Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  1. Selaflaffy
    Jun 12, 2023
    8
    The next grand entry into the Diablo franchise, and boy does it not disappoint:

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

    Pros:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cons:

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

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

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

    Overall I feel like giving this game any worse than a 6 (And that's really trying to hate on it), or better than an 8 feels disingenous, the released base product is absolutely fantastic, and people giving it a 0-4 are just blantantly trying to discredit all the hard work the team has done over the last several years.    … Expand
  2. FifiFrula
    Jun 13, 2023
    9
    Don't listen to the bad reviews, they are sweaty tryhards who live with their parents and have no job, they have no life outside of video games so they played trough the game in 3 days. They live in the past where they loved time wasting mechanics a horrible grinding systems. If anything, this is the first game ever where I think it doesn't deserve review bombing lol.

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

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

    I am starting to feel like we deserve bad games since 90% of us are tasteless troglodytes....    … Expand
  3. SrHOG
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    This is like a 7 but I have to give it a 0 because they just turned it into a live service game. Problems connecting, lost of people in my world killing enemies, etc. I'll stick with Diablo III.
  4. Armagaiden
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    Well. I'm Necromancer lvl 73. I play since the open Beta. There has been 3 server stress tests. There has been a closed bêta 6 month ago. But none of these beta helped the server stability.

    Early acess 02/06/23 : minor bugs, servers were working pretty well. I progress through the campaign with my friends and it went pretty well.But once we achieved endgame features, there's a lot of    Well. I'm Necromancer lvl 73. I play since the open Beta. There has been 3 server stress tests. There has been a closed bêta 6 month ago. But none of these beta helped the server stability.

    Early acess 02/06/23 : minor bugs, servers were working pretty well. I progress through the campaign with my friends and it went pretty well.But once we achieved endgame features, there's a lot of bugs.
    Nightmare dungeons : bugged. You can't go in with friends because you will be desynchronised 1 dungeon out of 2.
    Helltide : unplayable with lags. you'll die everytime you take a lag, and you'll lose your components.

    Release date 06/06/23 : lags everytime. Permanent lags, so totally unplayable endgame features

    08/06/23 22h30 GMT+1 : Crash server. Can't play. Only 2 days since release.

    Enough with server problems. There's also class balance problems. Barbarian is Godlike, rogue is too squishy (gets one shotted by almost everything), necromancer has literraly 0 mobility, druid is unkillable, and sorcerer is the only balanced class.

    Let's talk about campaign : Act 1, 2, 3 ,4 and 5 are Star Wars Disney tier. Act 6 is a real masterpiece.
    Campaign boss fights are for retarded ppl. they have 0 mechanics, they just have a ton of hp.
    Only Lilith have a real boss fight. And Elias after the campaign will have a real boss fight too.

    The Artistic Direction is perfect. that's why i give them 1 point.
    Sound Design is good, but Lost Ark is better at it.

    There's a lack of features in the UI. We can't see other player's profile. there's no statistics, can't watch playtime, there's no ladder.
    There's no search bar for items in the stash. Gems take too much space

    And there's a ton of other bugs, like sometimes you can't use any ability or dash. Sometimes the horse's pathfinding will totally bug. Cinematics will sometimes bug when you play with friends, only 1 in the group will the dialogues / cinematics.

    There's no diversity in the bestiary and the dungeon bosses or in the decorations. All monsters are recycled with different color, and they are spread all over the entire map. Dungeons are procedural but you will see always the same monsters in them.
    Dungeon Bosses are catastrophic. Distant / Mage bosses are retarded, they do no damage so you can just burst them with any build.
    Melee Bosses are a nightmare, they run faster than you, have an attack speed higher than the light speed. So you almost can't kite them and if you don't play barbarian, druid or sorcerer frost you'll just instant die.

    To sum up, this game is **** tier and doesn't deserve your money, let Blizzard sink.    … Expand
  5. moranmoa
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    I am D3 HC And Lost Ark player. I am now level 75.
    D4 doesn't bring anything new. If you want to farm maps you do the same map layout. In D3 you do random generated map.
    No teleport to dongen entrence.
    We don't have ESC to pause the game. Its needed in HC solo or if you have kids.
    ther is no lider board.
    No armory save for build swap.
  6. smhobbs2010
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Every day I have login problems, and outrageous que times. The highest one so far was 1300 minutes. Freaking insane! I want my money back
  7. KIMGwanbaek
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    Is there a company in the world that sells beta test-level games for $100???
  8. janne6327
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is end. I can't feel their own philosophy at all
    D4 is very similar to the D3
  9. platDude
    Jun 7, 2023
    5
    This is coming from a guy who's put several 1000's of hours into previous diablos going back to the first one.
    Honestly the worst thing about this game is all the fanboy apologists who viciously defend any and every criticism of the game. The ferocity is real and intense, people.
    The game itself isn't terrible, but there are plenty of better ones out there. After leveling 1 char to 100    This is coming from a guy who's put several 1000's of hours into previous diablos going back to the first one.
    Honestly the worst thing about this game is all the fanboy apologists who viciously defend any and every criticism of the game. The ferocity is real and intense, people.
    The game itself isn't terrible, but there are plenty of better ones out there. After leveling 1 char to 100 and 2 others past 50, here's what I didn't like:
    - Enemies ALWAYS scale to your level. You can never really have that fun relaxing overpowered grinding until after level 50, in which you can gear up and keep the world tier low. But by then, there's no reason to.
    - Only 6 skills are usable at any time, no exceptions. Classes like necro and sorc would've been really fun and more tactical if you could actually use all the skills you allocate, but they don't let you.
    - Everything is so slow. After coming from Path Of Exile and Chaosbane, EVERYTHING is so damn slow. Killing enemies, moving, dying. It's like Dark Souls vs Bayonetta.
    - Online only, even if you wanna play solo. This to me was the worst part, because the server seems to constantly have issues, sometimes you can't log in, and you need constant good internet as well. Just annoying especially for those who don't care about multiplayer.
    - Badly tuned bosses, often dependent on RNG. Sometimes the adds drop healing potions, sometimes they don't and you die. Oh, and you can't overlevel, as mentioned above, because they'll just get stronger with you. Yeah, it's dumb.
    - Respeccing costs money. A LOT when you're high level. This is annoying because sometimes your build just really can't beat a boss, and you spent an hour getting to him.
    - Thus far, anytime people found a really strong class build, it's been nerfed to the ground. While you could argue that it's necessary, there are other ways to keep balance, and the D4 team seems to be taking nerfs a little to the extreme. Pretty lame and very inconsiderate if you've spent dozens of hours on building a certain way.

    So this definitely hits right for some people, but I found it a waste of $80. Wait for $30 and you'll get your money's worth. The whole game just feels like it was created by investors and accountants.
    -    … Expand
  10. Redeyes87
    Jun 11, 2023
    10
    Un gioco bellissimo, l'ho aspettato tanto e finalmente lo posso dire, un vero capolavoro.
    Adoro il gameplay e la grafica è spettacolare (due cose che non ho trovare in quella delusione totale di zelda totk), le classi e le abilità sono veramente belle, la mappa è ampia ma che da premi è un sacco di nemici.
    Sicuramente uno dei pochi titoli decenti usciti fino a questo momento, spero che    Un gioco bellissimo, l'ho aspettato tanto e finalmente lo posso dire, un vero capolavoro.
    Adoro il gameplay e la grafica è spettacolare (due cose che non ho trovare in quella delusione totale di zelda totk), le classi e le abilità sono veramente belle, la mappa è ampia ma che da premi è un sacco di nemici.
    Sicuramente uno dei pochi titoli decenti usciti fino a questo momento, spero che qualche altra casa videoludica (una a caso nintendo) impari a fare dei capolavori come questo è a prenderne spunto in maniera diversa anziché rubare da titoli che partono dalla play 2 e pensando di creare meccaniche viste e straviste. Se volete spendere i vostri soldi e bene comprato questo gioco è lasciate perdere le ultime uscite mediocri di nintendo (tra cui zelda)    … Expand
  11. Pppizza
    Jun 11, 2023
    10
    EPICO, questa e la sola parola che può descrivere questo gioco in ogni singola cosa.
    Le classi sono fantastiche, l'avventura e un qualcosa di unico e magico che ti fa sognare dal primo momento fino alla fine,adoro le abilità lo stile grafico e la difficoltà di questo gioco. E un titolo fatto bene con una vasta mappa che ti porta a dungeon sotterranei con tesori o a una quantità di nemici    EPICO, questa e la sola parola che può descrivere questo gioco in ogni singola cosa.
    Le classi sono fantastiche, l'avventura e un qualcosa di unico e magico che ti fa sognare dal primo momento fino alla fine,adoro le abilità lo stile grafico e la difficoltà di questo gioco. E un titolo fatto bene con una vasta mappa che ti porta a dungeon sotterranei con tesori o a una quantità di nemici immensa per poterti potenziare e mettere alla prova il tuo personaggio.
    Se volete divertirmi e avere un gioco ben fatto tra le mani prendete diablo 4 e dateci sotto, non ha problemi di fps di costrizione o di noia rispetto ad altri titoli usciti in questo periodo, andate dritti allo scaffale e prendete questo gioco prendendo in giro chi ha preferito spendere i soldi per un gioco brutto come totk piuttosto che per un capolavoro come questo. Tutti quanti hanno solo che da imparare da titoli come questo.    … Expand
  12. SoCxPretorian
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    I just bought the game today. I started it up and built a character. got through the first fight, boom, kicks me off the game. try to log in...server maintenance. i hadnt even been playing 20 minutes. this is what is gone wrong with these games these days. You used to be able to buy the game and just play it without interne,. no issues. now we have to connect to their servers, which theyI just bought the game today. I started it up and built a character. got through the first fight, boom, kicks me off the game. try to log in...server maintenance. i hadnt even been playing 20 minutes. this is what is gone wrong with these games these days. You used to be able to buy the game and just play it without interne,. no issues. now we have to connect to their servers, which they cant get right before releasing the game, Ridiculous!!! i shouldn't have to log in to play a campaign game, only if i want to do the PVP stuff. then of course log me in. spend 73 bucks to play 20 minutes. already super irritated… Expand
  13. mags2023
    Jun 10, 2023
    1
    Not a good game. Slow, classes underpowered, loot drops are terrible. Bland environments. Most importantly, its not fun. At all.
  14. spiv4kl
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    Bugs, nerfs, stelth nerfs, but cash shop 100%$ working. Maybe in season 1 will be ready, now we r in beta.
  15. Alfi75
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    A game with mmo touch, but in the game you are almost never someone.

    The game costs around ps5 79.-Euro . In addition, you can then pay battlepass.

    One is still ripped off with an ingame store....

    So buy a game and have the feeling to play a f2p game and be ripped off as well.

    Blizzards greed is immeasurable.
  16. senseimohr
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    I should be able to play a game that I paid for. Full stop. They sold a game that I cannot play because they can't keep their servers running. No option to play offline, just a useless piece of plastic. I'd love to review the gameplay, music, graphics, etc. but I can't. So here we are.
  17. Zuntullah
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    Horrid latency issues, without any response from Blizzard. I'm playing in EU.

    Players are getting around 1000 - 2000 ms latency, keep dying left and right, unable to play the game. Have a look at the discussions, there are dozens of threads on Reddit and Blizzard forums. Not one instance anyone got an official response confirming the latency issue. Why release an always online    Horrid latency issues, without any response from Blizzard. I'm playing in EU.

    Players are getting around 1000 - 2000 ms latency, keep dying left and right, unable to play the game.

    Have a look at the discussions, there are dozens of threads on Reddit and Blizzard forums. Not one instance anyone got an official response confirming the latency issue.

    Why release an always online game when the game becomes unplayable when we are online?

    I remember playing Diablo 1 and 2, they are the fondest memories of my gaming experience.

    And now look at this abomination, cannot even MOVE AROUND IN THE CITY WITHOUT GETTING RUBBER BANDED.

    Do not buy this game until they fix their servers.    … Expand
  18. OmniHakurei
    Jun 10, 2023
    4
    Death of a Franchise

    Poe versus Diablo well diablo start the franchise but lost the souls , now we got totali diferent online copy paste game what i see so many times .
  19. RolandOG
    Jun 10, 2023
    3
    Stop using the excuse that this is being “review bombed”. This is real frustration and burnout from online only micro transaction games. I paid $70 to play single player. The forced online is to tempt you to want to show off vanity gear to other players, making you purchase. DON’T DO IT.
  20. vaiso
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    The pace of combat in this game is very slow. And the field of view of the quarter view is very narrow, which is uncomfortable.
  21. FD1021
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pathetic game experience，force player waste their time on lots of meaningless walk，the density of the monsters are also trash，WTF BLIZZARD… Expand
  22. kimgb12
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    I want to quit after level 60. I can't find any reason to go higher. Diablo progress deleted after 5 days
  23. BigMaqq
    Jun 14, 2023
    0
    I'm scared to invest any time into a build because the devs are nerfing anything and everything that's not in line with their "vision". You can read the rest of these negative reviews regarding other problems but in my opinion this is one of the biggest issues with the game. Scaling is also completely overtuned and broken. Switching builds is next to impossible. This game feels unfinishedI'm scared to invest any time into a build because the devs are nerfing anything and everything that's not in line with their "vision". You can read the rest of these negative reviews regarding other problems but in my opinion this is one of the biggest issues with the game. Scaling is also completely overtuned and broken. Switching builds is next to impossible. This game feels unfinished and the devs don't know what to do with it based on their past actions.… Expand
  24. Kulpadow
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Play the game without the influence of click-bait youtube videos and this game is at worst a 8/10 even if you are someone who pay alot of attention to what could be improved, which probably will be within new seasons.
  25. Turdfaice
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Waiting 468 minutes and counting .... before that I was going through a dungeon. Saw the boss.... aaaaand got disconnected.
  26. 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
  27. f2da1cc3
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Disconnects every 15 minutes, rollbacks(sometimes up to 30 minutes of wasted time)

    Repeatable dungeons, events, everything is the same, just different names. The game has 20 minutes of unique content, which start over every time. Environment feels same during whole campaign, graphics, animation: welcome to the 2012 again. Far away from triple A
  28. Juls7243
    Jun 13, 2023
    10
    10/10.

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

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

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

    A) You definitely feel like a badass who runs around the world crushing demons left and right.
    B) Campaign is well done. Great cutscenes, easy for you to railroad at your own discretion, very thematically "diablo".
    C) The power progression is well done. Starts out simple, and layers on complexity so help a new player slowly figure out how the core mechanics work (skills, then enhancements, then aspects, then paragon powers)
    C) Lots of fun theorizing new builds and reasonably easy way to respect your character to test them
    D) Large open world that I enjoyed exploring.    … Expand
  29. jDyn
    Jun 15, 2023
    6
    This is an okay game to play. If you've played ARPGs before you're probably not going to encounter any new concepts or innovations here. The campaign's story is pretty good in the beginning, terrible in the middle, and great at the end. The artwork and general atmosphere of the game is where I think Blizzard has done pretty well. The actual gameplay is mediocre at best. Your characterThis is an okay game to play. If you've played ARPGs before you're probably not going to encounter any new concepts or innovations here. The campaign's story is pretty good in the beginning, terrible in the middle, and great at the end. The artwork and general atmosphere of the game is where I think Blizzard has done pretty well. The actual gameplay is mediocre at best. Your character gains the skills it'll be using all game very early on, and as of now there's only several strong builds to choose from. The game after the campaign gets repetitive quickly, you'll be doing the same activities over and over with very little reward. In other ARPGs you would expect to find better gear progressively, but after lvl70 or even lvl60 you won't find much to keep you going. I feel like the developers just didn't have enough time to put enough content in the endgame and are hoping to fill that out later with expansions and such. So maybe the game will get better, but for a $70 release I can't give this more than a 6/10.… Expand
  30. Rix0st
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Fix your f*cking servers! It's the same f*cking story with every game you make.
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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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