Diablo IV

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  1. Coasted
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    Review gets a 1 because I have seen worse. This recent patch however gutted ever class, but the weakest class in the game took the biggest hit. I log in only to find my Sorc doing 80% less damage than before the patch. This isn't playable, and judging at how long it takes them to fix something (if they even fix it), I'll be long done with D4 before that day comes.

    It goes to show    Review gets a 1 because I have seen worse. This recent patch however gutted ever class, but the weakest class in the game took the biggest hit. I log in only to find my Sorc doing 80% less damage than before the patch. This isn't playable, and judging at how long it takes them to fix something (if they even fix it), I'll be long done with D4 before that day comes.

    It goes to show that Blizzard does not respect the player's time. It really seems like they did their best to increase the in-game time by dragging the game out just so they can show their stakeholders increased hours played. Oh nelly will this ever backfire on them.    … Expand
  2. carlosmacieljrp
    Jul 18, 2023
    4
    The game is too grindy and the latest update makes progress even slower. 100+ hours to max level when there is no build variety and itemization is very poor. I have a PS5 and I am a casual player. I am about to buy a PC so I can play Last Epoch and PoE2.

    I have no doubt that Diablo 4 is one of the best games of 2026, today it's not this day.
  3. a12asercv
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard deploys nonsensical patches that break the underlying mechanics of the game and in doing so ensures that it has no long-term playability. Why would anyone invest time in this game if they're just going to casually break whatever you've built to juice some internal KPI with a complete disregard for whether or not it makes the actual game fun to play?
  4. Hellspectre
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    They've destroyed almost everyones will and motivation (including mine) to play Diablo IV. Patch 1.1 should've existed out of QoL and/or harder content such as torment 5, 6, or above.
    But instead they nerfed the classes into oblivion where as the sorcerer is not even playable anymore.
    Blizzard as a company is out of touch, and has lost complete sense of feel or connection with the playerbase.
  5. helpermonkey
    Jun 28, 2023
    4
    Just as many others have already said - The game is pretty but also soulless and boring. The non-stop waves and hordes of enemies isn't fun in the slightest bit. You just mash and click buttons until the vague and mostly indistinguishable moving objects surrounding you stop moving. Then you pick up the largely useless gold and items that don't really help you in any significant way. I wasJust as many others have already said - The game is pretty but also soulless and boring. The non-stop waves and hordes of enemies isn't fun in the slightest bit. You just mash and click buttons until the vague and mostly indistinguishable moving objects surrounding you stop moving. Then you pick up the largely useless gold and items that don't really help you in any significant way. I was fully kitted out with yellow items top to bottom by level 14. What's even the point of blue items? And really, even the yellow items aren't usually all that special.
    Diablo I and II were insanely fun games. There was a formula that worked so well that people literally played them for years and even decades (D2). DIII was ok-ish but everyone knew D2 was better. How can the developers at Blizzard be so obtuse? Why make moving through the game so mind numbing? Why get rid of the value of gold? Why not make yellow (and orange) items hard to find and worth it when they are? Why make enemy combat an endless, confusing button smash slog? I literally can't tell what most enemies look like or what they're even doing to me. It's just visual noise.
    Why was D2 so much better than D1? Because it was bigger and gave us more characters. Sure there was some pretty cool innovation with the gems and rune system but the basic game play didn't change.
    I feel like D4 is a pretty looking Diablo clone that got all the reasons why Diablo was so fun completely wrong. This kind of misstep would be ok if these games came out every 5 years. But to wait almost 12 years? For this? It's just flat out unacceptable.    … Expand
  6. wjmjr
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Game had great potential, but recent changes for season 1 show development is completely incompetent. Don't waste your money.
  7. Isch123ab
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Why the **** is this company so bad How to get more playtime 1 make less damage so I need longer Next step reset all progress in a feature?
  8. qanik
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Terrible end game loop. No chase items. No crafting. No agency on the contents and rewards. Bad itemization. Forced builds by devs. Buggy and imbalanced tuning. Thoughtless implementation of many systems, such as open world, elemental/phys dmg types, resistance, white/blue items(why do they exists lol?), hardcore/softcore etc.. Missing tons of QoL features(search function, lack of stashesTerrible end game loop. No chase items. No crafting. No agency on the contents and rewards. Bad itemization. Forced builds by devs. Buggy and imbalanced tuning. Thoughtless implementation of many systems, such as open world, elemental/phys dmg types, resistance, white/blue items(why do they exists lol?), hardcore/softcore etc.. Missing tons of QoL features(search function, lack of stashes period). Quin is a clown.… Expand
  9. gamenator
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Basically theres no endgame, when you reach lvl 70 youre done, only thing you can do is grinding for better items.
    Nightmare Dungeons are boring and not giving better loot, Diablo 3 rifts were better. Everyone is using yellow items upgraded to legandarys, almost every unique ist absolut crap and are not usefull for endgame Builds except 2-3 items like the tempest roar for druids. For    Basically theres no endgame, when you reach lvl 70 youre done, only thing you can do is grinding for better items.
    Nightmare Dungeons are boring and not giving better loot, Diablo 3 rifts were better. Everyone is using yellow items upgraded to legandarys, almost every unique ist absolut crap and are not usefull for endgame Builds except 2-3 items like the tempest roar for druids. For example every Barbar unique is absolut trash and can not be used in the endgame. New Update is a mess. They nerfed crit dmg, vul dmg, damage red, armor, cooldowns , exp gain. Almost everything was nerfed. I was hyped for season 1 now considering not to play. Revert the changes or you will loose alot of players.
    Anyways if not, Remnant 2 is coming and will 100% a better Game.    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. Voodoostride
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Broken unfinished game. No end game, slow paced, and does not feel good to play.
  12. hughtg
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    What a F**king patch! Zero quality of life change. Nightmare level "Balancing". Hilarious new unique items and aspects, nonsense buff on useless skills. Nerf aft nerf aft nerf results only masochists play barb and sorc. What a piece of garbage.
  13. Slamhoggery
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Don't buy this game. The devs are completely out of touch with the players and their game. Loot is boring and most is trash. The endgame consists of running the same 15 dungeons 100 times. They want to put you on the treadmill but have no reward to entice uou to keep grinding.
  14. mdee42
    Jul 10, 2023
    1
    10 years for that.
    No end game. after reaching lvl 100 theres nothing to do only helltide every 2 hours and for what? for the same ancestral legendary ****
    world boss killed in 1mn. always same aspects, same build for all class. **** legendary, **** unique that you cant even reroll 1 time. you will never feel that you are powerfull. The problem is its not fun to play, its    10 years for that.
    No end game. after reaching lvl 100 theres nothing to do only helltide every 2 hours and for what? for the same ancestral legendary ****
    world boss killed in 1mn.
    always same aspects, same build for all class.
    **** legendary, **** unique that you cant even reroll 1 time.
    you will never feel that you are powerfull.
    The problem is its not fun to play, its frustrating.
    300h and no gold for reroll new pieces.
    nothing to do with gems taking place in the stash and wat a big stash really? the stash is a disaster if you play many classes.
    this game is fun till level 50. then bye bye    … Expand
  15. MustangHiPo
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was fun for maybe a week. Then I realized how grindy it is for lackluster very random loot. As a casual gamer, I can't spend hours every day just farming for a RNG chance at getting better loot. I swear I scrap 99% of what is dropping. Also, if you don't use a few meta builds you're experience will be much worse, especially after they nerfed pretty much every aspect forcing you to spend even more time farming loot. I wish I could get my $70 back. They basically made what should have been a free to play game with season battle pass.… Expand
  16. Lmntk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Blizzard don’t listen community. No end game, no improvement, just massive nerf to hide this game has no content. Blizzard is sinking
  17. Deviousdw
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    This latest patch (1.1.0) makes the game not worth playing. RIP $90. They nerf all parts of the game that is fun, make it super grindy now to slow down play content consumption. Funny how Blizzard used to be a good gaming company
  18. Theloneas
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Its pretty obvious at this point the developers of the game dont actually play it. Issues that need to be addressed to make the QoL better for the players are left on the back burner for changes that make the game more grindy and less satisfying for players who dont play 10 hours a day. Some of the decision made are just...odd, they made a loot based game with boring loot, a dungeonIts pretty obvious at this point the developers of the game dont actually play it. Issues that need to be addressed to make the QoL better for the players are left on the back burner for changes that make the game more grindy and less satisfying for players who dont play 10 hours a day. Some of the decision made are just...odd, they made a loot based game with boring loot, a dungeon crawler with cut and paste repetitive dungeons with no significant differences from one to the next- 150 dungeons with just a handful of bosses and once done with the campaign you never get to see those bosses ever again. The cost of rebuilding your character to try new things is only possible if you, once again play 10+hours a day and even then is just ridiculous. They had 3 previous games to build off of but decided they wanted to shoot for a more AARPG/MMO style game but then start taking out multiplayer aspects because they decided a small percent of players are leveling too fast and shining a spotlight on the fact they biffed the endgame? So the decision was to make leveling even worse for others so they dont have a chance to get there? Not everything is bad but if you throw a pearl in an elephant turd and people arent gonna glove up and look for the pearl.… Expand
  19. wwwj
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    I have rarely seen this bad disconnect between developers of the game and the actual players of the game. All player feedback is thrown into garbage while Blizzard just keeps focusing on how to make the gameplay as long and tedious as possible.

    It is actually baffling that it seems most of the developers have never played their own game. Random teleport unique? What next? Just    I have rarely seen this bad disconnect between developers of the game and the actual players of the game. All player feedback is thrown into garbage while Blizzard just keeps focusing on how to make the gameplay as long and tedious as possible.

    It is actually baffling that it seems most of the developers have never played their own game.

    Random teleport unique?

    What next?

    Just a plain suicide button?    … Expand
  20. pathofexiler
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    There are many F2P ARPGs with more content than this disgusting cashgrab from activision
  21. gotetrunks
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    The game has a lot of problems since release and now with the patch for the launch of S1 instead of fixing the game they totally ruined it. They don't care they don't listen.
    I really wish i could have my money back. I never regret so much to buy a game!
  22. Googolplex
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    Overall the game had an insane potential, but it launched with so many fundamental flaws that it simply ruins most of the game.

    I honestly don't think they played their own game internally beyond the first 50 levels, because the flaws are so fundamental that you notice them very quickly. It's simply unacceptable to release a game like Diablo 4 in 2023 - especially not from a company like    Overall the game had an insane potential, but it launched with so many fundamental flaws that it simply ruins most of the game.

    I honestly don't think they played their own game internally beyond the first 50 levels, because the flaws are so fundamental that you notice them very quickly.

    It's simply unacceptable to release a game like Diablo 4 in 2023 - especially not from a company like Blizzard.    … Expand
  23. ruuska
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Fun and thrilling start. Gets repetitive really quickly. Really hard to find groups or do any kind of social gaming. Hard to get an overview of stats and what a specific stat does. Why are there several affects e.g. slow, chill, frozen, dazed. Are they not the same?
    Stars have to be aligned to get out max damage and/or a good roll on an item.
    Season 1 patch makes a lot more worse. Not    Fun and thrilling start. Gets repetitive really quickly. Really hard to find groups or do any kind of social gaming. Hard to get an overview of stats and what a specific stat does. Why are there several affects e.g. slow, chill, frozen, dazed. Are they not the same?
    Stars have to be aligned to get out max damage and/or a good roll on an item.
    Season 1 patch makes a lot more worse. Not fixing the actual problems and just create time gates    … Expand
  24. hahn24
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Game was fun at first but the decisions being made by the dev team completely destroy any fun that was being had. Why make sweeping nerfs to every class when some classes were already severely under powered. This is a loot driven game with terrible loot. a ARPG with boring and slow game play, and a game trying to have MMO aspects with little to no social interaction. This was all presentGame was fun at first but the decisions being made by the dev team completely destroy any fun that was being had. Why make sweeping nerfs to every class when some classes were already severely under powered. This is a loot driven game with terrible loot. a ARPG with boring and slow game play, and a game trying to have MMO aspects with little to no social interaction. This was all present before the most recent patch which made everything severely slower, harder, and more time consuming. I will not be playing any new seasons until its (hopefully) fixed down the road.… Expand
  25. ReverendJunk
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst patch ever, if you want to play a game that is zero fun this is it! They literally just made sure they had the most unplayable in fun game ever.… Expand
  26. 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
  27. Nickelousf
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. End game is trash. The grind to get to level 50 caps you. Then they released a patch the basically makes all characters weaker than they were before. Don’t buy wait till next your when it’s cheaper and they’ve figured out what they are doing with the content available.… Expand
  28. temjr
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    I loved the game until the most recent patch. I now have zero desire to play this. It seems like they slowed everything down and made everything more difficult in order to promote purchasing their season pass. The game had a great start and I thought they were going to improve it, but instead they decided to make everything more of a grind and go in the opposite direction. Usually theirI loved the game until the most recent patch. I now have zero desire to play this. It seems like they slowed everything down and made everything more difficult in order to promote purchasing their season pass. The game had a great start and I thought they were going to improve it, but instead they decided to make everything more of a grind and go in the opposite direction. Usually their games improve, but I don't know what they were thinking with this latest patch.… Expand
  29. torswanson
    Jun 25, 2023
    4
    Here is another "review bomb" according to some streamers.

    Overall, I just didn't enjoy much of D4. From the campaign to the end-game, it never felt enjoyable mainly because the gameplay itself just isn't enjoyable. Before the game even came out, i was very annoyed by yes, A PREDATORY, practice of charging 20 dollars extra for early access with a hardcore race behind it to FOMO    Here is another "review bomb" according to some streamers.

    Overall, I just didn't enjoy much of D4. From the campaign to the end-game, it never felt enjoyable mainly because the gameplay itself just isn't enjoyable.

    Before the game even came out, i was very annoyed by yes, A PREDATORY, practice of charging 20 dollars extra for early access with a hardcore race behind it to FOMO consumers. Anyone who doesn't think this is a scummy, predatory practice is a corporate shill.

    Campaign was extremely easy. I played a Rend Barbarian. The scaling world felt as though as completely side quests, strongholds, or farming dungeons was pretty meaningless as the scaling would just diminish that effort. So I just went straight through the campaign only to be extremely underleveled when fighting Lillith cause apparently that just didnt scale for some reason? I fought her at level 36 or 37, still one shot it because the game is very easy. Overall, the story, voice acting, and graphics were good but it was boring gameplay. I'd give the campaign a 6/10. I dont particularly like campaigns in general. It wasn't the worst, but it wasn't Halo 2 on Legendary.

    The combat is more of the same as the last versions of Diablo and in some ways worse. You only have 6 abilities, 4 of the Barbarians spells are nearly essential lock-ins for buff, then you need one builder and one spender. This is across every build Barb has to offer. You press two buttons with some buffs. One you level up you can almost drop your spender because your shouts generate all your rage but most still keep it just in case. You really can't really afford to take leap, charge, steel grasp or anything fun really. Just buff, build, then spend. Was pretty silly that my D2 Barbarian had more spells to use than my D4 barbarian. I haven't played PoE and quit D3 probably after a month or playing it because the RMAH. However, it is crazy to me that in 23 years, I have less abilities in a game to use that is a ARPG. Combat for me is easily a 1/10, I can't imagine a worse action game then pressing 1 combat ability 95% of the time. This was acceptable 20 years ago, not now.

    The gearing system leaves a lot to be desired, its not terrible so to speak but there are glaring issues. Nearly every build prioritizes Vulnerability, Crit, Crit %, and CDR. Resists are utterly useless. Gems have no use beyond your first 10 royals. Acquiring the gear is best done by doing half of a dungeon then resetting the dungeon. This makes for a very repetitive and unfun game loop of pressing one button for two minutes then reset and do 20s of load screens. I'd give gearing a 5/10.

    The dungeon system was terrible. There are 100s of dungeons to do but you really should only do 2-3 because they are SO far ahead in terms of XP per hour you are wasting your time if you are not. Not to mention, most dungeons are crazy similar in their mechanics (kill all mobs, bring two boxes to holders, etc.) and end bosses of dungeons are pretty lame. Nightmare dungeons were a bit more fun cause the scaling made them more difficult but the rewards just aren't there to justify doing them. I'd give this a 3/10.

    The world content varied greatly. Strongholds were amazing. Statues of Lilith / Renown grind was an insane grind and not very exciting outside Strongholds. World bosses were a complete joke. Side quests were mediocre, not much there. The horse is really bugged and the CD on it was kind of annoying. I'd give the outdoor content a 5/10.

    Overall I give the game a 4/10. In my opinion, the developers really need to address the gameplay first and foremost. Barbarian was extremely boring and only having 6 abilities to use is such a disservice to modern games. If they fixed the vehicle im traversing the world through, doing dungeons and world content would be much more enjoyable. I think the game has a decent base to build off of, but is it worth 70 dollars, not now in my opinion.    … Expand
  30. Bloodworks3
    Aug 30, 2023
    0
    Blizzard managed to create a game so disappointing & frustrating that almost everyone who quits RAGE QUITS.

    Plenty of other reviews cover the reasons why Diablo 4 is hot garbage. One of the worst games I've ever bought. I will never buy anything from them again. Search Actman Diablo 4 and watch any of his related reviews. Search Blizzard lawsuits. I scheduled my G.D. vacation time    Blizzard managed to create a game so disappointing & frustrating that almost everyone who quits RAGE QUITS.

    Plenty of other reviews cover the reasons why Diablo 4 is hot garbage. One of the worst games I've ever bought. I will never buy anything from them again.

    Search Actman Diablo 4 and watch any of his related reviews. Search Blizzard lawsuits.

    I scheduled my G.D. vacation time for the D4 release & 3 days into playing it stopped being fun. I'm still upset. What a scam.

    The once great Blizzard North was bought out over a decade ago and none of the brilliant minds still work there at what is now called Activision Blizzard. I didn't know this until after buying D4. Blizzard pumps out flashy games with no substance and puts the Blizzard stamp on it to cash in on nostalgia and utilize predatory in game cash transaction practices. Their games are pure marketing & sales. Look at reviews for any of their games in the last decade. I wish I had.

    Don't believe the positive critic reviews or the fake positive reviews masquerading as negative ones. Blizzard pays for those to confuse people

    D4 Motto: If you're not having fun you're either playing wrong or too much.    … 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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