At “ExileCon 2023” at the end of July this year, Grinding Gear Games confirmed that “Path of Exile 2” (Path of Exile 2) is no longer a previously scheduled large-scale expansion, but will become an independent and complete sequel. Of course, the new news of “POE2” catches up with the current troubled “Diablo 4”, and director Jonathan Rogers said that “POE2” will not go to the MMO route of “D4”.
In the public information of “ExileCon 2023”, it was announced that the story of “POE2” will continue the original work, emphasizing that each attribute combination will bring two related occupations, such as strength + intelligence, there are paladins and druids, and agility + intelligence is There are shadow assassins and monks; at the same time, each profession will have 3 talent professions to choose from for development.
“Path of Exile 2 continues to expand. Not only is this an expansion with a new storyline, but it will also bring brand new monsters, skills, mechanics and classes, all of which exceed your expectations for a next-gen ARPG .” Interviewed by Jonathan Rogers IGN Said: “Not to mention the improvement of most of the content of “Path of Exile 1″, this thing is really huge.”
while in IGN In another interview report, it was inevitable to ask the director about the current situation of their old rival, “Diablo 4”. Director Rogers expressed deep sympathy for the situation of the Blizzard team.
“I mean, running a seasonally updated service game like this is literally a hard learning curve. We’ve learned our lessons on how to do this before. Frankly, when I found out, I All I could think was, “Oh my God, this is really hard to do. It’s a really difficult situation.”
“I feel bad for the development team because I’m sure they meant well, but this was a really hard lesson,” Rogers said.
When asked about the difference between “POE2” and “D4”, Director Rogers admitted that the direction of the two will be completely different, saying that “D4” is taking the “MMO route”.
“They did do a lot of mechanics like cooldown cycles, but they also had a more open-world design,” Rogers said. More emphasis on action performance, but also more hardcore.”
Rogers went a step further by emphasizing that Diablo 4’s approach proved to be good, but it just wasn’t to his liking.
“I would definitely prefer a little more of an action game. There’s not so much cooldown to worry about, and it’s better to focus on when to cast which ability. That way your character doesn’t get out of control… we We just hope to make sure that this direction of development moves forward, which is our most focused goal.”
Although “Path of Exile 2” will be a new world for many ARPG players who love to collect treasures, it will take a long time before the 2nd generation comes out. The closed beta of “Path of Exile 2” has announced that it will start on June 7, 2024. During this period, there may be more information or variables.
