Games you are currently playing - Part 7

[Indrid Cold]

Tried it with a friend and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't quite put why I thought D4 was boring, but there's something about POE 2 that makes me want to play more.

It's the spiritual successor to D2.

 

[Andrei79]

It's the spiritual successor to D2.

That makes sense. It really has that D2 feel, only bigger and with way more depth. I'm having a blast playing with a friend. The game is difficult too, which is great.

I think I'm starting to understand why I felt D4 was boring too. It felt like the build and attacks weren't as meaningful. The map and enemy designs were inferior and with waaaay less variety. The open world wasn't as interesting for an ARPG as the procedural maps. And, probably the most important part, the maps/dungeons are short in POE2, while D4 I remember some dungeons being a slog to go through lasting way too much time in the same settings. I also remember seeing the same enemies and same designs 30 hours in, to the point I quit due to how repetitive it was. Its crazy that a team with that kind of funding doesn't understand and can't create something this good.

 

[Indrid Cold]

That makes sense. It really has that D2 feel, only bigger and with way more depth. I'm having a blast playing with a friend. The game is difficult too, which is great.

I think I'm starting to understand why I felt D4 was boring too. It felt like the build and attacks weren't as meaningful. The map and enemy designs were inferior and with waaaay less variety. The open world wasn't as interesting for an ARPG as the procedural maps. And, probably the most important part, the maps/dungeons are short in POE2, while D4 I remember some dungeons being a slog to go through lasting way too much time in the same settings. I also remember seeing the same enemies and same designs 30 hours in, to the point I quit due to how repetitive it was. Its crazy that a team with that kind of funding doesn't understand and can't create something this good.

The slower, D2 like gameplay is POE's evil trick to make the game seem bigger than it really is. D4 is huge, and game play is so much faster. I like the slower style. D4's one killing vast mobs just doesn't feel right.