were amazing. The play was fun, the progression and kill advancement felt worthwhile and I was hooked. I went ahead and paid them for the ultimate edition for myself, and picked up 3 more copies for my wife and kids so that we could play together in the full game.

    Well, now that the final product has been available for a few weeks, i realize why the betas were limited as much as they were. While the storyline progresses a bit further, and the overall lore is good, the game grinds to a haul soon afterward. Even before the end of hte campaign the game begins to feel repetitive and mindless, the sidequests have good information, but as you work to complete those, you end up leveling your character, without much benefit as far as loot to increase your power output - however, due to the same keep them grinding logic that went into diablo immortal, the monsters have no such issues increasing in strength commensurate to your newly aquire level, and your ability to progress greatly diminishes. This is inevitable slowdown is ONLY mitigated by following extremely precise calculated build paths that are in no way intuitive just looking at the game layout, items or states visible to the player. You pretty much need either a build guide you follow (not playing a game) or a massive pivot table/spreadsheet to calculate on a case by case basis, if any one of the hundreds of items you do procure is going to benefit or harm your ability to even damage the next identical, but ever stronger, bad guy.

    In my case, i quit well before reaching level 100 on my first character - the game is only designed to be completeable if you sink your entire waking day into it, over and over, with non-stimulating chores such as, parsing items, killing the same spawned mobs, and using a very poorly explained mechanics to open rifts, sorry, i mean nightmare dungeons. But, even then, just this week, Blizzard decided that the mindless, unsatisfying play experience was just TOO FAST, as you only need to play 16 hours a day 5 days a week for a month to beat it, so, they nerfed the crap out of all the heros, buffed the monsters and reduced the experience gained from them. I would have rated the game a solid 5, and wouldn't recommend it. But now It's an exploitative 2 at best, and i actually feel conned out of $310 for my 4 game copies. This is corporate greed and a complete disregard for their player's lives, money and free time.    … Expand
  37. Gammarage
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    I could see someone liking this game, but anyone rating this above 7 is trying to sell you something. Ultimately a lie. This is a beautifully rendered but highly problematic game that doesn't feel like a Diablo game at all. The level scaling system is totally asinine and defeats the purpose of leveling at all. The highest enjoyment you could get out of this game is staying low level, abdI could see someone liking this game, but anyone rating this above 7 is trying to sell you something. Ultimately a lie. This is a beautifully rendered but highly problematic game that doesn't feel like a Diablo game at all. The level scaling system is totally asinine and defeats the purpose of leveling at all. The highest enjoyment you could get out of this game is staying low level, abd staying away from that atrocity they refer to as a story. It's drivel. I've seen insurance commercials with better dialogue. Not to mention boring. How did they make it boring???? They could've reskinned D3 and it would've been infinitely better. Yikes!
    Maybe they'll fix these problems in an Update, but it would have to be a Major one. As is, this game is where Diablo (who isn't even in his own game) goes to Die.    … Expand
  38. Ratio512
    Jun 26, 2023
    2
    Diablo IV is an uninspired new version of Diablo III mixed with Diablo Immortal.

    The skill tree offers little to no real options for deep customization. Core skills have 1 ! modification via legendary affix, which change how the skill works and generally make it better. You use the skill, you use the affix. No real choice here. Similar to the sets in Diablo III. Itemization is    Diablo IV is an uninspired new version of Diablo III mixed with Diablo Immortal.

    The skill tree offers little to no real options for deep customization.
    Core skills have 1 ! modification via legendary affix, which change how the skill works and generally make it better. You use the skill, you use the affix. No real choice here. Similar to the sets in Diablo III.

    Itemization is tedious and boring. Too many possible rolls on equipment make it near impossible to find useful new items. To the point where I am not even motivated to check the stats of new equipment and sell it right away.

    Mobs spawn around you in placed were it doesnt make any sense. E.g. bears spawning from solid rock floor inside dungeons. I understand that they must be added to the map somehow. But spawning them around you like this is just lazy design. Also this is problematic for ranged classes as they have mobs in their face even if they play the ranged style.

    Elites have the same affixes as in Diablo III: mortar, blocker, shock lance (was arcane in D3). Again super lazy design.

    For the price tag Diablo IV is a huge disappointment and I really dont understand how this game got so many good reviews from streamers and magazines. Doenst feel honest to me.    … Expand
  39. Hvacguy
    Jun 27, 2023
    2
    This game is fun but the game is still practically unplayable on the PS5. Rubberbanding and lag is horrible right now. Blizzard needs to fix this or make the game available offline. If they do I would change the rating to a 9/10
  40. DaveWinX
    Jul 1, 2023
    2
    I have put 281 hours into diablo IV according to ps5. I main a nado druid that just destroys anything in his path. I'm level 91 and I'm trying to hit 100 but I'm so bored. I must have 1000s of hours in diablo 3 and even more in diablo II LOD, maybe 1000 in d2r.

    So to start, I didn't buy early access. I wanted to buy the disc version as my trust for blizzard has thinned out over the    I have put 281 hours into diablo IV according to ps5. I main a nado druid that just destroys anything in his path. I'm level 91 and I'm trying to hit 100 but I'm so bored. I must have 1000s of hours in diablo 3 and even more in diablo II LOD, maybe 1000 in d2r.

    So to start, I didn't buy early access. I wanted to buy the disc version as my trust for blizzard has thinned out over the years and wanted to be able to resell my copy of the game if it turned out to be a fail.

    Let's start by talking about the story. I found the story to be overhyped and nothing special. I'm not much into story based games personally, I've always been more focused on end game. However, I did enjoy god of war: ragnarok story, although I went into it knowing it's a single player game and well...it came with my ps5.

    Levelling at first was fairly tolerable, as I said, I was doing all the dungeons, side quests, renown. Can't see myself doing it all again, which is a shame, because I tried levelling an alt barbarian and just couldn't stay interested. So I tried rushing the story on my barbarian, hit level 25 and found out at that point the story increases to level 35. Okay no worries, I'll just do dungeons until level 35. This was a problem, I hit level 27 and I couldn't be bothered. It's boring running dungeons over and over for the small amount of experience you get. So replaying story viable? Sure, if you're the most boring person on the planet. This will be a HUGE issue when season starts up in a couple of weeks.

    So I went back to my druid to never look at my barbarian ever again. Started doing nightmare sigils again to work towards level 100. I only played 40 minutes and couldn't be bothered with it. It's boring, running the same dungeons that feel like bounties from diablo III. "Slay all enemies", "grab this item, put it in the thing and go backtrack to pick up the second one", "free all slaves", BORING.

    Okay so I now need some forgotten souls, which you can only get from helltides. This is literally just killing stuff in the open world to collect tokens and click the chests. BORING.

    Inventory space is tiny, there is no where near enough stash space. Forget making a alt (let alone a couple of alts), I don't have room to store all the aspects.

    Build diversity, rubbish. I'd love to be some crazy were bear, tornado build that worked well in later levels. No, you must collect the tempest roar and play the only viable way that 99% of all other end game druids play.

    What's with the legendaries and aspects? Wouldn't it have been better to go with what was proven to work? Uniques, set items, rune words. Where the hell are set items and rune words? Have these developers not learnt what the community finds enjoyable? So they come up with this aspect system, half of the aspects are useless.

    So, basically, end game is repeating dungeons that feel like diablo III bounties and doing helltides. Both of which are boring. PvP? yeah if you find someone in those PvP zones, don't expect it to be balanced though. I don't play PvP, so it doesn't affect me, but it'll never be balanced, so why bother implementing it? It's just as bad as what brawling was in diablo III. No one cared for it.

    This game is probably a good 2 years from being finished. It feels rushed out to appease investors. However, if levelling doesn't change, I don't think the game will survive half of season 1. They need to delay season 1 until they actually finish the game.

    We're missing so many what the developers call "QoL" choices. These should have already been in the game. I can't save a specific build like I could in diablo III? LAZY. The only end game is dungeons and helltides? LAZY. Mount getting stuck on the smallest pebble? LAZY. No group finder? LAZY.

    Giving this game a 2/10 is being generous. Almost every aspect of this game is worse than its predecessor or non existent. Only reason I have given it a 2 is because I like the paragon board, BUT they messed that up too. To respec you have to refund each and every node. Where is the mass refund option? LAZY.

    If you're just looking for a game to casually slog through a mediocre story, this game is for you. If you're looking for a game with in-depth, innovative end game, stay clear from this one for at least another year or 2. Stick with diablo III or D2R and pick the game up when it's in the sales bin. The only features diablo IV has above these games are the paragon board (idea stolen from PoE) and riding around on a clunky mount.    … Expand
  41. hanibalctr
    Jul 6, 2023
    2
    I love the diablo games. But 3 was an evolution to me, as was d immortal to a lesser extent due to the pay to win model. Diablo 4 is a step backwards. The graphics are ugly. I was ready to throw a year or two of my life away on this game. I've owned it since launch and spent less than 24hrs playing it. I was looking for wonder and amazement, instead of feel like I'm playing a game from aI love the diablo games. But 3 was an evolution to me, as was d immortal to a lesser extent due to the pay to win model. Diablo 4 is a step backwards. The graphics are ugly. I was ready to throw a year or two of my life away on this game. I've owned it since launch and spent less than 24hrs playing it. I was looking for wonder and amazement, instead of feel like I'm playing a game from a launch decades ago, like Windows 95 era. It is just sooooo bad. I knew they were returning to the art style of d2, I thought I can live with it if it's updated and fresh, but it's just d2 again. My favourite class, the magician is muted and lacks any dimension. Once this character had a little bit of every class except barbarians. Now they've made the class more distinctive but removed all the fun because of this gross oversimplification. And why, God why did they screw the pooch on the skill tree. Instead of this wondrous network of nodes that any player would spend years achieving, it's just tiny, lacks innovation, dimension. This is a game I expected to change my life, again. I'm so, so, so disappointed blizzard. You wrecked it all, I'm crying for you. Just shelve it and start diablo 5. Even the character movement sucks, coded back in 1994. The 2 stars I gave it were based on the good memories from previous iterations. This release deserves minus stars. I wonder if I can get a refund on the 4070ti and Intel nuc extreme gaming rig I bought to play this game.with....… Expand
  42. DjWaj
    Jul 7, 2023
    2
    The worst game blizzard ever made ,

    The best in diablo 4 is that it can be uninstall in few seconds , everything else is on lowest possible level , no endgame , no real grinding , no itemization , no trade , worst 70 euro buy in life
  43. Sleod
    Jul 11, 2023
    2
    The game is beautiful and the DA is amazing. Lore is nice as well.
    I pushed a barbarian to 100 and the gameplay is decent but mostly for casuals players.
    However this game is very very expensive for his global content. I don't like the business model at all with season pass on a 70$ game and future dlc for around 40$ ... that means a lot about the company. Also, i faced a bug and i    The game is beautiful and the DA is amazing. Lore is nice as well.
    I pushed a barbarian to 100 and the gameplay is decent but mostly for casuals players.
    However this game is very very expensive for his global content. I don't like the business model at all with season pass on a 70$ game and future dlc for around 40$ ... that means a lot about the company.
    Also, i faced a bug and i contacted the support and they weren't helpful at all, skipping my infos and closing the request without any kindness...
    I hope you all won't have any complex issues to request    … Expand
  44. FaworNIbba2137
    Aug 17, 2023
    2
    This games is death of diablo.... .
    Blizzard is dead and activision is the worst company. They are pure greed, bad decisions and worst menagment that i have ever seen. Gamers we need to wake up because this is madness. The companies are robbing us and we need to stop this.
  45. Kotobawa94
    Aug 29, 2023
    2
    Too expensive compare to quatily of the game! I can not believe the dev not play the game before it release. Feelling like i play a beta game
  46. Kaptorofsin
    Jul 15, 2023
    2
    Dull and shabby, almost like no pride went into creating this game. I played D1-3, I feel like Blizzard used the name to pull people in and spring a subpar product on them/us. Loot is garbage, dungeons hodgepodged/look the same, lack of content, rewards for grinding?..hahaha, weird mount characteristics..etc. While I did enjoy playing it’s, the cons are just too many. That damned blizzardDull and shabby, almost like no pride went into creating this game. I played D1-3, I feel like Blizzard used the name to pull people in and spring a subpar product on them/us. Loot is garbage, dungeons hodgepodged/look the same, lack of content, rewards for grinding?..hahaha, weird mount characteristics..etc. While I did enjoy playing it’s, the cons are just too many. That damned blizzard nerf hammer……… Expand
  47. zzzzogrezzzz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    El juego es repetitivo a más no poder. Reconozco que se lo han currado muchísimo más con la ambientación pero tiene algo que hace que el juego se haga tedioso y no sea apenas divertido jugarlo, a diferencia de sus predecesores.
  48. SteadyTwitch
    Jul 18, 2023
    2
    Look up South Park Cable Company on youtube. This is how the Blizzard Devs treat the fanbase.
  49. zenimpulse
    Jul 18, 2023
    2
    1.1 patch absolutely ruined my favourite class, Sorcerer and generally made the game horrible to play.
  50. Hereforaday
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Amazing campaign with stunning visuals. Unfortunately that's all this game has going for it.
  51. H2B
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The game had the potential to be enjoyable, but the developers have chosen to take a stagnant and tedious direction. They artificially inflate the time required to progress in the game, seemingly under the assumption that their customers lack awareness and won't notice this manipulative tactic. The nostalgic appeal that Blizzard Entertainment capitalizes on has been diminished. I recommendThe game had the potential to be enjoyable, but the developers have chosen to take a stagnant and tedious direction. They artificially inflate the time required to progress in the game, seemingly under the assumption that their customers lack awareness and won't notice this manipulative tactic. The nostalgic appeal that Blizzard Entertainment capitalizes on has been diminished. I recommend waiting to try the game until competent developers, who are passionate about their craft and less influenced by corporate interests, are brought on board to provide a better experience.… Expand
  52. orkhanahmadov
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    it is ARPG but it is intentionally made to slow you down and make the experience grindy. It had a solid foundation but patch 1.1.0 nerfed everything and sucked everything fun out of the game by lowering damage across the board, lowering XP gain from monsters, increased monster HP and damage.
    The campaign is great, and the endgame was ok could have been made better with time, but Blizzard    it is ARPG but it is intentionally made to slow you down and make the experience grindy. It had a solid foundation but patch 1.1.0 nerfed everything and sucked everything fun out of the game by lowering damage across the board, lowering XP gain from monsters, increased monster HP and damage.
    The campaign is great, and the endgame was ok could have been made better with time, but Blizzard seems like has different ideas.    … Expand
  53. Cokane
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Why make it slower to progress?? There’s so much more you could have done. Blizzard is a failure of a game company now. RIP to the gold plated titan!
  54. lefan
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    is fun until you get so far into the end game and repeat the same content over and over. New patch pretty much put the nail in the coffin for me, not worth the time.
  55. Wrekt
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Awesome potential but the devs are ruining it. Save your money for a later date this game is in no condition to play.
  56. Jtado
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Horrendous failure of a sequel. Grew up playing Diablo I and II which were pure fire. Was disappointed after waiting 10 years for D3 and now this. It carries the name of a Diablo game but has completely failed to capture the soul and spirit of the first 2 chapters. The game designers and developers are so out of touch with their playerbase that its baffling on so many levels. But lets talkHorrendous failure of a sequel. Grew up playing Diablo I and II which were pure fire. Was disappointed after waiting 10 years for D3 and now this. It carries the name of a Diablo game but has completely failed to capture the soul and spirit of the first 2 chapters. The game designers and developers are so out of touch with their playerbase that its baffling on so many levels. But lets talk about the game a little. Repetitive and unrewarding endgame, terrible itemization, bad class design, broken mechanics , flawed systems. This game should never have seen the light of day. POE2 just needs to be mediocre and Diablo IV will quickly end up in the graveyard where it belongs.… Expand
  57. Chladix
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Story isnt bad, but game devs decision is pretty bad, recycling old content from previous games, making things harder(straight nerfing), extentd dont existing endgame maeby 2 more year of development and game will be something for now it worth only for the story.
  58. killervibe
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    At launch, the game was decent. Nothing ground breaking, it was pretty similar to the previous Diablo installments but in an open world. Prior to season 1 (June - July 2023) I spent 100+ hours playing. Exploring the world and the five difference classes (Druid, Sorcerer, Barbarian, Necromancer, Rogue).

    Although each class has a huge variety of possible builds, I was a little    At launch, the game was decent. Nothing ground breaking, it was pretty similar to the previous Diablo installments but in an open world. Prior to season 1 (June - July 2023) I spent 100+ hours playing. Exploring the world and the five difference classes (Druid, Sorcerer, Barbarian, Necromancer, Rogue).

    Although each class has a huge variety of possible builds, I was a little disappointed that only a few of those builds were actually viable for leveling and end game content (lvl 60+) but mostly enjoyed the game. I chose popular and effective meta build for each class and hoped that Blizzard would iteratively improve on the other skills to increase the effectiveness of other builds. For example, I built an ice shard sorcerer but would have preferred a lightning build.

    With patch 1.1 rolling out just prior to Season 1, many in the gaming community expected Blizzard to make those class improvements, especially to the sorcerer class. Sadly, they chose to nerf the few builds that were effective, rather than improve those that weren't. Now the game is nearly unplayable after level 60 and any enjoyment I received from the game has turned into pure frustration.

    The Blizzard team is completely disconnected from their own game, their player base, and have no interest in building a game that people enjoy playing. They seem to care more about forcing players to grind levels, pray for decent loot drops, and experience hours of frustration rather than enjoyment.    … Expand
  59. Stikkerz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    If this game didn't have the 'Diablo' name no one would be playing or defending it. The game was released with countless bugs and clearly wasn't ready for release, yet millions of people paid for a AAA game (some paying an extra 30% to play on the actual release date) and they were delivered a garbage game. The devs have shown their ineptitude with their patches. Things like the cash shopIf this game didn't have the 'Diablo' name no one would be playing or defending it. The game was released with countless bugs and clearly wasn't ready for release, yet millions of people paid for a AAA game (some paying an extra 30% to play on the actual release date) and they were delivered a garbage game. The devs have shown their ineptitude with their patches. Things like the cash shop are highest priority for fixing while things that affect gameplay negatively take weeks or months to fix.
    The devs had great open world games such as Guild Wars 2 to study for their open world, yet delivered the most flaccid gaming open world experience I've ever been a part of. The game may as well have just been a single player game. The ARPG element is ruined as your 'chase' items are basically just praying for an item to drop with 3 of 4 good mods then a gold sink trying to get your 4th mod from the enchanter where the good mods are weighted to not appear.
    There are several better and cheaper games out there in the same genre and I would recommend someone who is on the fence to stay away.    … Expand
  60. temjr
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I loved the game until the most recent patch. I now have zero desire to play this. It seems like they slowed everything down and made everything more difficult in order to promote purchasing their season pass. The game had a great start and I thought they were going to improve it, but instead they decided to make everything more of a grind and go in the opposite direction. Usually theirI loved the game until the most recent patch. I now have zero desire to play this. It seems like they slowed everything down and made everything more difficult in order to promote purchasing their season pass. The game had a great start and I thought they were going to improve it, but instead they decided to make everything more of a grind and go in the opposite direction. Usually their games improve, but I don't know what they were thinking with this latest patch.… Expand
  61. Akazasz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Classic blizzard game, polished videos and cut scene but no actual game content. There are far better arpg games out there.
  62. Tylerd317
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    No end game content. Devs seem disconnected from the player base. I was looking forward to season 1, but after the release notes my friends and I have uninstalled the game.
  63. acaptainboricua
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This game had a great campaign. The visuals, the story, the music - i loved all of it. I stopped playing campaign with friends so i could fully enjoy the story and craft. But after that it just falls flat. The three activities for "endgame" - whispers, Helltides and NM dungeons are extremely repetitive. And only one, NM dungeons was worthwhile - for leveling, "loot" and glyphs.

    The loot    This game had a great campaign. The visuals, the story, the music - i loved all of it. I stopped playing campaign with friends so i could fully enjoy the story and craft. But after that it just falls flat. The three activities for "endgame" - whispers, Helltides and NM dungeons are extremely repetitive. And only one, NM dungeons was worthwhile - for leveling, "loot" and glyphs.

    The loot itself is subpar and you can get equipment that is completely useless on the highest difficulty of the game (World Tier 3 equipment on Tier 4). The ability to reroll or tweak your gear is hampered by extremely high costs that increase per re-roll. Which forces you to go broke or go beat your head against the wall for a new drop or resources.

    Early adopters of the game got to have fun before patches and mostly nerfs entered. I started playing end of June 2023. The game was pretty fun and i was ignorant to the previous nerfs. I didn't bother looking at the changes because the game itself felt fun. Slow and meticulous - but fun.

    For reference, I have a level 90 sorcerer. And was stoked to be working my way up to higher nightmare dungeon tiers. I just got into the 40s and really digging the pace of grinding with teleport chest piece.

    And then enter the July 18th patch that made the game feel so bad. In the same day, your ability to do difficult activities was heavily diminished. The power fantasy, revoked for many high end builds. And a major nerf to sorcerers - what the community and content creators all agree to be the weakest class. Call me bitter, but to nerf the class and give it useless uniques was a double dipping of punishment.

    Which brings me to creating new builds. After some research, i learned that saving builds was once a one click feature in Diablo 3. Even Destiny 2 managed somehow to piece it together in game (after years of community resources external to the game pulled it off).

    Get your candy and caffeine ready, as you sink time into manually undoing every node on your paragon boards. And slowly reinvent you skill tree chain. Because the July 18 2023 nerfs will have you doing just that.

    If player retention is the goal, shouldn't it be fun? I was debating playing season 1 - but I just don't think its worth the time. Starting from step one is slow enough, but to kill the pace by nerfing the player into the ground - its just too much.    … Expand
  64. eibbor
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Patch 1.1 made the game worse. I was on the fence having fun here and there. Seeing my character slowly progress but with the new patch that has since grinded to a halt. Patch was said to balance all character classes but that was not the case. Will not play until maybe season 3-5 if things get better then. Ah well
  65. Reboui
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Genuinely love Diablo, and I even have the unpopular opinion that 3 was an amazing game. This game though, this is riddled with disappointment. Not only were we slighted by the release of immortals it seems like zero effort was taken to interact with the Diablo community that has played these games for years and nothing was learned from the advice being given and the requests of the community.
  66. BaconStrips
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The game through the campaign is fun. Once you’re done with that content, you’re faced with a massive grind with little to no reward. You spend hours upon hours farming experience, gear, optimizing, and strategizing for little to no end game content. Then, the devs arbitrarily decided to address the issue of no endgame content by ruining your items, nerfing your already low tier builds,The game through the campaign is fun. Once you’re done with that content, you’re faced with a massive grind with little to no reward. You spend hours upon hours farming experience, gear, optimizing, and strategizing for little to no end game content. Then, the devs arbitrarily decided to address the issue of no endgame content by ruining your items, nerfing your already low tier builds, and disrespecting your time. Choosing to decrease all experience gains, reducing damage capability, and destroying your survivability all in the name of increasing the grind. It’s an action RPG without the action. It’s a loot driven game without the loot. It’s an mmo without the social features. I wanted so badly to love this game but after the latest patch, I uninstalled. Diablo 3 all over again. Save your money and time. Avoid this game.… Expand
  67. Jakel563
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Not a fan of a game where you can play and gain progress to only have an update take progress away in the form of nerfs to slow progress. My rouge was super powerful with earned ledgendaries until the patch changed him and now I am dying constantly.

    I would not support giving blizzard your money. If they want to make this free to play I would say give it a shot. Right now it feels like    Not a fan of a game where you can play and gain progress to only have an update take progress away in the form of nerfs to slow progress. My rouge was super powerful with earned ledgendaries until the patch changed him and now I am dying constantly.

    I would not support giving blizzard your money. If they want to make this free to play I would say give it a shot. Right now it feels like your paying $70 for some free to play game where progression is slowed down by random updates.    … Expand
  68. Satanorz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The good things:
    · Graphics
    · Atmosphere · Story mode The bad things: · Worst itemization on a Diablo game · MMO without social aspects · ARPG without action · Lack of meaningfull choices. They have almost no impact on character · No sense of progression due to level scaling · No endgame · Unfinished game Devs made the worst mega nerf patch I can remember, not fixing any    The good things:
    · Graphics
    · Atmosphere
    · Story mode

    The bad things:
    · Worst itemization on a Diablo game
    · MMO without social aspects
    · ARPG without action
    · Lack of meaningfull choices. They have almost no impact on character
    · No sense of progression due to level scaling
    · No endgame
    · Unfinished game

    Devs made the worst mega nerf patch I can remember, not fixing any real issues with the game and destroying what fun it had left.
    They put the nail in the coffin, game is beyond fixing at this point, too many core mechanics affected.    … Expand
  69. Stripe
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    If you buy Diablo 4 expecting an ARPG like previous games in the Diablo series, you will be disappointed. There's less action, no depth to character builds, no interesting loot, and enemies level up with you, so you don't even get a sense of becoming stronger as you progress.
    What you get is a uniform, drawn out "Hack & Slash game where Numbers Go Up"
    At launch, the game was a slog at    If you buy Diablo 4 expecting an ARPG like previous games in the Diablo series, you will be disappointed. There's less action, no depth to character builds, no interesting loot, and enemies level up with you, so you don't even get a sense of becoming stronger as you progress.
    What you get is a uniform, drawn out "Hack & Slash game where Numbers Go Up"

    At launch, the game was a slog at best - player power kept in check by every enemy levelling up alongside you, from start to finish. There is no feeling powerful in this game, even in the starting area. But with Patch 1.1, player power and progression has been significantly gimped even further, to the point where you have to wonder what the motive could possibly be.

    And I think the motive is to cover up the fact that the game lacks any sort of depth or interesting loot whatsoever. Gems are worthless. Uniques are just souped up rares with a random aspect on em, that you can extract. Items don't have any identity beyond arrow up or arrow down. Crafting is basically nonexistent, and choice of skills and character builds has been dumbed down even compared to Diablo 3.

    It's the action RPG without action, without interesting loot, without depth in character builds, and also you'll be running across the entire world - a huge empty map - for fetch quests over and over. Just walking. And you don't get a mount until you beat the main campaign for some reason.

    Also, they're pinging you to check out and preview microtransactions whenever a new one becomes available... each costing upwards of a third of what you paid for the game. Complete insanity.

    On merit of its game systems, it's not worth playing BUT
    Combat and visuals are solid.
    Story, writing and voice acting is solid.
    For those two, I award one point each. If you *really* care about the lore, consider dragging yourself through the campaign once. 2/10    … Expand
  70. Lendinsor
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I am a huge fan of the Diablo series. I held out my review until season 1 in hopes that the game would get better. The game has gotten much much worse. I am extremely disappointed that the Diablo 4 team used nostalgia and amazing cinematics to falsely advertise for a game that is just not fun to play. I wont make the mistake of buying another diablo game or product. Extremely saddend.
  71. Diston
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Diablo 4 was released as an incomplete game due to rushed timelines and extensive development needs. That being said it’s still fun to play! I’m very familiar with the grind, as I grew up with Diablo and Diablo 2. I’d even go so far as to say I ENJOY the grind or gear and levels. The combat is engaging, the story / lore for the series is incredible, and the visuals are fantastic!

    The    Diablo 4 was released as an incomplete game due to rushed timelines and extensive development needs. That being said it’s still fun to play! I’m very familiar with the grind, as I grew up with Diablo and Diablo 2. I’d even go so far as to say I ENJOY the grind or gear and levels. The combat is engaging, the story / lore for the series is incredible, and the visuals are fantastic!

    The biggest issue seems to be how incredibly out of touch the Blizzard team seems to be with the D4 playerbase. Updates consistently run contrary to what players are asking for, and the biggest community asks seem to be ignored or tabled with no ETA. The game is getting worse as it ages rather than better. The season 1 mechanic of shoving whole organs into rings and necklaces is immersion breaking without actually adding a meaningful feeling mechanic to the game, and the season came with an update that makes playing off-season endgame content feel underwhelming at best. Inventory management in this game is a JOKE, non-repetitive gameplay is non-existent as devs push players to engage with a single piece of content by pulling rewards from other content, and itemization/build planning is as unbalanced as ever as they continue to try leveling different play styles by literally making ALL builds less effective. Oh, and their idea of making more “endgame content” is by slowing down progression so endgame content is harder to reach! If you haven’t purchased the game yet, I don’t recommend doing so now.    … Expand
  72. shootingblankz
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I beat the game and didnt even know i was at end of the game, the whole thing felt like grab 2 items to open a door and a super slog of killing the same **** over and over. I wish i would of just spent my money on POE cosmetics instead of buying this game.
  73. Drboom0713
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a money grab with the Diablo name ONLY. A greedy wolf in diablos clothing. This is posted after the patch of 1.1

    If you want to playa. Diablo franchise game. Go play Diablo 2: resurrected or hell even d3

    this game is not ready yet and may never be there with current management running the show. Wait to hear for firings and a new direction. They listened to the fans and ran the opposite direction.    … Expand
  74. cweddin1
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I created an account specifically to write this review. After playing the game on two characters to about level 95, I cannot in good faith recommend this game. There were already glaring issues with lack of end game content that that had many players on the fence about continuing the game prior to the update yesterday. However, the recent patch on 7/18/23 just nerfed every good aspect ofI created an account specifically to write this review. After playing the game on two characters to about level 95, I cannot in good faith recommend this game. There were already glaring issues with lack of end game content that that had many players on the fence about continuing the game prior to the update yesterday. However, the recent patch on 7/18/23 just nerfed every good aspect of the game while simultaneously addressing NONE of the issues. This is par for the course for Blizzard post-Activistion purchase. If you're buying the game just to play the campaign, then I will concede the story is decent but by no means great. However, the campaign won't take you more than 30-hours to complete at which point you have to ask yourself whether this 30-hour experience is worth $70? Hint: It's not!… Expand
  75. badie55
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    not fun bugs nerfs not fun nerfs bugs more nerfs no economy no social interactions more nefs
  76. 31st
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Dogsh*t ass.
    Micro-transactions.
    Getting worse with each patch
    Season 1 content is LACKING.
    Unstable servers
    0 build variety

    This game should pay you 20$ for beta testing.
  77. Km87
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I was really looking forward to this game. diablo 3 was and prombly is still my favorite game. has played from the start and all season. so my dream was for d4 to take that place.. but it's so boring! have been pushing myself to lvl 100 hoping the end game would be fun and give me a reason to keep playing... but can't find one? diablo has always been a multiplayer game for me, but whyI was really looking forward to this game. diablo 3 was and prombly is still my favorite game. has played from the start and all season. so my dream was for d4 to take that place.. but it's so boring! have been pushing myself to lvl 100 hoping the end game would be fun and give me a reason to keep playing... but can't find one? diablo has always been a multiplayer game for me, but why doesn't it find a random groupfinder or similar? leader board? I miss the countdown in nigthmare dungeons like in greater rifts in D3? glyhs have a max level so what's the point? .... it's like when you get to lvl 100 you're done and there's no point in playing. and all these nerfs just create more and more negative publicity and kill the desire to play....you guys better do something fast and season 1 will by way better then this non season otherwise im sorry to say my dream for this game will die:(… Expand
  78. RynoDude
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Don't buy unless you want to pay Blizzard to beta test their $70 game because they obviously didnt. A beautiful game with so much talent and promise behind it...with an out of touch dev team that is more motivated to do what is in their best interests instead of what is in the best interest for the player/community. A grindy disappointment with no endgame. What a waste
  79. ArtieBartie
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    So much potential. Not supported properly. End game is very poor. Everything too slow
  80. jojobao
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This game kinda suck after the honeymoon period. There’s nothing to do endgame and blizzard keeps trying to shove nightmare dungeons down our throats. Since release nothing has been added except nerfs. NOTHING. Save your money and avoid paying for this pre-beta game.
  81. moviekritic
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Largest blunder in recent gaming history. This game is buggy and missing a lot of features. Feels like a beta.
  82. bentcurve
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This game has a lot of promise in the first 49-50 levels. The side quest are interesting, the main story is compelling, and you can finish the campaign with almost any build really. However, when you progress to endgame, which is really where ARPGs are supposed to shine, it all falls apart. The tree of whispers is just a mindless grind which offers no fun or challenge. The hell tides areThis game has a lot of promise in the first 49-50 levels. The side quest are interesting, the main story is compelling, and you can finish the campaign with almost any build really. However, when you progress to endgame, which is really where ARPGs are supposed to shine, it all falls apart. The tree of whispers is just a mindless grind which offers no fun or challenge. The hell tides are okay, but infrequent and require a 40+ minute play session to open chest because of the low mob density. NM dungeons, which is where the game should be best, are slogs. Every class has resource and cooldown management issues that mean you spend most of your time waiting to do something. The foolish task inside the dungeon add nothing but annoyance. The NM dungeons should just require killing x% of the mobs in the dungeon and then the boss.

    Builds are just not fun. You never get that power fantasy feeling you got in the other diablos. Maybe this will be a good game in two or three years, but it is not yet. I have a free battle pass and no plan to play season 1.    … Expand
  83. dmvoros
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Feels like all the fun has been sucked out of the game. I miss D2. Definitely feels like the bottom line won out vs. making a game for the fans.
  84. Cloudcpu
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I am a small business owner who works very hard and have been a fan of Diablo since the original game I look forward to a few hours every night after dinner with my wife to play Diablo together. I Spent many years in Diablo 2 Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 resurrected. While I agree that balancing is important for true MMO games what blizzard has done recently with Diablo IV which is not a true mmoI am a small business owner who works very hard and have been a fan of Diablo since the original game I look forward to a few hours every night after dinner with my wife to play Diablo together. I Spent many years in Diablo 2 Diablo 3 and Diablo 2 resurrected. While I agree that balancing is important for true MMO games what blizzard has done recently with Diablo IV which is not a true mmo instead a casual coop game is completely ridiculous they not only nerfed the game but they killed all the fun and the game itself by not having content instead making it harder/longer to do the same content during season one as a fox to having nothing to do post 100!?!?!? I uninstalled last week once I hit 100 and killed Uber Lilith anticipating a reinstall during season 1 to experience lots of new content with the anticipated amazing new patch 1.1.0 now I have no plans to come back to sanctuary and I wish I could get a refund as this felt like this was a $20 Indy game experience as the story was excellent but Indy game short. This is not the experience I /we waited years for I expected Diablo IV to be a game we would play after dinner together for an hour or so for years to come! Happily it looks like a really great game by truly passionate developers is just around the corner with Baldurs Gate 3 to possibly fill the gap left by blizzard and Diablo 4 but that would be another review and we must wait to see (although everything looks to be roses there)! What I have such a hard time understanding is why is Blizzard trying so hard to nerf a game that is really a co-op game definitely not a true MMO competitive style game?

    Thankfully I look forward to spending more time with family in the coming weeks especially with my grand children now that this game will not waste anymore of my precious time trying to hit 100 quickly and get to a missing end game    … Expand
  85. sloth_mentality
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    1500+ hours in D3.

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

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

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

    It gets 2/10 rather than 0 for me because the style is great and the lore is rich.    … Expand
  86. Phantom179
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    It was good while to lasted.

    Since the latest patch (1.1.0) / July 18 , the game went backwards. Slower game play thanks to less damage , less defense , higher cooldowns , less EXP. The developers are not in touch with the community and none of them actually play the game if they did they would see the end game is bland and the 100+ different dungeons play pretty much the same just    It was good while to lasted.

    Since the latest patch (1.1.0) / July 18 , the game went backwards. Slower game play thanks to less damage , less defense , higher cooldowns , less EXP.
    The developers are not in touch with the community and none of them actually play the game if they did they would see the end game is bland and the 100+ different dungeons play pretty much the same just like an ubisoft tittle.
    Quantity over quality.
    The core of the game is there and it's good it just needs better balance.
    Before patch (1.1.0) a solid 8
    Campaign is good , cutscenes are amazing, gameplay is pretty good it needs better QoL and a rework of nightmare dungeons, they are more annoying than challenging.
    As of right now it's not worth buying,    … Expand
  87. thenord333
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    They had an OK base game that needed work, but then they completely unbalanced it and didn't fix the issues they started with.

    I played the launch version with lvl 80 Rogue and 85 Druid, they are both broken now. I won't be joining season 1. They made all classes too weak, with maybe necro as exception.
  88. Dechard27
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The story line was great I had a fun time with that but for the price of the game it wasn’t worth it, the itemization SUCKS!! Very little to no upgrades after you hit level 70 (86) now. My main is a sorc and the end game is almost impossible so what do they do? They nerf the sorc (and all other classes for that matter) to the point that all my gear that I played many many hours findingThe story line was great I had a fun time with that but for the price of the game it wasn’t worth it, the itemization SUCKS!! Very little to no upgrades after you hit level 70 (86) now. My main is a sorc and the end game is almost impossible so what do they do? They nerf the sorc (and all other classes for that matter) to the point that all my gear that I played many many hours finding doesn’t work anymore so I have to go backwards to try and find more gear for this new patch. I don’t want to go backwards and now I don’t even want to play the game at all. Thy need to delay season 1 and fix this but I’m 100% certain that that won’t happen. I know they don’t care if I play or not and that’s why I feel this game wasn’t worth half the price. This is the last game I will buy from Blizzard and I certainly won’t be buying any expansion…. Lesson learned.… Expand
  89. lionelthebard
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I reached level 100 in this game as a Barbarian, here is my .02$. Although the surface level gameplay experience and story line is on par with the rest of the ARPG genre, once you take a deeper look at the details you'll find this game severely lacking. It is buggy, unbalanced, and frankly boring when you are nearing the end of the game. Maybe pick it up on sale in a few years after itsI reached level 100 in this game as a Barbarian, here is my .02$. Although the surface level gameplay experience and story line is on par with the rest of the ARPG genre, once you take a deeper look at the details you'll find this game severely lacking. It is buggy, unbalanced, and frankly boring when you are nearing the end of the game. Maybe pick it up on sale in a few years after its had time to cook.… Expand
  90. LordChaiinsaw
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I realize that for the health and longevity of the game, the initial metacritic was too high. To counteract this, I've decided to reduce the metacritic score from 95 to 20 percent.
  91. JustTheWayItIs
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Blizzard can’t help but ruin something good. This new patch prior to Season 1 just completely gutted the game to the point that I feel no reason to continue playing. If I could refund I would. All that time and money down the drain, I knew I should’ve listened to my gut on this one, but they got me again. Oh well, on to the next one.
  92. Tochit
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Not a bad game in general design and is fun, until you wake up and realize the service is glitchy, the loot is stingy, Blizzard/Activision is trying to push people to Battle Passes and with the recent patch they reduced all class power trying to artificially lengthen the leveling time, hoping people dont find the end game is non-existent. Itemization is NOT straight forward, hasNot a bad game in general design and is fun, until you wake up and realize the service is glitchy, the loot is stingy, Blizzard/Activision is trying to push people to Battle Passes and with the recent patch they reduced all class power trying to artificially lengthen the leveling time, hoping people dont find the end game is non-existent. Itemization is NOT straight forward, has breakpoints that are not obvious, storage for items you are trying to collect is laughable

    I loved Diablo, I am sad for what Diablo 4 has become with the latest patch!    … Expand
  93. Mjluster
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Played the game loved it in the beginning but the ridiculous patch right before season 1 was ridiculous! Everything seems to be worse across the bored....can't wait for Baldurs Gate 3. Long time Diablo fan since D1 and they are ruining this game for players.
  94. bustamanteverde
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    This is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It is a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals. The dev team had years of established history with D1-D3 to work with and improve the gameplay of Diablo 4....which they did not use at all. The game is missing so many QOLThis is an ACTION RPG with slow paced action. It is a LOOT hunter with boring loot. This is an MMO with no social aspects. A dungeon crawler that feels more like a game of fetch the stones and put them on the pedestals. The dev team had years of established history with D1-D3 to work with and improve the gameplay of Diablo 4....which they did not use at all. The game is missing so many QOL features. Skills and spells are so bland. Classes feel meh. No way to try out new builds without wiping out all your skill tree. Useless affixes on all loot make checking loot so tedious. Game clearly needed another 2 years of development but was pushed out early by executives.… Expand
  95. gwk0209
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    It's just not fun to play. Only play if you like to grind to deal no damage. Maybe it's worth to buy with 80% off
  96. Eorl4242
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Lack of a endgame, painfully slow leveling combined with non user friendly systems that actively punish players for innovating or trying a new class all together. Feels like Diablo 4 is ran by a bunch of WoW Devs because anytime fun is detected they shut it down within a hour but general bugs that already make their slug grind of a game even more unbearable takes weeks, possibly even nextLack of a endgame, painfully slow leveling combined with non user friendly systems that actively punish players for innovating or trying a new class all together. Feels like Diablo 4 is ran by a bunch of WoW Devs because anytime fun is detected they shut it down within a hour but general bugs that already make their slug grind of a game even more unbearable takes weeks, possibly even next season. I haven't seen this much of a dumpster fire since the launch of Diablo 3 real world auction house system. Visually this game is stunning but you can only pretty poo to sparkle so much before the stench makes your gut wrench and hurl. Now that we have season 1 patch notes I can safely say if we aren't playing by their standards of how we should play the game they will actively seek out the problems and beat it to death with a baseball bat. Game is extremely buggy, laggy and almost down right unplayable at times. Buy at your own risk.… Expand
  97. meeso
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The developers continually ruin the best aspects of the game, seeking to reduce min/max building, but in the process remove any bit of fun from the game. They have reduced the viability of our builds in end-game content, while nerfing our only path to obtaining replacement gear. They have made it more difficult to get the gear we want from Helltide chests, by way of increased cost, whileThe developers continually ruin the best aspects of the game, seeking to reduce min/max building, but in the process remove any bit of fun from the game. They have reduced the viability of our builds in end-game content, while nerfing our only path to obtaining replacement gear. They have made it more difficult to get the gear we want from Helltide chests, by way of increased cost, while reducing the amount of shards that drop from mobs. They have eaten their cake and now they're taking our only slice. This is the most boring release from any Blizzard IP, followed up by a completely expected round of nerfs.

    This hurt to uninstall, as I have spent more of my life in this franchise than any other. It hurts to walk away from Diablo, but this has been the standard bull time and time again from a studio that doesn't care about the fans. May any mistaken re-installs be corrupted beyond repair.    … Expand
  98. oliboy
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Campaign was decent, I think much of the early hype was because of nostalgia. Everything after campaign is extremely boring, Was hoping for a good season 1 that will make end game interesting, but instead they made the game worse.
  99. Raxt
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    At least it doesn’t have a real money auction house? But really the game is subpar at best. Leveling feels like walking on a treadmill. Itemization is misleading and confusing. It’s a typical single player game marketed as a ‘light mmo’. The story and art design were much needed improvements but you can only polish a turd so much.
  100. Lobo66
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The Season One patch has a fatal flaw. It makes the game less fun to play. The only reason I play a game is for fun. If a developer deliberately makes a game less fun, they lose me as a customer. It also makes me believe they don’t understand their customer.
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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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