Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    They need to delay season 1, fix this disgusting mess they created, or undo it and release season 1 and rethink the development team's structure because this ain't it chief. I had a glimmer of hope for this game but of course, a Blizzard rolled in and killed everything in its wake.    … Expand
  29. Mchk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Boooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnngggg asssssssssssssssssssssss fuccckkkk
  30. Rosittia
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I only played for a few hours because it was so underwhelming. I don't like there is no 360 view as an option. It would stop off screen attacks. After seeing my partner play for 300+ hours learning about how resistances didn't work. To then go nerf damage reduction and armour, what are you trying to achieve from doing this? All you have done is made the game less enjoyable and people haveI only played for a few hours because it was so underwhelming. I don't like there is no 360 view as an option. It would stop off screen attacks. After seeing my partner play for 300+ hours learning about how resistances didn't work. To then go nerf damage reduction and armour, what are you trying to achieve from doing this? All you have done is made the game less enjoyable and people have waisted good money on a game that's more flawed than wow vanilla… Expand
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

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