Last Epoch

Item: Last Epoch
Rating: 71
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-25

Summary

Deep character building with extensive customization options.
Visually appealing graphics and great sound design.
Engaging content and rewarding gameplay loop.
Excellent itemization and crafting system.
Weak, confusing, and uninspired story.
Persistent server and connection issues.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 89%
Unhelpful reviews: 9%
Protest reviews: 3%

71%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
29%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 6704
Negative points: 5755
Gameplay points: 1467
Perf. points: 672
Rec. points: 2280
Misc points: 566

Point	Description	Importance
Deep, customizable character building Description The game features a deep and customizable character building system with skill trees and specializations. Players can experiment with different builds and playstyles, with respec options available. The game offers a satisfying sense of progression and power. Importance 96%	The game features a deep and customizable character building system with skill trees and specializations. Players can experiment with different builds and playstyles, with respec options available. The game offers a satisfying sense of progression and power.	96%
Extensive build variety, customization Description The game offers a wide variety of builds due to its classes, ascendancies, and extensive passive trees. The skill system is a strong point, with skill trees allowing for significant buffing or playstyle alterations. The game allows for experimentation and easy build creation and respeccing. Importance 87%	The game offers a wide variety of builds due to its classes, ascendancies, and extensive passive trees. The skill system is a strong point, with skill trees allowing for significant buffing or playstyle alterations. The game allows for experimentation and easy build creation and respeccing.	87%
Visually appealing, great sound design Description The game has decent graphics, a lovely art style, and nice environments. Visual and sound design contribute to an impactful and satisfying gameplay experience. The game world is well-designed, colorful, and varied, fostering exploration and making the experience more enjoyable. Importance 70%	The game has decent graphics, a lovely art style, and nice environments. Visual and sound design contribute to an impactful and satisfying gameplay experience. The game world is well-designed, colorful, and varied, fostering exploration and making the experience more enjoyable.	70%
Engaging content, rewarding gameplay Description The game offers engaging content across various stages, including starting, mid-game, and end-game experiences. Reviewers praise the combat, character progression, and story elements. The game generally respects the player's time, avoiding excessive grind and offering a rewarding gameplay loop. Importance 66%	The game offers engaging content across various stages, including starting, mid-game, and end-game experiences. Reviewers praise the combat, character progression, and story elements. The game generally respects the player's time, avoiding excessive grind and offering a rewarding gameplay loop.	66%
Excellent itemization, crafting system Description The game features a robust itemization and crafting system, with a built-in loot filter for customization. The crafting system allows for extensive modification of gear, enabling players to fine-tune their items. The game also offers a generous stash system and various quality-of-life features. Importance 56%	The game features a robust itemization and crafting system, with a built-in loot filter for customization. The crafting system allows for extensive modification of gear, enabling players to fine-tune their items. The game also offers a generous stash system and various quality-of-life features.	56%
Balances complexity and accessibility Description The game strikes a balance between complexity and accessibility, offering depth without being overwhelming. It avoids the extreme complexity of Path of Exile while providing more customization than Diablo 4. The game is easy to pick up and play, even for players new to the ARPG genre. Importance 26%	The game strikes a balance between complexity and accessibility, offering depth without being overwhelming. It avoids the extreme complexity of Path of Exile while providing more customization than Diablo 4. The game is easy to pick up and play, even for players new to the ARPG genre.	26%
Active, communicative developers Description The developers are actively engaged with the community, responding to feedback and providing regular updates. They are dedicated to improving the game and creating a great gaming experience. This is a positive sign for the game's future. Importance 13%	The developers are actively engaged with the community, responding to feedback and providing regular updates. They are dedicated to improving the game and creating a great gaming experience. This is a positive sign for the game's future.	13%
Good gameplay feel, animations Description The gameplay feels good with new animations and mobs. The game's feel is very good, less visually overwhelming than Path of Exile, although not as impressive as Diablo 4 in terms of animation and impact. Movement feels good, with the player always moving where they intend to. Importance 12%	The gameplay feels good with new animations and mobs. The game's feel is very good, less visually overwhelming than Path of Exile, although not as impressive as Diablo 4 in terms of animation and impact. Movement feels good, with the player always moving where they intend to.	12%
Diverse, viable classes Description The game offers a variety of classes and subclasses, each with unique playstyles. The classes are well-designed and balanced, with many viable builds for each class. The game encourages exploration and experimentation with different classes and builds. Importance 7%	The game offers a variety of classes and subclasses, each with unique playstyles. The classes are well-designed and balanced, with many viable builds for each class. The game encourages exploration and experimentation with different classes and builds.	7%
Alt-friendly, skip campaign Description The game is alt-friendly due to campaign length and the ability to skip it. The game is more accessible than Path of Exile. The game has far more interesting and challenging end game content than Diablo 4. Importance 6%	The game is alt-friendly due to campaign length and the ability to skip it. The game is more accessible than Path of Exile. The game has far more interesting and challenging end game content than Diablo 4.	6%
Ethical monetization, cosmetic-only shop Description The game's cash shop is cosmetic-only, with no "pay to win" or "pay for convenience" elements. There are no battle passes or daily login requirements. The game respects the player's time and wallet. Importance 5%	The game's cash shop is cosmetic-only, with no "pay to win" or "pay for convenience" elements. There are no battle passes or daily login requirements. The game respects the player's time and wallet.	5%
Impactful, build-altering unique items Description Unique items often provide significant build-altering effects, leveraging their powerful modifiers. Unique items have Legendary Potential, allowing the inheritance of affixes from non-unique items. The itemization system, especially the LP system, offers a manageable way to improve unique items. Importance 5%	Unique items often provide significant build-altering effects, leveraging their powerful modifiers. Unique items have Legendary Potential, allowing the inheritance of affixes from non-unique items. The itemization system, especially the LP system, offers a manageable way to improve unique items.	5%
Good alternative to other ARPGs Description The game is a positive surprise after disappointment with other ARPGs. The game is a good entry point into the HnS genre, especially for those who didn't like D4 or found PoE too complex. The game is enjoyable and a good alternative to Diablo 4. Importance 4%	The game is a positive surprise after disappointment with other ARPGs. The game is a good entry point into the HnS genre, especially for those who didn't like D4 or found PoE too complex. The game is enjoyable and a good alternative to Diablo 4.	4%