The endgame of Diablo 4 has received a lot of criticism since its release. Players express the desire for a change of location in the endgame because: Diablo 4 does not feel like a Diablo.
- In Diablo 4, there are multiple endgame activities. Nevertheless, especially frequent players are getting bored in the higher levels.
- Currently, negative feedback regarding the endgame is piling up from the community. Even a player who initially could not understand the negative sentiment now agrees.
- On Reddit, players are currently criticizing that Diablo 4 performs poorly in terms of the endgame, among other reasons, because it only adheres to the main map.
In his post in the Diablo 4 subreddit, the user pleasevote0 wrote on September 13 that he realized that Diablo 4 does not feel like a Diablo because the endgame does not provide players with an environment in another dimension.
With the second season in Diablo 4, new content is coming to the game:
Red-colored fields instead of hell setting
This is his criticism: In his post, the user pleasevote0 discusses that Diablo 4 stubbornly adheres to the main map. Players repeatedly fight against the same enemies in the same locations. He has realized that “significant endgame content that offers an environment in another dimension” is missing.
In Diablo 1, you descend into hell. […] 2 and 3 continuously bring you back into hell as you fight through acts to reach the bosses.
In contrast, Diablo 4: Let’s go there, to this field, and fight that one demon. Legion events and nightmare dungeons are simply in various dusty fields, caves, or dungeons. The closest thing we get to hell are the Helltides, which are just red-colored fields.
No floating labyrinths in the void or interdimensional planes. […] Just dusty/snow-covered/desert-like fields and dungeons where we keep fighting against cannibals/ghosts/beasts/demons, over and over, forever.
pleasevote0 via Reddit
The post currently has 1,000 upvotes and over 700 comments. Other users also express their criticism there, which simultaneously shows what players would wish for Diablo 4.
What other players wish for: One user notes: “Yes, we can’t even farm in hell in a Diablo game… pathetic.” The user AkunaMatata criticizes that there will never be another opportunity to fight against the main villains in Diablo 4 unless you repeat the campaign. For this, he receives over 650 upvotes.
Another user agrees with him and responds: “I really miss that from the previous Diablo games. At least the opportunity to replay some of the encounters would be great.”
A simple, rewarding cycle defines the endgame more, like in the predecessors of Diablo 4 and “no damned season pass, no damned boring dungeons without real design, no pathetic world bosses that only serve as a bad loot pinata,” comments GerektheDude.
Other users also discuss in the Reddit thread the non-existent trading in Diablo 4 as well as the differences between Diablo 4 and its predecessors. One user notes: “You don’t fight [here] against Diablo either.”
After all, the Lord of Terror is the namesake of one of the biggest game series in the world. Why does Diablo 4 still carry its name even though he is not present at the start? MeinMMO clarifies:
Why is Diablo 4 actually called Diablo 4, but Diablo does not appear?
