I also said iconic. I figured that was a given it was referencing the first 2 games. The only reason they're trying to continue the series is to capitalize off their success.

Well, continuing my list from the early this topic:
- Item sizes in the inventory (D2 style, D3-4 dropped this.)
- Belt instead of pants with potion related bonuses



I would have opened in the Diablo 4 section, but nobody plays that game anymore.
Jokes aside, 99% of the PoE 2 players here played Diablo 4 or some Diablo games or have some knowledge. Or if not... dang it, I hope nobody calls the police on me that some people voted without real "background experience" in the subject.



Diablo 3 is like a whole different world from the first two and even from the four. It is a stand alone game but not really matching for many reasons. In my opinion it is likeable for what it is, but not comperable with Diablo 2 in anyways. PoE 2 is more near to Diablo 2 than Diablo 3.


But... our main subject for now is Diablo 4 vs Path of Exile 2.

[Btw guys, please do not double post, because the topic will die once we reach the max amount of posts and it would be nice to see how far the vote would go and with what result.]


Zknight

poe2 is so far best game i've played in my entire life without a single doubt

D2 is best

Each D2Boss is iconic
Runewords and unique items iconic ( the famous shako u know etc etc)


Meanwhile Poe2 really good but lost in translation and complexity
Can hardly seperate bosses or map areas

While I totally agree with your reasoning, this topic is about Diablo 4 vs Path of Exile 2.

Yes-yes both are coming from Diablo 2, that is the alpha and omega. But lets compare the opinions about games released in this current era.


Zknight

Might be a hot take but...

both have their advantages over the other.

D4 is more fun to get with a group of friends and blast for a few days and feel good about getting stronger fast etc...

POE2... crafting feels good, bossing on melee feels super bad early on. Not fun to play in a party since spells cover up monster effects sometimes.

Story... not even close D4 > whatever the lore is in poe2

Both will get better with time, some seasons will suck and get boring very fast.

Rinse & repeat on every ARPG

Till a point, where you level 50 more levels on all your glyphs, change many of your items to greater affix ones, roll some stat to top and from all these together, haven't notice any difference.



Bossing feels good from start, because it is not like D4 where you stand no chance or the time runs out, you can see it is doable but you keep need to try.

About the visuals, I sadly agree. Really hard to see what is going on, even when I am alone. The graphics are beauty but I am lost in it. Ofc it is "realistic" that if the enemy makes fire, it visually looks the same as my... but from ARPG stand point, this requires abit change. Or is this part of the challenge?



Yep.



Besides story and cinematics being better in Diablo 4 from start, I did not saw Diablo 4 made any huge step forward and it already got an expansion, the whole content still feels like it is later alpha test before release. Nothing really "wow, amazing" what a Diablo game should be after a decade of heavy hype. Path of Exile 2 made a much higher starting point and it is early access yet, so it doesn't even call itself "ready" as D4 did at release.


Zknight

fact that I'm using this site again to compliment poe2 says a lot.

we're so back.

After how long tiem and what made you leave the great jsp?


Zknight

PoE 2 feels like it has more staying power.

GGG has also demonstrated already in the first few days of EA that they are far more responsive to player feedback than blizzard ever will be (company size probably has a lot to do with this).

I would say PoE2 is at least as fun already in EA as D4 is now (several seasons into release). Based on my 20k hours in poe1, I would very much imagine PoE will be enjoyable for far longer each season than d4 even by just the first league.

All that said, I'm still going to play both