Diablo IV

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User Score
1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 716 out of 6675
  2. Mixed: 310 out of 6675
  3. Negative: 5,649 out of 6675
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  1. wangbaba
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    Code 315306.

    When you spend 70 dollars but you can not play the game, the game is a straight 0 out of 10.
  2. skarwalker
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    For a paid battlepass, feels empty and cheap when comparing with other battlepasses from other games. Specially when thats the main feature and main reason to grind in the new season.
  3. zhaoshengshi
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    Recent patch makes the game unplayable, strongly not recommended to play, a waste of time !
  4. Captiosus
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I was really excited for this game. Diablo going back to it's Diablo 2 roots? Hell yes, sign me up. Then the game came out and it was anything but going back to its roots. The art style is about the only thing that can be considered Diablo 2-ish. Everything else is typical "video game for the modern audience" nonsense. Big, pointless, open world filled with fluff that you'll just end upI was really excited for this game. Diablo going back to it's Diablo 2 roots? Hell yes, sign me up. Then the game came out and it was anything but going back to its roots. The art style is about the only thing that can be considered Diablo 2-ish. Everything else is typical "video game for the modern audience" nonsense. Big, pointless, open world filled with fluff that you'll just end up skipping (like cellars) because it's not worth your time. Map littered with icons (especially once you beat the campaign). Daily chores list that rotates every so many hours. Dungeons with the same two dozen or so tilesets, same dozen-ish objectives, and only 6-8 unique boss types at the end of them. Zone-based renown grinds that they're resetting every season.

    All of this would be okay if the hook of playing were there but it isn't. 1-50 (the campaign portion, essentially) is loads of fun and feels rewarding. But then you hit the late game. Leveling becomes a tedious slog, especially once you hit 70+. Itemization is pure trash with 99% of drops being straight up vendor fodder. You can grind for hours to gain a single level and not see a single meaningful upgrade to your gear. Or, conversely, you can get best in slot stuff in the mid-70s but due to the way the game scales, you'll never change it out from that point onward. There's no significant sense of progression. Skill trees full of fluff passives like "+3/6/9% damage to skill X" and most of the paragon boards are also fluff "+5 to stat" tiles.

    And then yesterday happened. They dropped a patch so egregious that I don't think I've seen anything as bad as it in my 40 years of gaming -- and I've seen some whoppers of bad patches back in my MMO days. They nerfed everyone across the board, made it EVEN SLOWER to level, broke one of the few end game activities (Helltides), and made enemies stronger. They claimed they wanted to expand the number of viable builds people can play but their nerfs have done the EXACT OPPOSITE. At late/end game, you either play a meta build, or delete the game. That simple. Or, if you play a Sorcerer, just save yourself the trouble and go ahead and delete the game.

    Typical knee-jerk Blizzard balance where they drop a nerf nuke on the game because a tiny minority of players have no-lifed the game and found the absolute best stuff the game has to offer. So Blizzard ruins it for the rest of us. It's not my first rodeo with this nonsense -- I watched them do it for years with Arena PvP in WoW and in Overwatch.

    Everything about D4 screams that it's a game built to create good "player engagement metrics" for the shareholders. Fun is secondary. Keeping people grinding, pushing them towards the cash shop, pushing them toward the premium battle pass -- those are their REAL objectives. I cannot recommend this game and I regret buying it, let alone wasting the time to get a Druid into the 80s and a Sorc into the 50s.

    Prior to the patch, I would have given the game a solid 6, MAYBE a 7 on the strength of the campaign and art. But now having spent a significant amount of time at the end game, and seeing this joke of a patch, the best I can give this mess is a 2.    … Expand
  5. lilkillpappy
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    -Forced online is complete bullsht. The only reason this exists is for the microtransaction store. I already paid $70. Is that not enough of my money? People pay full price for a game they cant even play because of bad internet or screwed up servers? This is just fcking insanity and represents pure greed.
    -The game is full priced even though its still in beta. This game should have been    -Forced online is complete bullsht. The only reason this exists is for the microtransaction store. I already paid $70. Is that not enough of my money? People pay full price for a game they cant even play because of bad internet or screwed up servers? This is just fcking insanity and represents pure greed.
    -The game is full priced even though its still in beta. This game should have been accurately marketed and priced for a beta build. This is pure corporate greed.
    -Level rubberbanding. What’s the point of leveling up if the enemies are always at the same level as you? This just about ruins the entire experience, and they might as well remove enemy and character levels all together.
    -No WASD controls. You have any idea how awkward this game is using a mouse to direct character movement? This should have been a very obvious and basic feature on day one of release. Once again more evidence that this game was rushed to release because of greed.
    -No option to change HUD size. The HUD is fricken huge and always hampering the gameplay. This is another obvious feature that should have been available day one.    … Expand
  6. MasterPJ
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Not really sure I can add value over what thousands of other players are saying. The developers management team are just bad. No, worse than bad. Their choices here have single handily destroyed this game beyond what any competition could bring.
  7. SammyHauguth
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    The game could be good, but the people making the game keeps making it worse with new patches. Blizzard is not the same it once was, the people working at Blizzard ain't same and I think everyone can see this. They only makes the game worse instead of better with patches. Other companies i prove the game, but Blizzard are fifferent and make it worse..
  8. Blindsyde
    Aug 4, 2023
    6
    As a lot of other players have already mentioned, this is pretty fun when you play through the campaign. The cutscenes are great, the voice acting is great, the graphics are nice and the gameplay feels good. That's pretty much where my praise ends, unfortunately. Repetitive late game , money grubbing microtransactions, and lackluster loot really tarnish what could have been a great game.As a lot of other players have already mentioned, this is pretty fun when you play through the campaign. The cutscenes are great, the voice acting is great, the graphics are nice and the gameplay feels good. That's pretty much where my praise ends, unfortunately. Repetitive late game , money grubbing microtransactions, and lackluster loot really tarnish what could have been a great game. I'm now in the camp where I won't spend another penny on the game. I'll play it casually here and there, but I've lost my excitement pretty quickly.… Expand
  9. CaseyMoe
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    This game represents everything that is wrong with gaming today. Instead of building a game around delivering a fun experience to the player, they've built it around selling battlepasses and ridiculously overpriced cosmetics in a cash shop. They use every sleezy tactic in the book to try and get more money from you while still charging you the premium full box price of $70 just to startThis game represents everything that is wrong with gaming today. Instead of building a game around delivering a fun experience to the player, they've built it around selling battlepasses and ridiculously overpriced cosmetics in a cash shop. They use every sleezy tactic in the book to try and get more money from you while still charging you the premium full box price of $70 just to start playing. There's nothing fun about playing this game as the rewards for what you do are non-existent.… Expand
  10. Satrasa
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This game is extremely easy, so there is no point in progression. Also it lacks balance. But still visually Diablo 4 looks very good.
  11. Wunpleum
    Aug 15, 2023
    5
    Fun at first 10-20 hours but get boring some time after. No content no story nothing, just keep spamming skill to monster. Maybe it's not my kind of game and also cash greedy as fxck.
  12. pixelechomoo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The update is terrible, the development team isn’t listening to the players.
  13. Sp3nc3r_69
    Aug 29, 2023
    0
    Possibly the worst game of 2023. Diablo 4 is everything I feared it would be, a LiVe sErVicE cash-grab bloated with mindless and boring content and the most predatory mechanics like dark-patterns that trick players into buying battle passes.

    Ofcourse it has a bAtTlE-pAsS like every other scummy garbage that are called "videogames". Blizzard keeps nerfing the classes and the loot to    Possibly the worst game of 2023. Diablo 4 is everything I feared it would be, a LiVe sErVicE cash-grab bloated with mindless and boring content and the most predatory mechanics like dark-patterns that trick players into buying battle passes.

    Ofcourse it has a bAtTlE-pAsS like every other scummy garbage that are called "videogames".

    Blizzard keeps nerfing the classes and the loot to prolong playtime but it just made what was a decent dungeon crawler ARPG into an insufferable grindfest.

    I was planning on getting Diablo 4 as I am a huge fan of the series but I think I'm going to pass on that one, getting Baldur's Gate 3 instead when it launches on September 2nd for PS5. Blizzard is really a dead rotten corpse being puppeteered by Activision.    … Expand
  14. YouKnowWho2020
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    How the mighty have fallen. The problem with this game is others already do ARPGs better, for cheaper and actually want people to have fun.
  15. rainkioutou
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    Before, I managed to play 1-3 hours a day because I don't have much time, but since the new battle pass I can't play anymore because of bugs (example I arrive in a village and I can't nothing to do anymore no merchant windows open) and disconnections, crashes (it's so annoying in the middle of a quest and a fight).
  16. NYFAN23
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    Game is fun for a while. Does look great and has a good story but falls apart in the end game. Poor performance as well. Gets very repetitive and the grind in this game is unlike any other I’ve played. I was giving Blizzard one last chance and now they won’t get another dime from me. Wasted my money and time. Strongly recommend against buying this. At far away from Blizzard.
  17. Roarssk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The graphics are good
    Gameplay is fun but repetitive to the extreme
    Horrible endgame Decent early-mid game Horrible build diversity You will start to feel powerful (finally) and then run the risk of getting totally bent over by the devs for no reason PvP is rogue vs rogue or you die You will be so bored at endgame but you will feel compelled to continue playing for 1-2% upgrades    The graphics are good
    Gameplay is fun but repetitive to the extreme
    Horrible endgame
    Decent early-mid game
    Horrible build diversity
    You will start to feel powerful (finally) and then run the risk of getting totally bent over by the devs for no reason
    PvP is rogue vs rogue or you die
    You will be so bored at endgame but you will feel compelled to continue playing for 1-2% upgrades with painstaking amounts of grinding like a zombie
    Absurd nerfs in patches can come at any time, I can't stress this enough. One day you will be happy and having fun and the next day your character will be unplayable.

    Okay so basically don't get this game. The devs are the worst at reading a crowd that I've ever seen. They clearly don't know what direction to take the game. I spent over 300 hours grinding out the perfect gear and finally felt good and days later they nerfed my character so hard I lost easily 80% damage while more powerful builds got relatively untouched. The gameplay is extremely repetitive, grinding out the same tasks or dungeons over and over. And when I say they are the same I mean literally the same thing. Endgame is absolute garbage. I feel like an idiot for spending so much time and money on this game. Don't fall into the same trap. Please look for a game that respects your time and devs that won't nuke you back into the stone age for no reason what so ever one day while other classes were and continue to outperform. If I were to continue playing I would have legit anxiety that I would be mega nerfed for no reason out of no where.    … Expand
  18. Savage1983
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Disgusting what they turned diablo 4 into. Was 1000% better the first day of launch but then you have the good idea fairies literally nuking their own game.
  19. goindpn
    Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Woke and anti white like everything from AAA studios. Watch the first cinematic and you’ll see these themes already over everything.
  20. RickRate
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Delay Season 1 and fix the game, alot of stuff in the Season 1 patch notes are just bad and not fun to play.
  21. P4E4T4O
    Jul 30, 2023
    0
    Only a blizard can f... This game like that...
    Stop playing... Because is **** No.. **** is better
  22. prudenzano23286
    Jul 26, 2023
    0
    not playable offline. no moddig. if this was playable offline, modders would easily fix all the issues within weeks. blizz is just greedy. all about money.
  23. ezki
    Aug 15, 2023
    1
    D4 Bad D4 Bad D4 Bad D4 BadD4 Bad D4 Bad D4 Bad D4 Bad D4 Bad D4 Bad D4 Bad
  24. neonvega
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    screw Blizzard they destroy the game in less than 2 months after release ; this is on purpose
  25. pullum327
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    If I can give less than 0 i would without hesitation
    The BZ real don’t be a human
    The update path show they doesn’t
  26. RisenZealot
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The game was launched at an "ok" state. Good enough to have some fun. The grinding and itemization was pretty terrible though. On 07/18/23 however they released patch 1.1 which has completely and utterly ruined the game.

    Damage was nerfed significantly. Survival was nerfed significantly. XP was nerfed significantly. Cool down reduction was nerfed significantly. They even increased    The game was launched at an "ok" state. Good enough to have some fun. The grinding and itemization was pretty terrible though. On 07/18/23 however they released patch 1.1 which has completely and utterly ruined the game.

    Damage was nerfed significantly.
    Survival was nerfed significantly.
    XP was nerfed significantly.
    Cool down reduction was nerfed significantly.
    They even increased the time it takes to port out from a dungeon from 3 seconds to 5 seconds...

    If you can't tell, every single thing they did was for one reason only. To increase the time it takes you to do every thing! The cool down reduction is the king of bad choices though. It's significantly reduced the action in Diablo 4, an ACTION RPG game lol.

    If you haven't purchased already, don't!    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. 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
  29. CamE2Hard
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Went back and grim dawn and diablo 3 after playing this, and was genuinely having more fun playing those, in d4 it never feels like my character gets any stronger, and the builds are just so basic and boring. It doesn't look like blizzard is prioritizing it's main issues either, d4 might be good in a few years.
  30. 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.
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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

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