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  1. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    It is a shame that Bliz. still can not cope with their player base.. neither with their updates nor with server capacity. Amateurs.
  2. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Zero – disappointed, sad that this is how I feel about the current state of D4, a highly anticipated game for myself. The "0" represents my excitement and outlook for the game after 1.1.0a patch, my lack of confidence in the team surrounding D4 at the moment. The patch was SO far removed and out of touch in nearly every way.. but it also sounds like the team is prioritizing time toZero – disappointed, sad that this is how I feel about the current state of D4, a highly anticipated game for myself. The "0" represents my excitement and outlook for the game after 1.1.0a patch, my lack of confidence in the team surrounding D4 at the moment. The patch was SO far removed and out of touch in nearly every way.. but it also sounds like the team is prioritizing time to digest/process feedback and comments? Part of me is still hopeful (copium, will always be a Diablo fan) and that this is all part of growing pains of a long-term plan to achieve balance in-game and harmony with the community, and I will return to the game if/when they do.
    Mid-review, I decided to give a score of "1" because I DID enjoy the game and believe the team is listening/communicative. But my review isn't heavily based on what I enjoyed in the past, it's weighted primarily on my outlook of the game moving forward. That said, I sincerely hope everyone still playing enjoys S1. I'll be staying updated with the game in the meantime and hope to play with y'all again one day, fingers crossed!
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  3. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This is not your fathers Diablo.... the devs have managed to release a game that is so screwed up. Here is a brief list:
    -limited bag space, no way to increase
    -gem system is gimped -no matching system for players to work together -no chat, just canned phrases -WAY to MANY nerd knobs for your character development -essentially no end game There was a time I bought ever game from
    This is not your fathers Diablo.... the devs have managed to release a game that is so screwed up. Here is a brief list:
    -limited bag space, no way to increase
    -gem system is gimped
    -no matching system for players to work together
    -no chat, just canned phrases
    -WAY to MANY nerd knobs for your character development
    -essentially no end game

    There was a time I bought ever game from blizzard those days ended when it was revealed they treat women like garbage and this game reinforces that decision.
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  4. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Getting worse and disappointing, very sad to see this especially after the hours I’ve spent leveling 2 characters!! What a shame.
  5. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible manipulative practices designed to make money over player experience. Deliberate slow downs to increase player time. Garbage itemization. Expand
  6. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Giving it a 1 because it was fun before patch 1.1. Players had lots of QOL requests and were told they would be implemented (gem management, ect) Instead they drop the nerf hammer on almost everything. Slow the game down, nerf damage, nerf resistances, and basically bury the Sorc class.
    I was excited to play Season 1, now I am just so letdown and frankly mad. Developers are Completely
    Giving it a 1 because it was fun before patch 1.1. Players had lots of QOL requests and were told they would be implemented (gem management, ect) Instead they drop the nerf hammer on almost everything. Slow the game down, nerf damage, nerf resistances, and basically bury the Sorc class.
    I was excited to play Season 1, now I am just so letdown and frankly mad. Developers are Completely out of sync with players.
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  7. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Most of the reviews already said it, the game is trash in current state with possible potential in a few years if they can even save it lol. Hope Lizzard stocks crash and the investors money burns. I think theyre just trolling their customers at this point. I hope a lawsuit happens.
  8. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    I am tired of blizzard not being able to make positive updates for its game. Its time to listen to it's community and reignite the passion for video games. Zero progress from this patch.
  9. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Game is fun. Blizzard just doesn't want its players to have too much fun. They for some reason chose to make everything less fun especially endgame content in the new 1.1 patch.
  10. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    0 respect for the community. Building mechanics to gate xp gate fun and absolutely no build diversity. What is blizzard response nerf everything. Y'all can kick cans I'm done. Waste of money and time I spent
  11. Jul 20, 2023
    3
    I give a 3. Was good for about 3 days at the launch, then the candy shell started to melt away. What I thought was a chocolate M&M was actually just **** with a candy coating.
  12. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    The campaign writing and overall presentation are great.

    Unfortunately once you clear the main campaign it starts falling apart. The poor coding shows itself when the difficulty starts raising, not that the game really gets that hard until you start pushing nightmare dungeons but you notice bad hit detection and things like that. There are a lot of quality of life things that have
    The campaign writing and overall presentation are great.

    Unfortunately once you clear the main campaign it starts falling apart.
    The poor coding shows itself when the difficulty starts raising, not that the game really gets that hard until you start pushing nightmare dungeons but you notice bad hit detection and things like that. There are a lot of quality of life things that have been heavily requested which are being ignored and given the "we'll get to it later." treatment.

    The main problem with the game as I see it and the thing that killed my enjoyment of the game is that the developers dont seem to have any understanding of the player experience or what the changes they are making will mean for it. They say they want to support a wide build variety but nerf the good builds that the top 1% of players are using doing the pinnacle content of the game while ignoring completely bugged out builds or builds that are pathetic like fire sorc or summoner druid.

    They dont seem to know that logging in to find your character is now much more squishy and much less powerful when you are pushing end game content isnt something players want to experience and would turn them off.

    If this is the level of thinking the developers or their bosses are operating on for D4 it will not have a successful life cycle as the game it was sold to be. For now I am choosing to abstain from the season and don't know if I will return to eternal realm or anything else blizzard has to offer. I will definitely never spend money on a blizzard title again, they burned me too good on this one. I hated D3, D2 was a huge part of my adolescence something I cherish greatly to this day. I know no one who worked on D2 is still working for blizzard but its a shame they have no one there with any pull who understands what made D2 so incredible. It wasnt a perfect game by any means which is what makes D4 so frustrating, there was a lot of room for updates and improvements to D2 which the D4 team could have taken and run with.

    I am heartened to see the response from the community because this kind of corporate meddling for the sake of greed, this constant extraction from everything good in our lives and world for the sake of profit leaves the whole word in a rotten state. Power to the people.
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  13. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The latest patch is an abomination. "wE lIsTeN tO yOuR fEeDbAcK". Jesus Christ Blizzard, I guess you are stillsetting new standards in the gaming industry, just not good ones. Has anyone ever opened reddit or Twitter from your team? How was it a good idea to nerf everything across the board into the ground? You deal less damage than before the patch, which makes leveling even more of aThe latest patch is an abomination. "wE lIsTeN tO yOuR fEeDbAcK". Jesus Christ Blizzard, I guess you are stillsetting new standards in the gaming industry, just not good ones. Has anyone ever opened reddit or Twitter from your team? How was it a good idea to nerf everything across the board into the ground? You deal less damage than before the patch, which makes leveling even more of a grind. You can take less damage which makes you die faster, which makes leveling more of a grind. On top of that you destroyed cool downs across the board. How is it fun to run in circles to wait for the cooldowns? It's mind boggling really. And to round it up you decided to finally delete the sorc from the game, because f*** it, sorc was bad in pre season already so why not just delete it from the game altogether? Expand
  14. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I tried really hard to like this game but after a few hours of season 1 I just cant,. I feel no drive to play and im really bored.

    Save your $
  15. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Franchement ils ont tué le jeu avec leur nouveau patch. Dommage il était bien avant
  16. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    No shot this game wasnt designed by ChatGPT.

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  17. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    浪费700,不停的削弱削弱,直接把野蛮人和法师删除了吧!
  18. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Worst game company ever!Do you guys use chatgpt to do the balance?I have never seen any company
    doing balance like this.
  19. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was a great game until version 1.1.0 Instead of making the game better for everyone, the majority of classes got nerfed, defense was lowered and attack as well. It’s now designed so players spend more time in the game than enjoying the progression and exploration of the characters. Expand
  20. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The worst update !!!!!!
    I want refund !!!
    Regret spend my time on this game
  21. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    They are destroying good game. So disappointed. Too many unnecessary changes. Big mistakes.
  22. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    High price game, good story, but the way they balance the game like sh**t. They just thinking of player money and abandon all the good value they had made!!
  23. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Pros: Lillith is cool

    Cons: -Blizzard is purposefully creating a problem with inventory space to sell a solution later -Camera is too zoomed in -Character creator is terrible, worse than Diablo immortal for some reason -End game revolves around the same dungeon loop -Itemization is really stupid/bad affixes -Stats are bad, Resistances do nothing -no loot filter -Cant give items
    Pros: Lillith is cool

    Cons:
    -Blizzard is purposefully creating a problem with inventory space to sell a solution later
    -Camera is too zoomed in
    -Character creator is terrible, worse than Diablo immortal for some reason
    -End game revolves around the same dungeon loop
    -Itemization is really stupid/bad affixes
    -Stats are bad, Resistances do nothing
    -no loot filter
    -Cant give items to alts due to level req. being at dropped level
    -no social systems even though marketed as mmo-lite
    -The Illusion of Choice - You get to pick 6 abilities except not really because each class has 2-3 abilities that are a must for all builds plus an ult. have fun choosing your two abilities barb players.
    -Dev Team wont fix problems in the game because season 1 was shipped, then proceeded to nerf every single class as well as exp. gained

    False Cons: Not pros but not cons
    -Scaling levels with enemies - Seems like a bad idea but not that bad when you hit end game as content becomes static for NM dungeons and other events
    -Simplicity- Builds look cookie cutter and they are but the paragon board post 50 adds a decent amount of complexity to builds

    Overall: Give this game 2 years and it might be good. In its current state, it is only fun for the campaign and falls off hard after. theory crafting builds is not fun due to itemization and lack of balancing from the devs.
    If you like games like diablo 4, I would recommend Path of Exile, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn, Torch Light 2, or even the previous diablo games over d4. This game needs a lot more Quality of Life, more content, and more classes
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  24. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    That's terrible..
    I'm an old fan who has been enjoying the Diablo series since 2000.
    There is a lack of content to enjoy than games under 10 dollars that are over 10 years old.
    You bought this game at this price, and it's like you used the garbage thrown by Blizzard on the flip side while passing through the street.
  25. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Q: what to do if players complain about the lack of challenge in end game?
    A normal person: new dungeons, new super bosses, new loots.
    Blizzard: nerf everything!
  26. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Even if I didn't do anything after the release, it would have been much more fun than now.
    I will never buy a Blizzard game again.
  27. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Blizzard is spitting in our face with latest patch and season 1 launch. Patch is ridiculous, and will definitely annihilate any will to play. From several years now, they are completely out of touch with their customers
  28. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Where to begin? I’ve been invested and have all the Diablo games from my childhood to D3. Diablo 4 is by far the worse game in the series.

    I leveled a sorceress from 1-100 the first 50 levels were ok but after 50 their really is nothing that keeps you interested or gives you gratification to continue to play. I created a Rouge for Season 1 leveled it to level 23 and deleted it I can’t
    Where to begin? I’ve been invested and have all the Diablo games from my childhood to D3. Diablo 4 is by far the worse game in the series.

    I leveled a sorceress from 1-100 the first 50 levels were ok but after 50 their really is nothing that keeps you interested or gives you gratification to continue to play.

    I created a Rouge for Season 1 leveled it to level 23 and deleted it I can’t continue further. The game is boring, itemization is boring, legendaries all look the same and are boring.

    Uber uniqueness (you know the 6 ultra rares) that have an impossible chance of dropping are discouraging. I really want to like this game I bough the ultimate addition.

    The collectors addition doesn’t even include the game it’s a money grab. Maybe by season 10 (like 5 years away) it might be good but I just can’t continue to play this dull and uninspiring title so disappointing.

    I had my doubts and really wish I didn’t pay the $134 Canadian for a second grade product. The collectors addition is a money grab by the developers it does not come with the game it’s sold separately and it’s too expensive.

    My 2 cents
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  29. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Plenty of mediocre content that goes stale quickly. Prioritizes quantity over quality. It's also a live service (online only/aka subscription) which limits playability and the provider (Blizzard) has not yet added any quality content. Crashes regularly on console. If a streaming service constantly crashes and has no interesting content you cancel the subscription.
  30. Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Blizzard are actual idiots.

    The whole point of a live service game with a monetised model is to keep people playing. “The more they play, the more they pay” You see it with Cod, fortnite and many other games. Now I appreciate that Blizzard bent us all over at the start for £60 to £100 so bringing in funds initially post launch may not be their key driver, but if numbers drop over time
    Blizzard are actual idiots.

    The whole point of a live service game with a monetised model is to keep people playing.

    “The more they play, the more they pay”

    You see it with Cod, fortnite and many other games.

    Now I appreciate that Blizzard bent us all over at the start for £60 to £100 so bringing in funds initially post launch may not be their key driver, but if numbers drop over time their cash cow goes to pasture.

    I am a level 70 Sorcerer, pre patch she was squishy, weak and made you work for your money, now she’s all of those things x10.

    I have zero interest in playing her as dying all the time compared to your Necro and Rogue mates in a dungeon becomes pretty boring pretty quickly.

    They have nerfed levelling so now it’s even harder to do alts and grind up, so I can’t even be arsed to switch.

    The different ways to grind are also pretty boring, repetitive with uninteresting dungeons and tree of whispers.

    Finally why are Elites harder and more fun to kill than the end of dungeon boss fight where they stand there like a drugged sheep getting hit, where’s the boss mechanics Blizzard?????
    So right now Blizzard, I’ve firmly put my money back in my pocket and my time into other games.
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  31. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The game has the most basic QoL issues that should’ve been managed before it ever launched. The fact that the devs don’t carry over the improvements from one generation into the next is mind blowing. Patch 1.1 was a full money grab, bait ‘n switch. They neutered the eternal realm, forcing people to play their seasonal content = nudging players to spend irl money on cosmetics. They nerfedThe game has the most basic QoL issues that should’ve been managed before it ever launched. The fact that the devs don’t carry over the improvements from one generation into the next is mind blowing. Patch 1.1 was a full money grab, bait ‘n switch. They neutered the eternal realm, forcing people to play their seasonal content = nudging players to spend irl money on cosmetics. They nerfed xp gains, making it impossible to power level. The game feels like a slog. I do not recommend this game to anyone! Expand
  32. Jul 20, 2023
    1
    Fun for a while.
    Then slows to a grinding halt.
    Qol that they should have known to include, was obviously left out because of the lack of endgame content. Slow you down keep you in the game.
    Solid base fight mechanics.
    Overall Garbage Game don’t waste your time and money…
  33. Jul 20, 2023
    0
    afk and uninstall the game after the new patch. It becomes such a pain to play, what a pity theres no way to get refund :(
  34. Jul 21, 2023
    5
    Diablo 1, 2, 3, 4 inklusive aller Inhalte. Auch diese, die nicht von Blizzard stammen, prägen meine Erfahrung und auch wenn Diablo 4 nach dem optischen Reinfall von Diablo 3 wieder mehr meinen persönlichen Geschmack getroffen hat und ich für mein Geld viele viele Stunden AAA Spielspaß bekommen haben, ist der Start der Saison 1 auch in Verbindung mit einem neuen absolut Irrwitzigen PatchDiablo 1, 2, 3, 4 inklusive aller Inhalte. Auch diese, die nicht von Blizzard stammen, prägen meine Erfahrung und auch wenn Diablo 4 nach dem optischen Reinfall von Diablo 3 wieder mehr meinen persönlichen Geschmack getroffen hat und ich für mein Geld viele viele Stunden AAA Spielspaß bekommen haben, ist der Start der Saison 1 auch in Verbindung mit einem neuen absolut Irrwitzigen Patch eine Ernüchterung. Einwegcharaktere, die später gelöscht werden müssen, weil der Ewige Realm überläuft und Herzen in Käfigen, die jetzt mein Inventar zu Müllen sind definitiv keine Basis für einen Battlepass oder anderweitige finanzielle Unterstützung. Das System ist grundsätzlich falsch übernommen worden und nicht mehr in die Zeit zu denken. Wieso in jeder Saison einen neuen Charakter starten, wenn es eh nur darum geht ohne Sinn und Verstand schnellstmöglich das Maximal LVL zu erreichen, um vom neuen Inhalt zu profitieren. 10-20h aufgezwungenes Monsterschlachten ohne Mehrwert, wer soll da noch langfristig Lust entwickeln.
    Das nennt man dann wohl ein Fall von Betriebsblindheit im Hause Blizzard. Die Uhr tickt jetzt das Ruder umreisen oder das ganze strandet wie Diablo 3!
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  35. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    亂改一堆 你們他媽的當初設計沒設季好強度 現在每個人的bd都成型了 把他砍爛??
    為了測是花了數億的金錢去測 你們爽改就改?幹你娘
    可以把錢全部都退回給玩家嗎?
  36. Jul 21, 2023
    4
    Very deceived. For context I have hundreds of hours in both D2 and thousands in D3. For months I hyped my friends and shilled for Blizzard hoping they would not pull an "Immortal" and actually give us a decent product. This game is souless. I forced myself to get a toon to level 100 just for the love of the I.P but my journey ends there. The way they added pay to win is gross and sucks anyVery deceived. For context I have hundreds of hours in both D2 and thousands in D3. For months I hyped my friends and shilled for Blizzard hoping they would not pull an "Immortal" and actually give us a decent product. This game is souless. I forced myself to get a toon to level 100 just for the love of the I.P but my journey ends there. The way they added pay to win is gross and sucks any meaning away from earning gear. Even if you put aside and just focus on the cosmetic let me give you an example. Lets say you want to buy a set of armor for your Rogue and you want to get the matching horse armor guess how much.... 69.99$. Now some will defend this and look for all kinds of ways to soft coat the utter vampiric shallow husk of a game they provided us. Shame on you Blizzard you do not deserve the loyalty us old gamers had for you. R.I.P Diablo (( wait till 50% off if you must buy, not worth full price at all. )) Expand
  37. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    A treasure hunting game is afraid that the player will hit the treasure?
    A multiplayer game that penalizes players who connect and team up?
    It will be revised down in an all-round way, which means that the initial value is not designed well at all
  38. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This is a review bombing and am supporting it, **** with community and guess what; community will **** you back :)

    Fix your mistakes Blizzard and we ll change our reviews.
  39. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This is a garbage game, and the most garbage is the arrogance of the developers! Now I hope Microsoft will fire all this garbage!!
  40. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    到底誰教這群腦殘設計師做遊戲的
    可以完全把玩家想要的通通改掉 不喜歡的通通留著 我真是鄵你媽
  41. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I played diablo game 20 years and preorder always, but diablo4 is make me sad, dev's only job is take away all fun part of this game, I am very regret to preorder ultimate version of d4.
  42. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Any changes that are "beneficial to players" will only be pushed to the "future", and any changes that are "unfavorable to players" will definitely only be "modified" immediately. Do you still want the game to have S2-S3-S4? Are you sure there are still players? Do you think this is ten years ago, an era where there were not many games? Wake up!! In 2023, games are coming to the era ofAny changes that are "beneficial to players" will only be pushed to the "future", and any changes that are "unfavorable to players" will definitely only be "modified" immediately. Do you still want the game to have S2-S3-S4? Are you sure there are still players? Do you think this is ten years ago, an era where there were not many games? Wake up!! In 2023, games are coming to the era of VR.It took Blizzard ten years to launch a waste design, it’s good to have players, think about it for yourself Expand
  43. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Blizzard basically pulled a bait and switch. They released an unfinished game that doesn’t have meaningful endgame content. Instead of adding the endgame content with season-1 they nerfed all the classes and items while buffing all the enemies. This had the effect of exponentially slowing the leveling down to the point of removing any enjoyment. They did this on the eve of season-1 soBlizzard basically pulled a bait and switch. They released an unfinished game that doesn’t have meaningful endgame content. Instead of adding the endgame content with season-1 they nerfed all the classes and items while buffing all the enemies. This had the effect of exponentially slowing the leveling down to the point of removing any enjoyment. They did this on the eve of season-1 so basically you had a month of pretty fun content, along with good press & reviews, and then they took that all away. To say this game is now a tedious slog is an understatement. You’ll literally play hours and hours with little leveling progress & very few loot items to show for it. I would not recommend this game in its current state. Expand
  44. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game.Do not buy this suck game. Expand
  45. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    No Endgame very boring Game!
    The Game has no Loot Fun because the Loot is
    Boring too.
  46. Jul 21, 2023
    2
    Patch 1.1 killed THE F*** game
    so kill the barbarian and the question is why?
  47. Aug 13, 2023
    0
    季中就一直改版 選流派跟賭博差不多
    希望賽季改版是一個經過測試的正式版本 而不是上測試版本之後一直修正
  48. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Dou essa nota só pelo fato de ter conseguido chegar no nível 100 no modo hardcore em 1 mês. De resto, é tudo ruim. Sobre a season 1, primeiramente falaram que não iriam mudar as estatísticas e o progresso do jogo, mas acabaram mudando. Mexeram em tudo: itens, estatísticas, progresso, jogabilidade e nerfaram as classes, entre outras coisas (são muitas, milhares...). Alteraram 200% do jogo,Dou essa nota só pelo fato de ter conseguido chegar no nível 100 no modo hardcore em 1 mês. De resto, é tudo ruim. Sobre a season 1, primeiramente falaram que não iriam mudar as estatísticas e o progresso do jogo, mas acabaram mudando. Mexeram em tudo: itens, estatísticas, progresso, jogabilidade e nerfaram as classes, entre outras coisas (são muitas, milhares...). Alteraram 200% do jogo, e essa primeira temporada é uma piada. Há itens irrelevantes, além do passe de batalha que contém 95% de cosméticos que não ajudam em nada durante o gameplay. Começar do zero é como se os devs estivessem rindo enquanto te dão um soco na cara. Não vale 350 reais, nem ferrando. Por isso e por outros motivos que já citei, estou dropando o jogo, e se houvesse uma maneira de devolver o meu dinheiro, eu agradeceria. Dessa vez foi a gota d'água pra mim. Expand
  49. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    What I learned after an hour
    It was already hot, so I thought I'd give my computer a break.
    I also gave it a little disk diet.
    Blizzard you guys, season 1 is a disappointment.
  50. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Do not buy this suck game, this team just like ****
    they are always teaching players how to play
    they feel so cool this way
    I hope you all go to hell
    **** you, Blizzard
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  51. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Egregious, predatory, and pointless. Lacks all social aspect for an online game, no party finding systems, then they add their trash battle pass system which makes the game look like a slot machine. Blizzard has been bad for a decade now but they really do hit new highs of how trash they are. Expand
  52. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    I don't want to be positive for any of your games anymore.......always the same i just prepaid your unfished products and w8ing for you to finish them its not an early acess....you already had your BETA, and the game feels like still in beta.....lots of bugs, bad movemnt (mount mechanics are bad too) bad hitbox, stats that are not working,inacurate navigation system for you track the wayI don't want to be positive for any of your games anymore.......always the same i just prepaid your unfished products and w8ing for you to finish them its not an early acess....you already had your BETA, and the game feels like still in beta.....lots of bugs, bad movemnt (mount mechanics are bad too) bad hitbox, stats that are not working,inacurate navigation system for you track the way for questing,lack of endgame content, season 1 is live and already encounter so many bugs in the "new mechanics" malignant heart not working( how many weeks do i have to w8 for you to fix that? should i w8 for season 4?).........cause im still w8ing for your to fix the base of the game and im not asking for new content...... Expand
  53. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Absolutely horrible I can’t believe they spent 10 years creating this piece of garbage. They literally put out an unfinished game and they’re rushing to finish it after everybody’s already spent their money. I’ve never played a game that has had this much lag before any time you’re around players, you go into a town, you enter a hell tide, you get on a horse, you enter an event or you goAbsolutely horrible I can’t believe they spent 10 years creating this piece of garbage. They literally put out an unfinished game and they’re rushing to finish it after everybody’s already spent their money. I’ve never played a game that has had this much lag before any time you’re around players, you go into a town, you enter a hell tide, you get on a horse, you enter an event or you go and fight the world boss you experience, ridiculous, rubberbanding, and stuttering. The game is completely unplayable. Whatever you do do not buy this game I would wait until season five or six that’s when it will have everything fixed in the game will officially be finished. It’s similar to Diablo three it took them about four or five seasons of messing with the game to actually fix it and make it right. So if you’re a Diablo fan and you love the game, don’t buy it wait at least a year and then buy it. Expand
  54. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    The whole game have been nerfed for this pathetic and lukewarm season. This season brings a really small new quest line with a seasonal journey that expects you to grind the whole game again, 100% not worth it. The seasonal progress outside the season journey is very slow, they really should have added a daily/weekly quest system so we could earn seasonal favor without having to expendThe whole game have been nerfed for this pathetic and lukewarm season. This season brings a really small new quest line with a seasonal journey that expects you to grind the whole game again, 100% not worth it. The seasonal progress outside the season journey is very slow, they really should have added a daily/weekly quest system so we could earn seasonal favor without having to expend days and weeks grinding XP by killing monsters again and again. I don't see how the concept of expending the whole day doing the same tasks again and again and again sounds like a fun task for the devs, because it looks just like my desk job. Expand
  55. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This game is totally under dev, most of the game contents haven't been tested, and mixed bugs all the way in gameplay. And the design team never listen to the game community,
  56. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Devs pretend to listen yet come up with new ways to worsen the game with every patch
  57. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Completely crazy nerfs. Patch 1.1 is garbage. They even reduced the xp gain. Level 80+ was very slow to level up, how could they reduce xp..
  58. Jul 21, 2023
    3
    The graphics are great but after the nerfs. I’m not having any fun as a casual player anymore.
  59. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Shxt 1.1.0a, shxt S1 and shxt Dibug IV !!
    I don't care at all I paid 100USD for Diablo IV, but I get game experience like shxt !!!
  60. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately blizzard has ruined this game with ridiculous nerfs and game changes, they nerfed sorcerer which was already the weakest class in game and now it’s simply login screen fodder. They could have left the game the way it was a week ago and just done some bug fixes and released season 1 but nope they literally nuked their own game. Spend your money elsewhere.
  61. Jul 21, 2023
    2
    Story is pretty good. Cinematics are good. Content feels mostly copy and paste. Pretty much no end game. No memorable dungeons...they all feel exactly the same. Bosses are generic and shamelessly recycled, so running dungeons gets boring FAST. No loadout feature to easily try different builds. Inventory management is a pain in the ass.

    No matchmaking features. No social aspect if
    Story is pretty good. Cinematics are good. Content feels mostly copy and paste. Pretty much no end game. No memorable dungeons...they all feel exactly the same. Bosses are generic and shamelessly recycled, so running dungeons gets boring FAST. No loadout feature to easily try different builds. Inventory management is a pain in the ass.

    No matchmaking features. No social aspect if playing solo. No one talks in chat. Emotes are lifeless and boring. New season patch nerfed everything. Free battle pass armor is a complete joke. The only cool armor sets added cost $25 in the cash shop. That's expensive even for a free-to-play game, but on a game that cost $70? Get the **** out of here.
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  62. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I only see time wasting tactics in this game.
    Whatever they said, what they did is much more important.
  63. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    nerf, bug, sucks. Blizzard nerf barbarian and make him a dumbdumb. Four weapon but same attack same as other two weapon? such a joke
  64. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    BZ NMSL
    痛苦太多,收穫太少
    角色太醜,外觀自訂選項不自由 流派單調,不像D3有能夠隨著打到的裝備 隨時切換流派,且強度提升能夠有感 D4開荒期的流派選擇過於單調 打到傳奇特效也不會有特別變強的感覺 城市地圖設計不良,NPC過於分散 坐騎莫名卡頓,忽快忽慢就算了 還常常卡空氣牆,卡牆就算了 大不了我先下馬,但還有冷卻時間 變成趕路的流程十分拖他 感覺就是個未完成品 然後不斷用痛苦折磨玩家
    BZ NMSL
    痛苦太多,收穫太少
    角色太醜,外觀自訂選項不自由
    流派單調,不像D3有能夠隨著打到的裝備
    隨時切換流派,且強度提升能夠有感
    D4開荒期的流派選擇過於單調
    打到傳奇特效也不會有特別變強的感覺
    城市地圖設計不良,NPC過於分散
    坐騎莫名卡頓,忽快忽慢就算了
    還常常卡空氣牆,卡牆就算了
    大不了我先下馬,但還有冷卻時間
    變成趕路的流程十分拖他
    感覺就是個未完成品
    然後不斷用痛苦折磨玩家
  65. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Latest patch destroyed the game, just to funnel people in front of the battlepass and use the malignant hearts. They effectively ruined all the characters that everyone just spent the last 2 months working on. Just to force you to make a seasonal char and buy battlepass
  66. Jul 21, 2023
    3
    Despite my better judgement, I bought this as I'm a huge fan of 1-3. This reflects my experience as a level 75 necromancer and a level 25ish in S1. This is going to be long.

    Highly disappointed with this game. The graphics are very bland to the point where it's sometimes hard to pick individual things out, because everything is a muted shade of red, brown, or grey; this keeps being
    Despite my better judgement, I bought this as I'm a huge fan of 1-3. This reflects my experience as a level 75 necromancer and a level 25ish in S1. This is going to be long.

    Highly disappointed with this game. The graphics are very bland to the point where it's sometimes hard to pick individual things out, because everything is a muted shade of red, brown, or grey; this keeps being called "grimdark" but in reality it's bland. All you morons who whined about color in D3 are to blame.

    Leveling: Boring and long (I don't care about story in my demon clicking game).

    Endgame: Once you finish the story and hit 50, when you have World III and higher, there's really nothing to do:

    Dungeons are extremely samey; every one of them pulls 2 or 3 events out of a pool of about 6 options, so it's not varied at all. You need special keys to play nightmare (harder) dungeons and those really only drop...in nightmare dungeons. But the ones that drop are your current level or slightly higher, so you have to take them back to a city, salvage them, and craft an actually good key.

    As an aside, the game doesn't tell you about crafting higher dungeon keys until you clear a difficulty 4 dungeon, which was frustrating when first playing, because the first key drop in a nightmare dungeon of difficulty 1, was a key for a difficulty 2 dungeon, so it seemed like progressing to actually challenging higher dungeons was going to take forever, when in reality, as mentioned above, you craft the high keys; it just felt bad to be drip fed vital info like that.

    Your other "endgame" options are: grind the same 5 Whispers wherever they spawn so you can get a box of crap from the Tree of Whispers once in a while, or only be allowed to play at scheduled times for the Helltides.

    The world bosses I've tried were actually very fun fights but the drops were not worth the time.

    Itemization:, it also manages to be bland. Dropped items have power levels that vary *wildly*, I was getting World I quality gear in World IV level 25 hard dungeons, absolute downgrades. Gems are utterly pointless because they give extremely small benefits to extremely specific circumstances.

    There's way too many random rolls on every piece of gear so 99% of the time, if the drop is even a higher ilevel than your current slot, it will be garbage because more than 1 option is bad (you can reroll one stat on an item like in D3).

    Overpower and Lucky Hit stats are unbelievably badly design.

    Some Legendary effects are impossibly rare and can be very good for some builds, but it's not like you can trade with anyone who found an item with it and doesn't want it, so good luck upgrading the slot with that trait unless you get extremely extremely lucky.

    You can't preview items on the ground so you have to pick up and look at every. Single. Drop. To decide if it's worth keeping, and enjoy that since half your inventory is taken up by gems. There's a "consumable" tab for potions but also your non-stacking dungeon keys go in there so you have to choose carrying potions or carrying keys, or be willing to dump keys on the ground if you find one you actually want to keep. There's no damn loot filter, on an ARPG that came out in 2023 and prides itself on the amount of stuff that drops, that's idiotic and shows a completely disregard for the player's enjoyment or time.

    Monsters: Bland. There's a few gems, like ones that charge you and knock you over, and being able to actually dodge hits by watching animations is actually fun, but the rest are boring and don't have the "blow up huge mobs" feel of 2 and 3. Depending on your gear bosses are either damage sponges that take so long you're bored with the fight by the time it's over, or with good gear, as inconsequential as any given normal mob.

    Unless of course it's a normal mob with Extra Health, an absolutely terrible idea because it doesn't make things *harder* or more fun, it makes them take an insanely longer time to kill and it's always worth just leaving the area when they're left and finding something else to kill. The Dodge mechanic (press space to jump towards the cursor) is useful and can make combat fun, but it seems like every boss is designed around saving it and using it for one specific attack that will absolutely blow you up if it connects.

    I keep seeing reviews calling this a new Diablo 2. I don't think these reviewers have played D2 recently if at all. There is no comparison, stop it with the "but its grimdark" crap, D2's graphics popped, D4's graphics
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  67. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Devs pretend to listen yet come up with new ways to worsen the game with every patch Expand
  68. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    *spoiler I played the campaign and mostly skipped the dialogues because they were boring. I had fun until I hit the end of the campaign (9+h).
    I dont really understand how the safest place for the soul stone stone would be with some girl missing an arm, I loved how she left a letter to that guy, but the guy who just saved the world is not in consideration of keeping it safe. Who wrote
    *spoiler I played the campaign and mostly skipped the dialogues because they were boring. I had fun until I hit the end of the campaign (9+h).
    I dont really understand how the safest place for the soul stone stone would be with some girl missing an arm, I loved how she left a letter to that guy, but the guy who just saved the world is not in consideration of keeping it safe. Who wrote this story? Are you guys okay? Where is the connection to the lore and original theme? Its like a child got a go at writing a diablo lore game. Everything seems to be off and once you hit 50, there is nothing to do.
    The worst for a player like me is that you have an online community, but there is no way to connect to anyone. Its a small open world that feels repetitive and boring, while you have no real way to connect with others.
    Dont waste your money on this. I probably spent 5k hours in D1-2 but here I am done with 10h.
    Was waiting for the season to drop and what happened is just beyond this comment.
    Blizzard is dead.
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  69. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    First thing about game is about fun and you dont take the away fun from the players and cripple them.
  70. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I don't even have the game but fk Blizzard. I can't even log onto Battlenet anymore to play wow. Also fk you for banning my friend on Heroes for no reason.
  71. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    all the things are planing to , looking for, will be, very soon that is hopeless. such a trash talk in the stream. Nerf can be done in one or two days and hotfix and update buffing players are hard to do so? GG
  72. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    nerf with nothing enhanced
    poor less new content in s1 but nerf we got after long time waiting
    its the rated this game should get
  73. Jul 21, 2023
    1
    Look, the game was pretty ok at first. Playing solo felt fine up through the campaign. It already had issues though as I felt less desire to play solo after that point and only really found myself playing the “endgame” (not a helluva lot of content there tbh) with my friends. And then they pulled an oppenheimer and dropped a nuke on their own game. That’s why I’m here, and why everyoneLook, the game was pretty ok at first. Playing solo felt fine up through the campaign. It already had issues though as I felt less desire to play solo after that point and only really found myself playing the “endgame” (not a helluva lot of content there tbh) with my friends. And then they pulled an oppenheimer and dropped a nuke on their own game. That’s why I’m here, and why everyone else is here review bombing the crap outta this game. Because they basically took their game and nerfed the entire thing. Somehow as of their patch 7/18/2023 they managed to just nerf 90% of the fun out of the game. They crushed basically every build, put a single character that was already 6 feet under from nerfs down to 106 feet under, and made basically everything take 3x as long to progress and feel 3x as a hard as it used to be. That’s so far beyond unacceptable and is a direct INSULT to the consumers who bought in to play the game. They don’t seem particularly concerned about bringing most of their nerfs back in line with something that respects their players, and anything they’ve promised to do seems like it’s a good 3-6 months away at minimum. Maybe it’ll be decent to play around Christmas, so if you’re reading this around then find some more fresh reviews than mine but holy hells is it bad here in July. If you excuse me I’ll go play exoprimal now because with as little content as that game currently has I’m having more fun their by a factor of 10 after Blizzards latest fiasco. Expand
  74. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Game still on alpha. Lots of issue that Dev needs to fix. Wait 2-3 years and when discounted
  75. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    毫無能力且低品質的平衡手法,令人失望。
    毫無能力且低品質的平衡手法,令人失望。
    毫無能力且低品質的平衡手法,令人失望。
    毫無能力且低品質的平衡手法,令人失望。
  76. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    the worst game ever awful disgusting shameless never buy this ****
    fuxk blizzard
  77. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Diablo 4 is utter and complete dogshlt after the patch 1.1 release. The game was fun prior to that. Blizzard decided in their ducking stupidity to punish players and rob them of the hundreds hours played by essentially making everyones’ characters into meat bags that the monsters in the game can decimate. My Necromancer level 74 character now consistently gets killed in every activity.Diablo 4 is utter and complete dogshlt after the patch 1.1 release. The game was fun prior to that. Blizzard decided in their ducking stupidity to punish players and rob them of the hundreds hours played by essentially making everyones’ characters into meat bags that the monsters in the game can decimate. My Necromancer level 74 character now consistently gets killed in every activity. Ducking stupid. I wasted so many hours playing what I thought was a fun game only to find out I have to start over because the company that makes this game gave us all a big “Duck you”. No, Blizzard, duck you. I’m done with this game and all your other games. Never, and I mean, never will I buy another game from your company. DUCK YOU BLIZZARD Expand
  78. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    1. Diablo 4 Devs know how to destroy the game in every patch.
    2. This game is too balanced, so it need nurfs all the time.
    3. Even if this game destroy the graphic card, Devs ignore it!
  79. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    I created an account here just to ALERT whoever is thinking of spending money buying this game to think again. It was already bad before the latest patch, but now it's just impossible to play with so many bugs and with the rise of difficulty. The game freezes during the worst battles and you keep dying. It's frustrating. Like others said, they've destroyed the game. I'm uninstalling it andI created an account here just to ALERT whoever is thinking of spending money buying this game to think again. It was already bad before the latest patch, but now it's just impossible to play with so many bugs and with the rise of difficulty. The game freezes during the worst battles and you keep dying. It's frustrating. Like others said, they've destroyed the game. I'm uninstalling it and won't play again. Expand
  80. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hack and slow. unfinished game that teases users.

    Diablo of Blizzard is dead.

    There is no expectation.
    The scale of the new season is also not substantial. It's too small. Heart + some items

    Worst beta game of 2023
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  81. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    It's Konami in the United States!
    The game was not even fun. Don't burn your money on this ****.
  82. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    유저들을 위해서 만든 게임이아니라 지들 원하는대로 지들 편의에만 맞게 만들어놓고 그걸 강요하는 게임
  83. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From the S1 patch, it can be fully realized that the designers of this game have no experience in playing the game from the beginning to the end. Expand
  84. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. real hell hell hell hell hell Expand
  85. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    In short, Diablo 4 is really boring. I really want to ask Blizard, Do you think you made Diablo4 well??? Do you think players are angry for no reason?
  86. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Don't waste your monkey.
    0 fun and too much pain...
    And they nerf evertything that is useful for players
  87. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    Try nerf more , BZ
    Try nerf more , BZ
    Try nerf more , BZ
    Try nerf more , BZ
  88. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    NERF NERF NERF!!!
    A boring game with only nerfs.
    The eyes and ears of the users have already ended in the cinematic video. Blizzard, which carries out a fatal nerf in the name of a balance patch, is the worst game with a nerf level that makes you wonder if it is a game made for the purpose of making you lie down with a vase by making the stress go up to the extreme or a lack of
    NERF NERF NERF!!!
    A boring game with only nerfs.
    The eyes and ears of the users have already ended in the cinematic video.
    Blizzard, which carries out a fatal nerf in the name of a balance patch, is the worst game with a nerf level that makes you wonder if it is a game made for the purpose of making you lie down with a vase by making the stress go up to the extreme or a lack of understanding of the game.
    Cooldown reduction nerf, damage reduction nerf, reinforcement state damage reduction nerf, etc. If you don't roll back all the numbers nerfed in the 1.10a patch, it's the world's worst game that I don't want to recommend to anyone.
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  89. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. huge nerf destroy the game ! they kill every character, there's nothing you could play and enjoy Expand
  90. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A game that foams users' efforts to force them to extend their game life

    A game that foams users' efforts to force them to extend their game life
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  91. Jul 21, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. open beta: nice!!! it was Expand
  92. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    延續暗黑三,內容無聊沒有樂趣,這種遊戲品質遊戲體驗還敢賣這種價錢,其他幾百元打寶遊戲都比這耐玩多了
  93. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 진짜 이따구로 너프 패치할꺼면 배틀패스가격도 너프패치 같이해 Expand
  94. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 第一季上先前重大更新:
    現在

    馬席夫的駱駝會叫了。 這是一個史詩級別重大的更新,
    必須寫在更新列表裡面湊數。
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  95. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Admins ruined the game. There is no proper notice and the response is messy
  96. Jul 22, 2023
    3
    Cannot recommend to buy this game in the state it is in, spent £70 at launch and haven't had a single play session that hasn't been completely ruined by game breaking server lag. The Devs seem more interested in nerfing fun builds than sorting the issues which i seeing plaguing online forums with server connectivity issues. Also cannot get a refund due to Playstation store policy so if youCannot recommend to buy this game in the state it is in, spent £70 at launch and haven't had a single play session that hasn't been completely ruined by game breaking server lag. The Devs seem more interested in nerfing fun builds than sorting the issues which i seeing plaguing online forums with server connectivity issues. Also cannot get a refund due to Playstation store policy so if you are desperate to give this game a try definately buy a physical copy so you can at least get some of your money back if you have as many issues as i have. Expand
  97. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Great game if you like a dev team that doesn’t listen to their community.
  98. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Oh, where do I even begin with Diablo IV's Season 1 patch? It's an absolute mess and a slap in the face to loyal fans who have been eagerly awaiting improvements to this highly anticipated game. I'm baffled at how the developers managed to make things even worse with this update.

    First and foremost, the promised new content is nothing but a joke. Instead of delivering on exciting and
    Oh, where do I even begin with Diablo IV's Season 1 patch? It's an absolute mess and a slap in the face to loyal fans who have been eagerly awaiting improvements to this highly anticipated game. I'm baffled at how the developers managed to make things even worse with this update.

    First and foremost, the promised new content is nothing but a joke. Instead of delivering on exciting and innovative gameplay elements, all we got were a few lackluster quests that felt repetitive and uninspired. It's almost as if the developers just threw together some random fetch quests and called it a day. There's no depth, no storytelling, and no sense of immersion.

    On top of that, the patch introduced a plethora of game-breaking bugs and glitches. It's mind-boggling how such critical issues made it past any sort of quality control. From crashes that force players to restart their game repeatedly to game-breaking exploits that ruin the experience for everyone, it's clear that the developers didn't bother to test this patch before releasing it. The lack of attention to detail is glaring, and it makes the game nearly unplayable.

    But the disappointment doesn't end there. Diablo IV's Season 1 patch also managed to somehow make the game's graphics worse. How is that even possible? The once impressive and atmospheric visuals have been downgraded to a point where it feels like I'm playing a game from a decade ago. The art style that initially drew players into the dark and haunting world of Diablo has been diluted, leaving behind an unremarkable and forgettable experience.

    Even the new character additions are underwhelming. Instead of bringing in unique and engaging classes to diversify gameplay, we get lackluster variations of existing ones. It's lazy and shows a complete lack of creativity on the part of the development team. Players deserved better, and this patch just feels like a cheap attempt to stretch the already thin content even further.

    Furthermore, the supposed balance changes have only made matters worse. Some classes have been nerfed to the ground, while others have been buffed to the point of being overpowered. The result is a frustrating and uneven playing experience that leaves players feeling disheartened and cheated.

    In conclusion, Diablo IV's Season 1 patch is an absolute disaster. It fails to deliver on its promises of exciting new content, introduces game-breaking bugs, downgrades the graphics, and offers lackluster character additions. As a long-time fan of the franchise, I can't help but feel betrayed by the developers' lack of respect for the players. I can only hope they learn from this colossal failure and make the necessary improvements to salvage what's left of this once-great franchise. Until then, I'd advise players to steer clear of this trainwreck of a patch.
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  99. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    Serious buyers remorse, paid way too much for this just for them to ruin in less than two months.
  100. Jul 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This patch (1.1.0) let me lv 100 sorcerer damage reduced to 1/10, unable to play the game normally Expand
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 34
  2. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. 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.
  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]