Last Epoch's excellent new update proves we're in a golden age of ARPGs, and there's something here for everyone
No need to be mad. Let's farm monsters.
The month of April has turned out to be a flashpoint for the isometric ARPG community. It's packed with updates: Path of Exile 2, Last Epoch, Diablo 4, and No Rest for the Wicked all have big new shinies out this month, and while it's natural to compare them, brawling over which is better obscures the bigger picture: This great genre now has tons of great games, each with its own particular merits.
Let's start with Last Epoch, whose Tombs of the Erased update just dropped a few days ago. It's got an overhaul to the Sentinel class, a new and very spidery faction, tons of new monsters, new endgame systems, and crucially for a lot of players, tons of buffs. Almost nothing got nerfed this time around, and it shows.
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