Recent reviews by Maximus Prime

Maps design +
Classes design +
Atmosphere +
High skill cap
Fun solo or with friends.

I started Last Epoch on release day, here are my thoughts so far:

1) Last Epoch team did a very good job designing spell trees and classes/mastery classes.
I had a blast making my build, trying different spells and unlocking new synergies and game styles. My warlock went from a DOT based build, to a curse/burst build stacking damned/affliction/witchfire. It was so refreshing not knowing what to do and figure it out. Felt very rewarding. As a GGG/POE fan, Last Epoch nailed it.

2) I really like the 'Idol' system in the game, it is really well done (sort of D2 charms with a twist).

3) The campaign was good. I am now enjoying Monolith and other End-Game content. I am blown away. Finally a team that was able to get inspired by POE mapping/Atlas and do their own thing... Monolith is very good and fun. Factions are interesting too. I also tried an Arena run because a prophecy sent me there. I had fun doing it (rogue like content risk vs reward sort of thing).

4) I cannot talk much about crafting yet but so far it is positive. Different than POE, probably better.

5) I found a bunch of uniques, was able to use some during the campaign. I got lucky with a few set items as well, prophecies and Monolith helped.

Overall, I am impressed and I can see myself playing this game for a while. Last Epoch took good ideas from others games but also implemented successfully new mechanics and were not afraid to be creative!
Thank you to all the alpha/beta testers and the Last Epoch team making a great game and putting AAA studios to shame. We finally got a good RPG, a great successor to POE, while we wait for POE2.

Great game! Looking forward for the next acts and bosses.
Characters are well designed, feel different.
Gameplay is fun

Amazing game! So many great ideas. What Foxhole achieved is quite remarkable. They designed a successfully MMO without classes, xp and quests at its core and it is really refreshing. There are lots of different type of gameplay depending on what players want to play at the time, easy to go from working on Logistic to using a tank or being in a infantry squad in trenches defending a bridge or going deep behind enemy lines. It is also awesome to see a game where players can enjoy themselves if they only have 30 min to play vs a few hours ahead of them. There is a learning curse: it takes a few days, perhaps 20+ to get adjusted to the game and understand how some aspects of the game works. I am sure I will still learn a lot when I pass 100 hours played. There are a few negative aspect to the game but there are ways to go around them. It is a MMO and like all MMO, there is a minority of annoying people, griefers will be unable to arm friendly people, players abusing voice chat will be easily muted etc. I highly recommend this game!