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By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.I spent some time with the Path of Exile 2 demo and it's absolutely cooking


Path of Exile has been the best ARPG on the market for years now—Diablo 4 didn't even scratch the paint for me (largely because Blizzard built an MMO instead)—but when Grinding Gear Games announced Path of Exile 2 in 2019, I was a little nervous. Live service games with periodic updates have a spotty record with sequels, and often end up cannibalizing their predecessors—like Destiny and Overwatch.

At ExileCon a couple weeks ago, my fears were assuaged. Instead of replacing Path of Exile as originally planned, Path of Exile 2 will be a standalone sequel that will run concurrently with the original. And it's huge, with a new campaign, new character classes and ascendancies, and a new endgame, the works. If you're wondering what will happen to your impressive collection of portal skins and stash tabs, worry not—all microtransactions you purchase will be carried over to both games, with exceptions for things that don't exist in both games. Each game will receive content updates about every three months, so if you wanna play both games you'll definitely have your hands full.

The Path of Exile 2 beta is almost a year away (GGG says it'll be available next June), but I got to play the hands-on demo of Path of Exile 2 that was available for ExileCon attendees, and there's a lot to like already.

The voice acting, music, and updated character models are all excellent, and there are some quality of life improvements like being able to portal in quest NPCs without having to go back to town to talk to them. The updated skills make combat a lot more interactive, and taking sockets off items and making them intrinsic makes it so you can use multiple skills more effectively while still being able to scale them without having to worry about crafting a six link.

It's also tough. Very tough.


(Image credit: Grinding Gear Games)Ruthless and dynamic
Released with the 3.20 Forbidden Sanctum league last December, Ruthless is essentially a hard mode for Path of Exile. It craters drop rates for loot, takes away most movement skills, and introduces a host of other modifications that substantially slow the game down and make it more difficult. The Path of Exile 2 demo reminded me a lot of playing on Ruthless If you want to buy MMoexp Elder Scrolls Online Gold please visit https://www.mmoexp.com/Path-of-exile/Currency.html