
Thankfully that time is nearly upon us, as my small group of friends gained access to the beta of The Awakening, the most bat shit crazy expansion yet to shake up the island of exiles. The community is tighter than ever, and clamoring for the next big thing to be brought about by Grinding Gear’s promised regular mini-expansions. By sticking to the roots of the genre and mastering it in ways even Diablo doesn’t live up to, it has become clear Path of Exile isn’t going anywhere.

Diablo is the obvious answer, but over the past three years Path of Exile has established its dominant position beside it. In the world of online isometric RPGs, there’s only really two names that you know will come up in any conversation.
