Yeah, people are talking about their opinions. Why are you mentioning D2? I was talking about D3 and D4. In D3 gameplay feel better to play. Dont mind the slower pace, not really. Just overall feel of the gameplay, and yes, the only thing which sticks out is general skill look and impact.
Gameplay, on paper should be better. Animations are more crisps, the physics of models and snow is better. D3 did not even have snow animation. Just something is off.
I did not say PoE gameplay has depths, game has, game systems. Gameplay is stiff animations, too down close camera, minimap which is non usable and overlay map which is intefering with seeing what characters do. Here, more subjective things which contribute to "trash" term in my opinion.