Path of Exile (Diablo 2's worthy successor)
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http://www.pathofexile.com/ <--- Its free to play
This game is opening its doors for open beta in...3 hours from this post. I posted this here knowing there are some people with sour garpes, dashed feelings, and boredom over how D3 and Torchlight 2 (to a lesser extent) gave us a watered down sample of our favorite gaming past time.
But no more.
Path of Exile has went through extensive closed beta operations and with direct support from the gaming community. The additions to the core D2 gameplay is monstrous. Socketed items have a ff7-Materia esque effect where you can combine countless useable abilites with them. The skill trees are HUGE. No dumb auction house. No pay-to-win microtransactions, just a good game. Try it, become hooked.
Summary of Cool Stuffs: http://www.pathofexile.com/game
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I didn't manage to find info or system requirements.
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This game is beyond awesome
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As much as it pains me to agree with Jadeth, and oh.. it does so.
This game is incredibly amazing and fun. :D It's so much like Diablo and then adds in funner elements of some of the Final Fantasy Games that it makes me almost weep with joy.
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Gems…
...I need more gems.
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it is good fun though they are suffering some stability issues …
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What system requirements there are (not the final) are the last entry in the FAQ.
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At the moment, you will need a Graphics Card with Pixel Shader 3.0 or higher, and a CPU that supports SSE2. At least 2GB of RAM is recommended, and older Integrated Graphics Cards will not run well.
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it is good fun though they are suffering some stability issues …
As expected from a game going from closed to open beta. You should have seen the crap Diablows 3 and Guild Wars 2 went through the first couple weeks.
And its free.
:D
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What kind of download size are we talking about?
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5 GB or so
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Got to admit that just from the reading the website it look a hell of a lot better than Diablo 3, and I put 50 odd hours into that! Might give it a spin at least!
Love the level up system, reminds me FF10 Sphere grid, and that was one of the strongest level up systems I've seen in a RPG.
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I'll give my typical over critical review.
The UI is uncomfortable in this day in age. There's no upgrades from Diablo 1 (D2 played the same) but isn't so horrible that you can't play. It is frustrating to circle around the one single enemy you're trying to kill.
The skill tree, item slot colors, ability to link gems (which contain your spells) and total freedom with the equipment you choose to use lends the game some of the most diverse and dynamic customization on a mechanical level. Nothing can too City of Heroes for appearances, but very few, if any games can trump PoE in mechanical customization.
Mix in the customization with the rogue like genre and most importantly, extreme difficulty and YODO (you only die once) and the game ends up with a great arcade feeling. Unlike MMOs, which is one of the few genres that encourage boring quest grinding, like this game, there feels to be some Real motivation to become that highest level, most looted person out there… Because YODO.
My limited experience in multi player felt kind of pointless since everything becomes a non-threat, but its safe to assume this changes at higher difficulties.
I put about 10 or 12 hours into my spec to get to level 30 only to be one-shorted by the act 3 boss and forced to delete the character to start from scratch... and that is AWESOMEMAN
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Some forum necromancy to see if anyone is still playing this. I've been playing it quite a bit. I play on Anarchy league, send a request to EntropyMu if you'd like to play sometime!
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Haven't been on it since June…. I probably will get back on it after the next ladder reset to make a few extra bucks.
