Do you think this game is too easy?

[ShadowFTL]

Do you think this game is too easy?

[Reaver]

No, seems to be just right. Learn the bosses,nuff said

[LazyJoeBeard]

I find it quite hard which I like. I just beat the first act last night and plan to start the second one today.

[Vespertellino]

Do you think this game is too easy?

[Dailao]

The harder they make it the less money they will earn.
It's a balance act. Just hardcore gamers don't pay the bills.

[LazyJoeBeard]

Originally posted by Dailao:

The harder they make it the less money they will earn.
It's a balance act. Just hardcore gamers don't pay the bills.

True but I do not think its that hard, its hard but just hard, not like really hard. I just beat the act 1 boss for the first time but as of now I have not hit a wall and the first boss only took 4 tries and my kill attempt was with only skeleton warriors (was doing farming and accidentally started the fight that I killed him, had 6 warriors)

[Dwane Dibbley]

Too hard or too easy. Depends on build. I have yet to come with build that on middle ground. Its either total failure, or 1button sleepfest.

[Rin]

Act 2 is way harder than act 1. It really test your build

[giftedfox]

Too easy. I just stay in town and watch people spam out their paid pets.

[Hobo Elf]

Yes. After the initial shock and you get used to playing this game, it's about as easy as any other ARPG, including Diablo 4. Sure, you can die pretty fast if you just try to facetank everything with zero investment in survi, but that's how it works in all these games. I also don't think GGG succeeded at making it a slower/toned down PoE.

[CyberDown]

Its pretty easy once you get rolling and learn the game. im not getting all the complaints on difficulty.

[joesephjOSEPH]

i think its just right. when a boss gets to hard or an area you can back track a little to gain more exp and grind for better loot. learning the bosses moves and where to best position your self helps a lot. I dont think you can call the game to hard or to easy. You have to pay attention and play the game as its intended to progress.
i have not reached end game maps yet but it just seems like when you get stuck there gear and skill optimization takes you further. the balance of this game feels just right and in this genre thats really hard to do. so very impressive work.

[Nightskies]

Originally posted by Dailao:

The harder they make it the less money they will earn.
It's a balance act. Just hardcore gamers don't pay the bills.

Elden Ring would like a word.

The word you're actually looking for is "punishing". If you're good at a game like this, you aren't punished. Elden Ring does not punish you for bad builds; you can freely adapt (to an extent) and easily farm more strength or even make the game outright easier. PoE2 allows you to adapt, but it will cost you. PoE2 allows you to farm more strength, but there's RNG and getting exactly what you want is not cheap.

And then on the flip side, you can arbitrarily be punished because a part of your build is OP. The common player will aim to make OP builds, but against their own sense, it isn't actually fun to play OP builds for long. It behooves them to squash builds that are so OP that other perfectly viable builds are *Not* considered nonviable- which is actually due to a lack of skill fostered by reliance on overpowered builds.

But its a beta game. If you find something OP, even if you don't talk about it, I expect they're collecting analytical data that will reveal OP builds. The more common it is, the more likely your OP build will be hammered.

I learned a valuable lesson from a player who was very good at finding OP builds once; they purposefully played thematic underpowered builds specifically so they could enhance their own skill at playing the game. Brilliant.

[Nightskies]

Oh, I completely failed to answer OP:

This game is on the soft side of skill difficulty - my aging mediocre reflexes and precision is more than easily adequate to avoid dying once I know what's coming - but it is punishing and requires thought if not following a guide or copying someone else's build.

[Tazz]

yes it very easy ..... play the game and then you die take a deep breath turn of pc and walk away repeat play the game and then you die take a deep breath turn of pc and walk away repeat

[Razerarc]

Yes and no.