2cent thoughts as a professionnal game designer

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Mr_L#3221 wrote:

I know balance can't be perfect in an early access; but I found campaign starts is
the absolute opposite of POE1 and what ARPGs should aim for in general :

From all classes, none of them feels POWERFUL. I do love soulslike rolling/movement and enjoy most new combat mechanics, but they should be a gimmick / option, not a pillar of fights / boos fights mechanics.

Melee is weaker than ranged? How?

No dash / movement skills for most classes even after HOURS of play. What's the point to painfully lose a minute each time we hit a dead end and need to re traverse portions of maps ...

I don't understand forced slow pacing in a fast action game.
I can understand for 1-2 levels on start so player can follow tutorials, but struggling on a sponge boss with a max damage oriented warrior 3h+ in game is plain no fun

I don't hate this game, but I'm really puzzled by new design, especially with such a working recipe that is poe1

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PatrickFf#1965 wrote:

As a designer you should know this is not an ARPG its a souls game and that's what they are going for...

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RattMann#1703 wrote:

D4 died this way. Guess what. They made it so you could kick ass. This will die the same way. What hurts is getting these gems for skills that you can't use. That one rare that finally drops. With dex. that you can't use. Support that you can only put into a skill that you can't use.
Underwhelming is not Souls like, and by the way. I NEVER bought a souls like game. Till now I guess. we shall see. In 3 months probly be kickin butt after losing 1 million players.

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PatrickFf#1965 wrote:

As a designer you should know this is not an ARPG its a souls game and that's what they are going for...

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millGrau#1936 wrote:

stop blame the game, if you want to play easy games go to d**(you know what).

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Mr_L#3221 wrote:

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PatrickFf#1965 wrote:

As a designer you should know this is not an ARPG its a souls game and that's what they are going for...

As I just replied to you in another comment;
souls like are super fun gameplay concept, POE2 is not.
In elden ring, if I have a beefy shielded character and don't want to roll, I won't roll.

Btw, there is games like "Death must die" that have those mechanics but it
integrates much better to ARPG style: it helps feels fast, powerful, rewarded and is completely optional.

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Mr_L#3221 wrote:

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millGrau#1936 wrote:

stop blame the game, if you want to play easy games go to d**(you know what).

D2 was fun but that put us back in early 2000s. They never made a sequel, right?