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Path of Exile 2 is coming to Consoles | State of Play
hybrid_birth
Gold Member
Diablo who?
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
We already have Diablo at home: The Game.
Lucifers Beard
Member
I'm assuming it's not F2P this time as it mentioned that PS+ was required for online play. Interesting if true.
Diablo 4 is Path of Exile at home.
LegendOfKage
Member
It was announced as free to play. My guess is that the early access will not be free, so that will require PS Plus.
Johnny Concrete
Member
Best announcement? Best announcement.
drotahorror
Member
Cross play, progression is really welcome.
Hope couch coop makes it to PC as well.
Hope couch coop makes it to PC as well.
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TrebleShot
Gold Member
This looked absolutely awesome
Is it out on PC yet?
Is it out on PC yet?
Come On Tars
Member
As a Diablo 2 nut this looks more Diablo 2 than Diablo 4 looks like Diablo 2.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
I was never interested in Diablo, but this looks really cool. The visuals are great, too, and it seems like controllers would be a good option as well.
I'm VERY interested now.
I'm VERY interested now.
dreamstation
Gold Member
They sort of had to do cross play and cross progression after D4 did it but local co-op is completely unexpected and is an awesome inclusion especially after Blizzard dropped it in D4.
DavidGzz
Member
It's exactly the same as D4. 2 player local co-op.
Anyway, this looks so clean. I can't wait!
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I hope they nail the controller because the ps4 poe release was a pain to navigate with a gamepad.
Sanepar
Member
Nah the story is shit on poe.
The way it's been described that this game is more action oriented and a lot more difficult at the start. I really like the sound of that and the new controls. So many of these type of games in recent years start off far too easy and don't ramp up until much further in by which time I'm bored. Diablo 1 was punishing from the beginning and Diablo 2 was at least medium difficulty. Offline co-op is very welcome and something we don't see much nowadays.
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foamdino
Member
It's free to play game
dreamstation
Gold Member
You are right. Playing on PC I completely forgot about that. It's 2 players instead of 4 like on Diablo 3.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Hope it has better control and UI than the first did on console.
Johnny Concrete
Member
Pakoe
Member
Tell me you know fuck all about aRPGs without telling me
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
Calm your tits, I was just trolling. It looks miles more interesting to me than Diablo 4 does.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
DavidGzz
Member
I'm not a D4 hater, I am 150 hours into the latest season and have hundreds more hours in it than I ever racked up in PoE. But I do think this has the potential to be a lot better. It's essentially combining my favorite two genres. Souls and Diablo. Like No Rest for the Wicked but with a complete ARPG experience. Also, Paladin for the win. Still mad D4 doesn't have sword and board. The Necro doesn't count.
dreamstation
Gold Member
D2R mate!
DavidGzz
Member
I played that for 20 years. Kind of done. I come back and play it with mods every once in a while but with no updates it's kind of over for me.
schaft0620
Member
I played this for an hour with the Devs at PAX East, yeah its a Diablo clone but its really good and the combat is incredibly deep if you want to geek out and master it.
DavidGzz
Member
Actually, I am not, I just watched the video again and Trevor Gamon said that same screen co-op is available on PC as well. That's awesome. He says it at 6:19. In this vid:
Tomeru
Member
Lmao. Imagine adressing the golden standard in arpgs as a clone.
schaft0620
Member
Yeah, you are right, in 1996 someone woke up and said, I like this Path of Exile game, I'm going to make something just like this.
Tomeru
Member
Last time I checked, its 2024.
Heaven Angel
Member
Yes, squeeze that diablo out and make it f2p to make it appetizing when in actual it drags you to MTX pit of death. Good going gaas shit.
drotahorror
Member
Ah yes. The story. A staple of arpg grindathons. Barely anyone gives a shit about stories in this genre.
Tomeru
Member
Imo at this stage, with all the lore it has, poe is a cut above the rest. It mskes up for the stale original 10yo campaign.
DavidGzz
Member
GGG would admit it themselves. Without D2 they would have never made PoE. No need to disrespect the grandfather of the genre just because you think the newest Diablos aren't good.
Tomeru
Member
Where did I disrespect D2?
DavidGzz
Member
You laughed your ass off at the game being called a clone like it was some original work. It may have improved the formula for some, but it's still a clone.
Tomeru
Member
If you wouldve read calmly and get your panties in a bunch about it, you would clearly see my issue is treating a game, which is head and shoulders above the rest in the arpg genre as a simple clone.
Poe was an evolution of tge formula since its inception, and has redifined ehat can be done in as arpg tkme dnd time again.
And since you brought it up - I love D2 dearly, but it has nothing on poe gameplay wise.
DavidGzz
Member
I think the same thing about PoE 1. It's gameplay is terrible and PoE 2, thankfully plays nothing like it. Wading through screens as they explode and leaping like a mad man is no game to me. It's ADHD trash. D3 and D4 both play much better. PoE2 is marrying Souls and Diablo so it thankfully looks way more interesting.
PoE2 looks like the true evolution the genre needed gameplay wise. Just a skill forest ain't it
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Tomeru
Member
Cool, doesn't change facts. Also, the only disrespecting being done here is coming from you.
DavidGzz
Member
I stated a fact about you laughing your ass off and then posted my opinion of the game being bad. You assumed my demeanor and then told me to get my panties out of a bunch, so not so sure what you mean.