Diablo IV

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2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1358 Ratings

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  1. Tigershark
    Jun 18, 2023
    4
    Cash grab, weak offering, ugly toons, meager storage shared across all toons. Looks like a mobile game. Basic skill tree. Dull simplistic legendaries, with the "10 levels beneath your level" loot drops until you reach "nightmare" level. Much less functionality and customization of equipment than Diablo 3. And why can't we trade legendaries and special drops? I picked up a ghost horse threeCash grab, weak offering, ugly toons, meager storage shared across all toons. Looks like a mobile game. Basic skill tree. Dull simplistic legendaries, with the "10 levels beneath your level" loot drops until you reach "nightmare" level. Much less functionality and customization of equipment than Diablo 3. And why can't we trade legendaries and special drops? I picked up a ghost horse three time and couldn't do anything buy scrap it. The cash grab transactions are REALLY pricey and ripoffs beside. All the non-grab armor and weapon styles are ugly, dirty and ragged looking. HOR$E ARMOR!$!$$$$. Everything in the shop is priced so high. Am I supposed to pay $25 for a single cosmetic in a game that I already spent $70 to $100 plus dollars?! - NO OFFLINE PLAY. So, no offline campaign play option. Ever! Internet goes down? Tough. No Diablo for you. And the crashing. We're talking 4, maybe 5 crashes in a two hour span. Lagging, rubber banding cause you to die and not even know it. Fail.… Expand
  2. era82
    Jun 21, 2023
    4
    There is no way this can get any more than a 4 in its current state. Frustratingly slow and sluggish gameplay, badly designed talents, terrible level scaling. What D4 excels at is sucking the fun out of everything and making it as boring and tedious as possible.

    It is clear that anybody that rated this game highly cannot have played it more than a few hours, because otherwise they would    There is no way this can get any more than a 4 in its current state. Frustratingly slow and sluggish gameplay, badly designed talents, terrible level scaling. What D4 excels at is sucking the fun out of everything and making it as boring and tedious as possible.

    It is clear that anybody that rated this game highly cannot have played it more than a few hours, because otherwise they would know D4 offers nothing beyond the initial ~20 hours.    … Expand
  3. Kenm130
    Jun 17, 2023
    4
    The campaign is decent, but the game falls apart when you level to 50 or higher. There are glaring issues. Build diversity is in a horrible spot. If you're a sorcerer, you're going to be running frost nova, flame shield, and ice armor on any sorceress build. There are only three endgame viable builds for the sorceress also: arc lash, ice shards, and fire wall. Forget using frozen orb, fireThe campaign is decent, but the game falls apart when you level to 50 or higher. There are glaring issues. Build diversity is in a horrible spot. If you're a sorcerer, you're going to be running frost nova, flame shield, and ice armor on any sorceress build. There are only three endgame viable builds for the sorceress also: arc lash, ice shards, and fire wall. Forget using frozen orb, fire ball, charged bolts, chain lightning, or blizzard. They are just too weak. The enchantment system on the sorceress is just wildly unbalanced also. You'll be running fire bolt just to burn things so that you do more damage to them on any build. Some other big issues are the fact that monster scaling feels bad, item level requirements constantly increase as you level, and the quality of life is horrid. Monsters scaling makes it so that you never really feel powerful. The monsters are always increasing in difficulty as you level. It makes it so that you can play with friends of all levels, but it comes at a big cost. You'll see your level 10 friends killing things faster than you. You also lose out on the sense of power progression that you get from other ARPGs. Item level requirements that constantly increase feel terrible. The game basically has three tiers of items. Sacred and ancestral items come with set level requirements, but then they continue to scale up to your level when dropped. This feels bad as items I am finding now all have a level 85 requirement on them even though they are not more powerful than items I was finding at level 60. The item level requirement scaling makes trading rares terrible, gearing alt characters almost impossible, and it ruins being able to give friends rare items that would be good for them. My other big issue with the game is the lack of quality of life. It feels like they just rushed the game out after the campaign was polished and they threw in some endgame activities. The game lacks basic features like being able to search in your stash and having a place to store your gems. It also lacks social features like being able to talk in a global channel or being able to queue up for group activities. There is no loot filter either, so finding upgrades at higher levels becomes extremely tedious. You also have to run to nightmare dungeons, but a fix for that is supposedly coming within a few weeks. Overall, Diablo 4 just isn't worth the money right now. The campaign is okay, but ARPGs are known for their replayability at endgame. Diablo 4 completely misses the mark in this area due to the reasons above. I would recommend that you wait to purchase this game for probably a year or so. They may address some of the bigger issues by then.… Expand
  4. drfirepants
    Jun 10, 2023
    4
    Basically a prettier version of Diablo 3, content wise just replace rifts with dungeons and you have Diablo 4. Combat is slow, mob density is low, movement is clunky, and very little build diversity. Hopefully seasons bring in some game changes and content but as of right now I was bored in less than a week.
  5. allydom
    Jun 13, 2023
    4
    Not worth the money in its current form, $40 game at most. It may be a good foundation of a game but i'd be pretty disappointing to pay full price buying a house to find out i only got the foundations. The story portion of the game is done well and complete but end game is non existent, there is no build progression once you have all your skill points spent and that happens very early.Not worth the money in its current form, $40 game at most. It may be a good foundation of a game but i'd be pretty disappointing to pay full price buying a house to find out i only got the foundations. The story portion of the game is done well and complete but end game is non existent, there is no build progression once you have all your skill points spent and that happens very early. It seems like someone just wanted this game shipped with little thought on what people will do after story. Resistances have no place in the game as they have been made worthless for some reason, you simply build for damage and armor. I love ARPG's but i'm already bored of this game. Does it have the potential to be a lot better with future seasons/content patches, yes it does but my rating is on its current state, not its potential.… Expand
  6. Croox
    Jun 14, 2023
    4
    For the casual player it is worth to buy it. You have a good campaign and good immersion. The problem is that Diablo is THE franchise which in the past sets milestones in the genre. This isnt the fact with diablo 4.
    All mechanics are already known from other games. Nothing innovative here. I had fun playing this game until Level 60-70. But after that it gets boring. The progression system    For the casual player it is worth to buy it. You have a good campaign and good immersion. The problem is that Diablo is THE franchise which in the past sets milestones in the genre. This isnt the fact with diablo 4.
    All mechanics are already known from other games. Nothing innovative here. I had fun playing this game until Level 60-70. But after that it gets boring. The progression system is similar to the Diablo 3 system where you just do Greater Rifts to level up your gems and get paragon points. The game in its actual state does have a lot of potential because of its nice combatsystem and graphics. If blizzard would change the endgamesystem similar to poe and do innovative stuff like last epoch, this game and its community would love it. Also in its actual state there are a lot of technical teething problems. - Barricades in a open world game which hinders players to ride through it.
    - low mobdensity
    - backtracking affixes in nightmaredungeons
    - missing endgame bosses and an interesting progression system
    - multiple missing QOL features such as geminventory, clunky horseriding turbo, less stashtabs, missing overlay map, no trading, dealers in towns are far away from each other, traveltimes are too high for nightmaredungeons.

    All in all this game has a good base but with a lot of air upward.    … Expand
  7. macamac
    Jun 19, 2023
    4
    I have to share that I can't recommend this game at this time. I liked the story (wasn't terrible) and most the fun i had was like the old school d2 feel of playing with the builds/skills/abilities, the almost same nuance of the feeling of exploring something new and that seemed to all just go away the more I played as the lack of everything that finally was fixed in the prior series justI have to share that I can't recommend this game at this time. I liked the story (wasn't terrible) and most the fun i had was like the old school d2 feel of playing with the builds/skills/abilities, the almost same nuance of the feeling of exploring something new and that seemed to all just go away the more I played as the lack of everything that finally was fixed in the prior series just seemed to be completely omitted or reduced significantly in this version. The highlights (well low lights in this case):
    -gear rewards for ancestral dungeons is randomized to lower rated gear
    -purveyor gear stated as a specific tier also includes pool of lower rated gear
    -side quests you missed are not listed anywhere (D3 at least said do this bounty quest in a specific area of a region)
    -mounts seem horrifically useless and always just run into non visible blocks that just stop you or
    -random dismounts
    -i honestly think all the math isn't adding up as well for resists and damages but i can't be certain because there isn't clear way to see what values you're pulling as you can't look at your stats while playing
    -i'm getting just rubber banding issues at certain times and the constant hotfixes is causing disconnects
    -there doesn't seem to be any focus on anything that helps players in the long run while the studio just seems to put their attention on blocking anything that helps players (make elites spread out, make elites spawn less, make players get less XP, make sure to not fix any of the other major issues)
    -early game wasn't as expensive respecing but the more changes they keep making, the more folks are trying to find builds that will help and update gear that will help and it's all for naught because it'll get nerfed again or you're too broke to fully get to the point you're trying to reach
    -accessibility options are very minimal and don't really assist in anything outside the same ol' standard template of "just give 'em basic stuff so we can say we tried".
    -if you're gonna make this part Diablo Immortal, least put in the LFG for dungeons. That I dug and would help with folks who are on solo and just wanna clear an area faster. Currently no real way to find a group to do things like the old school battle net lobby and i think it's because the crossplay that lot of console players don't really chat from the console

    This feels like Diablo Immortal slapped on Diablo 3 very poorly with a promise of D2 feeling captured but it's like a D2 Lite Spritzer. The team seemed to have forgotten all the things they endured to make D3 better and it had a rocky start. I can't even agree with some of these folks that say it's more Diablo 3 - It seems pre D3 to me in the sense of the AH fiasco all over again. I'm slightly hopeful that Blizz will release something that they will be more vocal, they'll be more active and share why some of the choices they made were implemented that worked well in the previous iterations and that like the rough start of D3, they're gonna do what they can to make it right.

    It wouldn't be fair to just say the bad things about this game so:
    -i liked the story, it's a bit slow paced and some moments are definitely "why?!?1" but it's good for what they're trying to do with this live service and chapters approach
    -it does look pretty, those people saying it's a prettier D2/D3; that's not a negative and they should highlight that
    -i had fun with the exploring and seeing items dropped very early so again, fun for the first few days; when was the last time you were excited for a yellow item to drop?
    -all the easter eggs
    -trash titles

    I did see Devs released an update as i completed this and will definitely update this to better if they follow what they shared on the video
    https://youtu.be/3PO9OY7AIs4?t=1715
    -this is more personal but 25-28 bucks for a costume seems absurd, kudos to those that don't care about that and that's not included in my negative outlook for this game but it def is only for looks - no pay to win junk in the store as some of these other folks wrote.    … Expand
  8. hiko945
    Aug 31, 2023
    4
    Pros: Great characters build setting, new game but mixed with old school Hack & Slash, Best story-lines in this franchise. Amazing atmosphere.
    Cons: Endgame content doesn't appear to me. Druid's class took too slow to level up.
    Concluded: Great game, must buy - 7/10
    Updated: I just changed my score back to 4 due to the latest season completely awful
  9. bakanakaba
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    I played this game from launch. I maxed to 100 on 2 separate classes and started a third prior to the season one patch. As soon as the season one patch hit the servers, I lost all enjoyment out of it. Diablo 4 has turned into such a horrible, BORING grind now that I no longer will be playing this game. Such a shame.
  10. josef_roe
    Jul 20, 2023
    4
    I have a level 99 sorcerer, the game was fun for the first couple weeks, the campaign is great but later in the end game the game became very boring and repetitive with very little reward for effort put into the game. Shakogate is an example of how the itemization in the game is poorly constructed and not well thought out. The game is missing sets and runewords, and missing many uniques.I have a level 99 sorcerer, the game was fun for the first couple weeks, the campaign is great but later in the end game the game became very boring and repetitive with very little reward for effort put into the game. Shakogate is an example of how the itemization in the game is poorly constructed and not well thought out. The game is missing sets and runewords, and missing many uniques. The game in the current state seems like an unpolished beta test. I will rather play D2R instead of D4. My decision to give D4 a rating of 4 is because it has great potential but in the current state seems more like an expansion to a flawed D3 game. If only the game were more like D2....so sad.… Expand
  11. Wuldastron
    Aug 20, 2023
    4
    It's like a 1 meter deep Ocean.

    I enjoyed it at first, and the powers seemed fun especially for a Druid. However, I just lost interest when they patched and made thing a lot worse. Every thing seems repetitive and grindy. Not everyone has the time or patience to do exact same thing again and again and again. If only this was more like Grim Dawn. Imagine Grim Dawn with this games'    It's like a 1 meter deep Ocean.

    I enjoyed it at first, and the powers seemed fun especially for a Druid. However, I just lost interest when they patched and made thing a lot worse. Every thing seems repetitive and grindy. Not everyone has the time or patience to do exact same thing again and again and again. If only this was more like Grim Dawn. Imagine Grim Dawn with this games' graphics. Now that would be GOTY.    … Expand
  12. Rocketxp
    Sep 2, 2023
    4
    I have to say the graphic is excellent, but the game feeling is not so good, max level 100 is a quite long journey to go. I believe many of them quit in the middle.
  13. SublimeSilence
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    The game just doesn't live up the the hype. The bones are there of a good game. The gameplay is super fun at times especially early game, the game is very beautiful, and the open world is cool. That said, everything else is lack luster. For a game about loot the loot is boring and uninteresting, there may be a lot of dungeons but the ones that are there all look like one of 6 differentThe game just doesn't live up the the hype. The bones are there of a good game. The gameplay is super fun at times especially early game, the game is very beautiful, and the open world is cool. That said, everything else is lack luster. For a game about loot the loot is boring and uninteresting, there may be a lot of dungeons but the ones that are there all look like one of 6 different types. Each dungeon is nearly the same with the same set of boring missions to complete. I honestly could go on but this game just isn't interesting.… Expand
  14. Forgotten
    Sep 3, 2023
    3
    Finished the campaign. Haven't really logged back into the game after this. Nothing really keeps me playing. It's just a grind. And they want you to pay more money for passes and store items. My time is best spent elsewhere.
  15. Invader4000
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    Way too expensive game
    Not enough banktabs
    Too many useless rares/legendary drops. Horse is major bugged, seems to run into a wall. Spends more time on selling than grinding Why cant you zoom out?! missing a map overlay like in diablo 3 Missing a search button in talent tree Cost too much to respecc, and reroll items (due to very poorly stats on drops) Would be nice if there was a    Way too expensive game
    Not enough banktabs
    Too many useless rares/legendary drops.
    Horse is major bugged, seems to run into a wall.
    Spends more time on selling than grinding
    Why cant you zoom out?!
    missing a map overlay like in diablo 3
    Missing a search button in talent tree
    Cost too much to respecc, and reroll items (due to very poorly stats on drops)
    Would be nice if there was a free 1-50 on a char, when you already finished act 5, or something
    gems clutter up my inventory
    Some build are insanely broken (druid stormwolf, and necromancer bonespear)
    Other build are rediculous underpowered (summoner necro, without RoM)
    I honestly feel like Blizzards game has become unfinished on launch.
    Blizzard still survives because of their world famous name, and many good titles in earlier days, but its easy to see, that those people are long gone, and now they just to hire cheap developers, to pump out as many mid-range games as possible, with a heavy pricetag. I might give Path of Exile 2 a try instead

    I was looking forward to Season 1 today, but after the retard patch, I honestly dont care /looking forward to get home from work, and start S1. Might even skip S1    … Expand
  16. Sandro_taken
    Jul 28, 2023
    3
    Я все еще пытаюсь дать игре шанс. Мне однозначно понравилась основная сюжетка, понравилось немало сайд квестов. Даже несколько боссов из кампании были интересны. Но сейчас начав играть в сезоне, мне вообще не в кайф. Я через нехочу взял друиду почти 50 лвл. Мне очень скучно играть... Данжи вымораживают вечной беготней.... Мне не в кайф убивать монстров, потому что навыки сделаны так чтоЯ все еще пытаюсь дать игре шанс. Мне однозначно понравилась основная сюжетка, понравилось немало сайд квестов. Даже несколько боссов из кампании были интересны. Но сейчас начав играть в сезоне, мне вообще не в кайф. Я через нехочу взял друиду почти 50 лвл. Мне очень скучно играть... Данжи вымораживают вечной беготней.... Мне не в кайф убивать монстров, потому что навыки сделаны так что надо ждать КД всей херни чтобы убивать. В итоге я бегаю собираю паровоз до элитки убиваю элитку и делаю задание данжа. А потом надо бежать в противоположную сторону минуту, и так каждый данж.... Боссы в данжах скучны. Я все еще пытаюсь дать игре шанс. Но видится мне что у игры не просто так оценка 3. Она ее отровенно заслуживает за свой скучный контент.
    Все это сверху дополняется ужасным интерфейсом. Инвентарь все время завален говном, которое нельзя одним кликом удалить, его же надо весь проверять постоянно... Где весь тот фан что я получал в д3? Где он? Вижу что они пытались быть как д2, но в д2 интересный дроп, тут же ничего интересного не падает вообще...
    Я дико разочарован, хотя и не могу сделать рефанд потому что первые 50-70 часов играть было интересно. Но сейчас скука смертная...    … Expand
  17. BlackKnight8266
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    I played this game a lot and i will still play if but damn 91 score?! really
    it's basically D3 with D2 graphics and horses :)
    almost nothing new
    the story is much wors than D2 or even D3

    -2 (from 5) because a level 100 can attack a level 76, maybe below) on below on PvP
  18. Jacktronics
    Jun 28, 2023
    3
    Every day I play this, I fall asleep about a half an hour into it. It's not the fun, colorful, and great-sounding sequel to its predecessor.

    The environments are visually stunning, but extremely drab. The story has way too much dialogue.

    If you want a less expensive, BETTER experience, look elsewhere.
  19. wonav
    Jun 8, 2023
    3
    I couldn't close my mouth and couldn't open my eyes as soon as I saw the reality that made the expectations of cinematic bubble from the advertisement. Let's let Diablo go now
  20. Darkbloom88
    Jun 10, 2023
    3
    Pros:
    Big world to explore
    Graphics World boss is a welcomed new concept Music and sound effects are well-done Cons: Always online ( Not a big deal for everyone ) Very few Unique items as compared to previous Diablo games Skill variety limited Disconnects Dungeon mechanics are very repetitive Itemization not very in-depth Combat resource management can be a chore Voice    Pros:
    Big world to explore
    Graphics
    World boss is a welcomed new concept
    Music and sound effects are well-done

    Cons:
    Always online ( Not a big deal for everyone )
    Very few Unique items as compared to previous Diablo games
    Skill variety limited
    Disconnects
    Dungeon mechanics are very repetitive
    Itemization not very in-depth
    Combat resource management can be a chore
    Voice acting overall is very poor
    Story line is bland
    Very few cutscenes
    Inventory management becomes frustrating end-game

    Alternative games to consider in the future:
    Path of Exile 2
    Grim Dawn 2
    Last Epoch    … Expand
  21. Psarsfie
    Jun 12, 2023
    3
    Have been a big fan of the prior Diablo games, however, for v4, due to the scaling/leveling issue, where all the monsters automatically increase in difficulty as you level up/become stronger, it’s impossible to gain an edge. As a result, instead of planning out all the ways I can make my character better & stronger and enjoying those benefits (crushing all my enemies!), I just struggle &Have been a big fan of the prior Diablo games, however, for v4, due to the scaling/leveling issue, where all the monsters automatically increase in difficulty as you level up/become stronger, it’s impossible to gain an edge. As a result, instead of planning out all the ways I can make my character better & stronger and enjoying those benefits (crushing all my enemies!), I just struggle & slog my way through everything. After getting to level 22 and realizing I’ll never gain an edge and get to a point where it will be fun, I just stopped. I’m done. I was so excited and looking forward to v4, that I even went out and bought a brand new Xbox X series and the high end version of the game ($600 for both), all for nothing.… Expand
  22. Truemrfu
    Jul 18, 2023
    3
    Written 7/19/23: I wanted so bad to like this game but it’s so slow. They took what could be a fun 10-20 hour game and stretched it took take 100 hours. Recent patch they made it slower. Also not all builds are even close to viable so you can’t even have fun experimenting with different play styles.
  23. CSpiffy148
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Even after ten years of development the game feels rushed and incomplete. Every new patch has made the game worse and given players fewer viable options for end game content.
  24. Khilla10
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Blizzard out of touch. Continues to ignore the player base. Really frustrating.
  25. Jporks
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Developers have not fixed core issues. However the real reason this game is a fail is the loot pool and the difficulty. Total waste of money
  26. h0axd
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    Started off Good and is getting worse with every patch. Latest Patch 1.1 shows that the devs don't care about community feedback. They've made everything worse, that's not hyperbole, the did sweeping nerfs across base game stats, damage of all kinds, experience of all kind. They made the game slower, more difficult, and less rewarding. Don't bother if you were waiting on Season 1 go playStarted off Good and is getting worse with every patch. Latest Patch 1.1 shows that the devs don't care about community feedback. They've made everything worse, that's not hyperbole, the did sweeping nerfs across base game stats, damage of all kinds, experience of all kind. They made the game slower, more difficult, and less rewarding. Don't bother if you were waiting on Season 1 go play POE until Blizzard figures out this persistent beta they call a game.… Expand
  27. SocietyExile
    Jul 19, 2023
    3
    This game story line was great. But blizzard went wrong when they made this game more grindy then Destiny 2 trying to lvl up. They continue to roll out the nerfs and their endgame content is sub par and becoming actively more and more time grindy. The endgame has many things for you to do between Helltides Chest of Mystery Garbage, The Tree of Trash, Legions Events of no drops, The ScaredThis game story line was great. But blizzard went wrong when they made this game more grindy then Destiny 2 trying to lvl up. They continue to roll out the nerfs and their endgame content is sub par and becoming actively more and more time grindy. The endgame has many things for you to do between Helltides Chest of Mystery Garbage, The Tree of Trash, Legions Events of no drops, The Scared Drop World Bosses, and Nightmare no drop dungeons. There loot pool and drop rates are like finding a needle in a hay stack and drops sacred at lvl 100 playing tier 60 nightmare dungeons and higher. It take 124 of consistent playing to get to lvl 100 that and the common folk not streamers don’t have that kind of time to put into the game. Rolls right back around to what i said at the beginning this games grind is worse then grinding pinnacles to obtain highest power score in destiny. If you enjoy putting in hundreds of hours into a game for your character to be reset due to season in three months. THEN THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU!… Expand
  28. Forcelevel
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dunno I’m finding it really unbalanced, demolishing elite mobs in a instant then it takes to kill one marauder. Then it’s just way to easy the higher lvl you are the easier it get. When you about lvl 55 on wt 3 it becomes to numbly boring and easily, grinding till lvl 60 to do the next wt dungeon was a true test of perseverance. Yeah the first few lvl on wt 4 are challenging like I said it gets earlier as you lvl up and you don’t even feel like ya characters got any more powerful or evolved. My fights look and feel exactly the same on wt4 lvl 68 as it did when lvl 20 on wt 2 and I would say wt 2 was more challenging, I met the butcher more often and had crap gear. I think its easily solvable tho we need areas of the map that are all ways 2 or 3 lvls above I would make them hell stronghold permanent, introduce heavenly stronghold and let us choose who to fight for hell, heaven or nephalem, man when I played the campaign I wanted to join Lilith and smoke Inarius and Mephisto by the end. Next hell tides need way more mobs and boss fights, i would also have a thing where in the last 10 min we have to push the hoard of Hell back, if players fail this it reduce the drop rates until areas have been cleared of x amount of enemy’s. The campaign is also not up to standard, starts of really good but after the first act it flat lines 2 good cut scenes, the first is the resurrection of Lilith at the start and then some parts of Lilith and co walking though Hell. I know lots of ppl don’t like the aesthetics of D3 but just go watch the cut scene where Diablo open the doors of heaven to Lilith opening the doors to Hell. She just squeezes a rock and doors open to nothing and the gates to hell where on every loading screen it was very anticlimactic. The entire way though the campaign she like 5 steps a head of you and at the end you just get teleported to the right location just before her to foil her plans and your own. It end with a hero not the hero travelling around with a soulstone with a prime evil in it again, that what happen to D2 hero at the start of D3, just this time it’s Mephisto in the soulstone instead of Diablo.… Expand
  29. TheAJester
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    This game was bad before the patch. Diablo 3 was better and Diablo 2 remains the best in the series. This game has amazing graphics and a great story. That's it.

    Leveling up takes forever and is completely meaningless. You don't get more powerful if everything else is always 2-3 levels above you anyway. The skill tree is far too complex resulting in the need to create very specific    This game was bad before the patch. Diablo 3 was better and Diablo 2 remains the best in the series. This game has amazing graphics and a great story. That's it.

    Leveling up takes forever and is completely meaningless. You don't get more powerful if everything else is always 2-3 levels above you anyway. The skill tree is far too complex resulting in the need to create very specific builds. If you don't do your research, create a spreadsheet, consult NASA and cross-reference your astrological chart you won't have the right points in the right places and you'll just die a lot. Paragon won't help either. Apparently the demons have a better paragon board than I do since they are *still* killing me easily.

    But surely you can compensate for that with gear right? No. The gear is awful. I haven't swapped out anything in about 10 levels. It just isn't worth it. Remember when you'd get excited about finding something rare? Or at that classic *ting* sound of something hitting the floor warning you to pay attention and get ready because this thing right here is going to be awesome? You couldn't wait to check the stats. That's gone. I kill a Boss, collect the loot, go do five other things, then check the stats of the new stuff when I go to town. Why bother getting excited when I'm just going to salvage it anyway because it has half the stats of my current stuff? I used to chase treasure goblins down. Now I don't bother with them. They don't have anything. And you can't buy anything. The shops have four items, crazy expensive, that change every hour, that also have lower stats.

    Also, this requirement to be online is frustrating. I have not had any server issues. I get on right away. I have always been a solo Diablo player. I always will be. I don't want to see other people in my game let alone watch them take my gold after my kill which has happened several times now. I have never played a season and have no interest in doing so.

    It just doesn't feel like Diablo anymore.    … Expand
  30. Madjoe0027
    Jul 21, 2023
    3
    Frequent bugs preventing gameplay.
    Sign in issues. I feel like I paid 75 bucks to beta test.
    There seem to be a lot of self infected issues; gems taking up so much limited inventory; level and intro requirements.
    Requiring an xbox gold membership for in game features. Hopefully they listen to feedback
  31. Cebane
    Jul 26, 2023
    3
    Le jeu n'est absolument pas fun à des années lumières de diablo 3 , le plaisir de jeu n'y est pas.
  32. Gamervoice-_-
    Jul 30, 2023
    3
    Games aspects variation feels very underwhelming on the abilities you can get.started with a druid character until lvl 60 when realized other classes are being more favoured by blizzard a when it comes to abilities damage and mana creation is much better balanced with other classes. The biggest turn of is for me the season pass or battle bass first and last for the game, not worth it toGames aspects variation feels very underwhelming on the abilities you can get.started with a druid character until lvl 60 when realized other classes are being more favoured by blizzard a when it comes to abilities damage and mana creation is much better balanced with other classes. The biggest turn of is for me the season pass or battle bass first and last for the game, not worth it to start a new character, the rewards you get out of the season pass are very disappointing, not enough added new aspects /abilities added, the content was Very short felt like 1 main campaign quest with hardly anything new of interest added Very pricey for what you are getting.
    Last session pass for me for diablo 4 will move on to something more motivating.    … Expand
  33. camareira
    Aug 15, 2023
    3
    como todo lançamento da blizzard, o começo é sensacional, mas a empresa nao sabe controlar e nem gerenciar seus jogos a longo prazo, mais um acerto que a blizzard transformou wm desastre
  34. ndrewmyr
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    No other options, as to play only online with disconnects, that is gave me negative experience. It's awful. If I wasn't a fan of diablo, I would gladely put 1*
  35. Vertran187
    Sep 3, 2023
    2
    Unfortunately its very boring you have a very limited amount of skills which lead to stale gameplay and it just not fun in anyway i played for about 15 hours in total then quit D2 is a much better game still
  36. arunscript
    Jun 9, 2023
    2
    Stupid, stupid game. Silly and shallow story. Great graphics but poor gameplay. Hack and slash aRPGs are done to death and unless you come up with some great mechanics (e.g., Hades) it feels boring and rehashed.
  37. christhewiz
    Aug 19, 2023
    2
    Massively disappointed by the newest diablo release. No incentives to continue playing as soon as you finish the rather uninspired campaign. E.g. ridiculous few unique items, rare items always drop with similar stats, ... Despite the visual boost, Diablo 4 feels like a massive downgrade to its predecessor. What a shame.
  38. elPre
    Jun 27, 2023
    2
    As someone with +4500 houers in Diablo 2, D4 is destroyed by the gear-system and scaling. Absolute 0 depth in items which is one of the fundamental factors in the Diablo franchise. The scaling of items, lvls and monsters is just a very simple algoritm to save time for the developers. You succeeded in destroying one of the best games of all time! The music, graphics and the environment isAs someone with +4500 houers in Diablo 2, D4 is destroyed by the gear-system and scaling. Absolute 0 depth in items which is one of the fundamental factors in the Diablo franchise. The scaling of items, lvls and monsters is just a very simple algoritm to save time for the developers. You succeeded in destroying one of the best games of all time! The music, graphics and the environment is the reason i give the game 2/5, otherwise it's a strong 1/5. Do NOT buy this game of you love Diablo!… Expand
  39. Torreyes
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was enjoying the game. Have over 550 hours. But the loot scaling after level 75 is useless, monsters get stronger but you don't. Now after the season 1 patch... it's so terrible and my characters feel way weaker that for the 1st time since release i didn't even feel like playing yesterday and won't be buying a battle pass because of the patch.… Expand
  40. cenkalti
    Aug 12, 2023
    2
    Diablo IV falls short of expectations, as its gameplay quickly becomes repetitive and lacks the engaging elements that make the series enjoyable. The game's mechanics feel stagnant, resulting in a monotonous experience that fails to captivate players.
  41. grreaper
    Jun 11, 2023
    2
    Very disappointed with the game. I paid a lot of money for the Ultimate Edition, but I couldn't play the promised early access. It's unforgivable.
  42. hobbes_thomas
    Jun 12, 2023
    2
    After reaching the last difficulty level and getting bored of the constantly breaking core gameplay loop, the game seems like a rushed moneygrab. I am fine with nerfs and imbalances this early in the life cycle but releasing a Diablo game (or an ARPG) without any kind of meaningful "endgame" is definitely a ripoff. Especially for 70 usd. I would never buy this game if I knew it only worksAfter reaching the last difficulty level and getting bored of the constantly breaking core gameplay loop, the game seems like a rushed moneygrab. I am fine with nerfs and imbalances this early in the life cycle but releasing a Diablo game (or an ARPG) without any kind of meaningful "endgame" is definitely a ripoff. Especially for 70 usd. I would never buy this game if I knew it only works for the first 60ish levels.… Expand
  43. Mike_Rotch
    Jul 8, 2023
    2
    Server lag. Every. Single. Day. Horses break the game. If you have a real job and life. They expect you to play around 6 hours a day. Not sure how long seasons last but. This game has already seen a dip in population. If they do nothing. It will become a dead game. They admit problems in their developer streams. Then don’t actually fix it and change the subject. It’s very shady.
  44. Officialalexj7
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    This game was great until the first patch. I wish I never bought the deluxe edition but thankful I didn't buy the ultimate. Should have never trusted blizzard to deliver. Last diablo game I'll buy to make sure I don't get shafted once again.
  45. Richey3001
    Jun 10, 2023
    2
    Top marks for the art style & the atmosphere.
    The game runs without fault on Series X.
    I have not experienced any server issues during my time with the game. The game gets old real fast.......boring , repetitive gameplay. After a while i was questioning why i should still be playing the game. Play D2 & D3 instead. It's not worth $70 The obscene prices for store items is typical    Top marks for the art style & the atmosphere.
    The game runs without fault on Series X.
    I have not experienced any server issues during my time with the game.
    The game gets old real fast.......boring , repetitive gameplay. After a while i was questioning why i should still be playing the game. Play D2 & D3 instead.
    It's not worth $70
    The obscene prices for store items is typical Blizzard with further paid DLC content to follow.
    Avoid!    … Expand
  46. eseoul1004
    Jun 7, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story: 1/10. A story that drives you to buy the DLC. So disappointing / Play: 5/10.… Expand
  47. NutzMcKraken
    Jun 10, 2023
    2
    The games graphics are great. Art direction is great. Smooth launch. Great story. The biggest problem is class balance, with Necromancer in particular being by far and away the worst. The class as a whole was completely destroyed after the open/closed betas and so far have only received small buffs to minions. They lack survivability and have zero movement. They are underpowered inThe games graphics are great. Art direction is great. Smooth launch. Great story. The biggest problem is class balance, with Necromancer in particular being by far and away the worst. The class as a whole was completely destroyed after the open/closed betas and so far have only received small buffs to minions. They lack survivability and have zero movement. They are underpowered in single target boss fights, and don't even get me started on PVP. While it's not uncommon to see unkillable Barbs, Druids, Sorcerers pumping out massive AOE and single target damage. Necromancer struggles at both. I was really hopeful that I would spend hundreds if not thousands of hours with this game over the next few years. But the state Necromancer has launched in has destroyed all the hype I had for this game. Now I'm wondering if I'll even manage to stick around for the first season let alone the first expansion.
    I leveled up a Barb and Rogue just to compare and confirm my suspicions and they were absolutely confirmed. Those characters were easily able to complete content my Necromancer struggled on and in the case of The Butcher my Necromancer was the only one to die. Bottom line it's a great game if you don't want to main Necromancer. However Necromancer is so bad and feels so lackluster in so many area I find myself wondering how much longer I really want to play. There is hope on the horizon though with Path of Exile 2 not to far off in the future. Maybe they'll give me the class fantasy Diablo 4 can't or won't.    … Expand
  48. bonerpants
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Sadly it feels like D3 not D2.
    Lack of Comunication from DEVs
    Laggy Servers
    Nerf after Nerf after Release! Not in the Beta and thats the Point it feels like a Beta.
    But the Shop is Running thats importnant not the 2 Aspects they removed (Still no ETA for them)
  49. Wrekt
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Good potential but the devs are ruining it. Save your money it might be playable in a year.
  50. redfox489
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Loved playing the Beta and the first couple weeks (starting 6/1) were amazing.
    Campaign was great, but cannot in good conscience give this game a rating higher than a 2 because of how “out of touch” the developers are. I was keeping an open mind until Patch 1.1 on 7/18/23.
    Diablo IV has lost all hope of being a fun game to play. If things improve, I’ll gladly revise my rating, but until    Loved playing the Beta and the first couple weeks (starting 6/1) were amazing.
    Campaign was great, but cannot in good conscience give this game a rating higher than a 2 because of how “out of touch” the developers are. I was keeping an open mind until Patch 1.1 on 7/18/23.
    Diablo IV has lost all hope of being a fun game to play. If things improve, I’ll gladly revise my rating, but until then, I’ll be going back to other games that actually reward the time I put into them.    … Expand
  51. bluefoxrabbit
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Diabio 4 has a good story, great characters and it's pretty fun gameplay through the campaign. Sadly once that's done the fun is over. You are thrusted into the real part of the game that many long term players were looking forward to, only to be extremely disappointed. Blizzard has tuned this end game into an endless grind, unrewarding gameplay, and has nerfed the game into anDiabio 4 has a good story, great characters and it's pretty fun gameplay through the campaign. Sadly once that's done the fun is over. You are thrusted into the real part of the game that many long term players were looking forward to, only to be extremely disappointed. Blizzard has tuned this end game into an endless grind, unrewarding gameplay, and has nerfed the game into an unplayable state for the average player. If you are looking for a new Action rpg, I would suggest playing Path of exile, Project Diablo 2 (fan mod that is easy to install), or simply go back to playing Diablo 3. Hell pretty sure there is a combo pack that has diablo 2 remastered and diablo 3 in it for less than what diablo 4 costs, and you will have more fun.… Expand
  52. LimpPecker
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    The July 18, 2023 patch 1.1 had zero, none, zilch, nada, sh!t, QOL improvements and simply made the game an unenjoyable grind. The satisfaction of playing this game has dropped across the board - Google it. Diablo IV players are livid across Reddit, Twitter, etc. - as we should be. I would not recommend this game in it's current state.
  53. Envoy3046
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Rubber banding with a brand new gaming PC, issues running the game with friends, a lackluster to non-existent game play, and massive nerfs. Very clear that the devs don't care of play their own game.
  54. Mephisto12
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Game has a lot of potential. Campaign is decent. End game is not fun or engaging and classes like sorc are really broken. These and more have been community complaints since launch and they’ve grown continuously louder since then. We all had high hopes for updates that would fix some of these issues. Unfortunately, updates made it WORSE. Across the board nerfs, lower drop rates, etc. WTF,Game has a lot of potential. Campaign is decent. End game is not fun or engaging and classes like sorc are really broken. These and more have been community complaints since launch and they’ve grown continuously louder since then. We all had high hopes for updates that would fix some of these issues. Unfortunately, updates made it WORSE. Across the board nerfs, lower drop rates, etc. WTF, blizzard?… Expand
  55. Dechard27
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Story line was great for a Diablo game but itemization SUCKS!!! it’s not really a Diablo game with gear that just isn’t fun or exciting to get. After level 70 there isn’t really any upgrades and with this new patch all my gear that I played many many hours to get is mostly junk now. I would need to go backwards to try and find new gear or spend millions of gold to try and re rollStory line was great for a Diablo game but itemization SUCKS!!! it’s not really a Diablo game with gear that just isn’t fun or exciting to get. After level 70 there isn’t really any upgrades and with this new patch all my gear that I played many many hours to get is mostly junk now. I would need to go backwards to try and find new gear or spend millions of gold to try and re roll stats…neither sounds fun to me so I’m done playing. This will be the last game I will ever buy from Blizzard and I certainly won’t be buying any expansions. This game feels like it’s still in beta.… Expand
  56. xxslickwi11yxx
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    1st review on this site. This piece of work was worth creating an account. Took a lightly buggy game, made a huge update, and completely took all the fun out of it. buffed all the monsters, nerfed all the characters, but what's worse is they took players weeks of grind and just took a big hot runny dump all over everyone. Will wait to see what they work out to fix their good ideas.
  57. Warxfare
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Sad support by devs and updates that make the game less fun. Disappointed long time fan.
  58. Phantom_Valse
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    My initial impression was very positive for this game. However, I have played from early release until now and likely wont be playing any longer. The game does have positive aspects. Its visuals are beautiful and the story was well told. The way the game has been handled by blizzard since the release has been messy at best. Continuous nerfs to various abilities and farming methods was veryMy initial impression was very positive for this game. However, I have played from early release until now and likely wont be playing any longer. The game does have positive aspects. Its visuals are beautiful and the story was well told. The way the game has been handled by blizzard since the release has been messy at best. Continuous nerfs to various abilities and farming methods was very frustrating, though some things legitimately needed to be hotfixed, but the latest patch not fixing ANY of the numerous core issues plaguing the game and instead instating even more nerfs is extremely confusing.

    Who ever is making decisions about patch priorities should be reassessed. We (mostly) tend to play video games to have fun and the long list of hotfixes and this recent patch have active removed this element from the game. Why would anyone play something that is no longer fun?

    Server Lag is horrible. There is a known memory leak that still remains unfixed that causes frequent game crashes. The effectiveness of many builds were destroyed and there is no compensation for all the players that now have to reassess and rebuild their characters since the issue of respeccing/ cost is still unaddressed.

    There is much more that can be discussed but it seems to fall on deaf ears with blizzard.

    TLDR; I do not recommend this game in its current state. The ratio of enjoyment to frustration is too high.    … Expand
  59. Saloh333
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    I have played every single diablo game to date, diablo 2 is king, even bought the remake. Saying that I really enjoyed playing Diablo 4. I understand that it is new and will still need some work.
    -I like the concept of the upgrading weapons and adding aspects to gear. -I was enjoying the playthrough, side missions and strong holds, and dungeons were cool. -The graphics and cut scenes are    I have played every single diablo game to date, diablo 2 is king, even bought the remake. Saying that I really enjoyed playing Diablo 4. I understand that it is new and will still need some work.
    -I like the concept of the upgrading weapons and adding aspects to gear. -I was enjoying the playthrough, side missions and strong holds, and dungeons were cool. -The graphics and cut scenes are beautiful. -I did enjoy plowing through big packs of monsters and helping friends progress through the game.
    - I like they are adapting qualities from Path of Exile
    +Very disappointed with this last patch, it seems they made everyone more squishy, more likely to be 1 shot, made leveling slower, made skills less effective, nerfed stats like vulnerable, critical strike, overpower, ect.
    +seems like we are being rewarded less since the patch on things like helltide and dungeons. + kinda disappointed about how many legendary items there are for the game, I remember that was one of the goals to find the legendary items that were useful or at least valuable. I like most items dropped are class specific, but then you negate trading aspects, how am I going to trade the druid for the necro item?
    +NO SET ITEMS? That was a super cool thing in diablo 2 set items get the whole set and get these extra attributes, cmon guys.
    +What is the point of playing seasons if your cool perks/items/bonuses ect don't transfer to eternal?
    +-+ Are you trying to make a game fun and interactive for the players?
    +-+ Are you trying to 1UP your free game adversary (POE)Path of Exile, or just milk your audience for money with a in comparison **** competitor?
    +-+ Path of Exile makes a really good game and seems to have the players in mind before making money, hence being a free game, and making good content. You have 20 years on them and you pull this 1.1 crap, shame on you.

    I have more to say but will leave it there.    … Expand
  60. arctodusprime
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    I never thought i'd play a game that made Lost Ark seem like a virtuosity by comparison, but here we are.
    My first Blizzard title was Rock'n'Roll Racing; I have played every Diablo game, every Warcraft game, every World of Warcraft expansion, all of StarCraft. I don't mention this to give weight to my perception, I mention this to give weight to my perception of the steady decline in    I never thought i'd play a game that made Lost Ark seem like a virtuosity by comparison, but here we are.
    My first Blizzard title was Rock'n'Roll Racing; I have played every Diablo game, every Warcraft game, every World of Warcraft expansion, all of StarCraft. I don't mention this to give weight to my perception, I mention this to give weight to my perception of the steady decline in quality and forks-given of Blizzard products.
    I waited a decade for Diablo 3, did the midnight screening, took 3 days off work to play. Yes the launch was a cluster, and the story felt as retread as the new Star Trek movies, but it was fun, it was smooth, and it was a good finished product. Care went into the art direction, gameplay, sound and music, and the story.
    I can't say any of that for this raging dumpster fire called Diablo $4. ("Diablo for Dollars", I like that, will probably use again)
    Server crashes and server burps are annoying, yes. Blizzard cookie cutter style builds are annoying. Blizzard nerfbats are utterly stupid. The company is so focused on the "long game" they have forgotten how to make an enjoyable and smooth experience anymore.
    The drama around "overpowered builds" is the biggest waste of time I have seen to date, because at the rate gamers are uninstalling the game, no one is going to be around to care.
    When I say the "Blizzard polish" is lacking, what I meant to say is it is nonexistent. Some of sloppiest work I have seen, ever. Voice acting that doesn't match script. Some Enya-esque musical leprosy while fighting Uber Lilith. Horses are stagger and burp every, single, time, you, mount, up. Struggles to find stats that make the game even remotely fun to play, then grinding for hours to find no gear with stats you can use; and then not getting anything useful from salvaging your gear. A plot that barely pays lip service to perhaps the greatest corrupted love story in the Blizzard portfolio, and we're left with a pissy former archangel being petulant with the daughter of a Prime Evil and no meaningful insight or exposition as to what really happened, or what happened between them.
    Speaking of lack, I know the Blizzard Original Thought Well ran dry a long time ago (just look at the decline in WoW expansions), but did you have to crib from Path of Exile, Grim Dawn, and Lost Ark?
    There's an old saying: "to steal from one is plagiarism, to steal from many is research". What do you call it when you steal from many and manage to not be nearly as engaging or good as any of them? |
    Frankly, as soon as I saw this, my first thought was, huh, so this is what Blizzard is going to try to use as a test bed for World of Warcraft 2. Then I thought, huh, this will be their last product before the Microsoft acquisition goes through. Maybe Microsoft can instill some actual pride in the work here, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
    If you're a fanboy who wants to grind for days to be in the top .001%, this is the game for you.
    If you want to play something casually, or enjoy the time you do have to put into gaming, go take a look at the Steam Summer Sale and support a studio that isn't coasting on its former glory.    … Expand
  61. ryrefsdal
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Good through the story but no real reason to play after getting to word tier 3 and putting together a build.
  62. B1izzardSucks
    Jul 23, 2023
    2
    Created an account just to review this abomination of a game. This is basically Diablo Immortal part deux: boring, repetitive & tideous. I've spent more hours playing D2 & D3 than I'd like to admit, but I will not be doing that with D4. Blizzard are clearly clueless as to what their fans want and only care about their pockets. I think there are just too many changes that need to beCreated an account just to review this abomination of a game. This is basically Diablo Immortal part deux: boring, repetitive & tideous. I've spent more hours playing D2 & D3 than I'd like to admit, but I will not be doing that with D4. Blizzard are clearly clueless as to what their fans want and only care about their pockets. I think there are just too many changes that need to be implemented in order for this game to be enjoyable enough for a serious time investment. I had high hopes, not really sure why... Blizzard hasn't given me a reason to be optimistic in a long time. Going to start a new D2 character until Path of Exile 2. Sad times for the Diablo franchise, the best game has been absolutely ruined!… Expand
  63. TheStoneZilla
    Aug 15, 2023
    2
    The campaign and story and art in this game is insane, blizzard always delivers on that front. However if you're looking for anything with depth, this game is absolutely not for you. Just go play Path of Exile.
  64. Ashblury
    Aug 15, 2023
    2
    Trash. That is all. It is complete trash. Thank you for ruining a franchise for me and my friends.
  65. bluetoon
    Jun 7, 2023
    1
    One of the biggest names in multiplayer gaming should be able to make an online game that doesn't randomly disconnect me. You literally had a server stress test beta before launch and you still failed.

    I'd love to rate it higher but I was only able to play for about 25 minutes yesterday. After my second disconnection I gave up. Some will say "well it was launch day" but I say, if you    One of the biggest names in multiplayer gaming should be able to make an online game that doesn't randomly disconnect me. You literally had a server stress test beta before launch and you still failed.

    I'd love to rate it higher but I was only able to play for about 25 minutes yesterday. After my second disconnection I gave up. Some will say "well it was launch day" but I say, if you release a product it should be working. Welcome to the "live service" model.    … Expand
  66. Cords
    Sep 4, 2023
    1
    I'd give the game a 5/10 on launch. Went downhill in season 1. Once you hit level 80 and upgrade a few pieces of gear it's possible to spend 50 hours without one single upgrade. Shame on Blizzard for making a great franchise so incredibly boring! It should be mandatory that everyone working on this game should have to play Diablo 1-3 first. Write down what you like, what you hate.I'd give the game a 5/10 on launch. Went downhill in season 1. Once you hit level 80 and upgrade a few pieces of gear it's possible to spend 50 hours without one single upgrade. Shame on Blizzard for making a great franchise so incredibly boring! It should be mandatory that everyone working on this game should have to play Diablo 1-3 first. Write down what you like, what you hate. NONE of the fixes/changes from Diablo 3 are in Diablo 4. Fixing the gear to level 80 so that you can "share" with alts is silly. There is no room in storage and no will to play a 2nd character at the same time.

    What an epic failure. I'm playing another half level to get to 100 and then retiring. I feel like playing three more than four.    … Expand
  67. PatHub
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    Don't believe any of poor Ratings. Mostly lies. Diablo 4 is s a phenomenal ARPG. Great setting and fun and rewarding gameplay.
  68. DCJY
    Jul 4, 2023
    1
    I bought this at launch and barely two days in a row go by where I can actually play it. The connection with the servers is consistently bad, resulting in some of the worst lag I've ever experienced in a game. Seriously, I experienced less lag playing my Dreamcast online via the phoneline back in 2000. Not only lag, but disconnects, teleporting and not even being allowed to sign in are theI bought this at launch and barely two days in a row go by where I can actually play it. The connection with the servers is consistently bad, resulting in some of the worst lag I've ever experienced in a game. Seriously, I experienced less lag playing my Dreamcast online via the phoneline back in 2000. Not only lag, but disconnects, teleporting and not even being allowed to sign in are the norm. And for what? There's no matchmaking or easy way to play with other people, so they took away an offline option for nothing.… Expand
  69. PaddyAshton
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    My first day of the game was fine, played an entire session no disconnects or lag at all. I managed to reach the last quest of campaign and then got booted out three times in a row as I was about to finish the quest.

    Now upon hitting level 50 it seems as though the game is just determined to prevent me from actually finishing a single quest. I get disconnected every single time I get to    My first day of the game was fine, played an entire session no disconnects or lag at all. I managed to reach the last quest of campaign and then got booted out three times in a row as I was about to finish the quest.

    Now upon hitting level 50 it seems as though the game is just determined to prevent me from actually finishing a single quest. I get disconnected every single time I get to the last portion of boss health or kill the last enemy, lag out and simply do not get the reward. This would be fine, I can live with side quests and the like as their rewards are menial anyway.

    But how, after several months of testing, can there still be a game breaking bug in the capstone dungeon to allow the player to progress to past veteran tier? Of the 10 attempts at this dungeon before contemplating throwing the console and controller out the window, my first 4 saw the boss de-spawn as he hit the last quarter of health bar, no way to exit the instance besides disconnecting from the server and relaunching the game.

    The remaining attempts saw me make it to the boss 5 out of 6 times, only to just flat out be disconnected after a 5 second freeze.

    Again, if this were checkpointed like all the other campaign quests then this wouldn't be as much of an issue. However, you need to restart the entire instance, along with the pre-boss each time, and it is vital to complete to progress the game. Abysmal design from Blizz here, but I don't know why the hell I expected any different, its becoming a track record for them.

    I'm still finding rare items more powerful than unique items, and since i can't progress my world tier I guess I'll continue to do so... Deep customisation? Crunchy visceral combat that you can feel? I can't believe I bought into all that nonsense. Game launches without set items. Quite frankly I don't expect to pay £70 for a game to still be beta testing it post release. I have no idea why this trend of releasing broken games that are required to be constantly online, yet consistently fail to do so, has taken off in recent years, but if it continues in this fashion then its the beginning of the end for gaming.

    I cannot recommend this game in its current state and have no intentions of buying any Blizz games at launch again, ever.    … Expand
  70. DarkGemini
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    They refused to give me a refund after constantly being kicked from the server. I’ve never felt so much regret for buying a game in my life! Imagine losing nearly 6hrs of progress because of a bug!! That, and the fact that it’s an always-online game. That much I was unaware of, because coming from Diablo 3, I would never expect they’d go that route. I’m never buying another game in theThey refused to give me a refund after constantly being kicked from the server. I’ve never felt so much regret for buying a game in my life! Imagine losing nearly 6hrs of progress because of a bug!! That, and the fact that it’s an always-online game. That much I was unaware of, because coming from Diablo 3, I would never expect they’d go that route. I’m never buying another game in the franchise ever again. Can’t justify any of this crap I’ve had to deal with after paying $70+. Games like these NEED to flop so they learn to not put milking the player base over making a great quality product.… Expand
  71. ruslantsm
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    this is a terrible online shop with a little game if you are lucky enough to log in
  72. dafunkk
    Jun 23, 2023
    1
    I've never cared about the story in Diablo games. In fact, I almost always skip it. Beyond that guy telling me about the Butcher in D1, it's all been blah blah blah.

    So the 7 isn't because the story (apparently) sucks. It's a solid foundation of a game. The systems are solid but nothing extraordinary. The combat would probably excite me, but frankly it's so far below Lost Ark in that    I've never cared about the story in Diablo games. In fact, I almost always skip it. Beyond that guy telling me about the Butcher in D1, it's all been blah blah blah.

    So the 7 isn't because the story (apparently) sucks. It's a solid foundation of a game. The systems are solid but nothing extraordinary. The combat would probably excite me, but frankly it's so far below Lost Ark in that respect (and that alone) that it's hard to get jazzed about.

    Not worth $70-100 but certainly worth it if you can get it on sale.

    I'd take 7 more points off for having the most absurdly insultingly expensive cosmetic shop I've seen in a non-F2P title, but at this point that garbage is par for the course.

    **After another 15 hours, I've lowered this to a 1. The big thing was starting the campaign over and realizing that literally the entire design is built to make you wait, follow, listen, fight for a minute and then run somewhere so you can wait, follow, listen and briefly fight. It's SO lazy. Ugh... This game is not worth your time nor your money. Please do something, Blizzard**    … Expand
  73. Ebo8000
    Jun 20, 2023
    1
    The game looks great, the skill tree is pretty good, however, the level scaling with enemies just sucks. I got stuck on a dungeon boss, spent time gaining a couple levels to go back and beat him, just to realize he also grinded and was now a level ahead of me. Made the game unfun. When you run into new enemies you know there is no excitement in how powerful they will be, they'll beThe game looks great, the skill tree is pretty good, however, the level scaling with enemies just sucks. I got stuck on a dungeon boss, spent time gaining a couple levels to go back and beat him, just to realize he also grinded and was now a level ahead of me. Made the game unfun. When you run into new enemies you know there is no excitement in how powerful they will be, they'll be about the same level as you every time.… Expand
  74. Lupusorka
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    이걸 13만원에 사게한것도 문제고 그냥 게임자체가 엄청 온갖곳에서 엿먹일려는 거밖에 안보이고 그냥 호구당했다 생각하면서 하고는 있지만 불편한점은 정말 한두개가 아니다 이런게 2023년 게임이라는게 믿기지 않는다
  75. FarEastPlayer
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    The Blizzard is just keeping gaslighting players and nerf everything that could possibly make players happy. They are anti-players, they should burn in hell.
  76. Armagaiden
    Jun 8, 2023
    1
    Well. I'm Necromancer lvl 73. I play since the open Beta. There has been 3 server stress tests. There has been a closed bêta 6 month ago. But none of these beta helped the server stability.

    Early acess 02/06/23 : minor bugs, servers were working pretty well. I progress through the campaign with my friends and it went pretty well.But once we achieved endgame features, there's a lot of    Well. I'm Necromancer lvl 73. I play since the open Beta. There has been 3 server stress tests. There has been a closed bêta 6 month ago. But none of these beta helped the server stability.

    Early acess 02/06/23 : minor bugs, servers were working pretty well. I progress through the campaign with my friends and it went pretty well.But once we achieved endgame features, there's a lot of bugs.
    Nightmare dungeons : bugged. You can't go in with friends because you will be desynchronised 1 dungeon out of 2.
    Helltide : unplayable with lags. you'll die everytime you take a lag, and you'll lose your components.

    Release date 06/06/23 : lags everytime. Permanent lags, so totally unplayable endgame features

    08/06/23 22h30 GMT+1 : Crash server. Can't play. Only 2 days since release.

    Enough with server problems. There's also class balance problems. Barbarian is Godlike, rogue is too squishy (gets one shotted by almost everything), necromancer has literraly 0 mobility, druid is unkillable, and sorcerer is the only balanced class.

    Let's talk about campaign : Act 1, 2, 3 ,4 and 5 are Star Wars Disney tier. Act 6 is a real masterpiece.
    Campaign boss fights are for retarded ppl. they have 0 mechanics, they just have a ton of hp.
    Only Lilith have a real boss fight. And Elias after the campaign will have a real boss fight too.

    The Artistic Direction is perfect. that's why i give them 1 point.
    Sound Design is good, but Lost Ark is better at it.

    There's a lack of features in the UI. We can't see other player's profile. there's no statistics, can't watch playtime, there's no ladder.
    There's no search bar for items in the stash. Gems take too much space

    And there's a ton of other bugs, like sometimes you can't use any ability or dash. Sometimes the horse's pathfinding will totally bug. Cinematics will sometimes bug when you play with friends, only 1 in the group will the dialogues / cinematics.

    There's no diversity in the bestiary and the dungeon bosses or in the decorations. All monsters are recycled with different color, and they are spread all over the entire map. Dungeons are procedural but you will see always the same monsters in them.
    Dungeon Bosses are catastrophic. Distant / Mage bosses are retarded, they do no damage so you can just burst them with any build.
    Melee Bosses are a nightmare, they run faster than you, have an attack speed higher than the light speed. So you almost can't kite them and if you don't play barbarian, druid or sorcerer frost you'll just instant die.

    To sum up, this game is **** tier and doesn't deserve your money, let Blizzard sink.    … Expand
  77. MT7
    Jul 22, 2023
    1
    Blizzard kill the fun with the patch 1.1.

    Nerf armor, crit, vulnerable damage.

    Just stop the game and wait for a better patch.
  78. Zackson228
    Jul 13, 2023
    1
    -the gameplay feels phenomenal (combat is. horse sucks dig bick)
    -the 1/2 cut scenes we got was EPIC! rest of the 98% is.... welp I don't even remember them. it was that good XD
    -the game visually looks AWESOME! LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE IS ABSOLUTE TRASH. limited to only 5 skills (+1basic skill thats trash) and that's just ONE of THOUSANDS DOG SHIET this game is made out of they said it    -the gameplay feels phenomenal (combat is. horse sucks dig bick)
    -the 1/2 cut scenes we got was EPIC! rest of the 98% is.... welp I don't even remember them. it was that good XD
    -the game visually looks AWESOME!

    LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE IS ABSOLUTE TRASH.
    limited to only 5 skills (+1basic skill thats trash) and that's just ONE of THOUSANDS DOG SHIET this game is made out of they said it will give us the most options to make a verity of characters than any other games? yeah right? XD i guess they don't even remember what their own old games looks like.

    what was I thinking. this is ACTIVATION BLIZZARD of course. HOT GARAGE in a cool wrapping box.    … Expand
  79. Moxnix1776
    Jun 7, 2023
    1
    This game is just so underwhelming in every aspect - it borrows parts of both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 but somehow manages to do worse than either of them.

    The gameplay itself is very similar to Diablo immortal, which for a F2P mobile game was adequate - but for a triple A flagship title all I can say is Diablo 4 feels half baked and unpolished. The "Skill Tree" is essentially a linear    This game is just so underwhelming in every aspect - it borrows parts of both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 but somehow manages to do worse than either of them.

    The gameplay itself is very similar to Diablo immortal, which for a F2P mobile game was adequate - but for a triple A flagship title all I can say is Diablo 4 feels half baked and unpolished.

    The "Skill Tree" is essentially a linear "choose one" skill selector, and the paragon board only gives an illusion of depth and diversity, which seriously detracts from the long term replayability of Diablo 4, which has always been the franchises strength. More than anything however - is that it just wasn't fun, even in the early access beta when everything was new and shiny it just felt like a boring version of any other generic low budget ARPG. I know comparing it to Diablo Immortal might come off as a slur, but it really does feel like the closest analogue in terms of feel and fun, and in some respects I think I liked Diablo Immortal better.

    I'm sad to find that this game fell flat on it's face, as with any other game in the Diablo franchise I was looking forward to many years of at least casual engagement, but I found myself bored, uninterested and just not caring shockingly fast.

    In preparation for this review, I ended up asking myself - would I play this game if it was F2P - and ultimately, no, this isn't worth even my time - I have better games to play, and just touching grass would be a more rewarding experience than spending a couple hours in Diablo 4. Considering this is a full price $70 (minimum) game with already oodles of premium add-ons, micro transactions, battle passes and more - I question how the standards of developers have slipped so far.    … Expand
  80. gugamer
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    Parabens pelo jogo, ficou horrivel, paguei 350 reais e odiei, mas não posso pedir reembolso, pq 2 horas de jogo é so no prologo, que n tem nada, so a cutscene linda no inicio
  81. propolis3
    Jun 11, 2023
    1
    狗屎网络，开了加速器也频繁掉线，登录界面经常卡顿，游戏体验极差，暴雪真的司马，卖这么贵做个半成品
  82. bloodlines
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    в игре за $70 будет встроенный внутреигровой магазин и скины по $20-$30. Ах да, те кто предзаказали и переплатили за максимальное издание получили внутреигровое преимущество начав раньше, в игре где есть PvP! Более жадную и наглую контору сложно представитьв игре за $70 будет встроенный внутреигровой магазин и скины по $20-$30. Ах да, те кто предзаказали и переплатили за максимальное издание получили внутреигровое преимущество начав раньше, в игре где есть PvP! Более жадную и наглую контору сложно представить
  83. Sierra-Zero
    Jun 25, 2023
    1
    Great the few first hours, it quickly becomes boring. You spent more time travelling than fighting monsters, except for the campaign, bosses are not interesting.

    In previous games you were able to chain floors, here when you finish a dungeon you have to travel to the next one, so slow paced.
  84. ocspeed13
    Jul 18, 2023
    1
    They killed the game with their season 1 update. Need everything, like -30% armor, killed helltides, need weapons. If they were trying to take any of the little fun out there was in it then they completely succeeded
  85. RaistlinDourden
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I pre-ordered this expecting it to be at least as polished as Diablo 3. What a mistake. They took all the best elements of Diablo out as if they have learned nothing from the previous games.

    Blizz is trying to make and Loot based ARPG MMO, without rewarding loot system. An ARPG without action. A MMO without a social system.
  86. bobwilsonusa
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Game is buggy as hell, new patches make classes weaker and loot harder to get. Other changes to slow down the leveling process makes it seem like Blizzard really wants to push people to Baldur's Gate 3 instead of Diablo 4.
  87. papadaddy
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    I'm not a die hard player, that min maxed the meta and poured 100s of hours into the game. What I am is a long time fan of the series with an extremely busy schedule and nightly daddy duties. Since release I have poured more free time than I should have into this game and have been enjoying it. Changes made this match set me back from a time investment stand point, needless time sink,I'm not a die hard player, that min maxed the meta and poured 100s of hours into the game. What I am is a long time fan of the series with an extremely busy schedule and nightly daddy duties. Since release I have poured more free time than I should have into this game and have been enjoying it. Changes made this match set me back from a time investment stand point, needless time sink, and walk back of fun stick. Nightly dungeon crawl went from 2-3 a night, to 1, I don't have any more time to dedicate to this game. Seem like season 1 changes were built to punish the 1% min/max players at the expense of the 99%. I'm probably putting this down for BG3 launching in august as opposed to rolling up a S1 character.… Expand
  88. nachtmusik
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    unfinished work. It's a low quality game in every way except for the graphic art. I don't understand how long it took to make the game.
  89. Blue2moro
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Patch has made it unplayable. I am going to skip season 1 at least unless changes are made.
  90. Ddddkeane
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Unfinished game. Blizzard decided to nerf everything because players were completing the campaign and material too quickly. No effort to improve other classes or weak builds, just nerfing skills and items. You wake up and your character does 40% of the damage you used to, what a joke. I would steer away and look for games such as baldur's gate 3.
  91. ishmalejenkins
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Post patch, this game basically sets you back a significant portion. I've played a lot of this game, after their nerf patch on everything I feel like instead of level 95 I went back to level 80. They've compensated for nothing and I currently don't have any desire to play season 1 after playing 4-5hrs a day since release.
  92. Maizen
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Was fun for a week during launch. Consistently bad updates from the devs have driven all the fun from the game. Everyone i know has moved on to other games.
  93. Monsterjunkie
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was amazing before this patch but now I just don’t understand. Why do this kind of patch right before your first season . Well I was playing every day since early access and now I’m just going to play something else and come back one day .… Expand
  94. DrBones
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Not recommend to buy.
    The game wasn't ready.
    Blizzard doesn't listen to the community, doesn't fix the most important issues of the game(stash, lack of end game content, resistances doesn't work).
    Instead they just nerf all the classes.
    Feels like they need at least 1-2 more years for the game to be ready.
  95. Philosocrates
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game launched well with a few issues, but was overall a decent game. Probably an 8. Known QOL issues and broken mechanics have been ignored outright by the dev team and in the most recent patch(1.1) they went off the deep end and made matters worse. Some classes are unplayable in the higher levels.
  96. Tanker360
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Served no purpose to do a beta test. Not sure if they even tested it before launch. They release the game, let everyone get use to a routine, character, method and then changed it. Not even a minor change that can be understood by average players but a massive one that didn’t even focus on bettering the game for the players but for themselves. They sucked the fun and excitement out ofServed no purpose to do a beta test. Not sure if they even tested it before launch. They release the game, let everyone get use to a routine, character, method and then changed it. Not even a minor change that can be understood by average players but a massive one that didn’t even focus on bettering the game for the players but for themselves. They sucked the fun and excitement out of the game by doing the opposite of what their fan base was asking for. Sad, had the potential to be fun.… Expand
  97. cookiebox33
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Players are not limited to playing just this game. Regarding the efforts we have invested over time, if designers want to make changes, they should consider the players’ feelings. But it’s okay; I can go and play other games. I won’t become your plaything.
    I will never play any game from Activision Blizzard!!
  98. Boatmanfall3n
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    The game has too many mechanics that forcefully stall your progression in a desperate attempt to falsely inflate longevity.
  99. NickSwims
    Jul 19, 2023
    1
    Diablo IV started off well, but its shortcomings have become more apparent as the weeks go on. It was always half-baked and lacking features, but still somewhat enjoyable to play. The graphics are good, but the story is forgettable and was clearly shoehorned into being extended infinitely into their live-service "seasons".

    The online-only requirement is a joke. Forget about testing    Diablo IV started off well, but its shortcomings have become more apparent as the weeks go on. It was always half-baked and lacking features, but still somewhat enjoyable to play. The graphics are good, but the story is forgettable and was clearly shoehorned into being extended infinitely into their live-service "seasons".

    The online-only requirement is a joke. Forget about testing yourself in Hardcore, since any connection issue on either yours, Blizzard's, or Xbox's side will result in permadeath for your character.

    I initially enjoyed the gameplay, acknowledging the obvious slower pace when compared to Diablo III. The resource generation is a fraction of what it was in the previous game, and it really shows with the skills used in meta builds.

    The loot in this game is absolutely abysmal. Items regularly drop 10-15 levels below your current level. Killing level 67 enemies to get a level 45 item in return is not rewarding. Even if the loot is appropriately-scaled, there is no guarantee you will have good RNG with the item power, and it will still most likely be useless. I frequently fill up my inventory with rares and legendaries to just end up selling or salvaging it all.

    Build viability is a major issue. Druid, Rogue, and Necromancer all have effective builds, but some are much more effective than others. Barbarian has a few decent builds, but nothing super optimal. Good luck if you want to play Sorcerer though. You've heard of glass cannon, well say hello to glass squirt gun.

    On top of all the balancing issues, the UI is horrendous. Clearly little effort or funding was put into testing any of it.

    All of the above issues were apparent before the recent 1.1 patch... so what did this patch change? Did Blizzard improve any of the UI issues? Did they buff less effective builds? Did they bring back any quality of life features from previous games? Did they make loot worth grinding for? No. Of course not. This patch entailed wide-spread nerfs to damage, survivability, loot drops, and XP gain. Not even the mistreated sorcerers could escape the Wrath of Blizzard's nerf hammer.

    This game was slow to begin with, but now it is slower, more difficult, more tedious, less rewarding, and ultimately less fun. I will not be playing this game until the issues are fixed, and I encourage others to make the same decision.

    This game has a lot of potential, but it seems like the devs are purposely doing everything they can to prevent anyone from having any fun. Blizzard, please step out of your own way and give us the game you promised.    … Expand
  100. eversoul_epic
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    other company pay/hire people to become their game tester, meanwhile at here, we need to pay to become their game tester

    I doubt people will hype again for next Diablo game after all this disaster
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  1. MondoXbox
    Jul 9, 2023
    90
    Diablo IV is the perfect evolution of the series. The many new features make for a truly modern title, giving us an experience capable of keeping us glued to the controller for many hours, without neglecting the historical and most beloved features of the series. If we add to this a technical aspect of the highest quality, a very accessible multiplayer structure, and a huge end-game, we obtain a majestic title that stands as the best exponent of the action-RPG genre and is capable of bringing us plenty of emotions.
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  2. Malditos Nerds
    Jul 6, 2023
    90
    Diablo IV is a social phenomenon and once again sets a new standard for the genre. It's a dark, spooky, action-packed experience. Combat is frantic, fluid and fun, while micro-management of resources and inventory feels better than ever before.
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  3. Digital Spy
    Jun 22, 2023
    90
    Diablo IV is the culmination of everything Blizzard has set up before to make one ultimate experience. The world is stunning, drowned in a beautiful soundtrack that makes even the smallest moments feel epic. With a deep character system, satisfying combat and an endgame that feels like only the start of your adventure, it's hard not to recommend. Dig in, experiment with classes, fight some demons and loot some dungeons. You won’t regret it.
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