It's barely started but I'm already pretty excited for what 2025 will bring to the ARPG table

Yeah, yeah, it all leads up to — FANGS OF ASTERKARN WHEN? It’s a-comin and I’m honestly fine with waiting however long it takes since GD is not live service and there’s still plenty of stuff to do and personal challenges to complete. I honestly wish Last Epoch was more like GD in this regard, with focus on tight content polished over time into a diamond. Right now, it’s a diamond in the rough by comparison. Ah, I’m still curious what the next March update will bring, though, so that’s another thing I’m hopeful for.

Then there’s the ARPG boogeyman in the room, POE2 which I tried and honestly liked but… It ain’t gonna replace either GD, LE, or even the original PoE. It’s a prototype and it shows, especially with the melee classes which are just… I don’t know how to put it, it feels impactful but just plain NOT FUN to play. Unlike the melee combat in GD which is just so frigging exhilirating each time you pommel an enemy, but also undeniably fun while still being fairly strategic on the higher difficulties. Regardless, POE2 is also good and I’m curious how it will develop in early access in parallel with the og game.

Ofc, there’s new games like TQ2 which I’m curious but not necessarily excited about. Curious because I want to see how much it will diverge from the original. There’s also some more niche newcomers to the scene that seem really promising. One in particular caught my eye is Godforged, even though it probably won’t come out this year. Well, I discovered it this year so it counts for me personally.

I don’t know how you people feel about the year so far but considering ARPGs were such a small genre (as in few big games), and still have relatively little players compared to some other - I want to think that there’s big things on the horizon for the genre. It will still be a small genres but I’m glad for the new games and new updates to ones I’m playing already.