Path of Downgrade, the backwards sequel

[Clyan]

poe2 basically is a fart sucked out of poe1's sexy ass. it feels like the retarded little brother of the ubermensch.
imagine createing an innovative and great game and then many years later come up with a continuation of it but just urinate and defecate all over that innovation and then sell it to people too naive to realize they're scammed.

here's an example: "iT's EaRlY ACceSs, huRr DuRR"
no it's not. the game is complete, they just dont release the full content of it, so they can continue to milk money out of your wallets for as long as possible. it's just a marketing ruse and you are falling for it. they tell you that once it's out of EA it will be free, so you'll have a high opinion of them when in reality they have zero interest in releasing the complete game.

here's another one: "POe2 iS sLoWEr paCeD, mAN"
no it's not. they removed zooming and made XP gain more tedious, yet you still reach the endgame in half the time of what it took you to complete poe1's compaign.

or: "tHE bOsSEs aRE tHe bESt pArT abOuT tHIs gAmE"
no they're not. it's quite the opposite. apart from the few pinnacle bosses there are no boss mechanics. you spam attacks and dodge, that's it. literally every normal boss is the same. and once your build is online you can just delete them from the screen in 3 seconds because their phases are just HP refills.

and of course: "dOdGe RoLL iS sOmEThiNg nEW"
no it's not. it's a rancid turd copied from other arpgs that all failed horribly. so now instead of strategically use a dash you'll just spam space every 5 seconds until your build is so strong it just deletes everything before anything can touch you. in other words: less gameplay, more spamming.

and last but not least: "tHE sToRy, mUSic and vOICe aCTinG is sO gOoD"
no it's not. poe1's writing was stellar. every character had depth, incredible dialogue and insane voice acting. the music was distinct and original.
poe2 compared to that is meh at best. the story actually is super dumb. so we're chasing this beast and it keeps slipping away, hah, how exciting! not a single interesting character. sin is just mister exposition. the vaal apparently speak the same language as us, yet for some reason they sometimes don't. all potential for doryani squandered on a generic personality. the music: absolutely forgettable. and the voice acting: boring af.

sorry, but everything about this franchise's evolution is wrong:
the passive tree offers less variety.
crafting reduced to one way orb slamming.
build diversity is non existent.
the "new" mapping system is a downgrade.
gold currency system is a downgrade.
socket progression now is worse.

inb4: cHEez, gOoD yOu sTilL cAN pLAy pOE1, hUrrRrRR

my point is that this game was supposed to be better, not just different, but it has failed at that big time. sadly, it's utter trash and you know it.

[Cvxbio]

My favorite part about poe2 Is all the new players pretending to be PoE 1 vets, this game Is 1 update away from losing what made "Path of Exile" "Path of Exile".

Also, I can't help but laugh at the people thinking that the campaign's gameplay was supposed to translate Into endgame, Jonathan very clearly talked about that In their last Interview.

The only thing he said he regrets not Improving on early Is the transition from the campaign Into Maps, he wants It to be a lot more streamlined and easier so the jump Isn't so high.

Yet you still have people hopping around and vomiting the "This Isn't PoE2's vision" when they completely misunderstood the point.

Honestly I feel bad for the developers at this point, they now have a herd of low IQ new players to the franchise btching and moaning about how "endgame is nothing like the campagin" when It never was supposed to be.


When the game fully releases and we start getting more league mechanics etc ontop and it gets a lot easier to get top end items then the real player count will start to show, since then all the Diablo 2 followers will have left and finally realized that this game Isn't the same thing.