but reading people describing it as their favorite game ever is vaguely bizarre.
Why? [...]
Because while the PoE games are decent (subjectively speaking) there isn't much special about them either, if you have experienced the greatness (also subjectively speaking) of storytelling, world building, combat and character development in other games of the genre. They don't come close to the other games in any aspect. The games may have elements that could make a cRPG great, but none of those elements were pushed to any significant degree. That's how I feel.
"We make our choices and take what comes and the rest is void."
