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I thought the world, backgrounds, and story were all pretty good; but I thought POE1 did a bad job on combat and itemization. I was hoping for more BG style combat, and I hated the issues with buffing before fights because some spells it wouldn't let you cast before getting in a fight. I also thought the items were very bland. So while a fun/ok game it certainly wasn't at the same level of the BG games for me. However, I still decided recently to buy POE2 on sale so maybe I'll play it sometime...

I guess that stand for all artists and forms of art. Artists are usually people into "new", whatever that "new" is. Of course there are exceptions, but yeah, I guess it gets boring with them, very fast.

So relatable...

I didn't love PoE 1, I never complained about it because I did play it a lot, but I also have only tried to replay it once, got bored about a the time I am supposed to get free roaming. Ah well, so I may own PoE 2, I don't even remember, it's probably in my Steam Wishlist. I probably would have kickstarted it, but they did Fig and I don't want to sign up for another one of those things. Also, I am in no rush to play it. I have replayed the BGT twice since PoE came out, and umm, I don't know how many times since the BGT mod made it a reality. Also, I like Keep management.

I'm so glad you said this. I want the same games each time too but always feel like I am in the minority. Maybe its boring for the devs to make the same game?

The reason is very simple and straightforward: inovation and sea.When I play a RPG what I want is a good character development and customization system and combat mechanics. That's all. A good story would be a plus, but RPG is numbers on a character sheet, and nothing else.The problem with PoE2 is that is has a lot more. And more is less.Don't get me wrong, PoE2 is lightyears ahead of PoE1, BUT in PoE1 I felt like I could ignore all the noise that goes beyond the pretty numbers on a character sheet and in PoE2 I constantly feel it getting in the way.I would never ever rate it lower than PoE1, ever. But I understand why most people would.Perfect RPGs are RPGs where nothing stand between you and your character sheet develpment (Tyranny, Dragon Age Origins, NWN2, etc). I mean, even those games have some nonsense like managing a fort in NWN2 but those tend to be minor or somehow "ignorable".Just tell your story without making me spending time "not RPGing". I want to RPG, I hate to "not-RPG", I guess that stands for most players. Its ok if you want to please RPG Codex dudes or whatever insane person who likes improvements and inovations, game developers are artists and all, so they probably feel the need to improve themselves, but the truth is that if you make the same game over and over again just with more classes and races each installment you will sell a lot more than when you try something new.Playing the exactly the same game is exactly what I look for when I go for a "new" game. And I guess most people interested in PoE got interested because it looked like the "same old shit we used to play". So getting "inovative" with a crew who likes "the same old shit" is bound to failure.

They have a lot of cool skills but unfortunately I found most of progression was through combat (I didn't have stealth). Constantly running out of resources and sanity, it was kind of an ordeal (but I think that's what they were going for). If you don't have enough companions there's a guy you can hire who's quite helpful early on.

Thanks for the review. I will keep this game in mind,because it sounds interesting, even with all the bugs and annoyances.

So far it is boring to watch, but they all say it's fun to play, including Lamasc who is a Diablo 2 speed runner and I trust his opinion on it, he doesn't like D3, and he does have some critical views on D4. I do wish there was an offline mode, for mods and the like but companies are moving so hard away from that.And whoever traded for a Zod rune didn't do it on D2JSP likely, because there the dupers just made two Cham runes and cubed to a Zod, thus it was perma. Also, you can't make any good runewords with a Zod, but everybody thinks BotD is so good...

I am looking forward to this. I guess I will have to see what kind of characters we could make. In BG2 you can make some really great characters if you get the mod packs, but I do like playing straight up Cleric in a prestige class, not as a healer, as a brutal damage dealer.