Diablo 4 - The Review

Talking about my experiences with the latest entry into the Diablo franchise after hitting the end game and clearing most of the map.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:25 Technical State
03:23 Difficulty & Scaling
06:13 Story Set Up & Thoughts
08:25 Classes
10:27 Progression Systems
17:25 World
20:39 Combat
25:26 Microtransactions
29:11 Positives/Negatives
31:15 Conclusion
32:42 Wrap Up
Intro Music By Juan Andrés Matos, www.juanmatosmusic.com/
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[@ClockworkBard]

Thank you for sticking by your principles. You probably could've made most of this review and walked away with BlizzBucks. Your audience trusts your opinion and you could've easily cashed in on that without us questioning it. You could've gotten a review out early and potentially brought a lot of new eyes to the channel. You didn't compromise and that deserves a ton of respect. But you can't eat respect, so you deserve cash too.

[@MortismalGaming]

That's kind of you, thanks!

[@Nostromo2144]

But Bobby needs another yacht to water ski behind! ;)

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

Thank you for supporting the channel!

[@SL4PSH0CK]

BASED CHAD

[@kavishah7786]

Do you eat cash?

[@magpie1466]

You are 100% at the top tier of reviewers, no doubt. And all that integrity!! Can't believe it. Subscribed, and absolutely endorsed. I'll share you with anyone who winds up needing a reviewer to follow

[@terrycorkum3472]

Yeah! Tegridy!

[@MrSteve0311]

I really love these sober, level-headed reviews. No BS, no fanboy/hater dynamics, no paid shill nonsense. Thanks for your work.

[@calebk8518]

He’s very articulate and has a great way of explaining things in an understandable manner

[@carlosescobar5690]

You really deserve more... Rejecting an sponsorship for staying true to your concepts its really exceptional! In many videos i've seen of your channel you try to stay objective and 100% which makes the difference (And makes me recomend you) Mortismal you should consider opening a Panthreon, make a way to receive contributions to improve the channel and allow you to keep being objetive (Sorry if there is any grammar mistake, not a native english speaker)

[@epruno3583]

I would buy if I could play offline. I stopped paying for xbox online and I don't own a decent pc, sadly. They say buying is voting, so I won't vote for over monetization. Great review as always, big thanks!

[@blackhole5353.]

I wish I did more research before I bought the game. I have really bad internet so I can barely play the game. Im always getting kicked from the server. I spent $70 on a game I can’t even play atm.

[@overlordimura]

​@@lenseofficial there are tons of single player games out there. What are you talking about?

[@andrewofarkansas2121]

I don't have xbox live and I'm playing it fine on series s. You can play it online without live, you just won't be able to do some of the more multiplayer or pvp type stuff, which hasn't been a problem for me so far.

[@Giliver]

As stated by others you can play most of the game without Xbox live or PS+ You'll just miss out on group content and maybe PvP. Both of which most people won't partake in anyways

[@Giliver]

@@blackhole5353. You sure it's your end and not the servers? I haven't had issues on PC but I've heard some console players are having disconnection issues, Hell they were doing maintenance all day/night yesterday to resolve some of it.

[@ryanhendrick4066]

Solid review! Props for sticking to your guns on the sponsorship offer. Your opinions and insights are most welcome, especially in regards to microtransactions. I had the same thoughts about the pay-to-gain outfits being markedly worse than the base game offerings. I wonder if the developers are just as annoyed about having to put them in there as we are.

[@MemoROFL]

Best gaming review channel on YT. Always appreciate how thoughtful vids like this are.

[@gibdi0n]

it is almost impossible to find a better review that is so objective and non-biased. Absolutely amazing work

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Reviews are subjective, not objective. Enjoying and assessing art is always subjective.

[@julesgro8526]

Ahhhh it pleases me to see your channel grow, as it deserves to do. Have been following you for while now and your style suits me just fine. May you prosper

[@polastarr]

Now this is the Diablo IV review I was waiting for, your work is unparalleled, Mort!

[@Robot_247]

Dude for real. Get that 300k review that's 8 minutes long out of here... No depth and all pats on the back. Let this man speak!

[@joshuadecker580]

Your content is consistently great Mortim. Awesome review!

[@troublesome07]

This is the only review I needed. You are the absolute best at this. You prove that you've taken the time to FULLY understand a game's various mechanics, story, etc, and that's very useful as a consumer. I even watch your reviews when I have no intention of playing a certain game. Keep it up. You're becoming GOATed

[@MidnightNZ]

If you are having an issue seeing your character there is an option to enable a highlighted outline on your toon, can even pick the color.

[@Evanz111]

At first I misread this as a 100% review and I was terrified for the machine you’d become, somehow managing to 100% a project like this that even The Completionist wouldn’t be able to manage :’) I at least know that your review will still be very comprehensive and with a high quality!

[@Sharkmane25]

Once again man love the content and appreciate you putting all the time in to fully explore the game with no BS

[@edg6024]

Awesome video as always Mort. Keep doing you and creating great content.

[@nicholasbrooks3997]

Gosh I love your channel Mort and reference you often when discussing the KZbin review-sphere. You're an inspiration in my own KZbin journey. Please keep up the good work and make sure to take care of yourself.

[@77Arcturus]

Great review with highly detailed information on the game mechanics. Thank you and much appreciated. Am playing a Necromancer though i was tempted to also play a Druid since i love the creepy elemental spells. Fortunately the Necromancer has some similar vine tearing enemies apart spells as well. Too bad we cannot effect the size, shape of our characters bodies during the creation process. That is one chunky barbarian. Love the voice acting and music which really brings it home. One thing i find distracting but not a big deal is seeing other players running around in my game like in DESTINY where interaction can be turned off but they are still visible. Gets a bit immersion breaking when seeing some of the hokey player names as they run around. Happy gaming and thanks again ☕

[@bransomething]

Really appreciate your transparency about the sponsorship/review copy situation. There was a thread advocating Grim Dawn on their official forums, and it got locked in under 24 hours.

[@macus23]

Thanks for the comprehensive review! I have really enjoyed the game in my first 10 or so hours!

[@dustinc4353]

Absolutely my most trusted reviewer for games. Keep up the great work!

[@MrWhocares51]

I was waiting for this review. This dude might be the hardest working reviewer on KZbin.

[@xs10shul]

Really appreciate your honesty and thoroughness.

[@marceelino]

I will get this when it's on sale with the datadisks. Thanks for the review.

[@kearneykaktus]

@@Hangman1 that's what expansions were called back in the day

[@kearneykaktus]

@@Hangman1 Might be more of an European thing. Old World of Warcraft or The Sims 2 expansions were called "datadisks" in Czech, in the days when they came on actual discs.

[@fatbroccoli8]

@@kearneykaktusnd I'm from UK and never heard that term (I'm 36)

[@TheChronozoan]

Thank you this answered every question that I currently had about the game! I appreciate your work!

[@kbar4462]

Absolutely amazing review, I expected nothing less from Mort lol. Great breakdown of the endgame and possible problems w AB's brand/behavior. Your summary outro is the best way to explain my thoughts and concerns as well

[@abell8625]

Great video - thank you for going through the “decision tree” of problem solving.

[@lvdroast]

Best review I've seen, great work as always! ❤

[@browncoat80229]

Absolutely love your videos! If you didn't know there is an accessibility feature that makes your character glow so they don't get lost in everything on the screen.

[@MortismalGaming]

It was more about not being able to see what enemies were doing (about to explode, stun attack, etc)

[@boneymathai1155]

Thanks Mort. Very in-depth and balanced review!

[@Joon]

Great video as always. Every single morning you make my day a bit better. Thank you. :)

[@adeon6]

Perfect review , thanks for taking the time, and not letting them reap your soul! Oh and I hard a hard time listening to you for 30 seconds until you picked up those unique gloves =]

[@shadowhawk1416]

Literally escatisic seeing you post a review on this. Its very early on and i didnt want a generalised idea of what the game is. This is why your the king, one of the only people that does 100% thus knowing exactly what your on about thank you man.

[@blues5482]

great review! love the timestamps

[@aldrichday851]

Reliable review. What i needed exactly to make a decision. I will sit this one out for now.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

Very comprehensive review. Good job.

[@joshuagoesproenca7283]

Great review,I just finished the campaign,enjoying the game alot but I am tired of people telling me I should follow a build guide(all poe players mostly)I want to play the game how I want to and you agree,that's one of the reasons I like this review. So keep up the good work.

[@dschlitz588]

You quickly became one of my favorite youtube channels

[@Eruyt]

you really are the best reviwer i've ever found in here! Thx

[@Kinadon]

that intro music is so RPG good and such a staple to your 100% videos

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

The only issue I have had in this game is more to do with the cool downs on character skills. Big mobs rush you and you use your skill that lasts like 6-8 seconds and than it has a cooldown for like 15-20 seconds, it really slows down combat to have such long cool downs and can at times make your character feel like a wet blanket while they wait for their skill to cooldown otherwise the game is quite fun :P

[@Evanz111]

Damn, I thought that was just my poor build on my Rogue. About 60% of my combat time involves using the basic skill, and for context: my basic skill is the one that increases my resource regen. Yet I’m still always out of energy, despite only having a single active skill and the rest being on cool-downs.

[@rickyskegg]

Cooldowns is a ridiculous concept that MMORPGs plagued the genre with. In the best classic RPGs like wizardry or might and magic, you could just unload your OP spells as you wanted as long as you had mana reserves. Cooldowns make it more like a Simon says game and limits options.

[@olivergottkehaskamp3369]

This is something that is only true during the early game however. With my tornado druid for example I just need a little bit of initial spirit to get going, after that the tornados themselves generate enough spirit to just keep spamming them with the occasional top-up via my basic attack skill and I'm level 71 with mediocre gear, only properly starting on torment now. Same for the big cooldowns - initially, Grizzly Rage has a 50 second cooldown and 10 second uptime which sounds, and is, kinda lame. However, with a complete build in the endgame, it reaches 100% uptime. It'd be kinda weird to just start out with no cooldowns on the biggest abilities and infinite resources, removing a massive part of the progression and just generally the feeling of getting stronger.

[@MrJJ86]

Well delivered and detailed. Thank you.

[@ThePozilla]

After about 20 hours of play I can can say Mortismal is spot on

[@Marty-V]

Great vid, love your mentality and loyalty to honesty. Keep it up!

[@wabajaba2557]

Great review. Keep up the great content

[@wabajaba2557]

I'm waiting to buy until an offline mode is made available. My preferred way is to play diablo while camping and outdoors. D3 on the switch was a great experience, and I'd like to replicate that experience on my steam deck.

[@danielbazan09]

mortismal you are rocking it!

[@SerpC]

Great review as always; very thorough. One of the best in the biz. I'm over here playing Wolcen instead because I don't feel like installing another game launcher, but if the acquisition goes through I look forward to playing D4 on Game Pass someday.

[@ChrisfromDevelopment]

Thank you, Mortym. I very much appreciate you. Well done.

[@andreicristian9575]

Upvoted for you commentary on microtransactions. 👍

[@pipedreamsnetwerk5110]

Your videos are always so awesome. Thanks!

[@napoleonsexbomb2254]

Hey man, Tim Cain shouted you out, good work!

[@SebCarrasco]

I bet you within a week, we’re gonna see a 25 minute in depth review after 100% for “Gollum” 😂

[@regalgiant1597]

He doesn't need that torture

[@shawngillogly6873]

As much as I want to support Mort, I'd rather gouge my eyes out than submit myself to such torment.

[@truenetgmx]

Dont be cruel😂

[@NavajoNinja]

Just watching people play Gullom was torture. Dont think i can do how ever many hours it takes to finish.

[@security9999]

I hope not. I like morts sanity intact.

[@felixgrubshtain4365]

Great review, love your channel bro 😎

[@zam1007]

This is the review I was waiting for. Thanks morty 👍

[@Edward_242]

Great review as always. 👍

[@teeheehee4494]

I may never play the game but you reciew rocked and got me interested. Tyvm

[@boomson3082]

Just a tip. If cutscene skips and interactions are hindered, you can alt tab out and back in and boom fixed though it is only for a while.

[@R3member1]

Thanks! For all the reviews!

[@R3I3ELLI0N]

Hah... the title of the Druid. Mortym Rabid Nightmare - NICE. Hope will be able to play it some day. Loved the previous iterations of the series and positive impression after the Beta.

[@Sothgar]

So far its simply best review of D3 that i seen, thank you Morti!

[@Swatyo]

Yooo great job with the review, are you planning on doing more build videos for some of the other classes ? Keep up the good work my man, your evolution on youtube has been spectacular.

[@MortismalGaming]

No current plans on more, but never say never

[@JohnDoe-hl3xz]

thanks a lot, I was very curious to hear about your opinions😎

[@Zandorgard]

Very glad to see my favorite reviewer reviewing one of my favorite games! 😁

[@robjamysan718]

Surprised to see you didn't have advanced tooltips turned on (gameplay options menu)

[@ronnieblaz3285]

Been waiting for this review! 🤙

[@KronosCifer]

Great review! Glad it ended up being a good game. I think Ill hold off until the battlepass releases and we can see what long term monetization is going to look like, and then maybe further until it goes on sale. I cant spend this much money on a single game if it then demands even more to be spend, if it is to be an enjoyable experience.

[@juniorgalacto17]

As per, well, always, exceptional video- especially for such a small channel. Easily among the best like MandaloreGaming and SsethTzeentach regardless of complete varying styles- you are a channel that is desperately needed for the genres you cover (of course referring to the majority of your content that is less mainstream than Diablo 4...)

[@darrelladams4886]

More Diablo videos please. Enjoyed the mad wolf. Don’t need 3 a day or one a day but hoping you put a new one out every week or two

[@parttimehero8640]

I'm still holding back on buying D4

[@coconutologist]

Thanks for the review. Opinions on Bliz notwithstanding, they do know how to make an effective gameplay loop. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.

[@cheche1301]

Thank you for your review

[@ninjason57]

You're my new secret game reviewer. I feel I can trust your perspective more than other "popular" ones who seem to have a corporate feel to them.

[@chevito1989]

I’ve watched a lot of reviews for D4 but most of them feel incomplete compared to yours, great content and a sub from me (not sure why I did not do it before)

[@Marcos-tk1sf]

I'm a big fan of your work Mort, I agree with the things you said and I just wanted to add that, the game is much more fun in Hardcore, because you appreciate it carefully and extract the most of the high price charged for the game.

[@brannfox8652]

Very good review!

[@rs0n]

On point as always :)

[@collinmurphy9677]

Commenting for the engagement!

[@RudivanderWalt]

What an epic review! 😁

[@frontendchaos]

I waited a bit before buying the game, and while I'm still pretty early in, I would say your review nails it 100%. Excellent work :)

[@Dawid_Zawadzki]

For me, macrotransactions in a $70 game are unacceptable, even if they're just cosmetics. Additionally, these battle passes borrowed straight from free-to-play games solely to extract more money from buyers, regardless of how good the game is. It doesn't matter that they're optional; they're present, and you can't obtain them unless you pay. I miss the old days when items like these were rewards for challenging achievements or hidden, waiting to be discovered.

[@TheDreamXable]

Can agree. I've bought the standart version and not planning to spend any more on this. But, if we remember diablo immortal, there will be A LOT of people spending thousands dollars non-stop on this shop.. so the trend will keep going.(

[@soulflame5635]

Totally agree / Piona.

[@soulflame5635]

@@TommyV8898 No / Allowing that behaviour - greed - Is like saying allow toxic Woman by Your side bc- 'get with the times'

[@wayner7263]

I have a question. Can you access World Tier 3 if you complete the Castone Dungeon with a party or do you have to complete it on your own?

[@MortismalGaming]

You can do it with a party, it scales up though

[@Jks88]

So how many viable build varieties there is for each class? Still gonna wait after summer what we see what different seasons brings

[@LancelotSwe]

Great review! If you haven`t tried playing with a controller you should, it`s awesome!

[@emarbeats6896]

The one we were all waiting for

[@DiomedesTididax]

This is the most rational and well balanced review of D4 out there.

[@coopertrooper9679]

A fix for the glitch where you can’t interact or skip cutscenes, if your on pc. Hit ctrl+esc then just click the game on the taskbar again. Fixes it every-time for me and a lot faster and easier than completely logging out and back in again.

[@marceelino]

Getting disconnected when you killing bosses was horrible experience In D3.

[@aleigor450]

It is in this game also. Happened to me yesterday, maybe it was eake up call cause I went to bed right after xD

[@DiomedesTididax]

This exact same thing just happened to me an hour ago in D4 xD

[@Sneakyboson]

People are getting disconnected in the hardcore permadeath mode and they lose everything. Pretty brutal.

[@nuclearx0id]

is the same here. i got disconnected last night at the world boss.

[@earlgrey2130]

The entire D3 was a horrible experience xD

[@michaelparfitt3436]

Great review. I think the tree of whispers content is available on t2 after the campaign you do not need t3 to start with that.

[@MortismalGaming]

Yeah I corrected myself on screen, didn't want to re record that one line

[@_Makanko_]

Something for end of the year I think. It looks great but I've got other games as well and this one is a big time sink which isn't great with my limited playtime. Thanks for you review!

[@soulflame5635]

Mortismal, Great vid. Totally agree with You bout greed and microtansactions model - full priced game. I also can see always online - forcing players to be online just to see example of people who brought micros. I come back to arpgs that are offline bc of content/story. Thank You for being honest about everything and especially how they approach You with 'selecitve censorship/limitations' to put game in certain light. Respectable

[@Oblivius33]

I have a personal experience with "not intrusive" microtransactions in online games through GW2. What began as a niche addition to the content, within a year or two morphed to the only place where you could get cosmetic rewards themed to the current update. Dose the current update have a red crystal theme to it because of story? Oh you can't get the crystal themed weapons by doing the dungeons, or the story or the open world. But sure as hell you can buy them from the store.

[@MultiScotty24]

I have played all 4 Diablo games and this is my favourite diablo game, and possibly my favourite game of all time. I can’t put it down. Exited for whats to come still

[@silentsugar3715]

Wow this was a quick review

[@chriseggroll]

So far I've got a sorc to 30ish, a druid to 10 or so, and a Rogue to 15. I intended to play through with sorc first but man Rogue actually feels really fun too. I might just switch back and forth on all three at least until the story is done. I've had a lot of fun so far though, it feels like a huge game. I do want a press alt - show all interactables button, but oh well not a huge deal

[@Justin-Trammell]

Im also interested in the battle pass, but not sure if Ill still be playing when they come out.

[@Never_Wr0ng]

Only reviewer I trust when it comes to isometric games!

[@evangarza2309]

the goat of video game reviews

[@paStLife463]

I don't want and I don't need to play one game 'forever'. Even 'with friends'. Probably gonna get this in a couple of years (fully dlc'd ) just for the story...

[@recordatron]

Given the nature of this game, we'll let you off for not 100%ing the game to set you apart from other reviewers on the platform. Seriously though, really enjoyed the video. Solid commentary as always! My two main criticisms so far are the ultra texture pack devours vram even on higher end cards and sometimes the lower texture settings seem like the don't always fully load some textures. Also, the some spell effects can completely obscure what's going on like the necro's corpse explosion fart cloud. They could do with making them a bit less opaque in order to see better.

[@paendamonium]

Very nice thoughtful review! I was struck by how you generally had a positive reaction to everything actually in the game, I’ve been playing it casually (as parenthood and adulthood allows) since prerelease and just beat the level 50 capstone dungeon and my reaction has largely been positive too (personal gripes about necro minions getting shredded like tissue paper aside). Your final comment about how if Blizzard added any pay to win mechanics then you would no longer recommend the game struck a chord with me, and it took a little time to articulate why. I actually don’t think a “pay to win” mechanic would bother me; I’m in my mid 30s, and while gaming is still my major hobby life has decreed I only play a couple of hours a day at most, and frequently less than that. I’m not going to compete on a seasonal leaderboard or in PVP, so if other people pay for advantages then in my mind they’re paying for future content that I get to casually enjoy for free. That said, if any QoL features are paywalled (my first thoughts were for more inventory space, a faster Mount or some kind of auto loot/sell/salvage) I’d be pretty annoyed as I would feel like I was being put in a worse off situation due to corporate greed.