DO NOT BUY Last Epoch - WARNING

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

recently I've been playing the brand new

Last Epoch, and as an avid fan of ARPGs

and games such as Diablo 4, I knew I just

had to play this game. Unfortunately, so

far it's been kind of bland, boring, and

uninspired. I found the gameplay and the

game just in general kind of lacking in

lustre compared to games like Diablo 4.

Now, even though I spent hundreds of hours

playing Diablo 4 and I really like the

ARPG type of game, this game didn't really

hook me in or draw me in. The gameplay is

exactly what you would expect from an

ARPG— top-down, spam a load of skills,

get swamped by loads of mobs and do AoE

damage. I chose Warrior and straight away

as your Warrior from level 2 almost, you

get this spinning whirlwind attack which

is basically just like the one from Diablo

4. I remember my Warrior in Diablo 4 had

the exact same move, so don't really

expect anything new in terms of

originality or bringing anything new to

the table if you're looking for an

interesting ARPG. ARPG that breaks the

mold. This doesn't do anything to break

any molds and it just plays it safe and

seems like a copy and paste of other

previous games such as Diablo 4. I don't

really see the point of buying this game

because it's just really bland and boring.

The graphics in the game didn't really

blow me away either. It doesn't have the

dark, gritty, kind of hellish vibe that

Diablo 4 has. It kind of has this very

bright and cartoonish kind of look. It

makes me feel like I'm playing the Disney

version of Diablo 4. Although sometimes

the graphics look kind of okay-ish, it

still looks kind of outdated for 2024,

and I felt like it sometimes looked like a

mobile game. I could definitely see this

game on mobiles and thinking, yeah, this

is just a boring mobile game. I can't

believe this is what modern gaming should

look like in 2024, especially when running

the graphics on high on a pretty decent

powerful gaming computer. So yeah, the

graphics didn't really blow me away. The

visual effects were kind of lackluster as

well. So the gameplay of the game

basically just revolves around you enter a

dungeon or enter some kind of wilderness

area where there's loads of enemies, and

there's quite a lot of enemies. They do

swamp you, but then you've got loads of

AoE attacks, and you basically just spam

your AoE attacks until everything dies,

and then you progress on to the next part.

You loot the gold and the items, and then

you upgrade your gear. And then you find

new weapons that can make you do more

damage so you can progress through the

game faster. It's pretty self-explanatory,

and if you've ever played an ARPG, you

probably know what to expect. The game

doesn't really do a very good job at

making it seem interesting, and I have to

say I felt kind of bored throughout most

of my gameplay. I found the boss battles

to be kind of silly because they just spam

a load of attacks and AoE attacks, and you

don't really seem to have a dodge or roll

button, at least I couldn't find it. And

if you die, the boss doesn't reset its

health. So you can keep on dying and then

just run back to the boss and continue

fighting it from where you left off,

which is kind of weird. You'd think that

if you died, the boss battle resets, you

gotta start it from zero, but no, you just

go back to the boss and then you can carry

on fighting it since you died. And I feel

like this is kind of silly because it

makes you feel like, well, there's not

really any downsides of dying. I can just

die and die and die and whittle down the

boss's health. If I'm having troubles or

difficulties fighting the boss, I can just

die and there won't be any severe

punishments. I feel like it's kind of

silly, and I think that when you die, the

boss battle should reset and it shouldn't

be so forgiving. The talent tree system is

insanely complex and overly complex and

just stupid in general. So instead of just

having one talent tree with all your

talents there, you've got different skills

and abilities, and each skill or ability

has its entire page of talent trees. It's

actually insane. There's like 20 to 30

different upgrades and specializations for

each of the basic skills. So you've got

like your hammer throw, and this— if you

click on the hammer throw, it opens up

this whole page of talents. You've got

like 30 different talents that you can

specialize into the hammer throw. If you

go on to the lunge attack, you've then got

loads of different talents for lunge

attacks. It's actually insane. And don't

get me wrong, I like to have a good talent

tree or skill tree that has lots of depth

to to it. And I was quite happy with the

talent tree in Diablo 4. I felt like it

was, you know, it's good enough. It wasn't

too simple, wasn't too complex. But this

is just taking the biscuit. This is way

too much. There shouldn't be an entire

talent tree to each of the abilities. It

just felt overwhelming. And I feel like,

oh my God, I don't care if I increase my

thrown hammer damage by 5% and add a 20%

chance that it can also stun and also 2%

chance it can incinerate the enemy and

also blow them back. It's just too much,

and I feel like they've gone way too over

the top with the talent tree in this game,

and it just kind of put me off because it

felt like, oh, this is such hard work,

I've got so much to do, I can't be

bothered. So the game is about £30,

which isn't extremely expensive. It's an

okay price point. It's not like— I mean,

Diablo 4 was pretty expensive, it was like

£60, but Blizzard likes to rip their

customers off. And just try and make as

much money as possible. And this game has—

I guess it's got a pretty fair price

point, £30, but I still don't really want

to pay £30 for basically what is a Disney

version of Diablo 4. I didn't really want

to spend the money, and I think depending

on who you are, you might want to wait

until this game comes down on sale maybe.

And for these reasons, I can't really

recommend the game as it is right now. It

feels too bare-bones, too basic, too much

of a copy and paste of other ARPGs.

Doesn't really bring anything new to the

table. I don't really like the graphical

fidelity or the design of the game. I

don't like the character design, they just

look too childish for me. And I have to

give this game a 6.2 out of 10. I can't

really recommend it. It wasn't really that

fun. I kind of get bored with this genre

after a while because it's just like

spamming AoE attacks on loads of mobs,

trying to get slightly better gear,

trying to level up, and it just feels like

you're working a job instead of actually

playing a game. Game. So thanks for

watching my video and goodbye.

You're here for the Epoch. Reaching me was

impressive, but it's mine.

Come, Emberwing.

The Epoch

is ours! Raya, aid me!

No,

right up.

Too heavy.

Too heavy.

Too heavy, too heavy.

Oh, it turned a little bit more— which,

speaking of the Templar,

I must reach Lena at once.

Stand down

or die.

And who

are you? Hmm.

May Terra

watch over you.