PoE 3 probably shouldn't be a AAA title, so maybe there is some hope for those of us who did like it. I doubt that Microsoft will veto any (relatively) low budget games as long as games like Avowed and Outer Worlds 2 deliver (although if I'm being honest, I didn't much care for Outer Worlds 1).
I'd tried it, but every single more indepth review and analysis paints it as basically a shallower version of New Vegas -- including quests that solve themselves due to markers being a) non-optional and b) even completely guiding you from the quest giver like 20 feet away to your destination if it's but that far (one of the biggest turn-offs admiteddly in gaming for me, guess that's what kanisatha feels like for turn-based combat).
They even released a whodunnit kinda DLC, but with so much handholding, I have no idea how that would even work in a really compelling way. Bad memories of Lady Boyle's Party in Dishonored, where you are assigned to find out who your assassination target is between three almost identical looking masked targets. They even randomize that target each time you start that mission and then destroy the idea by having a deus ex machina kind of NPC spawning into the level after but a couple minutes, approaching you and telling you who your target is. Why do this? Apparently their playtesters were quite.... interesting or at the very least solely exposed to games that don't let you explore a thing for youself.
https://www.pcgamer.com/dishonored-clues-hints/ This sticks even out more as in Dishonored "helping hands" else ARE fully optional and the game is not designed around them (as so many games are... if you try to play Witcher 3 without witcher senses, good luck with that).
Will keep an eye on the sequel though.
