Path of Exile 2 launched into early access on Friday, December 6, and — partly thanks to the first major snowstorm of the year that kept me hunkered down — I've already racked up nearly 30 hours of playtime just four days later. That's excessive even for me, but I'm finding it very hard to put down.
Games like Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) sit in the ARPG genre, ideally offering up a satisfying mix of hacking, slashing, looting, leveling, crafting, and questing. The first ARPG I played was Diablo 2, and no other ARPG in the following 24 years has been able to capture the same flavor despite having the same ingredients.
