Diablo 4 Reviews Coming In - It's Better Than Good
The king is back - although Diablo 4 has commited several sins, for many reviewers it represents the quintessential essence of both the series and the genre.
Diablo IV has arrived - or rather will arrive on June 6. Nevertheless, today the embargo was lifted on reviews of the latest game by Blizzard's. Thanks to them, we know that it's better than good, even though it fell a little short of perfect.
Our review - by Matthias Pawlikowski - can be found below.
Diablo 4 - selected reviews
PC
- PCGamesN - 10/10
- GameSpew - 10/10
- The Enemy - 10/10
- NPR - 9.5/10
- GRYOnline.pl - 9/10
- Gamepressure.com - 9/10
- Twinfinite - 9/10
- Screen Rant - 4.5/6
- Wccftech - 8.5/10
- MGG - 85/100
- Digital Trends - 4/5
- GameSpot - 8/10
- Siliconera - 8/10
- NME - 4/5
- GamersRD - 7/10
- Metascore: 88/100 (based on 44 reviews)
PlayStation 5
- Dexerto - 10/10
- VGC - 10/10
- Push Square - 9/10
- Jeuxvideo.com - 8.5/10
- DualShockers - 8.5/10
- VG247 - 8/10
- Metascore: 89/100 (based on 14 reviews)
Xbox Series X
- CGMagazine - 10/10
- Xbox Era - 9.5/10
- Comicbook.com - 4.5/5
- Pure Xbox - 9/10
- Metascore: 92/100 (based on 10 reviews)
As you can see, there's quite a lot of 10s here, although - when you look at Matacritic - they definitely do not prevail. Instead, 9s and 8s appear more frequently. Sporadic 7s on the other hand, are the lowest marks that were given to Diablo IV(as of this moment).
Gameplay - especially the satisfying, "meaty" combat system - and the storyline, whose main antagonist, Lilith, grows into one of the best in the series, are praised in virtually every text. So what is flawed in Blizzard's game?
- Particularly negatively perceived is the requirement for a permanent Internet connection - reviewers complain about server problems, which are likely to only get worse after the game's release.
Other negative features of Diablo IV cannot be lumped together - everyone complains about something different. Here are examples of other mentioned flaws of the game:
- outdated quest system;
- uninteresting side quests;
- static and not very diverse open world;
- lack of innovation in gameplay;
- Diablo IV is a game that is too "safe";
- repetitiveness of dungeons (especially in endgame);
- slow start;
- lack of favorite character classes;
- camera hanging too close to the action;
- visually, the game world was portrayed too bleakly - too many shades of gray;
- minor technical problems, some of which should be solved by the so-called day one patch;
- the presence of microtransactions in a AAA game.
What annoys one person completely does not bother another - and vice versa. This state of affairs, however, can be viewed positively. For it seems that Diablo IV is devoid of flaws that would particularly spoil the fun. What's more, in many texts you can find a statement that Blizzard's game in many respects is the quintessence of the entire series and the action RPG / hack'n'slash genre as such.
So if you have been holding off on buying Diablo IV, now you can make your final decision. As a reminder, let me add that the game will be released on PC, PS4, PS5, XOne and XSX/S. Those who pre-order the Deluxe or Ultimate edition, will start playing on June 2.
