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IMO Path of Exile 2 is kind of like "Diablo 4 classic".
Sure it lack some QoL just because it wants to be old school but it nails the mood of the older Diablo games.
I also played Diablo 4 and there is no way I will return to that game. They clearly don't have a good formula anymore.
I've been jamming on poe2, and (to me) it feels like D2 resurrected, but with a bunch of extra content. Act biomes are identical, storyline is conceptually very close (chasing a corrupting force across the continent), look and feel, etc..
Also, it's too bad the VGAs don't have a "Stable Release" award, because, even being early access, the level of polish on POE2 is pretty amazing.
Indeed. And its half a game, without classes, without systems and act 4-6 as well as all the skills and abilities associated with that stuff.
Another 6 months of balance and polish on it plus all the above mentioned content, it's gonna have something for everyone that is even slightly a fan of arpg's I'd hope.
PoE took, what, four years before they decided to change it from 3 acts repeated thrice to the 10 act arc? I loved playing it from beta, but I think I'll wait a while for PoE 2. I'll bet 6 months is just enough for chis wisson to figure out what horror he wants to add to the rnGods, and that's much more important than balance and polish.
You can't exactly compare the studio to how it was a decade ago..
And you know.... It was their first game like this and they had never done anything like a 10 act story. They already stated their future plans. Back then it was up in the air.
This would be like saying it took engineers 10+ years to make the first useful car. Surely the next upgrade wont be for a while.
Also chris wilson isnt on the poe2 team. He's barely on the poe1 team.
Have you by any chance played Grim Dawn? I really enjoy the mechanics and aesthetics of it, and I'm wondering how PoE2 compares. I don't think I'll ever be in the market for Diablo 4; the P2W cash-grab of Diablo Immortal really soured me on the franchise.
I prefer Last Epoch to Grim Dawn. When I played Grim Dawn it felt like the "right" way to play was to put 90% of my skill points into stats, which is frankly boring. In Last Epoch I get to put skill points into customizing my abilities in pretty diverse ways.
Yeah, I don't worry too much about my GD builds being "end-game viable", I just like finding combinations that are fun to play, and there are enough unique item sets and abilities to keep me entertained for a while. I'll check out Last Epoch—looks like it might be up my alley!