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Last Epoch Final Review | MMORPG.com

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imageLast Epoch Final Review | MMORPG.com

It's been a couple weeks since our review in progress for Last Epoch, and it's been wild ride. Here is our full review of the APRG.

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  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,839
    Fair review. No arguments. I have over 500 hours in the game but that's over years of playing. Some people no life this thing and have thousands of hours in it. Anyway, what keeps me coming back is the insane amount of replay with all the various builds. This game is an altoholic's dream.

    They do have plans to finish the story line. I don't think that will improve it any. It will just be complete instead of stopping abruptly in the middle. They also mentioned adding super bosses or whatever to the end game to give people a bigger fish to fry in end game and test themselves.

    We'll see how all that goes, but this game has been on my hard drive for years and will likely be there for years to come.
    Sovrathuriel_mafesskitarad
  • demiangrdemiangr Member UncommonPosts: 9
    great solid game that i feel has future. it is one of the best its kind. if you like this type you will not regret it
  • ZenJellyZenJelly Member RarePosts: 407
    I'm always impressed by how consistently this site gets its reviews wrong.
    Splattrvonryan123KyleranShinyFlygon
  • RaagnarzRaagnarz Member RarePosts: 647
    edited March 8
    The single best ARPG on the market currently. Perfect blend of complexity and approachability. The game is very forgiving with builds, you can play to max level with almost anything you can come up with. You might not be able to do 500 corruption monolith runs, but you'll be able to play through the full game and all modes to a degree. But it also doesn't brick characters like you do in POE. Last Epoch is forgiving and allows you to correct mistakes or change builds for simple gold costs with the exception that you can't change your base or promotion class. It has the single best crafting system of any ARPG. It has the single best system for Self Found and Trading in any ARPG. It has the best loot filters of any ARPG. It has plenty of end game modes in Monolith (end game maps), Arena (think Crucible from Grim Dawn endless gauntlet), and Roguelike Dungeons where you die you get kicked out (Again like Grim Dawns dungeons). It launched with more features in it's base game than any ARPG has ever launched with. These guys are gamers that truly built the game they wanted to play. There is a lot of love and passion in this game and it shows. Companies like 11th hour for Last Epoch, or Crate with Grim Dawn, and Larian with Baldurs Gate 3 all are modern day companies with philosophies akin to what the pinnacle companies like Blizzard used to have. Make a truly good game and people will buy it.
    ZenJellyKaliGolduriel_mafesskitarad
  • SplattrSplattr Member RarePosts: 577

    ZenJelly said:

    I'm always impressed by how consistently this site gets its reviews wrong.



    Can you please elaborate? I only have about 100 hours with the game, and that is not a lot of time for an ARPG. That is nowhere near enough time to dig deep into all of the mechanics, so I'd love to hear your opinion. When we create healthy conversation about a game, our readers benefit from it.
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  • vonryan123vonryan123 Member UncommonPosts: 516
    End game is meh, story isn't even finished, skills in the tree still don't work right, trading is a mess, I could go on and on.

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  • angerbeaverangerbeaver Member UncommonPosts: 1,273
    "Repetitive endgame content"

    But Diablo 4 gets a 9.5 and doesn't get this as a con. Okay, sure.
    kitaradShinyFlygon
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,057

    Splattr said:



    ZenJelly said:


    I'm always impressed by how consistently this site gets its reviews wrong.






    Can you please elaborate? I only have about 100 hours with the game, and that is not a lot of time for an ARPG. That is nowhere near enough time to dig deep into all of the mechanics, so I'd love to hear your opinion. When we create healthy conversation about a game, our readers benefit from it.



    What is less impressive is how often commenters on article fail to elucidate on their concerns or areas of disagreement.

    "Low value content" they call it in reddit I believe.

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,427
    Kyleran said:

    Splattr said:



    ZenJelly said:


    I'm always impressed by how consistently this site gets its reviews wrong.






    Can you please elaborate? I only have about 100 hours with the game, and that is not a lot of time for an ARPG. That is nowhere near enough time to dig deep into all of the mechanics, so I'd love to hear your opinion. When we create healthy conversation about a game, our readers benefit from it.



    What is less impressive is how often commenters on article fail to elucidate on their concerns or areas of disagreement.

    "Low value content" they call it in reddit I believe.

    No.
    KyleranMallyx
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,427
    Having posters tell us of aspects of the game the review does not cover or gets wrong is really handy, so if anyone can enlighten us crack on. Oh and 100 hours is not bad come on, I bet many players are not going to even chalk that up before they drop it for the next flavour of the month.
    Kyleran
  • AngrakhanAngrakhan Member EpicPosts: 1,839
    edited March 10
    End game is meh, story isn't even finished, skills in the tree still don't work right, trading is a mess, I could go on and on.
    Actually I bet you can't. Typically people who use the "I could go on and on" line have exhausted their list, they just want to make it appear like there's some cavalcade of additional points to be made which don't actually exist. By all means do go on and on. I'd like to review your whole list. Let's get it all on the table.
    KyleranAncjoovonryan123ShinyFlygon
  • vonryan123vonryan123 Member UncommonPosts: 516
    Angrakhan said:
    End game is meh, story isn't even finished, skills in the tree still don't work right, trading is a mess, I could go on and on.
    Actually I bet you can't. Typically people who use the "I could go on and on" line have exhausted their list, they just want to make it appear like there's some cavalcade of additional points to be made which don't actually exist. By all means do go on and on. I'd like to review your whole list. Let's get it all on the table.
    Multi-player still broken, servers are a mess, item manipulation is still a problem again I can go on and on
    Kyleran

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  • unfilteredJWunfilteredJW Member RarePosts: 398



    Angrakhan said:



    End game is meh, story isn't even finished, skills in the tree still don't work right, trading is a mess, I could go on and on.


    Actually I bet you can't. Typically people who use the "I could go on and on" line have exhausted their list, they just want to make it appear like there's some cavalcade of additional points to be made which don't actually exist. By all means do go on and on. I'd like to review your whole list. Let's get it all on the table.


    Multi-player still broken, servers are a mess, item manipulation is still a problem again I can go on and on



    Making up stuff.

    Just take the L.

    I'm a MUDder. I play MUDs.

    Current: Dragonrealms

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,057



    Angrakhan said:



    End game is meh, story isn't even finished, skills in the tree still don't work right, trading is a mess, I could go on and on.


    Actually I bet you can't. Typically people who use the "I could go on and on" line have exhausted their list, they just want to make it appear like there's some cavalcade of additional points to be made which don't actually exist. By all means do go on and on. I'd like to review your whole list. Let's get it all on the table.


    Multi-player still broken, servers are a mess, item manipulation is still a problem again I can go on and on



    Making up stuff.

    Just take the L.
    Just a quick scan of r/LastEpoch brings up complaints of gold seller spam, several significant bugs regarding buying random prophecies and a broken unique item. 

    231 comments on the horrible performance thread, one thread someone shared where they can sell over and over if they resort their inventory, nice for duping.

    Apparently portal spawns back to town can randomly place you into a wall, several posts about that one actually.

    All of the above is just from today, and not a comprehensive list.
    vonryan123

    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

    Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV

    Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™

    "This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon






  • vonryan123vonryan123 Member UncommonPosts: 516
    Like I said...

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  • richrem1richrem1 Member UncommonPosts: 198
    i'd shave a point off that review score. Though I think in a few months, if devs keep pushing fixes and improvements, that score might be earned.
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