John Weir – Google

Just can't get into it. Murky graphics, slow travel, unintuitive everything from skills to even the character creation screen, a lack of OBVIOUS quality of life additions, unresponsive skill casting, spongey everything, etc. So, technical issues aside... as it plays more like an Alpha than a Beta or early release. Unique name convention is stupid, you're going to end up with a bunch of "Merlin132" names. Skill system is terrible and doesn't seem to scale. Pick multiple "increase spell damage by 8%" and it seems to make no difference at all. Inventory system is garbage Everything is a damage sponge Combat is unresponsive... if you need to cast a spell to set up higher damage with follow-up spells; by the time you're done dodging, the spell is gone. This is a terrible mechanic. Cast a spell and nothing happens if you have to dodge. Dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge.... Damage mechanics with bosses aren't obvious what you need to dodge, which is combined with 1-shot boss attacks Upgrade skills seems to make no difference, it's just to keep current with the spongy nature of even white quality mobs All of that is Act 1, Act 2 makes it so much worse which is where I stopped and uninstalled it. Just plain not enjoyable in the least to me, waste of money. At least wait until it is F2P before you try it and see if it's for you. It's a downgrade from the first PoE, they seemed to take all of the bad aspects of that and put it into PoE2.

tldr: PAINFULLY TEDIOUS I bought the game based on 5-star reviews, I assumed the score was review bombed by the anti-MT crowd. I kind of get what they're trying to do, but it's just executed so poorly. I love exploration, I don't mind grinding to meet a goal. I typically 100% every RPG. Here's DD2 in a nutshell: Get a quest Fight your way through the same creatures which perpetually respawn Lose a pawn or three off a cliff If you lose pawns, run into a griffin or dragon Try to find the quest person or object with almost no direction Shamefully pull up the quest online to find out the guy isn't even in his house (even in the middle of the night). Wander the town for 20 minutes looking for him. Open generic chests constantly which never have an upgrade in them Listen to pawn telling you not to expect good things in chests (ever) Really, it was okay the first 5-6 hours but then it just feels like a job as you just run into the same trash in chests, same mobs but wearing armor, pawns ending their boredom by randomly jumping off a cliff and non-stop trudging from point to point through the same mob spawn points. Oh, and it's buggier than bat scat and your pawns will not shut up.