Titan Quest Anniversary Edition

Mostly fun casual Diablo - I am kind of torn on this game but kept playing so guess it is a thumbs up. First off - the game starting off pretty solid bug wise, but later on it started crashing fairly frequently when doing the autosaving. As my inventory and character counts grew, it got worse and was pretty annoying. Turning off Steam save helped, but still happened. The story and setting and art and vibe is great, and there is a lot to do. A lot of the time the non-bosses were pretty trivial, but after learning on using the speed up feature for most of the fights that alleviated that. But there was a lot that was annoying that I hope they improve in the sequel. Who ever decided that every item drop should be thrown into the air and require 3-15 seconds for the physics engine to have it land and stop moving before being picked up seriously must hate gaming. And yes - this is not an exaggeration as sometimes items on slopes/etc will keep moving and take way way way too long to show up, but you will hear the sound that indicates that it is a unique/whatever right away. Inventory flooding is super real as you will will get way too many items and most are trash. There are a dozen char classes and you get two picks, that means easily 90%+ of it is not for your character. Respeccing is painful and costly and I hate hate hate that - I don't want to read a fricking guide and don't know why you would make this so hard for people who just want to try stuff out and then tinker. I would much prefer WASD controls. Etc etc. So fun and has its good parts, but be prepared to put up with many annoyances.

Very disappointed. Game was going fine until the first 'Boss Fight', where it seems (from personal experience and googling) it's impossible to progress unless you use ranged damage and kite the boss. As I'd taken a melee build, the fight was effectively impossible.

If you like Diablo 2 clones, and you prefer slaughtering tiny hordes of mythological creatures instead of gory hellspawn, then this is the game for you. You fight your way through various Ages of Myth, you pick up loot, you level up. it's a tried and tested loop. It's fun. Honestly i love that this game got some upgrades in the anniversary edition because it means when i need an ARPG i can keep on not having to remember my battle.net password or get a second job in Path of Exile 2.

fun game can play it so many different ways

Immer noch eines der besten A-RPGs! ;-)

chotko