Sadly unimpressed with what I saw from the trailer and 30 minute gameplay walkthrough. I really wanted to like PoE, but the two times I really gave it a go (once on beta/alpha and once years later) I just didn't enjoy myself at all. The animations and art design were junk and I didn't enjoy the gameplay mechanics they employed. It seemed like as the game went along they found an audience and it just isn't for anyone else.

What they've talked about for 2 so far appears to be putting bandaids on some of the more restrictive gameplay mechanics rather than just changing them. Was really hoping with a divergence from 1 there would be more significant changes. Diablo 2 and Grim Dawn are the only two ARPGs I can think of that I kept going back to and that doesn't seem to be likely to change here.

Jonjonz wrote on Jul 29, 2023, 06:36:
Maybe action hack and slashers like it, but I can't stand games that use this mostly gray palettes with a spash of color to highlight only a few things look.

Unsold here.

Honestly I never liked the art in the first game, and like this one just as little. I don't know if it's the semi realistic style they go for or what but it just doesn't work for me.