Only reason I have the game marked as not recommended is purely due to me being apart of the small unlucky few that have a freeze bug thanks to the game's multithreading on Windows 11 which freezes my entire PC and requires a forced restart every time.

This bug was 1 in 2 loading screens on launch, I'd say now several days in it's closer to 1 in 5 but it's still too often for me to ignore it.

The game itself so far is very good. I had a lot of issues on launch with how overtuned and stingy everything felt but thanks to the latest update a lot of my concerns are now gone. I would say it's still not a true Path of Exile sequel but more so a very well made Diablo as it's so entirely different. I am still enjoying my time in the game though, and I do hope more fixes and tweaks come out soon

I still have some issues as of this review which are:
- Elite mobs are still hard to notice right away and far too easily to run into like an idiot and die
- Camera is way too zoomed in, and makes it hard to play a mage when you gotta be closer to the boss to see there attacks
- The act's are wayyyyyyyyyyy too long. Especially in Act 2 and 3. They need to remove several zones or shorten them greatly
- Respec should be cheaper or straight up free until like level 30 so that people can adapt and test things as nerfs and changes continue
- Ascendancy trials need to be nerfed or changed, maybe have honour not be affected during the boss fight or if it hits zero instead of losing it instead disables keys/chests at the end.
- The ability to change runes should be in the game
- The ability to change Ascendancy classes should be in the game
- The ability to actually craft should be in the game
- Fix whatever issue is making loading screens happen when you look at the world map, it's annoying and wasn't an issue in PoE1 so idk how it is here

Only reason I have the game marked as not recommended is purely due to me being apart of the small unlucky few that have a freeze bug thanks to the game's multithreading on Windows 11 which freezes my entire PC and requires a forced restart every time. This bug was 1 in 2 loading screens on launch, I'd say now several days in it's closer to 1 in 5 but it's still too often for me to ignore it. The game itself so far is very good. I had a lot of issues on launch with how overtuned and stingy everything felt but thanks to the latest update a lot of my concerns are now gone. I would say it's still not a true Path of Exile sequel but more so a very well made Diablo as it's so entirely different. I am still enjoying my time in the game though, and I do hope more fixes and tweaks come out soon I still have some issues as of this review which are: - Elite mobs are still hard to notice right away and far too easily to run into like an idiot and die - Camera is way too zoomed in, and makes it hard to play a mage when you gotta be closer to the boss to see there attacks - The act's are wayyyyyyyyyyy too long. Especially in Act 2 and 3. They need to remove several zones or shorten them greatly - Respec should be cheaper or straight up free until like level 30 so that people can adapt and test things as nerfs and changes continue - Ascendancy trials need to be nerfed or changed, maybe have honour not be affected during the boss fight or if it hits zero instead of losing it instead disables keys/chests at the end. - The ability to change runes should be in the game - The ability to change Ascendancy classes should be in the game - The ability to actually craft should be in the game - Fix whatever issue is making loading screens happen when you look at the world map, it's annoying and wasn't an issue in PoE1 so idk how it is here