Path of Exile

Item: Path of Exile
Rating: 82
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-26

Summary

Extensive character customization and build options.
Massive content and high replayability value.
Satisfying combat and engaging endgame content.
Fair free-to-play model; helpful community.
Overwhelming complexity; steep learning curve.
Limited stash space pressures microtransaction purchases.

Categories

Action RPGReal-time CombatCharacter CustomizationCraftingTrading SimulationEndgame ContentLive Service GameBase Building

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 50%
Unhelpful reviews: 49%
Protest reviews: 1%

82%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
18%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2327
Negative points: 1729
Gameplay points: 473
Perf. points: 112
Rec. points: 786
Misc points: 197

Point	Description	Importance
Extensive character customization and builds Description The game offers extensive character customization through its massive skill tree, gem system, and diverse classes, allowing for unique and powerful builds. Players enjoy experimenting and optimizing their characters, leading to a rewarding sense of progression and power. This freedom and depth set it apart from other ARPGs. Importance 97%	The game offers extensive character customization through its massive skill tree, gem system, and diverse classes, allowing for unique and powerful builds. Players enjoy experimenting and optimizing their characters, leading to a rewarding sense of progression and power. This freedom and depth set it apart from other ARPGs.	97%
Massive content and replayability Description The game provides a vast amount of content, including a long campaign, diverse endgame activities, and frequent updates. The Atlas system allows players to customize their endgame experience. This ensures high replayability and continuous engagement for both casual and hardcore players. Importance 96%	The game provides a vast amount of content, including a long campaign, diverse endgame activities, and frequent updates. The Atlas system allows players to customize their endgame experience. This ensures high replayability and continuous engagement for both casual and hardcore players.	96%
Satisfying combat and endgame Description The game features fast-paced and satisfying combat, with a variety of skills and abilities to master. The endgame boss fights are challenging and rewarding, providing a sense of accomplishment for players who invest time and effort into their characters. The game offers a satisfying power fantasy experience. Importance 63%	The game features fast-paced and satisfying combat, with a variety of skills and abilities to master. The endgame boss fights are challenging and rewarding, providing a sense of accomplishment for players who invest time and effort into their characters. The game offers a satisfying power fantasy experience.	63%
Fair F2P and helpful community Description The game is free-to-play with a fair monetization model, focusing on cosmetic items and quality-of-life improvements rather than pay-to-win mechanics. The community is generally friendly and helpful, providing guides, advice, and support to new players. This creates a welcoming and collaborative environment. Importance 35%	The game is free-to-play with a fair monetization model, focusing on cosmetic items and quality-of-life improvements rather than pay-to-win mechanics. The community is generally friendly and helpful, providing guides, advice, and support to new players. This creates a welcoming and collaborative environment.	35%
Frequent updates and new content Description The developers actively support the game with regular updates, new leagues, and expansions, introducing fresh content and mechanics every few months. This keeps the game dynamic and engaging, providing ongoing challenges and reasons for players to return. The developers also listen to community feedback, further enhancing the player experience. Importance 35%	The developers actively support the game with regular updates, new leagues, and expansions, introducing fresh content and mechanics every few months. This keeps the game dynamic and engaging, providing ongoing challenges and reasons for players to return. The developers also listen to community feedback, further enhancing the player experience.	35%
Great graphics and art style Description The game has great graphics and a unique art style. The visuals are spectacular in effects, blood, and environmental details. The game still holds up as a fantastic experience. Importance 11%	The game has great graphics and a unique art style. The visuals are spectacular in effects, blood, and environmental details. The game still holds up as a fantastic experience.	11%
Dynamic trading and crafting system Description The game features a player-driven economy based on trading items and orbs, creating a dynamic and strategic market. Crafting is also a central element, allowing players to improve their gear and create powerful items. Mastering the trading and crafting systems is rewarding and adds depth to the gameplay experience. Importance 8%	The game features a player-driven economy based on trading items and orbs, creating a dynamic and strategic market. Crafting is also a central element, allowing players to improve their gear and create powerful items. Mastering the trading and crafting systems is rewarding and adds depth to the gameplay experience.	8%
Immersive dark and gritty atmosphere Description The game features a dark and gritty atmosphere, complemented by stunning graphics, detailed environments, and a haunting soundtrack. This creates an immersive experience that appeals to players who enjoy mature and atmospheric games. The visual design and soundscape contribute to the game's unique identity. Importance 8%	The game features a dark and gritty atmosphere, complemented by stunning graphics, detailed environments, and a haunting soundtrack. This creates an immersive experience that appeals to players who enjoy mature and atmospheric games. The visual design and soundscape contribute to the game's unique identity.	8%
Versatile skill gem system Description The skill gem system allows for extensive customization and experimentation with builds. Players can combine skill gems with support gems to create unique and powerful combinations. The system provides versatility and allows players to tailor their abilities to their preferred playstyle. Importance 8%	The skill gem system allows for extensive customization and experimentation with builds. Players can combine skill gems with support gems to create unique and powerful combinations. The system provides versatility and allows players to tailor their abilities to their preferred playstyle.	8%
Enjoyable main campaign Description The main campaign is enjoyable and engaging. The story is very good and the gameplay is addictive. The campaign is surprisingly good, featuring great music and high-quality voice acting. Importance 7%	The main campaign is enjoyable and engaging. The story is very good and the gameplay is addictive. The campaign is surprisingly good, featuring great music and high-quality voice acting.	7%
Rewarding gameplay and progression Description The game rewards players for their efforts as they gain knowledge and continue to play. The game's market is dynamic, allowing players to find unique and rewarding ways to benefit from the system. Power is earned through gameplay, not by spending money. Importance 6%	The game rewards players for their efforts as they gain knowledge and continue to play. The game's market is dynamic, allowing players to find unique and rewarding ways to benefit from the system. Power is earned through gameplay, not by spending money.	6%