DIablo meets God of War with Flaws
User Rating: 7.8 | Titan Quest PC
I have to say when I heard of Titan Quest I was quite excited. I love and finished both DIablo games and their expansions and loved every second of it. Diablo with a greek mythology twist would be a dream come true because of my high interest in greek mythology but I would end up being disappointed. I wanted to love this game, I really did, but it just didnt grow on me some games do, I guess you can say it wasn't "engrossing" enough for my liking. The graphics are nice but the programmers seem to have have slacked off when finishing and testing the game. I can play Doom 3 with Anti-aliasing on at 1024x768 on high settings smooth as butter, but this game at 1024x768 at medium settings with no AA keeps on stuttering. This problem seems to due with the lack of loading during the game but I have to say I would rather have loading every so often instead of a stuttering seemless world. The game also has a problem with inventory. Not only does it sort items in your inventory in an odd manner to best utilize your space (but so did diablo) but it is hard to find and pick up inventory items that are dropped from chest and enemies. Important items do glow up a different color such as gold, blue or green but its not nearly as intuitive as Diablo is when it comes to item pickup. Also like I said the game isnt as engrossing as id like, its set in the world of greek mythology but doesnt seem to play on it as much as I like. You dont hear or get involved enough with gods, titans or other facets of greek mythology. I loved the part where you first fought the cyclops because its a huge freaking cyclops but other battles with Spider queens and the like have been more disappointing. They could easily have made this game more captivating having you do missions with or for famous heros and other mythological characters. Its easy to pick on this games flaws but I will say the graphics in this game, while buggy are good with some great colouring. The game though does have a good skill system and is very diversified, with the ability to mix and match skills, picking one skill to start off with then another once you reach level 8. The enemies have a nice variety though im sure theyre could be a little bit more (I loved the Anubis type dogs first when i got to Egypt and realized the enemies there would have an egyptian twist instead of a greek mythological twist). The weapons in the game are good but they seem to throw good weapons at you early on that you dont have the skills to use but may want to keep for later but don't want to keep them in your inventory. I wish there was a way to have a chest or something in the towns to keep things you found to be used at a later date instead of being in your inventory. I have to say though it is a good game, just has some nagging flaws to it. I hope Iron lore create a better second game like this, maybe Norse Quest based off of Norse mytholgy maybe. Definately something I would be interested in. 
