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@@freshyraygolt Its funny hes got 100s of world firsts yet he never even talks about any of them. The one that almost got him banned was the ALK runs. He was DESTROYING everyone and rumors were he was a cheat. Then upon further investigation 50 million players were simply getting OWNED. Hes the MJ of POE in my opinion.. And i will bet ANY good RPG game to come.
yea old a1 soundtrack is a banger but imo Kamil Orman-Janowski is hands down one of if not the best music director and lead composer in the whole industry. He just delivers every time
GGG's track record on PoE 1 has given me complete faith in PoE 2. I'm very confident that even if it's a different feeling game or a different paced game, it's going to be excellent.
Don't forget, Blizzard also used to have a flawless track record and then came D3. It was all downhill from there. I hope you are correct, but I am not as sure as you are.
@@Melheck Indeed, Blizz North was Diablo. However, they also had Starcraft and Warcraft, so basically the company had 3 huge franchises that were all excellent. Now, they have none. WOW was great for the first 6 years and still reasonably good for 4 years after that. I'm not saying that GGG will go the same way, but I am leery for a reason. Don't forget, GGG is owned by someone else.
I feel like GGG is a company filled with actual human beings who actually play video games and they actually enjoy what they're doing. I legit can't think of any other company where that's the case. worldofwarcrafthasbegunonceagain
This goes to show alk can be serious when he wants to, he didn’t need to make this video but he did, which also speaks leagues about how good poe is, great vid alk
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Somehow all this talk reminds me of GDC presentation where Chris Wilson explained how he wanted to design PoE to "be played forever". So far it looks like it's true. I've been playing since Ascendancy league, ofc with short and long breaks from the game, but ultimately I always return. There are no games with such depth.
Seeing this video and Lily's recent build videos makes me appreciate the difference between streamers and TH-camrs. It's a different skillset to prepare and read out a script, it's not something that comes naturally. No shade of course, I'm excited to see you guys diversify your entertainment skillset and look forward to more scripted content in the future.
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe, World of Warcraft takes place within the world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.[3] The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, World of Warcraft has had nine major expansion packs: The Burning Crusade (2007), Wrath of the Lich King (2008), Cataclysm (2010), Mists of Pandaria (2012), Warlords of Draenor (2014), Legion (2016), Battle for Azeroth (2018), Shadowlands (2020), Dragonflight (2022), and The War Within (2024). Two further expansions, Midnight and The Last Titan, were announced in 2023.
I think that's the most emotion I have seen in an Alk video besides world of warcraft starting once again Defiantly would love some more videos of you just talking about POE or other games you find interesting. You are very knowledgeable and that knowledge is entertaining to listen too.
GGG's ability to come up with fresh content every 3-4 months is genuinely impressive. Feel like there's no other company like this in the whole industry.
I think Rust is the closest to Poe in terms of updates. Facepunch, creator of Rust, releases new content to the game every months first Thursday. I can't think of any company like GGG or Facepunch
From watching hundreds of hours of your stream I do think you have a lot of interesting thoughts and ideas to put out there. Having them in like a short video essay is pretty cool
The current state is the most diverse and fleshed out endgame I've ever experienced in any genre of game. One of my favorite games of all time for sure.
I really like your gameplay and your view of the game but its so hard to watch your stream with the random same one liners or random sounds , a video like this is much appreciated
The part about GGG not being afraid to take risks is very true. Sometimes it doesnt work out and you get shit like Kalandra. But its always THEIR vision they are implementing, good or bad.
Unironically, I was thinking the same thing today while playing another game. D2LoD is magical, LE/TLI are fine, but PoE 3.x just hits different. You LOGIN, pick an arbitrary build idea, adjust the whole game to your preference, and boom, hundreds of hours of fun generated just like that. Getting bored? Reset SSF, and GO AGANE!
Grim Dawn is a pretty cool game. I play it sometimes when I want a change from POE. It has a slower pace and there is more incentive to fully explore areas in the campaign thanks to lots of hidden areas.
@@tinymahuta I always see it on Steam, but it just doesn't look nearly as appealing as any of the games I listed. It looks like a very generic, run-of-the-mill ARPG designed for mainstream consumption, like Van Helsing, the original Torchlight or Diablo 3/4. It's mainly the graphics that UI design that are off-putting to me. :-/ I just play D2LoD if I want something slow, or LE, but that's rarely something I seek, since PoE is pretty slow in itself, especially in the campaign part, if you play HC SSF. PoE 2/4.0 has me worried for that exact reason. If it becomes any slower, or if it becomes like PoE beta/1.0 was, it will be unbearably boring for the players who aren't interested in investing hundreds of hours into a single character.
Has there ever been a game that's been growing and growing like POE in scope and popularity, ever before? It's the most popular it's ever been in numbers, and it's over a decade old. It's pretty cool!
I was having similar thoughts to this game recently, path of exile just blows everything out of the water and it is not even a contest. Investing some time into the game to really start understanding the mechanics and all the little details has proven so worth my time, unlike any other game I have ever played.
Great video. Poe has for sure swept everything under the rug, and had even bent the rules of what a game can become both monetization wise, and expected quality from a free to play game. Heck poe pumps more content for free than AAA franchises do, its a blast to be a part of it. ss exile
I'm probably similar age to you, was an OG d2 player. PoE and GGG are the best example of an ARPG ever and its really not even close. The game is great because the team is great and they continue to innovate even when they lead the market.
I sold my Natalya's set and manticore + dead mans legacy setup on D3 demon hunter for actual $ because real money trading was built into the game for a while. The main reason I sold the gear I spent so much time grinding for was PoE. In it's infancy stages it was already miles ahead of D3. After playing alpha and beta I was hooked.
totally agree on the lost ark point, I actually was enjoying playing that game until I realize the huge disadvantage of not running 6 charaters and just not having a life to farm same contents in all single one of them (I ran the story mode 18 times combined in 3 different servers back in the days lol). It just feels like I am working than playing...
I can't help but smile-a tear in my eye! Alk always sounds like a shy teenager, struggling to find the right words to confess his feelings to a girl in class. The classic "whatever" type of guy :D That was such a heartfelt and beautiful ode to POE. I couldn't agree more with everything that was said.
Hell yeah love the video, appreciate the insight into the game and your appreciate for it. Would love to see more of this going forward, especially when POE 2 drops
It is mind blowing how much stuff they’ve incorporated that is actually good over the years. Crap on Kalandra, but we have recombinator tech that’s well done and interesting. I delve hard every league as I just love the mechanic. Settlers is the most insane league ever. The atlas tree? Good gawd, and now with 3 specs you can seamlessly swap between. GGG is on another level.
I thought this was a ruthless video. Then when I realized he was serious. I thought ruthless made him go insane and was about to make a 12 minutes video about how ruthless changed his life.
I remember asking someone (after being yelled at for picking every gd item up I could for salvaging in D3) "Wtf is an 'Alkaizer Run'?" Changed my speed for sure. alkNose.
Been watching several of your video's lately, enjoying the content. One thing stands out though, when you get a "ting", world of warcraft has begun again? What is that about?
Only took 13 years played, 10s of thousands of hours, a countless number of level 100 characters, all uber bosses killed in ssfhc, won at least 1 gauntlet, and many of the early short form races. seems like a good time to do a general overview/review of the game.
the slowest game reviewer of all time has finally posted...... 12 years in the making, he has finally released his opinion on POE ..... just in time for the 2nd one to release within the year XD
10:45 hope they add environtmental destruction and true multi class system since scion is not going to be in the game, I want to play a shadow+monk, also bard class for aurabot
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nice 👌
That's a World of Warcraft right there!
for a milisecond i thought it said booze and got happy for a second :(
u barely play anything else bro shhh
Just remember....this guy was the first paragon 100 in Diablo 3.
famous alkaizer runs!
@@freshyraygolt Its funny hes got 100s of world firsts yet he never even talks about any of them. The one that almost got him banned was the ALK runs. He was DESTROYING everyone and rumors were he was a cheat. Then upon further investigation 50 million players were simply getting OWNED. Hes the MJ of POE in my opinion.. And i will bet ANY good RPG game to come.
@@LiveFreeOrRIP bro if hes MJ of poe then whos Ben? or you mean just among humans cause Ben is not human so maybe you are right.
@@teosxoreston Why is Alk Mary Jane, cus of the long hair?
DISH!
Pretty sure this is ai, not even one WORLD OF WARCRAFT meme.
There is one at the end, without mentioning the name.
@@edwardtan7283WoW not so good Baseg
world of warcraft
he was talking about WoW wym bro
The old soundtrack of the first act. Incredible nostalgia. Lots of health to this gentleman
OG Lioneye's Watch is GOATed. I don't get why they changed it.
There was some copyright issues they also parted with their old music guy and hired the Legend they have now
it always touches my soul when I hear that
Apparently it wasn't completely original work but used elements from other songs. So they had to throw it all out and start fresh.@@Hooga89
yea old a1 soundtrack is a banger but imo Kamil Orman-Janowski is hands down one of if not the best music director and lead composer in the whole industry. He just delivers every time
GGG's track record on PoE 1 has given me complete faith in PoE 2. I'm very confident that even if it's a different feeling game or a different paced game, it's going to be excellent.
Don't forget, Blizzard also used to have a flawless track record and then came D3. It was all downhill from there. I hope you are correct, but I am not as sure as you are.
@@ashocck8065 Blizzard North =/= Blizzard Blizzard North made d2 and closed down before d3 was out. On the warcraft side, wow happened.
@@ashocck8065not very smart are you
@@Melheck Indeed, Blizz North was Diablo. However, they also had Starcraft and Warcraft, so basically the company had 3 huge franchises that were all excellent. Now, they have none. WOW was great for the first 6 years and still reasonably good for 4 years after that. I'm not saying that GGG will go the same way, but I am leery for a reason. Don't forget, GGG is owned by someone else.
@@c-tothefourth4879 Ahh, not only a gentleman, but a scholar.
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CorgosDance guy
😮 StKguard in chat
I feel like GGG is a company filled with actual human beings who actually play video games and they actually enjoy what they're doing. I legit can't think of any other company where that's the case.
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DE and Warframe is pretty good too
There's plenty of studios like that, you just don't see it as much with big multiplayer/live service games
Its nice seeing top players post videos showing there love for the game. Helps keep things in perspective.
who is bignose and how does he know when to click??
he just nose :^)
@@666.jenkins *knowse
he clicks NOW
The Nose knows
CORGOS IS EVIL. DO NOT TRUST HIM
Wow he used the old school login screen song, what an absolute chad. 10/10
It's not the song any more? I turned off music around 1k hours played so I could blast stupid weeb music and haven't turned it back on.
@@norinvaux It's actually the old A1 Lioneye's Watch
@@norinvaux it was scrapped with all of adgio's hutchings songs due to them being almost all plagiarized. Kamil's ones stayed
people are saying absolute chad to anything now
I AM JUNG ROAAAAAAAN
🥦🤳 login to the mewing session
jungmoan cutie!! alkMew
This goes to show alk can be serious when he wants to, he didn’t need to make this video but he did, which also speaks leagues about how good poe is, great vid alk
Big round of applause to alk for being able to be serious when he wants
Wait you mean he can stop being goofy and have real conversations like an adult? No way
@@HasXXXInCrocs no, i mean he can stop being ironic and pretending he doesn’t like anything and be serious
League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by Defense of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III, Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre.
A true god gamer appreciating the god game.
Quinn died so he could play 3 days of WoW, then quit.
I think the real question is has World of Warcraft begun
Boom, you are teleported in to world of warcraft
world of warcraft has begun once again log in to the world of warcraft
Funny thing is after like a month of World of Warcraft not all the content has released
Classic music made me super nostalgic.
I'm Juggroan
are you sure you okay bro ? if ur got kidnapped and forced to do this vid just wink twice
making sure hes on the goodboy list for poe 2
@@JustTooChill AlkNose BigNose BrownNose
nice pfp btw
"I just want to play my one guy" Thx!
Somehow all this talk reminds me of GDC presentation where Chris Wilson explained how he wanted to design PoE to "be played forever".
So far it looks like it's true.
I've been playing since Ascendancy league, ofc with short and long breaks from the game, but ultimately I always return.
There are no games with such depth.
Seeing this video and Lily's recent build videos makes me appreciate the difference between streamers and TH-camrs. It's a different skillset to prepare and read out a script, it's not something that comes naturally. No shade of course, I'm excited to see you guys diversify your entertainment skillset and look forward to more scripted content in the future.
I've had a POE account since 2011 played in the beta.. but beat the campaign for the first time in Settlers of Kalguur lol
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If only we have a Pohx-level content for melee from this guy. It would be better than the return of World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe, World of Warcraft takes place within the world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.[3] The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, World of Warcraft has had nine major expansion packs: The Burning Crusade (2007), Wrath of the Lich King (2008), Cataclysm (2010), Mists of Pandaria (2012), Warlords of Draenor (2014), Legion (2016), Battle for Azeroth (2018), Shadowlands (2020), Dragonflight (2022), and The War Within (2024). Two further expansions, Midnight and The Last Titan, were announced in 2023.
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Just say it Alk, D4BAD
I think that's the most emotion I have seen in an Alk video besides world of warcraft starting once again
Defiantly would love some more videos of you just talking about POE or other games you find interesting. You are very knowledgeable and that knowledge is entertaining to listen too.
GGG's ability to come up with fresh content every 3-4 months is genuinely impressive. Feel like there's no other company like this in the whole industry.
I think Rust is the closest to Poe in terms of updates. Facepunch, creator of Rust, releases new content to the game every months first Thursday. I can't think of any company like GGG or Facepunch
i am crying and shitting while i am watching this
From watching hundreds of hours of your stream I do think you have a lot of interesting thoughts and ideas to put out there.
Having them in like a short video essay is pretty cool
The soundtrack blew me back years. Thank you
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"most other games not as good"" is gonna catch on, i can feel it
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The current state is the most diverse and fleshed out endgame I've ever experienced in any genre of game. One of my favorite games of all time for sure.
dont talk about Old School Runescape like that
I couldnt agree more with everything, poe is such a masterpiece of a game
this is the most sincere and non meme ive ever heard alkaizer talk about anything lol. great video bud
I really like your gameplay and your view of the game but its so hard to watch your stream with the random same one liners or random sounds , a video like this is much appreciated
The part about GGG not being afraid to take risks is very true. Sometimes it doesnt work out and you get shit like Kalandra. But its always THEIR vision they are implementing, good or bad.
Couldn't have said it better myself. This game is simply the pinnacle of ARPG gaming.
99.9% of games can't hold my attention for more than 5min, pretty much any souls games, poe, d2 and street fighter is all i need
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This season is so called ALkaizer's golden age~!
Unironically, I was thinking the same thing today while playing another game.
D2LoD is magical, LE/TLI are fine, but PoE 3.x just hits different. You LOGIN, pick an arbitrary build idea, adjust the whole game to your preference, and boom, hundreds of hours of fun generated just like that. Getting bored? Reset SSF, and GO AGANE!
Get even more bored? BOOM WORLDOFWARCRAFTONCEAGAINONCEMORE
@@fisherman08123 Thanks for the reminder. I'd almost forgotten about it.
Grim Dawn is a pretty cool game. I play it sometimes when I want a change from POE. It has a slower pace and there is more incentive to fully explore areas in the campaign thanks to lots of hidden areas.
@@tinymahuta I always see it on Steam, but it just doesn't look nearly as appealing as any of the games I listed. It looks like a very generic, run-of-the-mill ARPG designed for mainstream consumption, like Van Helsing, the original Torchlight or Diablo 3/4. It's mainly the graphics that UI design that are off-putting to me. :-/
I just play D2LoD if I want something slow, or LE, but that's rarely something I seek, since PoE is pretty slow in itself, especially in the campaign part, if you play HC SSF.
PoE 2/4.0 has me worried for that exact reason. If it becomes any slower, or if it becomes like PoE beta/1.0 was, it will be unbearably boring for the players who aren't interested in investing hundreds of hours into a single character.
Corgos is probably the most evil dog that's ever danced
Has there ever been a game that's been growing and growing like POE in scope and popularity, ever before? It's the most popular it's ever been in numbers, and it's over a decade old. It's pretty cool!
Hey love this kinda content! It's nice seeing a different side of you that I don't see from the highlights. Please make more like this.
i love your unfiltered thoughts on things. resident lurker
I was having similar thoughts to this game recently, path of exile just blows everything out of the water and it is not even a contest. Investing some time into the game to really start understanding the mechanics and all the little details has proven so worth my time, unlike any other game I have ever played.
Great video. Poe has for sure swept everything under the rug, and had even bent the rules of what a game can become both monetization wise, and expected quality from a free to play game.
Heck poe pumps more content for free than AAA franchises do, its a blast to be a part of it.
ss exile
GG. I unironically had goosebumps. Would love to see more vids like this and even longer ones.
I enjoyed your TED Talk. BigNose
Not sure what kind of meme this bignose is making but I sincerely love the time I've spent playing PoE. Cool video senpai.
We can kinda joke about it, but the Alk stamp of approval is a big deal.
I'm probably similar age to you, was an OG d2 player. PoE and GGG are the best example of an ARPG ever and its really not even close. The game is great because the team is great and they continue to innovate even when they lead the market.
I sold my Natalya's set and manticore + dead mans legacy setup on D3 demon hunter for actual $ because real money trading was built into the game for a while. The main reason I sold the gear I spent so much time grinding for was PoE. In it's infancy stages it was already miles ahead of D3. After playing alpha and beta I was hooked.
Serious Alk pog
That was enjoyable for sure. More of these would be welcome, just maybe slightly less rambly.
Yes more of these videos please, I enjoy this tone of video from you.
I like these rambling videos just talking about games.
We want more of emotional Alkaizer videos!
one of my favorite things about poe is that if theres a league mechanic i really dont like i dont feel like im trolling for not running it
totally agree on the lost ark point, I actually was enjoying playing that game until I realize the huge disadvantage of not running 6 charaters and just not having a life to farm same contents in all single one of them (I ran the story mode 18 times combined in 3 different servers back in the days lol). It just feels like I am working than playing...
the games so good and old even gabynator was relevant when it came out
I can't help but smile-a tear in my eye! Alk always sounds like a shy teenager, struggling to find the right words to confess his feelings to a girl in class. The classic "whatever" type of guy :D
That was such a heartfelt and beautiful ode to POE. I couldn't agree more with everything that was said.
Old soundtrack in the background HOLYYYYYYYY
Hell yeah love the video, appreciate the insight into the game and your appreciate for it. Would love to see more of this going forward, especially when POE 2 drops
Truly the evilest of games.
It is mind blowing how much stuff they’ve incorporated that is actually good over the years. Crap on Kalandra, but we have recombinator tech that’s well done and interesting. I delve hard every league as I just love the mechanic. Settlers is the most insane league ever. The atlas tree? Good gawd, and now with 3 specs you can seamlessly swap between. GGG is on another level.
This vid was sick, nice change of pace
I thought this was a ruthless video. Then when I realized he was serious. I thought ruthless made him go insane and was about to make a 12 minutes video about how ruthless changed his life.
HAHAHA
I'm sorry but the lack of brainrot in this video is deeply upsetting.
My first ever build was sunder bleed gladiator which i got from ur video's.
I remember asking someone (after being yelled at for picking every gd item up I could for salvaging in D3) "Wtf is an 'Alkaizer Run'?" Changed my speed for sure. alkNose.
The old alkPog , FeelsStrongMan Clap
MOAR of this!
Been watching several of your video's lately, enjoying the content. One thing stands out though, when you get a "ting", world of warcraft has begun again? What is that about?
We are feeling these type of videos! POE Good
items... complexity... builds... .bosses... seasons... open world... shrines... crafting...
All facts, that are so true and make me just like the game even more.
alk has a high standards in kind of games, ive seen his build in POE he is really good gamer
what a great video on the youtube player device
The greatest ARPG of all time hands down!
Only took 13 years played, 10s of thousands of hours, a countless number of level 100 characters, all uber bosses killed in ssfhc, won at least 1 gauntlet, and many of the early short form races. seems like a good time to do a general overview/review of the game.
ggg are part of the poe community i feel thats one of the things that has made poe such a good game
Record video "ruthless changed my life"
keep pushing the melee frontier in POE2, we watching
the smartest way to code is to make sure ur never bored
really enjoyed this one
thanks for sharing this dude
To be fair, half of the maps are carbon copies of maps in previous tiers. Its the same or worse with map bosses.
the ending made me LOL ........... amazing personality
Alkaizer - 'this is not a binary game'. Slaaaaaaaaay kweeen.
D4 bad
Juicy nostalgic old shiddy mic is juicy
the slowest game reviewer of all time has finally posted...... 12 years in the making, he has finally released his opinion on POE ..... just in time for the 2nd one to release within the year XD
Well done video. Genuine and Honest points.
Enjoy it while we still have it good , boys. For all things end.
i thought he was retiring at first. why am i crying?
A serious alk vid world of warcraft
The old soundtrack!
10:45 hope they add environtmental destruction and true multi class system since scion is not going to be in the game, I want to play a shadow+monk, also bard class for aurabot
Look forward to your in depth review of Diablo v2.0