Path of Exile 2 now proudly stands on its own two gore-stained legs.
Not that it was a weak game when I played its first demo version at Exilecon in 2019—but five years ago it was just more (but prettier) Path of Exile, a game I like. A lot. At the time it was meant to be a massive expansion for the popular F2P action RPG, the two campaigns separate but dovetailing into a shared endgame. PoE2's scope and ambition have since completely outgrown that old design, and the end result plays very differently from its predecessor.
