Diablo IV Is Already Being Review Bombed on Steam

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I’d argue there’s still a long way to go. Even with all the areas, the story itself feels like act I and II of Diablo 3. For 90$, it’s just too short, and it feels like we’re completely adjacent to the story. Like we were there… we witnessed it… now what?

They REALLY need to fix that apathy. PoE, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn, even Diablo 3 don’t have that “now what” feeling. Hell, the last half of the story in Path of Exile EXCLUSIVELY happens in Maps(equivelent to nightmare dungeons). Think the War of the Atlas, the Temple of Atzeotl, The Elder, The Shaper, The Eater of Worlds, The Searing Exarch and The Maven. That all happens AFTER you “beat the game”.

I was a member of the beta, and I was one of many who migrated to Steam when the client came to it in 2015. When I put my first review, I praised it for what it did right that Diablo 3 flubbed, but I also called it out on the lag and disconnects. In 2018 they included the “lockstep” communication mode to help stop lag kills. It still happens, but effectivly the server will try and predict the next 1 second of action in case of disconnect, which helped immensly on my 2018 internet. When they fixed it, I updated my review.

Path of Exile is what Diablo 3 Should have been. This game is faithful to Diablo 1 and 2s playstyle, while kicking it up a notch. Skills are now aquired through gems, a massive berks tree enables truly unique builds, and a well done story as well. Add to that that this is one of the truly free-to-play games and is the perfect example of FTP done right, this game is an amazing accomplishment.

There’s something for everyone - races for power players, seasons that add new and exciting challenges, PVP, you name it.

If this game had one weakness, I’d have to say it’s the trade system. There’s no real built-in way for handling trades well, which can lead to a tonne of problems. Most people who play are very nice, but expect to get fleeced every once in a while.

The currency system is very unique and something that I quite like, but it’s a steep learning curve to figure out exactly what everything is worth, much less if you end up with something stupidly rare, like a Mirror. If you even want to begin in trade, I suggest lurking for a hour or two in chat just to see what the going offers are.

Overall a great game, and still in development.

Edit: Wow. I have actually played this game long enough that it would be 2 hours, every day, for a year. Time for some introspection.

(At that point, I was sitting at 1,451 hours) :stuck_out_tongue:

I STILL think the trade system is PoE’s main weakness. When they change that, I’ll update my review.

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Are you paid to scrub off bad reviews ? Nice try blizzard, with your underground marketing crew placed between us.

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Lol, I wish. At least I’d get paid for SOMETHING other then babysitting people who have no right being paid the amount they are, NOT doing the thing they’re being paid to do.

Blizzard, if you need a shill for cash, reach out. I’m reasonable. :stuck_out_tongue:

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wouldnt that be dumb? youre doing it for free like a good slave why would they pay you lol

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So you honestly feel that people are spending their money and time just to leave a negative review in an ocean of other negative reviews ?

After scrolling/reading for the last 10 minutes it feels like a few of you are debating world peace and the end to conflict on the planet.

so dedicated and passionate in your beliefs, now it was only on a subject that really mattered. :smiley:

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People were already planning on review bombing it before it came out. Sharing how long the return window was and so forth. Just goes to show how childish gamers can be.

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They should have left a review in bnet review page, where they originally bought the game and played. Oh wait, there isn’t one.

Yeah i don’t think that leaving a review for a game you played, regardless of the platform, is inherently wrong. The refunds are a counter measure against the really awesome platform that doesn’t have reviews :smiley:

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going from 2/10 to 5/10 not bad, maybe in 2 years assuming a logarithmic growth factoring bad decisions and the current poor creativity, repetitive design, they will get to 6/10 once game is 90% discounted in the next summer sales. ahhahahah

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Dude’s please stop thinking the reviews are not entitled…the bad reviews are nothing compared to Blizzard screwing up simple math problems and so on…Really , even trying really hard to keep the reviews up to the upper value will not work…

They tend more to marketing than to what games look and feel like.

People who enjoy the game should go play the game instead of getting off from positive reviews on steam.

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50% is still too much :smiley: :smiley:

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This isn’t just immaturity. Some of these people have serious problems and swear they hate this game but act like their entire life and existence revolves around it and Blizzard… like a jealous ex that stalks their former partner while swearing they don’t need them. The whole Steam thing is just another symptom of their weird stalker behavior.

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I firmly believe alot of people dont care about or hate the game as much as they carry on here.

to me it seems like the " game " is secondary to their need to interact socially with other people and these forums are a way to get the interaction they enjoy, wether its defending the game or thrashing it.

They seem to get some rush with banter or even attack/defend themselves personally or other people. On here htey get to be strong and " heard " where in their RL they are might be basically silent and invisible to everyone around them.

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Have you ever sit and thought that most of the haters might actually try to do Blizzard a favor by hating them ?

You probably didn’t grow with Blizzard or good games if you put it like you put it…Probably you just stalked your old partner.

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The changes that were made to the game recently were steps in the right direction, but they still have avoided the fundamental issues.

5/10 is what the game was at launch, which I think is fair. They did step in the wrong direction with 1.10, and they are slowly making the right moves.

The game is missing huge core features. It has issues at its core that need to be addressed before piling more schlop on top.

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I started playing at season 1.

I felt it was a 4/10. It might be a 5 now.

Expectation wise, it was a 2/10 and right now maybe 3/10.

Its still not complete. Shows elements of poor core design that cant be fixed timely. Stash alone makes this game almost unplayable after 2 classes. Thats 0/10 when you cant play from a bad design implementation.

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I actually grew up with OG Blizzard and Blizzard games, and no the psychotic haters aren’t doing anyone a favor just demonstrating their various illnesses and/or personal problems to the world.

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Hey dr phil, I call this game hot garbage. Are you going to internet diagnose me? If so I feel you are unqualified to do so. That is all. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Its not a “review bomb” when the game is dogsh*t.

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I just don’t understand how this psuedo-multiplayer game performs so badly. At most you see a dozen players on-screen at a time, but the lag and rubberbanding is incredible considering the source. Blizzard ONLY does online multiplayer games, you’d think they would have the best platform to start from in making these play right.

70$ game on steam from a 70 billion dollar company that hasn’t figured out lag issues over 6 months still doesn’t deserve a recommendation. Free indie games do better than this.