Titan Quest feels OLD in 2023... (Honest Review)

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Titan Quest Anniversary Edition is an Action RPG or ARPG that initially released in 2006. This video review will take a look at how the game holds up in 2023 against other more modern games like Diablo, Last Epoch and Path of Exile.
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0:00 - What is Titan Quest?
1:55 - Early Impressions (Early Game)
3:50 - The First Mistake (How Items Drop)
5:50 - The Solution (Game Speed)
7:00 - Visuals and Environments
8:41 - Music and Setting
9:25 - The Story and Worldbuilding
11:58 - How the Game Plays
15:02 - The Difficulty System
16:39 - Building a Character (Dual Classes)
19:05 - Why Gear Sucks in Normal
22:06 - Crafting in Titan Quest
23:18 - How is the Combat?
24:43 - Quality of Life and Multiplayer
25:48 - Mods for PC Titan Quest
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@SchwingyGaming Год назад

What games would you like to see next?

@boguinator Год назад

Grim Dawn :P

@popescualin3075 Год назад

Kenshi

@trycilz2307 Год назад

Torchlight 2!

@GamePlayByFaks 11 месяцев назад

Grim Dawn, Diablo 1, Diablo 2 can also be RR Undecember, Last Epoch, list can go on :))

@GamePlayByFaks 11 месяцев назад

Torchlight, Torchlight 2

@nicgaumond Год назад

I too spend 75% of my income on potions, finally a game acknowledges my lifestyle

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Well if you run out of gold in real life, you can still get your fix in game so that's nice!

@Zephode 10 месяцев назад

Two things I think are absolutely amazing about Titan quest, that I haven't seen any other games do (since literally 2006 i guess) is 1: the loot doesnt drop in an interface or a bag, the loot comes directly from the opponent you fought for it (or chests), it is entirely possible to run through the map and visually see a mage with a legendary staff that has crazy casting speed modifiers, when fighting this enemy, the mage will also have those benefits and cast really fast. When you manage to kill it, the item will physically fall out of their hands, for you to pick up. Simple, realistic, fair and very satisfying. 2: the legendary gear in this game is so incredibly rare, but also so numbrous that its not super rare to run into "a legendary gearpiece" but it can be extremely rare to get an exact legendary off the droptable, this makes all the gear you get feel very unique, keeps it satisfying because you never know what you'll get, but you'll actually get things! (some items have droprates of 0.002% so you won't expect to get any of them, but you will get some of them beause there is tons of different ones that can drop)

@KrunoslavSaho 6 месяцев назад

You should try Grim Dawn, made by the Titan Quest devs in their new studio, Crate Entertainment.

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

@@KrunoslavSahoNo thank you.

@strixcz 2 месяца назад

@@KrunoslavSaho Agreed, GD does the two things he mentions and SO MUCH MORE. I was literally unable to have fun with TQ after already playing GD. TQ felt like early beta version of GD, more tedious than fun when you already know how much more polished experience GD is...

@AllTradesJackReviews Год назад

It definitely seems a bit dated. But man sometimes it’s fun to see where all these modern ARPGs come from. You can see the influence throughout. Except I don’t miss the health pot spam….

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah it was cool to try something out that I missed growing up. I was big into mythology so I really don't know why I never bothered.. Modern potions are waaay better lol.

@therebelofchaos1674 7 месяцев назад

You spam pots in PoE, GD, and D4 too though lol. It's kind of just how it is in the ARPG genre. I actually think D2 handled it best with healing over time so there was really no reason to spam pots unless you were just taking damage THAT fast (which if you were was a good indicator that you probably weren't ready for that area yet, or alternatively you just needed life tap/life leech), and being able to customize your pot belt to hold other types of potions and scrolls if you wanted it to.

@HareK0nnen 3 месяца назад

There are ways to play without having to spam potions. A few masteries have heal spells, regen skills, and there is gear that combined can give you a really high life regen. My most recent playthrough was a Nature and Dream build and i very rarely had to buy potions from the shop. Only used them as an emergency measure to get out of a tight spot. The game is really versatile and quite complex but you have to know the machanics. So yeah, most ppl just starting out, won't probably have such a great time. But that's probably balanced out by discovering the world and being immersed in it, which is actually one of the game's strenghts.

@neuro.weaver 10 месяцев назад

Titan Quest is still a better game than Diablo IV.

@Langaslangas 6 месяцев назад

@DonNo.47 6 месяцев назад

@@LangaslangasI disagree

@druout1944 6 месяцев назад

spot on

@armyofninjas9055 6 месяцев назад

@@LangaslangasYes

@alistaircraig7849 6 месяцев назад

Hands down it is.

@Minusraft Год назад

There are tips that could have made the experience a little better. If you press W you can change between weapons. So if there are like 10 monsters right next to you, you can switch to a melee weapon for example. You can hold down shift while attacking and you won't move after you're done killing them, it's very useful actually. You also don't have to use the weapon specific to your class but if i am not wrong then that weapons gets a damage boost or something. I hope this helps at least a little :)

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Thanks! Hopefully it helps some people out!

@ragnose1 10 месяцев назад

sometimes you need to use specific weapons if you have a modified basic attack skill, some only work with specific weapons

@dantealighieri1265 5 месяцев назад

Also what is really nice about Titan Quest is that higher difficulties spawn specific Bosses as you mentioned. Like for example the swamp area in act 1, you can fight the Hydra on legendary difficulty if I am not mistaken. In a cave in act 2 you can fight the Manticore at epic or higher. Also the first playthrough through all difficulties is always the hardest since you don't have items in your stash that you found like on alt chars.

@rockkiller124 10 месяцев назад

My childhood game, also my very first introduction to ARPG

@wastingtime2380 Год назад

It's a strange feeling when i play TQ. It feels old but it is able to entertain me much more than modern arpgs. Cool video!

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Hey! I'm glad you enjoyed it! What do you love so much about the game compared to newer games, if I may ask?

@wastingtime2380 Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming A lot of modern arpgs are focused on posgame. Campaign is not very important. TQ makes his campaign a big importance. You are not playing it for reaching something. you play it because you want. Also, i like his world. The feeling of exploratio is something in this game large maps, despite they are linear (i prefer to call it "designed")

@wastingtime2380 Год назад

Oh! and it is DIFFICULT in a way i love it

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

@@wastingtime2380 Yeah, all great reasons to enjoy Titan Quest! Awesome! Have you tried Grim Dawn, and if so, does it give you the same experience?

@wastingtime2380 Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming ¡Good question! I like GD a lot. It makes me imagine how good would be some TQ mechanics design with modern tech, that smooth. Unfortunatly, i don't like the sameless settings of first three acts. Yes, there's exploration, but you just find the same enviroments. At the end, i simply find TQ more charming. Not a lot of logic envolved.

@VegarotFusion 9 месяцев назад

Got it in 2011. Played a bit solo to get a feel for it. Then started a 3 player LAN co-op. Letting my friends know how leveling and combat works, and played through the main campaign. I like the Dungeon Siege II pop up. Another good ARPG.

@aleksadmitrovic940 Год назад

My first arpg,and I love it,music is so good.I kinda enjoyed leveling because fighting monsters from mitology is so epic. Sets in this game look so good,skills are solid but not the best and combination of two masteries is rly interesting for arpg genres. I like how you can speed up gameplay in options if you love to play faster or go slow if you want yo chill.

@maltimoto Год назад

Currently playing it and loving it. Better than Diablo 3 but about as good as Diablo 2 or Grim Dawn. Quite a long game if you explore everything. Graphics are cute.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah, the graphics are pretty cute lol. Glad you're enjoying it

@genesisfan029 6 месяцев назад

Not as good as Grim Dawn. And not even close to being as good as Diablo II.

@markobunic6734 6 месяцев назад

Titan Quest 2 coming soon

@maltimoto 6 месяцев назад

@@markobunic6734 Looking forward to it!

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

It’s definitely better than Grim Dawn. I’m not so sure about D2.

@elizavetavinokurova7624 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for taking your time making this review! Gently disagree though about the old part -- to me, it feels timeless :)

@kdebo18 10 месяцев назад

i also started with the idea of making a pyro but i always do battle mage. so i find it interesting he went pryo summoner and i can see where the struggle could be. but as a battle mage. the first few fire effects are great. add fire damage to my mace, add a fire buff for defense and attack then it felt right to move right into defense mastery. now my guy has extra armor, fire armor buff, a fire damage when hit. and my weapons do fire damage ontop of regular. i just hold the basic swing ability and chop down everything in one swing except for bosses and hogs. only in the first 2 hours of the game. so let see how this build holds much deeper down the line.

@executor5588 11 месяцев назад

Earth mastery is not exclusively made for casters. It works well in melee too. I think that's an unfair statement. Masteries purely for casters are rare.

@drowningin 10 месяцев назад

He didn’t try equipping other weapons 😊

@raptormage2209 10 месяцев назад

Tq is a very nostalgic game for me, used to play it a lot with my dad and brother,its not perfect but it can be fun especially with the freedom that it gives you when making a build, few arpgs allow you to mix a ranged hunter class with a defensive meele focused defense class for example and you can make that class however you like, may not be "meta" but its still fun.

@goodlookinouthomie1757 10 месяцев назад

How do I not know this game? One of my favourite games EVER was the original Dungeon Siege, which is even older than this game, so this looks right up my alley. Actually the more I watch, the more it seems like this took a lot of ideas and style from DS.

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

Try it out!! I loved dungeon siege as a kid!!

@FulmineNero 9 месяцев назад

I thought exactly the same. Titan Quest reminds me a lot of Dungeon Siege.

@lazyhydroponicsandstuff3682 6 месяцев назад

Have you played Grim Dawn its the same skill/leveling system except there are tons more classes and these constellation points you get that allow you to really customize ur character.

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

I’d love to see a remaster of DungeonSiege 2! I’m currently trying to get to look good on a 49” screen and failing. It’s patronage playable but not enjoyable with the way I hacked together the display setting.

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

@@lazyhydroponicsandstuff3682Grim Dawn is overly complicated.

@CaptainHindsight-xt9yd 4 месяца назад

I also chose a spell caster. I think it was dream and spirit. But I tried out all weapons: staffs, bows, knives, clubs etc and I liked clubs the best so I wasn’t really bothered by not having good staffs.

@pandapajamas2532 9 месяцев назад

just so everyone knows only putting points into one tree is a really bad idea 1 point into most passives are huge only using one tree is cutting the number of passives in half.

@SchwingyGaming 9 месяцев назад

Good to know!

@BanuManta113 8 месяцев назад

The late game of this game is, to me at least, farming Hades for the item "The Overlord", then going to the Secret Passage and farming the bosses there.

@therebelofchaos1674 10 месяцев назад

Well, yeah, it should feel old. Game's damn near 20. Thing is though, OLD doesn't mean BAD...lol. I really hate this trend in gaming or even just in modern media recently of people equating old games = bad because "old/outdated" and new games = "good cause new". Is the original Super Mario bad because it's damn near 35 years old and we've made shinier, more engaging gameplay games? What about the original Zelda? Diablo 2? Runescape? Games being older and simpler or just clunkier because that was top tier design back in the day doesn't really make it bad...just...old. I realize too that people who only play older games ALSO are just as guilty of the inverse of "it's new, therefore it's bad". Both are wrong. Lol. Anyway, this was a bit of a ramble, I just hate the "old/outdated" argument.

@alicerain8686 Год назад

as an aside, I feel a solution to the "monsters drop specific weapons" issue could be to guarantee drop their weapon + also have a normal loot drop table (as a game dev thing, not a player thing). Could be cool to kill an axe wielder and KNOW you'll get an axe, but also potentially get a staff too! Idk just something I thought of lol. A cool part about that tho is that you can target farm weapons if you know there are a lot of axe or sword wielders in specific zones.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah that's true, that would definitely be good enough for me lol. And yea, like I said, I really do think it's a cool concept, very immersive, but as a player it was disappointing

@ForeverMasterless Год назад

I played this back in the day, although I never got to endgame. I'm not even sure if I completed the main campaign the first time, although I think I did? Anyway, it was my second game of this type after Diablo II. I remember liking it a little more than diablo II at the time, mostly for superficial reasons (I liked the ancient greek theme more than the dark gothic theme). I played a summoner, which is a combo of nature and earth masteries. Basically the most pet class build you can do. Game was pretty easy that way. One thing I do remember is my friend constantly complaining about having to buy potions, he was going through them like water. I'm glad we've moved away from health potions being something you have to buy a stockpile of in action games and constantly spam. I really like how they work in Diablo 4.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

See that's funny, I played the exact same class, summoner, but didn't use any of the summons. I just went for the self-cast fire spells and the heals and some passives from nature. I probably should have given the golem a better chance, I tried him out only very briefly and found him to be underwhelming. I too am very glad that potions are no longer handled in this way these days.

@jd2161 5 месяцев назад

@SchwingyGaming have you ever played a game? If course it's weak with 1 point in it

@Ariesyte 9 месяцев назад

I used to love the game +-14 years ago and when I replayed it when the new ver was released it felt kinda bad, but it's still a good game imo. I did pick it up recently on mobile and it actually is very enjoyable with how well it runs on mobile. It's my go to game when loadshedding happens. ( rolling blackouts for 2 to 4 hours long ) Genuinely happy about the Titan Quest 2 announcement too! On PC for ARPG I'd much rather play either Path of Exile or Last Epoch over this title nowadays.

@adrianradu2332 Месяц назад

Maybe my opinion of this game is very biased, because it's a game I remember very fondly from childhood... I remember playing a pirated copy of this game on my crappy PC which would crash when installing it, so I had to constantly keep a fan besides it and cool it while it installed. And when it was finished, I remember not sleeping many nights because of it. I think this game is a fantastic ARPG that will always be timeless. I think the class system is amazing and most modern RPG's cannot hold a candle to it, with the exception of Baldur's Gate. Personally I advise you always make a class that is proficient in some melee combat aswell. Going full caster is not great, especially at the start. It can be super fun to spam all sorts of spells constantly, but it's definitely more difficult. The amount of crazy item and class builds in combination with items and enchantments you can make on this game is incredible. You can micro manage the shit out of your build to get the best results if you are hardcore like that. This game thrives on being replayed, as it has a loot transfer system from character to character, so stacking up on loot is a must if you want to play other characters. Probably the best way also to play a full caster is to farm loot with a different character first and transferring it to your newly created caster so you have a head start. I wasn't that crazy into Diablo at the time, but I did like the concept. Titan Quest brought that concept with a theme I was a huge nerd about, which is antiquity and I instantly fell in love with. It simply made sense to me, to love this game. When I saw in 2018 that they released a new expansion for it, I was jumping up and down of happiness, so I bought it for the first time. The Ragnarok expansion was pretty cool with a lot of content and fit very well within the whole TQ package, although not perfect. Played through Atlantis aswell, which was interesting, definitely different than the other releases. I didn't play the last expansion, but I am planning to get the whole package and play it again. There will always be a time in my life where I want to replay this series, that's just how good this game was for me...

@MiSambra 10 месяцев назад

The hit response, or lack thereof, really threw me off. I just couldn't get over how the combat felt.

@ramadhansurjoharso5981 9 месяцев назад

Schwingy thank you for covering this game! Thank you for your honest review! I really love this game and some other ARPGs, but knowing one of my favorite content creator reviewing my one of the most nostalgic video game of my life, made me very happy and glad. Hopefully peoplewho came across your channel might give Titan Quest a shot, although I understand this game is pretty outdated. ESPECIALLY that Titan Quest will be having sequel soon. Already announced I guess a month ago. Again, thank you Schwingy. I do really appreciate it. Wish you a good day ahead

@SchwingyGaming 9 месяцев назад

Haha thanks Ramadhan! I hope I didn't offend your opinion on the game lol. I'm glad you got around to watching it after all! Titan quest 2 is super exciting news, can't wait to see more about it!

@ramadhansurjoharso5981 9 месяцев назад

@@SchwingyGaming NO NO not at all! I guess every person has personal opinions on things, and I do really appreciate it. Your opinions would greatly help those who don't have any idea at all about TQ. I always think that TQ could be a good alternative for people who want more traditional/old style experience on ARPG. So your honest review actually solidified my initial opinion tho. Keep making great contents man. I'll be waiting!

@drowningin 10 месяцев назад

It doesn’t feel old at all. I only first played it a year ago, and it’s become my favorite arpg. It’s been the only game in the past decade where I literally can’t put it down, and suddenly it’s daylight. Most games these days I’m turning them off after an hour because they make me feel tired. Titan Quest 2 was just announced, but it’s not my the same dev. I believe this dev went on to make Grim Dawn which i still need to try. It sounded in the review you just didn’t like the mastery you chose. Realized you didn’t like it, but didn’t change it.. kinda odd that you never tried using another weapon since you can use all of them. You were probably getting hundreds of weapon upgrades, but you didn’t equip them. In summary there is nothing old about this game besides graphics I guess, the systems are as up to date and modern as anything on the market, and stands toe to toe with the best

@dantealighieri1265 5 месяцев назад

You have to play Grim Dawn bro. It is Titan Quest 2.0 just with different setting. I loved Titan Quest, but Grim Dawn is even better in (almost) every way

@vladimirmajkic4294 3 месяца назад

played it back in the day when it came out,insanely good game.Compared to newer games i liked it much more

@katmannsson 11 месяцев назад

I didnt play it until a few years ago, and frankly, Its my favorite ARPG as a former D2 stan

@abcdef2069 8 месяцев назад

have you mentioned if you had set a one wrong attribute or skill level points at a wrong mastery, then the game would have been over, the time you spent playing would have been wasted.

@JaviDgz Год назад

Such a good videogame analysis ive ever seen, holistic as fck. Just finnising legendary for the first time (u need to slow the game speed or its just not playable) and actually gets challenging and dinamic. died same amount of times in legendary act 4 than in the rest of the game. you can also orient ur build into rlly different playstyles as u reach highend. i kinda feel that 3 difficulties are not rlly needed (1 for noobs and 1 for tryharding) but item scaling model requires it in some way. The only way i see this enjoyable is finnishing normal and half of the second one. u come back months later and continue it to get legendary. I got a pretty great time this way. the worst part is starting over again to try new masteries. it takes too much times to acquire interesting abilities and gear and gameplay feels too slow. Although i see myself playing again in couple of years and pretty surely will enjoy it as the first time. if ure interested in mithology, the experience improves considerably. Quite an unique videogame!!

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Thanks for sharing your experience! I do actually see myself coming back to it in a couple years and enjoying it fresh again although likely with mods to speed it up a bit. Epic sounds like it's probably pretty fun, not sure about legendary.. might be too tough for me lol

@mazssj 11 месяцев назад

Seems to me that the interaction with a lot of the game systems wasn't that deep and a lot of the critiques brought in the video are pretty shallow. ARPGs are designed to be fairly long experiences in most cases. In this subgenre you cant play 30-40 hours and really understand how all the mechanics and system actually work, you just get glimpses. Wouldn't call this a review but more like a first impression, since the game isn't designed to be played only once. Another issue is the choice to only review the base which which is actually old design from mid 2000s. The game goes frequently on sale as a bundle with the first 2 expansions which were developed a lot more recent and represent much better the current TQ experience. Otherwise production value and editing is good, script writing can be improved.

@SchwingyGaming 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, I appreciate the criticism!

@wastingtime2380 Год назад

I saw the entire video. Veeery good review!

@thegregnorton Год назад

On camera? Woah

@ragnose1 10 месяцев назад

titan quest is my favorite arpg of all time, try the newer dlcs. the ragnarok rune mastery is super cool and unique

@Boo-eo3xd 11 месяцев назад

Could someone explain to me I was confused when I was watching a vid like this and the guy was lvl 63 5,800 hit points tank class, I’m lvl 51 with 7,315 hit points I’m warrior/tank class and he only had 1.7 million gold and I have 53 million is their something I’m missing?? For spending gold wise? And no I don’t spend gold on potions I never really needed to with that 1 skill that does 4,240 hit points of healing. Plz thx guys

@Syssn3ck 10 месяцев назад

Hey there, thank you for the thorough review! I first played Titan Quest in 2006 and played a lot during 2006 - 2010 and again a little bit after AE released. I think you did a very good job of highlighting the pros and cons of this old gem. Some of the cons were no big issue back in the day, but are certainly now. Oh one thing, those are not the usual kind of mods in the steam workshop, but rather "bounce mods", meaning you start the bounce mod and then you will get back to the main screen and can choose your character and then just normally load into the game. However, there is a big downside to this: You can't use multiple bounce mods at the same time, because they''ll overwrite each other (actually there is a more complicated way with creating a new mod in the TQ Editor, but I never bothered with it). I'll definitely check out your future content and I'm very excited for Titan Quest 2. Cheers!

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the kind reply! And yes, they are bounce mods which do behave differently than what normal mods do, which took some getting used to. Still, they're pretty straightforward and there are different options to choose from of various combinations of mods baked into one, so you can sort of not have to mess around with the details if you'd rather not! Really cool! I'm also looking forward to Titan quest 2 now! I was not expecting it!

@Huckle777 8 месяцев назад

Title feels stupid. No shit, it's 20years old. By by my standards as someone with ungodly time across almost every ARPG in existence, titan quest feels good and actually ages very well. Hell it feels newer and more polished than a lot that have come out with 5-10 years. The class system has more to offer than Diablo 4 lmfao.

@StevenBrianDumaguit Месяц назад

If there is anything i like about the game it's the loot system. Yeah RNG may not be magnanimous to us but hey it feels rewarding defeating an amp up mob who has a rare, epic or legendary item(s) on them. Yeah your'e gonna know when your about to get something good if they are a bit harder to kill.

@---zr9zf Месяц назад

Played the game can't seem to find this item called stavves he's talking about.

@hunzukunz Год назад

honestly to me Titan Quest and D2 are almost in similar tiers. what game you prefer probably depends on what style/world/setting you like more (and whats more nostalgic) i always liked mythology and classic, high fantasy more than the demons/angles hell setting of D2, so i still prefer TQ. D2's game mechanics are slightly more well rounded, but both games are equally outdated in QOL aspects. if PoE/Last Epoch wasnt a thing, i would play both of those games still to this day.

@dekdek4730 Год назад

i downloaded the original tq on mobile to try and bruh, that legendary sickle of Cronus i got in the telkin boss just before typhoon. never used it cuz of the very high requirements. maybe i could have in epic or legendary but I already got the legendary edition on a sale.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah apparently that sickle is just there to troll players. Even on the hardest difficulty you need a super specific build in order to equip it lol. Or so I've read.

@SpecShadow Год назад

Really weird that new DLC is behind 3rd difficulty... still didn't make it there, despite trying various builds and skipping PoE league(s)...

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah it's super strange! I guess they really wanted to make something for the Diehards

@Raumplestomp Год назад

Hey shadow. I'm experiencing something similar. I found a German guy who does speedruns. It was the only guide I saw including ever part of the leveling process. Titan Quest speedruns videos by AKE youtube.com/@akeTQ

@themakutron 10 месяцев назад

THQ Nordic must have been like: "this guy has a point!" (couple months later Titan Quest 2 gets announced)

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

Lol there's no way it's related, but this is super exciting news! A modern Titan quest sounds absolutely awesome!

@sahabatgamerID Год назад

13:01 No getting hit animation, break immersion

@strixcz 2 месяца назад

THIS! The screen shake on criticals (and the feedback you get when you almost die) makes SO MUCH difference in Grim Dawn! I tried playing TQ after GD but it felt like I was fighting a cardboard army (with a cardboard hero)...

@limother3749 3 месяца назад

The combat animation looks quite alike grim dawn

@Nackols 8 месяцев назад

it's good that it feels old, modern games suck for the most part

@scottryder2404 6 месяцев назад

Great review but I don't think you get the concept "Made with love".

@XXLepic 10 месяцев назад

Saying the game isn’t meth head speed of POE or D3 is actually the biggest compliment to play TQ ever 😂

@KingLich451 10 месяцев назад

the thing is it can be really really fast too, theres an option for it

@juandanielmujtarianrodrigu4421 Год назад

With all due respect my friend, it's very obvious that you don't really know the game... Try putting a few hundred hours into it. You have to respect these great games, I give you my advice... Other than that, gg

@evanpage2540 Год назад

For a game I play on my mobile, TQ is great

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah, how is it on mobile? I've never tried!

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

Yeah, how is it on mobile? I’ve never played an rpg on a phone

@MrWasian 8 месяцев назад

I honestly think the game was thematically better than Diablo 2, but Diablo 2's story was just way too good at the time. The setting for TQ, the graphics, and the story hold up. D2 was simply massive and sadly TQ didn't get as much love as it should've. The cinematics in TQ were on par with D2 imo if not better. The community was also amazing for TQ back when GameSpy was a thing. I remember playing with ACTUAL developers in the game, something I've never been able to do in any of the Diablo games. You know the devs love the game when they actively play it. I also remember the devs actively participating with the community and providing DIRECT feedback. That doesn't happen nowadays. I'm hoping with TQ2 announced some of that "magic" will be captured again. Especially with Diablo 4 being an absolute dogshit game, THQ has the potential to gain a MASSIVE following if they pull this off right.

@SchwingyGaming 8 месяцев назад

That is awesome! I had no idea the devs and community were so active back then. Sounds like a wonderful experience. I wish I had played it back in the day. I know I would've loved it.

@IzABub 4 дня назад

I wonder why it feels old 2006

@Ribyum Год назад

The biggest grip I have with the game is how the acts are rather long to get through, it's a slug in Normal difficulty when you don't yet have the ability to wipe out packs of monsters quickly until you've reached later Acts (unless you play the dream Mastery). There is LOTS of content, but I wish the pacing was like Diablo 2 where you could easily clear all 5 acts of a difficulty under a few hours only. Here with Titan Quest, it takes me at least a few days, maybe up to a week just to reach the next difficulty. It does test your patience a bit just to be able to play on Legendary.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah, it really took me a LONG time to get through the normal difficulty. Just the first act took me some 10 hours or so which I thought I must have been doing something wrong, until I looked it up and lo and behold that's pretty much just how it goes lol. Is the gameplay really that much faster on legendary?

@Ribyum Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming Once you know your way of the land and which side quests are worth doing, it is certainly much quicker in general. Legendary difficulty is where the fun starts because that's where the juicy gear and real bosses are hidden.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

@@Ribyum Yeah, that makes sense. It's too bad it's so far away though. Would've loved seeing my build come together sooner.

@Ribyum Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming Grim Dawn (made by the same developers) is more tolerable on that aspect though. It's significantly shorter, and closer to the same pace as Diablo 2's acts.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

@@Ribyum Yeah, I have played Grim Dawn once. I think that I would have a new appreciation for it now that I've played Titan Quest. :)

@jspinac1 7 месяцев назад

We Dig Old-School Gaming, Got to Know Your Past Roots Man, You Dig? At Least a H2O/Water Droplet Better than that awful Satanic Diablo 2, Quite a long game if you explore everything. Those Graphics were Nuts! :)

@user-dc9zo7ek5j Год назад

Glad you did not continue your mage class on epic or legendary difficulty (I will get to that). As you've said, the game is beautiful and it's based on mythology, it has a very beautiful soundtrack, I don't think it's visuals are dated, because of the clean style and the lighting system that make the whole game believable. I've played both, the immortal throne when I was younger, and anniversary edition (ragnarok) few years ago, I did not notice that many QOL improvements, they have only packaged the game so that it's a single install, instead of installing the based game (up to zeus) and then slapping the immportal throne with it's 5 patches (one of which is fan made) so that you can play the game. The game is in abandoned state, in which from time to time they milk the leftover users with not tested, broken expansions that can lock your game from progressing further. There are also a lot of bugs in the game, enemies casting spells on you through walls, defeating bosses without even being close to them (commanding pets to go to the arena), soft-locking gates (if you're in a lobby with a person that if further in the story than you). Multiplayer works, but only with 2-3 people, having more will cause the whole game to lag and be unplayable, only the host can play normally, other people in the lobby are fighting with things on the map that do not exist. Cheaters are also way too common, if you see the russian flag, do not join the lobby, most people, even the ones that are not with a russian flag, are cheaters, some even join games with low level players in order to kill them (spirit has such skill that drains health but boost mana for the whole party, when maxed if you're level 5 you die in 2 seconds). Crafting high level formulas is very tedious and people wearing them have probably cheated, high level formulas depend on artifacts, so in order to craft them, you have to craft 2 others, and to craft those... you get the point, you will probably have to create 10 artifacts and collect the needed charms, which are not specified in the game, and must be referred to by a guide. Masteries are heavily skewed toward melee, even if you play as a mage, you will be in range so short, that enemies will hit you, the most overpowered classes are nature and warfare, combining warfare with defense is the meant way to play the game, using the wolves in the nature mastery is the easy way to play the game, there was also a class that had spinning needle traps, as a side skill, but this skill is also very overpowered and you can go through the 3 difficulties by just spending your points on this skill without farming or griding. Equipment is balanced... for melee and archers, for mages it's definetely not, their skills are so powerless and with high cooldowns, that only the storm mastery I would consider good, but still, kiting is mandatory for all masteries. The best equipment in not the one in the highest level (for body and head armor it is), but regular yellow items and monster infrequents can be much more powerful and suited towards your build. The damage enemies deal is unidentifiable, and you cannot be sure where to put your resistances in, speaking of which, there are around 10 different resistance stats that you have to consider, although you can't be sure what damage the enemies exactly deal, with a few other mechanics such as dodging or blocking, dodging is dream mastery focused, blocking is defense master focused, getting those through items it not worth it, it's much easier if the items only compliment the default skills from those masteries, and yes, ranged builds are missing both. Mid game you will hit a plateau where monsters will be damage sponges and you will have a boss battle length fights with a pack of normal enemies, which gets demotivating very quickly. End game consists of you griding on lower difficulties in order to gain levels (because the game punishes you for being on legendary and reduces the XP gain), and because of the added expansions you will have so many free skill points that even at the end of epic your build will be maxxed out. But as you've said, it's all the same, there ins't anything more special on higher difficulties.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Sheesh, sounds like the game is probably only worth one playthrough for most people then, if even that. I'm also disappointed to hear that multiplayer lags that much in bigger groups. That really sucks.

@user-dc9zo7ek5j Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming Well I noticed the game got very boring after maxxing out 3-4 builds and I did not want to start a new character, going around normal enemies is also quite boring, because you aren't exactly sure what item will drop and what attributes it can have, so most runs consist of saving from specific fountain and running some route after which you quit and rejoin the game, bosses on the other hand, drop expected loot, and will not contain any surpises, at least not ones suited for your build specifically (except some powerful head and body armors). You are correct, the game is interesting within normal difficulty, in which you can play freely and experiment, without considering the crafting, equipment and mastery flaws that I've mentioned above OR with the monster multiplier mods (3X, XMAX) which make the game more interesting.

@isdochegal3576 10 месяцев назад

@@user-dc9zo7ek5j ok, i just read my own, way to long comment, on a comment and i come off as someone who just wants to put others and their opinion down. so i write something kind here at the start: its really nice to see people (like you) putting effort into explaining random strangers on youtube some details about a game that you are passionate about or at least deem worthy enough to give an inside of your perspective of the game for new players!!! And maybe all of what you said is true, for you. because of vastly different playstyles or something. i dont know so: lol ... almost half of your original comment is simply not true. just to give some examples 1: "as a mage, you will be in range so short, that enemies will hit you" thats only true for ranged enemies, wich should be an obvious. its totally possible to kite meele mobs (dont know on 3 times speed, never tried that)... he literally mention AND showed that in the video (and he managed that as a casual player at his first playthrou...so not that hard) 2 :"Mid game you will hit a plateau where monsters will be damage sponges and you will have a boss battle length fights with a pack of normal enemies, which gets demotivating very quickly" its the exact opposite (maybe could have something to do with your builds....or mine)... but i completed the mainstory like 20 times (back in the days that is) and the epic difficulty was always the fastest to clear (WITHOUT even A SINGLE exception) cause its not really hard but you got plenty of skills from the get go (plus some other reasons). 3. :"for mages it's definetely not, their skills are so powerless and with high cooldowns, that only the storm mastery I would consider good" now thats just untrue... either you couldnt figure out how to build mages in the game or you just never tried. Maybe you didnt time cooldowns from both classes correct!? i swiped trough the game (legendary 3 times spawn mod) multiple times mith DIFFERENT mage builds (yes even magesbuilds without storm...but you are right in that strom is one of the strongest but i would say its just a bit over powerd and not that others are underdelivering) and that is just to name a few and there is more stuff wrong in your comment. as i said, more than half of what you said is reasonable, tho! one last thing i found funny 4:"Well I noticed the game got very boring after maxxing out 3-4 builds and I did not want to start a new character" MAXING out ONE character in titan quest is like 85-250 hours (depending on expectations of what "maxing out" is, speed of the individual player, drop luck, etc) so if you have MAXED OUT 3-4 builds, you actually got a shit ton of game and fun for your money!! except you use only online guides (how to best, how to strongest, how to fastest, how to not think by myself, etc) and cheaty mods that help with exp, loot, overall speed of the game (i never sped up the time, so that could help a lot, i guess), nerfing enemies, buffing classes, etc.!!! theres no hate here. just a fanboy with a totally different perspective on some parts of the game, that you´ve mentioned. wish you peace, love and fun for the future ;)

@user-dc9zo7ek5j 10 месяцев назад

@@isdochegal3576 Amazed someone else had a different view on the game, especially for mages. My experience with mages is playing without mods, there aren't that many monsters and a lot of them were spread out over an area, which for mages what not a good thing because this meant that you can target at max 2 enemies and kite the others until the cooldown is finished. This kiting gets boring very quick, and the range of your characters is not that great to defend yourself, also you don't have enough movement speed, while some enemies do, like reptiles, tigers, making kiting impossible. All builds in TQ are forced to be more or less in a melee range and to take damage. About maxing, I consider maxing out a character which has both trees up and has finished all the quests/side quests and one of the best gears. Even geared up (transfer high level items to them), I did not succeed with builds that are using intellect. I've played anniversary edition for around 2 years, and I've hard around 9 builds, with most being stuck in the last act of epic difficulty, and ranged/melee based builds making it out of there. I was not talking about the game being impossible, but about the game being biased towards those types of builds and annoying and slow for the mages. Casting spells outside the edges of your screen and kiting is not what I consider fun.

@isdochegal3576 10 месяцев назад

@@user-dc9zo7ek5j 1 :"there aren't that many monsters and a lot of them were spread out over an area, which for mages what not a good thing because this meant that you can target at max 2 enemies and kite the others until the cooldown is finished" wtf... thats contradicting in itself. how can there BE only 2 enemies but u still have to somehow kite someone AFTER you killed the two (only mobs around)???? and if u mean that only 2 are standing close together and the rest are a bit more spread out, so that u can only hit the 2 with one spell then u dont have to pull agro from the others, so u dont have to kite anything. but if you dont want to kill them one by one just pull them together like in every other arpg/mmo/etc. that has ever been made an use your spells AFTER u did that plus i still dont see how your cooldowns are so high ( with a maxed out char, as u said) that you have to wait so long. in the time, needed to pull the next mobs, the cooldown is alomst rdy again (depending on where u farm of course) plus spread out monsters is NEVER a good thing for MEELE chars.. so i dont see how that would make a melee build better. 2 :"All builds in TQ are forced to be more or less in a melee range and to take damage" more or less in melee range (only for the fast ones): YES and take dmg. NO (of course u will take dmg while playing otherwise there would be no game there but u dont have to face tank everything) there are some mobs that are definitly faster than you (as u mentioned) but none of them are tanky. so u just throw stuff in front of u ( just smite them from above with storm or throw a wave throu them with dream. in the direction they are coming from e.g.) while still kiting. if your build is somewhat strong, all of them die before they can touch you (on epic and legendary) , most of the time (not always tho) BUT these fast ones are excaptions and thats not an argument for 90% of the enemies in the game!! 3 :"I consider maxing out a character which has both trees up and has finished all the quests/side quests and one of the best gears" if u add that u have to be max lvl (both trees up is kinda the same thing, now that i think about it) and the quests are done on legendary than we have the same opinion on that! 4 :"Even geared up (transfer high level items to them), I did not succeed with builds that are using intellect. I've played anniversary edition for around 2 years, and I've hard around 9 builds, with most being stuck in the last act of epic difficult" ok, that DEFINITLY is a you problem. and only that!!! its not just me but about 4 friends of mine have also mages in the game and also had no problem progressing towards the end of legendary, what so ever (WITHOUT trading gear that is) yes, all of them play arpg for about 20 years now and are good player but that doesnt mean u have to be crazy good to do that. i cleard all difficulties on my first mage build ever without a problem! BUT i have to mention that all this was on classic TQ with hades DLC not on anniversary edition (wich i also played but not my friends) i can just repead what i said in the last commet "either you couldnt figure out how to build mages in the game or you just never tried" i guess u tried, so only the first part applies to you. 5 :"kiting is not what I consider fun" that would mean that range/mage classes in generell (in most games that have a similar genre) are just not what u like to play. and thats totally fine but dont blame it on the game! u have to kite in those typ of games for 30 years now ^^ if thats something u dont like, then i guess u didnt do it a lot and THAT would explain how you never beat epic with a mage (on top of a "not optimal" build) . 6 :" the game being biased towards those types of builds and annoying and slow for the mages" XDXDXD i always thought about it the other way around. melees beeing so slow in clearing mobs in comparison (on epic and legendary) was the reason i started to mainly play mages in the game (of course i still tried other stuff) i dont know man. are we rly talking about the same game?XDXD its funny. im starting to get curious about how you build your chars. sounds like i could learn something from you, regarding melee builds and you could learn some from me regarding mages ^^

@Hyouka-Hates-Handles 10 месяцев назад

I actually really love how slow TQ is compared to other ARPG I find fast gameplay rather boring because there is no time to actually immerse into the setting, world, surroundings your currently in. I also think the graphics are better than most new games but I have that opinion with most older games simply because when a game looks really realistic you (or at least I) notice odd looking objects, textures or effects a lot more then in a game where the graphics just look older all round so I personally can get a lot more immersed into the game. lol

@shutup1037 9 месяцев назад

What fast gameplay of arpg other than PoE? I find torchlight and Grim Dawn to be quite slow build up. I like slower pace of game like this too, the reason i dont play PoE

@kmo9111 10 месяцев назад

what if you dont tho the 1 st mission let the horse pixels die.

@Bokisa3 Год назад

i see the new titan quest 2 coming soon in 2023

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

Are you sure?

@Bokisa3 4 месяца назад

@@majorgear1021 it was supposed to come out, but it looks like it will come out either in the middle of 2024 or at the end of maybe the beginning of 2025, but no matter when it comes out, it won't be completely finished

@kmo9111 10 месяцев назад

it can be played with 1 hand of fate.

@darthtalon9703 5 месяцев назад

its evident you dont put efford to understand the game at all, saying Earth and Storm mastery is purely mage is NOT accurate at all, every single mastery work for any type,Range,melee and spellcasting Titan Quest is far superious then games like Diablo 3 and even 4, and thats not opinion,thats a fact.You have complete freedom how you build your character, you want to be tanky mage in heavy armor casting spells? you can, you want to be magic type Rogue or Ranger? you can. You wanna be summoner with small army of pets - you can, every build is viable. You cant say the same with D3 or D4. Weapon enchantments? you can turn shitty weapon into some amazing and powerful weapons what fit your build. Quests? some quests give perma boost or skill point or attribute point,what YOU can spend whereevr YOU want. Titan Quest is timeless classic, what hold even Today, they are still plenty people who play this game.

@hatcam587 10 месяцев назад

Titan Quest 2 announced!!

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

When will it be released? In 2024?

@TartarusPyro Год назад

I like the slow gameplay also expansion sucks tq and IT are good hellenic mythology is the main game for me rest suck also drop rates are so hard diablo 2 legendaries drops are way better

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

are legendaries that rare even on the hardest difficulty? I never got around to it.

@TartarusPyro Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming yes bro its super hard crazy game but i love it you think tyraels might is rare ? Try getting what you want in titan quest cu after 10 years also in original TQ there is no storages caravans only inventory bags and thats a pain in the ass cuz you need to sell alot of good items .caravans where added in immortal throne anyway titan quest and grim dawn my favorite rpg i would place diablo 2 resurrected 3rd

@therebelofchaos1674 Год назад

Idk I thought Ragnarok was at least good. Atlantis and EE were pretty mid though.

@w92viking64 Месяц назад

Still the second best ARPG after Grim Dawn

@jcc4543 6 дней назад

Yeah did he try that?

@GlazeonthewickeR 10 месяцев назад

It feels old because it is old.

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

Wait what? Really?

@beageler Год назад

Yeah, that Titam Quest was much better than Diablo 2 has been clear for a long time, no need to reiterate. But I don't know what comparing it to newer games will do, either. Graphics are humongously unimportant in Hack'n'Slashs, and I have long had the feeling that newer ones have nothing more than the older ones in regards to gameplay besides the faux longevity, keeping the player playing the same character for senseless grinding in post game. [edit] Nevermind, I see you often, consciously or involuntarily, seem to be looking for reasons to dislike the game. Fair enough, I guess.

@peterruskov Год назад

Had to buy new GPU to play TQ when it released, it was the best looking ARPG at the time.

@strixcz 2 месяца назад

I discovered Grim Dawn (a game by the same studio that largely builds upon TQ foundations) first and played it a lot before getting a bit bored with it. So I decided to give TQ a try for a change. Bad idea. It felt so clunky, tedious and obsolete in so many ways compared to its much superior successor that I actually requested a refund for TQ after only playing it for a couple hours. So I agree, TQ might have been good when it came out, but if you think about playing it today, don't bother and jump straight to GD - which is similar yet SO MUCH BETTER in literally every aspect. TQ is merely a "proof of concept" for Grim Dawn which is the ACTUAL game you're looking for...

@WhiteWolf126 10 месяцев назад

It's awesome and based.

@Grandmastergav86 10 месяцев назад

Given how shite games generally are these days, a game "feeling old" is a massive plus in my book. Many modern ARPGs still don't come anywhere close to it's quality.

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

That is totally fair and you're completely right about the general trend of devs/publishers releasing crappy or incomplete games.

@matt.1504 19 часов назад

ok boomer, when things like Kotor 2 or Morrowind are unplayable today without mods.

@Chunta24 9 месяцев назад

Wel dont play iton xbox though cuz for some reason like it wont let you useyour abiliies and you just get jumped hard i got a whole new co troler still keeps doing it and tried it on another xbox still keeps happening and at the most worst possible times what a buzz kill because game is fun but wasted my money i really need a pc

@terrancesweetman8541 11 месяцев назад

Still better then these broken triple aaa games 😂

@radicalcentrist4990 6 месяцев назад

This is a game that I didn't grow up with so I don't have nostalgia for it but I still like it more than modern ARPG's. It's gotta be the bright tone and the greek mythology aspect that does it for me. I'm just getting tired of dark fantasy, I always preffered a brighter tone in fantasy games personally, kinda like Warcraft and Oblivion.

@LordConstrobuz 8 месяцев назад

>16 year old game feels old no shit

@SchwingyGaming 8 месяцев назад

big if true

@Kritsoss 8 месяцев назад

you can compare with the new ones couse tq is a qualiity game without fancy lighting things everywhere like the new ones and kids dont play tq. i will disagree.

@thiccnicc3290 10 месяцев назад

luckily we’re getting a new one 😎

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

That trailer looks great!

@LeMoez Год назад

Titan Quest was my first love - forever best ARPG

@Theos. 11 месяцев назад

my phone ringtone is the metal version of the titan quest immortal throne music. its awesome

@kmo9111 10 месяцев назад

still most played game s GOG steam

@There-Is-No-Virus 10 месяцев назад

II announced now

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

what is?

@kolliwanne964 8 месяцев назад

Tbh the expansions are reeeeally adding a lot of good things to the gameplay, even if we disregard the extra story

@Luchiop 11 месяцев назад

love this game and grim dawn. so much better than Last Epoch.

@daemonhunter100 10 месяцев назад

Condolences to your emo phase... those were dark times.

@SchwingyGaming 10 месяцев назад

Thank you. Dark times indeed

@burningsheep4473 2 месяца назад

"There are not a whole lot of skills in the game to be honest." I honestly just stopped watching at that point, because that is obviously just completely and utterly incorrect. Sorry, but I had to leave a dislike.

@zakch4769 10 месяцев назад

TITAN QUEST 2 ANOUCED LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

@daniilioakeim1283 7 месяцев назад

TITAN QUEST 2 BOUT TO GO CRAZY

@bradentonflorida2637 7 месяцев назад

I have Diablo 4 worst game ever sooooooo boring Titan quest yeah its old but at least I do not fall asleep like when I play Diablo 4. I actually enjoy playing this game I never played it before though I have tried the classes in the mod for Grim Dawn called Grimarillion basically this mod is why I bought Titan Quest to try it and so far I am having fun unlike Diablo 4 the best sleep aid in the world.

@MhoNoLoG1 9 месяцев назад

420th like bro

@SchwingyGaming 9 месяцев назад

based

@MyoldPCGamesCollection 10 месяцев назад

i played it first in 2006 and still play it now

@Soulfly415 Год назад

That's laughable, man... the gameplay puts Diablo 3 and 4 to shame, what are you talking about? I don't blame you though, you clearly don't understand these Diablo types of ARPG on a deeper level... and by that i mean, you have no idea what makes such games good. If you call a game boring, or unexciting gameplay wise, just because you're not allowed to be a demigod from the first second, and you actually have restrictions and face challenges on low levels, then i suggest go play something like f'n Zelda or something. Games like Titan Quest are all about going from zero to a demigod in a gradual and rewarding process. That cooldown you're complaining so much about, can be reduced by 80% in the later difficulties, if you're lucky enough to find the appropriate gear... which is not going to happen if you're impatient, and you're expecting to destroy everything on a single run. And the more patient you are, the more rewarding the experience becomes when you finally reach that point, where your character feels accomplished. I'm oversimplifying it for you, but that's basically the idea behind these games. They're not for everyone, that's for sure, and TQ specifically is clearly not for you. The gameplay is amazing, you just don't understand it. It's enough for me to see that you're complaining of not getting enough staff weapons to know that you're pretty clueless. Act 1 of the game can drop a fire staff (Staff of the Magi is what it's called) for your character that is strong enough to carry you all the way to act 3 and can be farmed in 20-30 minutes if you do a simple google search of where you should look for it. Also, don't forget that you're not relying only on enemies to drop staves, they can be found in lootables, regular chests and boss chest. And you seem to forget that there are vendors in the game, and these traders can sell you staves that are almost as good, or sometimes way better than the ones that drop on the battlefield. They go up to green rarity and can be upgraded with relics and charms to make them even more powerful. But why should you pay attention to the vendors, right? Let's instead bash the gameplay in a youtube video...

@Dante666-br3cj Год назад

He also completely misunderstood the item system. The enemies not only drop the weapon or armor type they cary, what you get is what they used in the fight against you, meaning, a bow wielding enemy can spawn with a regural (white), magic (yellow), rare (green), epic (blue) and in later difficulties even legendary (purple) bows. It's one of the coolest systems in the ARPG genre because you can actually see a monster or a boss wielding a recognizible unique epic or legendary weapon, and you know that when you kill him, you'll be getting that weapon for yourself. And that goes for armors as well not just weapons. You can see skeletons, cenaurs and other monster types, rocking cool looking unique helmets body armors and shields. All in all, It's still a randmized system, but instead the random drop being determined when you kill the enemy, instead it's determined the moment the enemy spawns when you load the game or enter a new unexplored area. Furthermore, the lootables are completely random, so when you kill a boss, you get to roll the dice on these juicy majestic boss chests... not to mention the hundreds of other majestic chests that randomly spawn all over the game world. I haven't even touched upon Monster Infrequent items, they add a whole new layer of depth to the itemization.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Now why would I as a new player coming in, know to do a google search for the fire magi staff? I absolutely would not, and it's silly to me to think that a new player should be looking up tips and tricks that early on. I was trying to bring a new player's perspective to the game so that other people like myself who have enjoyed other Arpgs in the past can see what the game is like. Sure, 30-40 hours isn't representative of the entire experience. Absolutely. But that was enough for me to know that it wasn't for me while still feeling like I did give it a solid chance. And like I said, it wasn't all bad. Definitely not. As far as the fact that staves can drop from chests and you can buy them from vendors: duh. I know that and did look at vendors frequently whenever I encountered one or went back to town. I didn't think it was important to bring it up because ALL of the other weapons and item types can also drop from those chests and can be bought at vendors so they are still less common relative to others. That was the point I was trying to make. You seem like someone who has played the game a lot and has a deep respect for it and I respect that. It's cool that you like the game as much as you do. I think I was being pretty fair to the game in this video, because everything I mentioned was my experience with it. I also thought I made it pretty clear that "hey, maybe it becomes way more fun in epic and legendary difficulties, I wouldn't know from experience though". Keep enjoying Titan quest man. It's a cool game for people that are really into a long progression grind, I'm sorry if my video offended you somehow. Enjoy your day.

@Soulfly415 Год назад

@@SchwingyGaming Yes, you are right, everything you mentioned is your own experience with the game, but the problem here is, you're blaming everything on the game and nothing on your own mistakes. To answer your questions... You should know to google the staff, (or more like this "useful starting weapons for Earth Mastery in TQ) because this is not your first ARPG of this type, judging by how you comparing Titan Quest to other Diablo clones, even moderns ones. And since this is not your first Daiblo clone game, then you should be well aware that learning some basics before starting to build your first class is an absolute must in such games... unless you want to end up with a weak build that is unable to carry you through the game, or make your gameplay less enjoyable. Like i said, this Diablo clone subgenre is not for everyone, it's a lot of trial and error and a lot of patience is required. Everyone starts their first ARPG blind, and sooner or later, they regret it, and realize they have to learn some basics and tips before giving it another shot. Lucky for you, it's 2023, and there is information everywhere that could have helped you appreciate the game for what it is. And by that i don't mean to just copy someone else build, i mean learning just enough to feel confident in making your own build and having a progression plan for it (having a plan is fun), which is a must in this game, and not only this one... same goes for Diablo 2 if you're planning on playing on higher difficulties beyond the normal campaign, you just can't go blind, you will fail eventually. Like i said, you can't make the excuse of being a new player, because even if you've never played TQ before, you've definitely played more than a few games of the same type, so you should know better. You might not like the idea of having to familiarize yourself with a class/build before you start playing it, and that will be fine, you're free to have that preference... but like i said, this is exactly the reason why Titan Quest is not for you, and why you don't understand it, you just refused to understand it, and came to the conclusion that the gameplay is bad. But okay, i'll give you this one - let's say having to google the Magi Staff is a bit of a stretch. You should have put two and two together and search the vendors constantly... like all the time, not just on the occasional stop in town. And not the blacksmith vendor, but the magic vendor and not just in the early towns, but in every new location you arrive in, because the higher you progress through the game, you discover higher level vendors that sell stronger loot than the earlier ones. That change is more noticeable when switching acts. Vendors in Act 2 sell much better weapons than vendors in act 1. Sure, it might be rare to find that godly green fire staff with extra attack speed, but believe me, they can spawn at the vendors if you're patient enough. And if you don't get it... well you're a caster after all, right? You didn't like the cooldown of the spell you chose at the beginning? Why didn't you respec the points from it and try a different skill? Volcanic Orb is a great starting skill for leveling. Much shorter cooldown and great damage in an area of effect.... just max it up right away and you'll quickly forget the need to use a staff for a while. It will eventually get weaker, so then you just respec the points again, but this time you'll be at higher level, and you'll be able to experiment with top tier spells and abilities. What about your second mastery? Could te answer to your struggles be there? Why not experiment with few kills there as well, to see what works for you? One thing that is great here is the endless skill point respecs, so you can experiment with every skill until you find your style, your class, your build.... get the most powerful fire spells, and look at the vendors or from monsters drops for equipment with increased elemental/fire/burn damages, cooldown reduction and faster casting speed.... while also trying to maintain your resistances at a decent percentage. Also, items with +skills are great if you come across them. For attributes, you dump everything in Intelligence maybe with a few points in dexterity, since some caster equipment has low dex requirements... and you can even invest some additional attribute points in health if you feel like it. But honestly, that's pretty basic stuff that doesn't require reading guides... the build logic i'm describing here, applies to games like Diablo 2/Sacred/Torchlight 1&2, Path of Exile. It's basic stuff that you should be aware of, since, once again, this is not your first game of this type, right? Sorry for the long posts, but i like discussions like this. Yes, i like the game a lot (not as much as Diablo 2 but...), but my goal here is not to try to convince you to like Titan Quest, i'm just trying to explain why i think you were unfair in your judgement of the game.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

@@Soulfly415 man thanks for the reply, I appreciate the critique. Maybe I wasn't fair enough to the game and should have looked up a build or synergies ahead of time. I could've done that and you're right that I do do that for other games like PoE for example. I totally take responsibility for my character being weak. I knew it was my fault, I could have looked things up and had an easier time, but for the sake of the video, I wanted to go in blind so to speak. Anyways, for what it's worth, I find the gameplay of d4 and d3 very shallow so far lol. Agree with you on that!

@diablox2996 8 месяцев назад

Dude making video about tq being bad, didnt even try dlcs.

@VincentNoot 11 месяцев назад

I hated this game. Gave up after 45 minutes.

@Smurfking 10 месяцев назад

gonna play Titan Quest 2?

@atcera8714 10 месяцев назад

Titan Quest 2 is finally coming

@majorgear1021 4 месяца назад

When?

@Narutofan825 Год назад

You forgot to mention how end game is horribly done. Bosses have insane table item drop pool. Which means you need to kill them insane amount of times to even get a chance for the item you want to drop or even for your class. Then kill them some more to get perfect loot. This ruins every reason to build a character the way you want to , to the fullest extend so it forces you to go modding and cheating.

@SchwingyGaming Год назад

Yeah that's probably pretty accurate. I haven't messed around in the real endgame at all so I didn't know with 100% certainty. Then again, some people actually probably like that items are that hard to get.

@pistolero9836 Год назад

You get loot to defeat bosses, you don't defeat bosses to get loot. aRPG veterans' got everything in reverse.

@Narutofan825 Год назад

@@pistolero9836 nonsense reply

@pistolero9836 Год назад

@@Narutofan825 Nonsense is feeling forced to turn a videogame into a chore or cheat to achieve a sense of fulfillment.

@Narutofan825 Год назад

@@pistolero9836 Nah your reply is still nonsensical ;)

@abcdef2069 8 месяцев назад

diablo is a total fuked up game, titan quest is also near fuked up game, the move button and attack button are the SAME, there is no freaking way i will ever click everytime when not sure attacking or going to ruin my fingers and shoulders. what is wrong with the titan quest's looting, there is one loot chest for about every 5 mobs, and it delays opening much less manually picking up. you got thousands of these to open up.

@jrksoldierx1436 7 месяцев назад

In 2007 i was also a emo kid playing cod 4 and halo 3

@SchwingyGaming 7 месяцев назад

I knew I couldn't be the only one..

@ROForeverMan 10 месяцев назад

Why do you keep filming yourself ? Is distracting. I want to watch the game... and then all of a sudden you pop up and break the immersion.

@jinz4246 7 месяцев назад

Well I have TQ and played it for a while but could not replay it as many times as diablo 2... TQ map is just to big and pointless to many times, fillers over fillers everywhere with no content,.