Its actually insane how much better poe 1 is.
" And players valuing this (too much) is what's wrong with gaming today, and why the quality of games has plummeted. Graphics are nice, but gameplay and fun will ALWAYS trump graphics. A pixel art game can be a million times better than "perfect looking", shallow game. In a perfect scenario, a developer nails both graphics and gameplay, but more often than not, they have to make sacrifices to one or both. These days, gameplay often suffers for beautiful graphics and animations. I'm not saying GGG have made sacrifices, but when I see people (not you) using "graphics" or "looks" as reasons as to why PoE 2 is "the better game", a throw up a little bit in my mouth. Bring me some coffee and I'll bring you a smile.
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" Did you even play PoE2? You can't move with ice strike, can't move with mace strike, can't move with hammer of gods. There are literally 3-4 skills what let you move, the rest locks you in place. Even worse in PoE2 when you play self cast comet. This crap takes longer than a Final Fantasy 7 summon |
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" If you only play deadeye or monk PoE2 feels alright. |
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I like the simplicity of poe2 vs poe1. It’s a lot more casual friendly but also a lot more deliberate when it comes to combat. I don’t like to zone out when I play games so the challenging fights are so much fun for me compared to end game that I have seen in poe1 where you just run across the map killing everything. It almost reminds me of a rogue-like in a way. It can definitely use some improvement though thats for sure!
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direct comparison is almost pointless until poe2 has all acts, new end-game and 10 league mechanics added
edit: i have to say that i somewhat also like poe2's less clutter on everything but i do miss league mechanics d:-D* Last edited by PyleWarlord#7248 on Feb 3, 2025, 1:35:04 AM
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" I have and have played POE1 a lto as well. I could never stand POE1 more than a week in a row. POE2 although I am still playing new characters. IT is incomparable. Much better. You know what skills I am talking about. The fact you need to stop to fire a spell is dumb as hell for POE1. In POE2, WADS, and the detachment of most ranged skills from movement makes by itself the game to be miles better. After playig POE2, I will NEVER EVER tough POE1 again. If for some reason I lost POE2 I would simply stop playing, after tasting POE2 combat it woudl be a torture to play POE1. |
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" I hate basically all of the phased bosses, but maven isnt too bad, at least her phases are quick (unlike guardian bosses, shaper, etc) As for memory issues, she only has 2 patterns (reversible for 4) of sequences of 3. its either -> -> -> (circle pattern) or -> <- -> (back and forth pattern). For the 'long one' she just does one of these, followed by another of these. Example, All you have to memorize is circle pattern left, back and forth pattern right, thats 2 things. “Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.” Last edited by Piousqd#0073 on Feb 3, 2025, 12:34:51 PM
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Agreed, I think that a great majority of the problems are systemic at a bedrock level in PoE2. I feel as if almost every system is a step backwards and not forwards. The simplistic take on POE makes it feel for me to be a nonstarter - PoE2 feels way more Diablo 3 or 4 than Path Of Exile.
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just dropping by to say love POE2 hope they can make the endgame better so its not just POE1button with less stuff to do.
Pandering to players who don't want consequences for their mistakes is a perfect description of what went fundamentally wrong with D3 and 4.
If they wanted mindless mobile game time waster gameplay they sure did make some perplexing choices and marketing statements for 6 fucking years. |
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