Path of Exile 2: Endgame Content Reveal

[@Alhumaiem]

Im a 48 years old who never felt this excitement in game since WOW Thank you GGG for turning the clock back Im a kid again!

[@1homerlein]

Same too me 😊

[@iShilas]

so weird being same age as old people. and feeling the same about the game.

[@TheAssassin275]

this man. After yesterday I am so hyped and just counting down the next 2 weeks. This hasnt happened in ages. Kind of deemed it almost impossible to get this hyped for a game again as I got older.

[@Inkgnition]

Amen, brother!

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

48 club - WhoopWhoop

[@andyreaper4433]

I legitimately felt kid's joy watching this showcase, and i'm 32 yo grown ass man.

[@bryansans2564]

39 here! im giddy and ready to actually spend money

[@drowz2323]

I too am also an ass man.

[@AaronEnyeart]

49 here and ready for this!!!

[@AxelordSMIJES]

I am yet another 39 yr old man who prefers asses who is also giddy like a little school girl!

[@contremarfia3253]

hey you can all be old, ass men together

[@buddha6659]

This video is the embodiment of 'but wait, there's more!'

[@mgee9130]

If they were gonna just add old league mechanics from poe they should have add my favorite aka heists😒

[@Corusame]

Just when you think that's it yet another new progressive system is revealed 😂

[@WompyWompRat]

@@mgee9130 they said they adding more as early access goes on so heres to hoping

[@leoleo1035]

@@mgee9130 yoo heists are pretty fun!! I also like the tower defense hahaha

[@DasHeino2010]

Every season!!! :3

[@Ben-jq9xs]

Being able to share items with friends is huge for me thank you for that. Nothing is better than finding a kickass item for a buddy and helping there build so you can conquer more together!

[@edward6069]

This video about endgame is longer that diablo's 4 endgame

[@FodZy]

You're very enthusiastic, but it's important to moderate the "hype." The game and its intro cinematic look amateurish, the combat seems messy with too many effects that feel simplistic and graphically random. The overall art direction also feels completely random, as if it could be made with assets purchased on the Unreal Store-it would look the same. The map looks like something out of Mario Party or some other game of the genre. I’m not taking much of a risk in saying that the story will likely be barely memorable. So, it will probably be a great game for purists and hardcore fans of hack-and-slash games. But for the average player (the majority of any community), Diablo 4 will remain the most sold and played game. Having 80 different activities doesn’t make a game good or successful. WoW is the MMO that revolutionized the genre and remained the most played for 20 years. For 10 years, it only had one activity: raids. For the next 10 years, it was raids + mythic dungeons. GTA only has a handful of core activities (shooting, driving, and exploring an open world), yet no one can rival GTA. A football game or Call of Duty essentially only has one game mode, yet these are the most played games and have been for far longer than any other game. This is not an attack on a game you surely adore. I see all this from the perspective of a nearly 40-year-old developer. Whether it's Diablo 4 or Path of Exile 2, I will play both occasionally. But as a mass-market product, Diablo 4 is unfortunately unbeatable. A lack of real competition is never good for the consumer.

[@cazador8744]

​​@@FodZy :"🤓☝️ everything are bad. More is bad, less is bad, good is bad and bad is bad😂. I purchased D4 for more than 100 bucks so it must be better"

[@home2341]

@@FodZy meds

[@leecalus5964]

@@FodZy while i felt regret for purchasing Diablo 4. But I never had the same feeling to PoE after spending $ 2000+. :)

[@vest0levs]

@@FodZy ROFLMAO, noob.

[@OneTrueMonk]

Its often said "Quality over Quantity" But GGG delivered on both. BRAVO!!!!!

[@Bolaway]

Like PoE that can't make more than 1 month retention 😂😂

[@frostyiv1509]

​@@Bolawayretention andies 😂, you wouldn't even pass pinnacle contents lol.

[@DGP24]

@@Bolaway when most of poe players are god-gamers one month is plenty not that you would know anything bot :))

[@stalehuman7585]

@@Bolawayand d4 cant make more than a day 😂😂

[@ToadMagic]

@@stalehuman7585 literally lol, atleast POE gives me a nice fun month every 3-4 months, I could barely stomach D4 to level 40, actual slop game

[@bobsag1164]

Wow, this preview gives me heavy old school Blizzard vibes. Glad that we still have passionate devs like GGG to take their place

[@minusrandloev261]

Indeed, the blizzard devs must feel a little sad after seeing this, they have the talent, but arent allowed to use it

[@MaxUmbra]

​@@minusrandloev261most of them left blizzard already way before diablo 4. The current day blizzard is just a shill of what it used to be

[@Moarlatz]

It doesn't give me Blizzard vibes at all, Blizzard has never been even close to this level. Blizzard pioneered the way and then went on vacation.

[@markomejac8172]

@@Moarlatz Preach!

[@Shinobia543]

Blizzard still makes more bucks from Diablo 4 than GGG can ever dream off. Just because internet commentors don't like Blizzard doesn't mean they are doing a bad job. Else they would be long bankrupt already.

[@MrChucklepuff]

I returned all my children's christmas gifts to be sure I could get the best supporter pack.

[@derpyturtle2973]

GOOD SHTTT LOL

[@Fazzee45]

Only logical option.

[@Matt-gf4gd]

Letting them watch you run around your castle hideout will be better than any physical gift anyhow.

[@aplomBomb]

same!

[@MrGastub]

"I returned all my children" There, fixed it for you.

[@NeverSink]

This is one SUPER SICK reveal. So hyped to play it soon! You guys keep impressing even 10+ years in!

[@a36457]

Chris did once said on reddit (before ....) to keep POE for 20 more years.　

[@alderion2166]

still curious about item filter code, to make mine

[@idontwantone132]

thank you for your filter

[@dzisiejszageneracjatodno]

Same to you, with your beautiful filters :D

[@sunny3545]

Neversink take my energy, good luck on filters.

[@DaMobzz]

Classes 9:35 Monk 11:32 Warrior 13:52 Ranger 15:35 Mercenary 16:56 Witch 18:52 Sorceress Ascension classes 31:07 Storm Weaver (Sorceress) 31:29 Chronomancer (Sorceress) 31:54 Warbringer (Warrior) 32:24 Titan (Warrior) 32:46 Deadeye (Ranger) 33:11 Pathfinder (Ranger) 33:50 Infernalist (Witch) 34:39 Blood Mage (Witch) 35:09 Invoker (Monk) 35:45 Acolyte of Chayula (Monk) 36:29 WitchHunter (Mercenary) 37:06 Gemling Legionnaire (Mercenary)

[@zomgree]

35:45 Acolyte of Chayula (Monk)

[@Gorrash]

tyyy

[@exodiathefx1187]

17:28 Shows you the other classes coming later

[@secondvoltage]

Thank you 😁

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

Thank you

[@edgetransit3320]

Okay WOW. I watched the livestream but the fact y'all dropped this on KZbin with timestamps already? LEGENDARY

[@AndreikVlogs]

It was uploaded in unlisted mode long ago with timestamps. Nice of them anyway

[@shadydelivery]

Boy they really went in depth, discussing a ton. One thing I noticed which is great, very little marketing scenes or pretty looking marketing gimmicks. As he was talking, he was literally showing gameplay of the actual elements of the game. Developers and game publishers should take note of that. Cinematics are cool too, like the intro but in terms of things to do in games, I think we gamers want to actually see what it looks like in the game rather than some cinematic of it that isn’t accurate for what the mechanic is like in game

[@Squammish]

Couldn't agree more! Most gameplay trailers are like McDonalds commercials where they paint the burger brown. This was the complete opposite.

[@AmeerHijjawi]

I planned dinner, prepared dinner, cooked dinner, ate my dinner, washed the dishes sat back on the PC and this videos kept on giving more and more.. Truly a GGG delivery master piece..

[@MrDaniloko23]

I can't believe that you guys put this level of quality together in the early access, congratulations

[@dillydallyyyy]

To be fair, this was labeled as a "Beta consisting of almost the entire game" for years before VERY recently they quietly changed the branding to "Early Access."

[@maksymisaiev1828]

@@dillydallyyyy well, based on history, it was planned just as an addition to the game which ended up to be a completely separate game and they gave clarification as well. If it would be just acts, it could be considered beta, but not all acts are there due to endgame requests. And for EA it is so far looks much better than LE, even if they reuse assets from PoE1 (which may or may not mean that all work for PoE1 recently was a basis for PoE2 anyway).

[@therealkylekelly]

Diablo 4 beta was till level 25 and had 1 zone 😂

[@laggmonstret]

I can't believe how zoomed in a game still is 2024! That's a real deal breaker for me.

[@mouhebbelguith5086]

​@@maksymisaiev1828they already said that since wildwoods they r using assets from poe 2 in poe 1

[@slimeplort]

It's insane how much they've fixed or improved based on feedback. I've never seen a game company listen so completely to their fanbase before, not to mention all the improvements they made on their own. I keep saying "that's so much better now" over and over on everything, which is just crazy. GGG has absolutely become my most respected game company.

[@Hunter-u7q]

ngl, this is a first for them too. They always manage to change things everyone loved into something everyone despise, so this is a change of pace for them. I'm excited to see how the game turns out

[@Inquisite1031]

@@Hunter-u7q no it isnt lmao, GGG never caves to its playerbase they just do what they think is best for the game and that is what made their game so successful, there will always be some reddit thread about how they hate this or that but that in no shape or form represents the playerbase.

[@Hunter-u7q]

@@Inquisite1031 You can't tell me the playerbase loved GGG basically destroying Harvest and Recombinators, not to mention the few defence reworks that made building characters way more complicated than it should be (and more than it used to be) EDIT: I wanna make a special mention to the introduction of T17s and moving most of the loot there, meaning that the entire economy is now balanced around T17s, so you now need a very specific build that can tank most of the negative mods that come with them in order to basically be able to keep up with the inflation they produce with the vast different in loot. Reminder that T17s make most T16 100% deli full juiced builds unusable since they basically break your build and demand a huge amount of currency to fix the defense and offense so you can run them properly, while T16 strats gave less than a half of what T17s did.

[@Inquisite1031]

​@@Hunter-u7q its funny how everything uve said is wrong lmao, im not even going to explain why. well maybe the first point, every league reveal has been very very well received except maybe kalandra, ofc if u want to be unhappy about something sure its easy to be unhappy about something, u can literally bitch about anything in life, that's the easiest thing to do. Omg im too rich, omg im too happy, omg im too tall, omg im too handsome, omg my wife is too hot, omg im too successful, u can bitch as much as u want if u want to be that guy.

[@Inquisite1031]

@@Hunter-u7q harvest and recombinators in their original state were things, that u think u wanted in the game but didn't, i don't think i need to explain why having literal item generators in an ARPG is very very bad, and guess what GGG didnt cave to the playerbase because they knew it was bad for the game. look at D4, where the devs constantly cave to the playerbase's requests and guess what, its a dogshit game. and regarding t17s u are right its a dogshit system, but u are wrong in that ur forced to farm it, not gonna bother explainign why, this is already a wall of text, but it will probably never get fixed as poe1 will be in limbo before they get around to it.

[@kurayami6410]

This is the only livestream I’ve ever felt the need to watch more than once to fully consume it all. This will be amazing.

[@BuzzaB77]

44yo man here, and I'm not sure I've felt excitement for a game like this for a good couple of decades now. Supporter pack already bought

[@corneliusblackwood9014]

He’s 44 years old but has the sentence structure and punctuation of a grade schooler.

[@Zeforas]

@@corneliusblackwood9014 And you're 12, mental-age wise, along with being disrespectful for no damn reason. I'll happily play with Buzza rather than people like you.

[@jaredkinneyjr]

I never played PoE 1 cuz of the look / GFX, the super fast pace, accessibility with controller & mostly, the screen clutter/density. I sure hope they slow the game down some & reduce the "clutter". Watching streamers on Twitch play the end game was so off putting for me that I never even considered playing. FYI, I am HUGE isometric / ARPG game fan. It always saddened me the asthetics of PoE1 were so repulsive to me given the fact that I love the theory crafting aspect of PoE. I can't wait to watch Asmongold play & to see how it goes. I really really hope they shy away from the exact PoE 1 formula & break into a bit more of the ARPG market. I know the PoE enthusiasts don't want to hear things like that but there was a reason PoE1 never hit GotY terrritory, it is a niche game, period. And sadly, too niche for me. Let's turn it around. Cannot wait for December 6th

[@1x5x7]

Imagine pre-purchasing in 2024

[@Martem]

@@corneliusblackwood9014His channel was created in 2009, so I somewhat believe his words. I understand it may be hard for you to believe, but not everyone lives in a country where English is the primary language.

[@ewave9643]

So you can have a single target nuke build on one weapon set and an aoe clear setup on another. Phenomenal

[@Zakriell]

it's absolutely amazing right ? I was blown away... You have literaly 2 builds in 1, it's insane

[@plaidhatter1674]

I wouldn't be surprised if a strategy like that is reccomended for beating the acts

[@Bartido]

Imagine making a game in the current year and actually exceeding expectations.

[@todddepri]

Elden Ring was able to do the same thing and maybe Baldurs Gate 3. It is very rare.

[@OfficialPuvve]

It's PoE 1 with a little touch-up. Personally disappointed, but whatever. Good for a weekends enjoyment I guess if it's gonna be F2P.

[@Hosenbund1]

@@OfficialPuvve well thats what everyone wanted.. why would they throw away all the PoE1 leagues and mechanics? Everything is improved and it will evolve from there What did you expect?

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

​@@OfficialPuvveBased on what people who have played it have said, no it's nothing like PoE 1 on a gameplay front. Progression, and game feel are completely different. The approach to difficulty is completely different. If you noticed there's more emphasis on using more skills, that change alone makes this a drastic change from one button purgatory.

[@centralunit100]

​@@OfficialPuvvenothing wrong with keeping what works and build upon it. It's a sequel, not a new IP

[@wesleybowers1106]

98 year old here. Haven't been this pumped since Pong was released

[@RisitopLeVrai]

This is history

[@sunny3545]

Cinema

[@vikinghammer87]

@@sunny3545 Stop saying that dumb shit.

[@oloyolopl]

@@vikinghammer87 You better hide your gyatt from the rizzler

[@moiseman]

Just like Path of Exile 1. GGG was the best devs of the last decade and it's pretty clear they'll be claiming the next two as well.

[@SL4PSH0CK]

It is, a foken literal new era

[@theinsanerng]

“We never bind anything to your character” -Jonathan Rogers 2024

[@cookiesrgreat6577]

"Except for gold" -Jonathan Rogers 2024

[@Flosstradamuss]

“Except your soul”

[@andrearoma1331]

I will be bind to the character

[@TheShadowscale]

​@@Flosstradamuss for this? The Vaal can have it. I don't need it 😂

[@bennym8720]

love this dig at blizzard

[@DevilWolf000]

Crazy how far they've come. Really proud of being part of this journey.

[@hsj1991]

For me, what amazes me about POE isn't just the gameplay and the skill tree. At 00:57:00, the background music perfectly sets the atmosphere for the boss's entrance, and most importantly, the voice actor's flawless performance gave me goosebumps. It reminded me of my first encounter with Uber Shaper and the chilling lines "putrefy, rot, spoil, and fester," along with Zana's desperate screams. Those moments are unforgettable for me.

[@agustinascanio804]

Hands down best game presentation in years, best ever for an ARPG! Is amazing the quantity of high quality content in one game.

[@LurnWell]

Agree on all points. Looking good POE 2. Looking good.

[@Lightwish4K]

EXACTLY THIS!!.. not the fake shareholder made firecamps where ppl feels so fake and out of place. This is a group of dedicated nerds making games for other nerds! Sure they have a prompter but they feel alot more genuin.

[@Alhumaiem]

@@Lightwish4Kwho is the promoter?

[@markomejac8172]

​@@Alhumaiem Prompter to read from not the promoter!

[@One.Zero.One101]

For some reason my brain interpreted the title as Pathfinder 2.

[@DoctorPotassium]

Me: "GGG, what can I do in your new game?" GGG: "yes"

[@soppingclam]

64 year old here. I haven't been this pumped since Settlers 2 was released

[@someguythatlookslikeme8306]

no shit. i remember that one, or "Settlers", at least.

[@Icenforce]

Veni, Vidi, Vici

[@mortiferozgaming2281]

My man!!

[@andreas543]

Ahh, those Settlers games :-)

[@chriswellz]

Same age as my dad. My only worry is his reaction time. He's used to D4. Point and click till monsters are dead, and basically the entire game is a mathematical equation where big number equals good. This game requires more skill in the action to survive. He tried playing V Rising with us and was having a really hard times WASD while pointing to attack and knowing when to dodge and deflect. I really hope he can play PoE2 with us.

[@glumphyStoned]

Game is so hyped, early access basically became a buy to play game with a free version later down the road. Brilliant Chess move by GGG

[@Torguemada]

POE1 was excatly the same

[@BuzzaB77]

well, built on 13 years of well earned trust don't forget.

[@lancepowell1965]

It's not like you're even paying for the game cause you get the point equivalent to use towards stash tabs and cosmetics as well ^^

[@walkerbolch1017]

The hundreds of hours of entertainment from one when I've spent maybe $20... $30 is more than worth it

[@glumphyStoned]

dont get me wrong i think it is almost a miracle this game gonna be free in this day an age

[@maxmuir526]

When that said 25 hours for A1-3 my jaw hit the floor. Infinite endgames, bringing back the auction house and mechanics we all know and love integrated into the new game. There are no words for this game. You just killed every other game in the genre for the next 10 years. The standard just got absolutely shattered. Lets see blizzard or and other studio compete with this. Bravo.

[@zeriel9148]

Blizzard isn't even trying to compete with this, or anything else.

[@zeroDOLLARg-Ro]

This!!!^^^

[@chaosmii]

I mean it'll be 25 hours for blind, one handed people who've never played a video game before. Those 25 hours are gonna turn into 4 hours or less real quick for gamers i'm guessing.

[@Oryyyt]

@@chaosmii mhm. Ok Mr. hardcore gamer. We all know this is just 20 mins for you. 🙄

[@lukashanzal8164]

there will be auction house for items?

[@Betta-ah]

I am at a loss for words, everything looks so amazing and the fact that it takes a long time to progress is even betta making it feel more impactful as you upgrade/change your items with skill tree etc... AMAZING JOB GGG!!!!!! Am SO Excited to play the best ARPG to ever exist in two weeks time

[@dadeee7776]

It’s fun to take a while but man will that get old with seasonal resets Jesus

[@Betta-ah]

@@dadeee7776 I am confident the speed will increase over time as they adjust it before full release that way when "leagues" are released its not so much of a grind to get to mapping. Think its just to prevent everyone from speed running their way around... maybe am wrong 0.0

[@Sindamsc]

25 hours is an average play time for the first playthrough. Once you know what you are doing, pretty sure it will go down to PoE numbers

[@dadeee7776]

@@Betta-ah yea just if they’re completely slowing down the game fuck I get slowing down end game like I hope magic quant and such isn’t around as much I haven’t kept up for years though I’m basically coming ion comepleye fressh

[@Hunter-u7q]

@@dadeee7776 Quant might not be there anymore. I only heard that rarity now affects mod amount on items and the quality of the currency (meaning more rarity = more exalteds, divines and mirrors), so that might mean that quant is not a gear stat anymore (I hope so. Quantity on gear was exclusive to uniques and they sucked)

[@CeeBeMac]

Diablo -> Diablo II -> Path of Exile -> Path of Exile II. The true series.

[@Nuri-Gedik]

You know a game is good, when you are afraid to die before it comes out in 2 weeks ish, even though you are perfectly healthy.

[@VollKaracho209]

🤣

[@hewas9738]

I literally was thinking like this. I bike to work everyday, and nearly got hit by a car just 2 days ago. Definitely gonna be more careful now.

[@freecarpetseller]

But youre living on Turkey, anything can occur

[@simplyzach]

Real talk. Gonna go get a cancer screening and physical tomorrow. Can't afford the risk at this point.

[@hua..]

I dunno if I'd call someone with this sort of mindset "perfectly healthy" lmao

[@DenisTRUFFAUT]

24:14 Select Passive Attribute 25:18 Weapon Swap 26:05 Permanent Buffs 28:26 Recycle item's property 30:02 Skill on item 31:30 Chronomancer 32:14 Warcaller 33:52 Infernal 35:32 Avatar 37:07 Gemling

[@Mr.Bradev]

Acolyte of Chayola with instant mana leech and applied to ES , CI .... LOGIN

[@Ytubefunk]

Big up man !!!

[@fergus247]

Most of this stuff is an improvement over PoE1 but they could have just updated PoE1 with this stuff

[@DenisTRUFFAUT]

@@fergus247 It is. PoE 2 is just an iteration over PoE1. An evolutionary step. With a new engine, a new campaign, different powers. The fundamentals stay the same.

[@fergus247]

@@DenisTRUFFAUT i mean its an ARPG so it is assumed the fundamentals stay the same. A new campaign is not neccesrily a good thing. Means everyone has to learn the new quests. Nothing wrong with the PoE1 campaign except it needed polish. I think PoE2 will drown

[@Malacite]

Dear God WOW @28:00 (roughly) THANK YOU. You guys listened and simplified the most convoluted parts of PoE that kept me from seriously getting into it for years, and you did it without sacrificing the depth of character customization. Colour me impressed.

[@Platschu]

I can't believe this game looks so amazing. So many great ideas were showed. Lots of classes, subclasses, items, monsters (50 bosses and 400 monsters in endgame !!!), environments, quests. Wow. Unbelievable.

[@UndergroundMadeon]

GGG = New Blizzard. Games made by passionate gamers instead of executive businessmen.

[@greece5055]

Except endgame, which is just PoE1 but plagiarized Last Epoch...

[@StefanRial-i4f]

@@greece5055 Hahahahahhahahahaha

[@Vexkion]

@@StefanRial-i4f You’re laughing as if to mock him but he isn’t entirely wrong. They’re just taking PoE1 endgame and adding onto it. Instead of glazing it as the next best thing since sliced bread, look at it objectively.

[@El_Dromedario]

@@greece5055 Dude, respect urself.

[@LurnWell]

😂😂😂. You think GGG aren't businessmen? lol Don't ever let a company think you worship them and won't critique them. It'll backfire.

[@fearlessdumb0]

Unreal, this is a massive homerun. See you all in a couple weeks!

[@MadsFeierskov]

That character selection screen is insane and amazing. The attention to detail in this game seems so good.

[@AxonZshow]

it's certainly unique to look at a group of people about to be hung at the gallows and say "one of these will live, that will be you"

[@andegrvz]

​@@AxonZshowthat's why he is the GOAT

[@EepyMarx]

The chaos trial shown in this video is WAY easier than the one in the actual game...

[@edrickz101]

One thing that intimidated me with POE1 was the gem skills needing to be equipped in your gear. But now since skills are having its own thing and it's up to the player to socket what is possible seems so exciting to see!

[@thatmombielife]

Yes!!! And I’m glad they changed that.

[@MrDoggson]

Its what im struggling with now as a 50h player in PoE1, im supposed to have all these links but my RNG stinks so im stuck with weaker versions of my skills for now.

[@celuiquipeut6527]

​@@MrDoggson You get sockets by crafting. Its fairly easy to get the sockets. The only real hard one is the 6 link in the chest. But you can get away with 5 link and its not hard to get. After you have your amount of sockets...the real crafting start. You will need lots of mats AND luck to get exactly what you want. What i usually do, is craft my own gear except maybe 1 or 2 pieces. I just roll with what ever i get and i buy the stats i am missing for the last items.

[@celuiquipeut6527]

I cant talk becauae we havent tried PoE2 yet...but the new system seems more complicated. There is a lot more gems involved. 6 for each skills. And you can only use 1 support gem of each name once per character. So youcant have a multiple projectile gem on 2 skills. This means that there are a lot more support gems, and it will ne harder to socket all of them. I also dislike the only 1 support gem per character... I was enjoying having my summoned skeleton have multiple projectile and also me using it. But everything seem to have been improved upon. So i am staying open and am getting ready to get my mind blown.

[@noahscott66]

Really hope the developers are enjoying reading all of these comments. I have never in all my days seen this much positivity in a game reveal

[@1Maverick2]

It's because it's all PoE 1 players getting excited over the new game...hope the developer is fine with their current player count.

[@noahscott66]

@@1Maverick2 yeah, like the new saints row game or the new GTA remasters, or any other number of terribly received games that are a part of established franchises

[@via_negativa6183]

BS I have had people tell me that don't even play games anymore they saw this and are excited for it ​@@1Maverick2

[@ToadMagic]

@@1Maverick2 im gonna laugh so hard when poe2 shatters player numbers on day 1 lmao

[@Sophie2570]

​@@1Maverick2 Nah, there's tons of new players. All the PoE Facebook groups have been flooded by new players, and the player numbers have been much higher than GGG expected, so that just shows how many new players joined.

[@finfen9730]

You guys created two end game mechanics I've been asking for for years: Monster hunting via atlas and an uber maze dungeon. I literally can't believe it. 2 weeks exiles, lez go!

[@TeeDee87]

and all of this available in EARLY ACCESS. I mean wtf. Could play this for year or two tbh :D

[@finfen9730]

@TeeDee87 I legitimately can't comprehend what this game will look like in 10 years.

[@Segfault_]

@@TeeDee87and it’s only 30 bucks. Look at that D4 class expansion for $40 that has no content. GGG is insanely good.

[@Zeforas]

@@finfen9730 What it will look like in ONE year, for starter! if i recall, it should be a full release 1 year after early access, where we will get all class and full campaign. Just that is alerdy a big thing to look forward to.

[@Ginto_O]

What the actual fuck is "monster hunting"

[@Deusaga]

The fact you can actually block with input is so awesome. Reminds me of ol' Champions of Norrath and Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance games.

[@EpicPureGamer]

13 years ago I created an account in a small site that change my life. Today I repeat that feeling again, will start a new adventure again and maybe more 13 years of game... Thx ggg

[@szn7548]

Changed your life ? xDD

[@xClippo]

@@szn7548some games do change the course of your life. Its not that crazy

[@Zakriell]

@@szn7548 XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@Arko777777]

​@@szn7548 Great pieces of media can change your life, he's not wrong.

[@chupasaurus]

@@szn7548 His soul became a property of Grinding Gear Games Ltd.

[@willhigginsforever]

"This is Path of Exile, there's always more trees". It's amazing to see how far GGG has come, while still staying mostly the same :) Congratulations @Johnathan and @Mark

[@cptnhero6116]

and on the positive side, the new atlas skill trees look way more clear now, for new players for example the breach-tree...you instantly see what its for and if you want to invest into this mechanic or not. its so much cleaner now, with the league mechanics split into the sides

[@itsyourbuddychris]

It's not a triple AAA game anymore, it will be a triple GGG game 😎❤

[@Dorito123321]

GGGGGGGGG type game

[@pirualado47]

triple GGG, so... GGG GGG GGG?

[@itsyourbuddychris]

@@pirualado47 yes.

[@thomasexoexelby500]

GREAT GRITTY GRANNIES GRABBING GRINDING GEARS GAMING GIFT... GOOD GOLLY GOSH GRAND GUMPTION GALORE ok I'll stop 😂

[@urekmazino6800]

🔥🔥🔥

[@cleebe6905]

I haven't felt this kind of excitement for a game in a long time.

[@ruicadima2961]

I can’t believe how polished and player-centric this looks. “Hey, Ranger players probably would like to be able to shoot while moving. Let’s give them that then.” So simple but so amazing. Can’t wait to play this!

[@fredq6118]

Thank you GGG. I really hope this blows up in popularity with all those people that have been on the fence about PoE's barriers to entry for years.

[@Cloudkiller01]

People are on the fence because PoE is too complicated. This won’t help that.

[@nikovz4719]

@@Cloudkiller01did you watch the video? They’ve simplified many things lmao 😂

[@Cloudkiller01]

@@nikovz4719 for someone who plays current Poe, yeah more simple. Not for people who were turned off by the complexity. It’s the same.

[@nikovz4719]

@ I think your under estimate the whole ability to “experiment” with skills without it being a burden.

[@Bebhell]

The delay was clearly worth it, this exceeds all expectations

[@AshrielDrummer]

How?

[@Zeforas]

@@AshrielDrummer In quality of life stuff, in graphics and animation, in sounds design, in boss design, in content..?

[@Zakriell]

@@Zeforas He's just rage baiting. He certainly is a POE1 player and dont want to see POE1 die to POE2. We'll see a lot of guys like him.

[@Alias_Fakename]

@@Zakriell I imagine a lot less after today, speaking from experience. I've been a massive poe2 doomer since the last ExileCon and I'm completely on board after this reveal.

[@alilarhdiri9666]

@@AshrielDrummer Rage baiting? d4 fan?

[@assaultsteve6877]

I don't think people understand how awesome and valuable the chief of design going over gameplay like Mr. Rogers is. This succiently and in an all encompassing way goes over simple and complex ideas that players engage with over the lifespan of a character. Most of all its easy to understand and not rambling. YOU GO GGG KICK YOUR COMPETITION IN THE TEETH! SHOW THEM WHAT FOR!!!!

[@HelloImCrimson]

This is the first game in many many years where I want to play every single class

[@philroni]

Me too, Looks refreshing and with different playstyles with each class also there are 6 more to come

[@runner9528]

archer doesnt look good imo.

[@MrHakbilen]

@@runner9528 I reckon it would be insane. Just imagine the skill endless munitions from the Dead eye acendent with crossbows. You would literally fire 2x the bullets with everything. Shotguns 2x bullets, assault rifle 2x bullets and so on

[@runner9528]

@@MrHakbilen true the high level gameplay looks good.but the other classes look good from the get go

[@_egghead]

@@runner9528 archer classes usually look boring at low levels almost at any games

[@Napski_]

I’m a 55 year old man and this has made me feel young again.

[@lunchbox4415]

nobody cares how old you are stop telling everyone fucking freak

[@thatmombielife]

Welcome back homie!

[@Napski_]

@@thatmombielife 🙏

[@SparklingLavaJellyfish]

Same im a little older 99 but still same

[@GutsEnjoyer]

The opening cinematic made me realize how much I would love a dark fantasy path of exile show like that, or a soulslike rpg based in wraeclast.

[@Advencik]

Isn't PoE 2 kinda soulslike though?

[@z3roninja565]

@@Advencik It is, so pretty much they're just saying they want another souls game lol cuz when do souls players not want a new one

[@GutsEnjoyer]

@Advencik yes but not completely

[@Corusame]

I wish the Secret Level anthology series coming out next month had a Path of Exile 2 episode. I pray we get one in the next season 🙏

[@frankierizzo8516]

That would be an amazing series. The Witcher show started off strong for a dark fantasy show but got ruined, unfortunately. There's so much potential out there but Hollywood is ass now.

[@iWatchedGuide]

The only one game where you WANT to buy support pack for the amount of content they give. GGG you are legends!

[@puppetstudio4989]

I can think of a few...but this dethrones them honestly

[@SirQuantization]

I was just thinking that. I think the trend is catching on look at Helldivers and Deep Rock Galactic.

[@urekmazino6800]

Haven't felt hype for a game since bg3

[@luckydapirate]

this is the best acting i have seen in years. the way he swung that halberd looked very realistic. the warrior screams she made while casting those fire spells was amazing, i could feel the stamina needed to hold that power. damn.

[@Desmezz]

Those 2 weeks gonna feel like decades

[@tochukwuudu7763]

Is this game just endless fighting, Is there a story there, side missions? never played a game like this before all I see in prevews isendless fighting.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

@@tochukwuudu7763 Yes, there is a story as well as side quests.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

@@tochukwuudu7763 Yes, there is a story.

[@vikinghammer87]

@@tochukwuudu7763 you've never played Diablo? Might wanna start with Sonic or Mario if you're this new to video games.

[@mission772]

@@tochukwuudu7763 It's all about power progression of your character that's the RPG part, and its a Action RPG, so yes lots and lots of fighting. Basically all fighting and getting stronger to fight even harder!

[@Empyriangaming]

Absolutely insane. Can't wait

[@CL_Hat]

Oh look, a divine.

[@Zalixor]

PoE 2 gambas gonna be lit

[@jarrettemerick2570]

He made 85 divs while typing that comment

[@chupasaurus]

We go AGANE

[@DesmoxMyco]

More than anything I appreciate that you guys are not artificially extending play time with the cheap bind on pickup mechanic. Great job here guys.

[@NecoANONYMOOSE]

trading and economy are huge in POE and for me personally one of the main mechanics that keeps me coming back. im surprised they didnt really talk a lot about that in this

[@JuckJuckJuice-m4b]

No need to. PoE is known for it's absolutely insanely massive endgame. A lot do a few things and leave and those that are grinders stay for the never ending grind. CANNOT WAIT! '

[@piltonbadger9897]

Why on ascension trials you have less enemies than us players do and no trial modifiers? I want to see a live stream of the devs playing a melee character doing the Chaos trials.

[@sloesty]

The voice actors killed it holy shit

[@kukuc96]

So many PoE 1 characters already had insanely good voice acting already. Many are iconic like Dominus, Izaro, Daresso, Sirius, Delirium guy

[@nalakie]

This game is everything I want I can’t even remember the last time I felt so excited for a game the GGG hero we need but don’t deserve

[@papapur]

50years old veteran from diablo and diablo2 ..thx GGG for bringing my childhood back

[@JJ_d.Lizard]

a decade younger but exactly. This is D2 successor

[@casserCOM]

childhood? brotha you were in your 20s

[@papapur]

@@casserCOM I have smart diapers for smartasses like you.

[@cevk]

RIP blight. My favorite content.

[@ChaoticPesme75]

I wish I could enter cryogenic sleep now and wake up on December 6th.

[@mehmetkork15]

That's someone who doesn't work on Monday would say

[@callepetersen7279]

@@mehmetkork15 me when i'm a dumbass fucking wageslave

[@Thunderstyle7]

@@mehmetkork15 We on vacation boy.

[@arcofdoves1989]

Have a napple 🍎

[@KnyghtErrant]

Thank you GGG! You guys are one of the very few devs left out there that continue to outdo yourselves, innovate, come up with new and interesting systems, improve on the old, listen to feedback, and make your games better and better, especially in the stale and fly-by-night ARPG space.

[@NamNguyenVinh]

I usually only play fps game like Battlefield, COD. Diablo 4 was my first ARPG game. Seeing how the team presented PoE2 content I can see they are real passionated and and have deep care for the game. Definitely worth the wait.

[@vhayne91777]

Welcome to the genre! You're going to be blown away at just how much there is to do and just how deep the systems go (if it's even remotely close to PoE), when compared to D4. I like D4, don't get me wrong. But PoE makes D4 look like a child's game in comparison. PoE2 looks to be on par with that, mostly.

[@LifeLineLite]

You'll lose your arpg virginity soon

[@TheDustmeister88]

Yea, the quality of POE2 vs the quality of modern COD.

[@gerutzu575]

i only played d4 and i liked it a lot too. if people aren't overhyping it and poe2's that much better we're in for a treat

[@vhayne91777]

@@gerutzu575 I can't speak more to PoE2, than what the videos have shown. But going by PoE1, the systems and gameplay is miles ahead of D4.

[@DaroffApFire]

Removing the skill gem system from being slotted into gear completely removes the P2W aspect of POE1, which is a MAJOR move forward. This game is going to be incredible.

[@narkopolo5629]

And you dont need to sit 24/7 on poe trade, ingame trade npc is a nic qol upgrade

[@lofilMusicRecords]

ggg always suprise me ... when i think the creativity is over, this guys make huge changes, LOGIN

[@fragr33f74]

Dude, the small details and particle effects are so frikin beautiful. All the sounds and scattered particles make the world look more tangible and physical. Incredible job 👏

[@brunoweber3423]

I've never been so hyped to a game in my life.

[@ConvoyD2]

Same

[@KontRiario]

I played PoE in 2014 and it was already wonderful with so many cool details in it .after 10 years, i just saw this and this is unbelievable. Pure masterpiece. Well done whole GGG team!

[@Xix2g]

I remember playing POE for the first time. I'll remember playing POE 2 for the first time too.

[@marvikv2505]

Is POE overwhelming for new players? Also i know its F2P, so i tend to avoid those games due they lock up important in game staff (storage etc) behind a pay wall that in the end cost a fortune. Does that game suffer from that?

[@Xix2g]

@@marvikv2505 Well if you've never played an ARPG, POE2 is a great place to try and see if you like it or not. If you don't like ARPGs, you wont like any (obviously) It's hard to believe, but its not a scam Free to Play game. Quite the opposite. is it overwhelming for new players ? Yes, can't lie. BUT you should try it to see if you like to learn and optimize the game rules in your favor, or if it's not your type. TLDR : you like arpg ? you like putting point in talent trees ? You like killing monsters and looting on repeat and then upgrading your char to kill even more ? Welcome home mate

[@skiruskronos2732]

@@marvikv2505 Yes and Yes. But poe2 will be a lot easier for new players to learn, they've put a lot of effort into new player experience. However it will start to devolve I'm sure, as a game of such freedom and complexity as path needs too, but the onboarding process will be smoother. As for the F2P P2W model it's completely tied to stash tabs, they provide huge ease of access to auto sort all of you're loot, and to sell it to other players easily. they're so convenient to the point of p2w as you'll make most of your currency from them. HOWEVER!!! if you choose to play solo self found, like many players do. The game is 100% free to play, you might end up running out of stash space though. Everything else you can pay for is purely cosmetic. If you buy early access 30USD it comes with the full worth of that money, with in game store points. (30usd 300 points|) with that you could buy all the stash tabs you would ever need. Hope this helps!!!

[@madbone91]

​@@marvikv2505The game can be played 100% for free, you can pay for convenience(stash tabs) and that's it. A lot of people "finish" the game ( and by that I mean the endgame) with 0 money spent. If you chose to pay, you can pay like 60$ for a supporter pack, get double the value always, have some cosmetics and have 60$ worth of points as well which can buy you all the stash tabs you'll ever need. ​ I have played for free for 5 years, then decided that they really deserve those 60$ for the ammount of content and gameplay time they have given me. Nowadays, for the past 3 years I offer them my support as much as I can. It's absolutely unbelievable that this game is free. You do you tho. It's up to you, but I was you, I'd give it a try for free after it releases if you don't want to pay 30$ now (all of their betas were paid). The only thing you'll lose, is not your money, it's your sanity! 😂 Good luck exile! Stay sane!

[@phoenix402]

@@marvikv2505 for PoE1, the game is definitely massive and can be a bit overwhelming to get started with as a new player, but there are also a ton of guides you could follow for pretty much every skill and playstyle you're interested in. those guides are concise and can be replicated consistently. it's not that hard to play the game like that and save the idea of fully making your own builds from scratch for when your understanding of the game has grown. you could also just f around and find out on your own pace if that's more your thing, it just means it'll take longer before you figure out how to optimise things enough to progress through lategame content efficiently. campaign should be manageable when freestyling a build even when you're new, atlas content is usually where you'll start to notice those inefficient choices adding up. and in terms of storage, PoE1 gave you 3 generic (any item you find can fit in the slots) stash tabs to use as a f2p and you did have to buy additional/specialised storage tabs seperately, but they were both cheap and could contain a massive amount of the relevant items. how they're going to manage stash space in PoE2 i couldn't tell you though, but i'd imagine that since skin mtx also carries over, the stash tabs might too. this could of course still come paired with an increase in the base number of tabs, but once again i don't know for certain. another thing that should be noted btw is that the store points used to buy mtx are also the same you use to get stash tabs. so if you plan on playing the early access through the supporter packs, the extra points included in those bundles can fix potential storage space issues for you.

[@MrBulldawg6]

I am a very passionate guy about games and this game will be so great that no other ARPG will ever come close to competing with this. The amount of effort GGG are putting into this game is insane and a company like this should be recognized for their passion for developing a game and devotion to us players.

[@poeasy]

얼액이라고 하더니 볼륨이 그냥 정식 출시네요... 연말이 너무 즐거워 지겠습니다 ㅎ

[@LSmallCatL]

Ever since having ascension trials in Everquest 2 I've been waiting for a game to not only explore but explode the possibilities this brings. Great to see it happen.

[@Spriice]

what an insane amount of work. the game is looking incredible, I absolutely love the art style of the Vaal.

[@zexor37]

The crunchy math guys who played years of Diablo 2, have made a game involving more crunchy math. Love it, many blessings exiles.

[@LuttiApce]

After so many years, this is the continuation of Diablo 2 i had waited for so long. And not trash D3 and D4. Thanks!

[@celuiquipeut6527]

Path of Exile exist you know...since 2012.

[@nikovz4719]

@@celuiquipeut6527compare this to d2 and this aligns more given the simplicity of certain mechanics

[@mchonkler7225]

@@celuiquipeut6527 PoE is great but this is a true evolution. The way effects interact. Animation cancel into a dodge. WASD movement. Shoot/Cast while moving. Dedicated Block button. Streamlined gem system. It's all the next leap forward.

[@TheDustmeister88]

I can appreciate a game being loyal to its own identity and just make improvements that will improve that identity.

[@FalloutTributeMusic]

In a time where games disappoint more then they deliver we couldn't have gotten a better game then POE 2. Thank You for still being able to make as excited for a game as I got when I was a child ❤

[@DirtyxLarry]

Incredible. Giddy like the kid waiting in line for Diablo 1 's release decades ago. What a journey for ARPG fans.

[@hafidhdharmawan8646]

this PoE2 early access is way bigger than entire diablo 4 content, insane

[@CriticalComplainer]

It's literally reusing content from PoE 1 you lemming.

[@AbsolutlyN0thin]

that's mostly because they didn't choose to forsake the content of previous series entries. D4 could have had a decent end game on launch if they ported over greater rifts, but they chose not to. Instead they had well... effectively no endgame. GGG instead decided to basically take the best of PoE 1 mechanics and refine them, instead of reinventing the wheel

[@dillydallyyyy]

This is 5x or more (conservative) content than D4 and it is going to be doubled on 1.0 release. Welcome to Path of Exile. Oh and it will be free.

[@TheInfectous]

@@CriticalComplainer It's reusing ideas, everything would have to be remade. doubt anything could be or was just ported over.

[@CriticalComplainer]

@@TheInfectous Only GGG knows for sure, but given these were originally going to be in the same game, and cosmetic models are ported between the two - I would put money on assets being reused and likely a lot of the functionality being copy pasted.

[@burkabu]

I just bought a big supporter pack, uninstalled my other games and bought my wife and kids a trip to Aruba over christmas. This will be epic!

[@hmr1122]

Finally the Diablo 2 successor I was waiting for for 20 years!

[@thematrix606]

PoE1 was already that tbh.

[@Kangaroo_NickYT]

​@thematrix606 exactly lol.

[@hmr1122]

@@thematrix606 No, I played PoE1, it plays nothing like D2 especially in the endgame. It's closer to D3 sadly.

[@azzogathor]

@@hmr1122 There is nothing to say PoE2 will play that differently in end-game. Looks likely to be an unreadable screen full of mobs that drop once you touch the mouse. Itemization looks closer to d2 though and that is enough for me.

[@trashcanjely]

@@azzogathor loot filters

[@BlackMercy-it1jp]

6 classes at launch 6 more in the works, dual skill trees, the best necro in any Arpg, improved combat, less overlapping systems, reduced visual clutter, remarkably improved combat, better endgame more content to grind through in early access than in all of D4!!!! Shutup and take my money. Take it all you beautiful monsters

[@snailos-u5s]

The graphics and animations look so fucking CLEAN WTFFFFFFFFFF THIS GAME LOOKS SO GOOD AND IT COMES IN 2 WEEKS NO WAY omfg the character animations bro i can't, this can't be real, damn i haven't been this hyped for a game in years. I can't wait

[@Hunter-u7q]

well, it's still an Early Access (that costs 30 usd), so technically is not going to be released so soon, but it already looks promising

[@etmbymm9179]

I'm a vet player since Diablo1, just a casual ARPG player, but a Diablo fan (more on the story) & have played all Diablo games. Never played POE in my entire life, but definitely considering to PLAY when it COMES out! Congrats POE2! You ROCK!!!

[@dongvermine]

Too bad it’s full of microtransactions…DO NOT SUPPORT any game with microtransactions.

[@atava85]

​@@dongvermineI think that with a comment like that you prove you've never played PoE. Most of them are cosmetics, some of them are (much needed, I admit) quality-of-life changes, but if you think PoE's microtransactions are like say the ones in mobile games you couldn't be farther from the truth. No need to boycott anything here.

[@dongvermine]

@ Microtransactions are microtransactions. They do not belong in video games.

[@atava85]

@@dongvermine Would you rather the game cost $60 and then ask for more money later for new content? Because that's the alternative. I also dislike microtransactions at heart, but I've played PoE throughout the years and I see that it really works well as it does. People with money are supporting the continuous release of content with their purchases and you can play for free with no disadvantage compared to them (no p2w here).

[@dongvermine]

@ I understand that and certain players would never be able to play if it was $60. Glad everyone can enjoy the game honestly

[@teresmajor7956]

I love how you decided to make the gameplay a bit slower and more organic rather a very fast paced action rpg clicker. The build quality is like a single player game. Kudos to the team!

[@jarrettemerick2570]

Meanwhile D4 : we have purple helltide

[@Premo07]

and 5 times the players

[@urekmazino6800]

​@@Premo07this isn't even out yet

[@Premo07]

@@urekmazino6800 Poe 1 on its peak compared to d4 on its peak is 5x less

[@urekmazino6800]

@@Premo07 poe1 is way older and has better quality so I'll take that over d4

[@Premo07]

@@urekmazino6800 that's not what the majority of arpg players think clearly

[@ziczixg797]

Finally a cinematic that doesn't feel pretentious even when something scary or tense is happening, it was just right 🤌Feels good to see something like this after many years!

[@ancientseed2607]

I honestly cannot remember how long it’s been since I was this excited for a game. My dopamine was going crazy watching this.

[@Bekspejszyn]

Ugotowali. Dzięki Jonatanie i Mareczku, pozdrawiam cieplutko

[@DCFHazardRebornChannel]

Diablo II callback. Act 1 Rogue Encampment and Dark Wood Act 2 Lut Gholein and the Desert Act 3 the jungle ruins area. Here we have dark wood, Vastiri desert, and Vall Jungle ruins.... Love it. Besides all the other obvious, this just hit me watching this a second time

[@leg1on4rio60]

D2 cinematic

[@DieKao]

To be fair act 2 is always the fucking desert. Diablo 2, Torchlight 2, Dungeon Siege 2, Diablo 3, Death Must Die, Super Mario Bros. At this point I except it.

[@shragolicious]

I'm physically crying. I am so happy.

[@jackwabbit9784]

Bruh for real I honestly shed a tear this looks so amazing, beyond expectations

[@Mrsniperouz]

36:36 I have this skill and there is no visual bubble like in this video. Is that on purpose or is this a bug? I see the icon showing Sorcery Ward is active but this video is showing it’s supposed to have a visual bubble. I hope someone can answer this.

[@Doth_]

Im blown away

[@stefanremagofficial]

I am 44 and if feels like Christmas again! The kid inside me is happy, I am 44 years old and I AM HAPPY! Let's relax, have a cup of your favorite drink and enjoy, let's play PoE2 ladies and gentlemen!

[@lunchbox4415]

nobody cares how old you are stop telling everyone fucking freak

[@Nosleepums]

This was dope AF

[@mannymanstein5346]

All of this is utterly mind blowing. The skill progression and customisation looks to be simple to grasp but with so much depth and freedom to make a unique play style.