I Never Get Invited to Beta

[LochnarITB]

Path of Exile looks more like a Diablo game than, well, Diablo 3. Does it feel like it though? It looks pretty intriguing - I was hoping I could get into that beta to tide me over until D3, but to answer your question - not everyone did get in. Looks like it's back to voodoo magic and witchcraft for me, trying to brew up one serving of a D3 beta invite.

I was mostly just kidding about people getting into the PoE beta. I would guess that a lot of people, just as myself, had not even heard of it before the discussion here of betas. Without trying to turn this into a PoE thread, my quick take so far is that I would actually hesitate to call it a beta. There are basics to the game that I don't think they are certain yet how they want to handle. If anything, it is a beta of the graphics engine and the spells/skills system. I think the graphics are looking good but the spells/skills, while intriguing, may be a little too involved for the average player to decipher and have a ways to go when they try to balance them. As far as feel, to me it feels like Titan's Quest so, if you've played that, you can decide how it relates to a Diablo feel.