Posted on: September 9, 2016

naomha
Games: 163 Reviews: 12
A Timeless Classic REBORN
When I saw TQ Anniversary Edition pop up in my Steam feed the day AFTER launch I was stunned, to say the least. How did this get past me so quietly and without much fanfare? So, well, INSTABUY. Cha-ching! I can say I am really pleased with the work THQ Nordic has done on the game. It shows instantly. Let's get to a get run down, shall we? 1st, the game looks amazing in 1080, looks even better running on trip mons at 5760x1080, and yes, it runs at that resolution (all AMD rig btw). With the game being combined with Immortal Throne AND upgraded to run on modern rigs the love shows. Shadows are crisper. Characters pop in HD now. Spell effects and weapon sparks look amazingly better. The day/night cycles seem to take advantage of the upgrade as well and just seem to cycle through the world better as well. Sound works as it did before and runs fabulous in 5.1 without any noticeable flaws. No crackling, no popping (some experienced this prior years ago) and voice-overs seem to have a noticeably better HD pickup done to them as well (not sure if it was done, but it does seem nicer). Creature design and level design was already top notch and now it looks better popping out in 1080 or higher. Running dual Sapphire Tri-X R9 290s, AMD FX 8350 BE, 16GB or Gskill, Win10 and 1TB WD Velociraptor all on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX Gen3 mobo and the game runs pretty much flawlessly. Loading times even seem to be better this time around and I've encountered no problems. So, in closing, if you where a fan of TQ before it's worth the purchase. Easily. If you're a fan of rpgs in the vein of Diablo1,2 and 3, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile, Van Helsing trilogy, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Nox, Divinity (any of them), Sacred 1 or 2, etc, etc, then you should have this in your library. Asap. I should also say I own the game on Steam as I owned the digital copies on that platform. However, I wanted to add my 2 cents as I'm a huge supporter of GOG and all their good old games as well.
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