Quote (Caulder10 @ 24 Jun 2023 05:57)
One epic cutscene and a mediocre storyline that kinda copies d2 storyline
gameplay is smashing 3-5 cooldowns and walking around
zero QoL built into the game (gonna be sold as add-ons in the future?)
Party play is better than in PoE but at the same time still shit. The best way to play in a party is to split up... yeah thats why we want to party right? Xp is shared zone wide and even key loot is put in your stash after you leave the zone if it dropped in an area away from you.. again reinforcing not even playing with your party members.
Gearing feels like playing solo self found, with zero crafting and a lot of RNG. Trade system is nearly non-existent.
Game overall looks good - the way zones work is not great IMO, would much prefer instances like PoE has, and as you transition across zones the servers take time to catch up so it gets choppy and laggy, its really bad when on your mount. some classes even walk faster than the mount.
I'd put it right about 4/10 as well.
Great summary.
Story - wasn't appealing enough for me to watch -skipped all the cutscenes during playthrough.
Party play - Encourages splitting up. you lose 5-10% xp not being close to your team, BUT since xp is zone wide, you can clear 2-4x as fast splitting up getting way more xp than you would lose.
Drops - No where near the same dopamine hit when you find something.
Leveling - It's encouraged to take advantage of glitches (resetting parties/ burning a sigil if playing solo) to reset the same dungeon over and over.
That said, if you have some friends in voice its fun to play for a few hours but its the group that makes it fun.
4/20