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Titan Quest

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Titan Quest
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Game Info

Publisher: THQ

Developer: Iron Lore Entertainment

Genre(s): Action, Role-Playing Game

Players: 6

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: June 26, 2006

Summary

From the co-creator of Age of Empires, Brian Sullivan, comes an all-new action role-playing game set in the mythical worlds of ancient Greece and Egypt. The Titans, gods before the gods, have escaped from their eternal prison to wreak havoc on the world. In this titanic struggle between old and new gods it is the heroes of humankind who will ultimately determine the fate of all existence. The player quests throughout the ancient world in a race to uncover the secrets needed to once again imprison these ancient gods. Journeying to fabled locations such as the Parthenon, the maze at Knossos, the Great Pyramids, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the player will have to overcome terrifying monsters and mythical beasts. A flexible class system allows almost limitless ways for the player to develop their character. Skills can be customized in many ways, and never become obsolete. [THQ]

What The Critics Said

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94

Gaming Illustrated

If you love RPGs, then this title is a must have for any PC gamer. With the right hardware, it offers better graphics than any game in its genre to date, with a really nice set of monsters that will sometimes scare you right off your mouse.

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91

GameShark

An addictive, beautiful, well-designed game that is easily at the top of its genre.

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90

PALGN

Titan Quest is a godsend. It has been a while since we’ve played a quality action RPG, and Titan Quest fulfills our expectations perfectly. The game is deep, the combat is enjoyable, the game looks superb and there’s just so much to do. While the game borrows a few gameplay elements from Diablo II, Titan Quest does enough to feel fresh and offers enough variety to ensure that newcomers and fans of the genre will enjoy the experience.

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90

Yahoo! Games

One of those rare games where the ratio of time spent to the cost of the game makes for some of the most efficient entertainment this side of "Oblivion" or "Civilization IV."

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90

Games Radar (in-house)

And heaven forbid you tire of repetitive creature-clobbering - take your game online and swap in up to six players, then keep on playing solo after they've left, or bring them back again later. Come on... how cool is that?

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90

Worth Playing

When it comes to Diablo clones, I’ve played them all; Sacred, Harbinger, Blade & Sword, Dungeon Siege, and Space Hack. I’ve also loved each and every one of them for reasons unique to each. Titan Quest is easily the best of the lot, simply for doing everything this type of game requires and doing it better than all of its contemporaries.

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87

PGNx Media

A solid approach to the Diablo formula. The game gives you a lot of flexibility with regards to your character, it lets you play online if you want, and you can create your own maps and quests. Add to this a stellar presentation and it’s hard to fault the game.

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86

Game Chronicles

While Titan Quest definitely scores points for presentation, stunning visuals, and powerful sound and music, there is just too many gameplay oddities lurking below the surface to make this a solid recommendation.

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85

AtomicGamer

Due to some critical flaws in the multiplayer mode, Titan Quest winds up being a blast for you and your trusted friends for at least a couple weeks if not more, but it just won't go any further than that without Iron Lore doing some serious work on the online play.

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85

Pelit (Finland)

Probably the best or at least the most entertaining "Diablo" clone out there at the moment. While Titan Quest looks great, it does not quite reach the sophistication and richness of Diablo II. The multiplayer mode could have used a lot more work. [Sept 2006]

85

GamingTrend

A "Diablo" clone done right! With excellent balance, cooperative multiplayer, addictive loot gathering, and a great graphical presentation, it is easy to overlook the few flaws within the game.

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85

GamePro

While Iron lore deserve kudos for the much-needed tweaks, it's a shame they didn't take more ambitious chances and really push the formula to new heights. On the plus side, if you liked "Diablo II" or "Dungeon Siege II," you're sure to love Titan Quest. It is, after all, almost precisely the same game.

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85

Computer Games Online RO

Bottom line, if you care for your mouse and have no desire to kill thousands upon thousands of monsters, you can safely skip this one, but if you’re a fan of the hack and slash genre you certainly won’t regret the time spent in Titan Quest.

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84

Next Level Gaming

A solid game, it will not knock "Diablo 2" off the thrown of greatest Hack ‘n Slash ever, but it definitely made a good showing for itself.

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84

PC Gamer

Titan Quest doesn't do much more than "Diablo II" did to innovate in the action RPG space, but it's still a hell of a good time. [Sep 2006, p.70]

84

Game Over Online

I honestly would have thought that this game would have become boring long before now. I mean, I have a combat technique that I used on 99% of the monsters that I come across, and all I’m really doing is walking around left clicking on everything ad infinitum. And yet the monster variation, the pretty scenery, the plethora of items, the character skills, the hope of finding better loot are all keeping it going for me.

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83

Game Informer

Failing a rejection of the entire mindset that Tita Quest caters to, however, many good times can be easily found in this land of mytholigical wonder and fat loots. [Aug 2006, p.89]

82

Gamers' Temple

Overall Titan Quest is definitely recommendable to those looking for the simple pleasure of slaying thousands of monsters with their mouse. In depth and complex it is not, but it still can be fun and addicting in its own right.

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81

PC Format

A beautiful ancient-myth-set "Diablo" clone with nothing to be ashamed of. [Aug 2006, p.102]

81

PC Zone UK

This is a pure action RPG with huge production values, great visuals and a fairly diverting levelling system. It doesn't rewrite the rules of the genre because it isn't supposed to.

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81

IGN

I think it looks impressive and offers a ton of content, and there are certainly worse games with which to spend your summer days (and there are worse games coming out of new development houses).

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80

VideoGamer

Some niggles with the inventory system are a little grating, but it's easy to forgive a few slight oversights when the game as a whole is so well put together.

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80

Boomtown

Any "Diablo" fan should lap the game up. It's a detailed, entertaining and long-lasting adventure with plenty to do and see.

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80

Play Magazine

Familiar and effective controls. [Aug 2006, p.73]

80

GamerFeed

An amazing game. It has an extremely fun adventure, filled with insane beasts and exciting battles. The gear, the classes, and the many combinations of each bring hours of joy.

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80

G4 TV

Can something be entirely derivative and almost great? Why not! Titan Quest does for action-RPGs what "Serious Sam" did for shooters and offers something enjoyable to mouse-poke-poke-poke until Blizzard gets off its collective derriere and dishes up a proper sequel.

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80

Jolt Online Gaming UK

As addictive as the gameplay can become, the comprehensive (albeit complicated) modding software is sure to trigger compulsion in the more creative players.

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80

IC-Games

If you loved the Diablo series, get Titan Quest it’s a simple as that. Newcomers really do have the most to gain though; Titan Quest has taken the best of the genre and polished it up for the 21’st century.

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79

GameZone

The game is addicting to me personally, and the hack-and-slash style is something I’ve always enjoyed going back to Diablo days. If that type of style appeals to you, then get this game.

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79

ActionTrip

The combat segment of the action RPG experience is spectacular, the game looks beautiful and it offers an epic journey through a massive single-player campaign. Still, I must admit that my interest in it kept waning as time went on.

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78

PC Gameworld

A good looking game with a great setting and some original monsters that is linear, repetitive, and easy to exploit. And that is the long answer.

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77

2404.org

Boasting over 30 hours of play time, multiple difficulty levels and an online component, Titan Quest offers enough gameplay content to make it worth a look.

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77

Strategy Informer

If you like a hack and slash game in the style of "Diablo," then you’ll definitely enjoy Titan Quest. If, on the other hand, you’re looking for a true role-playing experience in which bashing things with a sword, spear, axe, bow, or some other weapon isn’t the only way to achieve your goal, you’re probably better off playing "Oblivion" or waiting for "Neverwinter Nights II."

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76

GameSpot

With its lengthy single-player campaign, well-integrated multiplayer, and full-featured level editor, Titan Quest is a robust package that nonetheless feels all too familiar.

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76

Games Master UK

The depth offered in Titan Quest is great, but when the beasts get harder and the rewards stay the same, you've got to ask if you're getting a raw deal. [Sept 2006, p.71]

75

Detroit Free Press

And despite some dropping glitches, the multiplayer mode shines when you can use a partner to help take out a big monster.

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74

GameTrailers

One particularly frustrating aspect of the game is the inventory management system.

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71

Gamer 2.0

Titan Quest fits the bill for a solid action RPG that gives you what you'd expect but nothing beyond it. It seems content enough to be big, and if you like Diablo-inspired games, you'll get what you'd expect from an isometric role-playing title based in ancient Greece.

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70

Gamezilla!

Using Greek mythology as its base, Titan’s Quest takes a solid, balanced, and low risk gameplay approach. Although it’s not going to redefine a game genre, RPG fans will be more then satisfied.

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70

games(TM)

Excellently constructed and just addictive enough to encourage players to make it through to the end. In multi-player especially, it’s consistently enjoyable and occasionally compelling, if a little old fashioned. [Aug 2006, p.132]

70

Edge Magazine

Titan Quest’s hyper-realism is, at least when above ground, dazzlingly picturesque, with lighting so natural you expect there to be an elemental resistance for sunburn. [Aug 2006, p.84]

70

AceGamez

A good game, but not a great game. If this had been released three of four years ago it would have been heralded as a real contender for PC game of the year. However, as times have moved on and 3D RPGs such as Oblivion have taken the gaming world by storm, top-down RPGs like Titan Quest were always going to suffer.

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70

1UP

While it may not break, or even dent, any new ground, Titan Quest features a beautifully realized game world based on a tried-and-true core mechanic, with tons of replayability. What's not to like?

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70

GameSpy

The game is long, its systems are well done, and it's quite nice to look at. And most importantly, it has legs.

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70

Eurogamer

Although pleasingly wrapped in all the right legends, there's nothing here that fully chains us to the PC. It's too repetitious, too derivative and too fiddly to exult, especially when there's so much more artful PC RPG fodder that I haven't yet defeated.

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70

Total Video Games

Filling the current void of click-click RPGs with a lengthy and absorbing campaign, high production values and enough loot to keep even a "ninjalooter" happy; whether or not such qualities are enough to look past the game's lack of creativity, however, very much depends on whether you've spent the last five years waiting for "Diablo 3" or not.

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70

Computer Games Magazine

Even if Titan Quest doesn't deliver on its promise to hang out with Homer, this is a cut above the average "Diablo" clone. [Sept. 2006, p.69]

64

PC Gamer UK

While it's a competent shell of a game, the only scrap of ingenuity is in the way each character picks any two of eight skill trees, and even that's been pipped at the post by "Guild Wars." [Aug 2006, p.84]

60

Sydney Morning Herald

If you're looking for something that's easy on the eye and not too demanding, then Titan Quest might help satisfy your thirst for adventure.

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58

Game Revolution

"Ancient" is a good way to describe this fun ripoff. For those special few who cannot get enough of the hack-and-click action RPG thing, Titan Quest will effectively scratch that itch. However, its lack of substantial innovation, problems with loot and technical hiccups keep it from conquering Olympus.

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50

Gaming Age

I can't give it as good a grade as I'd like to because of the installation issues, and it's not an original concept but it still manages to be a fun little game.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 108 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Travis H. gave it a4:
Too easy, The hardest part of the game was a glitch that made the one boss invincible, even then he couldn't kill us. Fun to goof off in, but nothing that great.

Dretti gave it a10:
Great game! Really addictive. If you like Diablo II or Sacred this is your game.

Duncan R. gave it a9:
This game is great, its graphics , its monsters , the bosses... i played it 4 times to do all the mastery's. instalation problems? where??? i didnt had any... ''Diablo clone''? This game is way better.

Scott M. gave it a9:
I am really glad I found out about this game through Steam. It was refreshing to play a game that isn't over-complex, has a familiar style without a learning curve, and that has such great scope, setting, and graphics. FUN!

Gustavo G. gave it a10:
Addictive, fun and very nice graphics.

Alex H. gave it a10:
Great games, I would recommend this to any one who loved the diablo series like me.

Paul F. gave it a10:
If you liked Diablo, you'll probably love this game. I'm playing it with my girlfriend (almost done with Immortal Throne) and we like it more than Diablo or Neverwinter Nights. It can be sleep-deprivingly addictive. The game play is smoother and the graphics are fantastic. They spent a lot of time on the details and it makes the game that much more satisfying. We're not really FPS'ers, so this is just what we were looking for. And the story is fun as well. The character skill trees, and the fact that you dual-class, makes it even more interesting and varied.

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