Casting spells that require precise placement was a bit trickier. The Xbox One’s controller generally works well, and I was able to hang back and accurately fire off potshots while enemies were distracted by my minions. I squeaked through the campaign thanks, in large part, to her skeleton army. My first build was a zookeeper-style witch, which is a style of play that I usually enjoy. Unlike a game like Diablo III, where you can mix and match abilities to create new character builds whenever you feel like it, PoE is more deliberate. It’s an intricate web that all character classes share, giving you the ability to slowly devote points into becoming a powerful archetypical hero or dabbling around to develop a hybrid that fits your own personal playstyle. The most notable (and perhaps notorious) of them is the game’s massive skill tree. One of the things I like most about PoE is the sheer number of gameplay systems and microloops that are available at any given time. Or, more accurately, a whole lot of different directions. While it certainly shares foundational elements from Blizzard’s series, Grinding Gear Games veered into a different direction. On its surface, it’s a straight-up Diablo clone, with the same presentation, environments, and overall flow that creates an immediate sense of familiarity. If you’re new to the game, getting settled can take a little while.
Grinding Gear Games has methodically finessed PoE since release, and players who drop into this dark fantasy world for the first time will reap the benefits. And, nearly four years after the base game officially debuted on PC, it’s finally available on Xbox One. The Fall of Oriath expansion adds six acts to the game’s campaign (for a total of 10, not including the end-game epilogue), stuffs monster pockets with new items and loot, and fundamentally tweaks the game’s difficulty and progression path. Path of Exile was already a sprawling adventure, but the action/RPG is now even bigger.
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