Diablo IV

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6675 Ratings

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  1. TheBackpack
    Jun 10, 2023
    2
    The game is okay. If there was no level scaling I would rate it much higher but the level scaling is just way to lazy and really sucks the fun out of the game after awhile. This game feels like it should be F2p and not $100. I am not at all happy with my purchase and the game is just meh. I am really pushing to just get through the campaign for the sole reason that I don't want to feelThe game is okay. If there was no level scaling I would rate it much higher but the level scaling is just way to lazy and really sucks the fun out of the game after awhile. This game feels like it should be F2p and not $100. I am not at all happy with my purchase and the game is just meh. I am really pushing to just get through the campaign for the sole reason that I don't want to feel like I threw $100 into the abyss but I'm not sure I can even manage that.… Expand
  2. brianbalote
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Positives:
    + Graphics
    + Voice acting

    Negatives:
    - Poor itemization
    - No end-game loop
    - Poor build diversity at end-game
    - Massive costs to respec
    - Massive costs to re-enchant
    - Game feels unfinished, it feels like I paid $99 to be an open beta tester
  3. GCassels
    Aug 1, 2023
    2
    Making this game online only was a dumb decision. Couple that with the ineptitude of Blizzard and their inability to read their audience and you have a functioning train wreck.

    My D4 Journey: Played to level 30, got bored left. Battlepass drops. Oh look, I have to create a new character. Played to level 20ish, looked at battlepass and made startling realization the BP doesnt    Making this game online only was a dumb decision. Couple that with the ineptitude of Blizzard and their inability to read their audience and you have a functioning train wreck.

    My D4 Journey:
    Played to level 30, got bored left.
    Battlepass drops.
    Oh look, I have to create a new character.
    Played to level 20ish, looked at battlepass and made startling realization the BP doesnt include enough currency to pay for itself. ::Eyeroll::
    Played to level 45 (Sorcerer)
    Patch releases, Sorcerer nerfed through the dirt
    Deleted Game.    … Expand
  4. dozeyo
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    One of the biggest disappointments in gaming history. Simply it’s just a 40-50 hours of fun, nothing else. This might be a good rpg but this is not Diablo. Blizzard must consider feedback from players, not simply try to boost playing time with nerfing everything, even increasing loading screen time.
  5. zappking
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Would be a zero, however the visuals and cinematics are worth something. I found the game to be very grindy and repetitive. Prior to patch 1.1.0 casual players like myself took a long while to get to max level. One I reached my personal potential in the game I switched to another character for a refresh. The ability to skip campaign is nice however grinding to 100 again not so much andWould be a zero, however the visuals and cinematics are worth something. I found the game to be very grindy and repetitive. Prior to patch 1.1.0 casual players like myself took a long while to get to max level. One I reached my personal potential in the game I switched to another character for a refresh. The ability to skip campaign is nice however grinding to 100 again not so much and now with the new 1.1.0 update, that grind got significantly longer AND don't expect any help from your friends to breeze you through to higher levels, those days are over. The xp gains now are laughable, I get them trying to prevent pay to level schemes, but me and my friends rely on each other to help boost one another. The across the board nerfs are atrocious, people were actually having fun playing the game and making it harder just to extend play time is a bad decision. When QOL improvements were added such as being able to teleport to a NM dungeon, it made the game better, cut down on unnecessary travel time and helped get lower level friends to the dungeon safely. Now, storage space, no changes to that? Really, my main character's loot took up tons of space. I had to create mule characters to hold stuff like gems and aspects. Anyways, I could keep going, but I need to remind myself that even know I paid $99+ for this game, it isn't mine and I only paid to access it. Shame on me.… Expand
  6. innocuous_slav
    Jul 2, 2023
    2
    Sat here and wrote a long review only to be sent to a forbiden xxx page, so I'll keep it simple. This game is a super lazy attempt at a Diablo game. It lacks soul and replay-ability. It looks decent and borrowed some lovely aesthetic pulls from Diablo I & II however; once you reach a certain level it becomes so utterly mediocre and boring it leaves you with no desire to play. I guess it'sSat here and wrote a long review only to be sent to a forbiden xxx page, so I'll keep it simple. This game is a super lazy attempt at a Diablo game. It lacks soul and replay-ability. It looks decent and borrowed some lovely aesthetic pulls from Diablo I & II however; once you reach a certain level it becomes so utterly mediocre and boring it leaves you with no desire to play. I guess it's my fault for expecting more after two garbage releases IE D3 and Immortal. The sanctity of this game has been fouled and I don't see it being fixed anytime soon. 2 out of 10 is being generous as the design is okay. Will check back in a few seasons for any positive change but I will not hold my breathe as they are clearly searching for profit over quality.… Expand
  7. stanscut
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    For Diablo 3 Fans this is a slight upgrade. For Diablo 2 Fans this is just extremely bitter.
    They have removed most parts of what makes RPG's great and interesting, therefor we are left with little to no replayability. No randomized Dungeons/Area's just the same boring stuff with stolen mechanics from PoE (not well implemented). Even in Hardcore the Endgame is boring af and if you die its    For Diablo 3 Fans this is a slight upgrade. For Diablo 2 Fans this is just extremely bitter.
    They have removed most parts of what makes RPG's great and interesting, therefor we are left with little to no replayability. No randomized Dungeons/Area's just the same boring stuff with stolen mechanics from PoE (not well implemented). Even in Hardcore the Endgame is boring af and if you die its only because you couldnt be bothered to wait for those annoying on death explosion that 70% of enemies now have.    … Expand
  8. Zfong4
    Jun 30, 2023
    2
    As a diablo and RPG lover, D4 is really boring and soulless.

    Level scaling is really silly and items are worthless until you grind it to the upper tiers.
  9. MysterB
    Aug 17, 2023
    2
    The game looks great and combat feel great but it suffers from a lot of drawbacks. Two main things. The loot system is boring and the end game is non existent. You never feel like you're working towards anything. The loot has a million affixes and you never really know if you have something good or not, everything scales with you so you never feel like you got something amazing.The game looks great and combat feel great but it suffers from a lot of drawbacks. Two main things. The loot system is boring and the end game is non existent. You never feel like you're working towards anything. The loot has a million affixes and you never really know if you have something good or not, everything scales with you so you never feel like you got something amazing. Legendaries don't feel like legendaries. Around level 65+ I couldn't go any further. Thats not to mentioned the wierd choices like not having a bag for gems and putting in MMO features but there is no group finder. I'm convicted this game was not tested. Not worth 70$.… Expand
  10. PaintMaster
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Good graphic, style of environment, armour look amazing.

    No endgame currently, bad class balance, recent nerf of everything, damage and defense of character, exp gain, loot, and TELEPORT CAST TIME INCREASED FROM 3 TO 5 SECONDS, WHY?? Season 1 has no actual content, just changed values on skills and gear, new boss, bunch of new aspects. If next seasons will be same, then this will    Good graphic, style of environment, armour look amazing.

    No endgame currently, bad class balance, recent nerf of everything, damage and defense of character, exp gain, loot, and TELEPORT CAST TIME INCREASED FROM 3 TO 5 SECONDS, WHY??

    Season 1 has no actual content, just changed values on skills and gear, new boss, bunch of new aspects. If next seasons will be same, then this will become same as Diablo 3, that was released 11 years ago, and after so many seasons, all new "content" was necromancer class added.

    All you could do in Diablo 3 for years was nothing but rifts. Imagine same thing in PoE, if GGG would add maps, and stop adding any content after that, like breach, abyss, harvest, delve and so on.

    Currently i see that Diablo 4 goes the same way as Diablo 3, no actual content added in new seasons, just "balance", bunch of new aspects and thats it.

    Hope to see more effort put into season 2, otherwise, its not worth 70-90$, more like 20$ at most.    … Expand
  11. Melzago
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Campaign was good, side quest entertaining. Everything was fine until we learn about the pointless loot table, the renown reset, and the preseason 1 patch.
  12. Ghost1311
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Sou um jogador casual, estava tentando chegar ao nível 100, porém o jogo se torna extremamente maçante com o tempo. O último patch 1.1.0 serviu pra demorar AINDA MAIS e dificultar jogadores casuais. Acabei por desistir e deletar o jogo.
  13. lazerblade10
    Jun 24, 2023
    2
    The story is fun, first 80 hours are fun. Once you get to endgame, the lack of online community is a big turn off.
  14. Miz-taken
    Aug 11, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was okay in the beginning. The story was okay. The end game is tediously boring. I've reached level 98 and don't even want to bother getting to 100. It's just not worth the time. It's too repetitive. I'm lvl 98 wearing lvl 60 n 70 gear and don't even need to change it. There are no real rewards for reaching max level so why bother? Once you reach lvl 60-70 and get ancestral gear there really isn't any point in leveling up. Unless it's just to run repetitive and boring nightmare dungeons. I've started playing other way older Rpgs again. That's how boring Diablo 4 has gotten. Season is no better. I've reached lvl 78 and just can't be bothered to level any higher. What's the point? Also, spending 20 mill to reroll one thing on one item is super annoying. And also I've played over 500 hours of this game and not gotten even one Uber unique. I don't really care about them but still. Doesn't that drop rate seem just a little too low?… Expand
  15. 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
  16. KWB-Jonesy
    Jun 12, 2023
    2
    Game is geared toward online influencers, and money. I've played Diablo 2 & 3 and partook in the beta test for Diablo 4 and loved it. You didn't need to be cracked out on amphetamines or energy drinks to challenge a boss on your own. For some reason they eliminated the solo journey. I have one character that can't make it past the gate keepers wolves and is stuck at level 16. AnotherGame is geared toward online influencers, and money. I've played Diablo 2 & 3 and partook in the beta test for Diablo 4 and loved it. You didn't need to be cracked out on amphetamines or energy drinks to challenge a boss on your own. For some reason they eliminated the solo journey. I have one character that can't make it past the gate keepers wolves and is stuck at level 16. Another character is so weak that running from the foes on the map is its only way to survive. It is a waste of money and I'm absolutely sickened what they did to this game. Bizzard sold out.… Expand
  17. Varaghar
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Feels really bad that I fell for the FOMO scam 4 day early access and got bored of the game before the actual release. Game feels like a mobile game ported to console. Just play POE.
  18. Rockslydes
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    R.I.P Diablo. It's all about the money now. And don't forget the beta was a SCAM that overpowered the player and hid the true nature of this game which is boring, repetitive, and begs for your time which will eventually lead to cash payments in the cash shop or battlepass. And that's all this game is about.
  19. notsomiamimike
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    Lackluster, repetitive, and "open world" in the sense that the game makes you walk forever. This game feels like Blizzard updated the assets on an unfinished Diablo II sequel, and added concepts to the game without understanding how to make them good, and launched it onto unstable servers. The Shop, where for $25 (40% of the game's cost) you can buy a skin, is relatively stable.

    -Talent    Lackluster, repetitive, and "open world" in the sense that the game makes you walk forever. This game feels like Blizzard updated the assets on an unfinished Diablo II sequel, and added concepts to the game without understanding how to make them good, and launched it onto unstable servers. The Shop, where for $25 (40% of the game's cost) you can buy a skin, is relatively stable.

    -Talent tree and entire UI is ugly and convoluted. It's a quest to find your quests.
    - The monsters are the same the entire game. No fun / new mechanics to learn to dodge, no upgraded or variations, just the same guys over and over and over and over.
    - Completely unnecessary 'open world' with mounts - It's just boring filler Blizzard requires you to go through for no reason
    - Dumbest people - Not a single person has common sense. Every person who walks into a cellar, or goes down a ladder is inevitably caught by demons and needs to be saved. Sure, my main goes into those cellars, but is also capable of killing his way out.

    If you know the franchise, then chances are you'll get through the main story line, start the next difficulty, and then quickly taper off. This game needs a FFXIV revamp - take it off the market, apologize to the player base, and develop a game that's good - otherwise it'll be a disappointment to the franchise, but at least removes the temptation to stay inside this summer.    … Expand
  20. Gronemayn
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    I gave up on the game once I reached something like level 60. I've never had that reaction to any aRPGs I've played except Diablo 3 and 4. I usually at a minimum reach and play the endgame for quite a while.

    And honestly? Though there are many reasons, I believe the main culprit is the spender-generator gameplay. Forcing you to use ineffective, cruddy, non-fun "basic" skills half of    I gave up on the game once I reached something like level 60. I've never had that reaction to any aRPGs I've played except Diablo 3 and 4. I usually at a minimum reach and play the endgame for quite a while.

    And honestly? Though there are many reasons, I believe the main culprit is the spender-generator gameplay. Forcing you to use ineffective, cruddy, non-fun "basic" skills half of your playtime that do literally NOTHING except allow you to use skills that actually do something is such asinine design I am totally and utterly baffled that it ever made it into any game - let alone survive for two games in the most popular franchise of the entire genre. Why? What is the point?

    I enjoyed parts of the story, I suppose, but most of what wasn't boring was just mediocre. Even then, I probably would have enjoyed some parts if I wasn't gated by the complete failure of the core gameplay to engage me even a tiny bit.    … Expand
  21. Reflected2683
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    The Story is ok, but everything else is awful. The performance is horrible, and the GPU utilization goes crazy when opening the inventory. I never had this many crashes in a game, Cyberpunk was very stable compared to D4.
    The MMO aspect doesn't work out at all, it's so much more lonely than Diablo 3. Build diversity doesn't exist - if you play Sorceress pick Teleport, Ice Armor, Frost    The Story is ok, but everything else is awful. The performance is horrible, and the GPU utilization goes crazy when opening the inventory. I never had this many crashes in a game, Cyberpunk was very stable compared to D4.
    The MMO aspect doesn't work out at all, it's so much more lonely than Diablo 3. Build diversity doesn't exist - if you play Sorceress pick Teleport, Ice Armor, Frost Nova and Flame Shield like everyone else. The fact that respeccing costs gold doesn't help. I really don't get why they suddenly decided to penalize people that want to experiment with skills, rather than just looking up builds online. After you finished the story you would hope that finally the real fun begins, but no, Blizzard bombards you with boring side quests (go there, fetch that, come back, go there, kill that, come back, wohoo you did it) and annoying side activities like "Find the 160 hidden Althars of Lilith".
    Maybe the game gets better in 1-2 years, Diablo 3 also had a weak start and got enjoyable years later, but as of right now I can't recommend it.    … Expand
  22. atmaworm
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    I have tried to upload my review 5 times and it continues to get my error forbidden. Has Blizzard paid you to prevent users leaving honest reviews of the game Metacritic?

    My negative review is mainly due to it being almost unplayable on Playstation. I have a PS5 and both PS5 and PS4 versions behave the exact same way. The game client will crash in city hubs or freeze when transitioning    I have tried to upload my review 5 times and it continues to get my error forbidden. Has Blizzard paid you to prevent users leaving honest reviews of the game Metacritic?

    My negative review is mainly due to it being almost unplayable on Playstation. I have a PS5 and both PS5 and PS4 versions behave the exact same way. The game client will crash in city hubs or freeze when transitioning from open world to dungeons. These issues happen almost every play session multiple times. I have started opening alternative game clients (if I had PS5 version, launch PS4 to load game and start playing again until PS4 version freezes and forces me back to PS5.)

    Besides that, Blizzard has begun nerfing decent leveling areas to time gate content on the casual player. I don't have all the time in the world to sit and play video games any more. That is why I stopped playing MMOs. With D3, I would complete a playthrough and start a new one, but Blizzard is trying so hard to prevent most people from even reaching level cap.

    I wish I could rate the game hirer, because the visuals are nice and the game play is fun, but there is honestly only about 20 hours of unique game play currently in the game. I have played around 60 hours so far and I feel like I have already done every little mini game 100 times and there is not a lot of variety in dungeons. I have literally run two seperate dungeons back to back only to get the same boss both times. Every time a YouTuber comes out with a video titled, best xp farm, you can bet, the next day, Blizzard has nerfed it into the ground. It is already got me looking for another game, because i am tired of dealing with the crashes/freezing and tired of running the same content over and over for minimal gains.    … Expand
  23. utamog
    Jun 14, 2023
    2
    Boring grind fest. Even more casual of a game than Diablo 3. Not a game for fun, a game for promoting online addiction, microtransactions, and brainless grinding.
  24. PVK99
    Jun 17, 2023
    2
    It really is a super boring game, with nice graphic for a arpg. Grinding didn't feel rewarding at all, enemy's scale with you what's also lazy as hell, open world sucks, walking is the most you do in this game. That's it. 2 points for the graphic. Would recommend poe or grim dawn instead of this. If you didn't want to use your brain and just press two buttons, that's your game.
  25. phidget
    Jun 30, 2023
    2
    So far it's been quite a messy disappointment really. I've had multiple crashes every day since buying it, there's been bugs and character killing lag spikes on numerous occasions so no, this has certainly not been a smooth launch - with a ps5 on a ridiculously fast internet connection I know it's not a problem at my end. These are problems that numerous people have posted about on variousSo far it's been quite a messy disappointment really. I've had multiple crashes every day since buying it, there's been bugs and character killing lag spikes on numerous occasions so no, this has certainly not been a smooth launch - with a ps5 on a ridiculously fast internet connection I know it's not a problem at my end. These are problems that numerous people have posted about on various sites so seeing reviews stating "smoothest launch" seem incredibly suspicious to me.

    Next you have the odd design decisions. Just lots of little things that make you wonder if there was any quality control going on or if they had two teams working on it that couldn't agree on anything. Like when I'm trying to create an outfit on my druid and I can't see the top of the staff which is the bit with all the detail on, when looking at the challenges if I expand one that has a lot of requirements I can't see them all as there's no way of scrolling down (there's a scrollbar but this is ps5, not PC so you can't use your non-existent mouse to scroll it down) or their rather odd way of making it cheap to change your class build anywhere but it's a tedious endeavour to do so and there's no option to save your build as they want to encourage people to commit to a build........so why let us change out our build wherever and whenever we like then?

    The combat feels clunky - they wanted to slow things down from the arcadey feel of D3 however it just comes down to hitting more resource builders and fewer spenders so it doesn't feel very satisfying - they could've tried something new or different instead of just slowing down a system that was fine for faster combat but feels sludgey in slower combat. The builders do absolutely no damage as well so the flow of combat is wonky as hell.

    The world itself is a nice idea and having active events is welcome however the core dungeon grinding is bland. There's nothing new here, the layouts feel all too familiar, however they've opted to have every dungeon use one of about 4 different mechanics that all involve backtracking as you fetch items to progress to the next area, kill a room of mobs, do another similar mechanic then do the boss. It becomes very tedious, very fast and when you think there's over 50 dungeons it just feels incredibly lazy to only have a handful of variations on how to progress through them. There's things missing too like all the random traps that added little bits of flavour here and there or the joy of finding a randomly generated dungeon of epic size just teeming with mobs to kill - I'd actually groan if I found such a dungeon now with how tedious the combat can feel and how far I'd have to run with all the backtracking.

    Build wise it looks good at first - there's lots of options to try out and have a play with but sadly this just makes the lack of being able to save your builds even more frustrating. It harms absolutely nobody to just let people save them - the cost of changing skills is negligible even in late game so why half a*** it like this? There are also some incredibly powerful builds that rely on "uniques" dropping which are incredibly rare and when you combine that with the bug where druids get a lot of barbarian drops (in the first week I had 9 uniques drop and 6 were barbarian) it just saps all the fun out of grinding - you see that unique item colour drop, get excited, pick it up, look at it and realise it's not usable (they have acknowledged that this is a bug). There is also a caveat to this build variety however - when you get to late game you absolutely must have ways of afflicting the vulnerable status as well as ways of becoming unstoppable to break out of the constant CC chains which make the already sluggish combat feel even more tedious so your build variety becomes somewhat limited which is a real shame.

    I like a challenge - in fact I'm drawn to difficult games like a moth to a flame but this isn't difficulty to me, it's just frustrating even when it's not particularly challenging. I feel hamstringed at every turn when I just want to move around and have fun.

    edit: based on the recent big update I'm lowering the score by another point. Boosting the damage of basic skills slightly does nothing - they still hit like a wet noodle whilst you build resource for the core skills. They apparently bumped up the resource gains but not nearly enough - it still feels slow and dull, if you run out of resource you're left casting up to 7 attacks or so to fill it back up again then spent it all in 3 core skills. They also allegedly bumped up the xp gains from nightmare dungeons. I completed one with enemies 2 levels higher than me and got around 10% of a level and one legendary item. This is painfully slow levelling when combined with the dull combat. I'm not asking for it to be lightning fast, just for your time investment to mean something more than the paltry rewards you currently get.    … Expand
  26. Flamekid
    Jun 17, 2023
    2
    Terrible nonsensical story, and terrible level scaling that punished progress, D4 is one of the worst addition which only- loses to Diablo immortal in the unplayable case
  27. Ender79
    Jun 18, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, i expected Diablo to be in an Diablo game.
    Not maybe in a future expansion, but in the main game.
    Lilith final boss? Try dealing with The Butcher in your way.
    Repetitive and boring dungeons mechanics.
    Loved the first chapter. They could stopped the game there. Everything after it's not polished, just fillers.
    Nice music and sounds.
    Definitely not worth 70€. Blizzard is really missing innovating capabilities. They are stuck in an e-sport mentality where everything must be balanced.
    Doping graphics and building auxiliary money services does not improve de gaming experience.
    Dommage, such amazing lore and potential wasted ...    … Expand
  28. padlakotnik
    Jun 18, 2023
    2
    Diablo 4 left me disappointed after many hours and levels of playtime. The gameplay feels slow and uninteresting, lacking the satisfying combat and variety found in previous titles. The leveling system is shallow, providing little sense of progression. Loot drops are underwhelming, failing to deliver the excitement of finding powerful gear. Overall, Diablo 4 fails to deliver the engagingDiablo 4 left me disappointed after many hours and levels of playtime. The gameplay feels slow and uninteresting, lacking the satisfying combat and variety found in previous titles. The leveling system is shallow, providing little sense of progression. Loot drops are underwhelming, failing to deliver the excitement of finding powerful gear. Overall, Diablo 4 fails to deliver the engaging gameplay and meaningful progression that I expected.… Expand
  29. Lukeyyc88
    Jun 21, 2023
    2
    Boring lazy story. Boring combat. Boring items. Boring level scaling. Will not be buying into blizzards diablo series again before checking reviews.
  30. jma22
    Jun 21, 2023
    2
    The campaign is maybe a solid 6/10, if you just want to casually play it for 10-20h, go for it.

    Now, the endgame is a real mess. - Online only, constant stuttering and freezes in towns, when entering/leaving the open world areas, it just feels terrible - Social interactions are pointless, you just meet to do a world event then leave, that's it, no world chat, no trade chat,    The campaign is maybe a solid 6/10, if you just want to casually play it for 10-20h, go for it.

    Now, the endgame is a real mess.

    - Online only, constant stuttering and freezes in towns, when entering/leaving the open world areas, it just feels terrible

    - Social interactions are pointless, you just meet to do a world event then leave, that's it, no world chat, no trade chat, nothing except a local chat that no one uses

    - PvP areas, fun with players of a similar level, which rarely happens, if another player is 5 levels below or above you, you stomp them or they stomp you, and that happens 90% of the time

    - Progression, during the campaign and up to level 50 it's fine, then it rapdily slows down to a tedious grind

    - Items, fine until around 50-55 when you will have good items for your build and then it's just min-maxing, without any real gameplay changing upgrades for felt ages or ever, 99.9% of the items will get instantly sold/scraped

    - Crafting, maybe a bit overwhelming for casual players who are unfamiliar with similar systems, but very restrictive for others

    - Currencies, mostly pointless as you will have massive amounts of them and very few items to use them on

    - Trading, sometimes you might find items that are good, but you can't use for your build or store them, let's sell them to other players?, yeah, nope, no auction house or anything that could reasonably facilitate trade between players

    - Content, you have a couple different variations of pretty much the same gameplay loop, get's stale fast

    - Downtime, there's just way too much of downtime in between, go travel to a dungeon for 2 min why???, just tp, want to do an event with other players, time to travel and wait, have to do errands in town? time to run around the whole town because everything you need is spread out, kill a mob group? time to move to the next one which takes the same or more time then killing it, did you miss something in the semi-maze dungeon? time to walk around and find it, ..

    - Mobs, mostly fine, some variety, mob group density is bad in dungeons

    - Bosses, forgettable, unchallenging and repetitive, world bosses are a joke as is the reward of killing them (which you only get once a week xd), campaign bosses which were fun aren't used in the endgame (with some exceptions)

    - Overall difficulty, if you use all the tools you have available somewhat efficiently then you will hardly struggle, you want a challenge? You can play dungeon at a much higher level then yourself to limit test, which mainly takes more time and makes it frustrating as a untimely sneeze will be your demise, loot is still bad and you earn less xp per hour

    - Game stability, handful of game crashes in my playthrough, ocassional stutter even in dungeons, forget about playing hardcore

    - Build variety, is very bad, you have a handful of options per class and that's pretty much it, and if you find a non-default build, good luck finding any uniques that might fit, because they don't exist

    Well, I'll leave it at that.

    tldr; If you don't own the game and want to play it for an extended period of time, forget about it. If you own the game, stop playing when it becomes tedious, because it will only get worse.    … Expand
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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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