so ive been playing d4 for a while now and though I like it in general, its only a poor excuse of what PoE offers.
d4 only offers a few cookie cutter builds, feels even more streamlined and dumbed down than d3 did and i dont see myself replaying it alot since its open world, from what ive seen so far, is biring and bland.
I’m not sure I can change your view but will say that PoE was one of the most frustrating, clunky experiences in gaming I’ve ever had. I can’t remember how far I got but I remember ultimately feeling like the game was ugly and the story was boring and gameplay was irritating.
I like crafting my own builds and trying to mess with things on my own and PoE actively seems to prevent you from doing that effectively. The skill tree is so bloated and convoluted that to try and make something on your own with having an immense amount of experience in the game would be an exercise in futility.
For me, Diablo IV has been a great experience. At worst, it’s about as good as Diablo III, which I also happened to enjoy a lot. There’s no comparison on my end. I enjoy one of the game and wouldn’t download the other again unless I had a gun to my head.
POE has also been in development for 10 years.
Whats PoE? The only thing i can think of is Power over Ethernet but i don’t think thats it.
Path of Exile: https://store.steampowered.com/app/238960/Path_of_Exile/
I don’t think PoE and Diablo 4 have the same target audiences. I for one had a lot of fun in the beta (haven’t bought it yet) because it was so streamlined and dumbed down. I’m not looking for a game where I have to theorycraft for hours with help from guides to find the right items to help create the perfect character, I just want to smash some zombies to bits with this cool new club I found 2 minutes ago
I played a lot of PoE and a bit of D4, IMO both are bad.
PoE has a lot of things, but everything is too complicated, theorycrafting is pretty much impossible without 3rd party tool, trade is annoying. Meanwhile D4 has is more streamlined, gameplay is too slow and there are not enough mobs. Open world feels empty and the game isn’t as polished as it should be.
I hope other Hack and Slash games will be developed in the future, because I think PoE and D4 won’t become better games.
Plenty Diablo players called for D4 to be closer D2 than D3 was. Fewer mobs than PoE is result of that - while in PoE you clear whole screens, D2 wasn’t nearly as fast or full of mobs, encounters were a bit more unique and demanded strategy. So in that way, I would say D4 succeeded.
