With the launch of Diablo 4's second season, the Season of Blood, it's dawned on us that the action RPG is over four months old. And in that time, it feels like the title has drawn no shortage of criticism. Controversial updates dominated the conversation around release — followed by a seemingly lacklustre first season — and although subsequent patches have definitely been met with a more positive reaction, we're left wondering just how popular Diablo 4 still is.
And so we have to ask: are you still playing Diablo 4? The title sits at a seriously impressive 91 on Metacritic, but the aforementioned criticism really started to set in when players navigated beyond the campaign and into endgame content. We would hope that those who are still playing the game actually enjoy their time with it, but again, it feels like complaints are always circling.
Perhaps this second season has brought you back? Or maybe you completed the campaign and simply never looked back? Have your say in our poll, and then be honest in the comments section below.
Do you still play Diablo 4? (2,338 votes)
- Yes, I play it frequently
- Yeah, I play it every now and then
- Kind of, I jump in from time to time but I don't stay
- I just came back for the Season of Blood
- Nah, but I might go back to it at some point
- Nope, I beat the campaign and haven't been back since
- No, I didn't even finish the campaign before I quit
- I haven't played Diablo 4 to begin with
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Guess, I will give it a try after Spider-Man 2, just to see what have changed. End-game in season 1 was awful alongside with overall progression and loot. Hope now it is better.
Loved the beta. Played half the campaign when it came out. Haven't touched it since. Luckily it was from a mate's account sharing 👍
I do like the game but I think I'm just waiting for some exciting additions before diving back in.
Season 2 is solid. Strong step forward after Season 1. Enjoying game right now, already crossed level 54 today.
I have been having a break from diablo 4 and not because i'm bored with it but because i'm playing lies of p and lords of the fallen. I'll be jumping back into it soon as i really want to start season 2 and see what has changed. I think diablo 4 is that marmite game as in you either love it or hate it. I find it increasingly amusing when you read the comments from people who didnt like the beta but bought the game anyway and moan about it. I'll be playing diablo well into the future as just like the dark souls series and its many imitators have provided me with more hours of fun and anguish than any other games i can recollect. Its been a rough road for diablo 4 so far but i'm eager to see how it pans out.
528 hours, 2 level 100’s and just started season 2. However Diablo is my favorite gaming franchise all time. So i am bias.
Lol that’s I like you, @HonestHick. Because you’re honest.
I’ve yet to get it, but it’s a matter of when and not if.. having missed the launch it kind of makes sense to give it another 6 months or so. Although, I did say I’d grab it over Christmas - perhaps that will still stand!
Having finally played through Diablo 1 this year I’d at least like to experience the story to round them all out.
The two things that put me off, to be honest, are the level scaling and the PS+ requirement. I don’t mind it being always online, but I haven’t subbed in ages and to pay monthly to play D4… I dunno.
I love old Blizzard. Current Blizzard really sucks. After Diablo 3, I knew I was no longer a Blizzard fan and wouldn't be playing their games anymore.
I can't back for season 2. And currently it feels like the game it should have launched at. But I'll give them credit, they tried some things that didn't work, and changed them. That's good.
@koverby you’d be my first fan, most dislike me cause i am honest or have different ways to play and enjoy my hobby. 😊
Season 2 brought me back and it actually feels pretty fun so far! Before this, every time I played felt like I was just playing to justify my purchase.
@TheCollector316 might be a good thing you don’t like Blizzard anymore cause for all we know you might not be getting some of their games anymore. The new survival game they have deep in development could become a Xbox/PC exclusive for all we know.
I played the other games multiple times, but this one feels dull to play through again. The account wide progression sounds flashy, but subsequent characters are "buffed" by stat and skill points from your first play through, making them feel boosted and easy.
You are even encouraged to skip the campaign, so you get straight to the dull grindy crap. This shows a lack of understanding in what makes playing a game fun.
Then again the dull grindy seasonal stuff is where they sell the battle passes, so it's obviously their goal.
Never played it, and don't plan to
@HonestHick I play mostly on PC, but still won't give them a dime anymore, especially now when every penny I spend on ABK stuff just encourages and helps Microsoft damage the industry further.
@REALAIS agree, level 57 necromancer right now and loving the seasson. The game still have some big problems with itemization, but this seasson is a big improvement overall. Loving it
They couldn't choose a better time to make Diablo a bad product (a bad product that makes millions obviously and some of that money thanks to their predatory GUI design lol). If I have the itch for some Diablo I will play Diablo 2 at least until the release of PoE 2.
@TheCollector316 well doesn’t playing on PC in general strength MS as a company? I mean if it means that much to you of course. I want to get into PC gaming, mostly for the performance and also for the fact the console war stuff is out of hand and owning both machines i find myself not having many games i couldn’t play on PC. Granted i might have to wait on some of them. But I’m ok with that.
@TanookiLeaf i would mostly agree cause Bobby made them makes games for money and not for passion. Hence Phil already addressed that saying he wants devs on games they care about and not making games for financial reasons but for passion. I think that could really help some of those games and team get back to what they are good at. Cause Bobby made everything about money and took loads of passion out of the Overwatch and other teams. So I agree and really hope under MS lead they allow them to go back to creating and not just pushing in game purchases at us. Time will tell. Blizzard was my favorite in the world and i would love to see them get back there. 😊
I’ll play it when it hits GamePass next year, assuming the incoming price rises aren’t too high.
Until then I have a huge backlog focusing on BG3.
I tried it today again after... 2 months? Lvl 41 Necro, Act V. I gave it an hour, but didn't get any legendary... I don't know... I'm trying to at least like it, but it is hard.
@djlard level 41 with no legendaries sounds very weird, you should have a ton :/
Maybe you are thinking of uniques?
Playing beta had me cancel my preoder. They really dropped the ball with this one. Bought Diablo2 instead, pretty good on console!
Personally I think Diablo has had the same problem since 3, once you’ve played it for about 30 hours you’ve seen it. You can change classes or armor but it’s a constant min max grind fest where you just make the numbers go up.
It’s beautiful and plays like a dream but this thing having live service legs seems so off to me barring a traditional huge expansion with a new class or two.
I bought Diablo IV at launch and put about 50 hours into it. 3 of my friends also played, and only one has stuck with it.
As much as I wanted to like the game, the isometric style just isn’t my thing. I’m not a DnD player, or fan of the tabletop look.
Bought this game twice about a month ago recently to play with my wife who loves the series for the story but work commitments meant only got to level 40 and didnt finish the story even before season 2 content and forced reroll. If we continue as eternal characters locked out of the added story and the same every 3 months. Not starting again and can't justify the personal time loss and doubtful we will start it up again all because of the need to sell battle pass. The poll scores show I think we are not alone in this. Won't be purchasing any more of this companies products.
I quit a while back. Making it online really killed it for me.
I'm taken a break until there is some kinda expansion or new content. I did basically everything there was to do in season one, but have no desire to do season 2.
Is the game worth it? I'm tempted to buy it now it is on steam for my steam deck. Or I could play 2 or 3 which I shamefully haven't tried either!
I played the campaign and haven’t put it on since. I knew going in that I was going to treat it like a single-player experience. I might play through it with my brother when he decides to play it.
@Tomato_Goose
Wouldn't waste your time. Classes are unbalanced. Level 1 - 50 is ok, after that you're grinding/party hunting more than your actually playing if you want exp bonus. Season is a joke, just rinse repeat trash from the season before, just renamed.
Save your money...
@Northern_munkey what’s the difficulty like on Lords of the Fallen? I remember liking the first one well enough until I came up against a boss that spawned two minions off of it and did these insane AoE attacks
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I couldn’t beat it after multiple tries and gave up.
@KennethKoerperich88 ty for this, saved me from re-downloading this dross
@HonestHick I can understand that when I tell people I beat kingdom hearts 2 more than 120 times they look at me like I'm crazy and always say but u could've played something else
@Dusk_Actual its not too hard to be honest. At first it seemed very difficult but once i learned what items do what and how to use the lamp effectivley to farm vigor i found it easier. Being able to use multiple buffs all at once is great. I'd say the hardest thing is working out what everything is for as the game is quite obtuse in explaing things.
@Northern_munkey is it worth full price in your opinion? Debating whether to get this one or Spider Ham 2
@Dusk_Actual i'm a souls type game fan so for me it was worth the £45 i got it for online. I got bored fast with the first spiderman game and i cant just buy games because the graphics are amazing. Lords of the fallen just happens to have awesome graphics and a really good combat system. I dont feel comfortable making these kind of decisions for other gamers because i dont know what games you like.
@Northern_munkey I like them all.
That’s a problem 😊
@Drago201 i mean you have to enjoy the hobby the way you see best fit. I beat the first Gears of War around 15 or more times. Diablo, Red Dead i have 1000’s of hours in those two franchises. I try and play as many games as i want. Some i really enjoy and then i am one and done with it. I clear the whole game once and thats it. Then there are games i play forever. Happy to hear you found a game you like that much. 😊
@Dusk_Actual well if you like them then lords is for you buddy 👍
@Dusk_Actual Spider Ham has scarred me for life, I now imagine people slicing up spiders and putting it on a sandwich 😂
Still playing it regularly (co-op), still enjoying it!
Always wanted to play it cause I loved playing couch co op with my misses on Diablo 3.
But I decided some time ago I cant support the Frat boy culture of Blizzard with my cash, so I've not played this yet.
If it comes to Game Pass, that might be my chance to check it out without contributing to their coffers, but I've lost a bit of enthusiasm for it because of their exploitative money grabbing.
This is not how I want games to be made....
I haven't played but I definitely want to, and I will next year - probably on Game Pass.
@kyleforrester87 I've been playing it without PS+ and it's been enjoyable so far although I usually play Diablo solo anyway.
as a casual gamer this is right up my alley. still loving it and the grind at my own pace. enjoying the seasonal stuff thus far as well. For the HC gamers I can see why this game quickly fell off a cliff in popularity.
Looked great, very stylistic, great atmosphere but dull as dishwater. I was bored to tears but pressed on just to beat the campaign
@Falcon94 I actually thought you couldn’t play it, at all, without PS+. I’m sure I looked into that. What’s the situation then??
@kyleforrester87 You can play solo you just can't use any of the social features.
Nah, I played the beta and it just wasn’t doing it for me, honestly. I’ve always sort of had a hard time getting into Diablo games. I’ll try it again when it’s on Gamepass perhaps?
Bounced after that big patch gutted the game, I prob wont ever be back tbh
@Falcon94 well, I feel stupider than usual! Cheers though, that’s good news for me.
@Nekomichu It was ment - No legendaries in that one hour session...
Glad I skipped this one. Been a long time Diablo fan, but they really effed up D3. I'll just wait for PoE 2.
Diablo 4 is the biggest disappointment this year hands down. Maybe because I had high hopes for it but damn, what a disaster.
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