Path of Exile

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2202 Ratings

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  1. NLForkNL
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Absolute beauty this one. Not even Metacritic can silence me here. Get wrecked.
  2. EduCLSS
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Path Of Exile no respeta ni siquiera los elementos básicos de un juego de rol. Al comenzar, te colocan un enemigo que lanza ataques aéreos y te mata al instante. Imagino que lo colocan para obligarte a comprar items de pago. Después de jugar 10 minutos, no quedan ganas de seguir jugando. Además, el entorno es más feo que pegarle a la mamá.
  3. TandarenZ
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Best ARPG on the market for years. PoE 2 will be much better than Diablo 4 too and still hold the #1 spot for sure. A downside is that if you want to push the game to its limits you have to use 3rd party sites/software/sources for information and stuff but I guess if you are that type of hardcore gamer it won't be a big deal anyway. Free to play makes it with no barrier of entry, open forBest ARPG on the market for years. PoE 2 will be much better than Diablo 4 too and still hold the #1 spot for sure. A downside is that if you want to push the game to its limits you have to use 3rd party sites/software/sources for information and stuff but I guess if you are that type of hardcore gamer it won't be a big deal anyway. Free to play makes it with no barrier of entry, open for anyone to try out.… Expand
  4. CptnKR4KEN
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    A phenomenal action RPG that has proved to be so much more than the "Diablo" clone that many accuse it of being. Path of Exile rewards you for learning its intricate systems and diverse combat systems with consistently enjoyable gameplay that will carry you through infinite playthroughs! How is this game free!?
  5. Udaff
    Sep 6, 2023
    10
    There are too many things that ruin the game:

    1.Trading: No trading system, items are offered via trade chat (about 100 per minute). Impossible to compare offers for a single item you are looking for. Furthermore, about 95% of these items are pure junk and overpriced. 2. Leveling: Leveling up a character becomes boring if you have to repeat the same areas 3 times before you    There are too many things that ruin the game:

    1.Trading:

    No trading system, items are offered via trade chat (about 100 per minute). Impossible to compare offers for a single item you are looking for. Furthermore, about 95% of these items are pure junk and overpriced.

    2. Leveling:

    Leveling up a character becomes boring if you have to repeat the same areas 3 times before you attempt what they call "end-game content".

    3. End game and rewards:

    That is running maps (with map levels from 66 up to 79) with a Bossmonster at the end of the map.That looks fine because we all know that Bossmonsters hold special rewards like cool Uniques or currency or even more maps. In fact, they drop crap. I ran lvl 77-78 maps with a guildmate who had an 400% increased chance to get rarer items for almost a week and got nothing valuable.

    4. Partying:

    see performance and technical issues

    5. Performance and technical issues:

    There are too many things ruining gameplay and have not been adressed as of now, one of the worst is desync. Loosing hours of playtime you have spend because your character dies and suffers a 10% XP penalty becaus the servers loose the exact position of your character and sends you back to a place where you had been a few seconds before isn't really fun. The official game forum is full of players complaining exactly this. And now, something funny: GGG declares this as a feature to prevent cheating.

    Partying sounds like fun, if you like dia-shows.Too many skills and character builds cause even high-end computers to drop down to a few frames when playing in a group.
    The last mini expansion "The Forsaken Masters" made it even worse.With this expansion players can have their own personal hideout, a place to rest or sort things in your stash, nothing special because this hideout is only a small tileset with a few objects like bricks or a wall or a few trees. Guess what happens to your framerate when entering your or other players hideout? But hey........you can
    decorate your personal hideout with hundreds of objects (of course you can buy them from GGG, but there are also free ones)....guess again what happens to your framerate and loading time ?
    I forgot weather effects. Yes, weather effects have been implemented to more and more areas over the last months although many players complain about framedrops in these areas.Instead of adding a chance to turn weather effects off via the options menue, they add even more.
    Opening the box....surprise, surprise......whats in the box? While running around you may find kind of a chest box, called strongbox.Introduced in the "Ambush league" a few months ago, you'll get ambushed by monsters when opening these boxes.Sounds funny, but.............many computers freeze for 1-2 secs while the game is loading the monsters. Click the Resurrect button and take the 10% XP penalty.    … Expand
  6. Injaw
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    Unplayable new league on ps5 freezes and disconnections. First time i see that
  7. hjikqfbiuqdbiqw
    Aug 24, 2023
    10
    PoE is easily the best arpg on the modern market. After the latest new AAA releases, its position just got stronger.
    You can try Titan Quest, Torchlight, Grim Dawn, D4, but none of it will even come close to the huge content PoE has as well as the most important things: Itemization, builds, progression and endgame content.
    This is a arpg for life.
  8. TheGvH
    Aug 22, 2023
    1
    Not new player friendly. The game does not do a good job of explaining its mechanics to new players. This can make it difficult to know what to do or where to go, and can lead to a lot of frustration.
    Requires research. In order to play Path of Exile effectively, you need to do a lot of research. This includes reading guides, watching videos, and experimenting with different builds. This    Not new player friendly. The game does not do a good job of explaining its mechanics to new players. This can make it difficult to know what to do or where to go, and can lead to a lot of frustration.
    Requires research. In order to play Path of Exile effectively, you need to do a lot of research. This includes reading guides, watching videos, and experimenting with different builds. This can be a lot of work, and it can take away from the fun of the game.
    Requires 3rd party guides. It is very difficult to advance in Path of Exile without using 3rd party guides. These guides provide detailed instructions on how to build your character, what skills to use, and what items to equip. This can be helpful, but it can also take away from the discovery aspect of the game.
    Could use more in-game guides. Path of Exile is a very complex game, and it would be helpful if there were more in-game guides to help players learn the basics. This would make the game more accessible to new players and would reduce the need for 3rd party guides.
    Overall, I would not recommend Path of Exile to new players. The game is simply not new player friendly. If you are a fan of complex ARPGs, then you may enjoy Path of Exile, but be prepared to do a lot of research and experimentation.    … Expand
  9. BlueSlime
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    This site wont let me post an actual review I get a 403 error for some reason.
  10. Koose
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    Bloated game with extremely outdated graphics. It's hard to understand the cult like following it has.
  11. Nevez
    Aug 10, 2023
    10
    + Replayable
    + Constant learning
    + Free
    + Passionate devs

    - Toxic community
    - Some nerfs may feel unwarranted at times
    - May be too complicated for new players.
  12. Bloodworks3
    Aug 6, 2023
    7
    Reasons I quit.
    Console needs all of the PC features. Additionally, CONSOLE ISSUES IGNORED by Devs even at EXILECON! Zero love for console players!
    1. No party finder (lonely) and buy/sell doesn't have enough filters (major issue). They should offer mods other than loot filter. No battle Royale either. 2. Endgame: crafting, maps, builds, delves, and the weird mini games are incredibly    Reasons I quit.
    Console needs all of the PC features. Additionally, CONSOLE ISSUES IGNORED by Devs even at EXILECON! Zero love for console players!

    1. No party finder (lonely) and buy/sell doesn't have enough filters (major issue). They should offer mods other than loot filter. No battle Royale either.
    2. Endgame: crafting, maps, builds, delves, and the weird mini games are incredibly confusing for new players especially if on console.
    3. Too easy to "brick" your character. Propper socketing is a nightmare. Respec too expensive. Console economy too expensive with low active player base & currency/item farmers. Unable to trade for build dependent items at reasonable prices (unlike PC). This makes farming kind of pointless & crafting exponentially more difficult.
    4. Too easy to get one shotted by random mobs and not know why.
    5. Video build guides entirely for PC and not console.
    6. Not new player friendly. Even after 350 hours I kept feeling lost.

    I hope POE 2 addresses these issues. Overall, game is far superior to Diablo 4.

    Try playing POE on console. Lack of players & gold/loot farmers makes many trades cost prohibitive. Which kinda ruins farming & requires way more ctafting. No group finder. No mods (except loot finder), limited build possibilities due to crap economy & controller. No Battle Royale. It sucks ballz.    … Expand
  13. tomarnocu
    Aug 3, 2023
    0
    poe seu lixo toma 0 por ser ruim kd poe 2? que quando aparecer já vai tomar um 0 igual diablo 4
  14. JayBarbar
    Aug 2, 2023
    9
    One of the best ARPGs out there, a must try. It has a large learning curve but if you’re okay with skill trees, you will be fine.
  15. blizzardscamm
    Jul 29, 2023
    1
    Try it for yourself and see what you think, its free. I didn't like it for a lot of reasons but maybe you will.
  16. Hastings91
    Jul 29, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un juego muy completo y para jugadores hardcore. Nada friendly para jugadores nuevos. Por eso y porque está lleno de fanboys y explayers de otros juegos resentidos que ponen 0 a otros juegos, yo también le daré un rosco.… Expand
  17. Kalandra
    Jul 26, 2023
    10
    Its just the best game in its genre. So much content, so interesting to create your own build and path.
  18. JackFrostyG
    Jul 26, 2023
    9
    Pros

    - The levelling on this game feels impactful. When I gain a skill point I feel like my character is getting stronger. - The main story bosses from Act 1 - 10 are all well designed. - The environments are detailed and fit the theme of the game. - The end game has an insane amount of choice and content. - There is also more content being added and older content being updated. -    Pros

    - The levelling on this game feels impactful. When I gain a skill point I feel like my character is getting stronger.
    - The main story bosses from Act 1 - 10 are all well designed.
    - The environments are detailed and fit the theme of the game.
    - The end game has an insane amount of choice and content.
    - There is also more content being added and older content being updated.
    - The class and skill diversity is wild.
    - Contrary to popular opinion. The game isn't really that hard to get into, the only drawback is the amount of 3rd party sites which may be necessary to follow a build.
    - The work and research you put into a build is rewarded by the outcome of said build.
    - There are millions of different items, and hundreds of different uniques,
    - It is easy to see what is happening on the screen.

    Cons

    - Some rare enemies can be more problematic than unique bosses. This is especially the case in newer leagues as they have not been balanced. Some of the rares can often kill even the tankiest of builds.
    - Some affixes are poorly balanced and over-tuned. For example, corrupting blood has always been a strong affix and even has certain builds' attempt to counter this by making themselves immune to the affix over playing through it.
    - The lighting in the Sirus fight is abysmal and this is not helped by the floor textures used which overlap with his abilities.    … Expand
  19. skyincow
    Jul 26, 2023
    10
    Best ARPG ever made on earth, and most complete / deep game you can find on the universe. If you have time to lost, Exile yourself in the biggest journey u've ever had
  20. ArcZ7
    Jul 23, 2023
    8
    I am writing this review after finishing the campaign after 31 hrs and reaching lv 72. The game is honestly amazing especially considering its age, the variety of skills and passive tree allow for so much customization and choice that it is simply unreal. I be honest I did not pay attention to the story as I play arpg for leveling and loot so cant speak for that part, though I am planningI am writing this review after finishing the campaign after 31 hrs and reaching lv 72. The game is honestly amazing especially considering its age, the variety of skills and passive tree allow for so much customization and choice that it is simply unreal. I be honest I did not pay attention to the story as I play arpg for leveling and loot so cant speak for that part, though I am planning to make a new character just to take my time for the campaign story itself. My main issue with the game is that even though you are only just going through the campaign which is consider by most as a tutorial the game constantly throws new systems at you from previous leagues. I found this to be a bit of distraction while trying to focus on finishing the base game first though its not a big inconvenience since you can just move and ignore them. Main issue with that is if you are new player you are already overwhelmed by all base mechanics and throwing mechanics and content from past few years at you while you are still learning is not the best first player experience. Overall I enjoyed my time with POE and will come back for more.… Expand
  21. quintincford
    Jul 23, 2023
    10
    The best game that has ever been created, Chris Wilson made a literal masterpiece and he will be remembered as the god of arpg genre. 10/10
  22. ForstenRAY
    Jul 22, 2023
    10
    The best sandbox for the hardcore gamer. There are plenty of opportunities to do something interesting. Of course, I would like to see more opportunities to play content on long-forgotten and nerfed builds, but that's what we have.
  23. ABC_RU
    Jul 22, 2023
    10
    После Диабло 4 решил переписать обзор и изменить оценку на 10/10.
    Во истину, не ценим, то что имеем.
  24. DartPancake
    Jul 21, 2023
    10
    PoE took Diablo 2 as a base and became a new standard of the genre. Not everything is great - handling of character can be better. But it is best almost at everything else - a lot of interesting mechanics, build and skill diversity, huge potential of customizing your character (passive tree, jewels, skill gems and skill support gems), trade and economics, great crafting system.

    In PoE    PoE took Diablo 2 as a base and became a new standard of the genre. Not everything is great - handling of character can be better. But it is best almost at everything else - a lot of interesting mechanics, build and skill diversity, huge potential of customizing your character (passive tree, jewels, skill gems and skill support gems), trade and economics, great crafting system.

    In PoE you can do everything you want - you just need to learn how

    About Free to Play - I prefer PoE over Diablo model of monetisation. With equal money that you pay for Diablo you can buy here everything you need a few times. In reality you need around 30-40$ for tabs and you're very comfy, without them it's ok to play as well - I played at least first 500 hours without them. In Diablo I quit 70$ game after 300 hours. Also I personally like what PoE designers can do with shop skins. And skins for skills are just too tier. You can play the same build for years but feel it different just by buying other skins.

    PoE have one of the best development teams. They release a lot of content very often and with minimum bugs. Maybe GGG managers and designers make wrong decisions some time, but overall they hear players most of the time and doing good job at supporting one of the biggest and complex games of RPG genre.

    PoE may confuse you sometimes, but I think that it's better when it's not easy to master the game. I prefer to learn something new after 1000 hours of the game. Good job, GGG. Just listen to your players a little bit more and all will be great    … Expand
  25. samylarbi
    Jun 17, 2023
    10
    this game is one of the best games i ever played the amount of stuff that you can do is mind blowing
    i well even say its on my top 10 games of all time
    No pay to win
    free game from start to endgame
    Greatest arpg ever created
  26. Balvin
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    Thank you Chris Wilson for 'The Vision' and making Blizzard look like complete clowns. LOGIN
  27. tyrannic
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Lots of content as long as you follow the meta. If you want to have fun with a homecooked build you're probably gonna stall out in yellow maps or red maps, which is essentially like heroic dungeons in terms of end game progression.
  28. Luciela
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    It's a fragmentary but beautiful story. Full of rich content. Fluent gameplay. An excellent crafting system. You can feel yourself getting stronger and making progress. Although it is not included in the in-game system, there is a trade system. Regardless of the system, there is an excellent internal trade structure. Almost every item in the game can be traded. It has a wide variety ofIt's a fragmentary but beautiful story. Full of rich content. Fluent gameplay. An excellent crafting system. You can feel yourself getting stronger and making progress. Although it is not included in the in-game system, there is a trade system. Regardless of the system, there is an excellent internal trade structure. Almost every item in the game can be traded. It has a wide variety of builds. Yes, there are meta builds in this game, but there are also builds that you can be strong independent of meta builds. The game gives you that opportunity. You don't have to play all of the content. The game has given you an atlas tree, and thanks to it, you can eliminate the content you don't like and increase the rewarding of the ones you like. The game becomes much more enjoyable. Endgame is very good. The missing part of the game is that the game engine is old and the graphics are insufficient today. But a big expansion is coming soon. It's called Path of Exile 2, but it's actually a big expansion. The game engine was recoded and the graphics were renewed. This expansion will offer us a more fluid and optimized gameplay. With this expansion, the gem skill system will become independent of items. In this way, the variety of items that we can reach in the early game will be enriched. We will also be able to reach more gem skills. In this way, we will be able to navigate the maps fluently with more than one skill. What a game. The ARPG Legend. We can call it the souls game of isometric ARPGs. It's not for everyone.… Expand
  29. ThunderArs
    Jul 17, 2023
    2
    uninteresting story, unremarkable style and graphics, boring gameplay, overcomplicated, little fun
  30. IPAITH
    Jul 9, 2023
    10
    Without a doubt the absolute pinnacle of ARPG genre.
    Complex character builds & crafting systems, can spend hours upon hours just planning your character and what gearing you should be aiming for.
    High character power cap, you can min-max until you're deleting whole screens of mobs and feel like a literal god. Huge and working economy. You build your wealth and spend it on the gear you    Without a doubt the absolute pinnacle of ARPG genre.
    Complex character builds & crafting systems, can spend hours upon hours just planning your character and what gearing you should be aiming for.
    High character power cap, you can min-max until you're deleting whole screens of mobs and feel like a literal god.
    Huge and working economy. You build your wealth and spend it on the gear you need. Dropped an awesome item you don't need for yourself? Go sell it, you just got rich, congratz.
    Incredible music.

    These devs release content every 3 months. Completely free.    … Expand
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#20 Best PC Game of 2013
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#18 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
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#14 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  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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