Path of Exile

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  1. 7chease
    Jun 16, 2023
    10
    The best arpg out there. Has a mode for all sorts of prefered play styles
    Solo
    Group
    Hardcore
    Ladder
    Item scarcity
  2. need666
    Oct 25, 2013
    10
    Absolutely phenomenal game! This is what I have been craving since Diablo 2. I was severely disappointed by Diablo 3. It was dumbed down to the point of an Activision title. Path of Exile feeds the nostalgia feeling I have been chasing for years.

    The game is in constant production by an active game developer. While small, they have created a game far superior to their massive opponent,    Absolutely phenomenal game! This is what I have been craving since Diablo 2. I was severely disappointed by Diablo 3. It was dumbed down to the point of an Activision title. Path of Exile feeds the nostalgia feeling I have been chasing for years.

    The game is in constant production by an active game developer. While small, they have created a game far superior to their massive opponent, Blizzard. They began production with 10 people, in comparison to the thousands Blizzard had. I have been blown away by how deep this game is.

    The skill tree is reminiscent of the Final Fantasy sphere grid. You have skill gems which are altered by support gems, as well as trigger gems. Instead of the ever deflating value of gold found in similar games, Path of Exile uses a barter system with incredible randomization, creating a complex and evolving economy.

    Characters are not limited to their said class. You can expand into passives of other characters, making builds seemingly unlimited. The dark and gritty atmosphere is beautifully reminiscent of Diablo 2. I won't give any spoilers, if you were a Diablo 2 addict, this game is for you.

    While it is free to play, it is not pay to win. You have the option of buying cosmetic items to make your character look cool. If you're a pack rat, you can also buy more stash tabs.

    Don't listen to the reviews upset about end game. While there are great end battles, the developer plans to release new content to expand on the story line every six or so months. However, to keep you busy in the meantime, you find maps you can randomize and play with your friends.

    The only thing Path of Exile is lacking from my point of view, is the cinematic videos scene in the Diablo series. While I enjoyed those, you can't expect such production to come from an indie game developer.

    I hope you give the game a try. If you enjoy the game, consider purchasing some cosmetic items to support future content for this great game!    … Expand
  3. Faytte
    Oct 25, 2013
    10
    Love this game. Its a thinking mans Diablo 3. Its deep, promotes many builds, constantly has great updates from developers. Its basically everything diablo 3 fans wish there game was (and are angry its not. All the low scores here are from D3 people trying to defend their franchise..)

    Try the game out, its amazing (oh and its free. And no pay to win, the only thing you can buy is cosmetics).
  4. RaggedyAttorney
    Nov 13, 2013
    10
    An amazing aRPG from an awesome, and dedicated developer. This game is everything I wanted Diablo 3 to be, and so much more. It brought back that loot addiction I had when I would play Diablo 2. The build diversity that is possible in this game is just insane, and allows for the ability to almost never see the same build twice. (Unless you copy a cookie cutter build). The community is alsoAn amazing aRPG from an awesome, and dedicated developer. This game is everything I wanted Diablo 3 to be, and so much more. It brought back that loot addiction I had when I would play Diablo 2. The build diversity that is possible in this game is just insane, and allows for the ability to almost never see the same build twice. (Unless you copy a cookie cutter build). The community is also awesome. The developers actually care about their fans, and are constantly updating the game with new skills, items, races, and content. And to top it all off the game comes the nice price of free 99. It is absolutely one of my most played, and favorite games of this generation. Thank you GGG.… Expand
  5. alQamar
    Oct 28, 2013
    9
    I played the alpha and beta. Several years later this game is still fascinating and the developer amaze me with frequent patching, very very detailed patch log above industry standards and a definitely not pay 2 win approach for a F2P game.

    Path of Exile, with no exaggeration, spoken from my quite aged Diablo 1 & 2 and other RPG gamers heart is what Diablo 3 should have been.
  6. Meggiroth
    Oct 24, 2013
    10
    Best ARPG to date. The true successor to Diablo 2 with a great atmosphere and gameplay.
    Anyone who enjoyed the arpg genre will find a true gem in this game.
  7. TremorAcePV
    Oct 24, 2013
    10
    This game is free to play. The developers listen to player feedback and have since they started Open Beta, which I have been in since 1 month after it started (over a year ago).

    The lore is detailed and deep. The game itself is of high quality (art aspects and such, the look/graphics of it). The gameplay is fun and complex. If you enjoyed Diablo 2, you will enjoy this game. One    This game is free to play. The developers listen to player feedback and have since they started Open Beta, which I have been in since 1 month after it started (over a year ago).

    The lore is detailed and deep.
    The game itself is of high quality (art aspects and such, the look/graphics of it).
    The gameplay is fun and complex.

    If you enjoyed Diablo 2, you will enjoy this game.

    One thing though: The ladders change every 4 months. If you don't like something about the game currently, wait 4 months. It's a long wait, but things change drastically when this ladder change happens. So maybe you will like it again.

    This rating is an overall rating of the game. Not based purely on it's current state, but it's track record for being awesome. Some people don't like the current state of the game, that will always be true, but it changes just often enough to balance making your progress worthwhile but giving something new to refresh your interest in the game.    … Expand
  8. Artinuis
    Oct 11, 2013
    9
    Anyone who enjoyed Diablo 2 (especially the Median XL mods) will find the game they have been looking for in Path of Exile.

    There are many things that make PoE great, but the one that stands out the most is build diversity. You can make literally dozens of characters that all have real, functionally different play-styles. If you get bored of one character, there's always another build    Anyone who enjoyed Diablo 2 (especially the Median XL mods) will find the game they have been looking for in Path of Exile.

    There are many things that make PoE great, but the one that stands out the most is build diversity. You can make literally dozens of characters that all have real, functionally different play-styles. If you get bored of one character, there's always another build to try (whether based on Keystone passives, or unique items). Finding combinations of passives, skill gems, support gems, and unique items that work well together is the core strategy aspect of this game. Oh, it's also FREE and (starting October 23) will be available (for FREE) on Steam. The game will continue to receive meaningful updates (skills, uniqes, new playable areas, etc.) *frequently* for the forseeable future (1 year+ guaranteed).

    The negative aspects are as other reviewers have mentioned: non-negligible desynchronization issues sometimes causes unpreventable deaths, and issues with item crafting feeling more like gambling than upgrading. The developers have already stated that they do not like the current crafting system, and have hinted that the system will be changed or even overhauled, whereas the desync issue is their biggest headache and may not be entirely fixable based on how their server/client system currently operates. These problems, among a small selection of minor issues, are why I did not give it a 10/10.

    Regardless, as a long time ARPG player, I can safely say that PoE has set the bar higher than all who have come before.    … Expand
  9. xhorathor
    Oct 26, 2013
    10
    better than diablo,
    +great economy
    +great skill diversity
    +superb skill tree
    +great enemy abilities
    it is awesome in anyway

    the only negative is the game engine itself ,still some desyncs here and there.
  10. chronoT
    Apr 5, 2014
    10
    I remember the days when I used to play a variety of games, this abruptly stopped when I really got into POE. I have spent a great deal of time with this game, thousands of hours I am sure, and even though it has flaws(some that make you want to break things at times), it is still the most addictive game I have ever played. You can view my profile to see my gaming history, I feel myI remember the days when I used to play a variety of games, this abruptly stopped when I really got into POE. I have spent a great deal of time with this game, thousands of hours I am sure, and even though it has flaws(some that make you want to break things at times), it is still the most addictive game I have ever played. You can view my profile to see my gaming history, I feel my opinion here is pretty valid. I can't really explain the depth with PoE, you will have to play it for a while to experience it, but this is definitely a game for hardcore gamers in the ARPG field. The way items drop, how the economy works, and crafting, all make for a wonderfully challenging and time consuming experience. The skill tree is of course incredible and the amount of builds are endless.

    This is the first 10 I have given in a long time but I do feel it is necessary to say that this game is not perfect. I give it a 10 because although it is not perfect, the amount of entertainment (play time) I have received is beyond any other game and it has all been for free. In the future I hope to see improvements with the servers in general, including lag, disconnections, and desync. There also needs to be more end-game content, I have consistently ranked in the top 20 on ladder seasons but grinding the same four maps is getting a little stale ;x

    All-in-all though if you are an ARPG or Diablo fan this game is a must try!!!!!! Collapse    … Expand
  11. Qgal5kap
    Jan 31, 2014
    10
    Amazing Diablo clone, with some amazing new innovative features added. It offers a great gaming experience,
    as well as being FREE!!! It is not pay to win, the only micro transactions in the game are purely cosmetic.
    Except for buying more slots in your stash/guild stash. Play it, try it, love it!

    Did I mention that it is FREE???
  12. 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
  13. forbiddenidol
    Apr 5, 2014
    9
    Path of Exile combines lush atmospheres and an original setting with deep mechanics for character customization and solid, satisfying ARPG gameplay. It is a title of so-called AAA quality that is completely free to play and lacking in any pay-to-win elements. Grinding Gear Games regularly adds new content patches, and runs daily 'race' league events that provide additional variety andPath of Exile combines lush atmospheres and an original setting with deep mechanics for character customization and solid, satisfying ARPG gameplay. It is a title of so-called AAA quality that is completely free to play and lacking in any pay-to-win elements. Grinding Gear Games regularly adds new content patches, and runs daily 'race' league events that provide additional variety and challenge. The sprawling tree of passive character upgrades allows for robust development of different playstyles, and the skill gem system lets players effectively tweak and craft their own skills and spells. The game is only marred by the occasional occurrence of 'out of sync,' a lag-like problem that pops up when players or enemies begin spamming movement skills. While mildly annoying, it's generally infrequent enough not to be a problem.… Expand
  14. 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.
  15. Frozen_Phoenix
    Oct 23, 2013
    10
    This game might not be very newbie friendly at first, but when you really get into it it provides such diversity and compares to no other ARPG game out there. All of the best features from Diablo 2 are used here and so much greatness has been added. Is not, and will never be a P2W game, just fantastic. The graphics are dark and gritty, not bad; some people are just used to more colourfulThis game might not be very newbie friendly at first, but when you really get into it it provides such diversity and compares to no other ARPG game out there. All of the best features from Diablo 2 are used here and so much greatness has been added. Is not, and will never be a P2W game, just fantastic. The graphics are dark and gritty, not bad; some people are just used to more colourful environments.
    And you do NOT need to spend your time trading for good items if you don't want to, just play the game.    … Expand
  16. remphz
    Oct 23, 2013
    9
    The game is really awesome, lots of things to do, a huge possibilitys of buildings and a well done endgame, and GGG is doing all they can do to make the game even better, the game really deserve a 10/10 but i'll but 9/10 for some persona reasons.
  17. MxZeal
    Oct 25, 2013
    10
    One of the best games in the past decade for PC. If you loved Diablo 2, there is no doubt you will like Path of Exile.. as critics say "the true Diablo 2 sequel" PoE has the most insane character customization in any game i have ever seen. I have been playing this game for 8 months now and still to this day i feel like i have never seen 2 other players ever be the same. Not only is POEOne of the best games in the past decade for PC. If you loved Diablo 2, there is no doubt you will like Path of Exile.. as critics say "the true Diablo 2 sequel" PoE has the most insane character customization in any game i have ever seen. I have been playing this game for 8 months now and still to this day i feel like i have never seen 2 other players ever be the same. Not only is POE full of challenging and fun content the developers (GGG) are awesome, they REALLY listen to the community and respond quick (they don't take months to respond to a problem the community pointed out) bi weekly patches added content and no pay to win what so ever! What makes this game 10/10 for me is the items, and how they are designed which is what an action RPG is all about. The item system is so deep and detailed, you will either get intimated or fall in love at first sight. There are a lot of items in this game worth keeping and man oh man when you get an upgrade you can feel it!! Unique are insanely well made.. most of them come with a huge additional benefit.. with a cost however. But last but certainly not least is the end game. PoE is the ONLY Action RPG with a TRUE end game. Maps.. randomized maps which YOU roll the stats for (using items you find) and grinding your way up to level 100 but don't worry.. its not an "MMO fantasy grind" its the kind of grind that gets you at the edge of your seat everytime you play. I highly recommend reading up guides before playing the game because it Is challenging, however if you prefer to learn with trial and error thats ok too Path of Exile to this day, is now my top 3 games of all time. Im so excited and happy for GGG (they really earned it) and can't wait to see what kind of crazy amazing things they add in the future … Expand
  18. chevmech
    Nov 24, 2013
    10
    It goes D2, Fate/Torchlight, Titan Quest, PoE. Best clone to date. Suck it Bliz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. stern
    Jan 8, 2014
    8
    I found this game by chance and so far it's being amazing.
    I kept playing Diablo 2 in my life way, way past normal people stopped with it, I tried my hand with many Diablo clones, I never entered in Diablo 3 because I'm blessed by a divine force, protecting me from all the evil in this world (sometimes these evils take the name of Blizzard or EA) who only want money from my pocket and    I found this game by chance and so far it's being amazing.
    I kept playing Diablo 2 in my life way, way past normal people stopped with it, I tried my hand with many Diablo clones, I never entered in Diablo 3 because I'm blessed by a divine force, protecting me from all the evil in this world (sometimes these evils take the name of Blizzard or EA) who only want money from my pocket and then... I found Path of Exile and I'm playing it non-stop.
    I loved the skill system, which is pretty similar to the open point system of Final Fantasy X, I loved the fact that there isn't a proper currency but spendable orbs, and I'm loving how the art of the game is realistic and dark in the same vein as the first Diablo and Starcraft of the 90's instead of the childish tone game nowdays took, and as someone who never buys game and always pirate, except if it's from Paradox or some very obscure creative developer, I love their market model.
    Maybe I'm so excited because like another reviewer said "You didn't reach endgame yet", maybe the game is good in the end.
    I only hope their add more content in the future    … Expand
  20. edgil215
    Nov 13, 2013
    5
    I really liked this game at first but soon after about level 50 or so on a character it becomes more and more apparent the lack of polish and blatant oversights of fundamental game design issues.

    There was a review below by user "Rowsol" that hit a lot of the key points for flaws and holes in the game and other than the fact that you actually can respec, contrary to what he mentioned.    I really liked this game at first but soon after about level 50 or so on a character it becomes more and more apparent the lack of polish and blatant oversights of fundamental game design issues.

    There was a review below by user "Rowsol" that hit a lot of the key points for flaws and holes in the game and other than the fact that you actually can respec, contrary to what he mentioned.

    The passive tree is a novel idea but is just jam packed crammed full of useless nodes, it needs to be made smaller with better benefits. At first it feels like there are a lot of options and room to grow but there are only 1 or 2 logical paths to even take because of the surplus of pointless nodes. In turn the excess of useless nodes grants the game absolutely no level of customization when there is only 1 "correct" or most 'powerful' path.

    The majority of the vendor recipes never even come up or are completely useless anyways. For example iron ring skill gem a completely useless ring? There are lots of pointless ones like this if you look at the wiki page for vendor recipes. Skill gems are completely worthless to sell to vendors. The only skill gem "sink" is the onyx amulet needed 1 of each type and that is even if you want a worthless white amulet with +jack to all attributes.

    The race events/leagues are made a complete static joke by the fact that the starting positions on the passive tree force you to play in 1 direction. The end game maps are extremely repetitive and don't really make any sense to me as far as the progression of the "story".

    You can just use waypoints or portal scrolls in the game at ANY point or boss battle to go back to town and completely refill all of your flasks. And if you refuse to participate in such idiotic redundancy, there are simply not enough flask slots for how many different types of flasks there are that can be utilized. The keys 6-0 are not used for anything else by default why not have at least 6 to 10 flasks? Or possibly 2 sets of flasks (like with 'X' and weapon sets), that way you could have health/mana etc on one and then maybe resists on the other

    I just think for how many things were designed in a great where there are WAY too many things that are completely obvious quick fixes that for some reason go addressed? Just because a game or something is free doesn't mean people want to play or use it if it sucks or is no fun and serves no purpose. There are A LOT of free games nowadays this is not the 90s anymore where you had to play OG Runescape.

    The idea of an economy without gold is amazing but the consequences delivered in this game are in no way worth it what so ever. All of the consumable items have insanely terrible chances of giving you anything good or actually upgrading gear to be better than what you are currently wearing.

    Trying to level and grind levels in the later game (50+) is not rewarding in any sense of the word. Literally your only option to continue progressing (especially due to drought of any useful item drops) is to clear and re-clear the same exact boring instances over and over again. The leveling curve is waaaay too skewed and unbalanced. The game needs at least another act (Act IV) to spread out the rest of the levels throughout all 3 difficulties. Right now everything is jammed within the first 60+ levels or so and it makes no sense so it forces you to repeatedly farm "end-game" maps, SNOREFEST! I know often ARPGs in this style are referred to as a "Dungeon Crawl", well never in my entire life more have I felt like I was "CRAWLing" through a game or character levels. And then in the end what is it all for? Even if you get to a high level and get nice loot and gear on a league eventually all of your crap just becomes Standard, so ridiculously pointless.

    Plain and simple this game heavily favors people who are already in end-game and have been contributing donations since closed beta and before. These people have infinite orbs of all types and can readily farm even more for all of their lower characters. So yeah if you have the ability to farm hundreds of thousands of orbs and gear then maybe it is fun to gear up a lower level character and play around. But if you are playing with your highest level character don't expect jack to ever drop that will improve your character or keep you from dying.

    Beyond countless performance issues and bugs with this game it is still a great game to try because the initial price is right.. This game has an unlimited amount of potential but as far as I'm concerned had no business leaving beta. "Room to grow" doesn't mean "let's go", disappointing. DO NOT expect this to fill the void for fans left by "Diablo II" that "Diablo 3" completely failed absolutely miserably at delivering on. This game can be fun for short periods of time, however in it's current state is nowhere near ready or capable of bringing the ARPG experience that is deserving of over a decade now removed from Diablo II.    … Expand
  21. Farive
    Dec 23, 2013
    10
    This is a superb game. It combines all those elements that you'll find in a action hack and slash game. I highly recommend this game to everyone out there who loves Diablo 2. This is a AAA+ game which is totally free to play. No hidden pay to win styles and its filled with amazing skills and the passive skill board is unbelievable.This is one of the best games out there and i recommend it to you.
  22. star7989
    Mar 25, 2014
    9
    this game is free to play so i gave it a try after being disappointed with diablo 3. I like the fact that it has a very complicated skill tree and it is really fun especially when you play with party members. Only downside is that there is a 1 second delay sometimes and it gets really annoying.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. wyzeguyy
    Oct 23, 2013
    9
    The fact that this game is free and isn't pay to win makes me confused as to how major publishers get away with the stuff they release sometimes... Anyways, Path of Exile for me is the game that Diablo 3 should have been and for that I say thank you grinding gears!
  26. Grexxor
    Apr 14, 2014
    9
    PoE is really what I expected as a successor to Diablo 2. The game is a bit late to the scene and did not have enough advertisement to make it what it should/could have been. However it is amazing in it's own right.
    Things it does right:
    - Story line (The story line is complex and gives the character motivation for moving place to place) - Intuitive design (it is very similar to most of    PoE is really what I expected as a successor to Diablo 2. The game is a bit late to the scene and did not have enough advertisement to make it what it should/could have been. However it is amazing in it's own right.
    Things it does right:
    - Story line (The story line is complex and gives the character motivation for moving place to place)
    - Intuitive design (it is very similar to most of the games in it's genre including the popular Diablo line)
    - Skill tree (There is only one skill tree, each class begins at a different place, and there are many many choices and paths to take)

    Things I'm not content with:
    -the trade system (it is not coin based, each item is worth a type of base magic item [ident. scrolls, teleport scrolls etc.] and items are purchased from the vendor in the same sort of barter, it makes it difficult to flat purchase items and limits trade considerably, but this may have been their intent)
    -The Grouping System (I feel it is a little clunky but if more players were to use it, it would be manageable, but the player base is not what it could have been)    … Expand
  27. Adhesive33
    Oct 23, 2013
    10
    One of the best f2p models I've ever seen, and one of the best ARPGs I've ever played. It's hard to believe a game like this is free. If you liked D2, I'd highly recommend checking this game out. Combat and animations aren't as fluid as something you'd see from Blizzard, but pretty much everything else in the game is an advancement of the genre. Many of the features introduced by this gameOne of the best f2p models I've ever seen, and one of the best ARPGs I've ever played. It's hard to believe a game like this is free. If you liked D2, I'd highly recommend checking this game out. Combat and animations aren't as fluid as something you'd see from Blizzard, but pretty much everything else in the game is an advancement of the genre. Many of the features introduced by this game will be common place years from now. Even D3 is starting to incorporate aspects of PoE, such as itemization and user-designed legendaries.… Expand
  28. Barnews
    Dec 10, 2013
    4
    Path of Exile is FREE diablo-like action RPG from unforgiving world of Wraeclast. Music, Sounds, Graphics are at fair level. Yes, they could be better but it's ok for diablo-like game. Locations, especially dungeons are dark and really cool.

    This game has potential to hold for months or even years, becouse there are so many combinations of pasives and active skills that you can try out.    Path of Exile is FREE diablo-like action RPG from unforgiving world of Wraeclast. Music, Sounds, Graphics are at fair level. Yes, they could be better but it's ok for diablo-like game. Locations, especially dungeons are dark and really cool.

    This game has potential to hold for months or even years, becouse there are so many combinations of pasives and active skills that you can try out. But there are some big flaws also that can drive you from playing PoE. The combat is very boring after some time, playing game is not fun, leveling is not fun, grinding is not fun, even creating new characters and trying out new own builds is not fun, becouse they all strongly depends on your items and gems. The more you play, the more unrewarding the game is. Items are very generic and boring. Same with skills.

    The PoE is simply like very strong drug with horrible effects. This game is very very very unrewarding and not fun to play in long term.

    I recommend you to try PoE, becouse it is free game. It will be most propably fun for you at least several hours. Maybe you will be adicted on it for very long time. But if you want to play PoE seriously, you have to be nolifer.    … Expand
  29. keefbaker
    Dec 8, 2013
    10
    So basically you get a game with the depth that Diablo 3 should have had with the fun levels of torchlight? And I don't have to pay for it? Well Played, path of exile, well played! As it's free I find it impossible to not give this a 10
  30. 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
  31. drseventies
    Dec 14, 2013
    10
    Path of Exile is the best modern hack n slash I've played. The visuals and sounds are well done and the combat and interface are second to none. Player skill combinations and character builds are as numerous as you can imagine. Which is good, because the maps and enemies present an ever-changing threat, and adaptability is key. This is the game I've been waiting for for ten years.
  32. kavinh
    Dec 19, 2013
    7
    Quite a good diabloish title with its own unique twist on the genre. The game itself has an enormous amount of depth and due to the way the gem system is implemented it's possible to use any skill in the game on a separate character allowing players to level a character and bring over their skills should they ever want to do so.
    The game also allows a ridiculous amount of customization    Quite a good diabloish title with its own unique twist on the genre. The game itself has an enormous amount of depth and due to the way the gem system is implemented it's possible to use any skill in the game on a separate character allowing players to level a character and bring over their skills should they ever want to do so.
    The game also allows a ridiculous amount of customization when it comes to character builds to the point where it's viable to use a ranger to create a 2 handed charging swordsman due to their increased dexterity.
    Unfortunately this game also has some problems firstly it's really hard to understand and get into the game from the start. the passive tree is a huge mess for newcomers which means most likely the first and second character may become throw aways due to bad point distribution and while there are refund orbs it's generally faster and easier to simply recreate a charecter then purchasing enough to reset an entire tree.
    Second the game has no auction house and currency instead it uses different orbs that each have a use in improving equipment as tradable currency this makes it very hard for newbies to effectively trade for what they want without getting scammed or being clueless on the matter as well as making it very difficult for players who don't use fanwebsites to purchase items.    … Expand
  33. SupaChigga
    Nov 19, 2013
    8
    Single Player/Multi Player (1/2)

    (If the single player is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no multplayer) (If the multiplayer is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no single player) Gameplay (2/2) Visuals/Story (1/2) (If the visuals are better than the story, review this section as if it had no story) (If the story is    Single Player/Multi Player (1/2)

    (If the single player is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no multplayer) (If the multiplayer is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no single player)

    Gameplay (2/2)

    Visuals/Story (1/2)

    (If the visuals are better than the story, review this section as if it had no story) (If the story is better than the visuals, review this section as if the visuals didn’t matter)

    Accessibility/Longevity (2/2)

    (Review this section only on Accessibility if the game has no longevity) (Review this section only on longevity if the game isn’t accessible)

    Pricing (2/2)

    Wildcard (0)

    This is a guideline for how to properly review games. Many reviewers like to get a “feel” for a game, and arbitrarily give a game a score that they believe it deserves. This results in wildly different scores between different reviewers, and vastly different scores between similar games. This guideline addresses these problems and scores games fairly and consistently. This guideline also gives scores that are usually similar to the metacritic score.

    The review score is based out of 10 points. There are no “half” or 0.5 increments. It is impossible to have a score above 10 or below 0. The review score will change as the game gets new dlc, drops in price, or if more secrets are found through the game increasing its appeal.

    The scoring is split into 6 sections. The first five sections can add a possible 2 points to the final score. The first 5 sections are Single Player/Multi Player, Gameplay, Visuals/Story, Accessibility/Longevity, and Pricing.

    Notice that 3 of these sections have two parts. These particular sections will be scored based on the stronger part of the game of the two. For example, if a game has a lousy single player campaign, but an excellent multiplayer component, that section will be based solely on the multiplayer as if the single player did not exist. This allows games to be based on their own merits, as many unnecessary features are shoehorned into video games by publishers to reach a “feature quota”. Games that excel in both areas of a section don’t receive should be noted in the written review, but cannot increase the score past 2 in that section. However, it can be taken into account in the final section

    The final section can add 1, add 0, or subtract 1 to the final score. This final section is the “wildcard” section. This section is for how the reviewer “feels” about the game, but limits this only to this section, rather than the entire 10 point review. This section can include any positive or negative point that was not covered in the previous 5 sections.    … Expand
  34. funk021
    Nov 26, 2013
    10
    A FREE game that is so well developed and fun that you will put over 40 hours into not sure why you would rate this anything less than a 10, even if you are a demanding gamer. I keep coming back to it, between these 60$ games that can only keep me interested for a few hours.
  35. WabbaWay
    Dec 4, 2013
    10
    This game deserves the 10/10 score simply because of the amount of content you get for free. The deceptive gamer might be thinking "F2P is a myth because of micro-transactions, durr, it's not free", and they'd be right luckily the PoE micro-transaction system is purely for cosmetic items, with the most Pay to Win-type thing you can buy being extra bank tabs.

    Add that to the fact that    This game deserves the 10/10 score simply because of the amount of content you get for free. The deceptive gamer might be thinking "F2P is a myth because of micro-transactions, durr, it's not free", and they'd be right luckily the PoE micro-transaction system is purely for cosmetic items, with the most Pay to Win-type thing you can buy being extra bank tabs.

    Add that to the fact that is has smooth combat, (very) regular updates, huge talent tree ('talent forest' seems more appropriate), actual difficulty and no AH... Yeah.

    There are problems with the game for sure, but comparing PoE to any other ARPG out there makes those issues easy to overlook. Put in other terms; If D3 has a 88 meta score, then PoE deserves a flawless 10.    … Expand
  36. didofo
    Dec 5, 2013
    10
    Right now, POE is the best game of the genre. You can have any build you want, you only need imagination and skills to make the build right. All this for $0.00, and some games cost like $40 and don't get even close to POE
  37. Illusion
    Dec 6, 2013
    5
    PoE is that cool girl you see and idolize in your mind.
    But as you got to know her better the illusion falls apart.
    PoE had the potential to be the best ARPG ever. But it is far far away from that in its current state. So what is wrong with PoE? For starters the most important thing in an ARPG is the gameplay quality. There is no point in complex mechanics if the game is not    PoE is that cool girl you see and idolize in your mind.
    But as you got to know her better the illusion falls apart.

    PoE had the potential to be the best ARPG ever.
    But it is far far away from that in its current state.

    So what is wrong with PoE?
    For starters the most important thing in an ARPG is the gameplay quality. There is no point in complex mechanics if the game is not working properly, or not responding to your commands. PoE suffers horrible in terms of gameplay.

    DESYNCH: imagine you play Mario, and on the other side of the wall there is a small monster wandering there. When you get there you will need to pay attention to it, but no need to worry now because it is not near you. And Bam! "GAME OVER" !?
    Well it turns out that this monster was not far away, it was actually near you, even better actually you were not even where you thought you were!!
    The screen position of your char and enemies may always be wrong in PoE, and if you rely on the information on your screen you will die.. ALOT!

    You may ask "But if screen information are unreliable, how do I maneuver to avoid things in fight?"
    Well game saves you from that problem, because DESYNCH is almost certain when attempting to maneuver away from enemies, and especially doing that with high move speed or with mobility skills. So you simply dont even attempt.

    COMMAND RESPONSE: PoE is a "pick a skill/spell and spam it whole game" type of ARPG. Nothing but nothing pays as well as overfocusing a single skill for DPS. Also skills not having cooldown, and reaching ridiculous attack/cast speeds like 2-10 per second; only viable way of sustaining DPS is spamming without interruption. So even if you had 2 skills it would not be possible to use them consequently.
    So we do spam in PoE. Now the real problem; game has no command queueing code, and completely ignores the commands given while spamming attacks. Everyone in game uses auto-cast supports for their auxilary skill for that reason.

    BLAND MONSTERS: PoE has a very boring monster design, they just rush to you with a single attack/spell. ONLY utility monster in game is necromancer to raise back undead. As there are no utility monsters to drive difficulty up, as you progress game difficulty increases only by making monsters deal more damage. Spike damage scales so ridiculously that you get one shot by everything unless you invest %70 of your passives to increase max life or reaching life nods.

    TRADE FOCUSED GAME DESIGN: Drops are based on trade oriented economy. So it is as bad as D3 AH. But it is even worse because game does not have an ingame trade system other than a horrible trade chat, so ALL players use an external trade find site named poe.xyz which is exactly same thing as AH.
    Trading 15 mins will get you gear which you can not get by grinding for 10 hours.

    In conclusion PoE is an ARPG where you should
    not try to maneuver mobs,
    not rely on position of enemies or your char on screen,
    spam a single skill keeping everything else in autocast,
    increase max life nonstop to avoid one-shot kills.
    Also trade oriented drops are as bad as D3 AH.

    That is not what I expect from an ARPG.
    (based on the experience of a player who completed all endgame content)    … Expand
  38. chillarius
    Dec 17, 2013
    10
    POE is very worthwhile. First of all, it is free to play, giving everyone a chance to play and enjoy the game. Most free to play games tend to transform into pay to win schemes, causing great imbalances for non paying users. So far this not the case at all in POE. Yes, POE does offer micro transactions offering increased inventory space, pets, visuals for weapons & abilities, however nonePOE is very worthwhile. First of all, it is free to play, giving everyone a chance to play and enjoy the game. Most free to play games tend to transform into pay to win schemes, causing great imbalances for non paying users. So far this not the case at all in POE. Yes, POE does offer micro transactions offering increased inventory space, pets, visuals for weapons & abilities, however none of these have an effect on the strength of your character.

    POE offers an amazing tech tree for each of the classes. Interesting skill system. Easy to get into hard to master.

    Give it a shot. 10/10 from me.

    -chillarius    … Expand
  39. ROGUELEGACYSUCK
    Dec 19, 2013
    10
    This game is really good,its a really good coperative game,the difficulty is balanced,there are a lot of items and a lot of characters,a must play and its free to play.
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. Shimmeywill
    Mar 17, 2020
    7
    A solid free to play game with strong visuals and satisfying gameplay. Starting characters limited in design.
  43. 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
  44. 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.
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. formerPOEenjoy
    Sep 2, 2022
    0
    Lead Developer is driving the game into the ground, removing any non-gambling "crafts", purposely leaves trading in a near unusable state, relies on 3rd party community tools to even play the game state and is generally stuck in the 1990s on a lot of things. Don't play this until he leaves.

    As of 2022 this game is in the worst state it has ever been. They've purposely broken the    Lead Developer is driving the game into the ground, removing any non-gambling "crafts", purposely leaves trading in a near unusable state, relies on 3rd party community tools to even play the game state and is generally stuck in the 1990s on a lot of things. Don't play this until he leaves.

    As of 2022 this game is in the worst state it has ever been. They've purposely broken the crafting system just to spite the players. The Devs hold the players in contempt and now that Tencent owns them their revenue stream is divorced from the state of the game so they are actively attacking the community with impunity.    … Expand
  49. Schantzee
    Oct 27, 2013
    9
    My actual rating is a 9.5/10 but I'm rounding up because this is better than a 9. This game is AMAZING and addictive. Customize your character's gear and skills however you want to. Choose from 7 different classes. The combat is click-intensive but it's so much deeper than other "combat". I tried playing Divinity 2 that has 3 classes only, you have to stick to the same class, skillsMy actual rating is a 9.5/10 but I'm rounding up because this is better than a 9. This game is AMAZING and addictive. Customize your character's gear and skills however you want to. Choose from 7 different classes. The combat is click-intensive but it's so much deeper than other "combat". I tried playing Divinity 2 that has 3 classes only, you have to stick to the same class, skills are limited, and combat is hack/slash. In Path of Exile I chose a Shadow (rogue type) and I can use any weapon or skill type like magic, bows, heavy armor, two-handed weapons, etc. I currently duel-wield claws, I can summon zombies that follow me and fight till death, skeletons too, I can animate fallen loot weapons to fight like a minion, I can detonate dead bodies to blow up, click to aim a freeze blast, or switch to my bow instantly for ranged combat....WOW is the right reaction. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO YOUR CHARACTER. So much loot, so much to fight, quests to complete, and you can do all these things side-by-side with a friend. AND IT'S ALL FREE!!! At least give this game a try because they're not kidding when they say that is is the REAL DIABLO III and then some!… Expand
  50. Ozimandeus
    Oct 25, 2013
    9
    I love this little game. It brings much to the genre and really rewards the player. It lacks an Epic feel to most encounters that Diablo 3 delivers and the story is rather poor and cliched. But it plays well and the skill tree is very impressive indeed. Value for money is off the scale.. Get it.
  51. Zetec95
    Jan 12, 2020
    0
    Sh1tty game, lagging a lot, boring and stupid mechanics. I think this is the most overrated argp ever.
  52. 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
  53. Deardeer45
    Oct 6, 2019
    0
    Without long salty passages i just want to say that devs is deaf to requests.
  54. Woopya
    Oct 25, 2013
    10
    Chris Wilson and Grinding Gear Games has done everything right. I cannot think of a game in the last 5+ years that I have enjoyed more then this 1. Having played the beta for almost 2 years now, the best compliment that I can give it's developers is that I trust them, which is something I do not say bout game developers...ever. They patch content regularly to keep things fresh andChris Wilson and Grinding Gear Games has done everything right. I cannot think of a game in the last 5+ years that I have enjoyed more then this 1. Having played the beta for almost 2 years now, the best compliment that I can give it's developers is that I trust them, which is something I do not say bout game developers...ever. They patch content regularly to keep things fresh and create leagues to keep competition fresh as well. I cannot recommend this game enough. I use the term "game" loosely because in reality I think what they did here was create a world, and let a bunch of game players loose in it. The character development is refreshingly complex and simple at the same time. Please people, if you have zero dollars to spare try this game out. That's right it is free and it is NOT pay to win. The only thing you can buy are cosmetics. But if you are like me, then you'll want to spend a little money just as a thank you to GGG for doing such an amazing job.… Expand
  55. Cytolol
    Nov 24, 2013
    2
    This game looks like crap, feels like crap mechanically, and has some of the most annoying concepts which seem overly rebellious against games like Diablo 3.

    The items are so overly complex that getting upgrades comes so rarely once you start to level up more. What's even more annoying is that 100 items are commonly on screen and literally 0 of them will be of any use whatsoever.    This game looks like crap, feels like crap mechanically, and has some of the most annoying concepts which seem overly rebellious against games like Diablo 3.

    The items are so overly complex that getting upgrades comes so rarely once you start to level up more. What's even more annoying is that 100 items are commonly on screen and literally 0 of them will be of any use whatsoever.

    Getting an item with the exact things you need is borderline impossible. I'm not going to get into it in detail, but basically theres infinite combinations of sockets which are very important and you commonly need a very specific setup for them, which requires overly specific items.

    There is awful lag/desync issue and yet you are punished on death by a 10% experience penalty. I very rarely die due to a mistake I made, but commonly die due to desync and I lose 20 minutes of experience at higher levels.

    There's also no respec option. At all. If you end up making mistakes with your character build, you may as well delete the character. Same thing if they significantly nerf a skill, since you have to build all around one or two abilities.

    It makes me mad that they cling on to these archaic game concepts:

    -No Respec
    -Punishment on Death
    -No easy way to trade (yet trading is sooooooo overly necessary)

    That's another big part of it. Trading is ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY and is basically the only way to get to true end game.

    When you hit the higher levels, you expect that your self-found 1000dps is satisfactory, but then you learn that you actually need 40k dps.    … Expand
  56. neigenoire
    Jan 30, 2015
    7
    Pros:
    + Many ways to build a character
    + Tons of available skills and items to build around + Some very complex and deep game mechanics not seen in other popular RPG titles + The gameplay is fun and gambling with RNG can be very addictive + Regular updates with new content, races and cool prizes + Free to play Cons: - Graphics and effects can feel a bit dated compared to some    Pros:
    + Many ways to build a character
    + Tons of available skills and items to build around
    + Some very complex and deep game mechanics not seen in other popular RPG titles
    + The gameplay is fun and gambling with RNG can be very addictive
    + Regular updates with new content, races and cool prizes
    + Free to play

    Cons:
    - Graphics and effects can feel a bit dated compared to some other RPGs
    - Don't expect a breathtaking storyline with interesting dialogues and character development. This game is about building a character and hacking through piles of brainless monsters as efficiently as possible.
    - Playing the same character gets boring after a while - once you acquire your end-game gear and level all your skills gems, there is not much left to do but farm maps and try to acquire more wealth.
    - The level of micro-management and skill that is required in the combat is comparatively low (exceptions are a few end-game bosses).
    - The RNG of drops or crafting luck can sometimes feel unfair
    - Desync problems can be very punishing for some people

    The pros in my opinion outweigh the cons. Definitely a game you should try if you like old school hack and slash RPGs such as Diablo 2 and its various clones. For me it took 2 years of playing to finally get bored and move on to something else.    … Expand
  57. Jamtots
    Oct 24, 2013
    10
    It's what Diablo 3 should have been and has been given to us completely free of charge.

    The game already has 3 complete Acts with Act 4 on the way. They plan to patch in new content every 4 months and release a new expansion every year all FREE.

    It's truly the closest thing to a D2 sequel. See for yourself.
  58. Melchior
    Oct 25, 2013
    9
    As a free, action RPG made by a smaller developer, this game gets all the right things right. The gear is complex and diverse enough to make your character yours while not so complex that you can't figure it out. Full community support and open interaction with the developers via several social media sites and their own forums make it even better since your voice is heard and discussedAs a free, action RPG made by a smaller developer, this game gets all the right things right. The gear is complex and diverse enough to make your character yours while not so complex that you can't figure it out. Full community support and open interaction with the developers via several social media sites and their own forums make it even better since your voice is heard and discussed if you have a valid point.

    It's a great successor to the Diablo 1 and 2 franchise (Diablo 3 will be forgotten...) and a very solid recommendation for anyone into the genre.    … Expand
  59. koyukon
    Oct 25, 2013
    10
    The true successor to Diablo 2. No complaints. Just goes to show the kind of game can be made when the developers openly converse with their community/fanbase.. Something that doesn't happen enough these days.
  60. v3ctor
    Dec 4, 2013
    4
    Pros: its free, dark Gothic style, reminds me a bit of Diablo 2, fun to start with.

    Negatives: frustrating waypoint system especially near bosses. Not suited for solo play (especially with Act 2 boss onwards) as bosses/mobs become incredibly hard. In game trade system confusing and clunky. In game chat annoying. Character stats system confusing and complex easy to get wrong first time.    Pros: its free, dark Gothic style, reminds me a bit of Diablo 2, fun to start with.

    Negatives: frustrating waypoint system especially near bosses. Not suited for solo play (especially with Act 2 boss onwards) as bosses/mobs become incredibly hard. In game trade system confusing and clunky. In game chat annoying. Character stats system confusing and complex easy to get wrong first time. Grinding through mobs later in the game gets incredibly hard. Equipment socketing is confusing at first. Player deaths are not handled very well especially near boss fights where you need to fight your way through massive map of monsters to reach the boss if you die without having a portal open. Inventory system feels like a chore and constant juggling for space. Desync is frustrating beyond belief when fighting large mobs or an end boss. Maps expire too quickly often within minutes the map you just portaled from resets and you lose the portal (especially annoying if you just portaled from a boss fight!!)

    Final Opinion: yes its free (which is a big plus), but for me the negatives way outnumber the positives. I ended up uninstalling after finding myself not enjoying this game at all. It's a shame, because if just a few of the negatives were fixed (especially with boss waypoints) I might consider coming back to it.    … Expand
  61. thafaub
    Oct 24, 2013
    10
    I've been playing this game since it's a bettaand the developer of these games are really giving everything that the players need the game is free and if you're a fan of diablo 2you will have a really fun time playing this game
  62. sinproducer
    Oct 25, 2013
    7
    The fact that this gets a commercial rating of over 80 is baffling but also not surprising given the recent quality of games. I suppose we are desperate for something with depth and longevity that can be played without too many carrots, but this game is an awful lot of string and less carrot. If you are the type to want to grind forever looking for that perfect item, you'll enjoy it, butThe fact that this gets a commercial rating of over 80 is baffling but also not surprising given the recent quality of games. I suppose we are desperate for something with depth and longevity that can be played without too many carrots, but this game is an awful lot of string and less carrot. If you are the type to want to grind forever looking for that perfect item, you'll enjoy it, but you'll have to deal with desyncs and loss of xp as a result of lag killing you which drove me off entirely from playing Hardcore which is sad because I loved the challenge. After the 15th time it just got old. Each update added more desyncs and some skills are unusable in builds because it will just get you killed. Walk in a room and try to run away? Oh you are back in the room. Try to edge into a doorway to fight some monsters and didn't even enter the room? You in the middle of the room now even you've never been there. Constantly. Sad, because I could really excuse the overly pointless grinding for the sake of fun, if the game didn't have artificial ways of killing me. This isn't a 8 or 9.. It's a 7. It would have been a 9 in 1999, because that's where this game borrows most of it's uninspired gameplay from. It's 2013 and games need to be more technical this. Especially online ones that aren't stable and still want to encourage players to spend money to support it. If D3 had been successful, this game would have far less praise.… Expand
  63. Azill
    Nov 13, 2013
    10
    If you loved Diablo 2, download this immediately. So much depth and countless hours of game play. The only problem i can see is the desyncing problems, which will most certainly be fixed in the future. The people giving this game a score of 5 or lower are casual scum and think the game needs to hand hold them through.
  64. Menacetech
    Dec 13, 2013
    8
    Well After the D3 disappointment PoE has restored my faith in the ARPG genre. Path of Exile has turned out to be a great game that will only get better with time. GGG is a breath of fresh air in a time where the gaming industry as a whole wrecks of
  65. rolandsaul
    Nov 28, 2013
    8
    Great ideas abound in this game. Lots of fun (for a while) and ran flawlessly in my case. Graphics were polished, music and sound were great. Loved the skill tree; something like 1200 nodes of incremental skill/attribute boosts... obviously designed with the long, long term player in mind. The long term play is what starts detracting in my view, but keep in mind it's FTP so what do youGreat ideas abound in this game. Lots of fun (for a while) and ran flawlessly in my case. Graphics were polished, music and sound were great. Loved the skill tree; something like 1200 nodes of incremental skill/attribute boosts... obviously designed with the long, long term player in mind. The long term play is what starts detracting in my view, but keep in mind it's FTP so what do you expect. Before I forget, I will state that this game runs like a top. I suffered a few fatalities due to "lag" issues, but I have had those in just about every server-based game I have ever played. Not a real problem for me anyway. Life of a gamer and all that....

    I took one character to level 45 and "finished" the game as it stands now. While I had a blast in the 3 weeks or so I played it, I found that sifting through the literally thousands of pieces of gear that would drop in a night's gaming got to be slightly tedious. Also tedious to me is the prospect of going through the gameworld again, albeit at a harder difficulty. I've seen the 3 act gameworld, found it uninspired if really nicely rendered, and it holds no more charm for me somehow.

    The characters on the other hand I found to be a little more imaginative, eclectic if goofy in spots, but altogether decent and interesting.. The mobs were well thought out, nicely rendered for the most part, and even beautiful art in a few cases. In my case, it gets kinda stale after slaying 1,000 identical mobs in 5 minutes, most of whom will drop some utterly useless gear. I had to laugh when I found a piece of armor that actually increased the amount of loot by 11 percent. I distinctly remember thinking to myself
    "My God, who in blazes would actually want to look through more of this stuff?"

    Maybe I'm looking for something a little more cerebral in a game..... I'll shorten this up a bit by saying that POE is a very well made ARPG with enough fresh ideas to keep you interested for a while. It IS a slasher, AND a grinder make no mistake, if you're looking for a classic story or real rpg elements you'll find hints of them here but not much more. This game is about combat, levelling, and wanting to invest the endless hours into multiple builds of your character. In the area of build customization, I will state that it has the most advanced skill tree that I have ever seen. The amount of work that went into this facet alone must be staggering. This would be better suited to you if you are into hardcore gear swapping, trying out builds and kits, and grinding... I had good fun on the first play through, but can't seem to get interested in another go, regardless of the fact that GGG has innovated again in their of randomization of map orientation so that at least you get a different physical perspective on the 3/4 iso field whenever you replay a map.

    Final thoughts: Great innovation in a few areas, lots of fun, EXCELLENT coding, I feel that if GGG can expand the best ideas in this game the sky is the limit. As it stands, this level of quality in a ftp game is almost unheard of. If it were a standalone retail game the first 40 hours of gameplay would get a 70 something from me, because I just don't get into the hack n' slash that much, but seeing as how it's free and I had a really good time for a couple weeks I'm going into the upper 80's.

    The lasting impression I get is that GGG has enormous potential and some serious game creation juice to pull this off. I will be listening hard for news of their next venture, if only because my personal taste is not along the lines of staying with POE. They currently have "it". These guys could make a Baldur's gate for the next generation, and coming from me that's saying a lot. There are improvements that could be made, but there is some really good stuff here.

    I still sees the ghostly pirates when i closes me eyes...... yaaaaargh....    … Expand
  66. 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.
  67. 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
  68. MaxPay
    Oct 31, 2013
    10
    Innovative and gigantic skill system, great variety of enemies and gear, challenging difficulty, high graphical fidelity, infinite level of customization, meaty combat, high replay value, 100% Free2Play... Path of Exile nailed everything. One of the best.
  69. brafcauknid
    Nov 6, 2013
    6
    I really want to score this game higher then a 6, but what appears to be a roaring lion of a game, is really just an old scruffy tomcat yowling in the alley out back. I had heard soooooo much about this game and how it was everything that D3/Marvel Heroes/Torchlight etc etc wanted and tried to be. It was finally bringing back the true spirit of D2....yea, not really. Its not a terribleI really want to score this game higher then a 6, but what appears to be a roaring lion of a game, is really just an old scruffy tomcat yowling in the alley out back. I had heard soooooo much about this game and how it was everything that D3/Marvel Heroes/Torchlight etc etc wanted and tried to be. It was finally bringing back the true spirit of D2....yea, not really. Its not a terrible game, and its worth giving a shot simply because its free to play and reasonably fun for awhile. I mean it has a huge skill tree offering amazing options and customization, huge amounts of skill gems that add to variety, any class can be anything! Sounds fantastic....

    ... but it all is smoke and mirrors. Trust me, go ahead and try to customize your character through the skill tree without exact duplication of a cookie cutter build listed on forums....it will be an effort in futility and leave you frustrated restarting characters over and over. Try and make a high dps character by going for the dmg/crit nodes and skipping most of the 8% life nodes, I dare you. 9 out of 10 viable builds will go like this...pick up all life nodes and either blood magic or eldritch battery...done. Now for all the skill gems...well, simply join some random groups and see how many lightning strike/ethereal knives/spectral throw builds you see compared to anything else....there are a few other builds, but not many...again 90% of the skill gems you'll never see used.

    Basically you can either role some form of a tank build or you can role anything else and never see past normal difficulty. The combat while not bad is the same thing every other arpg does, spam 1 button, only way mobs get harder is increase hp/damage/resists. The orb currency is good in theory but really is just a pain, as someone said earlier...farm a bunch of low orbs, trade for higher orbs, then trade those higher orbs for a couple high end orbs, rinse repeat till you have enough high end orbs to buy something decent.

    I know I sound overly critical but I just felt deceived by this game, if it would have just said upfront that all this variety and customization was bulls**t and 99% of its "options" are only really options if you have no interest in progressing I could have dealt with that. But it feels POE really attempts to be complicated just for the sake of being complicated. Spending the time to learn all the systems just to realize its mostly worthless nonsense is a serious buzzkill.    … Expand
  70. Caspian_dk
    Dec 3, 2013
    10
    Played this game for almost a year now. And I still enjoy it, almost every day. It is everything i missed in diablo 3. Great items, awesome skill system combined of skill gems and a huge skill tree. that makes your option endless. New skills being added, new builds invented regular. I could keep praising this game all night. And its Free. my only advantage over friends that have neverPlayed this game for almost a year now. And I still enjoy it, almost every day. It is everything i missed in diablo 3. Great items, awesome skill system combined of skill gems and a huge skill tree. that makes your option endless. New skills being added, new builds invented regular. I could keep praising this game all night. And its Free. my only advantage over friends that have never payed a penny is a larger stash the rest is only cosmetic… Expand
  71. Korriban
    Jan 31, 2014
    5
    To be honest i expected a lot from this game, but i ended up playing with a bad copy of diablo 2.5
    Not saying that this game is crap, I'm saying that it needs a lot of improvement, after reading in the loading screen that this game has been developing for 7 years, well... I can't help myself thinking "7 years and that's all you got ?"
    Overall the graphics and the effects are good, but    To be honest i expected a lot from this game, but i ended up playing with a bad copy of diablo 2.5
    Not saying that this game is crap, I'm saying that it needs a lot of improvement, after reading in the loading screen that this game has been developing for 7 years, well... I can't help myself thinking "7 years and that's all you got ?"

    Overall the graphics and the effects are good, but the game has some major problems with fps (FYI, I'm running a mid-high end pc) I got coninuous fps spikes and this occurred not only when the map was crowded and I were spamming stuff, but also while running around alone.
    Also, I don't understand the decision of not having a single player or, even better, an offline mode, we all know that guns don't kill people, but lag does.
    Another aspect I don't like is the active skill system, an original idea overall, but poorly fulfilled, a good old skill tree would have been better and less confusing imho.
    The passive skill tree, however, is a real gem, although is the copy of Final Fantasy X skill tree, but still, is nice, you have to plan in advance what you will become and choose wisely your path, I couldn't wait to level up just to look at the tree and place my skill point.
    But let's go back to another unpleasant aspect of the game, the story, is there one? I don't know what to say, honestly, I think it is almost invisible, you just play to reach the next map, that's all, I didn't have the feeling of going on a quest to kill the "evil enemy", just... killing stuff, dropping stuff, having lag/fps spikes, I didn't even finish the game due to boredom.    … Expand
  72. Pr8Dator
    Mar 20, 2014
    7
    If you are a Diablo fan, this is your holy grail. If you are after more of an RPG, this is your grave. This is a standard ARPG (which I pretty rather like to call as "Character Building Game" instead) with one of the deepest character building system ever. That's just about where all the fun is. There is next to no story, no choice but a linear world through which you senselessly killIf you are a Diablo fan, this is your holy grail. If you are after more of an RPG, this is your grave. This is a standard ARPG (which I pretty rather like to call as "Character Building Game" instead) with one of the deepest character building system ever. That's just about where all the fun is. There is next to no story, no choice but a linear world through which you senselessly kill everything that moves regardless of what it actually is and how it actually fights. All monsters are really just hollow graphics that are nothing more than target practise for your character and your character is just another souless look-alike with no customizable face so everyone of the same class looks the same... clones everywhere. I would like to give it a 6 rather than a 7 but the fact that it is a good representation of a arpg, I won't pull it down that much. All in all, they should have given such a deep character building game more soul.… Expand
  73. papa_olivier
    Dec 30, 2015
    8
    [ENGLISH]
    A very good Hack'n'slash, with huge possibilities.
    Nevertheless, a few features make the game a little difficult : - the recipes have to be discovered on the wiki - the trade has to use an external site to be efficient Globally, this game is better if you spend a lot of time to search in the wiki. A very good point is that it can be played virtually infinitely, due to the    [ENGLISH]
    A very good Hack'n'slash, with huge possibilities.
    Nevertheless, a few features make the game a little difficult :
    - the recipes have to be discovered on the wiki
    - the trade has to use an external site to be efficient
    Globally, this game is better if you spend a lot of time to search in the wiki.
    A very good point is that it can be played virtually infinitely, due to the huge passives tree and the amount of stuff. And it is free. The microtransactions are solely cosmetic.
    Personally, I played thousands of hours on the game and, despite I didn't search a lot to understand all the subtleties of the game.

    [FRENCH]
    Un très bon Hack'n'slash, avec d'énormes possibilités.
    Néanmoins, quelques éléments rendent le jeu plus difficile :
    - les "recettes" de craft ne sont pas indiquées dans le jeu mais doivent être découvertes (elles sont indiquées dans le site wiki du jeu)
    - le commerce nécessite un site externe pour être efficace (connaitre les prix, les offres; le chat interne est trop bavard)
    Globalement, vous profiterez plus de ce jeu si vous y investissez un peu de temps à comprendre tous les mécanismes.
    De plus, il est pratiquement rejouable à l'infini grâce à son arbre de compétences gigantesque (n'ayez pas peur, c'est génial !).
    Personnellement, j'y ai joué des centaines d'heures (vraiment !) malgré le fait que je n'ai pas encore tout compris :-)
    Et il est gratuit : les microtransactions n'apportent que des effets cosmétiques !    … Expand
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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.
  77. KainNPR
    Jun 13, 2022
    0
    Path of Exile - when mob one shots you on T1 without mods map, when any defence mechanic doesn't work, when developers do new content and you can't beat uber content, because they add to rare mobs insane mods, because loot system does'nt work (HARDER = BETTER), because i can farm only bloody aqueduct and here mobs one shots me, because Chrisssss Whilson never play in Diablo before, becausePath of Exile - when mob one shots you on T1 without mods map, when any defence mechanic doesn't work, when developers do new content and you can't beat uber content, because they add to rare mobs insane mods, because loot system does'nt work (HARDER = BETTER), because i can farm only bloody aqueduct and here mobs one shots me, because Chrisssss Whilson never play in Diablo before, because he never know how do the best ARPG, because in 2023 Diablo 4 kick's their PoE ASS forever, i believe in 2023.… Expand
  78. ChrisWilson
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Developers do not improve the required QOL in this game, game still flooded by trade-bots, blight-farm bots and other bots (like mf train botting). Last 5 leagues are stagnation, fake promises of poe2 that doesn't exist at all, still fixing a league problems for months since release. QOL team is outsorcing indian students? When new expansion? When refresh of old content, act system?
    Every    Developers do not improve the required QOL in this game, game still flooded by trade-bots, blight-farm bots and other bots (like mf train botting). Last 5 leagues are stagnation, fake promises of poe2 that doesn't exist at all, still fixing a league problems for months since release. QOL team is outsorcing indian students? When new expansion? When refresh of old content, act system?
    Every league is the same, for a year now.    … Expand
  79. 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.
  80. Coasted
    Aug 6, 2022
    0
    Far too many things wrong with this game to list here. To sum it up, it's not new player friendly. Too many broken mechanics., and too many one-shot mechanics out of nowhere.

    The biggest problem with this game is they built it around players who've dumped 10,000 hours into the game but gave the finger to those who've spent under 1000. It's best if people stay far far away from this    Far too many things wrong with this game to list here. To sum it up, it's not new player friendly. Too many broken mechanics., and too many one-shot mechanics out of nowhere.

    The biggest problem with this game is they built it around players who've dumped 10,000 hours into the game but gave the finger to those who've spent under 1000.

    It's best if people stay far far away from this game and hopefully they fixed all that they screwed up on in Path of exile 2. At face value this game looks good, but it's completely disgraceful once you're out of the epilogue.

    On a side note, no game should require multiple 3rd party programs to make it playable. This basically circles back to it not being friendly to new players. If one thinks they can simply just pick up the game and play it through, they are terribly mistaken.    … Expand
  81. kharaa
    Nov 13, 2013
    6
    You have a handful of classes, with very little that separates them, except what they can skill up in their passives tree. the game is extremely bland, it was an obvious attempt to mimic diablo 2, in almost every way shape and form that was realistic, except it has none of diablo II's flavor, or it's uniqueness, all of the said classes share the same exact skills. Of course there will beYou have a handful of classes, with very little that separates them, except what they can skill up in their passives tree. the game is extremely bland, it was an obvious attempt to mimic diablo 2, in almost every way shape and form that was realistic, except it has none of diablo II's flavor, or it's uniqueness, all of the said classes share the same exact skills. Of course there will be skills that benefit a hunter more, or a witch, but in general you have a single pool of spells that all classes share.

    The game is also very unforgiving, you end up making it to max rank, realized you were building like a jerk and the game does not help you at all. You're either forced to find the LARGE amount of orbs of regret, or reroll the character from scratch.

    This game is for only the most hardcore of diablo players, and will probably be forgotten by anyone beyond that.    … Expand
  82. sindronian
    Nov 11, 2015
    10
    In terms of design, the game is not a 10. However, the game deserves a 10. This is the best arpg experience you will get that is truly free. It even surpasses any other paid arpg I have played before. Playing through all the difficulties, even if it's just once is a totally fun experience. Play this gem.
  83. Avalord
    Dec 18, 2015
    10
    It is free and it is more fun than Diablo III. What more is there actually to say?
    Classes seem to fell quite similar, sure... So I don't have to play them all as I usually do. Might be counted as an upside ;)
  84. Mochito
    Dec 6, 2013
    7
    I have played this game since March 2013. I rate this game a 75/100 overall. I am not a Fan-boy, or a hater. I do like playing it overall. I am not going into the numerous minor likes, and dislikes. Try to stay on the major points.

    Pros 1. Endless character creation ability 2. Free game to start 3. Constant biweekly updates, and real fast emergency patches to fix major bugs 4.    I have played this game since March 2013. I rate this game a 75/100 overall. I am not a Fan-boy, or a hater. I do like playing it overall. I am not going into the numerous minor likes, and dislikes. Try to stay on the major points.

    Pros
    1. Endless character creation ability
    2. Free game to start
    3. Constant biweekly updates, and real fast emergency patches to fix major bugs
    4. Overall good graphics, and improving with each patch.
    5. Massive passive skill tree- It has over 1450 in it. Many are not needed for your particular build, but it's there for you to choose.
    6. Guild system

    Neutral

    1. You eventually need to buy micro-transactions for stash slots, not free in the end-run.
    2. Drop/crafting system have way to much RNG layers. Need to reduce the RNG v.s. toying with the magic find quality, and rarity. Hard, but not impossible to get anywere with the current structure.
    3. Map system is the end-game. Due to RNG again it's hard to progress in this area. Just as likely to run out of maps and be totally stuck. This last point is being addressed currently.

    Con's
    1. Horrible Trade system- Needs massive changes. Right now it's run by 24/7 players who have the time. It can take hours, or even days to find what you want to buy. And finding a buyer who will sell it without trying to rip you off. The sell side is no better. You must learn to use poe.xyz/ poe.explorer, or your never going to figure out anything. Of-site websites dealing with availability/ prices for buy/sell.
    1A- In-game spam trading is the pits, worse thing I have ever seen, no way to even filiter it, it's just endless fast scroll. RMT sites start spamming you too for next 20 minutes.

    2. Desync- Major problem in this game with several of the melee builds like cyclone. Lesser of a problem for casters/ranged.

    3. Lag issues- Dropping, I suspect over the next several months this will be a thing of the past.

    4. No real PVP system for those who care, for those who don't..... no negaitive here.

    I do believe that if they fix the trade system, get the drop/craft RNG lessened, and fix desync/lag this game currently has the potential to be the WOW of the ARPG market. However it will only be a niche game (50.000 players) if they don't correct these areas over the next few months. Only time will tell now.

    Again overall score 75/100 with potential to be 97/100    … Expand
  85. Zenslider
    Jan 31, 2014
    5
    Almost giving it a 7, semi hard core to hard core players please read on for perspective.
    Way too many posters here did not level past 60.
    8 for concepts Would be 9.5 out of 10 but the huge exception of crafting. For end game be prepared to farm for endless hours to attempt to upgrade gear. Imagine farming thousands of crafting items and maybe not get premium item upgraded. And it    Almost giving it a 7, semi hard core to hard core players please read on for perspective.
    Way too many posters here did not level past 60.

    8 for concepts
    Would be 9.5 out of 10 but the huge exception of crafting.
    For end game be prepared to farm for endless hours to attempt to upgrade gear. Imagine farming thousands of crafting items and maybe not get premium item upgraded. And it took thousands of drops and crafting items to get there. Now you can trade but there is no formal trading system. If you want a 2nd and 3rd part time job well this is your bread and butter. Want to somewhat gear a few characters past 70, good luck. It is better if you trade constantly for marginal gains, but imagine logging on and spamming trade chat every day getting your for sale equipment listed on 3rd party sites instead of playing.

    5 for Connectivity
    DESYNC will kill you. If you like to use skill at the margins in stead of power spamming be prepared to be annoyed. There are really cool races for points for a few mediocre items that are enjoyable but the better I do at these races is most correlated to managing desync. Hardcore leagues you have to really spec defensively and or group. If you play casual for end game a death costs you 10% of a level of experience although it won't drop you a level.

    I paid up because I feel like supporting the direction of game design they tried, but they would be much better off as a division of Blizzard getting some bandwidth, proper PR and support charging a few bucks a month. The free to play unless you want cool visuals or reasonable inventory space is weak for long term viability. The made huge leaps from D2 and yet made some rookie mistakes all at the same time.

    I can only pray someone comes along and learns from their mistakes. Happily ready to pay 10-20$ a month for that privilege.    … Expand
  86. robomartion
    Aug 3, 2022
    5
    I feel like Path of Exile is heavily skewed for hardcore players and all the content that leads up to that is kind of boring compared to Diablo III or Diablo II.
  87. Kinokarte
    Aug 10, 2015
    10
    A racing game with magic and melee toons. Great attention to detail and constant meaningful updates makes this one fun to play. With the Awakening (2015 / act 4) u still need a very active group to get to lv100, but it has gotten ALOT easier to get to lv 90 now for singleplayer. Alot of unfair and mean insta pops have been removed from maps, instead the last act is pretty tough now.A racing game with magic and melee toons. Great attention to detail and constant meaningful updates makes this one fun to play. With the Awakening (2015 / act 4) u still need a very active group to get to lv100, but it has gotten ALOT easier to get to lv 90 now for singleplayer. Alot of unfair and mean insta pops have been removed from maps, instead the last act is pretty tough now. Luckily most skills have been boosted so there are no more really bad choices it seems. There are lots of guides if u need help, or watch people play on twitch if u want. Are u 0 points dudes the ones that were caught cheating in races with maphacks ? Well done ggg.... What it does, it does very well. 10 points well deserved.… Expand
  88. martinc4
    Jun 4, 2015
    10
    The best RPG of past 5 years. It is hardcore game not for noobs and little kids so community is good. Gameplay make player frustrated because drops are poor, but this game is about go further and further and looking for better items and noobs don't like it because they dont want wait for equip 1 week they want it immediately so every bad reviews are from noobs. I know my eng is bad but ifThe best RPG of past 5 years. It is hardcore game not for noobs and little kids so community is good. Gameplay make player frustrated because drops are poor, but this game is about go further and further and looking for better items and noobs don't like it because they dont want wait for equip 1 week they want it immediately so every bad reviews are from noobs. I know my eng is bad but if i write in slovak no one would understand it. PS:"I love u grammar nazis!"… Expand
  89. succulentpoet
    Nov 23, 2015
    9
    This game was such a gem to find. Medieval RPGs are my absolute favorite, and while this one offers multiplayer online MMO options, it's really great for solo play. Beautiful scenery, good story, and amazingly giant skill tree.
  90. ZakDolan
    Dec 29, 2015
    10
    This game is a hack and slash adventure similar to Diablo. But it's what Diablo could and should have been! It's got better skills, more adaptable gear, and much better economy and currency

    And, it's free. The skill tree is amazing, the currency doubling as usable items to customize gear is brilliant, the artwork and voice acting is fantastic, and the micro transactions are    This game is a hack and slash adventure similar to Diablo. But it's what Diablo could and should have been! It's got better skills, more adaptable gear, and much better economy and currency

    And, it's free.

    The skill tree is amazing, the currency doubling as usable items to customize gear is brilliant, the artwork and voice acting is fantastic, and the micro transactions are reasonable and optional.

    The level of strategic depth is great.

    And the end game is much better. Other games have adapted and copied PoE as a result.

    Seriously, check this game out. Can't beat the price. And it's excellent.    … Expand
  91. Just_A_Summoner
    Feb 11, 2016
    9
    Really fun game for me the trading system is 100% based of loot and items to improve items there is no gold or money so it all comes down to i will give you this or this for that.
    Now... the customer support is epic i completely misread something brought it and then sent a complaint after being corrected i was refunded and was able to spend my money again on something i actually wanted.    Really fun game for me the trading system is 100% based of loot and items to improve items there is no gold or money so it all comes down to i will give you this or this for that.
    Now... the customer support is epic i completely misread something brought it and then sent a complaint after being corrected i was refunded and was able to spend my money again on something i actually wanted.
    there is events pvp keeping things new if you get bored of grinding the party system works really well if you have people who know what they are doing or are at the same quests as you i almost only play on Hardcore due to the unforgiving character gets removed from the mode if you die but it gets switched to standard witch only gives you exp penalty so first time players if you want to play on standard just play on hardcore till you die i recommend but if you want to stay in hardcore you have the rush of staying alive and the skill-tree feels like it just go's on so many options and you can subclass into almost anything but you cant just respect without penalty you need to buy each respect point making you think awhile when leveling up.    … Expand
  92. Gregorich
    Nov 17, 2018
    9
    Hallo zusammen,

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

    Griessli
    Greg
  93. 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
  94. R4bisco
    Jun 13, 2022
    9
    Best ARPG in the market. It does have it flaws but it is definitely the best one currently.
    It's though a more complex ARPG where you can test and experiment with a lot of skills and a huge Passive Skill. Here your choice DO Matters.
    About Trading: Trading is done through an external page called PoeTrade where you can easily post your items and they would like to your stash. Pretty    Best ARPG in the market. It does have it flaws but it is definitely the best one currently.
    It's though a more complex ARPG where you can test and experiment with a lot of skills and a huge Passive Skill. Here your choice DO Matters.

    About Trading:
    Trading is done through an external page called PoeTrade where you can easily post your items and they would like to your stash. Pretty easy and straight forward to use. It offers various types of filters so that you can find the best item for you. No money involved. Plz, don't pay for currency items, you can get them through your play and just trade for the items that you need.
    Although I believe it doesn't deserve a 10 because of the following:

    Cons:
    - No character appearance customizations
    - No day/night cycle    … Expand
  95. Kelmeri
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    Unplayable and generally not fun and so ugly even its own Mother couldn't Love it.
  96. Crazyhydra89
    Oct 17, 2021
    10
    tons of content, constant updates, lots of depth with skill trees + gems + links, stable servers, basically the opposite of a Blizzard ARPG
  97. 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
  98. Sitheral
    Aug 3, 2022
    9
    Brutal. Dark. Complicated.
    It's Diablo II on steroids, in a good way. If you feel that Diablo III dissapointed you, this game is for you.
  99. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    May 29, 2021
    7
    Context: I've put in quite some hours and about 15$ over the course of 5 years or so. I'd say im pretty skilled in terms of mechanics, economics and game knowledge. I've played HC / SSF / trade leagues and cleared more or less the whole game multiple times. I'd say im a PoE veteran.

    + theory craft potential + depth + story and world building + new content every league (every 4 months    Context: I've put in quite some hours and about 15$ over the course of 5 years or so. I'd say im pretty skilled in terms of mechanics, economics and game knowledge. I've played HC / SSF / trade leagues and cleared more or less the whole game multiple times. I'd say im a PoE veteran.

    + theory craft potential
    + depth
    + story and world building
    + new content every league (every 4 months or so)
    + decent endgame
    + currency system is innovative and pretty great in theory
    + there's plenty of distinct ways for people to play the game (trader, aura bot, party, solo, SFF, mapper, farmer, bosser, delver, ...)
    - graphics are kinda meh
    - currency system can get frustrating and annoying and kinda feeds back on the paid elements of the game
    - not really F2P even though it's marketed as such (you will more or less need TAB'S etc.)
    - new content gets abandoned in the next league and therefore lacks polish
    - Trading is horrible go play SSF
    - SSF is the way to play but sadly restrics build diversity and requires way more hours then trade leagues
    - ALWAYS ONLINE / wants to be an MMO pretty badly
    - build diversity is rather low and depends on patch, if you wanna clear the game without no lifeing
    - developer went from great indie pal to big corpo with all the pro's and con's
    - pretty annoying developer defender fanbase

    There's a great game hidden beneath all the always online / F2P market filth. In an alternate universe this could be the best ARPG of all time, but the way it is now i cant rank it higher then classics such as Titan Quest, Diablo 2 etc.    … Expand
  100. nonameshero
    Aug 11, 2021
    0
    The last change in the game is extremely negative, as for players as a result and for the company GGG.
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#20 Best PC Game of 2013
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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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