I've Finished Diablo IV - The FINAL Review

Diablo IV is finally here. After spending over 100 hours with the game, here's my final review of what we're getting at release. While there are some pain points and I do wish Blizzard took some bigger swings, overall I've really enjoyed the game. I'm pumped to jump back in and play with everyone else at launch.

00:00 Diablo 4 Review: A Few Notes To Start
01:54 Campaign (Spoiler Free)
03:43 Open World: It's Massive
07:03 Unlocking End Game
12:11 End Game Explained: What Is Everything?
15:47 Paragon Board: Your Power Progression
17:45 World Bosses: Not Much Here
19:42 PvP & End Game Loop: Here's What You'll Be Doing
22:16 Monetization: It's Here and It Aint Cheap
24:00 Complaints: The Biggest Concerns
27:17 Final Conclusion: How Long Will Diablo IV Last?

[Atrac]

A review actually worth watching and non-click bait BS. Thank you!

[ameliedewitte]

I've watched countless Diablo 4 content creators and this is my first time coming across your channel, but I just wanted to comment how appreciative I am of a) the quality of content that is concise and straight to the point, b) NO SPOILERS - big ups for allowing us to experience story bosses, etc ourselves without spoiling in the video c) love the different POVs as well as comparisons to older franchises such as D2 and D3 to better relate to the upcoming content.

Thank you so much!!

[javamonkeyj]

Thanks for all the work you have done on all the Diablo stuff from Beta to now. You rock man.

[mr.sparkycff]

My only beef is the difficulty scaling. I miss the days of D2, get your ass handed to you by a boss, level up and grind, comeback and slaughter the boss. I noticed in the beta it wasn't possible to do this, if you level up, so does the boss.... and it felt weird struggling with a boss at level 20, then a level 6 comes along and mops the floor with it. Other than that, great game, love they went with d2 resurrected dark graphic gameplay, open world is a great concept, can't wait to explore sanctuary.

[ManhasNoName-vv]

This is the only review that I was engaged with all the way through. You gave me alot of insight and great coverage. Thanks.

[Santoroz]

Excellent review due to your respect of keeping from spoilers. I appreciate that a ton.

[Pichu]

$70 game with season pass and $28 bundles which will have 100% paid dlcs. I would feel filthy giving this company money.

[MazdA]

this really shouldve been the golden age of gaming, not "bullshit cosmetics take out of game progression to squeeze extra few bucks apart from 70$ game" age of gaming

[slappytheclown]

That cash shop is disgusting. This whole putting cash shops into $70 games shit sucks, wish we could go back to the days where those cosmetics would have been a reward you earned from actually playing the game.

[Haseo]

Thank you for this detailed and easy to understand review/overview.

[dohmygoodness]

And we all know Force is going to hit 1M as we play through D4. Congrats in advance!!

[xSlackalot]

They should add instanced PvP only arenas. 1v1, 2v2, etc.

[FufruitSasalad]

28 bucks for a cosmetic outfit is out of this planet. 10 bucks is the max I will ever pay and I usually only do that for like 1 or 2 outfits and then I will never buy again. I would feel like the biggest loser on planet earth if I spend 28 bucks on a skin, despite having the money for it.

[Palaecro]

Anyone else feel like it doesn't look all that impressive graphically?

[Sephiroso.]

Finally, this is the type of information i've been wanting. An actual deep dive into what you'll actually be doing day to day. I'm still gonna stick to my plan to just hold off buying until seasonal content is out and see how that is because doesn't really seem like D4 is gonna be worth buying to me just yet as that will determine if i think it's worth cause the endgame sounds hella sparse right now.

[BlissBatch]

Glad the game is good for the people who will be playing it. I can't support Blizzard in this day and age, especially not with this ridiculous monetization.

[NordicGamer]

as long as I can enjoy the game for over 60 hours I'm happy and it looks like I will. nice review

[tindekappa]

Very important thing people should be aware of: This is a review copy, it doesn't have the cash shop so that game journalists can give it 10/10 and pretend it doesn't exist. That's not all! I've observe a sneaky tactic games have been using for the past 5 years or so that no one is talking about. The game will launch with x levels of monetization, the user reviews+ small youtuber reviews will come in, cut them some slack for the monetization, then about 3 months later once loads of people who've reviewed it have moved on to the next thing they'll add in the giga monetization. This update will be unannounced or on very short notice. They'll try to spin it as a ''rework'' or ''improvement'' or what ''people asked for''.
I'm sure they've done this to Overwatch 2 by now, even though Overwatch 2 is just Overwatch + the exact type of rework I'm talking about, I'm sure they found a way to sink lower just about 3 months into it's life cycle.

[shinzoux]

$70 dollar game, game shop, battle passes, $25 cosmetics... ffs

[unleashedbread]

also like you said, a 70+ dollar game should not have paid micro-transactions. It feels extremely predatory and i’m still not ok with just accepting it.