Path of Exile

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2202 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 303 out of 2202

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  1. Verdale
    Apr 17, 2021
    0
    Don't be fooled, the game is not what it used to be. The company has sold out to the megacorporation Tencent and every business practice they put forward continues to show they are no longer in it for the community but for the money. They put out words that don't correspond with their actions, and think we are too dumb to notice the charade they are putting on in front of us.
  2. Delator
    Apr 17, 2021
    0
    - privileges to streamers, it is not the same for everyone players
    - major problems start leagues
  3. SealedSouL
    Apr 17, 2021
    0
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  4. LittleBigTruth
    Feb 23, 2021
    2
    I have no idea why people like this game. I tried starting it 5 times and all I saw was dull boring story, boring spells, the whole vibe of the game is desperation and depression.
    No thanks, I'd rather play something as outdated as Diablo 3 than this crap
  5. Hatwox
    Feb 13, 2021
    0
    ITS ****
    ok. Its .. complete and utter **** People talk of it like its amazing and i wanted to **** barf cause is gameplay made me think " maybe bashing my skull in is considered fun in this age" cause **** THERE IS NO PINT TO IT. like why...an autoclicker would probably gain sentience just to say **** you im not playing this game"
    Its **** and **** the whole "Complete biggest skill    ITS ****
    ok. Its .. complete and utter **** People talk of it like its amazing and i wanted to **** barf cause is gameplay made me think " maybe bashing my skull in is considered fun in this age" cause **** THERE IS NO PINT TO IT. like why...an autoclicker would probably gain sentience just to say **** you im not playing this game"

    Its **** and **** the whole "Complete biggest skill tree" **** YOU.. it changes nothing. and i dont care who thinks im wrong or "OO YOU MISSED THIS RANDOM THING" **** you. games are not made to be this........ piece of ****

    they wanted to be a successor to diablo 2
    naturally i thought diablo 2 must be the rotten **** of this universe
    TURNS OUT.. :D :D Yea its kind aamazing.. for unknown reasons. Its.. just amazing.
    Yea.. they were trying to BE THAT? :D Pathetic.. go rot in hell

    Also the positive reviews "Deepest game ever" "Best game in all genres" who **** paid these people    … Expand
  6. zombox5000
    Jan 14, 2021
    9
    Simply the best ARPG on the market right now, and for the last 7 years. There aren't any real competitors on the horizon either.
  7. JNS
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    This is simply the best ARPG ever made, and the guys at GGG don't get tired to continue, improve it, and show the world how a worldclass service-game is being made. If you consider against how huge names they had to compete and how they left absolutely everybody behind in digital dust, it's hard to imagine how the game can still be free to play. This is an absolute masterclass example onThis is simply the best ARPG ever made, and the guys at GGG don't get tired to continue, improve it, and show the world how a worldclass service-game is being made. If you consider against how huge names they had to compete and how they left absolutely everybody behind in digital dust, it's hard to imagine how the game can still be free to play. This is an absolute masterclass example on how to maximize a game of a genre. I can't imagine that anybody else can ever top Path of Exile in the ARPG realm, certainly not the former big enterprise studios that got lost in boring causalness and countless of wrong decisions.… Expand
  8. Kelmeri
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Unplayable and generally not fun and so ugly even its own Mother couldn't Love it.
  9. DingerDonger
    Dec 23, 2020
    8
    Path of Exile is the only game worthy of the title of spiritual successor to Diablo II. The combat is fast paced (with VERY FEW SKILL COOLDOWNS THANK YOU), the visuals are great, and the game is INCREDIBLY deep... a little too deep. The skill tree isn't really that crazy once you break it down, but can be intimidating to new players. The big issue right now, though, is that the game isPath of Exile is the only game worthy of the title of spiritual successor to Diablo II. The combat is fast paced (with VERY FEW SKILL COOLDOWNS THANK YOU), the visuals are great, and the game is INCREDIBLY deep... a little too deep. The skill tree isn't really that crazy once you break it down, but can be intimidating to new players. The big issue right now, though, is that the game is getting bloated with too many evergreen mechanics. Prophecies, delve, incursion, heists, etc... The list keeps growing. If you take a break from this game and come back, be prepared to get bombarded with completely unfamiliar mechanics even on a normal campaign playthrough.

    Other than that, though, I firmly believe this is the only good modern ARPG out there. Path of Exile is the only one to get it right because they followed in the footsteps of Diablo II.    … Expand
  10. Torgall
    Dec 12, 2020
    8
    Excellent alternative to the Diablo series, and I'm glad that after many years it's still going strong. Biggest obstacle for most casual players it's the lack of any usual currency, so you have to trade with different items like a colonialist with some tribe members. The skill tree is also problem, but most people just follow blindly some builds or guides so they don't care.
  11. lucorp
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    [420 hours on record] How to make more money from game than currently industry standard 40-50 € ? BIg companies, make notes:
    - release it for free,
    - bulid great community around it, - dont censor chat a lot, - dont make it pay to win - make money on selling visuals and supporter packs - make once per few month big update, which keeps game fresh thanks to adding new content I    [420 hours on record] How to make more money from game than currently industry standard 40-50 € ? BIg companies, make notes:
    - release it for free,
    - bulid great community around it,
    - dont censor chat a lot,
    - dont make it pay to win
    - make money on selling visuals and supporter packs
    - make once per few month big update, which keeps game fresh thanks to adding new content

    I payed around 200€ to game developers, but not because it was anyway needed for gameplay, but because I just wanted to support them in creating new content (never payed more than 60€ for a single game, datadisks/DLCs included) .    … Expand
  12. Kekkone
    Dec 11, 2020
    7
    As a long-time hardcore Diablo II fan I was very disappointed with Diablo III. My friends told me to try PoE, and it was surely better than Diablo III, but I still didn't get too excited.

    PoE looks nice but is overcrowded with visual effects to my taste. Playing some classes is just like looking at constant fireworks, and it's quite difficult to actually realize what is happening on the    As a long-time hardcore Diablo II fan I was very disappointed with Diablo III. My friends told me to try PoE, and it was surely better than Diablo III, but I still didn't get too excited.

    PoE looks nice but is overcrowded with visual effects to my taste. Playing some classes is just like looking at constant fireworks, and it's quite difficult to actually realize what is happening on the screen. Also I'm not that big fan of the crafting system. Is it really necessary to have hundreds of different ingredients? I think not. The character development is also very complicated. Of course it's a great to have lots of options, but you practically have to google your build to not go horribly wrong (well, same issue exists in most hack&slash shallow RPGs, but still...)

    Anyway, worth a play through especially because it's a free game. However I don't feel the same need to grind thousand hours for gear as I did with Diablo II, so something is still missing to make this game actually addictive. Maybe I'm just too old.    … Expand
  13. WOWisthebest
    Nov 25, 2020
    0
    Very, very trash game only low iq players like it. Even TESO or Diablo 3 is better.Worst Diablo clone ever. Easy and stupid mehanics. Bad animations. I recommend you World of Warcraft the Greatest game what ever made.
  14. zweibusen
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Sadly this game become a joke. every league starts with hundreds of bugs. u lose loot, get disconnected or if u play hc your character get killed through all this.
    a lot of skills dont work in the first weeks.
    also every league starts now with dupes and exploits. if u are not fast enough u have to buy all the broken things from the first ones who used the broken **** they laughed about    Sadly this game become a joke. every league starts with hundreds of bugs. u lose loot, get disconnected or if u play hc your character get killed through all this.
    a lot of skills dont work in the first weeks.
    also every league starts now with dupes and exploits. if u are not fast enough u have to buy all the broken things from the first ones who used the broken ****
    they laughed about wolcen (broken **** game), they become wolcen    … Expand
  15. b4l4cps
    Oct 3, 2020
    5
    ok first of all.. i really like the game and enjoy it, this game could be 10/10 without some issues... for me the main issue is the currency/items drop rate... lets say a new season begins and u want to play .. a good 6link chest or weapon is avg 1-8 EX also clusters and others stuff u expend 10-20 ex on most of the builds to make it work properly (U CANT DO THE END GAME WITH BUDGET BUILDSok first of all.. i really like the game and enjoy it, this game could be 10/10 without some issues... for me the main issue is the currency/items drop rate... lets say a new season begins and u want to play .. a good 6link chest or weapon is avg 1-8 EX also clusters and others stuff u expend 10-20 ex on most of the builds to make it work properly (U CANT DO THE END GAME WITH BUDGET BUILDS , TRUST ME, 5-10EX).. u will need to sit ur ass at least 10-12 hours per day to enjoy a good build with expensive items... this is nutS!!!

    i think if they work on this and make thinks a litle bit easier to drop.. like increase 10-15% stuff to drop a lot of ppl who doesnt play or have stoped playng it will come back to the game..i know a lot of friends who think the same and some of them work and have wife and children.. so they play other games that u dont need to stay 24/7 on to enjoy it.. if u know what i mean    … Expand
  16. Satsujin
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    Ignore the game's bad reviews from 6 years ago. PoE is constantly evolving and I enjoy it like seldom before. I now have 2100 hours on the clock and there is no end in sight. Now go ahead and buy a companion cat to support the development! Come on!
  17. GregGT66
    Aug 31, 2020
    9
    The Diablo-like game we needed but do not deserved.
    Graphic - really good, but animation a little bit unpolished
    Gamplay - everything you would expect from aRPG
    Story - quite good
  18. Gkanjim
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    This game does not deserve its score, so ill be balancing it a bit.
    There are so many optimization problems, lag, bugs(there was one that happened to me where the tul’s boss got frozen and immortal and didn’t drop a single item and other that some monsters got stuck above the map’s walls, i couldn’t kill them...) and a lot more issues that other reviews are specifying.
  19. Rakshasa
    Jul 8, 2020
    8
    My only comment is ; this game average 86 and Diablo 3 - 88 is a shame of all whom gave these points. But user scores show the reality. Good game
  20. ailee52
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    If you think you need a whole new world with everything fresh, left click on poe .cya 10/10
  21. Szed77
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Formerly great game that has recently jumped the shark. It started several leagues ago with the introduction of a new mapping system that constitutes the game's "endgame." The former system was possibly the best endgame of any title in this franchise, and they replaced it with a bizarre, unintuitive structure that is just simply worse in every way. I'd try to explain it in detail, but thatFormerly great game that has recently jumped the shark. It started several leagues ago with the introduction of a new mapping system that constitutes the game's "endgame." The former system was possibly the best endgame of any title in this franchise, and they replaced it with a bizarre, unintuitive structure that is just simply worse in every way. I'd try to explain it in detail, but that would require writing a small guide, so I'll just state that the new version of the mapping system adds nothing of value to the game while simultaneously making it even more obtuse.

    At the same time they added this new endgame system, they also added one of the most poorly designed bosses I've ever seen in my ~30+ years of video gaming. The boss, Sirus, involves fighting the boss for maybe 10% of the encounter and dodging pools of bad stuff on the floor for the remainder of the time. The boss isn't even on the screen the majority of the fight. He could also kill you with abilities before the ability's animation played, and the deadly pools could block the entrance to the area, which prevented you from getting back into the fight after you died. They have made some changes to this fight in an attempt to make it less frustrating and buggy, but it's still bad.

    A few days ago, Path of Exile released their new league, "Harvest." It basically consists of a farmville-style mini-game that's rather unrewarding and largely ends up being an annoying time sink. The system involves planting seeds of various tiers in a garden, with different pylons and storage tanks and dispersers all strung together to optimize the process. It's not terribly difficult to get the hang of, but it simply isn'y fun, the rewards aren't fantastic relative to the time you spend, and nobody plays an action role-playing game for this sort of gameplay. The consensus is that this might be Path of Exile's worst league ever.

    I'm not sure what is going on over at Grinding Gear Games, but I feel like they're headed the wrong direction with their development of PoE. It's possible that the talented folks are working on Path of Exile 2, which leaves the B team working on the current game. I hope that PoE 2 has some better ideas implemented into it, or I might have to give that a pass. As for the current game, I think I'm done for the foreseeable future, which is a shame considering how much money I have sunk into it.    … Expand
  22. EmperorOfPurity
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Been playing since beta, the game is great, gets regular updates,, has a huge variety of skills and is not class dependent.

    Graphics get updated with each league, and all expansions bring major improvements to the gane
  23. YanFraser
    Jun 19, 2020
    8
    Мне нравится внешний вид игры и то как выглядят скилы, интересные механики, больше разнообразие билдов, можно часами ломать голову и выдумать новые взаимодействия между уникальными предметами(которых около тысячи) и гемами, новые лиги каждые 4 месяца которые не дают заскучать(хотя большинство игроков дропает игру на 1-2 месяце лиги), взаимодействие разработчиков с комьюнити, не влияющий наМне нравится внешний вид игры и то как выглядят скилы, интересные механики, больше разнообразие билдов, можно часами ломать голову и выдумать новые взаимодействия между уникальными предметами(которых около тысячи) и гемами, новые лиги каждые 4 месяца которые не дают заскучать(хотя большинство игроков дропает игру на 1-2 месяце лиги), взаимодействие разработчиков с комьюнити, не влияющий на баланс донат, не считая доната для своего сундка, после сюжетной линии становится всё тяжелее и тяжелее, если вы планируете играть в игру много времени то у вас просто нет шансов не задонатить на вкладки для сундука, тем более одна премиум вкладка нужна для трейда. Вообще трейд в целом мне нравится, кроме того что нужно альт табатся в браузер и покупать премиум вкладку, хоть это и дёшево, отличная игра для фанатов экшен РПГ и конечно важный плюс то что она бесплатная. Но есть и значительное количество минусов, очень плохая оптимизация, без ССД комфортной игры просто не будет, системным требованиям игры не советую доверять (уж для ендгейма они точно не подходят), довольно высокий порог вхождения в игру, хоть и гайдов много в интернете, как и в самой игре, но по прежнему новичкам в этой игре будет не легко, а если вам не знаком жанр экшен РПГ так игра вообще может задушить еще в первом акте, баланс скилов тоже не самый лучший, в каждой лиге просто есть набор сломанных скилов которые на порядок сильнее остальных, конечно играть можно всеми скиллами, но чувствуешь ты себя как-то ущербно, зная что можно просто взять метовую помойку и разнести контент. Так же довольно злое СНГ комьюнити, советую просто не обращать на этих людей внимания но почему-то всем очень хочется назвать вас дураком из-за того что вы не играете на ХК или играете скиллом который использует тотемы или сумонов, среди остальных игроков такое тоже наблюдается но как по мне в разы реже. Сам я играю в эту игру с 2014, часто остаюсь недовольным после сломанного баланса в новой лиге, который каждый раз фиксят около двух недель до хоть какой нибудь играбильности, но всё же каждую лигу хотя бы месяц да поиграю, может из-за того что сейчас в целом мало игр, особенно такого жанра, может у меня дурной вкус, но эта игра затягивает и от неё получаешь удовольствие, я думаю 8/10 заслуженная оценка, хоть она может показаться довольно странной учитывая все минусы… Expand
  24. XposingMods
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    The in-game moderators and forum moderators are very toxic and give preferential treatments and abuse their power to have your account locked or mute you in chat. Once instance I merely used the phrase "ALOHA SNACKBARZ" and my account was locked but uhh people who used that word in forum was not banned or that word was not even censored and they even allow guilds to have guild names suchThe in-game moderators and forum moderators are very toxic and give preferential treatments and abuse their power to have your account locked or mute you in chat. Once instance I merely used the phrase "ALOHA SNACKBARZ" and my account was locked but uhh people who used that word in forum was not banned or that word was not even censored and they even allow guilds to have guild names such as "ALAHO/ALLAHU snackbarz" for 4 years ++. The fact that they allowed this is an acknowledgement that the word is ALLOWED to be used in forums or in the game itself since guild members are allowed to have their guild name tags shown in game chat OPENLY. I reported these preferential treatment to the support email and guess what? They are not even interested in what i have to say..All they cared are about erasing those records and cover their tracks and deleting all evidence of it. But uh... little did they know I made screen shot proofs BEFORE I submit those evidence links and after they have shamelessly deleted/amended those proof, I made a screenshot of it as well.
    … Expand
  25. CoolDadTx
    Jun 14, 2020
    4
    Ok ARPG starting out but steadily goes downhill starting with act 5 when you go back through the same areas again. Mostly the same thing every other ARPG has but the skill system is out of control, the crafting is so large as to be mostly meaningless and the boss battles work the exact same way every time with just another paint job. It is clear this game is designed for MMO even thoughOk ARPG starting out but steadily goes downhill starting with act 5 when you go back through the same areas again. Mostly the same thing every other ARPG has but the skill system is out of control, the crafting is so large as to be mostly meaningless and the boss battles work the exact same way every time with just another paint job. It is clear this game is designed for MMO even though you can play it solo.

    The boss battles are probably the worst (or close to it) of any ARPG I've ever played. The all work the exact same way and are guaranteed for you to die. Bosses do some mediocre attacks a couple of times and then do some high powered attack that is sometimes avoidable but often not. If you don't die immediately then you'll need to regen health. Rinse and repeat. Laster bosses also have an area of effect attack that pretty much instantly kills you irrelevant of resistances or anything else. My resists were maxed and I died every time. Early in the battle they tend to affect an area of the (already small battleground) but as the battle goes on they get bigger until they cover the entire field. So there is no defense against this attack and you die. After a while the boss becomes invulnerable and summons minions. This is where you're supposed to recover your health/mana but they some literally entire screen fulls of enemies such that you generally get overwhelmed and die. Even worse is that when you reenter the area they are already on top of you. I died multiple times as soon as I entered the area before I could even move. The boss battles are plain awful. The best choice is to get up close and wail on the boss until you die and then spawn back in. Nothing else works.

    The next issue is that the devs haven't gone to UI 101 training. When you die you get 2 options: return to town or return to checkpoint. The default is town but that almost always involves tracking back through areas (which have probably respawned). The correct choice is checkpoint but if you're mashing buttons to try to attack someone when you die it is read as return to town and so you get screwed over. Every UI person knows you don't put the least popular choice first and choices that have consequences should never be applied just because of a click. I thought games were past these poor UI issues??

    ARPGs are loot based and the loot in this game is pretty poor compared to others. This game is clearly mass RND but most stuff you find late game is worse than what you have now. Most ARPGs start spitting out better equip later in the game but this game keeps spitting out useless stuff. The equipment itself can be good but mostly doesn't help you in larger battles. This is where the crafting comes in. There are so many different pieces of crafting that it is insane. You need it all though because each crafting has minimal impact on anything. It is like the devs knew this was a problem so many crafting items are simply for taking a normal item and making in magical. A better idea would simply to improve your loot system. I never created a single item that was anywhere near as good as what I had.

    The skill tree is out of control as well. Skills are so far apart that to get the ones you likely want you're going to be snaking through useless skills. Most all skills provide bare minimal usefulness anyway. +5% dmg here, +2% health there. Nothing is overly useful in this tree, if you can find it to begin with. It is clear this has evolved so you know can put "jewels" in your tree. But only if you select useless skills to get there. jewels aren't worth it. Again it is like the devs know this so they hand out respec points like there is nobodies business so you can change your mind. I never used them and had 21 by end of game.

    As the game evolves they add new features which could be interesting but all of them are poorly described, scatter everywhere and rarely useful. I can't count the times somebody said I should go here and I went there just to find out it was to clear out yet another area to get something that I had no idea the purpose of. There comes a point where you should just start removing things that are old, stop adding to the chaos.

    The enemies are traditional but in later acts it is clear the devs just pump up the damage and hp to add the challenge. Nothing new here. Even worse is that "uniques" appear around almost every corner and they tend to be more bullet spongy. To the point that I would run away from certain classes of uniques because they weren't worth the fight. There is serious balancing issues in later acts for no real reason. The whole level guide on the map means nothing.

    Overall this is an OK RPG (at least early on) that stays entirely too long (act 5+ is equivalent of higher difficulty in traditional games), has poor loot, meaningless skills and crafting, and boss battles that are just unfair to a single player. Later acts bring this game way down.    … Expand
  26. zzz_DeV1L_zzz
    Jun 13, 2020
    8
    The best game in its genre. Every season I upgrade 1-2 characters. But for some reason, after the plot, it becomes boring, although the gameplay after the plot is more interesting. Perhaps this is due to the fact that there is simply no goal and you do not see the point in the game. Sorry 8.
  27. Lizarino
    May 31, 2020
    1
    Game lags and freezes far too often to be enjoyable
    Gameplay and UI is clunky, inventory space is horrible
    I have had frequent connection issues to the servers for this game, sometimes it's fine and other times it will not let me connect or lag a lot (for weeks or more at a time)
  28. ZubriQ
    May 20, 2020
    10
    PoE is in truth of the best unkillable best slasher ever made. You can play for free and donations will only affect on customization of your character or hideout
  29. WDPIR32K3
    Apr 23, 2020
    10
    Best free to play game ever it's not pay to win I have over 600 hrs in this game
  30. TechMarine
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I used to like this game.

    A long time ago, in a world slightly less crazy than our good ol' 2020, this game wanted to do what Diablol did not do. People were starting to get pissy with Blizzard for some of their D3 shenanigans, and rightfully so. This game promised depth, a vast end game, and massive customization. It delivered, was free, and had no loot boxes or p2w mechanics.

    It's 2020 now. Some *brilliant* person at GGG decided to sell out to Tencent. Now the game feels like a vast wasteland. We still don't have trade improvements, everything destroys your character to encourage you to grind much, MUCH more to actually get anywhere, there's too many outdated league mechanics bogging down the game and forcing you to buy stash tabs to be competitive, the devs SUCK at making the game fun anymore (I'm looking at you, Sirius the Dankener), and in place of any positive aspect, we got loot boxes. Yay, we got loot boxes!

    Good luck with your "new" PoE without a new Diablo to rip off of. I can't wait to see all the cosmetic options funneling money to China.    … Expand
  31. Shimmeywill
    Mar 17, 2020
    7
    A solid free to play game with strong visuals and satisfying gameplay. Starting characters limited in design.
  32. Itsapaul
    Mar 16, 2020
    8
    Great game and extremely alt friendly, though no in game auction house means trading is a huge pain in the ass. If you're into the economy side of things like me, that means its iron man mode only or just expect to never do the highest level content as no one actually trades what they list on trading sites.
  33. hunterhh
    Feb 26, 2020
    10
    This game blew my mind when I first joined it in closed beta 2 years ago. Since then it was getting better and better only to become the masterpiece it is now. If you like hack'n slash games there's no excuse for you if you don't try this.
  34. Gadlajk
    Feb 23, 2020
    0
    I tried to get into this game but I failed many times, no doubt it this game had decent end game compared to other ARPGs but in one of those attempts I got to act 4, had no idea what was happening since story is delivered in boring way and probably the story itself is isn't good. That in combination with combat not feeling good due to animations, outdated engine and many other tiny detailsI tried to get into this game but I failed many times, no doubt it this game had decent end game compared to other ARPGs but in one of those attempts I got to act 4, had no idea what was happening since story is delivered in boring way and probably the story itself is isn't good. That in combination with combat not feeling good due to animations, outdated engine and many other tiny details made me so bored that my blood pressure dropped so low that I was barely able to keep my eyes open, never in my life I felt so sleepy without being sleep deprived. It's so sad that this is by many best ARPG, hopefully POE 2 is big step up.… Expand
  35. LinkThePast
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    The best Hack'n Slash ! Gameplay, endgame, The skiil tree, gamedesign et performance are just amazing.
  36. benjaminpascu
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    Amazing game, played for over 10k hours and keep coming back every league.

    I love that the game has an open economy, which means you can do whatever you want. I like to flip and play the economy game, rather than go out slashing monsters for loot, so there are so many ways to play the game!
  37. enesmoon
    Feb 12, 2020
    9
    Poe is the coolest action based rpg game. It's atmosphere is dark and astounding. There are a lot of active and passive skills. It's possible to use 8 of them at the same time, so the action never ends.
  38. xYxKINGxYx
    Feb 10, 2020
    10
    Just like Diablo but more in-depth. Wonderful experience. Highly recommend this game and it's free.
  39. jmpessanha
    Feb 4, 2020
    7
    The game play is excellent and all game content can be enjoyed for free. The big downside of the game is optimization. It is one of the games with the worst optimization in the world. In addition to latency problems.
  40. Zetec95
    Jan 12, 2020
    0
    Sh1tty game, lagging a lot, boring and stupid mechanics. I think this is the most overrated argp ever.
  41. Dubeau
    Dec 22, 2019
    9
    I approach POE like a single player game. And it a very fun diablo-style game. Even after the release in 2013, the game feels very actual. The story is very slow but also very long in scope. So I don't know if it's any good but there is a lot of variety in the quests. It's easy to find where you have to go but without giving you too much either. Fighting with a witch and minions is aI approach POE like a single player game. And it a very fun diablo-style game. Even after the release in 2013, the game feels very actual. The story is very slow but also very long in scope. So I don't know if it's any good but there is a lot of variety in the quests. It's easy to find where you have to go but without giving you too much either. Fighting with a witch and minions is a blast. However I did try with a warrior style player and found it too difficult. Love the items and upgrades. The character leveling is enormous. I give it a 90%. They should remove that game from the online only in my opinion.… Expand
  42. The_Janitor
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    The best alternative to Diablo you can get.
    While the entry barrier of the game is a little bit high and the ridicolous amount of systems the game has accumulated over the years will take some time to get used to, the game as a whole offers the player a lot to sink their time into.
    GGG keeps on developing new and interesting ways to optimize your character and slash through insane    The best alternative to Diablo you can get.
    While the entry barrier of the game is a little bit high and the ridicolous amount of systems the game has accumulated over the years will take some time to get used to, the game as a whole offers the player a lot to sink their time into.
    GGG keeps on developing new and interesting ways to optimize your character and slash through insane amounts of monsters while the community keeps an elaborated trade economy going that allows even new players to get their fair share of good loot.
    The community has two faces, an ugly and borderline toxic one which is filled ot the brim with black humor and politically incorrect inside jokes and one that will welcome new players with open arms.
    The Mods aren't going to outright crush players for being a little bit rough around the edges but will let the player know if they go too far.

    Now to the spicy part of the review,
    THE MICROTRANSACTIONS!

    The MTX of this game are purely cosmetic for the most parts, but there are also some QoL microtransactions to be found which are fortunately not needed to enjoy the game to the fullest.

    The Pricing of the MTX is a little bit high but since the game is Free to play it is somewhat understandable that GGG is a little bit demanding here. There are Supporter packs that can cost up to 500 Dollars but will clutter evental buyers with Ingame and Real life goodies like artbooks figurines and more... I guess this is the obvious option for hardcore fans of the game that want to keep on supporting the game they love.

    I let you know that there are ways to obtain Cosmetics during the so called "Leagues" which bring new content on a regular basis and will demand some skill to unlock everything during the average lenght of a League (3 Months).

    I really recommend this game if you are into this genre. Bring some time to get used to it's many many systems and you'll find a lot to do. It's good for the casual player and freakingly awesome if you can invest some time into the leagues.    … Expand
  43. Reverse_U
    Dec 6, 2019
    8
    Best in class game with perfect monetization system, regular updates, constantly growing playerbase, large variety of builds and good replayability. 8.5/10.
  44. CriticalHit20
    Nov 19, 2019
    9
    The game for me just got too repetitive. At first, it was fun, but it just became a grind and a chore after a while. I played 30+ hours, having one character complete Act 4, another complete Act 2, another complete Act 1 and starting games with others just to experiment. As a busy dad to a toddler, I don't have that much free time, but if the game was fun, I'd continue playing indefinitelyThe game for me just got too repetitive. At first, it was fun, but it just became a grind and a chore after a while. I played 30+ hours, having one character complete Act 4, another complete Act 2, another complete Act 1 and starting games with others just to experiment. As a busy dad to a toddler, I don't have that much free time, but if the game was fun, I'd continue playing indefinitely but unfortunately that was not what happened here.
    The first 3 Acts were very easy and suddenly in Act 4 the difficulty ramped way up and you better find some way of obtaining resistance to elements. Though easy, it was not that much fun. Boards were huge and sprawling but you are really killing the hordes of enemies the same way every time. I also found there was no incentive to upgrade your main equipments and weapons with orbs as a better version can be found eventually.
    What I liked; the flask system, gem-based skills, passive skill map
    What I disliked: have to be online, no respec, maps change when revisit, lack of waypoints in areas which result in wasted travel time, barter system, orbs not being useful, weapons and equipments with wrong colours and links, repetitive game play
    I would give it 8.5/10 and if I consider that it is free, give it a 9.3/10.    … Expand
  45. Frazierdabest
    Oct 11, 2019
    9
    Si te gusta el género , es un Must-Have, y más siendo gratis. Comunidad española grande.
  46. Deardeer45
    Oct 6, 2019
    0
    Without long salty passages i just want to say that devs is deaf to requests.
  47. Grachechkovski
    Jun 2, 2019
    10
    Flawless game with branchy and friendly character pumping system: you can create a bum's grandfather, which will perfectly shoot with arches and raise dead friends of homeless people, for example.
    The assortment of active skills/spells generous: you want to be the queen of the elements, you want to suck life through ignoring the entire armor through the magic of chaos, you want to    Flawless game with branchy and friendly character pumping system: you can create a bum's grandfather, which will perfectly shoot with arches and raise dead friends of homeless people, for example.
    The assortment of active skills/spells generous: you want to be the queen of the elements, you want to suck life through ignoring the entire armor through the magic of chaos, you want to superimpose effects of states. Fans of such farts will be satisfied, as well as I am.
    Also glad that after the main plot of the game you can not throw, and further develop your character, looking for him loot and steep stones skills - grindidy.

    Total: 10/10, better Diablo    … Expand
  48. Arcane_Ape
    Apr 18, 2019
    8
    Looking for deeper game play and class options than Diablo then try POE. Oh plus it is free to play. One of the few free to play games done right.
  49. Get_Fukt
    Apr 7, 2019
    1
    Path Of Exile is boring, overrated, laggy, RNG infested mediocre trash. The only good thing about it is that it's free so I didn't have to worry about waste my money on more incompetence.
  50. xferix
    Apr 1, 2019
    4
    I cannot recommend this game despite having some fun with it. Why?

    - Loot is unrewarding (quantity over quality) - even unique items suck or are not useful for your build in 95% cases - Too much focus on trading, which is technically cumbersome (3rd party apps/webpage) - Skills are unbalanced - esp. lately, when the power creep has become so obvious (chaos dmg skills **** on melee) -    I cannot recommend this game despite having some fun with it. Why?

    - Loot is unrewarding (quantity over quality) - even unique items suck or are not useful for your build in 95% cases
    - Too much focus on trading, which is technically cumbersome (3rd party apps/webpage)
    - Skills are unbalanced - esp. lately, when the power creep has become so obvious (chaos dmg skills **** on melee)
    - Outdated gfx engine
    - Very laggy in maps (ping jumping from 20 ms to 3000 ms!), connection problems resulting in death of your character (also, you lose precious XP needed to level up)
    - Too much RNG, esp. in crafting
    - Too much grind for currency if you want to get to the endgame content
    - Too much repetition, esp. when levelling new characters - and the campaign is nothing special (you just eagerly wait for it to end ffs)
    - So much time consuming that I'd rather play 10 other (better) games in the same timespan
    - Unbalanced/unrewarding boss battles (bosses can be either pathetic or OP; you'd expect something special for killing Kitava in the final act. Nope, there is only trash!)
    - You need to buy expensive stashes to hoard stuff to improve your characters, etc. - the game is falsely advertised as F2P; it's like "free to try out" but then you need to invest heavily if you want to keep it going.

    League specific problems (Synthesis):
    - Badly designed, bloated content - even more unrewarding/time consuming than other parts of the game. F*** that!    … Expand
  51. dr0nzer
    Mar 9, 2019
    10
    Great game, been playing for several years on and off and keep coming back at every other league and i'm always taken back by how great the game is.
  52. Macbaine
    Mar 3, 2019
    8
    if this game have better graphique every body played this game.. realy funny. bit hard but addictif
  53. SpleenSplitta
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    I supported this games company since 2014 up until 10cent bought 80% of the company when that happened i stopped buying supporter packs, i was happy supporting a small company grow but not when a large company comes in for a piece of the pie ggg would of been better off keeping 100% of the pie and keep supporting them self.
  54. kuczmcym
    Feb 8, 2019
    8
    A great game, especially for the price.

    It is incredibly fun to mow down hordes of monsters with the numerous classes / abilities in this game.

    The only downside is the incredible depth can be daunting when first getting into the game.
  55. zooio2
    Jan 9, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game for me, was a Diablo 3 alternative for being free, in my first hours of game, I found an empty game both in history and gameplay, but when I had access to all possibilities of skills, infinite builds and a tree of vast abilities, each different build, 10 acts are like the tutorial for maps that are something intricate, which takes a lot of time to finalize.
    The exchange system is incredible, there is a free market within the game, the price is based on the percentage of the rarity quantity and its status (life, damage, whatever).
    Strengths
    Free
    Free
    Cheaper than Diablo
    Free market    … Expand
  56. szaboKati
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    This game is superb, a very good rework and alternative to the old diablo2. There are a couple things which could be improved, like the ingame trading system, also third party RMT sites like shop of exile cracks in, but in overall the game experience is really great.

    I personally stopped playing after 5 years, but i would only recommend this to anyone who likes dark action RPGs. And its    This game is superb, a very good rework and alternative to the old diablo2. There are a couple things which could be improved, like the ingame trading system, also third party RMT sites like shop of exile cracks in, but in overall the game experience is really great.

    I personally stopped playing after 5 years, but i would only recommend this to anyone who likes dark action RPGs. And its free to play!    … Expand
  57. Shmarine
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Grinding Gear Games-'s work is really stunning, if you compare early version of this game (2013) and present version, you'll see a years of REALLY hard work. You say - "How did they do dat?", my answer is - they just hear a community and never stay at one place. Every expansion (for free - hello Necromancer from D3) they did something, that blow our mind every time.

    Yeah, for new    Grinding Gear Games-'s work is really stunning, if you compare early version of this game (2013) and present version, you'll see a years of REALLY hard work. You say - "How did they do dat?", my answer is - they just hear a community and never stay at one place. Every expansion (for free - hello Necromancer from D3) they did something, that blow our mind every time.

    Yeah, for new players threshold of a in-game entrance is pretty high, but exploring new mechanics is interesting and never get annoying.

    P.S.: Most of a old reviews are outdated in some reason :D    … Expand
  58. jseph1234
    Nov 27, 2018
    9
    I have nothing but positive things to say about this game. While only being a casual player of it, the amount of devotion and work that went into it and continues to go int o the development by Grinding Gear Games is to be applauded.
  59. Gregorich
    Nov 17, 2018
    9
    Hallo zusammen,

    ich würde mir noch wünschen:
    - Auto-Cklick over Enemy (On/Off)

    Griessli
    Greg
  60. Blaines
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    Really nice game with worse graphic than in diablo 2 :P The amount of builds in this game is amazing!
  61. demonoga
    Nov 4, 2018
    9
    It is the defining game of the ARPG genre.

    1) Free to Play works for about 60-ish levels for a casual gamer but the game is in no way p2w. By this time you can decide if you like the game or not, which is a great advantage. 2) You feel rewarded by the mechanics of grinding, which I feel is very balanced in terms of RNG. 3) You will learn a lot of things in each playthrough, I had my    It is the defining game of the ARPG genre.

    1) Free to Play works for about 60-ish levels for a casual gamer but the game is in no way p2w. By this time you can decide if you like the game or not, which is a great advantage.
    2) You feel rewarded by the mechanics of grinding, which I feel is very balanced in terms of RNG.
    3) You will learn a lot of things in each playthrough, I had my 3rd serious character in leagues and I still learn a lot on how to use items etc.
    4) Leagues are amazing, very-well thought of and enjoyable.
    5) Huge and friendly community for the most part.

    The only cons to the game are:
    1) Graphics may look unrefined on low end PC. And they consume too much computer resources.
    2) Not beginner friendly. You have to resort to guides in forums for a few of characters. Even then they do not always explain why it is as such. (Haven't tried youtube videos on tips etc.)    … Expand
  62. Fuz
    Nov 3, 2018
    3
    What a shame, a potentially excellent game dragged down by nearsight.
    PoE would be nice if it wasn't so anachronistically obtuse. Apart the fact that it's way overcomplicated and unnecessarily punishing (things like no ah or that it has a such a huge and complex skill tree and so little respec possibilities), I stopped playing when I started receiving XP penalities for deaths. NOPE,    What a shame, a potentially excellent game dragged down by nearsight.
    PoE would be nice if it wasn't so anachronistically obtuse. Apart the fact that it's way overcomplicated and unnecessarily punishing (things like no ah or that it has a such a huge and complex skill tree and so little respec possibilities), I stopped playing when I started receiving XP penalities for deaths. NOPE, that's the 90's. Not even the first Diablo had that.

    Play Grim Dawn instead.    … Expand
  63. aprosopos
    Sep 19, 2018
    10
    this game is the best rpg game atm. it has so much content .no pay to win. free for all . it requires skillfull player in order to do end game content which makes it not dull and boring.
  64. Gugap
    Sep 18, 2018
    10
    Amazing free to play action role-playing game that easily beats its main competitor Diablo 3 and is more of a successor to the amazing Diablo 2 than Diablo 3 is.
    Game has huge amounts of content with focus on endgame, which is where the game really shines.
    Player has endless amounts of possibilities of how to build and play his character and the game is simply heaven for theorycrafters.    Amazing free to play action role-playing game that easily beats its main competitor Diablo 3 and is more of a successor to the amazing Diablo 2 than Diablo 3 is.
    Game has huge amounts of content with focus on endgame, which is where the game really shines.
    Player has endless amounts of possibilities of how to build and play his character and the game is simply heaven for theorycrafters. The developers release major content updates every ~3 months and those updates are usually really significant and give a new spin to the game so its fun to revisit and create a new character even for seasoned players.

    Only cons I would point out is bad trading system (although it improved abit in the recent years with the presence of poe.trade).    … Expand
  65. DarkBee
    Jun 23, 2018
    10
    The work of the independent studio Grinding Gear Games from New Zealand has long attracted the attention of players, and those who made their way to the closed beta test, said that the Path of Exile is even more interesting than Diablo 3. Now that the open beta test has started, it can check anyone who wants. The entertainment program is familiar: choosing a hero (marauder, archer,The work of the independent studio Grinding Gear Games from New Zealand has long attracted the attention of players, and those who made their way to the closed beta test, said that the Path of Exile is even more interesting than Diablo 3. Now that the open beta test has started, it can check anyone who wants. The entertainment program is familiar: choosing a hero (marauder, archer, templar, duelist, shadow or witch) you go to fight with Evil, that is, click on the numerous enemies. When inventory is packed with trophies dropped from them, you have to open a portal to the city where you can sell unnecessary, buy the right one, and also get a quest from characters that are shouting exclamation marks over their heads.
    The scheme is familiar, but the Path of Exile is clearly not a simple clone of Diablo: there are enough original ideas in it. Take at least a role-playing system. Characteristics of the hero - strength, intelligence and dexterity, indicators of different types of damage and protection - grow automatically, but with the skills of things are more interesting. Each class has more than a thousand passive skills. Having reached a new level, the player receives a point, which can be acquired skill from a certain group. For example, a duelist starts with skills that increase the speed and effectiveness of attacks with blades, and the witch from those that increase mana regeneration and spell power. And nothing prevents you from moving freely from one group to another, regardless of the specialization of the character. For example, a Templar, being a hybrid class, makes a bet on both strength and intellect. Immediately there will be a dilemma - to pump his elemental spells, moving further in the magical direction, or develop attacks with weapons, and then the ability to own a shield?

     
    It is planned that in the future guilds or groups of players will pay for the creation of their own leagues with special rules of the game
    For active skills, there are no developmental branches. You do not even know what abilities are available to the hero, because they depend on the precious stones that you find or receive as a reward - they need to be inserted into the corresponding in color slot on the weapon or armor. To each class stones with thematic abilities drop out more often. A witch, for example, will immediately get a blue gem with fireball. Given that at any time it is allowed to replace one stone with another, you have a huge freedom of choice when and on what ability to bet. By the way, stones also get experience in combat, which increases the power of abilities. The point of preservation is not only cities, but also portals, with which you can quickly navigate between open locations
    Trade in the Path of Exile is based on the principle of exchange - instead of gold or another currency, scrolls and artifacts that change the properties of weapons and equipment are used. If you give something valuable, you will immediately get a powerful artifact. Cheap junk can be exchanged at best for part of the artifact. But if you accumulate more trash and fuse everything at once, there is a chance to get something useful. And here you have a choice: regularly get rid of unnecessary things or accumulate them for profitable exchange. This is unusual for the Path of Exile. As in any part of Diablo, you can play in two modes: normal and hardcore, where the death of the character is irreversible. The trick is that the hero who died in hardcore mode does not disappear, but becomes available in the usual mode. Consequently, one can not worry that after the death of the hero, the objects and abilities that have been extracted will disappear without a trace. Many active skills only work with certain types of weapons
    To effectively deal with serious and numerous enemies, we recommend joining any party. In every big city there is a message board where you can see the list of available lots and determine the location where they are. The game is implemented and PvP. Some NPCs offer teleportation to special locations, where you can take part in a duel with another player of about the same level (the winner is determined on the basis of several rounds) or team to team. However, while Path of Exile does not bet on battles between players. Another interesting point is that the heroes and most enemies have an energy shield. Before damaging health, it is necessary to eliminate this barrier, and its effectiveness can be increased through special subjects and passive skills. Finally, the game is a curious system of potions. Do not clog inventory with a dozen red and blue bottles. At the start you are given a few bottles of reusable use. When you use them to regenerate health or mana, the amount of potion decreases. But it is restored with every killed enemy. It is possible to squander the reserves only in battle with a really strong opponent. As you pass, there will be more capacious bottles that give all sorts of additional effects    … Expand
  66. dryerlaw
    Jun 14, 2018
    10
    Latecomer here.

    There is so much content in this game, it's staggering. Literally thousands of skills permutations to try out with the gems system. And so many world events to maximize replayability. Diablo 3 RoS felt unfinished compared to this.
  67. gracjanski
    May 3, 2018
    7
    In my view it is very helpful to implement something into a game, that is unique and complex, because you will have fun for a lot of time and discover more and more effectivity. And in PoE it is complex to build your character: You need to manage passive skills in a skill tree and active skills with gems. Both are free for all classes, so you need to choose intelligently. In addition thereIn my view it is very helpful to implement something into a game, that is unique and complex, because you will have fun for a lot of time and discover more and more effectivity. And in PoE it is complex to build your character: You need to manage passive skills in a skill tree and active skills with gems. Both are free for all classes, so you need to choose intelligently. In addition there are a lot of items to find and to choose. Forget Diablo 2 or even 3. Here are better game mechanics: you can have several active skills, in diablos 2 you took 2-3 and played with them. There is one gameplay mechanic, that kills my motivation for this game, it is the instance duration of 8-15 minutes. When you enter your own instance, get back to town for selling items after this duration and want to come back to your instance, it will not work, the instance is gone and you have to play the instance again -> grind. Big problem is, that you need many identification rolls and for that you need to sell a lot of items, so you need to return to the town and get back to your instance.
    There are more good things to write about this game. Nowadays it has 10 acts and finally you can play in various languages. The texts are not so easy to understand, so my english wouldn´t be enough. The localization should have been much earlier, but this is why I play all the games much later than after the release of the base game: they re ready then. You can see it here too, many negative reviews are old and from the beginning.
    The quests are bit more variable than in Diablo 2, that is of course fun too.
    Graphics and Sound are great. Especially I like to read the text in my language and to hear the voices in original language.
    The story sounds interesting, but the presentation is boring and this is the biggest weakness of the game: it lacks some videos or cinematics. In addition there is no manual, that helps you to get into the game world. There is a good wiki in internet, but it is only in english, russian and french. In the wiki there are too many information for the beginning and maybe spoilers.    … Expand
  68. RagingPoet
    Mar 21, 2018
    9
    Ultimate successor of Diablo 2, PoE has unlimited replay value with new challenge leagues every several months (a.k.a. ladders), competitive speedrun events and constant flow of updates and new content.

    Pros: + Huge amount of distinct content: 10 Acts instead of usual "4 acts with 3 difficulties" structure + Complex itemization, crafting and skill systems + Challenge leagues allow    Ultimate successor of Diablo 2, PoE has unlimited replay value with new challenge leagues every several months (a.k.a. ladders), competitive speedrun events and constant flow of updates and new content.

    Pros:
    + Huge amount of distinct content: 10 Acts instead of usual "4 acts with 3 difficulties" structure
    + Complex itemization, crafting and skill systems
    + Challenge leagues allow all players to start on an equal footing
    + It's free and is not pay-to-win

    Cons:
    - No auction or trading house, just direct player-to-player trading
    - Slightly worse graphics and optimization than in other aRPGs    … Expand
  69. Klewer
    Jan 14, 2018
    10
    Looking for something more modern in a Diablo 2 mold, I thought this might be worth a try. Didn't have high hopes being a free-to-play, but it is very impressive. While quite different to a Diablo II, it creates it's own systems that really work and draw you in. F2P model is great, you can actually play it for free and not notice. Any fan of an ARPG must play this.
  70. Bullzz
    Dec 7, 2017
    3
    hi, habe Path of exile jahrelang am Radar gehabt und hab jetzt mal bis Akt 3 angefangen zu spielen ... hab vorher D1 D2 D3 titanquest und co gespielt also ich mag den Stuff eigentlich.

    Was mich am meisten gestört hat und warum ich aufhöre .. ich bin Akt 3 und hab keine Ahnung von der Story. Diese Piety da rennt immer davon vor mir und blockiert meine Wege. Wollte so ne Story wie in    hi, habe Path of exile jahrelang am Radar gehabt und hab jetzt mal bis Akt 3 angefangen zu spielen ... hab vorher D1 D2 D3 titanquest und co gespielt also ich mag den Stuff eigentlich.

    Was mich am meisten gestört hat und warum ich aufhöre .. ich bin Akt 3 und hab keine Ahnung von der Story. Diese Piety da rennt immer davon vor mir und blockiert meine Wege. Wollte so ne Story wie in Diablo 3 erleben wenigstens mit Ingame Animationen und nicht x millionen texte bei den NPCs durchlesen. Videos alla Blizzard würde ich gar nicht erwarten bei dem Budget.

    Mit den Gegenständen bin ich auch nicht so warm geworden ... beim Händler kann ich nicht gleichzeitig verkaufen und kaufen und auch Gegenstände anlegen währendem ich am Verkaufsbildschirm war ging nicht. War sehr nervig weil einfach unnötig. Die Gems und co ... fand ich interessant .. ich konnte nie auf den ersten Blick sagen ob das ein Unterstützungsgem oder ein Fähigkeitengem ist... und ob ich in überhaupt kombinieren kann. ( Vielleicht war ich auch einfach zu doof ) ..

    Mir kam auch nicht vor das ich stärker werde über die Akte .. in Diablo 3 sieht man den Damage den macht.. und wieviel Hp die Monster haben ... die machen es dort sehr Gut das man merkt wieviel man stärker durch nen neuen Gegenstand geworden ist. Ich hab mit nem 2 Hand Kolbenbarbar fast alles bis auf Bosse onehitet.

    Wo der nächste Punkt wäre. Hab auf Hc gespielt .. und es war zu leicht. Fast alles onehit ... hätte gerne mehr Herausforderung gehabt das der Schwierigkeitsgrad einstellbar wäre mit besseren Loot ... ( wink zu Diablo 3 die das super hinbekommen haben. Jeder kann den Schwierigskeitsgrad einstellen wie er will )

    Was ich selber nicht mitbekommen habe nur gelesen habe ist das man ab akt5 wieder in den alten Akten unterwegs ist. Wenn das so stimmt ... wäre das zuviel Recycling für mich gewesen.    … Expand
  71. UncleEd
    Nov 30, 2017
    9
    I had very high expectations for this game as it was always referred to as the game Diablo sequels should have been. Path of Exile managed to lived up to my expectations, it is, however, hot as good as the original Diablo. Dinosaurs of gaming have fond memories of Diablo, regardless of what they think of the ARPGs of modern gaming. What made Diablo special was the atmosphere, not reallyI had very high expectations for this game as it was always referred to as the game Diablo sequels should have been. Path of Exile managed to lived up to my expectations, it is, however, hot as good as the original Diablo. Dinosaurs of gaming have fond memories of Diablo, regardless of what they think of the ARPGs of modern gaming. What made Diablo special was the atmosphere, not really the looting system. Blizzard back then was a very respected developer and it was almost for granted that each Blizzard game will become a masterpiece. Blizzard chose a different path later on and imho became a company focused on how they can make profit from gamers.

    Leaving Blizzard aside, Path of Exile adopts the atmosphere of Diablo 1 rather well. It is not as scary, you also don't feel the despair as you go deeper into dungeons but it does have a pretty good atmosphere regardless. PoE does miracles in the department of sound/voice and the graphics are pretty good also. It has arguably the most impressive skill tree in the history of pc gaming and adding the fact that you can unlock new game modes and continue with your character, you can easily spend hundreds of hours on Path of Exile. And the game is for free... This alone makes me respect the developers enormously. Here is a superb Action RPG, with hundreds of hours of possible gameplay time and not even remotely pay-to-play. So if we talk about value, Path of Exile beats the **** out of almost every game.

    On the negative side, firstly, the genre itself :) I am not a fan of looting&grinding based ARPGs and for me boredom after a period is inevitable. Silver and Darkstone (aside from Diablo and Path of Exile) are the only games from this genre that I really like, both of which being very underrated. Also, although the writing for the NPCs is pretty good, the story not so much.

    In short, if you are into Action RPGs, do not miss Path of Exile. If you are not into this genre that much, give it a go anyway. Perhaps it will teach you to think twice next time you pre-order a game on full price and waste your hard earned cash.    … Expand
  72. FNBosquim
    Oct 15, 2017
    9
    Nota: 9/10

    Este jogo me surpreendeu, baixei o Path of Exile só pq era grátis, mas fui jogando e gostei. O que chamou a atenção, além das habilidades muito bem ambientadas, foi a forma de poderes (ataques e defesas) que não tinha visto em nenhum outro RPG. O jogo possui muito mais que aparenta. Eu precisei estudar tutorias para conhecer forma de criar itens, drops e até técnicas para    Nota: 9/10

    Este jogo me surpreendeu, baixei o Path of Exile só pq era grátis, mas fui jogando e gostei.
    O que chamou a atenção, além das habilidades muito bem ambientadas, foi a forma de poderes (ataques e defesas) que não tinha visto em nenhum outro RPG. O jogo possui muito mais que aparenta. Eu precisei estudar tutorias para conhecer forma de criar itens, drops e até técnicas para cada ocasião. vale a pena conferir e game.

    Contra:
    Conseguir um SET (armadura / equipamentos) é muito difícil, não só pelos atributos, mas precisa ter os encaixes certos para colocar os benditos poderes que tinha comentado logo acima. Quando nós acha um item bom, aqueles itens que se encontra 1 só por dia, nós se depara que tal item não vai servir para o personagem, podendo guardá-lo para usar em outro personagem ou jogar fora... isso mesmo, joga fora pois trocar algo é muito complicado. A falta de um mercado é a reclamação mais expressiva.
    Outra coisa que quero comentar é o preço de itens e customização de jogo vendido que são absurdamente caras. Queria comprar espaço no baú, para guardar mais coisas, mas para isso eu precisa desembolsar R$ 150,00... o_O. Nem vou falar o preço para comprar um set completo no jogo.    … Expand
  73. mijxero
    Oct 2, 2017
    7
    POE is a game that has three things you must get past before you can git gud. Skill, gear, and build. POE had a very diverse skill tree allowing for interesting builds, interesting items and challenging bosses. It is a good challenging game. If you are new though, the gear can be an issue. It doesn't really progress as you level and without grinding a lot, you won't have the currencyPOE is a game that has three things you must get past before you can git gud. Skill, gear, and build. POE had a very diverse skill tree allowing for interesting builds, interesting items and challenging bosses. It is a good challenging game. If you are new though, the gear can be an issue. It doesn't really progress as you level and without grinding a lot, you won't have the currency to buy or change gear drops. Around 70 average gear is really no longer passable. Random mobs will have enchants like "strong crits" and will simply one-shot you if you don't have the right items/build. It takes research and creativity. It teeters between challenging and unfair. D3 can feel too easy and this can feel too hard, so the choice is yours. I can't give this a low score because I have really enjoyed the difficulty, the art, story, gameplay, but that difficulty can really be a gut-punch if you don't look up guides.… Expand
  74. wrongpassword
    Sep 29, 2017
    8
    This is a pretty good ARPG with a steep unforgiving learning curve. It is nearly mandatory to play this multiplayer as difficulty spikes from various bosses make this more or less impossible to beat without other players. Most builds will rely on only two type of attacks and maybe one skill to increase mobility. Having a clear idea about what you want to build and what gear you need isThis is a pretty good ARPG with a steep unforgiving learning curve. It is nearly mandatory to play this multiplayer as difficulty spikes from various bosses make this more or less impossible to beat without other players. Most builds will rely on only two type of attacks and maybe one skill to increase mobility. Having a clear idea about what you want to build and what gear you need is also required to make it to the end game. The currency system is pure bartering, making selling and trading items a bit of a guessing game. Online play can also have lag, especially at peak times. Still, if you can get past the eccentricities, the game can be surprisingly deep. Unique items and highly varied skills create a huge variety of viable builds, making battles into fascinating spectacles.… Expand
  75. night4
    Sep 18, 2017
    4
    Other red reviews have covered the specifics very well, but I'll restate the important ones:

    -Trading is AIDS
    -The community is half AIDS
    -The lag is AIDS
  76. Samfortal
    Sep 3, 2017
    5
    The game is really enjoyable, but the lack of auction house and the overcrowd chinese players abusing from bots selling unique itens on game, makes you have sure there a lot of things wrong there. There are even rumors about the company having profit from the black chinese market, allowing then to freely operate inside. Please, put auction house in game, stop this flipped non sense economy.
  77. Vusha
    Aug 30, 2017
    9
    This is the current peak of ARPG's, look no further. It will shake you to your core and make you come back asking for more. It is visually well engineered and pleasantly dark in its concept. The skill tree contain more possible combinations than can be put in numbers. The Storyline creates a harsh reality that feels both alive and magical. You may play this game for a thousand hours andThis is the current peak of ARPG's, look no further. It will shake you to your core and make you come back asking for more. It is visually well engineered and pleasantly dark in its concept. The skill tree contain more possible combinations than can be put in numbers. The Storyline creates a harsh reality that feels both alive and magical. You may play this game for a thousand hours and still not get bored. I can boast having enjoyed Path of Exile for 400 hours and... I keep coming back asking for more.… Expand
  78. rodericrinehart
    Aug 7, 2017
    9
    Obviously, this is an ARPG for fans of Diablo III, Torchlight II, and many others. But it is FREE (legit F2P), and equals Diablo 3 in quality in almost every way. Huge community, playerbase, and continued support makes you feel good about playing it. It was a lot of fun, and I'm sure I will return to it again, and again.
  79. Noxious
    Aug 2, 2017
    10
    At this point, it has surpassed Diablo 2 even as the greatest ARPG game of all time. It's truly amazing, great fun, intelligent, addicting, and the economy/crafting system is as good as it gets.
  80. Rosenbajger
    Jun 25, 2017
    10
    Extensive and fun MMORPG game for our time, although it is free to play, is better than other big companies (Blizzard). Nice graphics, nice game mechanics, new arrivals, new games, great game for PoE Orbs. It is worth adding information about the new Fall of Oriath add-on that will double the PoE content. For all beginners players I recommend reading the PoE Orbs guideExtensive and fun MMORPG game for our time, although it is free to play, is better than other big companies (Blizzard). Nice graphics, nice game mechanics, new arrivals, new games, great game for PoE Orbs. It is worth adding information about the new Fall of Oriath add-on that will double the PoE content. For all beginners players I recommend reading the PoE Orbs guide
    https://odealo.com/articles/path-of-exile-beginners-guide-to-orbs

    With a clear conscience I'm setting a 10/10 rating, because until now PoE is setting standards    … Expand
  81. Paoz
    Jun 4, 2017
    3
    As defined by the distribution of the reviews, either you like the game or not.
    I am a long time Diablo fan, from D1 to our days ... Hack&Slash (ARPGs) is a genre that either you love or you hate, because you find it repetitive, so my review will be from the side of a genre-lover, not a hater.
    The story is crap... but as always, nobody cares about the story in ARPGs, decent music/sound    As defined by the distribution of the reviews, either you like the game or not.
    I am a long time Diablo fan, from D1 to our days ... Hack&Slash (ARPGs) is a genre that either you love or you hate, because you find it repetitive, so my review will be from the side of a genre-lover, not a hater.
    The story is crap... but as always, nobody cares about the story in ARPGs, decent music/sound effects, D2-like revamped graphics (yeah ... ok ... but this is 2017, not 2007) ... but let's talk about the game pros and cons:

    Honestly, after 1 week of gameplay and about 30 hours on it, i can only find 2 good points about the game ... first is the absence of a primary currency (no golds or whatever money you name) and the fact that build/characters/classes are not linear and can be built in whatever way you want, making the game hyper customizable.

    The cons are reeeeally to many. The story is really short ... ok, you don't look at the story ... but it's really short ... so is the content that is available to be grinded.
    Too many stats, none are easy to be understood. Loot sucks, you drop too many trash items, too many secondary currencies ... so many things that must be learned about the game to be played in a good way .... and so we come to the main flaw of this game: IF YOU ARE A NEW PLAYER, BE READY TO WASTE THE FIRST X HOURS OF THE GAME ... because nobody is going to somehow guide you towards leveling your first character in a good way, you will waste passive points like eating candies ... i'm tired of writing this **** 3/10 is even too high for this game, iet's say 3/10 just for trying to be a good D2 sequel, but overcomplicated stuff is not going to work, in the long run.
    Props: it's pretty much F2P, but botting is everywhere.    … Expand
  82. destinyfan1
    May 10, 2017
    9
    possibly one of the best rpg's ever , why because its free , if it was 40 euros i would have gave an 8
    The game has nice enemies and a huge skilltree , graphics are ok and story aswell,sometimes i have a few technical issues but those are ignorable
    You can easy spend 50 hours in this game buuuuut it gets a little bit repetive after a while
    Great overall , actually an 8 but its free so a 9
  83. gopit
    May 4, 2017
    9
    The game is pretty much awesome but when you leveling your fourth char through every difficulty it becomes annoying to complete all those quests for the twelfth time.
  84. LaBouleMagique
    Apr 20, 2017
    9
    Not your typical F2P game. This is a company (Grinding Gear Games) who are devoted to their players. The game literally can be played, for free, without you being hindered in any way shape or form. Every skill, item, level, difficulty, everything is open. The cash shop is all cosmetic stuff (and its awesome).

    The depth of the game is fantastic, and no two builds are ever the same! I    Not your typical F2P game. This is a company (Grinding Gear Games) who are devoted to their players. The game literally can be played, for free, without you being hindered in any way shape or form. Every skill, item, level, difficulty, everything is open. The cash shop is all cosmetic stuff (and its awesome).

    The depth of the game is fantastic, and no two builds are ever the same! I highly recommend checking out the forums. Experienced players have wrote some fantastic guides for the passive tree and how to build a succesful character.

    Ignore the comments such as "everyone uses the same op build" or "same op skills" because it couldn't be further from the truth. Go look for yourself, check out the leaderboards and there is a massive array of skills and builds that people have succesfully used.

    The only negative point i have to say is, ingame trade could have been done better, HOWEVER, a website that is now widely used http://poe.xyz.is/ solves the trading spam and is fantastic for finding the items you need. So i guess that could take away half a negative point? :P    … Expand
  85. justanhonestguy
    Feb 25, 2017
    7
    love/hate. Very good game that can be quite frustrating if one encounters connection problems that cripple the buzz. High quality and enjoyable game with painful pitfalls . i die only to lag or outright stupidity on my part, but way more due to lag. i have countless hours of fun with this game. painful lately to to nagging connection problems.
  86. knownsentent
    Jan 25, 2017
    10
    i love the game but i need a better computer to run most of the game and most of my bilds it does suck only haveing 384 mb of graphics i need to get a new compter otherwise its a good game and yes ive been playing this game at 1-15 fps some times crashing or the game freezes up and becomes unplayable keep up the work ggg keep doing what is necessary to improve the gaming experience for all users
  87. Zigwiz13
    Nov 18, 2016
    10
    The skill tree of this game is amazing all the possibilities and builds you can do are amazing. The game takes a lot of memory and updates are frequent but its free to play.
  88. theirrelephants
    Sep 6, 2016
    9
    This game is basically what Diablo 3 should have been. I really shouldn't need to say anything else. If you enjoyed the diablo series by blizzard, you will like PoE. If you didn't, you won't.
  89. ZerotuL
    Sep 5, 2016
    9
    I would like to mention all the "negative" stuff people complain about and oppose them.
    1. Trading. Yeah, you don't have a comfortable auction here that spoils economy and almost killed Diablo 3. There are 3rd party trade websites and macros that makes it easier to sell or buy things. I prefer building my character myself rather than just buying all the needed gear instantly as soon as i    I would like to mention all the "negative" stuff people complain about and oppose them.
    1. Trading. Yeah, you don't have a comfortable auction here that spoils economy and almost killed Diablo 3. There are 3rd party trade websites and macros that makes it easier to sell or buy things. I prefer building my character myself rather than just buying all the needed gear instantly as soon as i can afford it. Back in 90-s and 00-s there were no auction at all and still those hs were awesome. BTW barter system looks more efficient than plain gold, not mentioning that currency in POE is also a crafting material.
    2. Leveling. Yeah it's pretty boring playing same locations 3 times to reach endgame....but most rpgs games works the same way. The replay-ability is supported by new leagues with unique mechanics every 3-4 month and new addon every 6 month. Worth mentioning that leveling is pretty fast.
    3. Desync: Desync isn't an issue anymore. One can find servers all over the world with 50ms ping or even less. GGG also added 2 options to predictavoid desync.
    4.Graphics: have you ever seen popular mmorpg with top graphics and millions of people playing it? Maybe just few huge titles. POE is oriented on people having different specs and where it lacks graphics it compensate with art and style. Just watch addon trailers on their website-dark fantasy everywhere. I prefer weaker graphics to a better style. Anyway the graphics isn't that bad. Look at Diablo. Just press escape and look at the character model-it looks like Pinocchio made by blind carpenter. Graphics is something tertiary when we talk about good game. Animation isn't state of art but it far from causing eyesbleed.
    5. Performance: It was a weak spot for quiet a while but not an issue anymore. A bunch of optimizations were made and now the game can run on any calculator.

    Story: the manner the story is told reminds me Dark souls. You need to seek for details, read item descriptions, listen to dialogues. Dark fantasy fans are happy about it.
    Music is awesome, sounds are decent.

    Roleplaying:
    This is a bread and butter of the game. You aren't limited to your class. want to be tanky magician with a shield-here you go. Whant to be brutal barbarian that summons pets-not a problem. Wanna be ranger(that usually starts with bow) that fists everything backhandedly-you are welcome. See the build list of any class on Poe forum. You will find few dozens of different guides, some of which looks impossible but works perfectly.

    You can make a build around one item or synergy of items. You can make a build based on a unique flask, unique gloves prefix or a node in your skilltree.

    Skill system is smth unique.Some of the negative reviewers said that you use one button to kill everything. Yeah, there are build with press to kill everything on the scree, but most of the builds(and this depends on you) requires single target skill, aoe skill, damage boosting skill or defense boosting skill, save-your- donkey skill, charges generating skills, warcries, utility skill etc.

    POE is a hardcore game in many aspects. You can't respec freely at any moment of time. You need to use special currency to refund one skill point. In this case full respec will cost a pretty penny and that makes you think, plan and change things carefully. Free full respecs are given when new big patch arrives.    … Expand
  90. Jugalator
    Aug 28, 2016
    9
    Offering a well thought out and deep Action RPG at the price point of free, where merely cosmetic changes and increased stash space (from an already generous size) comes at a small cost, this game is hard to miss for an ARPG fan.

    It is reminding me more of Diablo 2 than Diablo 3 does, with its gloomy atmosphere that embraces theorycrafting thanks to its depth and skill combinations.    Offering a well thought out and deep Action RPG at the price point of free, where merely cosmetic changes and increased stash space (from an already generous size) comes at a small cost, this game is hard to miss for an ARPG fan.

    It is reminding me more of Diablo 2 than Diablo 3 does, with its gloomy atmosphere that embraces theorycrafting thanks to its depth and skill combinations. Unfortunately, even the game's downside with no purpose-built trading system other than chat does.

    Performance with server desync glitches and subpar framerate have been reported but I have so far not experienced any desyncs and there is a major patch to substantially improve framerates in testing. Having said that, playing in 1080p with a Geforce GTX 970 level graphics card is not a problem at all like usual, so this should not be a huge issue for anything close to modern systems.    … Expand
  91. Barby
    Aug 16, 2016
    8
    This RPG kept me thinking for months, too many ways to make your desired character. Exchangeable active skills are limited by Dexterity, Intelligence or Strength, that drives us to the amazing passives skill constellation, But probably the best is that there is no money, all is useful to trade or craft, that leaves us to the crafting system, one of the few games in which crafting is notThis RPG kept me thinking for months, too many ways to make your desired character. Exchangeable active skills are limited by Dexterity, Intelligence or Strength, that drives us to the amazing passives skill constellation, But probably the best is that there is no money, all is useful to trade or craft, that leaves us to the crafting system, one of the few games in which crafting is not only useful, but mandatory, making currency worth even on end-game. The only flaw it has (and that is the reason I’ve leave even when I like it a lot), is that it hasn’t offline mode, I really like to play alone sometimes, or mod my game, and it is impossible in this kind of online games.… Expand
  92. HerschelGold
    Aug 4, 2016
    10
    The only big problem I ever had with the game, desync, has been fixed and now I can't think of any complaints that don't come down to personal preferance.

    I highly recommend playing this game in hardcore mode for maximum enjoyment.
  93. DeyvsonCaliman
    Jul 25, 2016
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No doubt Diablo was a revolutionary game, create an entire style of games Diablo II is even more famous, but after it everyone was waiting for the new addictive dungeon crawler that would be able to keep its legacy. I have to say that not only Path of Exile is good enough for that, but was the best game I played in this style. The incredible amount of builds we can do, the skill allocation method, importance of equipment synergy gave this game great depth.

    I have some issues with its story, but the story was never the hallmark of those games. This was one of the games I played the most in my life, I just kept creating characters and playing it again. Not to mention the game is free to play and its cash shop doesn't give any special advantage to any player. I hope they find the energy to make a sequel, maybe selling it this time, so they could put even more energy into it.    … Expand
  94. dexxer
    Jul 5, 2016
    10
    Path of Exile is definitely NOT a Diablo copy. The game we've got here was released 3 years ago and still keeps growing fast. A lot of expansions are being released along with lots of new stuff that keep entertaining all of us.
  95. mindbeefCR
    Jun 23, 2016
    9
    Es un gran juego entretiene bastante y lo mejor es gratis
    Cuenta con una gran comunidad y un constante actualizacion de parches, algo que me encanta es su gran parecido a diablo 3.
    Algo genial tambien son la temporadas que agregan con objetivos en especifico lo cual si lo logras tienes recives premios.
  96. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    8
    Imagine yourself exiled to a grimdark fantasy Australia where nothing stays dead and you start with a rusty sword or a driftwood club or the like. Welcome to Wraeclast, land of darkness, crappy loot and addictive, ARPG gameplay. To some, Path of Exile is merely regarded as the anti-Diablo 3. While it is true that it takes a very different route in the evolutionary path of the ARPG, to callImagine yourself exiled to a grimdark fantasy Australia where nothing stays dead and you start with a rusty sword or a driftwood club or the like. Welcome to Wraeclast, land of darkness, crappy loot and addictive, ARPG gameplay. To some, Path of Exile is merely regarded as the anti-Diablo 3. While it is true that it takes a very different route in the evolutionary path of the ARPG, to call it a better game, or a worse one, or even the "real Diablo 3" all fail to accurately describe it, though that being said the similarities to Diablo 2 are noticable, down to minute details like the scrolling NPC dialogue boxes and the translucent map overlay. In terms of combat difficulty Path of Exile is actually roughly analogous to Diablo 3. Where it greatly defers in its character progression. Where in Diablo 3 you unlock skills and passives in a linear fashion and can swap them around freely, Path of Exile has a unique, wide-open and very daunting system based around active skill gems and web of passive skills. I was actually scared away from the game at first simply because I didn't think I had the smarts for it. Path of Exile defies several common mechanics of Diablolikes. There is no limited item durability, but most uniquely there is no money: items are instead traded for crafting ingredients, with scraps of identify scrolls representing the lowest denomination of value. Each of the game's seven character classes have no actual abilities- these are instead tied to the skill gems, which in the style of Final Fantasy's materia crystals are slotted into color-matched slots on your gear, all of which has at least one of these slots. None of these gems are dependent on class but they are dependent on one of only three core stats: strength, dexterity or intelligence, each color coded and tied to an elemental damage type, fire, ice or lightning. Equipment drops you find will usually be of the lowest quality (anther contrast with Diablo 3, which in its current state makes a point of giving you good, class-flavored equipment drops), but any piece of equipment can be modified to a usable state using crafting items- that being said, you will eventually be required to do this as the ratio of good quality, level-appropriate drops starts out ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and only gets worse as you progress, and it will frustrate you. Potions are not stacked the disposable ton but are equipment unto themselves, slotted into your belt with random stats of their own, and charged by defeating enemies- making Path of Exile the only ARPG I know of to have legendary-quality potion bottles! By far the most interesting feature is the skill tree, which is really more of a skill spider web, with all passive abilities earned in the game tied to nodes on the web. Each of the seven classes begins at a certain point on this web near nodes flavored to them, but each can eventually be built in virtually any way you want, to use any weapons, gear and skill gems in the game. Your character does not gain attribute points automatically on a level up, merely a single skill point, which can be spent on a +10 boost to an attribute or something flashier, like attack speed, life drain. The web is laid out as sort of a highway with exits leading to cul-de-sacs, which often contain powerful capstone passives that add things like 20% faster mana regen, but require an investment of skill points to unlock the nodes leading to them. You will need to strike a balance between raising your stats and obtaining critical passive skills. This is where the hidden challenge of the game comes in, though: while virtually any build works just fine for Normal difficulty, on higher ones the game outright punishes you for any poor build choices, though thankfully respecs are plentiful enough that you have at least some room to experiment. I have played through each of the classes at least once, on Normal difficulty, as the game follows the Diablo 2 style progression where beating the game on one difficulty allows you to progress to then next in a linear fashion. I found myself enjoying each in their own way, but found myself most comfortable using a Duelist (the strength/dexterity hybrid class) built for fast, hard attacks with two-handed swords. For a free game, the depth of customization, quality of music, sound and voice work, the developer's commitment to non-pay-to-win cash shop items and the overall quality of the game in general is remarkable. The game has received a number of large content updates since launch, all free, including end-game random dungeon generation, a number of NPC crafters with reputation missions, and most notably an entire fourth story act bringing the game to a spectacular, blood-soaked conclusion. If you love ARPGs but perhaps crave more stat-crunching, min-maxing, and build challenge then Diablo 3 can provide, Path of Exile may be just what you're looking for. For me, it offered exactly what I loved most about Diablo 3- non-stop, click-mashing action in a dark fantasy universe with plenty of zombies, skeletons, monsters, misshapen horrors and some truly despicable villains I could really, really hate. Take a journey into nightmare, and walk the Path of Exile with me. You won't regret it.… Expand
  97. poisonedocean
    Jun 13, 2016
    10
    As a dungeon-crawler veteran and enthusiast, PoE is the game that this category deserved, and was waiting since Diablo 2.
    It has its flaws to certain eyes, ok. But this is how a 10/10 free2play game should look like.
    It's a slap in the face of Blizzard and this greedy market full of bad habits. GGG team made a top notch game, rewarding, with infinity replayability and fun as f***. For    As a dungeon-crawler veteran and enthusiast, PoE is the game that this category deserved, and was waiting since Diablo 2.
    It has its flaws to certain eyes, ok. But this is how a 10/10 free2play game should look like.
    It's a slap in the face of Blizzard and this greedy market full of bad habits. GGG team made a top notch game, rewarding, with infinity replayability and fun as f***.
    For free. Free. In the most true sense of word: free.

    I'm sorry for the comparison, but If only Diablo 3 was as half as good...    … Expand
  98. bargros
    May 6, 2016
    8
    I started playing Path of Exile because Diablo 3 was such utter crap, but to my surprise I actually found it worthy to call it the closest to Diablo 2, may even be a successor in the future, honestly it was fun to play and it does have a similar feel to d2, the only problem I have with the game is the massive drop in fps due to the algorithms the developers implemented where theyI started playing Path of Exile because Diablo 3 was such utter crap, but to my surprise I actually found it worthy to call it the closest to Diablo 2, may even be a successor in the future, honestly it was fun to play and it does have a similar feel to d2, the only problem I have with the game is the massive drop in fps due to the algorithms the developers implemented where they instantiate more than 1 object all at once in the same spot, I mean they could do better, way better but still they have time and the game is good overall, nothing bad to add.… Expand
  99. dd31879
    Apr 13, 2016
    9
    I find PoE to be a very fun experience over all.

    1. Trading. Recent events in the game have made trading easy. If you have premium stash tabs, the ones that allow you to change their names and colors, then you can now change a tab to what is now known as a "public" tab. This kind of tab will be indexed by the typical PoE store websites. You even get standard options on the tab like    I find PoE to be a very fun experience over all.

    1. Trading. Recent events in the game have made trading easy. If you have premium stash tabs, the ones that allow you to change their names and colors, then you can now change a tab to what is now known as a "public" tab. This kind of tab will be indexed by the typical PoE store websites. You even get standard options on the tab like listing a whole tab on a single price or listing each item price individually.

    2. Leveling. I find leveling in PoE to be very enjoyable especially when comparing it to something like Diablo 3 where it is stupidly tedious and feels more like you are dragging your feet through mud doing nothing important. In PoE its not like that at all. You get the feeling the whole time you are accomplishing things by leveling gems, leveling your character, allocating points, and such.

    3. Network Connectivity. In the past, back in its beta stages, There were a lot of disconnects and desyncing from even just fighting mobs. It is not the case anymore! Many changes have taken place with their updated netcode and more server locations.

    Now here is a negative.

    5. Labyrinth/Ascension. So with the new content expansion of Ascendancy came new class expansion options. Which is great! The problem is how to get them. You must complete the labyrinth. Why is that an issue? It is really overtuned and sometimes just stupid.

    Now I am not going to sugar coat anything. I play hardcore only, and as such a single death means thats it. Its all over. I have died in the labyrinth a total of 5 times leveling up and being over leveled. It wasn't the boss either that killed me he is ok now that they scaled him back a bit for those leveling up. It was traps in the labyrinth. The damage set too high and being all together in weird configurations that are unpassable even with movement skills.

    I got so frustrated with this single aspect of not being able to ascend my character I quit playing for a while. It is that bad. I feel like Ascendancy points being tied into weird unpredictable content like the labyrinth is wrong.    … Expand
  100. freimacher
    Apr 4, 2016
    9
    Path of Exile is the best diablo-style action rpg I've played since, well, diablo2. It has the dark theme and atmosphere, an interesting skill tree, and the devs took a risk trying something new by tying abilities to socket-able items and avoiding currency in favor of item exchange. It takes a while to get used to but it really works, and creates a different experience with each play through.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
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  1. RPGamer
    May 9, 2014
    100
    Grinding Gear Games has created something special here, and given it gratis to the world.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 11, 2014
    88
    Hack & slash games are addictive because they follow a simple formula: kill, kill and kill some more. Path of Exile is no different in this regard. During your quest in the perilous continent of Wraeclast you need to slay thousands and thousands of monsters but it never gets boring because there are a plenty of fresh ideas like the very vast skill system and barter-based economy that differentiate it from other similar games. But it's not a perfect game. The story is weak and the difficulty level is too low in the beginning. [Dec 2013]
  3. PC Gamer
    Jan 13, 2014
    84
    An exceptionally generous free-to-play action-rPG. What it lacks in punch it makes up for in depth and value for money.
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