Diablo 4 Squares Up to Path of Exile 2, Goes Free-to-Play on PS5, PS4 Over the Holidays

I have both but have yet to play Path of Exile. Is it faux MMO like Diablo? Because that's one thing they did to Diablo that put me off.

I wish but unfortunately isometric and bird's eye view games just aren't for me. I want to see my character properly dammit lol

@AhmadSumadi "Is it faux MMO like Diablo?" This is how diablo has always been right from the start. They have not changed anything in the way the story's are presented. PoE and PoE2 are very similar to the way the story's are presented as well. I am currently playing the PoE2 beta and I personally prefer it to diablo 3 and 4 but I still think diablo 2 is the better game.

@Northern_munkey Really? I played the hell out of Diablo III and never ran into any other players who weren't playing with me. The whole "city hub" thing wasn't a part of Diablo III IIRC.

@Nepp67 This is EXACTLY how I feel about first person games!

@AhmadSumadi right I get you. Yes that's what changed for d4. Sorry I thought you were talking about the story for some reason. So in that respect it would appear that D4 is trying to be what the original PoE is. I much prefer the PoE games but I still love diablo 2.

@Northern_munkey I feel like the way Diablo III was linear made it more appealing to me than Diablo IV. I'm already engrossed in another MMO and don't have to time play 2 at once. Or at least something similar to an MMO. It really put me off the game.

Diablo IV is the game that reassured me that my Internet is a piece of garbage. Thank you, Diablo IV!!!

@AhmadSumadi I can understand that. Have a look at diablo 2 as it's an awesome arpg.

He hours I put into Diablo 2 in the 00s was crazy especially over LAN games and I remember going to made up DFI Lan Parties with my friends. I pre ordered D3 1 year in advanced and it got cancelled but I got it from Amazon and putting the connection issues a side. I played for about a month and I didn't like it one but I tried but couldn't and went back to D2.

It wasn't until a year after Reaper of souls expansion for D3 came out that I went back and absolutely loved it. But I've not even bothered with D4 which I will continue to wait

3000+ hours in Diablo 3. 400+ hours in Diablo 4. 100+ hours in Path of Exile 2 (early access).

PoE2 is by far the best game out of the three and it hasn't even officially released yet.

Downloaded the Diablo IV trial. About an hour in I was already mad at myself for not checking it out sooner. The gameplay, voice acting, music, combat, sound design, all fantastic.

Then I ran into a cave full of spiders. Huge spiders coming down from the ceilings etc. That was me done, it was fun (and sometimes genuinely brilliant) while it lasted! I can see why it’s so big.

After logging 1800 hours in d4 with 5 max lvl druids and a max lvl rouge I'm done with D4 untill it gets a proper end game and a sword and bord class.

For all those, who didn't tried D4 yet: Now it is your time! Grab it, play it and in about 3 days you'll squeeze almost everything from it, so you'll save a lot of money!!!

Path of Exile 2 will be a great game eventually the bones are certainly there.

However there are some major performances problems on console right now that detract. Especially when you get to maps the fps tanks.

That's what the early access is for though to find these issues so GGG can solve them.

As it stands right now Diablo 4 is the more polished game if a bit shallower when it comes to content & progression.