This month (January’s) game was Path of Exile 2. Our conversation settled in on the genre conventions this game embraces, extends, and avoids (in relation to something like Diablo II or even Dark Souls type experiences), as well as how it works in a visceral way to convey what’s happening when the player provides input (how enemies react to your abilities, staggering, etc.). We talk about early access in relation to this game and others, what it takes to know a game like this well, the rabbit hole being truly deep if you want it to be, its live service aspects and what it might look like in the future without a clearly broadcast roadmap for developments and changes beyond what they’ve said they originally wanted to do.
Check us out in February for a discussion of Monster Train.
