First sorry about my English. It is not my mother language. Good to mention, i am also mostly Online FPS gamer. I played first PoE only a bit, so i am not expert. I can speak only from my experience with PeO2 so far & can't compare them. Important to mention it is SECOND day after release in Early Access & i played 5.6 hours so far.

Performance.
There is some issues with randoms crashes, but NOT often (1 time in ~1-2 hours) & not game breaking at least for me. Also game performance is weird. Mostly over 60-80 fps on 1440p & maxed settings without upscaling, but my RTX 4080 gpu core loaded always 100%. Weird think is that GPU core boosting only half of max frequency( ~1000-1300 MHz). Most likely there should come some driver updates what should fix it & correctly utilize GPU, but i can't guarantee, maybe it should be like that. In the end performance is good enough for me to enjoy gameplay.

2. What about gameplay. I enjoy very much. I can't say much, but for me as NOT gameplay expert in this kind of games like PeO, Diablo & etc. feels really good. Now i am lvl 8 & running around with crossbow. Pretty easy to understand what i need to do & visuals feels really nice. I am also not skipping dialogs & not getting bored. My verdict is even 27,75 eur (Eu-Germany) is worth to spend for this game. Really enjoying it.

Btw. 27.75 is only for option to play early access & you are getting in-game currency for skins & etc. Later game should be "Free to Play".

First sorry about my English. It is not my mother language. Good to mention, i am also mostly Online FPS gamer. I played first PoE only a bit, so i am not expert. I can speak only from my experience with PeO2 so far & can't compare them. Important to mention it is SECOND day after release in Early Access & i played 5.6 hours so far. Performance. There is some issues with randoms crashes, but NOT often (1 time in ~1-2 hours) & not game breaking at least for me. Also game performance is weird. Mostly over 60-80 fps on 1440p & maxed settings without upscaling, but my RTX 4080 gpu core loaded always 100%. Weird think is that GPU core boosting only half of max frequency( ~1000-1300 MHz). Most likely there should come some driver updates what should fix it & correctly utilize GPU, but i can't guarantee, maybe it should be like that. In the end performance is good enough for me to enjoy gameplay. 2. What about gameplay. I enjoy very much. I can't say much, but for me as NOT gameplay expert in this kind of games like PeO, Diablo & etc. feels really good. Now i am lvl 8 & running around with crossbow. Pretty easy to understand what i need to do & visuals feels really nice. I am also not skipping dialogs & not getting bored. My verdict is even 27,75 eur (Eu-Germany) is worth to spend for this game. Really enjoying it. Btw. 27.75 is only for option to play early access & you are getting in-game currency for skins & etc. Later game should be "Free to Play".