Titan Quest Anniversary Edition

This game has a reputation for being one of the best of it’s kind. And it does live up to being a great game in it’s own right. If you like mouse driven ARPG games, you will certainly enjoy this old-school one. However, it is still very nested in the genre, so don’t expect it to wow anyone over who has no interest in the game type.

Titan Quest is one of the fines examples of how a hack and slash RPG should be made. It offers a simple formula - slay monsters, acquire items to slay bigger monsters to acquire better items ... A formula upon which Diablo 2 was solely based. The comparison between these games is inevitable, so let me share some quick observations: Titan Quest presents a diverse world spanning across the ancient world - Greece, Egypt and the Orient. The drop is outrageously high, you can find literally anything if you are patient enough. There are two skill sets to choose, thus creating a unique combination. A crafting system (absent in Diablo) is present here. The gameplay is highly addictive, if you are into RPGs. It comes with a pretty decent graphics for a game 15 years old. To my view this is a polished, bettered version of Diablo - the game allows you to amend mistakes in the character development, there are no small things that distract you from the action (durability of weapons, stamina, not having to pay for portals, a HUGE storage place are among the most important ones), you can buy some weapons just to check whether they fit into your build without going bankrupt, etc. It seems that Titan Quest developers carefully read all the complaints from Diablo players and devoted themselves to eliminate them here. The result is a highly playable and intuitive game that can really amuse you without keeping you on your toes whether you messed up something (hello, Blizzard). Plus, the idea of mini-bosses scattered around the levels and spawning randomly is really good, since it increases the chances of getting some valuable items. Bottom line - I did not regret a single second of my Titan Quest experience. A solid 5/5.

I love THQNordic for releasing updates for this game even in 2022. And those are not only bug fixes or small changes, they also released 3 endgame dungeons for free, a new endgame challenge for free and the ability to respec attribute points! Besides that they released 3 incredible dlcs: Ragnarök which adds a very huge world, new class and new items, Atlantis with a very nice challenge (also for endgame) and Eternal Embers which adds another new class aswell as a endgame campaign. Besides that you get with Titan Quest a very huge game, that plays a bit slower than latest arpgs, but that is something I really like. It has a socket crafting system and the ability to create your class out of 2 skill trees, where you could choose whatever you like! Playing a frost mage that could also wear heavy armor and summon fallen soldiers? No problem! Playing a hunter who could also control his enemy with his mind? No problem! Or playing a classic warrior who could also cast runes to explode his enemies? ... well you might guess... no problem ;) Highly recommended from my site!

This game COULD be one of the best in the genre (if not THE best) if the developers ever cared to fix a game-breaking bug called "rubber banding" - when everything slows down to almost static picture for a few seconds, then suddenly "plays" the "slowed" part at very high rate - most of the time leading to character death, and in case of boss encounters - to a certain death. As far as I know, NO solution was found, and at some point the developers just stopped from responding and discussing at TQ Forums. I woundnt play this game even if they pay me. This is total, absolute disappointment.

Fantastic game, its only downside is a lack of a transmog system (yes I know I am being picky but fashion is the true endgame!) and the engine is weird at times due to its age, fps and monster behaviour can be unpredictable.