• doctorcrimson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    PoE 2 announced a couple years ago and should be launching soon, pretty much the same stuff on a new engine.

    • kaosof@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      It seems like it’ll actually be radically different, and there’s no way it’s coming out until like at least 2026.

      • doctorcrimson@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        All of the promotional footage I’ve seen for it looked indiscernible from PoE 1 gameplay and graphics but maybe that’s due to ongoing development.

    • zachary3752@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      It’s actually an upgraded version of the same engine, and Path of Exile 1 is getting a lot of the new tech backported.

      It was originally supposed to replace Path of Exile 1, but now they are going to exist together.

      2 will be more refined and slower, with a brand new story and 6 new acts. Should be a fun time.

      • doctorcrimson@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Slower? I tried to speedrun it once and because of a build mistake in Chapter 2 Act 3 it took me 14 hours to beat the base game before maps.

        • zachary3752@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          I believe the acts themselves will be longer and more fleshed out but there’s less of them.

          6 acts in Path of Exile 2 instead of the 10 acts that PoE1 has.