Path of Exile 2 is the next big ARPG coming to the world, and there’s a lot of excitement around it! But, when you’re talking about the next big release from Grinding Gear Games, there’s an obvious elephant in the room: Diablo 4.
Speaking to VG247 during Summer Game Fest 2024, I sat down with game director Jonathan Rogers about what learnings the team has taken from the launch and continuous updates of Diablo 4. His response? The team learned little, but the game did cement some of Reger’s pre-existing beliefs. The most pressing of these, the merits of an open world in ARPGs.
“I don’t think there’s anything we directly responded to when it comes to Diablo 4,” Rogers stated, “more than anything it confirmed other choices I always believed in. Like, I’ve always been skeptical of open world in video games, I know they can work in certain things, but for an action RPG in particular I’m not really a fan. I’ve always imagined that wouldn’t work, and I certainly didn’t love that element of Diablo 4.”
