Part of our ongoing effort to keep our readers informed is to make sure they have the knowledge they need to be excited about a game. We've reached out to every developer releasing a game this year to have them talk a bit about why their game is special. Next up in this ongoing series is Grinding Gears Games' Path of Exile. Read our mini-interview and then talk about it in the comments.

MMORPG: How do you think your game will stand out from the crowd of this year's releases?

Path of Exile has a bunch of things going for it that will differentiate it from similar games in the genre. For starters, Path of Exile is an Online-only multiplayer game. Every game is hosted on closed servers owned and run by Grinding Gear Games, which means that all characters are secure. Players have to play hard and trade hard to acquire great wealth and great equipment in Path of Exile - they're unable to cheat the items into existence.

Read more of Bill Murphy's The Games of 2013: Path of Exile.

wondering what kind of flaws you're talking about because what u see as a flaw others may not 

Originally posted by Foncl
This game speaks for itself, it's free to play so try it out and judge for yourself. For me it's the best game in a long time.

what he says

Originally posted by crimsion2501

wondering what kind of flaws you're talking about because what u see as a flaw others may not 

My point was that xcly- all the bad press and good press D3 got last year. i didnt care for, I just enjoyed the game- and yes ill say it- the Cash AH!

I play PoE since closed beta, and I'm disappointed by diablo 3 as veryone else and i can see why many people are putting much hope on PoE, but i think most of them lost a bit of perspective on this game.

PoE is a good game, for an indi game, but I can''t see it as the Game of 2013. In the long run I think Diablo 3 is still the safest bet.

Afer the pile of poo D3 was im glad i fonud this :)

Tried the game, have lot of good things but the lack of custamisation of toons and how ugly they look (mobs look better then my char) and the chunky graph i just cant play it.  It all looks so filthy that is just out of my taste. That does not mean game is bad tat is only why I cant play even I would love to :D

Torchlight 2 is still the best choice for me.

For a f2p-game PoE seems to be quite good. Personally I didnt like the look & feel (especially the "stiffness" of everything)

If you're looking for good quality you should definitely get D3. It's so much fun after all those updates.

POE is one of the BEST cures for the wounds inflicted by mediocrity that was World of Diablocraft III.

Its nice to see that there still are developers who DO get on why people loved the original two games so much, and at the same time those developers manage to innovate and add awesome new things into the good old Diablo formula.

For all intents and purposes, Path of Exile is what D3 SHOULD have been.

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Originally posted by Tanaris   If you're looking for good quality you should definitely get D3. It's so much fun after all those updates.

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That WAS a joke, right?

Soft interview.  Really asking the tough questions these days.

If D3's public party experience and instanced looting were implemented in PoE, game would be phenomenal.  Until they fix the party loot options, its a great single player game, or fun with trusted friends.  The 3-hour HC race leagues are really entertaining, probably the highlight of my time in closed.

*edit - Sorry I misunderstood about this being a series, as this was the first one I noticed.

Zooce, these are brief looks at the games coming out in 2013. Not hardball interviews.  Our hope is to introduce players to every game that's aiming to launch this year, though it's proving an arduous task.  We already have 6-9 more brief interviews (with the same questions) in the kitty for the next week or two.

Some are big games, other are smaller.  But they're all being asked the same question because the series is about "Such and Such Game's Goals for 2013".

Originally posted by Tanaris

For a f2p-game PoE seems to be quite good. Personally I didnt like the look & feel (especially the "stiffness" of everything)

If you're looking for good quality you should definitely get D3. It's so much fun after all those updates.

How much is blizzard paying you? Just curious, i'll sell myself for money too! D3 ROCKS! :P PoE is a great game, played it a good bit over the weekend. I like that loot is not based per person, it gives more of a rush like D2 did when you killed a boss. Also I feel like D3's public game system was absolutely abysmal and a step down from D2 or really most other ARPG's in general.