I played Path of Exile 2 for 161 hours and now I regret every minute of it

[Redaktion]

Path of Exile 2 early access kicked off on December 6. In my experience, some classes, specifically the ranged ones, are objectively better than others. Even then, the game is in desperate need of some tuning, especially for late-game content.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/I-played-Path-of-Exile-2-for-161-hours-and-now-I-regret-every-minute-of-it.936205.0.html

[blizzardwillbankrupt]

Review paid by blizzard. Go play diablo immortal if you don't like Real Games.

[Thievn]

How much did Blizzard pay you?

[Kiri11]

I read this entire article and now I regret every minute of it.

[Bestel]

Lmao i knew to stop reading after seeing they stopped poe 1 after seeing the passive tree, if that's what made you stop 1 then why even bother with 2 for real

[This guy is trash]

Bruh the dudes complaint was the "game is too hard" because homie sucks lol cmon on man.

[Hui]

Lol what a load of crap. I've been playing warrior since day one and while having fun melting everything. This is not for you, bruh. You need to put some thought here. And git fkn gud. Go play some easier games, and whine less.

[Lol]

You regret playing a game? Lmfao you're supposed to be having fun. If you didn't enjoy it and regret playing because the game wasnt how you WANT or EXPECT it to be then you need to introspect. Your own emotional maladjustment isn't the developers fault that you spent 160+ hours before deciding you wished you hadn't.

[Schmeedty]

Bro took 160 hours to complete cruelty and now he's complaining about the endgame of an unfinished game wtf? The game is basically free lol I mean c'mon you wont get this out of any other game, scam game review. Sure some parts are frustrating but overall this is more "game" than 90% of games out now.

[Eric]

Don't listen to the trolls. This game is more frequently frustrating than fun. Doing well requires a lot of research about builds and in game currency, which is sparse. I got lucky with a divine orb drop that funded good gear. If not I probably would have quit. I may still.

[Bachomp]

Post your weak build that accompanied all your grief.

[dogwater]

I can see where the authors problem was; he played exclusively garbage arpgs with like 10 decent builds total in the game that you basically get shoved into quick because there's a total of like 30 builds altogether (so 2/3 bad, 1 maybe 2 good builds per char) and never learned that you have to experiment with your skills.
Warrior is one of the easier experiences because you should be taking mostly strength, and probably using a mace/armour unless you're an actual veteran and are doing something like pillar or a conversion build. So intrinsic life stacking, damage reduction and an easy max res wheel. It's really simple, he just never looked at warcries or totems, and never checked vendors on his first characters (my third character has made about 25 ex while leveling just buying and smashing quality/socket gear).

Git gud, here's the real takeaway: people who have played poe1, and have 1000+ hours in the game, will tell you even they don't understand all the systems and interactions. You never even played 1, this game is not like Diablo 4, it will punish you for your lack of knowledge (and then you will learn). And most of all you need to remember you're playing a beta. If you need a reminder look at the skill gem UI and count how many weapons, and weapon skills are missing, and all those uniques which will cross convert things from different weapon skills and passives and ascendacies and add interactions that don't even exist yet.

If this scares you, uninstall I guess. But I'm excited to be playing a game that doesn't treat me like I'm 8, if I did I'd play the paw patrol game my 4yo daughter does.

Also, purely opinion but I've had zero issues on my second/third character playthroughs. The fights are interesting and difficult if you are underpowered, frustrating on some until you understand timing (people who complain about the monkey but not Blackjaw make me lol, yes, it is a skill issue), but once you've beaten them and understand the game a little you probably won't have a problem the second time through (and if you do it's a good check that your build needs something)

[srv0]

You can tell by the way this person describes how the bosses mechanics are "bad" and other obvious red flags that even after 160+ hours of playing do not understand how to play the game. Please get these bad gamer journalists out of here. Go back to FIFA or w/e game you usually main.

[TunaSaga]

Sounded like skill issue LOL u should stick with The Sim. Better for ur little brain

[Storm Leusby]

Another journalist that thinks they're part of the majority when they're the minority. Grinding gear games is hitting the player base that it needs for path of exile.