Last Epoch - Review

Monstervine reviewed the action RPG Last Epoch:

Last Epoch Review – An Epoch Win

The state of action RPGs is such that your choice is “Get a Ph.D. in Path of Exile until Path of Exile 2 comes out” or endure the fact that Diablo 4 exists–and remember, I kept playing Diablo 4 even while we called it one of our biggest disappointments–and wait for Path of Exile 2. But what if…oh, compromise is dead in America, but what if there was an option between “The Content Delivery Platform Game As Service Microtransaction Content Hellscape” and “It will take 400 hours to build a character without guides”? A reasonable adult compromise of clicking monsters, getting gear, and having a good time that isn’t Old (sorry, Grim Dawn and TitanQuest). Well, friends, a Kickstarter game has actually come out (I know!), and…it’s pretty good (I KNOW!).

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And while I don’t know if I really got the storyline, I did enjoy it, because what I took from it was, basically, time has been shattered and people are trying to help, but every time they do, they just make things worse. There are many quests that are basically “Help these people try to fix things,” then you do, then the quest text changes to “Oh god, no, they managed to summon some kind of terrible horror from the nether, kill it before it gets loose. Everyone’s an idiot and things just keep getting worse.” No major studio would try that, it would lose them key happiness points in the teenage demo, but it did make me laugh. 

Score: 4/5

Thanks Couchpotato!