Last Epoch

I like the game. Unlike POE and POE2, it doesnt waste my time as much with the campaign allowing me to skip progression and also just have a nice streamlined process. On launch, the servers are always an issue, i expected it but still annoying to have to wait an hour after update till its playable however if u just play a few hours or days late the experience is perfectly good. The gameplay loop is very fun and rewarding for a good while, around 30-35 hours or so on 1 character. After that is the start of the main grind, Legendary potential uniques so you can apply T7 modifiers. While going 2LP and beyond is crazy grindy, i enjoy getting to 2LP and stopping their. i dont really do the end game bosses like ubers, and even then i only do them if i need the unique. The game has a solid and fun loop for 30-40 hours each season. However the end game itself does get repetitive very quickly, its just monoliths over and over with not that much variance till you get weavers, then it gets some for 5 hours or so, then back to the grind. for season 5, with the team's size, i think this is one of the best ARPG's. POE and POE2 feel like the dont respect my time and have way to much BS at points, meanwhile Diablo 4 is garbage spewed out by Blizzard. If you want an arpg that is more casual, less grindy and more accessable to leaning all the systems (crafting, builds, loot filters, bosses, etc) LE is that ARPG. As for its future, i dont know. I dont trust Krafton, their new publisher/owner, and i dont like the idea of paywalling a class. If they need money they should just start adding actually good cosmetics (most suck). I hope it keeps learning and building off itself and keeps going well into the future. Overall an 8/10 for the 45 hours i put into this season. (the server issues arn't taken into effect as they really just dont matter. Its annoying for hour 1, then never come up again.)