Interview Path of Exile Interview @ GamesOnNet

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Tags: Grinding Gear Games; Path of Exile

GamesOnNet interviewed Chris Wilson, producer and designer of Path of Exile, topics include the recently announced content and their thoughts about their competition.

GON: Well essentially Torchlight II is a remake of Diablo II with modern graphics in many ways. Did that affect you?

Chris: The interesting thing about Torchlight II is when I was playing it the one thing I noticed is that all of the Diablo II-isms that we changed for Path of Exile came back to annoy me. And I’m not saying Torchlight II is a bad game! I enjoyed playing it but certain things that we’ve changed for Path of Exile that I’m now used to doing our way I found frustrating, because I felt they were bad systems, so I changed them in my game, and therefore it’s frustrating to play them in someone else’s.

GON: Can you give me an example of that?

Chris: A good example of that is the potion system. In a lot of ARPG’s, Titan Quest, Torchlight, you buy a ton of potions and every time you’re hurt you drink one and it’s just a big homogenous stack. In Path of Exile your potions are in set flasks that are actually items that you have to upgrade, and they can be used multiple times, and they become part of your build. If you want a flask that extinguishes fire if you’ve ever been ignited, then that’s part of the way you build your character rather than just a number of potions you bought from the shop last time you were in town.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

POE is massive include INCLINE. Fun to play and looks awesome. Torchlight II on the other hand is meh.

Another good thing about POE is that now you have a good explanation for GGG in your browser history

 

[Bulba]

PoE has the best potion system I've ever seen/
T2 has some good moments.... but I don't like it's cartoon look and monsters are beyond terrible. didn't like the skills either. PoE is just better game in every department

 

[LeStryfe79]

Love the systems in PoE, but it plays inferior to other ARPG's in many ways. PoE definitely has superior skill and potion systems but the animation and enemy variety flat out stink. Also, many aspects of the game, like summoning, take a huge investment before being even remotely interesting. Yes, I played the game for many hours and completed every difficulty, but it wasn't so much for fun as it was out of curiosity. It's like they have no end of good ideas, but fundamentally the whole thing is very flawed. Still much better than Diablo 3 though. I'll certainly check back in once they have 6-7 acts and a few hundred skill gems. I get why some people don't like the art in T2, but I still think it had superior presentation and gameplay to PoE. T2 features far more fluid animation, ten times the enemy variety, and much more randomization. The grimdark ascetic in PoE is nice when looking at a screenshot, but the overall effect is severely diminished in actual play. Also, most every character I saw in Poe looked like shit. No pants, red shirts and rags were the order of the day which would be cool if I didn't have to see dozens of other players looking exactly the same. PoE is better than T2 in some ways, don't get me wrong, but saying it's better in every way is goddamned retarded.

 

[godsend1989]

Marvel Heroes will better then any H&S out there, don`t get fooled by the name the guy behind the game invented this genre.

 

[Phineas]

Marvel Heroes will better then any H&S out there, don`t get fooled by the name the guy behind the game invented this genre.

He also made Hellgate: London.

 

[Gregz]

POE is massive include incline

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

POE is massive include incline

That's what too much coding does to you!

 

[LeStryfe79]

Yeah, Marvel Heroes looks sweet. I happen to like Marvelfaggotry, so I'm a little biased. I'm still trying to decide which heroes I'll use, an d I'll probably end up shelling out $5-$10 for the brown and yellow Wolverine costume. Lolz.

 

[Metro]

It's free so I'll definitely give it a try!

 

[Minttunator]

Good interview! If you like Diablo-type games and haven't tried PoE yet, you owe it to yourself to check it out. It's definitely one of my favourite games this year - it's pretty much what Diablo 3 should have been, in my opinion.