thinking about purchasing a beta key.

would like to hear from people playing currently, is it a fun game?

worth the beta key?

You get $10 of credit free so the beta key is free really.. and.. yes the game is definitely worth playing. Honestly even if the game was buy 2 play at $60 I would 100% still be playing it on january 23rd. There are so many ways to build a character pretty much what ever idea you can come up with. Then there are also ladder races which if you are a competitive person then just that by itself is enough. I signed up on path of exile website August 10, 2011 and still check it multiple times a day to see if they have any new updates. Right now I am testing act 3 in alpha

This post was edited by XtreZ on Jan 1 2013 09:07pm

yeah, all of that sounds really cool. the ladder idea is great, and I love the end game dungeon creation.

how is the game play though? Is it clunky?

What do you mean by clunky..? The game feels nice to me.. not sure how it could play better other than desync problems which I think they said before open beta they will be improving it. Early on the game plays kind of slow though.. you dont really have auras, gems supported with multiple links, different kinds of flasks, monsters are not as dangerous, and you cant get any godly equip mods. So I dont enjoy the first difficulty that much.. luckily if you know what you are doing you can get through it really fast.

how do you feel it compares to other aprg titles?

diablo 3 and tl2 mainly.

In my opinion it beats both those games. I never got into diablo 3 though I played like 2 months than just quit. Torchlight is a GREAT game as well but it dies quick because anyone can spawn items its more of a beat the game with friends than quit game.

I forced myself to try to enjoy diablo 3 after farming act 3 over 100 times. The game was terrible.. I regret not requesting a refund when a lot of others were. Path of Exile is WAY better in my opinion. There is a reason so many people consider this the real diablo 3. Just lookinag at the passive skill tree of path of exile makes you realize how much better the game is.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree

VS Torchlight.. no idea I never played it because I already knew path of exile was the perfect game for me. From what I have heard its not an online game like diablo 3/path of exile meaning people can use hacked items in online play or something which is terrible.

PoE is a better game than D3/TL2, period.

poe still needs lots of work but its awesome considering its free to play

If you're really hesitant to buy/donate $10 toward a beta key, just wait until January 23rd when Open Beta begins.