Diablo IV

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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. difforz
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Absolute garbage piece of game. Season 1 is the worst balanded game I've ever experienced.
    NOT RECOMMENDED.
  2. electrobr
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 didn´t address any of the problems players had. The only goal was to nerf everything in order to make the game harder and make people spend more time playing it ( since no end game content was added ) . Absolutely disgusting strategy from Blizzard.
  3. turboJESTER
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    We paid for a game that was still in development, which the majority of us were fine with because the core of the game was playable. Now with the recent patch (1.1) it has made the game harder, increased the grind, removed several builds due to nerfs, and seems that when any OP build is found it gets nerfed instantly. Instead of utilizing the time nerfing what is left of the game why notWe paid for a game that was still in development, which the majority of us were fine with because the core of the game was playable. Now with the recent patch (1.1) it has made the game harder, increased the grind, removed several builds due to nerfs, and seems that when any OP build is found it gets nerfed instantly. Instead of utilizing the time nerfing what is left of the game why not concentrate on improving it by adding features players have been asking for since beta, like the following to name a few:

    -Increased stash space
    -Increased inventory space
    -Loot filter
    -Loot management system allowing to search gear in chest.
    -Map overlay

    It seems that the developers are out of touch with the community and simply have one tool to "fix" any issues which is the nerf hammer. Instead of buffing other builds/features anything that is preforming well gets hit. The players should be allowed to play any build, even when something is over preforming. Thats the fun part of the game is discovering these builds and trying them out NOT releasing hot fixes ASAP nerfing anything that pops up on the radar. Do that at the END of content sessions or save them for large patches to allow the community to actually play and have fun with the game. Im done being a beta tester with the game and simply want to have fun while playing a video game but guess blizzard has different plans.    … Expand
  4. Thatgeekguy
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Literally worst patch in the history of video game history. Game looks beautiful. Gameplay is harder. Just desire to play a game that was so beautiful and awaited for so long destroyed.
  5. Imanoobcs
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs have given up. Made it very clear that this is now a cash grab. Don't expect much after the campaign.
  6. dead_boba
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Endgame was already garbage. Season 1 patch kills any and all reason to play. Save your money until the gamepass release. It might be worth playing by then.
  7. Mokthemagicman
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Do better Blizzard. Try playing your game and see how fun it is instead of just adjusting numbers from a spreadsheet of data. Since patch 1.1 released a day before the season 1 content, Blizzard just $hit their own bed. My Sorcerer is now unplayable and broken. Mana gen is cut by half by reducing various things in patch. Shield times are reduced by half, and my damage is almostDo better Blizzard. Try playing your game and see how fun it is instead of just adjusting numbers from a spreadsheet of data. Since patch 1.1 released a day before the season 1 content, Blizzard just $hit their own bed. My Sorcerer is now unplayable and broken. Mana gen is cut by half by reducing various things in patch. Shield times are reduced by half, and my damage is almost non-existent. Unlike past games, you never feel powerful in the game with leveling up or loot since everything levels with you everywhere so what is the point? Make your game fun not frustrating Blizzard. I am not playing anymore until things are a lot better. So much for Season 1. Glad I beat the main campaign before this 1.1 patch. So disappointed in this anticipated release. The combat and graphics were great. Too bad the overall game isn't.… Expand
  8. vasalax
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    game is not even worth it to play anymore. they nerfed everything to make the player experience miserable.
  9. ShockVirus
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    With patch 1.1 they did not make a nerf on a skill or on a build, they nerfed entire buckets of damage mostly those with the best multipliers and not to miss anything pure armour and all the legendary aspects, now this is not nerf a glitch abuse or A broken build this is to break the game and stop..instead of solving the problems they killed the fun of player
  10. UK-Jay
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    20 quid game sold for silly money with more money needed for seasons and then they slow it down so you play longer crazy RIP Blizz
  11. cammo_nc
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I played D4 both betas and since day 1 pre-launch as a sorc main. I play around 10-15 hours per week and I never hit 100, I got to around level 81 in Season 0. I was really looking forward to starting a new character on season 1, however, Blizzard Nerf'ed the sorc class and reduced the leveling speed by a lot. They also made enemies stronger. As a sorc main, this class isn't viableI played D4 both betas and since day 1 pre-launch as a sorc main. I play around 10-15 hours per week and I never hit 100, I got to around level 81 in Season 0. I was really looking forward to starting a new character on season 1, however, Blizzard Nerf'ed the sorc class and reduced the leveling speed by a lot. They also made enemies stronger. As a sorc main, this class isn't viable anymore. I don't feel excited for this game anymore with a lack of new content in Season 1 and the major nerfs they just pushed. Blizzard give us more content and less nerfs. Making leveling faster. Bring in quality of life features. Why the nerfs?… Expand
  12. Stangoryan
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Devs are incredibly out of touch with the reality of exciting pve arpg gameplay. Instead of making the game exciting to play they are slowing down the entire pace to keep players dredging through the game to maximize profits from the in game battlepass.
  13. mrbitsey
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This game is like a can of Bud Light. In the beginning, it may seem like a way to pass the time. Then, you may even have a little fun with it. But in the end, it will turn on you and betray everything you believe in. You will take to social media to protest, but it will be met with deaf ears. Blizzard doesn't care about you. They'll soon be owned by Microsoft anyway.
  14. Shinix2Koroshi
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    You had a great fun game and you did what you do best Blizzard...you took away the fun like you always do...I paid over $100 for a game that just makes me sad now. Season 1? Seriously? Who is going to play after you nerfed the game so hard that its impossible to level up, you have to pay for play B.S....Look i get it, this is your baby you've worked so hard to make right...you know whatYou had a great fun game and you did what you do best Blizzard...you took away the fun like you always do...I paid over $100 for a game that just makes me sad now. Season 1? Seriously? Who is going to play after you nerfed the game so hard that its impossible to level up, you have to pay for play B.S....Look i get it, this is your baby you've worked so hard to make right...you know what though? You're game is rated Mature its a young adult. Here you are still trying to control it, make it no fun. Before everyone was enjoying hanging out and chilling with Diablo 4. Then Momma and Dada Blizzard kept screwing with their child. No! You can't let people have fun, no you can't stack those buffs, oh you can well it was a good accident but we can fix it No! NO! NO! BLIZZARD YOU ARE THE WORST, You need to understand we know its your game. We know you made it, but you're not the fan base, you're not the people buying this to have fun. You're fans are not happy, trust on this.. It's all I see people upset because you nerfed small aspects of peoples builds that made huge impacts!
    **** i can't even play my Druid companion build anymore because every time I use my wolfs primary attack they end up floating above me while I get destroyed. Or my necromancer who wasn't the toughest but could always pull through, now just gets obliterated. Level capping Tier 4? Why not just make Tier 5? Diablo 3 sucked assssss but you could atleast play 16 different torment levels and it made sense.  You guys even made Gems useless...seriously..
    This game was good it truly was in the beta, I thought ok this is pretty sick. Then you guys did what you do best, which is well? Ruining something fun simply because you can. I am logging out and never buying or playing another Blizzard game...
    Ive played since Diablo...that game was good...
    Seriously quit being babies and fix things that need fixed like maping bugs, or dungeon elite spawn rates, or issues with aspects, or make weapon spawns that work for peoples builds not **** only werebear/werewolf stats for a druid whose never used either. I'll say it one more time, stop ruining and taking away other people's fun, give them what they want and deserve. Listen to us, make more money off us duhhhhh...Most of our lives suck right now and games like Diablo 4 let us get away from our lives for a bit...no ones wants to get away to something this fixed for failure. Sincerely a fan since 96...    … Expand
  15. ReDvsHoT
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    1. This is not an MMO, it’s just a scam, there’s not something that would be content for MMOs and Guilds, and there’s also no content for a party game
    2. You can spend dozens of hours collecting items that will be nerfed in the next patch and you will have to throw everything away!
    3. The game is raw, worthy only of the Company, the rest is all forgotten old, only very poorly implemented
  16. Ludflunt
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patches that nerf the entire game, slowing of leveling to force players into buying the battle pass, this game screams cash grab and not giving any care to the player babe that has supported them for 20 years.
  17. Zaycenko
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unfinished game with devs that are doing crazy stuff and not listening at all to the community! And thats season 1...… Expand
  18. silkymantooth
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 makes it very clear the developers of diablo IV don't listen to the community
  19. Johnnymosc
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Charged $. Let me make something, had fun. Blizzard patched it. Rendered all that I did completely useless. Not starting over. Joke of a game, should be a class action lawsuit for what blizzard pulled.
  20. hangca42
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Grindy unrewarding game with boring loot. Devs killed what little fun there was by slowing down skills, combat, and leveling to artificially keep you playing longer in order to push their seasonal microtransaction journey. Wish I could get a refund, do not recommend.
  21. keanJ
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Even after the latest patchnotes I was still trying to give the game a chance and the disappointment grows even more. I spent 35 of 45 minutes in queue and had 2 memory leak crashes on medium settings with one of the newest gpus. While waiting in queue I decided to use to the time to create a metacritic account :)
  22. Naytedawg
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The developers are going out of their way to kill the game and it clearly shows. They say one thing in their developer talks aka Campfire chats and do another by saying they'll add buffs or things to help the game and do a complete 180 and nerf "make the game artifically harder" or slower instead. They balance a game around a system called seasons to make themselves look good, butThe developers are going out of their way to kill the game and it clearly shows. They say one thing in their developer talks aka Campfire chats and do another by saying they'll add buffs or things to help the game and do a complete 180 and nerf "make the game artifically harder" or slower instead. They balance a game around a system called seasons to make themselves look good, but intentionally disregard the eternal realm players where those players get these said nerfs and nothing to supplement their losses. Season players in this season 1 get "malignant hearts" which adjusts a lot of the losses from the "nerfs" in this recent patch.

    The biggest offender of all. Their leading developer Rod Ferguson says extremely inappropriate nonsense that is very unprofessional in these "developer talks" or campfire chats talking about his actual rectum and colon which not a single person asked about. Rod is the lead person for this game. He is a failure of a leader and he needs to be fired... not promoted elsewhere... he needs to be fired. This is the very last blizzard game I am ever buying and I've been buying Blizzard games since Diablo 1 and Starcraft... never again!    … Expand
  23. honkbone
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Developers are completely out of touch with the players and are making nothing but terrible changes to draw out as much time as possible without adding fun or meaningfull content. Way to go blizzard you killed Diablo
  24. Buddybuddy
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The entire itemization system is brutal! This game is not fun, it’s hollow unfinished soulless garbage. This patch was the nail in blizzards coffin. Never again!
  25. originalmatete
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I thought the game was going to be a worthy successor of Diablo 2 but I was wrong.

    The campaign was good, not very challenging but good, although it has in my opinion several writing flaws. The game visually looks very good and the mechanics of some classes specially the rogue are actually very good, but so far those are the only wins of this game. The endgame is non existent, after    I thought the game was going to be a worthy successor of Diablo 2 but I was wrong.

    The campaign was good, not very challenging but good, although it has in my opinion several writing flaws. The game visually looks very good and the mechanics of some classes specially the rogue are actually very good, but so far those are the only wins of this game.

    The endgame is non existent, after you finish the campaign there's nothing else to do than to grind the same dungeons over and over and over again and the same events until you get to level 100. all the time investment that you put on your main character is worthless as every season requires you to start all over again with a new character (in my opinion this is the most stupid idea ever for a game of this kind), unique items feel worthless and not unique, itemization is awful and the last patch was the last nail in the coffin.

    Avoid like the plague, instead spend your 60+ dollars on something else    … Expand
  26. VegaXCII
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I'm lost for words tbh.. nostalgia carried me through all thoose years to buy the game, just to get dissapointed numerous times again.

    Is it that hard to appreciate feedback from the community and make something out of it? How can a company that big with all thoose ressources be that much out of touch? Isnt there a lessions learned already? In my opinion the game rn is just a waste    I'm lost for words tbh.. nostalgia carried me through all thoose years to buy the game, just to get dissapointed numerous times again.

    Is it that hard to appreciate feedback from the community and make something out of it?
    How can a company that big with all thoose ressources be that much out of touch?
    Isnt there a lessions learned already?

    In my opinion the game rn is just a waste of money and time.

    less regards,
    vega    … Expand
  27. dandismmm
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The more you play, the more angry you get! The camel's call is more important than the gamers. it's not cool at all !
  28. jeroldlin
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    End-game balance was mediocre at best, then the devs made it abysmal. It made me feel bad that my money and progress is now a waste. All for an effort to make the top 0.01% people play more, but of course the rest of us will feel bad to spend another thousand hour to maybe get somewhere. Lack of meaningful reward is just lazy game design.
  29. InfiniteTacos
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why would you let tons of players progress a character and spend hundreds of hours playing just to nerf their characters and make them weaker…basically making it so all the effort they put in was meaningless. So many aspects in this game are unbalanced im hoping good changes come but not sure I have to the desire yo continue after the latest patch. Sorcs really suck at the moment and you can’t really play a variety of builds if you want to be good. Paragon system is pretty horrible as well and could have been done way better.… Expand
  30. OniKai
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Absolute joke, it's a mobile game, boycott the company, a bunch of shameless corporate shills.
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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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