History YMMV / DiabloIV

* AntiClimaxBoss: In story if not gameplay. Team Lilith caused tremendous anguish to summon [[spoiler: Andariel]] into the world, effectively sacrificing an entire kingdom in order to accomplish it. Then, she is killed almost immediately upon entering Sanctuary. Though Taissa's questline latter shows that as usual death hasn't stopped her from torturing the young witch from inside her mind.

*** In Season 1, the Caged Heart of the Barber converted a large portion of damage dealt to enemies into secondary [=AoE=] damage. Most builds recommended the Heart in place of any other Wrathful heart.

** $100 [[labelnote:Explanation]]Often cited as an example of how Blizzard would prime their consumers' expectations to fork out predatory levels of cash for relatively unworthy content, an infamous survey held on the end of Nov 2023 has their biggest offered price tag of the expansion ''Vessel of Hatred'' bundle to be a whooping '''100 USD''' (which can buy you the ''base game and leave you with 30 USD to spare''), knowing that it make their victims fork out for less regardless of the actual cost. The sheer audacity of the company combined knowing with how people are ''still going to fork out that much money anyway'' has the franchise's players lamenting the series' fall.[[/labelnote]]

** There is '''no''' [[https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/07/blizzard-accused-of-malicious-design-as-diablo-4-players-accidentally-activate-premium-battle-pass confirmation before buying the premium battle passes]]. So for those who just want to see what it does or mis-clicked on it, say goodbye to around $10 USD. Many streamers are shocked at how easy it is to click the button by accident and quickly spread the news to prevent others from getting their wallet emptied. This was later patched such that the cursor defaulted to "Season Journey" instead.

* FanonDiscontinuity: While generally seen in the run up to launch as going back to the franchises roots, the overall launch of the game has been anything but loved due to stuff like bugs taking many patches to fix, FakeLongevity, rampant predatory monetization and tedious gameplay that caused a feeling of a general lack of fun, all of which caused a massive fall off in the player base. Official conventions are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTlfm57GhZE totally devoid of attendees]] while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/16jhh2p/noone_online/ servers are practically empty]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCUm3CPqQMU leaderboards that can house up to 1000 players]] showing only ''20'' people. It has gotten so bad that ''IV'' is generally considered the worst entry in the main series, with veterans going back to ''II'' or even ''III''.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Bloody hell! Once seen as a major step back in the right direction on launch, by the time of March 2024, majority of players have washed their hands off this game in response to FakeLongevity, rampant predatory monetization and a general lack of fun. Official conventions are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTlfm57GhZE totally devoid of attendees]] while [[https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/16jhh2p/noone_online/ servers are practically empty]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCUm3CPqQMU leaderboards that can house up to 1000 players]] showing only ''20'' people. It has gotten so bad that ''IV'' is generally considered the worst entry in the main series, with veterans going back to ''II'' or even ''III''.

** Most of the sidequest 'Sight to Madness' is bizarre but effective SurrealHorror, where you're helping out a poor unfortunate who's had his eyes stolen by a cult leader and is now ForcedToWatch through dark magic as she carries out various atrocities. Then you come back to him after killing her and retrieving his eyes, and the whole thing rapidly descends into farce. He [[TooDumbToLive pushes his demon-tainted eyes back into his skull]], is instantly overwhelmed by ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow, and ''runs off into the distance screaming and on fire''. It's absolutely hilarious, and very unlikely to be intentionally so.

* {{Narm}}: The scene where [[spoiler:Neyrelle temporarily resurrects her mother Vhenard to help with a ritual]] is clearly supposed to be serious and tragic, but the comically overexaggerated way in which [[spoiler:Vhenard]] sways on her feet whenever she stands up rather ruins the effect. It looks less like [[spoiler:she's been raised from the dead]], and more like she's just staggered in from an epic bender at the local tavern.

* EvilIsSexy: Other than the deathly pale skin and the huge rack of demonic horns, Lilith is certainly quite the looker with the tall hourglass figure and supermodel-like facial features.

** Horse armour has gone full circle. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Horse Armour is literally a microtransaction item in the game.[[/labelnote]]

* SignatureScene: The cinematic of the clash between Inarius and Lilith along their forces is seen by both supporters and detractors alike as one of the best moments ''IV'' and even the series..

** 40% [[labelnote:Explanation]] [[The Season of Blood gameplay trailer ''immediately'' caught heat by faulty math being presented, where a 40% increase to 1000 incorrectly is listed as 1040.]][[/labelnote]]