Diablo IV

 Xbox Series X
User Score
2.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1358 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 297 out of 1358
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 1358
  3. Negative: 962 out of 1358
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  1. clammy
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Nope, predatory company who makes games solely for profit. What were you thinking putting out S1 patch??
  2. Azrael246
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I put in 60+ hours in this game only for the developers to take a sledgehammer to all that hard work with the recent patch. I'm done with Diablo and I'm done with Blizzard
  3. Boomahly
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    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.
  4. kamuigui
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It is inconceivable that we pay a lot of money for a game and the company simply does not give a damn about its customers and consumers.
    The vast majority of the public, on all channels, on all social networks, did not like the changes and nerfs, every day asking everywhere for Blizzard to change and improve what they did and they just don't care about us.
    First they messed up WoW, then    It is inconceivable that we pay a lot of money for a game and the company simply does not give a damn about its customers and consumers.
    The vast majority of the public, on all channels, on all social networks, did not like the changes and nerfs, every day asking everywhere for Blizzard to change and improve what they did and they just don't care about us.
    First they messed up WoW, then Overwatch, and now Diablo. That was the final nail in the coffin. It's unbelievable. I refuse to support a company that doesn't care about making a good game and just makes changes that make everything worse.
    Blizzard, I uninstalled Diablo and every other Blizzard game I had and I'm not going back. They lost a customer of years. My money Blizzard will no longer have.    … Expand
  5. diablo4sucksnow
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Id give this game a negative eight-trillion out of one-hundred if I had the opportunity.
  6. Hughmunguscox
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s a blow to the gonads not very good if you know what I mean brother. I wouldn’t bother.… Expand
  7. Bullant
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    I paid A$140 for the deluxe edition, and oh boy was that a stupid idea. The next stupid idea was to play a sorcerer, my go to class. But a class that was just obviously absolutely hated by the devs. I dropped that character after slogging to level 70 and rerolled a necro. All was going ok until the last patch where my glass cannon level 70 necro was suddenly a glass wimp, attacking withI paid A$140 for the deluxe edition, and oh boy was that a stupid idea. The next stupid idea was to play a sorcerer, my go to class. But a class that was just obviously absolutely hated by the devs. I dropped that character after slogging to level 70 and rerolled a necro. All was going ok until the last patch where my glass cannon level 70 necro was suddenly a glass wimp, attacking with all the strength of a piece of wet lettuce. The latest patch is an absolute disgrace, slowing down and nerfing the entire game just to drag things out, I am assuming to try and cover for the fact that there really isn't anything exciting to do once you have finished the main campaign. Running the same 6 NM dungeons over and over is NOT fun. The graphics are amazing, the sound is some of the best I have ever experienced, and the main storyline was reasonable. But past level 50 the itemisation is rubbish, the UI is terrible, and there are so many "design" elements that have obviously put in place simply to slow down progression. I am sad to admit that I have now given up and won't even be playing Season 1. Such a shame, it had such great promise (on release and for the first week I would have given an 8, but after yesterday's patch (1.1) I stand by my 0)

    Hey Bliz, here's an idea for you. If you want to encourage "engagement", make your game fun, not a pain in the ass slog that feels a lot more like work than fun. Here's some engagement for you though, after decades of reading metacritic, your 1.1 patch actually got me to create an account so I could do this review!    … Expand
  8. amaomark9655
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    公司無視玩家真正的需求.更新內容跟屎一樣.一些無關緊要的~大家誰管你駱駝叫不叫!
    完全不懂現在市場玩家們所需要的.現代人根本沒有太多時間在電腦前跟你耗時這麼久.一個刷寶遊戲
    想搞得像魂系列這樣嗎?...
  9. ExploitedFTS
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This game requires substantial time investment to play towards reaching end game content. The end content revolves around finding the best gear to reach Tier 100 nightmare dungeon and complete the Uber Lilith fight. Patch 1.1 has basically turned this already boring loop into an unbearable slog even with the upcoming S1 malignant heart buffs. Exp NERF was the final nail in the coffin for me.
  10. BabaBarb
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If u start with season 1 u wont be cryying that mich - because ur bhole doesnt hurt from the last 6 weeks getting scammed like „hot milfs in ur area“… Expand
  11. bballjames
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    No care for the players, only the money they already received. It's sad that they did this, but at least it lets the players know to not trust Blizzard in the future. Weird they would shoot their own foot like this, but I guess this is what they wanted.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. AbbaZeffo
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    it's more than 10 years now, blizzard have made it clear over the years, they just want your money all they can do is trigger your nostalgia to get that money and give you something you just gonna be pissed about, so yeah, forget about all blizzard products
  15. Blizardsuckadik
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Dont buy this money grab **** game. The devs have broken it, with espetacular big idiot decisions, poor caring about the playerbase reviews. ****braindead devs
  16. Brwtfsths
    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
  17. ckolon
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    The widespread criticism of D4 is entirely warranted. Balancing is one thing (and not what Blizzard was trying to achieve with the patch from hell), but nerfing the game into the ground is another. Forget everything else, the massive global nerf to damage, defense, CRD and XP - and all of the things that follow on from it - is the most out of touch thing I have ever seen in a game.

    I    The widespread criticism of D4 is entirely warranted. Balancing is one thing (and not what Blizzard was trying to achieve with the patch from hell), but nerfing the game into the ground is another. Forget everything else, the massive global nerf to damage, defense, CRD and XP - and all of the things that follow on from it - is the most out of touch thing I have ever seen in a game.

    I don’t participate in things that reach a certain value proposition threshold - time v reward, enjoyment v frustration, effort v outcome. I uninstalled the game ten minutes after trying each of my classes post the patch. I waited to test them, because it’s important to react to reality rather than impression - but my suppositions were correct. I absolutely will not validate this kind of cynical behaviour, either in life or in the virtual world. When you take meritocracy and choice away and supplant it with ‘you must accept what we give you - and by the way, you won't enjoy it’, I walk away. So I will not add to their metrics by even logging into the launcher.

    If this is remedied, I may check back - but I have little faith that Blizzard will address these out of touch nerfs, let alone the myriad of QOL, necessary fixes and missing aspects of the game that the fan base has been calling for since release.    … Expand
  18. IndulgeInBliss
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Screw you blizzard. Good job dumping on your entire fanbase with that last patch. Greedy b*stards.
  19. 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
  20. leeopt
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    New patch makes game unfun. Awful. No longer worth playing. Waste of time and money
  21. Gnetiq
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    Patch 1.1 was a huge step backwards. Nerfing Sorcerers, the weakest class. Nerfing dungeon exits. Nerfing literally every class and reducing experience gain. I don't need to go into detail, other people have already done that. You made the game worse.
  22. Owen062977
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    最糟的遊戲 沒有更糟了
    最糟的遊戲 沒有更糟了

    最糟的遊戲 沒有更糟了
    最糟的遊戲 沒有更糟了
    最糟的遊戲 沒有更糟了

    最糟的遊戲 沒有更糟了
    只能說是垃圾
  23. 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
  24. FBCat
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    There's no reason not to add keyboard and mouse support.
    All devs care is to force player to grin longer to please executives
    It's not the old Diablo series anymore,
    The dark pattern they use to trick player redeeming battle pass is simple unacceptable
  25. Grey_dong
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Compared to other games in the same price range, it's really disappointing.
  26. krushdow
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. what team waht company
    What else but the reputation left by the past 0/10 0/10 0/10    … Expand
  27. yapenny
    Aug 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 想砍就砍當玩家垃圾，玩了一個多月的角色，就被砍成白吃，而且也沒先告知，當玩家不是人的樣子，我玩其他遊戲就是了，要耍白吃你自已耍，以後也不會在消費任何暴雪遊了… Expand
  28. slowness
    Aug 27, 2023
    1
    The only reason I have any hope for this game after 2 months is that it might get OK in 5, probably 10 seasons. Right now it is of early access quality. Do NOT buy, Do NOT play except the minimum for season...unless you are masochistic
  29. Craezol
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    I liked it at first but the amount of bugs and fixes and things they are yet to provide to a game 10 years in the making doesn’t deserve more than 5 points.
  30. Xena2005
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    Considering this is made by a billion-dollar AAA game company over the course of a decade and the vast amounts of lore and groundwork that was laid from previous Diablo games, it's awful. You get two amazing cinematics, 1 of them being the game launch cinematic, awfully scripted storyline portraited through cutscenes. Lorath's voice acting is on point but his lung cancer voice seriouslyConsidering this is made by a billion-dollar AAA game company over the course of a decade and the vast amounts of lore and groundwork that was laid from previous Diablo games, it's awful. You get two amazing cinematics, 1 of them being the game launch cinematic, awfully scripted storyline portraited through cutscenes. Lorath's voice acting is on point but his lung cancer voice seriously gets on your nerves after cutscene #29. Not to mention how hard they push you to use their in game shop after having already paid 60, 90 or 100 dollars. Game design is awful as always from Blizzard, bland talent tree, green and red tooltips making us think we're stupid and can't figure out what's better ourselves. UI feels extremely mobile because the game is catered to console users for maximum profit. Further, they're giving us only a few keybinds and they're massive and glued to under your action bar and cannot be turned off.

    Stop feeding greed, force AAA game companies to go back to the basics of game design and not
    chase maximum profit for minimum effort, ruining every single artistic and fun aspect that good games can bring.    … Expand
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#3 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2023
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#4 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2023

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  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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