PC User Reviews

Nothing is happening in the game except for nerfs of strong classes that 50+% of the entire league plays.

whoever designs the bosses in this game needs a serious lesson on game design. they are pure dps checks, especially when the game starts putting 2 bosses in one arena. i just wanna play the game. instead i have to autistically calculate every last bit of my build, to deal with unfair mechanics. i really want to like the game, but it makes it so hard for you

Do you like homework? Cause that is what this game is. A bloated, clunky grindfest that quickly becomes a chore.

I'm over 3k hours in and still a noob, 10/10 best ARPG ever. Jokes aside, nobody really nails the kill mosters -> loot and complexity = reward loop like GGG

The absolute masterpiece of game design "diablo-like" created and proved the effectiveness of really complex game mechanics. I've never reached the real heights of building in this game and haven't made really meta-builds, but I've always admired that despite constant rebalancing and nerfing by developers, the game still allows good players to create godlike characters that kill higher bosses in seconds. The game has a lot of pros and cons, but this part has continued to fascinate me for many years.

Quel jeu !!! Le meilleur arpg a ce jour encore inégaler et tout ca gratuit ?? Qui fais encore ça de nos jours ? Soutenez les vrais devs et les vrais jeux !

I still come back league after league, patch after patch. HH, Mageblood, speed farming, the atlas passive tree, the economy shenanigans, gambling all your **** 1 is special. Somehow it all just kinda works and not much else compares despite the obvious game engine and visual clarity issues. Minor flaws but overall it's a masterpiece if you can stick around long enough to understand the systems and the freedom this ARPG provides.

Une expérience globalement satisfaisante. J’ai passé un bon moment du début à la fin.

Talk about the biggest Chinese shill game in the industry these days. Even League of Legends doesn't support the CCP this hard. They literally change any design of the game if the Chinese don't like it. And don't get me started on the forums. If you even mention China, the comment will be deleted. It's a trash game for commies.

Definetely one of the best games in arpg genre. Huge build variety, tons of content, and challenging micro gameplay. All that for free.

they think they exiled me to wreaclast. little do they know wraeclast was exiled to me because in total i must have driven species to extinction from all the killing. i feel bad for the monsters.

I’ve now played POE 2 for over 90 hours, and I’m completely disappointed. The only aspects that make the game remotely interesting are the graphics and the skill tree. The regular mobs on the maps are generally no challenge at all. Bosses simply spam countless AOE attacks and throw trash mobs at you. There’s no noteworthy mechanic or significant challenge behind the boss fights. They just deal massive damage and have an endless health pool. When it’s supposed to be “especially difficult,” the boss room is artificially shrunk until you’re forced to fight an AOE-spamming boss in a tiny square, or they use damage types against which it’s nearly impossible to have sufficient **** 1 is far more entertaining and enjoyable to play. In this case, it feels like they tried to create a Dark Souls **** my opinion, POE 2 doesn’t deserve any attention, and the price for early access to a free-to-play game is outrageous, especially since you’re not really getting anything special for it. Sure, let the test players pay for the privilege of being test **** sum up POE 2 in bullet points:Boring mapsAbsurdly stupid boss fightsZero innovationExtremely long farming due to almost no useful gear dropsMindless grindAcceptable graphics but poor performanceThe game isn’t worth a single cent! If you’re considering buying it, I can only advise against it. Wait until it’s free to play.

POE fanboys will defend this shiny, polished turd to the death. Fact of the matter is this game is badly designed in so many ways, that GGG should strongly consider firing whoever came up with some of this. The skill tree is a disaster and needs to be completely reworked. Map bosses need fixed. Loot system needs fixed. Endgame needs a total overhaul. Endgame has no viable builds, you are gridlocked into one of the "templated" builds because experimentation does not work. Overall, these types of games are supposed to enforce risk and reward- this game has no reward. They tried to copy the dark souls formula and dropped the ball. POE fanboys will say "ph well i had no problem sinking 12 hours of my day into getting a weapon that does 4-12 more dmg than my current one" as if that's anything BUT bad game design. Skip this one.

Beautiful game, it has a great story. This an ARPG game, that makes you rage quit once every hour. Defiantly need a **** ton of balancing. The game makes you run for 10 min, then kills you, and you have to run the same 10 min over and over again. Needs more checkpoints

BAD - Lazy balancing and instant death boss fights. Drop rates are insanely low and will drop gear for all classes which makes getting any upgrade for your class very hard to come by. The only way to progress is to stock pile items and switch classes when you have enough good items for the other classes because you won't be finding upgrades for the class that you are playing. Level ups feel worthless as STR, DEX, INT no longer provide major stat improvements. Skills no longer level up. The only character they seem to have balanced the game around is the Warrior, ever other class dies so quickly it's not funny. Performance wise the game stutters a lot and floats between 40-50 FPS with a 2080 on medium. I'm so tired of devs labelling their game dank souls because they are too lazy to balance their game and then to top it off throwing in instant death attacks to further ruin the game. There is no cool gear or skills that you will find while playing. The players that look amazing bought their skins. Your character will always look like you are wearing a bag of potatoes. Seriously this is not worth your time and it doesn't respect your time.

Path of microtransactions trash!!!!!! Fan boys have the nerve to bash and disrespect diablo 4!!!!!!! Path of microtransactions trash has microtransactions over $500!!!!!!!!

The game is overrated by bots, empty, buggy game without any set, vibe or setting. Not working mechanics and game systems, hardcore is pointless, since the game is buggy. And softcore is a tutorial, just like in Diablo.

Aside from the Early Access server issues, once I got in I immediately loved this game. Have never played POE1 so this is all new to me, still found learning curve great, but understand so much to learn at same time.

What an incredible game, difficult, action packed, skillfully crafted with a complex but never boring progression system. One of the best games ive played in the last decade. Loved the Closed Beta. Monk4L

i give this a zero because it lacks an offline mode. really don't like the always online requirements.

I think people that like playing with excel as fun might enjoy this game immensely. But I genuinely have no idea why it appeals to anyone except that's it is "free". Problems: The interface is clunky and uninviting. The skill system allows for customization but needs guides to make anything formidable. (a problem with Diablo as well really) The gameplay is absolutely terrible and not fun. Jumpy and terrible animations. So many horrible types of currency. Non-existent documentation. Boring story (is there a story?). Overall, I had zero fun in this game and I tried it several times over the years. I can't imagine the same people will make POE 2 any better, but I'm dumb enough to try it for $30. Hell, at least they tried and made a game. What have I done with my life?

I miss a Story in the Game and AAA Approach like in Diablo. Diablo is the big Game. PoE makes the same in worse.

Genuine good game, if you like D2 and think D3 & 4 deviated from their own franchise...then this game is for you Better news POE2 is even better and releases soon.

Path of Exile is nothing short of a masterpiece in the action RPG genre, offering players an unparalleled experience that combines depth, complexity, and engagement. The game excels with its vast character customization options, particularly through the intricate passive skill tree and the unique skill gem system, allowing players to create truly personalized builds that cater to their playstyle. The dark, immersive world of Wraeclast is rich with lore and filled with challenging enemies and epic loot, making exploration feel rewarding and exhilarating. The frequent updates and expansions demonstrate the developers' commitment to constantly evolving the game, introducing new mechanics, leagues, and content that keep the community excited and engaged. Additionally, the game’s free-to-play model is executed flawlessly, offering a fair experience without pay-to-win elements, making it accessible for everyone. Overall, Path of Exile stands as a benchmark for what an online RPG can achieve, combining deep mechanics, a thriving community, and an expansive world into a consistently rewarding adventure that sets a high standard in the genre.

The only downside of PoE is the barrier of entry for new players. Being such a complex game, with years of deep complex, and meaningful systems accumulated, the game can be quite intimidating for new players. But I can guarantee that if you like the genre and keep playing past the initial learning curve, you will not be disappointed. The character progression and build creation potential are honestly almost endless, and this paired with a solid campaign and an AMAZING (and almost a bit addictive) endgame array of options, makes this my all-time favourite game to play continuously.

this a game against humanity, a game company that plays tricks on players, is also preparing to launch Path of Exile 2.

The game is over due to the season, experience points will be deducted when a character dies, and the level difficulty is targeted at the player's weaknesses.

The game is poorly optimized, the difficulty is skyrocketing, and the punishment mechanism is quite discouraging. I don't know why I want to play this game, and I don't know why this game is being compared to Diablo IV. But what I am sure of is that this game is a waste of time at the end of the game.

The game is unreasonable at the end of the game. In the later stages of the game, Maps' mods target the player's weaknesses in every way, with restrictions on teleportation and penalties for deducting experience points. It is a game that is hostile to players.

This game is so bad it doesnt deserve more than 20 minutes of play before uninstalling it .But its free, there are alot of people who will take anything if its free i suppose.

The games is not a masterpiece but it's pretty demn close. Gameplay, complexity, overall feeling in building your own hero (both equipment and skills), market (player2player trading, recently added market house), community, developer transparency, business model, continuous development cycle, MUSIC... So what's bad here? Not so much. Some may claim graphics feels old but for game released over a decade ago I would say graphics is decent enough. Others could complain about complexity and high entry-point but again - this game over last ten years received new content 3-4 times per each year, with most of it still present in game mechanics. And all of that is F2P - that is, if you are mastermind of stash micromanagement, otherwise for 20-30$ you get a bunch of stash-tabs (+ equivalent value in points to spent on mtx). So far this is one and only true heir of Diablo 2, the Ultimate ARPG game which can only lose its crown to upcoming PoE2.

- Sep 30, 2024 After trying for a few days, I’ve had enough. My previous comments were already polite, but now I have to tell it like it is. First of all, not only does the game completely fail to responsibly teach the mechanics, but the company behind it is utterly **** entire game is designed to work against the player. The map mods always target the players’ weaknesses (and they dare to call this a sense of achievement—it's an insult to the players!). There's a 10% experience penalty, only five portals, and the skill tree, which seems expansive at first glance, is a total lie. Skill Gems? Whether they're usable or not entirely depends on the developers’ whims!This garbage game is as repulsive as Blizzard. With a company like this, I seriously doubt that their upcoming PoE2 will be good game. - Sep 9, 2024 Overall, the game cannot be considered poor; however, it is undeniably frustrating and infuriating.First, the game features a highly complex system. Unfortunately, many explanations of the game mechanics are provided through player-created websites, such as those detailing skill trees and equipment crafting, rather than being offered directly by the developers. The developers should have provided instructional resources to guide players on crafting equipment and understanding skill trees and their combinations. Instead, the official game website remains unchanged and simplistic, while the game’s mechanics continue to grow increasingly complex. Consequently, only players with an in-depth understanding of the game’s mechanics and calculations are able to excel, leaving newcomers at a loss, forced to rely on **** game’s content is inherently challenging, and with experience penalties upon character death and limitations on late-game map access. new players have no choice but to depend on player-created websites for game information. Unfortunately, these sites often lack the latest updates and sometimes contain outdated information. For an internationally promoted game, the language barrier further exacerbates the issue, making it even more difficult for new and returning players to access comprehensive game information and mechanics. These are aspects that the game developers should have addressed, but they have yet to take any action in this regard.finally, I think this game company is most likely to be of the same nature as Blizzard, so don’t have high expectations.Finally, regarding the experience penalty and my personal feeling, when the character is about to level up by the amount of experience (approximate experience: 50% or more), there will always be monsters that can kill the character immediately in the map, this phenomenon will always occur regardless of the difficulty of the map, and then 10% of the experience points that have been worked hard to increase are forcibly deducted, and all the time invested is wasted in this phenomenon.

One of the best games ever made. Best modern ARPG for **** a constructive criticism I would say there is a bit of bloat related to game mechanics, it has accumulated over the years. This might scare new players and tire old veterans sometimes. But Path of Exile is still the most enjoyable experience I've ever had in an ARPG. Many of the mechanics are not needed to enjoy the game and it can be played casually or in a very very hardcore way. If you are going to try PoE for the first time or want to return to it and give it another try, just take your time and do what you find interesting it's going to be enjoyable no matter how deep you want to delve into it. PoE is the true Diablo 2 successor.

1, if not the best ARPG around today. And it's free, with no P2W Micro-transactions. Path of Exile (POE) is such an awesome experience that is difficult to pull yourself away from, after getting hooked. Every last detail has been thought out. Even those smallest quality of life improvements, that normally get glossed over, have been solved in a way that make the user experience better. Then all of these little improvements together, just make the game feel so natural and smooth to play. So the best part of ARPGs is the character building freedom, and that is where POE really stands out from the croud. The developers at Grinding Gear Games have really made every single style feel like the possibilties are endless. This has came at the cost of the new player experience feeling overwhelming. So if you are new, I recommend copying someone else's build for your first character. This will allow you to become familier with the massive skill tree before tackling your own build. Campaign wise the game is fairly sized. How ever I personally never took much interest in the story and lore. But the gameplay is so good that it didn't bother me that I didn't have a clue what was going on. I have heard from fans that the story is really good if you bother to learn it. But my ADHD doesn't allow me to listen to a voice over the top of a text dump for each part of the game narration. Its like Audible but your looking at a screen with nothing intersting going on. The enemy and boss mechanics are the best you can experience in ARPGs. With enemy attacks being well telegraphed. At times can be quite fast paced. With all sorts of flashing effects that gives you that sweet, sweet dopamine. The looting is also fun. Something that Diablo hasn't been able to quite capture since D2. POE makes you feel like no time is ever wasted. The currencies in this game are items to which do various things. Like change item modifiers or gem slots. So even items you don't want can be exchanged to NPCs for some of these currencies. Making everything carry atleast some form of value to the player. Rather then having 1 universal currency, that you end up getting so much of that it ends worthless. There is a player trading system. Most people tend to want Chromatic Orbs for items. These orbs changing the colour of gem slots on items. Gem slots are what grant you your abilities which you use in combat. POE being free. Whats its monitization like? The only thing that you can buy that alters gameplay is stash tabs. These cost around $5 each. There is a variety of different kinds. Other then a currency tab (Allowing you to stack each currency, way higher), you don't really need any of the others, but they are nice to have. You could easily play through the game and get the full experience without dropping a dime. But I personally recommend spending around $20 on a few stash tabs so you don't spend as much time micromanaging your bank. My 1 gripe with this game. ADD LEG ARMOUR!! All the characters walk around almost half naked. You do get full armour later in the game. But for hours you will be walking around in near enough your underwear, from the waist down. You can get cosmetic overrides, thou. Changing how each slot appears, regardless of what you have equipped. These are on the prices side, I think each bundle is like $30 or something. They do have discount sales on for a selection of stuff. It's more there if you want to show extra support to the team and get a little something in return. It's not ever rammed in your face. Throughout your hole time with the game, you will never get ads pop up asking you to spend money. Only a small button saying "shop" which clearly states that it is a microtransaction shop. So you know, this is where you spend real money. POE is proof that you don't need malicious or deceptive techniques to be a successful FTP game. You just need to make the experience enjoyable and the money will come. That when developers do these annoying FOMO techniques, that it is out of greed and not because "They need to or the game will die". If you enjoy ARPGs with fun looting and unlimited character builds then POE is definitely a game for you. And its free so definitely give it a go! The new player experience does have a bit of a learning curve, but I highly recommend sitting through it because once you start getting hooked, you won't regret it.

The game itself is great, steep learning curve but its great. The devs are great people. BUT the support of this game good lord. Dont ever have any kind of problems with this game. If you do you should just stop playing the game. This game has the WORST support ever, HORRIBLY inefficient and its literally like talking to a braindead AI on the other side. I had my account locked and then muted for have a name that they considered inappropriate. I repeatedly tried to explain to them the context behind my name and why it was not what they thought it was but they didn't care. Its like the person on the other end had a huge ego and simply refused to accept that they may have made a mistake. Also the account recovery process is the WORST of anything out there. Recovering your account even if you have all of the proof that its your account will take days if not weeks because they have no sort of form for you to fill out. You have to send emails back and forth forever until they can do anything for you. I am not kidding when i say that EA support is better than this, and i despise EA as a company.

I recently started playing the new season of Path of Exile on July 26th and was enjoying the game. I was so excited that I immediately purchased the most expensive supporter pack, spending $90 to support the developers. However, just a few hours later, I was suddenly banned for “3rd party software” (botting). The only other applications I had running were Riot’s client and the Mobalitics app on Overwolf. Neither of these interacted with Path of Exile or made any changes to the **** a complete beginner, I was simply following a leveling guide from Maxroll, trying to learn the game. Despite this, I was banned without any explanation or investigation. The support team refused to look into my gameplay to verify if the ban was justified and only responded with pre-generated, copy-pasted answers. The ban is permanent. I am not alone in this experience—many others have been banned for no apparent reason: 1. ****/forum/view-thread/3247788 2. ****/forum/view-thread/3240146 3. ****/forum/view-thread/3247169 I am sharing this to warn everyone to be extremely cautious about purchasing any microtransactions from this company. They can revoke your access to the game at any time and for any reason, as outlined in their policy rules. You could be banned for simply having unrelated applications running in the background, even if they have nothing to do with your Path of Exile gameplay.

Надто хардкорно, баланс зміщений в сторону "задротів" чи мета білди які пересічні гравці тупо копіюють. Аукціону як такого немає. торгівля займає половину часу.SoloSelfFound не рятує через проблеми з балансом, бо складність така як для інших, тому хай левел контент доступний не усім. А взагалі контенту стільки що не знаєш за що братись, в поганому сенсі. Взагалі гра для тих, хто любить читати гайди замість того, щоб пізнавати гру під час проходження. Поставив 8 лише через відсутність альтернатив.

I have not finished the main game yet so I will be updating this. So the game is really good, the best thing about it is that it offers a huge, very comprehensive passive skill tree which can make a difference. The game plays great on my PC on max settings, it feels a bit clunky at times but rarely. The game looks pretty good on a good PC especially on areas that are not very dark, the textures are really solid, unfortunately most of the areas I've seen so far are dark and gloomy which it doesn't help for the game look better on modern hardware.Dark is the tone and theme of the game though,a land ravaged of all kinds of horrors. The gameplay is nice with a huge variety of different enemies and spells you can use to destroy them. I am not sure yet if the game is the king of the genre like many people are saying but it sure is a great game, better than Diablo 3, Chaosbane or even victor vran in my opinion. Definitely not better than Hades though they are incredibly different,haven't played Diablo 4 so no opinions there.

Less the game more the company behind it. I was a customer of theirs from 2013 to 2022. After a very disconnected launch designs starting with 3.15 many of us were upset. We voiced our displeasure with the game changes. We were also routinely muted in chat for very harmless criticisms. Even some nuanced history without being offensive to anyone. I had enough in 2022. I told them to delete my account after a back and forth with support. Out of curiosity I saw that Tencent had fully acquired the company. So I thought that perhaps their leadership and attitudes had changed. I was wrong. I reached out in April 2024 during Necropolis league if they would reinstate all the supporter pack microtransactions associated to the account. The very same email, with the dates and transaction ids of each purchase discussed. They simply said they couldn't do it. This is just corporate speak. It's not like I asked for a refund on a served dinner or a physical product. These are digital transactions. With proof of purchase. They simply refused. So you see nothing has changed with them in two years. The way support treats customers is simply the tip of the iceberg. They hate you. _________ Update: Support got back to me and today fully restored the deleted account. They went the extra mile when they didn't have to. So they don't hate us. The future will tell the verdict of GGG. Not the past.

Not sure why this game is hyped as much as it is. It is very hard to pick up with out referencing a ton of external stuff. It has too many systems and feels very clunky. The game is truly showing its age, graphics wise it is very dated, lot of screen clutter.

Max score means I consider it to be the best for its genre. Depth, customization and scale of the end game are like never seen in a game before. The game was inspired by Diablo2 and GGG took it to a whole new level. Really feals that the game is made for gamers to enjoy and not for the company to make a profit, they (GGG) go all in with that by keeping a very close relationship with the community and really listening to their feedback.

Recap on Path of Exile play, staff and community in 2024 is simply this: Game play is ok but has too many options/paths for a build with confusing & pointless stats in gear & accessories that make building and game play bad, specially End game playing. STAFF of GGG (was TenCent) is simply this: The GM's are abusive with muting & banning ppl for minor little things, (Unless your a real old paying player) then it is ok for them to troll/give wrong info & abuse new players causing them to not want play the game at all. Reporting abuse to a GM on old players only get you muted for simple little things that DO NOT break the TOS, because if it did they would mute all the players who constantly troll/abuse new players making new ppl not want to bother playing PoE at all. NOW the Crux of the matter, Community simply is this: Everything I explained above about players being abusive above is just a fraction of the horror that is PoE, asking a question or asking for help with making a build result's in being given false information that makes it harder for you to play/build a character, they give info like PoE.ninja which does not help you, they give fake/trash 3rd party program & websites for build's & filters that do not work & waste your time. But I regress, GGG (was tenCent) does not care about any of that, but if you are new & have ANY kind of opinion/concern trying to help new players you are muted for any little thing as I was muted for 10066 days for my warning of reddit being bad information as I descovered by trying to use it for many things & find only hatefulness/trolling & wrong information. I tend to be bluntly honest but I never do it in a way that breaks any TOS as they claim it does.. If THAT breaks the TOS then why are ppl allowed to cuss at ppl, insult ppl and troll/abuse give wrong info to ppl messing them up & making them unwelcome?? As toxic chat goes, PoE is worse then WoW (World of Warcraft) LoL (League of legends) combined x 1000 because the GM does not seem to care that they are destroying PoE making there PoE 2 a real waste! P.S The Score you see at 86% is botted/paid for reviews (Fake Reviews)

2024年現在、最高のhack and slashゲーム。やり込めばやり込むほど時間が足りなくなる。シーズン毎に新しいビルド、ファーミングを考えプレイできるため、なかなか飽きがこない。新シーズン開始のアップデートが待ち遠しい。

Despite all the hype in ARPG circles., Path of Exile has to be one of the most overrated games I've ever played.

This game is the best ARPG I have ever played hands down! It doesn't get a perfect score because of the complexity of the skill system and skill tree, as well as the Mana reservation system! I hate the reservation system in the game!!

I have played this game since there was 1 act, and i can honestly say its only gotten better over the years. Looking forward to PoE2.

What for a horrible game.gameplay is clumby and zero skill required. only luck and a good skilltree. Its Boring and the Endgame is always the same. The developer are creedy, graphics are bad, server laggs like hell and the campaignis ther worse I ever have seen. Boring Story, boring zones - not sure why this game is so hyped. Play Grim Dawn - is much better and only costs one!!!!

Это несомненно лучшая ARPG, но создается ощущение что над ее оптимизацией никто не работал. Оптимизация действительно ужасна и я бы с удовольствием играл бы в нее в виде картофелины сражающейся с другими картофелинами,только бы в ней небыло таких диких просадок FPS. Можете посмотреть ее системные требования и после умножить их в 2-3 раза чтобы получить настоящие.

+ Insane amount of playable characters and different content to dive into - very hard to play the game without doing some research on what is suitable for later content, but doable

The best ARPG ever made. Takes everything that made D2, and builds upon it. Amazing customization, and so much to do and learn and have fun with. If you want something you can really dive deep into, and spend a lifetime playing and learning. This is it.