Originally Posted by Tarorn
the cool down system could have been ok without all the items giving bonuses to it & the ability to purchase highly powerful magic items from vendors - I do dislike that, totally agree about the lich too.


Cooldowns are just the worst plague on gaming. IDK why people accept this BS on RPG's. The new countra had it and everyone HATED.

Originally Posted by Limz
You know what's stupid about what you've written? You list the IGN review of Path of Exile but you don't highlight the fact that less than 1% of the player base even makes it to the end game and the IGN review highlights a HUGE problem with the game the game's learning curve(...)


Check the like to dislike ratio of the IGN video. 2k upvotes and 10k downvotes. Meanwhile, on steam, PoE appears frequently on the most played games and over 90% of the users recommend. Diablo 3 in other hands, they praised everything while the fanbase criticized the nonsensical wow artstyle and nonsensical game mechanics like monks needing an big and sharp axe to have powerful unarmed attacks that disappear by no reason on combat animations. For game journos, an class all about unarmed combat needing an axe that disappear when in combat is not a problem, but god forbid in a RPG, your fast swinging blade actually can't damage insect swarms and you need to use aoe spells, torches or magical/elemental weapons.

What is the problem of end game being hard to get? You as a casual player CAN GET a hell lot of fun and enjoy a lot of good content for free, the journalist even criticized that the game is too long. What is the problem? The journey on this types of games tends to be better than the end game.


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And you keep saying that "hardcore game", "niche game", to refer to the most popular TT game ever and the most played isometric ARPG on steam. What is an on niche/non hardcore for you??? An game which the game journalists that can't pass the Cuphead tutorial can enjoy? Any game which requires 2 digit IQ is too hardcore and niche for you???

I while a child who could't even read English had no problem playing 90s RPG's like Might & Magic VII, my very first RPG. Nowdays, if a game like it was released, the brain of game journos would melt.