My nicely leveled-up Templar is in his second playthrough of the first two Acts of Path of Exile.

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Purely in terms of mood, Path of Exile is a better successor to Diablo 2 than Diablo 3.

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This same lack of functionality exists in many other games as well, from Path of Exile to Kingdoms of Amalur and so on and so forth.

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Path of Exile is currently PC only.

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This is particularly evident in games like Diablo III or Path of Exile, with starting characters that are quite literally identical from one player to the next, and gear that never really does enough to set them apart.

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This sort of thing is noticeably absent from Path of Exile, which offers things like special animations, dances, pet companions, and even the chance to create unique items that will appear in the game from the store shop.

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Path of Exile has six.

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