Path of Exile

[RTM]

I played a bit during the free weekend. My thoughts:

-Some of the design decisions are pretty cool - I like socketing skills and the flexibility that allows.
-The talent tree is bonkers. As the type of person who hoards skill points and gets nervous in case I put a point in the wrong spot (I've restarted high-level D2 characters because of this) it just makes me jittery. There are some cool tradeoff abilities in there though (no crits but no misses, etc), and I can see how you could craft a very unique type of character.
-I don't like having to decide between identifying an item or saving the scroll to buy some gear. I guess the currency system makes sense in terms of the game world, but that doesn't mean I have to like it!
-Speaking of the game world, I found it depressing. This is totally a personal preference thing (much like the rest of my thoughts) but the game world just didn't float my boat.

All of these complaints may be addressed by playing more. Maybe I'll check it out further after release, assuming I'm not absorbed by D3.