They try to make some sort of a dark-souls game on an engine that does not allow for dark souls stuff + with laggy servers.

This is all done for players who like to zoom-zoom through maps (something POE2 does not have) and who like to make weird builds (something that arguably POE1 lost and POE2 probably will not have at all).

3-5 minutes to fight every pack is extremely unfun and repetitive. And yes, I know zoom-zoom was repetitive, but it was at least fast.

If I wanted play dark souls I would play dark souls, if I wanted multibutton fights I would play a fighting game.

Even in POE1 they try to push towards 2 button builds (that most players hate) - and POE is supposed to be 3-5 butons.
To repeat: on a game engine that does not allow you to see anything, since graphics degrade / game slows down / and even in POE1 there is sometimes zero responsiveness.

you're wrong

I believe PoE 2 will be a critical success in the ARPG scene.

something poe players maybe dont think about is poe1 is incredibly ugly.
many people who care about graphics (not me) won't touch poe and will play poe2
also more people will probably be willing to learn poe2 than go through the decades of spreadsheets for poe1
ill play either if they're fun, but lots of people (especially new people) will be substantially more interested in poe2 than any poe1 league.
also mtx transfer is a huge selling point to a ton of people. idk if you have looked at the backlash of NOT transfering mtx but look at smite 2.
also, poe is probably the worst optimized game i've ever played that has stayed successful. it runs absolutely dreadfully for what it is and does. embarassingly so.
if poe2 runs in any way better than poe on lower end machines (which it likely will, even with higher graphics) many people will enjoy it much more than running poe with a bunch of scuffed settings to get 30fps

This post was edited by vonweiden on Sep 9 2024 02:01pm

so you've played poe2 endgame allready?
would love to know where you take that knowledge of the poe2 game itself. from the gameplay teasers/trailers?

I'm also skeptical when it comes to poe2 and the changes because i like PoE alot. But don't judge something you can't possibly know in advance.

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It won't flop, it will be the same.

The reasons for PoE2 are very simple. The main story of PoE is finished and the only content they can add is alternative or parallel endgame(Labs, Delve and Endgame Bosses)
Their engine is absolute garbage with 100k things on the screen breaking everything take Blight as an example so a hard reset helps, till PoE2 is cluttered with garbage.

the guy is mad that d4 expansion is also garbage so he instead decided to come and cry here
he already knows poe2 is better that his beloved d4 shit and that kills him inside

It's flop to him because he played it already before anyone else did.

Just go play d4 bro nobody cares