BETA RELEASE REVIEW

It's a fun ARPG, in the genre of Diablo mixed with a part of Grim Dawn and a part of Path of Exile. Currently there are 4 classes, with the Rogue class still in it's initial phase of development without a timeframe for release yet. You still have the opportunity to play as Acolyte, Primalist, Mage, and Sentinel. These are the typical base classes you find in these games, with each one having three Mastery choices.

Many of the builds currently stress damage mitigation and health, with most of the character builds being fleshed out to their highest efficiency way before you reach cap level. So basically, between level 50-75 you'll most likely have your skills maxed and already have either bis gear or near it. That leaves little incentive to continue on to cap level 100 for an occasional passive point to reward your effort. There isn't an endgame currently either, making it even less desirable to continue on with the character. You'll probably get more enjoyment by starting a new character with a new build you want to try out. Hoping to see this being fixed way before full release.

For the storyline and quests, it's quite intriguing I have to say. Not to give too much of it away, but you'll be sort of a time traveler, opening portals to different eras (or epochs as in the game title) from the infancy of humanity to the year 2281, The Ruined Era or Last Epoch. This is where your story begins.

I have had a few bugs so far while playing, nothing too serious, but it could of been. When breaking tables and furniture with your weapons there's chance that money or even gear will drop. On a few occasions I've had my drops either floating in the air or outside the play area without any way for me to recover them. Luckily the weapons and armor were not Unique or Set items, and the amount of gold was negligible.

Another issue that has happened twice so far, when entering an area or trying to speak to a npc, the game suddenly would just freeze as the camera view changed. I was left with no other choice but to alt tab out and do a manual exit of the game. Nothing too serious so far, and it is still in beta after all.

I still only scratched the surface of the game to date, but plan to continue on playing throughout the beta phase and hopefully see a completed released version of the game in the near future. It's definitely worth buying into if you're a fan of the ARPG genre, and I do have a good feeling about this one. Same way I felt that Grim Dawn was going to become a great released game when I started playing that game at beta.