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Describing Titan Quest as a Diablo 2 clone seems simple enough as it makes use of all of the conventions popularized in that game. Yet in the subtleties of the gameplay this is a much more developed experience, one that forces you to make hard choices among the easy kills, and plan skill advancements carefully. It adds up to the best hack-n-slash dungeon crawl in quite a while.
You view the world from an isometric perspective and click to run around and attack enemies. You assign special skills to various hotkeys and the right mouse button, and then run around killing everything in sight, picking up various tasks along the way. The wonderful character development system provides a depth to the combat experience not typically found in this type of game making the experience much richer. Multiplayer is just as entertaining, robustly implemented and populated well by other players. The major problem in this gorgeous epic is stability. The game crashed more than any other in recent memory and complained about the DVD not being present when it was clearly identified by Windows. While some have had no problems, many others on the official forums have complained about similar issues. A new patch supposedly ameliorates these concerns, but remains the sole caveat in recommending this game. The game is long, challenging, and worth replaying alone and with others, if you can keep it running.  
Despite starting with the same first letter, ﾑhistory lesson' and ﾑhack-n-slash' are phrases with very different meanings. Although the game is filled with ancient Greek, Egyptian and Babylonian mythology, your kids aren't going to be learning anything here. Yet there is so much richly detailed history and mythology presented that you might get the impression that there is educational value. There isn't. It's just background setting.
Titan Quest makes its background setting interesting in a few ways. It layers the history and mythology of the settings the game pulling you deeply into the experience until you are interested in the tales of the long-winded storytellers. It offers a wide enough variety of enemy types and talents forcing you to use more than simple hack-n-slash strategy to work your way through. Finally, it provides a rich specialty system that forces you to make tough choices while developing your character. The ultimate focus of an action role-playing game is combat, and here it is intense but never gruesome. The game has excellent lighting and physics, sending enemies sprawling when a volcano explodes near them, but there is no blood or dismemberment. The battles are pitched and furious, and you are constantly in peril and outnumbered, but there is never a battle you cannot survive given you are properly prepared. This is a great gaming experience for teens and adults to share for the pure enjoyment of great gameplay without concern over content. This review edited by Dave Long Comments? Chat about it in our forums! Format For Printing | Tell A Friend | Digg | Slashdot | del.icio.us | Buy This Game Browse Amazon.com's selection of "Titan Quest" themed games Home > Review Archive > Video Games > Results: Titan Quest |
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