Path of Exile 2 is a deep, dark, dastardly ARPG that’s got what it takes to transcend even the original – hands-on preview | Gaming

There are some games, really good games, which are time vampires. They entice you with engaging gameplay, snatch your gaze with beautiful visuals, and trap you in a vice of challenging fights you don’t want to give up on.

Having played around seven hours of Path of Exile 2 during a preview event – all the way through Act 1 of the campaign and a good way into Act 2 – it’s clear to me that this game is the Nosferatu of hour-eaters. The great weekend devourer. I look towards its December 6 release date and know I am screwed. You certainly are, too. Sorry.

What Grinding Gear Games has done here is taken the ever-excellent Path of Exile 1 and refined it into a greater, more modern monster. Don’t panic! The complexity is still there in spades, as is the challenge. Rather…more

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