Players of both games will be able to play together, though it's “looking at this stage” like you'll need a new-generation console to play PoE 2. This is greatly different from Path of Exile's development, which was made by a bunch of guys “just out of university.” Wilson naturally loves both games, but when asked if a new player should try PoE 1 before PoE 2, he unequivocally stated that they should go straight to the sequel. Path of Exile 2 was “designed from the ground up to be a better game,” forged in “a different ecosystem” using a 150-person team that had been gathered over the last decade. When talking about PoE 2 as a whole, Wilson said that its development path was much different than the first game's. We had the chance to ask a few questions after the PoE 2 presentation, and while I don't want to “take” too many questions that were asked by other journalists, there are a few responses that I think are important enough to warrant coverage.
You may not notice the difference if you just play one of the games, but seeing the two back to back made for a stark comparison. When we swapped to the PoE 1 footage for the Ultimatum expansion (below), I had to check to make sure I was still at 1080p.
PATH OF EXILE 2 CO OP 1080P
Speaking of nice touches, can we talk for a moment about how gorgeous the game is? At the start of our presentation, we were told to make sure we had our video quality set to 1080p because of some issue with the streaming service we were using. Sure, it's not technically different from just selecting an area to warp to, but it's a nice touch and a great way to blend lore with game mechanics. The Ardura caravan is basically your hub city for Act 2, but instead of having areas that branch off from it, like a boring, immobile city, it will travel to the location you want to go. At one point, the player in our demo even had to take on two bosses at once, each with its own health bar, in an arena that was almost too small to fit all three of them, along with the various ground effects they all pump out. I'm not certain what advantage that provides over direct fire maybe it allows you to effectively shoot around corners or behind walls, but I don't recall if there was anything like that in the video.īoss fights are also getting more love in PoE 2, with mini-bosses being more unique and challenging and larger boss fights still being as cool as ever. Partway through the combat sequence, the character picked up a Siege Crossbow, which granted the Siege Cascade skill, which let bolts rain down from above rather than hit in a direct line. The second new weapon was the crossbow, which offers users three types of bolts, if they have the skill gems for them: Permafrost Bolts slow and freeze enemies, Armour Piercing Bolts deal heavy damage, and I probably don't need to explain to you what Incendiary Bolts do. There's also Rapid Assault, which has three quick stabs followed by a fourth that does extra damage and can stun – if you're willing to wait for it – and Spearfield, which sends several sharp spear points up from the ground, damaging and bleeding monsters who walk over it, giving you incentive to keep moving and luring monsters to you. Spear skills that were shown off in the demo included Whirling Slash, which creates a growing sandstorm every time you use it that explodes when you disengage out of it. For example, one of the unique spears discovered during the demo was Daevata's Wind, which grants you additional projectiles when you disengage. The spear is a melee weapon that features built-in engage and disengage skills, allowing you to leap into and out of combat, with synergies for doing so. The video presentation showed extensive gameplay with a pair of new weapons taking center stage: the spear and the crossbow. In the gameplay preview, we accompanied Asala, the leader of the Ardula, who was trying to open Ancient Gates to let her caravan pass through the desert.
You're aiding the Ardura, a caravan of Maraketh that's pursuing another caravan, that of the Faridun. The second of PoE 2's seven acts takes place in the Vastiri Desert.
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