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This game is essentially a Diablo clone... but done right. It's in OPEN BETA right now, and is a FREE TO PLAY title.
I've put about 5 hours into it so far... and from what I've seen so far.. it already blows diablo 3 out of the water... and may live up to Diablo 2 standards.
Come check it out, it's free after all!
If any of you decide to play, hit me up we'll join parties!
http://www.pathofexile.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01JJZ2s9yM
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Is it better optimized than in the previous (two week long) beta? the FPS got unbearably slow once I got inside the jungle.
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Looks cool.
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Its Diablo I with some interesting features... dont be ridiculous about being better than D3.
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Is it better optimized than in the previous (two week long) beta? the FPS got unbearably slow once I got inside the jungle.
The ONLY issue I am having that affects frame rate at all is server lag... which is to be expected on the first week or so of open beta. Servers are at capacity and shit like that... but for a free game and a 1-2 hour download.. this game can beat the shit out diablo
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I played it a bit too, seems very cool to me. For sure beats the crappy Diablo III that I am thankful I haven't purchased like I initially planed to. I don't have any issues with framerates either, have everything maxed out and it runs as smooth as an elven arse. If someone wants to play in a party with a bit levelling, my username is Surf_Solar on the european realm.
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American realmers with microphones, CONTACT ME!
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Sure its fun the first ACT, but when you start doing second ACT, you realize its the same, just with changed scenery and the game becomes very repetitive. You cant possibly judge something from just hearing about it (Diablo III) and by playing it a bit (PoE).
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Sure its fun the first ACT, but when you start doing second ACT, you realize its the same, just with changed scenery and the game becomes very repetitive. You cant possibly judge something from just hearing about it (Diablo III) and by playing it a bit (PoE).
If you like hack and slashes this game is EXTREMELY satisfying... calling it "repetitive" is kinda obvious because it's a hack n slash type game.
SOOOO GOOOOOD0
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Well I played Diablo 3's first act and couldn't finish it because it was so boring and different to what I liked in Diablo II (atmosphere, look of the game etc). In PoE so far I dont have this feeling, so its nice. Will see how it is in Act 2 as you say.
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Well I played Diablo 3's first act and couldn't finish it because it was so boring and different to what I liked in Diablo II (atmosphere, look of the game etc). In PoE so far I dont have this feeling, so its nice. Will see how it is in Act 2 as you say.
The grittiness of PoE brings me back to Diablo 1... I love it !!!!!!!
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Also: ACT 2 has PVP!!!
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Yeah Path of Exile also called 'Real Diablo 3', I haven't played Diablo 3 so I can't tell - yet I played Diablo 1.
But yeah, its pretty nice if you enjoy Diablo or Titan Quest kind of games, been playing it together with one friend.
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Sure, even if its going to be a bad game, it still have its fans and supporters, mostly because its free so far (~FOnline). It just makes me laugh when everyone is criticizing D3 while praising PoE to heavens.
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It just makes me laugh when everyone is criticizing D3 while praising PoE to heavens.
Why?
D3 was a legitimately bad game... TERRIBLE....
Even the PvP in the BETA of this game is better than the actual gameplay of D3.
Just by looking at the inventory system of PoE, you can tell it's going to be a good game, returning us to our roots, while exploring new realms of possibilities when it comes to mix and matching classes and abilities.
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Why?
D3 was a legitimately bad game... TERRIBLE....
Was it ? Where did you get that from ? Did you even play it ? Citing from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_III):
Before its release, the game broke several presale records and became the most pre-ordered PC game to date on Amazon.com.Diablo III subsequently set a new record for fastest-selling PC game by selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release.It received generally positive reviews from critics...
Diablo III has received positive reviews from critics, attaining scores of 87.64% and 88/100 on aggregate review websites GameRankings and Metacritic.
More in the critical reception part of the wiki page.
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It sold great based on hype, everyone I know who bought it complained that it was too short and half made. I personally haven't liked a blizzard game since starcraft so I never bothered with it. You can't trust the major critics because they are paid to give good reviews, anything that has a big budget behind it gets good press.
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Because sales figures are always a sure fire way to tell if some game is good or not, let's remember fallout 3 and how "good" it was eh?
The entire development and release/the current state of the game (diablo III) is just one big fail.
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It sold great based on hype, everyone I know who bought it complained that it was too short and half made. I personally haven't liked a blizzard game since starcraft so I never bothered with it. You can't trust the major critics because they are paid to give good reviews, anything that has a big budget behind it gets good press.
And who to trust ? Your friends ? I played both games and even though the release od D3 was hastened, numerous patches made it a solid game.
Because sales figures are always a sure fire way to tell if some game is good or not, let's remember fallout 3 and how "good" it was eh?
The entire development and release/the current state of the game (diablo III) is just one big fail.
Sales and criticism are the only measurable factors, what else do you want to consider ? Gossip ? Some community's opinion ? I posted that because according to LostSoul, D3 is a terrible game which is likely false.
Maybe F3 didnt appeal to hardcore Fallout community, but for an average Joe, the game was good and people were having fun playing it. Thus, the positive reception.
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And who to trust ? Your friends ? I played both games and even though the release od D3 was hastened, numerous patches made it a solid game.
I've heard the same things from fanboys about warcraft 3 (shit) and WoW (total shit). Personally I thought diablo 1&2 are shitty point and click adventure games with poorly planned skill trees, cheap recycling of enemies and lazy generated maps.
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I've heard the same things from fanboys about warcraft 3 (shit) and WoW (total shit). Personally I thought diablo 1&2 are shitty point and click adventure games with poorly planned skill trees, cheap recycling of enemies and lazy generated maps.
Then its probably wiser to say, "I dont like that game/That kind of games" than "That game is just utter sheet!"
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Sarakin you're an idiot. what you cited, said it broke PRE ORDER sales...
I preordered in the hype that this game would be THE BEST dungeon crawler/hack n slash/action RPG...
IT WASN'T.... It was shit writing, shit gameplay, shit story telling, and shit game mechanics. I got to level 60 hoping they would fix the game, and they never did. Blizzard is down the shitter. And so yes, I stand by what I say about Diablo 3 being a completely shit game.
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Europe, Hardcore
Mona_Lisa_Overdrive
D3 was fine, monks could use buff.
F3 had few parts done better than F:NV, it was decent game, being it falloutish or not. Get over it.
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D3 was fine
Worst statement ever.
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Aside from the utter failure of Fallout 3 not having anythingro do with Fallout, how was it a decent game? It fails as a shooter because its so unresponsive and feels tacked on, it fails as an RPG aswell. Which parts of the game were "decent" again?
As for Sarakin, there are enough fora of unbiased/unpaid people giving their honest opinions about a game, in Diablo IIIs case it even had a demo. No reason at all to trust paid reviewers or people preordering the game (what kind of argument is this even...)
As for PoE, I'm in the second act now. Still fun, but using bows with two auras that stack, a few zombie followers and decoy totems feels a bit op, heh. Well its a beta.
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I didn't leave home for 4 days when Fallout 3 hit, it was a decent game overall despite your failed expectations from previous fallout games.
Which parts of the game were "decent" again?
Hard to answer to that question, more like what was bad about it?
As a shooter it was fine, sure you couldn't dodge like in Unreal Tournament and strafe jump like in Quake3 and move very fast, didn't have much air control, but that doesn't mean it suddenly isn't a good shooter or that your movement isn't wooden, but more fluid and based on the environment, tackled ... what bullshit.
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Alright, if this many cool things keep coming out, I will never be able to work on anything ever. Off to free up disk space for Path of Exile.
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Diablo 3 is a good game, most bad comments come from people who were stuck on inferno act1 or finished the game on normal and expected something more than hack & slash. Sure the game could be much better, but it's very playable, at least for me.
Diablo 2 and atmosphere? Surf, I don't know what you are talking about. D1 had good atmosphere, D2/D3 ... please.
Fallout 3? Well, I played it for an hour and uninstalled it. Maybe it would be a good game for me if it wasn't called Fallout.
Now I'm going to play PoE on HC a bit.
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Now I'm going to play PoE on HC a bit.
FUCK YEAH
Look out for when the "Cut throat" league drops..
Cut throat allows players to enter each others instances to kill you for your items!
MMO HARDCORE!
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Wait, so it's like FOnline but Hack and Slash? Just go in somebody's life and ruin it?
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Just play Torchlight 2, it's better then both of those d3 and poes.
Hack and slash was found lacking ages ago anyway
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Sarakin you're an idiot. what you cited, said it broke PRE ORDER sales...
I preordered in the hype that this game would be THE BEST dungeon crawler/hack n slash/action RPG...
Not sure if I should even dicuss anything with a guy, who likes to insult people of different opinions, but I will try:
Yes it broke preorder sales and also it was selling good after release, not to mention another aspects of success I linked to you. If you werent such a sheep and would try demo and open beta as well, you could get a glimpse of what you can expect and probably avoid TEH SHITTIEST GAME OF ALL TIMES.
I didnt play D3 for several months, but the game has this unique property of being entertaining even 10 years after, just like D2 had. A decent time-waster for those long winter nights. Thats why I dont regret buying it, Blizzard always had superb support of their products and Im pretty sure the game will mature in time.
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Just play Torchlight 2, it's better then both of those d3 and poes.
Hack and slash was found lacking ages ago anyway
Pretty much been there, done that. Does this mean I cannot seek for a similar game?
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Hard to answer to that question, more like what was bad about it?
What was bad about it?
Its an Oblivion by-product.
Abysmal A.I.
Terrible Dialouge.
Terrible character design. (They are all so identical.)
Terrible animation.
I still enjoyed F3, but i was terribly disappointed.
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Fallout NV is good game . Have nice dialogs and plot , yes its not "Fallout" but i enjoyed it like fallout 1,2 . I dont understand guy who dont play it or cant start it because have old pc , make conclusions about how bad NV or fallout 3 is ...
You guys live old lives (around 1999) and do not accept new games , thats all :-X
I know we are too old to play new games but dont write like mormons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj-Nbs_ZAKY
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F3 got way too many things wrong for me to really enjoy it. Fallout new vegas was great, my only complaint was that the world felt small for a Bethesda game. They fixed almost every problem I had with F3.
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I just had to comment to laugh at Sarakin citing things from wikipedia, currently downloading this to see if it is good.
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I just had to comment to laugh at Sarakin citing things from wikipedia, currently downloading this to see if it is good.
Mumble Voice channel if you wanna play with some others. Have multiple groups running during the day.
Mumble server:
IP:184.173.217.82
port: 63654
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Well... Interesting... The power of the attacks isn't really to my liking. I would like a little more "Bang! Crash!" to fighting. Critical hits however are pretty satisfying. I like the way trading works, quite refreshing from the "Grab one million gold coins!". So far level 11 or so and I am enjoying it quite a bit.
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The base class choosing where you are on the wheel is nice, especially since you can alter your chars to become anything with it over time (so many ways to make characters I have to wonder if PvP is balanced at all)
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The base class choosing where you are on the wheel is nice, especially since you can alter your chars to become anything with it over time (so many ways to make characters I have to wonder if PvP is balanced at all)
PvP is definitely not balanced, but remember, it's open beta. At level 17 I got matched up with a level 23... clearly I got pwn faced. But I still like the regulated arena type matches instead of random hostilities of Diablo 2. =]
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PvP in hack n slash is never balanced. More mobile ranged chars always win against melee chars who don't have gapclosers or ranged stuns/slows.
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POE is goot. Been alpha there since summer 2011
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Just noticed on Euronews,path of exile is the 5th most searched term in Europe.
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Good game , i try it with my friend . Nice graphics without lag and I didnt find any bug . Also tons of stuff ... :P
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The skill system looks amazing in Path of Exile.
Might give it a try :)
/edit: man, this game is a fine piece of work! Loving the skill system, loving the way item drops work, loving the atmosphere. The only downside for me is the minor lagging (probably because of my pc) and the targeting of mobs (probably a problem on my end too).
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Anybody here playing this should consider joining us at http://www.hackslashrepeat.com
Multi-game, International guild, good peeps here, plus gorlak in the haus, and the website itself is just great, fancy stuffs
Welcome to the official Hack, Slash, Repeat FAQ, here you will find out about the HSR (Hack, Slash, Repeat) Guild for Path of Exile.
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What is Hack, Slash, Repeat?
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We are not just a guild - we are a public Action RPG community with completely optional guilds.
The purpose of the community itself is to allow like-minded gamers from all over the world to discuss Action RPG's at length, share builds, read reviews and all the latest news relating to the genre. We support all titles from big ones like Diablo 3, to smaller indie titles like Drox Operative and of course, Path of Exile.
At the time of writing, we currently have a strong guild presence in Path of Exile, Diablo 3 and Torchlight 2. As new game titles are released, we create guilds as required. As older games drop off and interest in them fades, we remove them. The advantage of our community is that you get to stick with a great group of players and move from title to title as games come and go. Having said this though, I think Path of Exile is here to stay for quite some time ;)
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Why should I join?
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By joining our guild, you will have the same general advantages as you would with any well-run guild. Some of these benefits include:
* To be able to regularly play with a great bunch of like-minded people.
* Organized events such as questing, farming, PvP tournaments and alt leveling.
* Item trading for free (hand-me-downs), or at "mates rates". See our Default trading thread here:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/72252
...and our Hardcore trading thread here:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/72253.
* Build sharing and theory crafting.
* In game assistance for new players or difficult areas/bosses.
* A free Mumble server.
* A free website to communicate on and more...
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How do I join?
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Please start by posting in this thread, then:
Head on over to our website at www.HackSlashRepeat.com. Follow the instructions in the "FAQ" link on the navigation menu. Joining generally takes about 2 minutes, including registration on our forums. There are no forms to fill out.
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Events
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Generally we will hold regular scheduled events such as questing, MF runs, hardcore league and PvP/PvP tournaments (when implemented).
* Questing
Questing for all levels and difficulties. Simply post a thread to organise a game in the Beta Co-Op Games section.
* Magic Find Runs
Yes, lots of juicy loot for gear fanatics. Runs of bosses or Chaos. Simply post a thread to organise a game in the Beta Co-Op Games section.
* Hardcore League and Hardcore Tournaments
We will be running a Hardcore League division where guild members can quest/grind etc together. On top of this, we will also be running hardcore tournaments. Basically we will allocate a period of time, say a month, to see who can get the furthest in hardcore. Subject to popularity. More details to be advised.
* PvP - Player Vs Player
Once PvP is implemented we will go to town with this. Regular PvP games and tournaments will be organised. May include prizes. More details to be advised.
* Original Build Contests
We hold regular Build Contests where our members show off their unique ideas.
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Guild Resources
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* RaidCall Group
Connect to the HackSlashRepeat.com RaidCall group:
Name: Hack, Slash, Repeat
ID: 5810492
No password.
Lazy link: http://www.raidcall.com/go.php?sid=5810492
Please make your RaidCall display name is the same as your forum username.
If you are having issues with RaidCall, we suggest you try the official RaidCall FAQ. If you are still having problems, please let us know.
* Website
www.HackSlashRepeat.com. Don't underestimate it, as this will be our communication portal where everything begins and ends.
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Current Members
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See the website for a complete member roster. We are well and truly the largest Path of Exile guild at this point. We have well over 100 members. We have a healthy mix of players from all over the world, and a healthy mix of Default and Hardcore players.
http://www.hackslashrepeat.com/guildmembers/
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PoE makes me bored after short time of playing, maybe ill give it another chance later.