I was not paid to play and review diablo in any way shape or form outside of my sponsor/youtube which could be on any game or video. Stop being decieved by commenters who tribalistically attach their identity to video games so as to be offended when online personalities have an opinion which differs from theirs.
@@godlymajins Most places don't have any such law (by "most" I mean both, largest number of the global population, and largest number of countries). It is however required by UA-cam's T&C's, although how would they know? Point being, laws vary wildly with this kind of stuff, so don't assume anything on the internet plays by the same rules as you.
@@MasterTeeeeWe’re talking about one place. The place where the reviewer is from. No need for a dissertation geography and gaps in international law. I hear your point though, thanks
I’m currently playing for the first time, decided to do a sorcerer but only spec into ice skills. At level 45 now, don’t understand all the systems but really enjoying the game !
when they took away the paragon leveling system which was almost like a Sub Level you carried over from season to season , made making new characters in the next season cool but now i feel i have nothing at all coming with me into the next season besides the bs cosmetics
I find it hilarious that this positive review from a fresh and unbiased perspective still features a comment section full of people expressing their utter disdain for Diablo 4. Dont you guys have anything better to do? Its ok that you hate it, but why does the fact that other people enjoy it make you so angry? I dont like Nickelback. In fact i hate their music but i dont go find videos about them and comment how much I hate them. What is with this strange obsession with telling people how stupid they are for enjoying something you hate?
I think they hate Blizzard more, and it's a passionate hate because they held them to such a high standard They all bought the super premium edition since all the complaints are about spending 100$ Personally the last game I bought from them at release was Starcraft 2, and I bought D3 with the DLC edition, and D4 last year with a 50% off sale I don't hold them to a high standard and I'm not a fan of Blizzard itself, just some of their games
@PrimalDirective Their moivation to behave this way is bizarre regardless of what their individual reasoning it. Its bizarre behavior. I couldn't imagine wasting so much energy finding youtube content about a game I dont like so I can tell people how wrong and stupid they are ...for having fun and finding enjoyment in a game I dont play.
I find it funnier that you care at all? People have legitimate criticism of the game and the company that spawned it, but it's cool you can conveniently ignore flaws because you find it enjoyable. It's okay that you like it, but why does the fact that other people don't make you so angry?
I don’t get the hate. Maybe it’s because I’m not a veteran player or someone who can dedicate 3+ hours a day to a game. As a casual and first time Diablo player, this game is so much fun. I just beat the story and I’m excited to start doing everything else (which is a lot of content).
You said it. It is the best arpg for casuals or players new to arpgs. I started with Diablo 3, beat the campaign with several charqcters. The problem with d4 is that it doesn’t offer much for the vets and also there’s more competition in the genre. POE 2,Last EPOCH, etc. Even the veterans will agree that d4 is a great game for people just getting into arpgs.
i dont get the hate either, ive been playing since diablo 2 aswell. I do find the mmo aspect a bit strange. im playing through story right now and i like it so far its not horrible.
I’m in the same spot. Never was into this style of game before. Kept finding myself so interested in the art style and horror elements. Just started really playing consistently last month and I’m hooked. Was surprised to find out the reception from veteran players. For a new player this is an awesome time. Although I know veteran players were let down I couldn’t be happier to find this game . Got it from my local GameStop for like 20$ as well the content in this game for that price is robbery .
The big thing that not a lot of people are aware of, but this game is probably the most accessible arpg title out there for blind and visually impaired players. Other disabled groups have reasonable accessibility in this and can always be improved upon, but, I've never heard of a audio navigation assistant in a game like this until now.
Loved the fresh eyes take on Diablo 4. Do you think you'll try to do a similarly-themed video on Path of Exile 2? As an (almost) complete noob to the ARPG genre I'd love to know your take on it
the weird thing is I loved this game but i just can't get people to play it with me so i only play it for a month every season, if that. wish it were more but i'm a very social person.
@@aschaffernak It's very easy unless you got low intelligence. Besides that, you can just play and enjoy the game. If you feel like you have to buy something, you're weak minded.
A tip: You can enable advanced items stats, making it visible how your rolls on items are and when comparing items it shows how your stats will differ if you switch gear
Tip : change your mouse buttons and rebind them to your keyboard, it makes clicking less intesive for your hand and gives easy access to all skills, also you can unlock your skills bar to move any skill anywhere.
I really liked your review! I've been playing Diablo games ever since the first one, but it was nice to see someone's perspective who's new to the series. 👍
I always enjoy seeing (any) games through the lens of someone for the first time! Love this review, and thank you for taking the time to play it! Don't listen to anyone, do what you have fun doing, experiment and try different builds out 👍
He didnt realy play it just went throw the campain and then realy low amount of grinding on the most busted hero right now were you can instantly go from end of the story straight to t3 after some gear upgrades insta to t4 that doesnt represent the D4 experions at all
Warning you will be flooded with messages that love the other ARPGs saying D4 is bad because just like MMOs they take up so much time that most people only have time for one. And for some reason they feel the need to tell you your opinion is wrong because it is not the same as theirs. And they don't want to feel like they are wasting their time on the "wrong" ARPG. Jokes on them videogames are a waste of time as a whole when you think about it, but they can be a fun waste of time. Glad your enjoying D4! I like it too! Good video! :)
@@Waydots Fair point, since you said you have mainly played MMORPGs then you probably have gotten these type of comments on other videos. I look forward to your other ARPG videos! I think competition between games in the same genre is great, but the game tribalism gets so annoying sometimes.
My girlfriend and I have put over 100 hours since we got this in February, we’re super casual gamers and we just think the game is really fun regardless of all the hate. We’re loving the spiritborn class!
I'm not sure if you'd want to stick to online ARPGs such as Diablo 4 or Lost Ark, but as someone who's played plenty of ARPGs throughout my life, Grim Dawn has been pretty good. I've also heard good things about Last Epoch, however I haven't checked it out myself. Thanks for the video Waydot, your uploads are always appreciated!
just picked the game 3 days ago, me and my friend started a blind run right into hardcore xD. We kinda troll eachother and push trough content to see who dies first and lose the character. game is pretty good once you understand the progression system and get to end game activities. (yes it took me 2 days on hardcore to get to max level and paragon 60 rn, just be smart enough to read, game tells you everything you need to know) also it's not just click to move you can customize it, I move with WASD and attack in the direction of the mouse now (even without a target)
Man... was really hoping you picked any other class... Spiritborn is fun for sure but I was curious what a new players perspective of the game would be from a non-spiritborn point of view.
I just got into D4 , first arpg im giving fair shake. and coming from mmorpgs its refreshing that it gives you more action for your time with a bit less tedium. Not to say MMOs are bad but its just nice to have this option in my life. In terms of "D4 bad, poe2 better" that i see all over every video, its silly. They both have their strengths and you can get hundreds of hours of enjoyment either way
The game that introduced me to this genre is the ascent.. while I cared about graphics, top view of mini characters in video games didnt catch my interest.. then I tried this game which reminded me of the old god of war era trilogy but this time with a massive overhaul of kick ass monstrous action level of gameplay ... this game is a masterpiece
Just got this 2 days ago n it’s a blast my wife got it n she loves it too we got a 4 player group just running around killing stuff Champions of Norrath vibes this one is way better than the others
So i was watching a different video and got this video as an ad i was so confused but wanted to find the proper video because it was just showing me the mobile game you were sponsored by But i like your vibe so glad i found it
Diablo Immortal was actually really successful and popular, it made bucket loads of money and had over 10mil downloads on Day One. Doesn't take away from the fact it's quite predatory and the reaction to in especially in the west was not good.
I honestly think it is a really good arpg if you treat it as a one off, went through the campaign and had a lot of fun for the solid 40 hours it took, can't complain when I have paid 70 for games that last half, so I feel like diablo 4 you got ask yourself are you buying it to enjoy the campaign get 50 hours and be good, or do you want to play it as a never ending end game, all I know is my 50 hours of campaign I at times forgot there was no microstransacrions because I was enjoying that play through that much and felt 0 hindrance with my progression
I just went back to D4 after a year of abandonment recently, despite all the hate, I still find it intriguing. Honestly I already spent my 2 week of winter break to grind my new characters in different classes. I haven't bought the DLC or paid any real money to this game, even the game itself was gifted and now I have both version, on Blizzard and on Xbox gamepass, just to grind on the old classes make it so addictive. I really don't understand the issue with pay to win, like everything is literally free in game, it's just too much grind. Anyways, haven't seen new year sun light yet, but will try to touch some grass first tomorrow. Happy new year!
Question because I’m super new also I played Diablo 4 when it first came out then I got busy with other games lol but then came back now to it again when the dlc dropped but still trying to figure out how to unlock the greyed out tabs on each of my vendors like occultist and blacksmith and especially jewler to be able to upgrade my equipment and I finished the campaign and level 53 I believe so not sure what doing wrong or if game is just broken and have to reset everything to maybe let the game reset itself or not sure if have to be passed level 60 and it unlocks everything 😅
Occultist blacksmith and jeweler we're all available to me at quite a low level, definitely below level 53. Sounds like a bug to me, perhaps try logging in and interacting with those NPC's and if not maybe submit a ticket? not sure man sorry!
Found this video from an advertisment from your sponsor that likely was meant to be a clip of the sponsor segment, but they acidentally uploaded the entire video as an ad. Hilarious
Just wisjed arpg's eternal realms had the season board as well. wouldn't hurt anyone, those who wana keep restarting could still pkay seasonal whiel those who dont wana keep restarting could experience season as well
I am playing the free trial, but we can only play until the level 25, I am not sure if I'm going to buy the game, the map is too big and very confusing, I never know were am I and what I am doing... I guess I will buy the first diablo, it is cheaper.
Hi, bro. Cool video. Just one thing: Diablo 4 is NOT a game with ''many'' different bosses and they don't have ''many'' different mechanics. Bosses are a bigger version of regular mobs but with larger size and the mechanics (among all) aren't more than 10. You also don't have to avoid them unless you are in the very late game wearing early game gear.
The only one that fits that bill is Beast in the Ice and even the he has mechanics the normal version of his type of boss does not Most of the time you kill the bosses so quickly in the lower difficulties that you can't even tell they have mechanics Once you do the Pit that can scale their difficulty higher than normal is when you can notice all their different mechanics
@@kongkim someone here is a blaster that knows everything about the game to the point that I 1 shot everything in T4 so no, there are no mechanics to avoid.
funny enough diablo immortal was my first taste of arpgs (isometric) , than tried d3 fell in love with with even more , but D4 ruined me … i tried POE after but it was to much for me and felt to slow to get to a point to start having fun … now POE 2 reignited me !!!!!
i don't know if i'd call diablo immortal unpopular XD didn't they make something stupid like in the billions in the first year it was released? also saying your sick of over cutification of games while go go muffin is sponsoring you is hilarious 😂
I will be real that playing spiritborn and then only going throw the campain and some early grinding does not represent D4 at all then Spiritborn is so busted right now that you dont need any gear to basicly run throw everything . Then there is the reality that after you went throw the early parts all the problems come to light . You basicly did what 90% of reviewers do play the story and some early grind were everything is ranbow and roses
He played both campaigns, maxed leveled and then paragon to 146 and tried pretty much all systems. I think he's earned a right to make an opinion video , relax
i started d4 a few days ago too. fall asleep 3 times during story. bro only good things was last inarius death cinematic and the start cinematic for voh
Adults seeking out videos about a game they hate to comment about how much they hate it. What a sad and honestly embarassing sight. Grown men crying about a videogame not being how they want to. lmfao
Great video! You are one of my favorite content producers. I'll be interested to see what you think of Grim Dawn. Probably my favorite game of all time.
Not a bad game… get over it … lots of people have enjoyed the Diablo series over the last 20+ years.. Stop hating people who love it and get a life..Diablo is the original. Everything else is just a copycat….👍
D4 was my first true ARPG experience. Despite it being fun at first, the game simply wasn't for me. I've tried Last Epoch since, and again its just not a genre that interests me. Maybe D4 was a bad one to start with? I'm unsure
try smite or pixel guns or battlefield 2042. also if u like single player games try old games like Destrega or Pirate of the black cat :) 20 year old games that are better then most games today
@@zenmello7616 Eh, I dunno. If you're some millionaire who has money to spend and doesn't even think about counting it, there's the mindset of I don't have to worry about money so I'll spend away
You summarise it well " hack-slash brain turn off and kill things" lol This game look like junk food, a cheap dopamine hits to chill out after day of work. From the video it kinda looks like fallout 76 or Warframe. A streamline gameplay, not many challenge. a lot of QoL. a lot of cheap dopamine. turn your brain off and satisfy with loot. Look like it also have simple quests/progressions and not have much fulfilment from overcome challenge. but there are audience that already fulfilled from work and not have enough energy to deal with challenge in a video game. - Graphic and overall Interface kinda look like a mobile game. - Battlepass... ffs - Cutsecene look amazing. - Open area look fun. damn that's house fast af. - Skill tree... look limited. - select easier difficulty when face a wall... so it's really is a casual game. - Glyph look interesting but most nodes look boring. - "easy to refund" that's amazing. - Warrobe look good.
POE2 is like a game on the opposite spectrum. If you play it after work, you will most likely frustrate and quit. But will feel amazingly fulfilled if you have the energy to overcome its many challenges.
Interesting newcomer take on this game. I played since the beginning and yet, I've found no reason to play past the story. Every class is the same to me; They're mages. The barbarian is a melee mage that uses a "mana" called fury produced by hitting things and that quickly drains if they haven't hit anything recently, the barb uses cooldowns and/or fury to cast their spells. The rogue is a ranged trapper mage that uses a "mana" called energy produced by hitting things, the rogue uses cooldowns and/or energy to cast their spells. The druid is a partial summoner mage that uses a "mana" called spirit produced by hitting things, the druid uses cooldowns and/or spirit to cast their spells. The necromancer is a summoner mage that uses a "mana" called essence produced by hitting things, the druid uses cooldowns and/or essence to cast their spells. The sorcerer is a classic elemental mage that uses a mana produced by hitting things that also regenerates over time, the sorcerer uses cooldowns and/or mana to cast their spells. I find it very unappealing that the classes don't feel unique.
That's one of the takes of all time There's builds that don't use resources at all across all the classes or use it up to empower their skill and restore it completely to facilitate the build Resource management is a problem devs make to give the players reason to use different things to solve it, be it 'mana' or cooldowns
@@PrimalDirective There are in my view ways to make resource management well. Though D4 hasn't made it poorly, they have made it blandly. My ways of making a class feel unique using resource management would be to make: The barb have Only cooldowns as a resource to cast skills and make them do extra effects when used with fury. or The necro using corpses or minions instead of energy, or health only in case of the blood skills.
@@DKannji there's already hints of that and they don't have any reliance on resources, mainly CDs as I've said You'd need to look into it to really know what I'm talking about as these were not viable build paths on release and only within the past year with the addition of more aspects and Uniques for each class have they become 'builds' There's Leapquake Barb, dust devil Bard through Whirlwind or Double Slash, weapon throw Barb, Deathblow Barb, Flame Berserker barb to name a few on that class For Rogue I know of Rain of Arrows 0 CD freezing and poison build, Dance of Knives builds, explosion trapper Rogue with the Horcrux sword Necro I think has darkness Blood Wave + Blood Lance and Bone Spirit Like I said you'd have to do research to know about these as the game has progressed quite a bit since release
@@PrimalDirective I tried to return after the item rework but still. It's just too simple a game for me and too basic. I simply find it uninteresting if a class doesn't have a unique identity, and according to what I've experienced, they don't.
@@DKannjii think the problem you are on about is that all classes are like builders-spenders-CDs. Just go back to D2 - all classes had mana. Not even renamed. D3 wasnt all that much different either. I find it that D4 classes all have a flavour that is relatively unique to them. Although I find the lack of fire for druids a personal grievance, most classes are quite fun to play with different fluff. Id say druid is the "most bland" in D4, as some/many of its things kind of overlap with Spiritborn. You can do a spiritborn poison build which is far better on it than the druid. The lightning melee thing taken. Druids really only have their shapeshifting as something unique to them. Their spirit boons are like spiri hall for spirit born... gorilla is a bit like bear. Jaguar is what werewolf should be... I really hope they will do something with druids...
@@darrenleake3343 "I didn't realise this at the time' makes it so apparent its just recorded gameplay over edited VO after playing. Dunno what OP is on about lol
I've been enjoying D4 for the past year+ (got it on release). But, I've already put 100's of hours into Grim Dawn, Titan Quest, Diablo 2, Path of Exile, Diablo 3... The long and short of it is: It's great they keep improving it, but it's also obnoxious. If you don't play for a few months and come back, everything is different, for example. A lot that's done seems to be in service of "the meta" and streamers/YTers too. Paid power players, not casual players.
Nah the game is good. Just weirdo path of exile schills that don't know anything except what their favorite streamer tells them. You dont like it dont play it . Go play that free to play game that you still have to pay for
This is the first time I have heard, "There is a lot of endgame" regarding Diablo 4. I appreciate the POV, but it is also quite casual and superficial.
oh you sweet summer child. you started with the brokenly overpowered spiritborn. poor you. every other class, and every season after this one, will feel like trash, because blizz f'd up and made the spiritborn WAY TOO STRONG. rip. your experience is extremely biased because of this btw. not like "you have a bias you won't acknowledge" but more like "you didn't actually experience the game, because you played a class that, no joke, is ONE MILLION TIMES stronger than the other classes"
Pretty bad game(I love Blizzard, less and less but been a fan since always). If you really want to play this genre, try Diablo II instead. Way more complete and less... useless. There is no gray zone, or everyrhing is super easy(90% of time) or you die one shotted. No fun at all but it could be.
Its the fact that its a copy and paste game still to this day d2 is the best game blizzard made hands down and the fact that this game is a one button nuke everything on the map its lame and the skills are boring game is not a challenge at all hate blizzard 🥶 and hate the the game d4 i hope blizzard goes bankrupt
why are these games still top down is what begs the question, warframe proved arpg can be third person so im not sure why we cant have these games as third person.
@@mx309I'm the same way. D4 will never touch D2. I'd even argue that D4 is easily the worst diablo. I won't count immortal because that shouldn't even exist
@@mx309 Time to get over the nostalgia we are in 2024 ;) The only thing missing from D2 is that every class could use any item type. Other than that, time has moved on, and game systems have been refined and optimized for the better.
@@IAMGOKUHEARMEROAR delusional nostalgia goggled boomer D4 is far better than D3 anyway I've played enough D2 in the last 15 years to never want to touch it again, even with mods it's a dead and solved game
D4 is such a disappointment can't stand the gear system once you reach the rolling on affixes and suffixes, the combat is ok but the map feels weird, and the price of the dlc is the price of a full game but you only get once class and they lock rune words behind the dlc . . .
If they were really doing that then they'd be adding more 3 or 4 costumes a season like they are doing now S6 mechanic does suck if you don't have the VoH content though VoH campaign is ok, not horrible as it sets up the story for Baal and Diablo to rise in the west while we have been dealing with Mephisto in the east S7 campfire will be on the 21st next week, PoE2 stream 1 hour after so its a good day for arpg players Please try to be more eloquent and actually explain your opinion instead of dropping off one liners, makes you look like a drone/bot
All right well you made a video on this dog water of a game so now you got to make a video on the god tier game known as path of exile 2 Early Access starts on December 6th
POE is a niche thing imho. Its not what an aRPG should be, it is just simply what an aRPG could be. D2 is better? Yeah that I agree with. Even though my first Diablo was 3, and I picked up D2 when D4 launch date was unannounced, i find D2 one of if not the best.
This game is trash. F Tier. Stop being deceived by paid shills who promote this like the creator. Buyer beware.
I was not paid to play and review diablo in any way shape or form outside of my sponsor/youtube which could be on any game or video. Stop being decieved by commenters who tribalistically attach their identity to video games so as to be offended when online personalities have an opinion which differs from theirs.
@@WaydotsI don’t think these guys realize that you’re required by law to disclose those kind of things
L take 😂
@@godlymajins Most places don't have any such law (by "most" I mean both, largest number of the global population, and largest number of countries). It is however required by UA-cam's T&C's, although how would they know?
Point being, laws vary wildly with this kind of stuff, so don't assume anything on the internet plays by the same rules as you.
@@MasterTeeeeWe’re talking about one place. The place where the reviewer is from. No need for a dissertation geography and gaps in international law.
I hear your point though, thanks
I’m currently playing for the first time, decided to do a sorcerer but only spec into ice skills. At level 45 now, don’t understand all the systems but really enjoying the game !
when they took away the paragon leveling system which was almost like a Sub Level you carried over from season to season , made making new characters in the next season cool but now i feel i have nothing at all coming with me into the next season besides the bs cosmetics
I find it hilarious that this positive review from a fresh and unbiased perspective still features a comment section full of people expressing their utter disdain for Diablo 4. Dont you guys have anything better to do? Its ok that you hate it, but why does the fact that other people enjoy it make you so angry? I dont like Nickelback. In fact i hate their music but i dont go find videos about them and comment how much I hate them. What is with this strange obsession with telling people how stupid they are for enjoying something you hate?
I think they hate Blizzard more, and it's a passionate hate because they held them to such a high standard
They all bought the super premium edition since all the complaints are about spending 100$
Personally the last game I bought from them at release was Starcraft 2, and I bought D3 with the DLC edition, and D4 last year with a 50% off sale
I don't hold them to a high standard and I'm not a fan of Blizzard itself, just some of their games
@PrimalDirective Their moivation to behave this way is bizarre regardless of what their individual reasoning it. Its bizarre behavior. I couldn't imagine wasting so much energy finding youtube content about a game I dont like so I can tell people how wrong and stupid they are ...for having fun and finding enjoyment in a game I dont play.
I find it funnier that you care at all? People have legitimate criticism of the game and the company that spawned it, but it's cool you can conveniently ignore flaws because you find it enjoyable. It's okay that you like it, but why does the fact that other people don't make you so angry?
Yeah, we haven’t figured out away to keep trash from being posted
@@zenmello7616because not all of us trying to be as miserable as you lots. Be considerate of others this a public square, don’t litter
I don’t get the hate. Maybe it’s because I’m not a veteran player or someone who can dedicate 3+ hours a day to a game. As a casual and first time Diablo player, this game is so much fun. I just beat the story and I’m excited to start doing everything else (which is a lot of content).
You said it. It is the best arpg for casuals or players new to arpgs.
I started with Diablo 3, beat the campaign with several charqcters.
The problem with d4 is that it doesn’t offer much for the vets and also there’s more competition in the genre. POE 2,Last EPOCH, etc.
Even the veterans will agree that d4 is a great game for people just getting into arpgs.
i dont get the hate either, ive been playing since diablo 2 aswell. I do find the mmo aspect a bit strange. im playing through story right now and i like it so far its not horrible.
I’m in the same spot. Never was into this style of game before. Kept finding myself so interested in the art style and horror elements. Just started really playing consistently last month and I’m hooked. Was surprised to find out the reception from veteran players. For a new player this is an awesome time. Although I know veteran players were let down I couldn’t be happier to find this game . Got it from my local GameStop for like 20$ as well the content in this game for that price is robbery .
The big thing that not a lot of people are aware of, but this game is probably the most accessible arpg title out there for blind and visually impaired players. Other disabled groups have reasonable accessibility in this and can always be improved upon, but, I've never heard of a audio navigation assistant in a game like this until now.
Loved the fresh eyes take on Diablo 4. Do you think you'll try to do a similarly-themed video on Path of Exile 2? As an (almost) complete noob to the ARPG genre I'd love to know your take on it
the weird thing is I loved this game but i just can't get people to play it with me so i only play it for a month every season, if that. wish it were more but i'm a very social person.
Play Destiny 2
@@DBTHEPLUG dog shit game LOL
@@DBTHEPLUG that's even harder to get people into. they see the DLC and say no instantly. I got all the DLC free from Epic on a holiday sale.
Don't play D2, it's a trap. This gsme is a sinking ship and just like a second shop....without the payment. And it's not really beginner friendly.
@@aschaffernak It's very easy unless you got low intelligence.
Besides that, you can just play and enjoy the game. If you feel like you have to buy something, you're weak minded.
A tip: You can enable advanced items stats, making it visible how your rolls on items are and when comparing items it shows how your stats will differ if you switch gear
Tip : change your mouse buttons and rebind them to your keyboard, it makes clicking less intesive for your hand and gives easy access to all skills, also you can unlock your skills bar to move any skill anywhere.
You can just hold your mouse button down, you don't have to click.
Or play with a controller
@@erikaweber_ Yes but then the point of playing on a pc is gone, you might aswell go ps5 or xbox then.
I really liked your review! I've been playing Diablo games ever since the first one, but it was nice to see someone's perspective who's new to the series. 👍
I’m a newbie to the Diablo games but I absolutely love this game tons of fun & side content to keep me busy for hours currently lvl 12
I always enjoy seeing (any) games through the lens of someone for the first time! Love this review, and thank you for taking the time to play it! Don't listen to anyone, do what you have fun doing, experiment and try different builds out 👍
He didnt realy play it just went throw the campain and then realy low amount of grinding on the most busted hero right now were you can instantly go from end of the story straight to t3 after some gear upgrades insta to t4 that doesnt represent the D4 experions at all
Nice review bro. Saying D4 is a bad game is the funniest delusion in modern gaming. You don't have to like it, but it's a good arpg game regardless.
It's also one of blizzards best releases in years . Might not be for everyone but ppl acting like poe2 is the only option to pick is silly
Because it was horrible on launch. VOH saved D4 for me to be honest, I quite enjoy it as of the moment.
@@loneirregular1280 I wouldn't say horrible, more bare-bone. Most agree s2 was really fun and the overall mechanics was fixed in s4.
Warning you will be flooded with messages that love the other ARPGs saying D4 is bad because just like MMOs they take up so much time that most people only have time for one. And for some reason they feel the need to tell you your opinion is wrong because it is not the same as theirs. And they don't want to feel like they are wasting their time on the "wrong" ARPG. Jokes on them videogames are a waste of time as a whole when you think about it, but they can be a fun waste of time. Glad your enjoying D4! I like it too! Good video! :)
@@free29ct LOL, no worries these types of comments are my people 😅
Thanks for the headsup
@@Waydots Fair point, since you said you have mainly played MMORPGs then you probably have gotten these type of comments on other videos. I look forward to your other ARPG videos! I think competition between games in the same genre is great, but the game tribalism gets so annoying sometimes.
My girlfriend and I have put over 100 hours since we got this in February, we’re super casual gamers and we just think the game is really fun regardless of all the hate. We’re loving the spiritborn class!
Hop on path of exile 2
I too went from MMORPGs to ArPGs. Try the following: Last Epoch, Path of Exile, Grim Dawn, Torchlight Infinite, Wolcen, Undecember
Last Epoch!
i think he would like Grim Dawn the most tbh.
These are all really good also give Warhammer 40k Inquisitor Martyr a try.
Torchlight 2 > Torchlight Infinite for sure!
All mixed reviews on Steam except for Path of Exile, Last Epoch and Grim Dawn lol.
Excellent review, thank you. It's nice to hear an honest, thought out perspective from someone new to this game and genre.
I'm not sure if you'd want to stick to online ARPGs such as Diablo 4 or Lost Ark, but as someone who's played plenty of ARPGs throughout my life, Grim Dawn has been pretty good. I've also heard good things about Last Epoch, however I haven't checked it out myself. Thanks for the video Waydot, your uploads are always appreciated!
just picked the game 3 days ago, me and my friend started a blind run right into hardcore xD. We kinda troll eachother and push trough content to see who dies first and lose the character.
game is pretty good once you understand the progression system and get to end game activities. (yes it took me 2 days on hardcore to get to max level and paragon 60 rn, just be smart enough to read, game tells you everything you need to know)
also it's not just click to move you can customize it, I move with WASD and attack in the direction of the mouse now (even without a target)
Man... was really hoping you picked any other class... Spiritborn is fun for sure but I was curious what a new players perspective of the game would be from a non-spiritborn point of view.
lol why
Ok I’m sold as someone completely new to Diablo I’m guna give it a try and will buy it Friday when I have time off work looking forward to it 🙂
Walmart has it for $20 if you haven’t bought it already.
I just got into D4 , first arpg im giving fair shake. and coming from mmorpgs its refreshing that it gives you more action for your time with a bit less tedium. Not to say MMOs are bad but its just nice to have this option in my life. In terms of "D4 bad, poe2 better" that i see all over every video, its silly. They both have their strengths and you can get hundreds of hours of enjoyment either way
If you're looking at other ARPGs then I'll gladly recommend Last Epoch.
absolutely! yet i have to say, as much i love LE, its endgame get sboring way to fast :/
but! class design and itemization is absolutely awesome
Dope video brother!
Game is fun,people's in comments hating are weirdos
The game that introduced me to this genre is the ascent.. while I cared about graphics, top view of mini characters in video games didnt catch my interest.. then I tried this game which reminded me of the old god of war era trilogy but this time with a massive overhaul of kick ass monstrous action level of gameplay ... this game is a masterpiece
Just got this 2 days ago n it’s a blast my wife got it n she loves it too we got a 4 player group just running around killing stuff Champions of Norrath vibes this one is way better than the others
Can't wait to see your first impressions on Path Of Exile 2
The game is fantastic. Don't listen to the Blizzard haters out there
If you aren't opposed to it, I found that it plays very well with a controller as well. It can definitely save you from the carpal tunnel clicking.
So i was watching a different video and got this video as an ad i was so confused but wanted to find the proper video because it was just showing me the mobile game you were sponsored by
But i like your vibe so glad i found it
I confess I actually enjoy Diablo 4.
Diablo Immortal was actually really successful and popular, it made bucket loads of money and had over 10mil downloads on Day One. Doesn't take away from the fact it's quite predatory and the reaction to in especially in the west was not good.
I honestly think it is a really good arpg if you treat it as a one off, went through the campaign and had a lot of fun for the solid 40 hours it took, can't complain when I have paid 70 for games that last half, so I feel like diablo 4 you got ask yourself are you buying it to enjoy the campaign get 50 hours and be good, or do you want to play it as a never ending end game, all I know is my 50 hours of campaign I at times forgot there was no microstransacrions because I was enjoying that play through that much and felt 0 hindrance with my progression
I just went back to D4 after a year of abandonment recently, despite all the hate, I still find it intriguing. Honestly I already spent my 2 week of winter break to grind my new characters in different classes. I haven't bought the DLC or paid any real money to this game, even the game itself was gifted and now I have both version, on Blizzard and on Xbox gamepass, just to grind on the old classes make it so addictive. I really don't understand the issue with pay to win, like everything is literally free in game, it's just too much grind. Anyways, haven't seen new year sun light yet, but will try to touch some grass first tomorrow. Happy new year!
Happy new year bro
Question because I’m super new also I played Diablo 4 when it first came out then I got busy with other games lol but then came back now to it again when the dlc dropped but still trying to figure out how to unlock the greyed out tabs on each of my vendors like occultist and blacksmith and especially jewler to be able to upgrade my equipment and I finished the campaign and level 53 I believe so not sure what doing wrong or if game is just broken and have to reset everything to maybe let the game reset itself or not sure if have to be passed level 60 and it unlocks everything 😅
Occultist blacksmith and jeweler we're all available to me at quite a low level, definitely below level 53. Sounds like a bug to me, perhaps try logging in and interacting with those NPC's and if not maybe submit a ticket? not sure man sorry!
you have a quest attached to them in purple do it
Very nice review. Well articulated and objective.
Everything you covered is super fun, where it gets a bit bad is grinding to Torment 4
Good video, and agree with you on the game :)
Hope you stay playing and making videos on D4 even after trying other games.
Found this video from an advertisment from your sponsor that likely was meant to be a clip of the sponsor segment, but they acidentally uploaded the entire video as an ad. Hilarious
Really? Well.. thats a first for me but I’m glad you’re here :)
@@Waydotsseriously they put your whole video as their ad man, seems kind of shitty of them to do.
Just wisjed arpg's eternal realms had the season board as well. wouldn't hurt anyone, those who wana keep restarting could still pkay seasonal whiel those who dont wana keep restarting could experience season as well
I am playing the free trial, but we can only play until the level 25, I am not sure if I'm going to buy the game, the map is too big and very confusing, I never know were am I and what I am doing... I guess I will buy the first diablo, it is cheaper.
I haven’t played since launch is it worth coming back to?
i basically played only S1 and came back with the expansion and yes, its defo worth coming back, they did great changes.. late, but but they did
@ are the eternal servers still active? I was level 100 took me forever lol
Wheres your Brighter Shores vid>
Looking good the first half of the video ;) , now that you've got into ARPGs you have to try last epoch and Path of Exile
Its a good game... they just need to make it like more engaging with new story lines and stuffs!
Say what you will of Blizzard, they know how to do cinematics!
He said massive at 837 like low taper fade
Mounts, level 6? What? I remember that I had to be in act IV to get it
…
I’ve been thinking about buying this game
but I’m scared to try something new
Hi, bro. Cool video.
Just one thing: Diablo 4 is NOT a game with ''many'' different bosses and they don't have ''many'' different mechanics. Bosses are a bigger version of regular mobs but with larger size and the mechanics (among all) aren't more than 10. You also don't have to avoid them unless you are in the very late game wearing early game gear.
Someone here have not been playing the game for a long time.
The only one that fits that bill is Beast in the Ice and even the he has mechanics the normal version of his type of boss does not
Most of the time you kill the bosses so quickly in the lower difficulties that you can't even tell they have mechanics
Once you do the Pit that can scale their difficulty higher than normal is when you can notice all their different mechanics
@@kongkim someone here is a blaster that knows everything about the game to the point that I 1 shot everything in T4 so no, there are no mechanics to avoid.
D4 is good
Why is the cord coming out from the side of your mouse in your avatar? What kind of weird mouse are you using?
Watching this after poe2 early access and I’m leaning towards Poe for my first arpg
funny enough diablo immortal was my first taste of arpgs (isometric) , than tried d3 fell in love with with even more , but D4 ruined me … i tried POE after but it was to much for me and felt to slow to get to a point to start having fun … now POE 2 reignited me !!!!!
Oh Lord here we go
If you're looking for MMO/Arpg games to try out, you could do worse than to check out Warframe.
i don't know if i'd call diablo immortal unpopular XD didn't they make something stupid like in the billions in the first year it was released?
also saying your sick of over cutification of games while go go muffin is sponsoring you is hilarious 😂
I will be real that playing spiritborn and then only going throw the campain and some early grinding does not represent D4 at all then Spiritborn is so busted right now that you dont need any gear to basicly run throw everything . Then there is the reality that after you went throw the early parts all the problems come to light . You basicly did what 90% of reviewers do play the story and some early grind were everything is ranbow and roses
He played both campaigns, maxed leveled and then paragon to 146 and tried pretty much all systems. I think he's earned a right to make an opinion video , relax
i started d4 a few days ago too. fall asleep 3 times during story. bro only good things was last inarius death cinematic and the start cinematic for voh
Adults seeking out videos about a game they hate to comment about how much they hate it. What a sad and honestly embarassing sight. Grown men crying about a videogame not being how they want to. lmfao
Great video! You are one of my favorite content producers. I'll be interested to see what you think of Grim Dawn. Probably my favorite game of all time.
upload a vids on 5 oclock in the morning TT
Not if you're in the western hemisphere
Bro passed geography exam on online class💀
@@Esotericspirits Started his sentence with "bro" and used skull emoji. You're like a robot.
@@ThisIsMyUA-camAccount1 thanks for your analysis mr jokes over my head
for you lol
for leveling 1 - 60, blade dancer rogue is much faster.
Not a bad game… get over it … lots of people have enjoyed the Diablo series over the last 20+ years.. Stop hating people who love it and get a life..Diablo is the original. Everything else is just a copycat….👍
D4 was my first true ARPG experience. Despite it being fun at first, the game simply wasn't for me. I've tried Last Epoch since, and again its just not a genre that interests me. Maybe D4 was a bad one to start with? I'm unsure
try smite or pixel guns or battlefield 2042. also if u like single player games try old games like Destrega or Pirate of the black cat :) 20 year old games that are better then most games today
@@GamingDualities Thats a whole different genre
I was a big fan of Torchlight back in the day
@@Waydots I’ve never even heard of it. Is it a game worth playing in 2024?
Quick correction. Diablo Immortal was/is incredibly popular. Gaming media might of kicked up a stink about it, but the world at large likes it.
WHAT!? Boys i found a whale that wants to stay relevant.
@@falcor2325 if you've got the money, why not
@@DBProds96 "they're defecating in my mouth, why shouldn't i eat it" energy.
Jeez the Internet sucks. I've never played it, I just know that it's popular.
@@zenmello7616 Eh, I dunno. If you're some millionaire who has money to spend and doesn't even think about counting it, there's the mindset of I don't have to worry about money so I'll spend away
Try Diablo 3 and see if you like it more.
I was so disappointed that I couldnt side with Lilith
I hope this game was in mobile
You summarise it well " hack-slash brain turn off and kill things" lol
This game look like junk food, a cheap dopamine hits to chill out after day of work.
From the video it kinda looks like fallout 76 or Warframe.
A streamline gameplay, not many challenge. a lot of QoL. a lot of cheap dopamine. turn your brain off and satisfy with loot.
Look like it also have simple quests/progressions and not have much fulfilment from overcome challenge.
but there are audience that already fulfilled from work and not have enough energy to deal with challenge in a video game.
- Graphic and overall Interface kinda look like a mobile game.
- Battlepass... ffs
- Cutsecene look amazing.
- Open area look fun. damn that's house fast af.
- Skill tree... look limited.
- select easier difficulty when face a wall... so it's really is a casual game.
- Glyph look interesting but most nodes look boring.
- "easy to refund" that's amazing.
- Warrobe look good.
POE2 is like a game on the opposite spectrum. If you play it after work, you will most likely frustrate and quit.
But will feel amazingly fulfilled if you have the energy to overcome its many challenges.
the Cons are the stability. Constantly crashing
I'm 50 hours in and it hasn't crashed once. Gotta be your setup
@ I crashed when teleporting into town after duriel runs. It’s not my set up it’s the game. Also a known issue if you look up issues with Diablo
Wait you have no experience with Diablo at all!? And the first Diablo you played was 4?? Ughh… man you gotta check out Diablo 2!
Interesting newcomer take on this game.
I played since the beginning and yet, I've found no reason to play past the story.
Every class is the same to me; They're mages.
The barbarian is a melee mage that uses a "mana" called fury produced by hitting things and that quickly drains if they haven't hit anything recently, the barb uses cooldowns and/or fury to cast their spells.
The rogue is a ranged trapper mage that uses a "mana" called energy produced by hitting things, the rogue uses cooldowns and/or energy to cast their spells.
The druid is a partial summoner mage that uses a "mana" called spirit produced by hitting things, the druid uses cooldowns and/or spirit to cast their spells.
The necromancer is a summoner mage that uses a "mana" called essence produced by hitting things, the druid uses cooldowns and/or essence to cast their spells.
The sorcerer is a classic elemental mage that uses a mana produced by hitting things that also regenerates over time, the sorcerer uses cooldowns and/or mana to cast their spells.
I find it very unappealing that the classes don't feel unique.
That's one of the takes of all time
There's builds that don't use resources at all across all the classes or use it up to empower their skill and restore it completely to facilitate the build
Resource management is a problem devs make to give the players reason to use different things to solve it, be it 'mana' or cooldowns
@@PrimalDirective There are in my view ways to make resource management well.
Though D4 hasn't made it poorly, they have made it blandly.
My ways of making a class feel unique using resource management would be to make:
The barb have Only cooldowns as a resource to cast skills and make them do extra effects when used with fury.
or
The necro using corpses or minions instead of energy, or health only in case of the blood skills.
@@DKannji there's already hints of that and they don't have any reliance on resources, mainly CDs as I've said
You'd need to look into it to really know what I'm talking about as these were not viable build paths on release and only within the past year with the addition of more aspects and Uniques for each class have they become 'builds'
There's Leapquake Barb, dust devil Bard through Whirlwind or Double Slash, weapon throw Barb, Deathblow Barb, Flame Berserker barb to name a few on that class
For Rogue I know of Rain of Arrows 0 CD freezing and poison build, Dance of Knives builds, explosion trapper Rogue with the Horcrux sword
Necro I think has darkness Blood Wave + Blood Lance and Bone Spirit
Like I said you'd have to do research to know about these as the game has progressed quite a bit since release
@@PrimalDirective I tried to return after the item rework but still. It's just too simple a game for me and too basic.
I simply find it uninteresting if a class doesn't have a unique identity, and according to what I've experienced, they don't.
@@DKannjii think the problem you are on about is that all classes are like builders-spenders-CDs. Just go back to D2 - all classes had mana. Not even renamed. D3 wasnt all that much different either.
I find it that D4 classes all have a flavour that is relatively unique to them. Although I find the lack of fire for druids a personal grievance, most classes are quite fun to play with different fluff. Id say druid is the "most bland" in D4, as some/many of its things kind of overlap with Spiritborn. You can do a spiritborn poison build which is far better on it than the druid. The lightning melee thing taken. Druids really only have their shapeshifting as something unique to them. Their spirit boons are like spiri hall for spirit born... gorilla is a bit like bear. Jaguar is what werewolf should be... I really hope they will do something with druids...
don't listen to those people said D4 bad they're poe fanboy!
Seems WAY too easy. It looks very good indeed, but I prefer more challenge.
didn't you say you're a new player? how do you know spiritborn is overpowered?
Because he scripted his voice over after he played.
@@darrenleake3343 "I didn't realise this at the time' makes it so apparent its just recorded gameplay over edited VO after playing. Dunno what OP is on about lol
Play Path of Exile 2 on December 6th!
poe 2 too far away, tli got progress gutted at least for a casual...i guess i can give d4 a try but man 70Euros?kinda expensive toy
I've been enjoying D4 for the past year+ (got it on release).
But, I've already put 100's of hours into Grim Dawn, Titan Quest, Diablo 2, Path of Exile, Diablo 3...
The long and short of it is: It's great they keep improving it, but it's also obnoxious. If you don't play for a few months and come back, everything is different, for example. A lot that's done seems to be in service of "the meta" and streamers/YTers too. Paid power players, not casual players.
Lols wanted to say looks exactly like diablo immortal
Nah the game is good. Just weirdo path of exile schills that don't know anything except what their favorite streamer tells them. You dont like it dont play it . Go play that free to play game that you still have to pay for
This is the first time I have heard, "There is a lot of endgame" regarding Diablo 4. I appreciate the POV, but it is also quite casual and superficial.
oh you sweet summer child. you started with the brokenly overpowered spiritborn. poor you. every other class, and every season after this one, will feel like trash, because blizz f'd up and made the spiritborn WAY TOO STRONG. rip. your experience is extremely biased because of this btw. not like "you have a bias you won't acknowledge" but more like "you didn't actually experience the game, because you played a class that, no joke, is ONE MILLION TIMES stronger than the other classes"
But muh 450trillion dmg 😂
Pretty bad game(I love Blizzard, less and less but been a fan since always). If you really want to play this genre, try Diablo II instead. Way more complete and less... useless. There is no gray zone, or everyrhing is super easy(90% of time) or you die one shotted. No fun at all but it could be.
Its the fact that its a copy and paste game still to this day d2 is the best game blizzard made hands down and the fact that this game is a one button nuke everything on the map its lame and the skills are boring game is not a challenge at all hate blizzard 🥶 and hate the the game d4 i hope blizzard goes bankrupt
The story is god but the DLC end lot of the seasons are garbage at best.
D4 is a disappointment.
why are these games still top down is what begs the question, warframe proved arpg can be third person so im not sure why we cant have these games as third person.
Because many still like top down
The game doesn't start with the expansion . There's an entire campaign to go through first. No footage of that? 🤔🧢
How to tell someone didn’t watch the video like at all 😂
I stand corrected 🏆
If you enjoyed this you need to go back to Diablo 2. Get Diablo 2 Resurrected and give that a shot. You shouldn't be disappointed
D2 was good in its days, now it just feel old and outdated.
@@kongkim not everyone feels the same way. Theres a huge community including me that still play D2 and want nothing to do with D4
@@mx309I'm the same way. D4 will never touch D2. I'd even argue that D4 is easily the worst diablo. I won't count immortal because that shouldn't even exist
@@mx309 Time to get over the nostalgia we are in 2024 ;)
The only thing missing from D2 is that every class could use any item type. Other than that, time has moved on, and game systems have been refined and optimized for the better.
@@IAMGOKUHEARMEROAR delusional nostalgia goggled boomer
D4 is far better than D3 anyway
I've played enough D2 in the last 15 years to never want to touch it again, even with mods it's a dead and solved game
D4 is such a disappointment can't stand the gear system once you reach the rolling on affixes and suffixes, the combat is ok but the map feels weird, and the price of the dlc is the price of a full game but you only get once class and they lock rune words behind the dlc . . .
CRY MORE
@@r3dr3drose Lol obvious troll is obvious
I mean, it can't be a DLC if nothing is locked behind a DLC.
You could, you know... Get off the bandwagon.
@DBTHEPLUG the point isn't that things are locked in a dlc . . . The point is all you get is a single class for the price if a full game
BLIZZARD is busy making cosmetic microtransactions than more in-game content.
Season 6 is Trash
VoH campaign is Trash
Latest Campfire chat is Trash
If you think so go play something els :)
@@kongkim
Actually
If they were really doing that then they'd be adding more 3 or 4 costumes a season like they are doing now
S6 mechanic does suck if you don't have the VoH content though
VoH campaign is ok, not horrible as it sets up the story for Baal and Diablo to rise in the west while we have been dealing with Mephisto in the east
S7 campfire will be on the 21st next week, PoE2 stream 1 hour after so its a good day for arpg players
Please try to be more eloquent and actually explain your opinion instead of dropping off one liners, makes you look like a drone/bot
Because you picked spiritborn for your "first" playthrough and for your review I am not watching anymore and down voting this video.
Ir boring
D4 Bad
17 damage druid
Vessel of hatred dlc@@Esotericspirits
Last
All right well you made a video on this dog water of a game so now you got to make a video on the god tier game known as path of exile 2 Early Access starts on December 6th
this game can't be good enough to justify supporting this disgracful company that profit from it.
PoE 2 and Diablo 2 are better
POE is a niche thing imho. Its not what an aRPG should be, it is just simply what an aRPG could be.
D2 is better? Yeah that I agree with. Even though my first Diablo was 3, and I picked up D2 when D4 launch date was unannounced, i find D2 one of if not the best.
Go play Path of Exile instead of this garbage ARPG by blizzard
PoE is highly overrated imho
Better play diablo2R, PoE too overwhelm for beginner
PoE Bad
Imagine being so insecure that you insist that everyone should hate the things that you hate and love the things you love.
@@thepalemoonlt typical 12 year old squeakers on the internet unfortunately