Path of Exile: Diablo 2 2 (AND IT'S FUCKING FREE)

It's me, Looty the Loot Sword! Do you like killing monsters for goodies like your ol' pal, Looty?

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That's what I thought! Well, then do I have the game for you! It's called PATH OF EXILE!


What's the game about? Well kids, you're an EXILE sent to the horrible lands of Wraeclast for various reasons! It's a terrible place of death and monsters, but some people have managed to set up homes there! Oh boy! You must help these people, because they give you MORE LOOT. Yaaaaaaaaaay! Help people enough and you might even get to the third act, defeating the biggest monster and earning the BEST LOOT EVER. Hooray!

Then you play the next difficulty AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN FOR EVEN MORE LOOT. OMIGOSH THAT IS THE BEST.

"But Looty," you say, "that sounds so gosh-darned good, but we already have so many whiz-bang games that do such cheery things already! Diablo 3 is such a hoot, and Torchlight 2 is just a real whizzer of a time! What can Path of Exile do for me?" Well that's okay! Those games are great, but Path of Exile offers new ways to have a really rumpus of an adventure. First, let me introduce you to the gem buddies!



Normal gems are so boring, but the gem buddies give you skills! Just slap one in your armor or weapons, and you have a keen new skill! Raise the dead, toss fireballs, and much more! Don't sell them after two levels: gem buddies level WITH YOU!!!! It doesn't matter who you are: the gem buddies love you so long as you can keep your stats high enough for each level gain, your gem buddy will be you friend FOREVER. And if you can't use a gem buddy, then THAT'S OKAY. Just right click and remove the lil' guy feller and tuck her away until later. Gem buddy don't mind at all!

BUT THAT'S NOT IT, KIDDIES! Gem buddies love to help each through some link love! So long as sockets in an item are linked, you can add SUPPORT GEMS to make your gem buddies EVEN GEMMIER. A fork support gem will make your fireball split into MANY FIREBALLS. A cold damage support gem MAKES YOUR ZOMBIES DO BONUS COLD DAMAGE. As long as the sockets are linked, your gems can CUDDLE UP for FUN.

"That sounds great, Looty," I hear start, "but classes so much fun. If I can use ANY SKILL, then what about classes?"

First, let me show you the PASSIVE SKILL TREE.



I see you are already tearing up at its beauty. That's okay, kids! It's natural to cry when things are so beautiful! Each time you level you get to move one space on the tree. Each space has funderful stats like more HP, better movement speed, or more damage, AND EVEN MORE THAN THAT. Classes determining where you start on the tree, like so!



As you see, the tree is divided into three neat stats! Your class determines where on the tree you start. So Ms. Witch starts in the cool blue intellect area, whereas her neighbor Mr. Templar is a hybrid class, so he starts on the border of Intellect and Strength. While Ms. Witch can go into the Strength area if she wants, she'll have to spend more points to get there than her neighbor. This leads to many wonderful types of play styles! Isn't variety FUN?

THERE'S EVEN MORE TO SAY! The game got rid of money because money is yucky! Now you just trade for goodies like scrolls and items that make your stuff EVEN BETTER.

AND THE GAME IS FREE


You don't have to buy anything! Not acts, levels, skill points, or classes! The cash shop is super keen and just has stuff like character slots, neato mosquito pets, bank slots, and fun dances!

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? THE GAME IS IN OPEN BETA RIGHT NOW, AND YOUR CHARACTERS WON'T RESET WHEN IT GOES LIVE.

http://www.pathofexile.com/