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. bobbyjew
    Jul 9, 2023
    5
    I feel a rating anywhere from 4-7 is fair for this game. It's not the worst game out there by far but it has some real issues in how fun it comes across. I'm only going to hit on the main parts. I played to level 50 and made it through most of the story but I'm just bored. I've been excited for this game to come out for years and I'm just so disappointed.

    1. Gems sucks. I literally    I feel a rating anywhere from 4-7 is fair for this game. It's not the worst game out there by far but it has some real issues in how fun it comes across. I'm only going to hit on the main parts. I played to level 50 and made it through most of the story but I'm just bored. I've been excited for this game to come out for years and I'm just so disappointed.

    1. Gems sucks. I literally have a stash full of gems and don't even bother attempting to socket them to anything. Any benefit they do is just so minimal that most of them aren't even worth my time. Remember when you got life or mana steal? Or when topaz/ruby/sapphire meant elemental damage? No longer. Now it's a very small bonus per kill for skulls, or a tiny bonus to overpower damage which has only a 3% chance of triggering.

    2. Bonuses on items are ridiculously specific. Similar to gems here. Items are a huge part of this game though, if your benefits suck then the overall game will be hurt. 5% bonus damage to close enemies (and that's one of the best bonuses). Others are more like, if your enemy is under a special status you can have a tiny percent chance of getting something minorly good. This makes swapping out items take more time to compare and adds to the overall boredom of the game. I want to kill demons I don't want to sit down with a spread sheet and debate on which item will be better in the long run.

    3. Auto scaling. This is one of the worst decisions they could have ever made. All the enemies scale to your level. Yay, I got a new level...wait, why is everything harder? Oh that's because leveling up actually works against you in this game. Items make you powerful, experience makes everyone else powerful. I can kill bosses and the best item I get is a rare that is over 10 levels below my own! Diablo has always had an element of items being important in your overall character but now items are so important I don't like leveling up. Once you have access to all your abilities around level 20-25 I believe, there is not much more reason to level up.

    Just my 2 cents. This is a sad day when I can't finish a diablo game out of boredom.    … Expand
  2. bkleinschmidt
    Jul 9, 2023
    0
    Very disappointed in this release. Graphics are cool, but the game goes nowhere. It is just the same experience throughout the game. Enemies never get easier as you gain experience. The most challenging part of the game is to mix up your weapons and abilities just to survive. There is no reward or fun for me in this game compared to previous Diablo releases. I stopped playing becauseVery disappointed in this release. Graphics are cool, but the game goes nowhere. It is just the same experience throughout the game. Enemies never get easier as you gain experience. The most challenging part of the game is to mix up your weapons and abilities just to survive. There is no reward or fun for me in this game compared to previous Diablo releases. I stopped playing because it is just not fun.… Expand
  3. GanoesParan
    Jul 8, 2023
    8
    Fun game, sorry you're poor. Lots of complaining about non-req, cosmetic (see optional) in-game purchases. Sorry what am i missing, just dont buy?
  4. tomek881
    Jul 8, 2023
    1
    This game is as good as the company which created it, absolutely garbage. The end game content is so poor it look like it's been thought and made within couple months not years. 1 Star only for the visual part, which is decent, overall game is boring to it's maximum levels, repetitive, not rewarding and tasteless. Lesson not learned Blizzard, lesson not learned...
  5. punito
    Jul 8, 2023
    4
    Janky performance, crashes mine and everybody i knows' PC on a daily basis. Seemingly no innovation to classes, items, builds or talents compared to previous Diablo games. Gameplay loop unrewarding, uber rare uniques are a joke (better odds getting hit by a car while getting your mail) and the Season 1 seems to be a repeat of eternal realm with barely any difference (except they copiedJanky performance, crashes mine and everybody i knows' PC on a daily basis. Seemingly no innovation to classes, items, builds or talents compared to previous Diablo games. Gameplay loop unrewarding, uber rare uniques are a joke (better odds getting hit by a car while getting your mail) and the Season 1 seems to be a repeat of eternal realm with barely any difference (except they copied gems from d3, for this season)

    Overall not an impressive addition to the franchise in its current state, but it might get there in a couple of years of patches.    … Expand
  6. littlejo91
    Jul 8, 2023
    0
    Devs openly admit that they are fine with people using exploits and that they won't remove items obtained in an illegitimate way even though they were able to identify accounts who abused the exploit.

    If you like to cheat without having to fear consequences, then this game is for you.
  7. 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
  8. Slogtaztic
    Jul 7, 2023
    10
    Such a fun game. Not really sure what the negative reviews are complaining about. The graphics are most definitely not a downgrade. The micro transactions are completely ignorable. Why care what your armor looks like from 30 ft above?
  9. dislike
    Jul 7, 2023
    7
    Story 9/10 (Cinematics awesome 10/10), Gameplay 8/10, Endgame content and fun 5/10. Probably game will be dead after first 2 seasons.
  10. molbjorn
    Jul 6, 2023
    3
    Waayy to expensive for what it is! It has content like a hmae that cost half that. Not worth it tbh
  11. whit3Dev
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    is the game a complete zero no but i think a point needs to be made they did drop the ball big time. Basically, have the same conflicts as everyone else with the game. they did blatantly lie about features that were spoke about in dev vids. what happen to ridding all these towns of their evil? what about loot looks different just because the area it dropped simple feature that would go sois the game a complete zero no but i think a point needs to be made they did drop the ball big time. Basically, have the same conflicts as everyone else with the game. they did blatantly lie about features that were spoke about in dev vids. what happen to ridding all these towns of their evil? what about loot looks different just because the area it dropped simple feature that would go so far SMH. what about if you are good in pvp you will be turned into a loot piñata? I also wondered y in the world it took me so long to level 50+ it's because that is the end game boy was, I so disappointed no small nudges of any type of power to keep you play zilch! I remember many long nights I could not put diablo 3 down because I just had to roll/ find my perfect gear you simply can't even do that than what even is the purpose. I really hope they can turn this ship around, but they have to realize it's going to take more than a season/ fresh coat of paint. i even bought a copy for each platform so I have a lot of invested thanks blizzard!… Expand
  12. MustPlayReviews
    Jul 6, 2023
    8
    Diablo 4 is set in Sanctuary, a world between heaven and hell, offering a mix of terror and beauty. The game boasts stunning graphics, with detailed character models and environments. The open world is divided into five major areas, each with its own unique look. The sound design features Diablo's signature booming voice acting and fitting music. The gameplay offers solid mechanics, withDiablo 4 is set in Sanctuary, a world between heaven and hell, offering a mix of terror and beauty. The game boasts stunning graphics, with detailed character models and environments. The open world is divided into five major areas, each with its own unique look. The sound design features Diablo's signature booming voice acting and fitting music. The gameplay offers solid mechanics, with five character classes and a customizable skill tree system. The combat system allows for mixing and matching skills to create powerful combinations. The cooperative play enhances the combat experience. However, the game has some issues, including frequent disconnections and online-only requirements. The presence of expensive microtransactions is also a drawback. The story is decent, introducing Lilith's return and featuring a lot of lore and side quests. Overall, Diablo 4 is a fantastic game with some flaws, earning a final grade of B.… Expand
  13. 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
  14. CaymanCider
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    No real PVP modes because the game is for Blizzard fanboys with no standards.
  15. Phalanga1821
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Perma Online, Bad Gameplay, Grind without Soul, Story without Heart. The last good Diablo was Diablo 2. I can't understand the Hype about Diablo 4. It's just a Mediocre Game.
  16. cameronadamj
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    This game is just okay. The itemization is terrible, and worse than previous iterations of diablo. The graphics and artwork are pretty good, and return to the roots of the first two games. I played up to level 57 got bored with garbage loot, abysmal pvp, and annoying lack of build flexibility. If you try to switch up your skills to try new stuff, your character will be unplayable.
  17. vulpin_bopper
    Jul 6, 2023
    0
    Boring, slow combat - nothing new, just builders, spenders as before but with less resource gain for builders and more cost for spenders

    Fetch quest dungeons with like 5 variations (yeah, AAA game, totally worth the huge price) Loot drops are rubbish - I've run nightmare dungeons several levels above me and gear doesn't get any better and quite often worse Late game is a CC fest    Boring, slow combat - nothing new, just builders, spenders as before but with less resource gain for builders and more cost for spenders

    Fetch quest dungeons with like 5 variations (yeah, AAA game, totally worth the huge price)

    Loot drops are rubbish - I've run nightmare dungeons several levels above me and gear doesn't get any better and quite often worse

    Late game is a CC fest so your builds are incredibly limited. If you don't have unstoppable then you get rooted constantly and there's no diminishing returns on that so the already slow combat and boring fetch quests gets even more slow.

    Bugs everywhere on release and still plenty of things wonky with it - don't get me started on the countless, highly dubious early user reviews on here all with similar wording about how it's the "smoothest launch" from accounts with only 1 review against them that also somehow share similar sentence structure and choice of vocabulary (yeah I know this is my first review on this account but this whole situation really annoyed me so I had to create it and get this off my chest).

    Questionable design choices - like I can remove all my skill points by holder square but my paragon points have to be unpicked one by one and there's loads of them.

    Slow levelling - by later levels it just takes too long to be entertaining and certainly too long for me to want to create alts/seasonal characters. I did a nightmare dungeon 4 levels above mine and got barely a tenth of a level out of it (plus none of the gear that dropped was above my level, what they hell?)

    They seem to want you to create more characters for different builds but that process just takes too long with the current levelling, you also have only 4 stash tabs which is nowhere near enough. Your other option is re-speccing your character which you can do anywhere you like for minimal cost but they made it laborious to do so and there's no option to save builds.

    If you want to slow down your combat then fine, but make it interesting
    If you want to make your dungeons take long then fine, but make them fun
    If you want to encourage more characters being created then fine, but provide basic stuff like stash tabs and faster levelling
    If you want to slow down levelling then fine, but make it rewarding
    And so on and so on and so on.    … Expand
  18. Burritosiz
    Jul 5, 2023
    5
    I've been playing this franchise since the first Diablo. Loved Diablo II so much and played it more than any other game. Diablo III was hit and miss but it grew on me in time and I have spent hundreds of hours killing demons with my wife. I am in my 30s now and I very rarely get hyped for games but knowing I would spend hours of fun mowing down devils with my wife again I preordered DiabloI've been playing this franchise since the first Diablo. Loved Diablo II so much and played it more than any other game. Diablo III was hit and miss but it grew on me in time and I have spent hundreds of hours killing demons with my wife. I am in my 30s now and I very rarely get hyped for games but knowing I would spend hours of fun mowing down devils with my wife again I preordered Diablo IV on PS5. I gave Blizzard my trust but oh, how I fell for their marketing...

    Diablo IV, in my humble opinion, is a soulless game, as soulless as they come in 2023. With all the money grab and microtransactions that pleague most of today's games. Sadly it would have been just as bad without them. We completed the campaign, reached level 50 and now we cannot spend another minute with it. It's simply not fun and feels like doing work after we come back from work. It's crazy really. Big teams with talented developers mostly get their games wrong nowadays. Minecraft Dungeons is so much more fun for at leas three times less money and you can feel the devs had fun making the game.

    I could talk about Diablo IV in depth, but there are a lot of reviews that do, so I'm just going to keep it at that. I have as much desire to spend my evenings playing this game as I do with an average or slightly below average game. I cannot rate it higher than 5 and less would be unfair to all the work that went into it. It's just an average, soulless, by the numbers game for me,    … Expand
  19. LordAbaddon
    Jul 5, 2023
    10
    Best Diablo ever, excelent jugability, graphics, music (espectacular), lore and quests. Obviously have some bugs, remember D4 has just some weeks in the market... but the team behind (thousands of people) its very capable, the game have a strong potential. Waiting for Season 1, expansions and DLC =) 150h played atm
  20. RobertBruce
    Jul 5, 2023
    3
    I don’t typically post things online but I thought I’d share my experience with Diablo 4. I’ve put 400 hours into Diablo 4 in hardcore and I did enjoy the gameplay and the grind for gear and levels, however the game has some fundamental issues and gamebreaking flaws. I logged on, walked out into the open world during a helltide and attacked the first mob of monsters I encountered. II don’t typically post things online but I thought I’d share my experience with Diablo 4. I’ve put 400 hours into Diablo 4 in hardcore and I did enjoy the gameplay and the grind for gear and levels, however the game has some fundamental issues and gamebreaking flaws. I logged on, walked out into the open world during a helltide and attacked the first mob of monsters I encountered. I noticed the game was lagging and I could not action anything in the game. I quickly quit the game within a few seconds and when I loaded it back up, it said my character had fallen. It’s unfortunate blizzard cannot provide servers that are safe, secure and lag free. It’s unfair to die in this manner, outside the players control. As silly as this may sound, because it’s only a video game, this loss feels devastating to me. Ultimately I play video games to have fun and this experience has left me feeling upset, frustrated, and defeated. I’ve uninstalled and deleted the game and I will never return to it again in the future. Save yourself the money and time, do not buy or play this game.… Expand
  21. Nevez
    Jul 5, 2023
    0
    Soulless, buggy, unbalanced - basically you would be better off burning 70-80 euros in your backyard. Stay away from this game.
  22. ragnar007
    Jun 28, 2023
    1
    Feels like the game was balanced around streamers and people who play all day. The events are fun and engaging. But, because of the loot drop rates and exp rates at higher levels, it doesn't feel even remotely rewarding. Also, there's no good way to target farm a specific item.
  23. Gyungrae
    Jul 4, 2023
    2
    Big map with small endgame contents. boring main quests and dumb level scaling.
  24. BacktrackWTF
    Jul 4, 2023
    0
    Backtrack Dungeon WTF.

    This game suffers from the same problem most modern games suffer from. The influence of gamergate and entitled Frau Karen's who demand jobs in the gaming industry, because of their paranoid delusions that there's a ceiling made out of cling film somwhere. About the only developer that doesn't suffer from this problem is fromsoft.They should have fired the lot    Backtrack Dungeon WTF.

    This game suffers from the same problem most modern games suffer from. The influence of gamergate and entitled Frau Karen's who demand jobs in the gaming industry, because of their paranoid delusions that there's a ceiling made out of cling film somwhere.

    About the only developer that doesn't suffer from this problem is fromsoft.They should have fired the lot of them when they started making false allegations of sexual harassment, everyone knows that female pattern anti social behaviour. They should have been fired.

    The gender comptencence gap clearly shows in this end product of employing women based solely on their ability to whinge, rather than on competence. They don't play games and they have no idea what makes a good game feature.

    This especially shows in the end game. There are so many design choices that are just simply annoying.

    Free 6 prisoners, carry this to the pedestal. Cursed shrines. Having to roll sigils for rubish dungeons you don't want to run.

    I have 2 chsracters to 100 (both S tier) a 70 barb and a 50 druid. So I have played plenty of this game.

    And the end game is just annoying. I get what they were trying to do, but it just doesnt work and its annoying. Why didn't the clowns who were in the closed beta point all this out. Especially the boring dungeon design and the rediculous amount of back tracking.

    Im giving it a 6 which i think is fair and that is taking into account the review bombing. Improve the end game a LOT and it might get an 8-9.    … Expand
  25. LootLord
    Jul 4, 2023
    4
    Well, i beta-tested it and was surprised how the game is not luring me and how it felt bland. Was hoping I will be wrong until the game releases, but nope, sadly I was not wrong.

    I can't pinpoint why this game is missing something but it's just not very fun to play. Combat feels meh, and graphics also kinda feel mobilish- very strange but it's true. I mean it seems this is actually not    Well, i beta-tested it and was surprised how the game is not luring me and how it felt bland. Was hoping I will be wrong until the game releases, but nope, sadly I was not wrong.

    I can't pinpoint why this game is missing something but it's just not very fun to play. Combat feels meh, and graphics also kinda feel mobilish- very strange but it's true. I mean it seems this is actually not an ARPG . I mean at least myself, i enjoy ARPG because i never know what loot is just around the corner and will it something drop that will enable me to face roll current mobs and let me feel overpowered. But instead here, you will get +5dmg , + 20armor a couple of times per level, where you will scale your power at the rate of your paycheck increase. This game is like inflation, your gear kinds get better slowly but the world around you gets much stronger. There is no sense of slot machine dopamine hit ARPG style of play. This is just retail World of Warcraf and it's a damn shame.
    The **** are they doing overthere in Blizz....    … Expand
  26. Locustfajita
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    There are no items to go after. Nothing is interesting. There is no end game meta loop in place and I'm under the impression the developers have no idea what that is. I don't know why anyone would want to level past 75 since items get worse and worse because level requirements get higher and higher on the gear that drops. Yet the item power remains the same. You'd think this is so gameThere are no items to go after. Nothing is interesting. There is no end game meta loop in place and I'm under the impression the developers have no idea what that is. I don't know why anyone would want to level past 75 since items get worse and worse because level requirements get higher and higher on the gear that drops. Yet the item power remains the same. You'd think this is so game breaking they'd hotfix it. Nothing. Not even a comment.

    But again, there are no items to go after. Nothing interesting that could drop other than a couple of chase items, but you have a better chance of being struck by lightning so they're effectively not in the game. No cool items around jah or ber drop levels. Like why would I log in?

    Even if there were cool items like that, you can't trade them. They should have made a regular trade mode (which is what everyone wants to play whenever given the choice) and a self found mode. But they have their weird hybrid version where you can only trade rares. I dread going back to town because scanning through every rare is a tedious process. Item filters could take care of that but nope, can't have that.

    Whenever fun is found in the game, they nerf it or eliminated it. They insist you play only nightmare dungeons in order to be efficient. I have no interest playing hide and seek with blocks to put on pedestals. What ever happened to just sniping elites on the way to a quick boss kill that can drop good loot. This isn't rocket science.

    They have lighting in a bottle with D2 but refuse to make an actual sequel to it. Instead we get this drivel because they think their ideas are better.    … Expand
  27. Roland_79
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    Stutter and lag on ps5 make the game unplayable for me and I was denied a refund for downloading and attempting to play it.
  28. JonOlson
    Jul 3, 2023
    4
    The game is great. The atmosphere is palpable, the weapons/armor/skills are as good as they ever ever been. The graphics are better than ever.

    The online-only requirement and consequent constant rubber-banding is a major buzzkill. I’m nearing the point of quitting the game. Dying repeatedly because of technical problems is no fun. I really, REALLY hope they add an offline mode. Without    The game is great. The atmosphere is palpable, the weapons/armor/skills are as good as they ever ever been. The graphics are better than ever.

    The online-only requirement and consequent constant rubber-banding is a major buzzkill. I’m nearing the point of quitting the game. Dying repeatedly because of technical problems is no fun. I really, REALLY hope they add an offline mode.

    Without the server issues this would be a 9 out of 10.    … Expand
  29. Anton_00
    Jul 3, 2023
    0
    The lagging and server issues make this game almost unplayable. Hopefully it gets better but it seems to be getting worse. I made a Metacritic account just to post this. Logging in issues, lagging issues, sometimes you can't interact with anything, quite often nothing happens when you use skills or abilities and then evrything happens quickly, or you die retroactively and you get superThe lagging and server issues make this game almost unplayable. Hopefully it gets better but it seems to be getting worse. I made a Metacritic account just to post this. Logging in issues, lagging issues, sometimes you can't interact with anything, quite often nothing happens when you use skills or abilities and then evrything happens quickly, or you die retroactively and you get super frustrated. They made the choice this HAD to be played online and now they can't support it. I love Diablo and I got this game for fathers day but anyone who posts a positive review is getting something out of it and it's not a positive gaming experience.… Expand
  30. Bibikelis
    Jul 3, 2023
    8
    Это все таже диабло , из плюсов неплохой сюжет отдельное спасибо за чудесную русскую озвучку. Играть на одной консоли с другом одно удовольствие. Чего не хватило , так это хоть чего-то глобально нового
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#22 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2023
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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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