Early Access Feedback - PoE2 should fundamentally FEEL different to play than PoE1 - Forum

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Waiden#9514 schrieb:

Why?

How is Monster Hunter Wilds different from World?
How is Fallout 2 different from 1?
How is D4 different from D3?
How is Overwatch 2 different from 1?
How is Age of Empirea 4 different from 3?
How is Titan Quest 2 different from 1?
God of War Ragnarok, Destiny 2, Witcher 3, Dark Souls, etc.

Path of Exile 2 is sequel to POE 1. It should be improved game but similar in many aspects if not most.

And yes, once POE 2 1.0 is released with a fully developed endgame, I don’t see a reason for POE 1 to continue "existing" in the same capacity. Sure, it could recycle old leagues like Diablo 3 does, but dedicating significant resources to it simply doesn’t make sense. It’s time to face reality—POE 2 and POE 1 will never be developed equally as two separate games. If you are POE 2 purist and was hoping to receive.

There's a distinct different here:

When Wilds comes out, you aren't supposed to play World anymore.
When Fallout 2 released, they didn't want you to play Fallout 1 anymore.
D4 was a replacement for D3.
They literally removed Overwatch 1 when they put out Overwatch 2.
So on and so forth.

Other games in series are continuations of the series, where the intent is for it to be more of the same, and for people to ONLY play the newer game while the older game gets abandoned.

That is not what was ever intended to happen here.

In this case, Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2 are supposed to be two different games, with two different target audiences, that play differently, and both continue to be played by different people at the same time.