The problem, however, is that the delay can give its upcoming rival, Diablo 4, a headstart. This, in turn, means the game will have the quality that it should. The latter is what’s happening to Grinding Gear Games, as the lack of environmental artists is one of the reasons for the game’s delay.Ĭhoosing to delay the game should give GGG enough breathing room, ensuring they have the people they need. People can’t find the right job – let alone any job – and companies can’t find the right people. It also doesn’t help that the world is right in the middle of a pandemic, and aside from making almost everything a logistical nightmare, it has also the job market has become trickier than usual. In fact, it’s a miracle how Path of Exile manages to release an expansion or league every four months while still having time to work on Path of Exile 2. Games, after all, are not easy to either make or update. That means it’s possible for the game to be released around late 2023, and that is perhaps the earliest.Ī wait that long is quite the shame, but at the same time, it is understandable to level-headed fans. It also doesn’t help that we’re not just talking about a year of a delay from the originally planned release date. Unfortunately, after a recent announcement, that seems to no longer be the case. Thankfully, after a teaser that came just last year and an official trailer and gameplay overview six months later, players were given a more tangible time frame on when the game would be released: some time in Q4 2022.
The announcement, however, did not come with a release date. As early as 2019, the sequel was already announced, eclipsing the already-exciting news about Path of Exile 4.0 that was also announced at the convention. The development for Path of Exile 2 was officially announced in Exile-Con, a convention dedicated for the future plans of the game. New era, new dangers, new POE Trade economy, so it’s only fair to have new class progressions. The old nineteen ones will no longer be available, replaced by new ones of the same number. Rather, it’s going to be new locations in the would-be much bigger world of the game.Īnother new thing that the game will have is the Ascendancies. And by that, we don’t mean the Atlas or some other extradimensional maps.
At the same time, players will be able to bring their Path of Exile 1 players into 2, but not their items, including the Exalted Orb.Īnother way the sequel will expand the lore is by giving players to explore places that are beyond Wraeclast and Oriath. First would be the chronology of the sequel, which is set two decades after the first.Īs for the original exiles, they were simply written off as having become godlike beings that find Wraeclast as something too little for them to be still concerned with. Whatever Path of Exile 2 may actually be, what matters is that aside from new acts, it will also be expanding the lore in many ways. Nevertheless, for the sake of convenience, it will be known as such. Like all sequels, as all sequels should, promises to be better when it comes to graphics, art direction, gameplay, and to have more content.Īt the same time, there are those that won’t consider it as a true sequel, as the sequel is simply an additional campaign. In case you’ve been living under a rock, then it’s time for you to know that Grinding Gear Games’ top-down hack-and-slash dungeon crawler is coming up with a sequel. The bigger question, aside from the usual ones related to POE currency, is what it will do to the game. Having said all that, it should be a foregone conclusion that another delay of Path of Exile 2 – and this time a rather long one – will kill the hype. Unfortunately, delays kill hype, and in turn the game. It boosts the popularity of an upcoming game.
Hype is an important element in the marketing side of the gaming industry. Grinding Gear Games announced Path of Exile 2’s delay to 2024.
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