Diablo IV

 PlayStation 5
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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 716 out of 6675
  2. Mixed: 310 out of 6675
  3. Negative: 5,649 out of 6675
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  1. jdslider
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    What the dev's did to this game was pretty much nerf all the fun out of it. I keep replaying the scene in Star Wars were Obi-Wan says to Anakin, you were suppose to bring balance, not leave it in darkness. This is what happens when the Dev's do not listen to the community.
  2. Chupakami
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Interresting at first but quickly repetitive. The main story is fun but short. Anything after that is just taking a lot of time for little rewards. The game design is lacking.. and with the latest patch .. it's going from bad to worse. Instead of making the changes required for a pleasant gameplay, they go in the other direction. Everything seems to be designed to take more time and spendInterresting at first but quickly repetitive. The main story is fun but short. Anything after that is just taking a lot of time for little rewards. The game design is lacking.. and with the latest patch .. it's going from bad to worse. Instead of making the changes required for a pleasant gameplay, they go in the other direction. Everything seems to be designed to take more time and spend more money.. It is truly annoying when a game is so transparently focused on making money and not interrested in the player's experience. A good game make money and keep their players engaged without forcing it. Disappointing. Not interrested in Season 1 anymore.… Expand
  3. lherbins
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Best description I've found (source unknown): "Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system." Also, the new patch is EPIC GARBAGE. Do you resent your player base Blizzard? Did Baldur's gate pay you to release this patch? I hope that's it... I hope they paid you to release this patch to spike sales andBest description I've found (source unknown): "Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system." Also, the new patch is EPIC GARBAGE. Do you resent your player base Blizzard? Did Baldur's gate pay you to release this patch? I hope that's it... I hope they paid you to release this patch to spike sales and then you will revert everything after. At least that would make business sense. I can't find any other sense here...… Expand
  4. brinnx
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    After the latest Patch the game is just not fun the reroll costs way to high just very bad trend this game has taken
  5. erkronell
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    this game is just trash. this game is just trash. this game is just trash. this game is just trash. this game is just trash.
  6. ixcnxc
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    perma stuns, lack of inventory, stupid patches, stupid fixes. pointless game
  7. Grimsblood
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game had potentially. Then the Blizzard Development Team decided to remove what little fun the players had in an attempt to balance their terrible choices. Now I feel as if I have to wait for the "Reaper of Souls" expansion.
  8. Knightblade
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    First of all I don’t spend my time leaving game reviews but this became a massive exception. DON’T BUY D4!!! First major patch before season starts gutted everyone’s gear of anything meaningful. Like playing for 100+ hrs to see your gear go from 56% to 22% across multiple damage stats, get 50% or more of your damage taken away, and stripped of your defenses via armor -30% along withFirst of all I don’t spend my time leaving game reviews but this became a massive exception. DON’T BUY D4!!! First major patch before season starts gutted everyone’s gear of anything meaningful. Like playing for 100+ hrs to see your gear go from 56% to 22% across multiple damage stats, get 50% or more of your damage taken away, and stripped of your defenses via armor -30% along with cooldown reduction -30% ALL AT THE SAME TIME IN ONE PATCH!!! I have no reason to play ever again thanks to Blizzard’s idea of making this a live service online only. It got boring really quickly when 99% loot is vendor trash. So much lack of content once you’ve beaten the campaign. I once had faith in this game when they listened and increased EXP gains much higher in nightmare dungeons. YET they release this patch and did a 180, making grinding/leveling that much more difficult!! If they wanted to gut all the fun from the game, why release it with all the stuff they took away from their players, which was subpar to begin with….? Where’s all the cool uniques, aspects, build variety … or anything for that matter? The 1.1 patch clearly demonstrates Blizz does not respect your time or any actual player feedback.… Expand
  9. leonar5465
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Developers don't understand the Diablo sensibility at all.

    Their patch direction is not very user friendly.

    I will no longer be pre-purchasing Blizzard games.
  10. Darkened
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Season 1. Where no fun is allowed. One of the worst patches in all of video game history.
  11. Rwee
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    ive been a fan of diablo series since young, its my child hood, ive played since diablo 1. Diablo 2 was a blast, diablo 3 was alright but its campaign was damn short a lazy work i would say, and here comes diablo 4. The thing is, diablo 4 was fun at first, until the dev team decided to slowly wreck everything up with either their ego or just pure stupidity. Diablo is fun due to itsive been a fan of diablo series since young, its my child hood, ive played since diablo 1. Diablo 2 was a blast, diablo 3 was alright but its campaign was damn short a lazy work i would say, and here comes diablo 4. The thing is, diablo 4 was fun at first, until the dev team decided to slowly wreck everything up with either their ego or just pure stupidity. Diablo is fun due to its versatility on builds and items crafting/ hunting and also its level grind was bearable. Some how they manage to burry the game slowly with each patch, what a joke. What's need to be fix were constantly ignored while implementing nerfs on unneeded segments is pure JOKE, not sure the dev team trying to clown us or themselves at this point. Builds were suppose to be working from every classes are not working correctly ( they dont fix **** on every goddamn patch they impose, all they do is nerfing something else ) , zero quality of life ( even after tons of recommendation from users/ actual players have suggested ) they seems to be blind on this one, and finally it came to its glorious 1.1 patch, downright the most **** if not one of the patch in arpg history in recent years. You strip the fun out of the game you bunch of stubborn mules, why make a patch focusing to slow the entire game down? Nerf on exp gain, damage, affixes, armor, damage reduction and etc, like seriously? We were asking for endgame content, slowing the game down wasnt a content ffs, not at all. You guys dont like seeing people having fun is that it? or is it just a scheme to make the progress of season one direly slow so it would force people to do ingame purchase to level up the seasonal pass level? The list goes on but if you think nerfing the game on every patch is the way to keep the game going, well good luck on that, effing mules.… Expand
  12. MaverickAK
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game was phenomenal with the original intent and design, but after a recent patch, the intent by the developers is to drive people away from the game to lower server populations with blanket reductions to capabilities, introducing class breaking flaws instead of providing corrections. Just another corporate money grab at this point. What a shame.
  13. edgarwong
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This game has a tons of issues need to be addressed. But Blizzard chose to ignore them, ignore the pains of players. They don't priority the problem solving, and even made some most critical ones worse. That is ridiculous. I never saw any company like Blizzard lacking of customer care.
  14. Brewskiy
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Had potential, unfortunately the development team does not listen to the community. They have destroyed any possible way to enjoy this game with nerfs.
  15. camburke
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Rated a 1 for the campaign, which is pretty decent. But that goes quick, and the midgame/endgame is abysmal, with seemingly no improvements on the horizon.

    The way Blizzard treats players reminds me of an abusive spouse. They’ll shower you with small “gifts”, then knock you around a little bit to put you in your place, then they’ll say sorry and act like they’ve changed, only to hit you    Rated a 1 for the campaign, which is pretty decent. But that goes quick, and the midgame/endgame is abysmal, with seemingly no improvements on the horizon.

    The way Blizzard treats players reminds me of an abusive spouse. They’ll shower you with small “gifts”, then knock you around a little bit to put you in your place, then they’ll say sorry and act like they’ve changed, only to hit you even harder next time. Repeat ad nauseam.    … Expand
  16. rollei
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The campaign was fun, but the game stagnates terribly after level 50. The developers have made numerous changes to make the game even slower and more of a time sink. The end-game is simply not fun, the loot is uninspiring and dull and upgrades are few and far between. This genre of game is about loot, progress, and fun, none of which are to be found in diablo 4 after the base campaignThe campaign was fun, but the game stagnates terribly after level 50. The developers have made numerous changes to make the game even slower and more of a time sink. The end-game is simply not fun, the loot is uninspiring and dull and upgrades are few and far between. This genre of game is about loot, progress, and fun, none of which are to be found in diablo 4 after the base campaign is completed. There are dozens of better games being released this year which respect your time. This game does not.

    The devs and community managers promise attention to and fixes for numerous issues, but then the patches exacerbate the issues instead of solving them. The focus seems to be on forcing players to spend as much time in the game as possible, not on making the game fun.

    This game is worse than diablo 3 in every way. The lessons learned and wonderful progress made over years in that game is found nowhere in diablo 4.    … Expand
  17. Blokey
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I am a fanboy and I really tried to love and not hate this game but after playing almost 300 hours i realized that I am just fooling myself. This game is a piece of crap. It’s not playable. Worst game mechanics. This franchise is dead after Diablo ii. Save your money and get baldurs gate coming out in 2 weeks. Bad storyline. Endgame non-existent. Really bad game overall. Blizzard is dead.I am a fanboy and I really tried to love and not hate this game but after playing almost 300 hours i realized that I am just fooling myself. This game is a piece of crap. It’s not playable. Worst game mechanics. This franchise is dead after Diablo ii. Save your money and get baldurs gate coming out in 2 weeks. Bad storyline. Endgame non-existent. Really bad game overall. Blizzard is dead. There is only activision.… Expand
  18. LeeJieunLover
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I get angry when I play games.
    Forced Playtime Increase Patch,
    Patch notes are always disappointing.
  19. kolroth
    Aug 20, 2023
    3
    The campaign and story of the game is fun while it lasts. The depth of itemization and class build options is very lackluster and almost non-existent. There are too many useless affixes for items that make most drops complete garbage, they seem to only be there for a false sense of depth. Dungeons are tedious and don't provide much enjoyment, most boss encounters are fairly boring andThe campaign and story of the game is fun while it lasts. The depth of itemization and class build options is very lackluster and almost non-existent. There are too many useless affixes for items that make most drops complete garbage, they seem to only be there for a false sense of depth. Dungeons are tedious and don't provide much enjoyment, most boss encounters are fairly boring and don't require any special strategy. The game forces users to be online with the perception that it's closer to an MMO than an ARPG, yet provides no incentives and a non-existent social elements, I have played every day until launch and not once talked to another player, we just usually pass each other by, the only time we might be doing the same thing is for a world boss or hell tide event in the open world then disappear never to be seen again, the game might as well have an offline mode as that is 99% of the experience. Add on top of that the frequent bugs, lag from being forced to play online and developers that clearly do not play the game and nerfing and taking away the little fun that was to be had I would not recommend wasting $70 on this.… Expand
  20. Congee8
    Aug 1, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Edit: The dev's were quick to respond to the feedback the whole community had for the game. I thought it wouldn't be fair to leave my score as a 0 since they seem to be actively trying. There is still a far way to go with this game and I hope Blizzard gets community feedback before presenting future patches which will avoid issues going forward.

    This game started out really good and I had high expectations. I cannot believe the developers are trying to ruin everything at the start of season one. It’s best to move onto other titles as I don’t feel confident that the current team they have for Diablo 4 understand player wants. They don’t respect our time and actually listen to our feedback.    … Expand
  21. gellopy
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    L update. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  22. Becauzeblizzsuk
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Constantly making things worse, maybe next time release the game when its completed.
  23. skrdrskrdz
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    The critical and vulnerable damage nerfs in the latest patch are a much needed, however all others nerfs and other adjustments like: extending the timer for leaving the dungeon, nerfing cooldown reduction, etc kill even the most casual builds and makes the game a slog to play. I still want to play my Eternal Realm character but the Diablo IV dev team seems to push me away. Uninstalled theThe critical and vulnerable damage nerfs in the latest patch are a much needed, however all others nerfs and other adjustments like: extending the timer for leaving the dungeon, nerfing cooldown reduction, etc kill even the most casual builds and makes the game a slog to play. I still want to play my Eternal Realm character but the Diablo IV dev team seems to push me away. Uninstalled the game until they come up with a better solution.… Expand
  24. Gurkmeja
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Diablo 4's latest patch notes are disappointing. The attempt at balancing gameplay falls short, leaving some classes overpowered and others weak. The loot system changes lack depth, and endgame content remains repetitive. Multiplayer is plagued by connectivity issues, and the storytelling feels shallow. The game's potential is wasted, leaving players frustrated and dissatisfied.
    To make    Diablo 4's latest patch notes are disappointing. The attempt at balancing gameplay falls short, leaving some classes overpowered and others weak. The loot system changes lack depth, and endgame content remains repetitive. Multiplayer is plagued by connectivity issues, and the storytelling feels shallow. The game's potential is wasted, leaving players frustrated and dissatisfied.
    To make matters worse, Diablo 4 managed to strip away the essence of an action role-playing game, delivering a hollow experience without real action or satisfying looting mechanics. The lack of engaging combat and rewarding loot progression leaves players questioning what happened to the beloved franchise they once knew. It's a disheartening departure from the very core that made Diablo games legendary, leaving fans yearning for the days of true action and meaningful loot drops.    … Expand
  25. chefgoldblum
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Long time player of the diablo series, and a sorcerer main to my core... and I had some hope this patch would resolve the many incredible issues with it, instead I am left with zero will to play season 1. Not only does it not seem to improve the fun or gameplay for any class in particular, but now I'm left with a completely destroyed main class. I don't know what to say - how is thisLong time player of the diablo series, and a sorcerer main to my core... and I had some hope this patch would resolve the many incredible issues with it, instead I am left with zero will to play season 1. Not only does it not seem to improve the fun or gameplay for any class in particular, but now I'm left with a completely destroyed main class. I don't know what to say - how is this proper handling of game design when you choose to game a game grindier before addressing the actual "game" part of the game. I genuinely cannot believe I spent the money for the ultimate edition.… Expand
  26. LootBag
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Had high hopes for D4, bought season pass, prepared my build... then they gutted the game 2 days before season, and killed all the hype I had. Unless they mitigate the changes somewhat It's gonna be "Goodbye Blizzard corpos! Hope you choke on my money because it's the last you'll ever see of it." And I know that 90% of community feels the same, just check Reddit, official forums or YT.
  27. FritesMayo
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I'll give 1 point for the ost and artistic direction.
    Fun is inexistant cause of nerfs everywhere, always online is bad cause game is not fluid and crash (still thinks of the first hardcore character who got erased cause of that). It looks like the team is more prompt to fix what's good for players (exp farm, builds) but it takes 4 to 6 months to get QoL like gems moved or more chests    I'll give 1 point for the ost and artistic direction.
    Fun is inexistant cause of nerfs everywhere, always online is bad cause game is not fluid and crash (still thinks of the first hardcore character who got erased cause of that). It looks like the team is more prompt to fix what's good for players (exp farm, builds) but it takes 4 to 6 months to get QoL like gems moved or more chests stash. Those devs must hate gaming. Also, wtf with the cosmetic shop and 28€ for ONE skin?    … Expand
  28. m0rph1um
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Last update is a mess because no single issue that was addressed through the community has been improved in any way but a lot changes were made that make the games slower and less fun at all.
  29. Sargramor
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Don't get scam and wait for Path of Exile 2.
    Nothing in this game, endgame is nonexistent, just doing same dungeons in loop for hours with nothing more.
    Everything "new" come from previous Diablos or Path of exile, Blizzard thinks only to money and sell battle pass at seasons. They deliberately ruined eternal realm with last patch to push players to seasons...Pathetic... End for me,    Don't get scam and wait for Path of Exile 2.
    Nothing in this game, endgame is nonexistent, just doing same dungeons in loop for hours with nothing more.
    Everything "new" come from previous Diablos or Path of exile,
    Blizzard thinks only to money and sell battle pass at seasons.
    They deliberately ruined eternal realm with last patch to push players to seasons...Pathetic...
    End for me, i'll not be trapped in Diablo 5...    … Expand
  30. Pab_llo
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Only 1 for only name: diablo. Hope GGG don't disappoint as like blizzard and his new standards: "trust as, we disappoint you - actiblizz"
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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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