A cold man legging it across a beach.
Path of Exile is a free-to-play RPG. After choosing a class, the player starts at the bottom of the pecking order on the forsaken continent of Wraeclast. It's a pretty standard beginning for a fantasy RPG-- fending off the undead with a piece a driftwood and looting your first iron helmet. What excites me about Path of Exile is its system of passive and active skills. Active powers are presented in the easy-to-use form of leveled gems socketed in weapons or armor. The passive system, interestingly enough, is even more exciting. A massive web of passive skills is available for upgrade, allowing hundreds of possible builds for any character. Beyond liking a 10% bonus to elemental damage as much as the next person, I would say that the idea of passive skills is one of my favorite concepts in gaming. The fact that this whole game is free-to-play is just icing on the cake.
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