First impressions on POE2 EA?

To be honest the more I look at it the more I think did this really take 5 years? I think they've spent countless hours on redoing assets but then just reheated a few bits of old content and tried to make it harder by nerfing everything they can get their hands on.

It's POE1 with moderatly improved graphics but totally gutted of all content, loot and fun.

Fun, enjoy it more than PoE 1 atm becuase Ive played PoE 1 too much.

I will say I dunno how many times I could slog through these acts, though. Not only did they take a well-disliked part of PoE 1, but they D3 Inferno doubled it. Same for Trials.

Oh you got tired of doing 4-12 hours of Campaign in PoE 1, well heres 30-40 in PoE 2 for your troubles. Its cool right now, but a few leagues from now, or even Early Access restarts when they add new acts, might be a bridge too far with this bloated Campaign.

Other than that, I am having fun right now. Its a good game.

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It's awful - way too hard and slow. Feels like they are sacrificing their core audience for some imagined new crowd

Yep, it's completely trash. Graphics are great and I like the boss encounters being individually made but holy hell, the gameplay is terrible. Like the worst I've seen.

These guys think "souls-like" means shit on the player at every turn. They have NO IDEA how to make a souls-like and so we get whatever this mess is. Just a bad, bad game. It needs another 5 years.

Worst ever seen? Jesus really?

I think the main thing I dislike is the removal of alot of things that made POE1 great. I loved Alterations, scours, etc. I know it made crafting somewhat "deterministic" but anyone who has played from day 1 remembers POE before all the convoluted crafting mechanics league brought us.. Alterations, scours, eternals, etc were NOT the issues. It was all these currencies compiled with ease of access from new crafting mechanics that came with 10 years of leagues that caused issues.
I also loved the ability to create our own corpses, it allowed builds like Volatile dead and Corpse Explosion to work and thrive. With the removal of the ability to create our own corpses in POE2, these builds feel almost unworkable.
Theres just alot of stuff that makes POE2 not feel like an extension of POE1, but almost like a new game entirely. I love and hate it all at the same time.

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sacsalacker#2753 wrote:

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It's awful - way too hard and slow. Feels like they are sacrificing their core audience for some imagined new crowd

Yep, it's completely trash. Graphics are great and I like the boss encounters being individually made but holy hell, the gameplay is terrible. Like the worst I've seen.

These guys think "souls-like" means shit on the player at every turn. They have NO IDEA how to make a souls-like and so we get whatever this mess is. Just a bad, bad game. It needs another 5 years.

I really would just love POE1 with POE2 graphics/optimization. I really would play that.