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Titan Quest (PS4) - Review | SquareXO

Rob Pitt writes: THQ Nordic and Black Forest Games have almost surprised a lot of us by bringing Titan Quest to all modern consoles, including the Switch (later this year). Titan Quest was first released back in 2006 on PC as one of the main contenders up against Diablo 2. Back then, the Action RPG isometric loot-gathering dungeon crawler genre was pretty popular with titles such as Torchlight, Sacred, Path of Exile and more, all benefiting from this newly popular style of gameplay. Titan Quest, and it’s expansion ‘Immortal Throne’, were both critically amazing games and ranked up there with the best of the games within the genre – however, that was then and this is now.

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chris2352642d ago

what? more games from past decades that gets the moneygrabbing treatment? for f's sake: develop something new or let it be. no one wants or needs unaltered games from past gens or decades. who on earth is buying this crap?????

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rob-GP2642d ago

I guess. It's had a few updates since 2006 - they did the DLC for it, then the developer shut down and THQ retained the rights - so they put it on mobile in 2016 followed by an anniversary version on PC in 2016 as well - then they made a brand new expansion for it late 2017.

So technically, it is a 12-year-old game, but it's being made accessible to people who have never played it before and in a much more user-friendly environment I guess. It's still confusing in some areas and the controls are a bit poor on the console versions, but still gets it out there for over 100m consoles.

Personally, I think they should have included the 2017 expansion as well, but I can see that being a paid-for DLC soon. I'm guessing fans of the series/original game will be the ones who buy it - especially based on placed like PSNProfiles where the people on there seemed pretty excited when it appeared on the PSN trophy list as they had no idea it was coming out.

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The critically acclaimed ARPG “Titan Quest” has just released its “Eternal Embers” expansion for PC

"THQ Nordic today announced with great delight and thrill that they have just released the “Eternal Embers” expansion for their critically acclaimed ARPG “Titan Quest” (the "Eternal Embers” expansion" is avaible right now for PC via Steam)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

Kados1288d ago

One of the last remaining good devs.

Interloper1288d ago

I didn't even know this was being done... Well there goes my wallet haha.

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The best games like Diablo

What are the best games like Diablo? With Diablo 4 still a way off, we share some of the best alternatives currently available.

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Terry_B1343d ago

Lists Victor Vran but not even Grim Dawn. No wonder this did not get even one approval here in 13 hours.

MadLad1342d ago (Edited 1342d ago )

Grim Dawn is amazing. A gorgeous game to boot.

This list is a joke.
Ah yes, Borderlands 3 and Destiny 2 always come to mind when I think of Diablo.

Like, just because it has loot, that doesn't mean it's like Diablo. And it's not exactly like Diablo created the mechanic of "loot" to begin with.

What I was hoping to get out of this was maybe a hidden gem I wasn't aware of. What I actually got was a small chuckle about how much of a bad take this article was.

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esherwood1343d ago

It’s insane often I get disconnected on Diablo resurrected, I need to give these a shot

Terry_B1342d ago

..the most of those don't even have an online mode.

Germaximus1343d ago

Marvel Heroes was incredible. Really wish it could be brought back. Warhammer: Chaosbane is pretty good

justadelusion1343d ago

Wow, that is quite a low effort article

LordoftheCritics1343d ago

I was thinking the same. Reminds of school homework

anast1343d ago

Grim Dawn needs to be on this list.

MadLad1342d ago (Edited 1342d ago )

It and Diablo 2 are easily my favorites.
Might like Grim Dawn most, honestly; but I haven't played the remaster yet so.

The Shadows games are pretty good. The devs are cool guys too. I reviewed the original game way back when they sent me code. They've sent me every release since, even though they know I haven't wrote for a long time.

The only one I'm reluctant to try to this day is Path of Exile. I love these types of games, and consider myself a big fan of more complicated, in-depth games, but that skill tree and the mechanics behind the game's character building is f*****g intimidating.

anast1342d ago

Grim Dawn is a solid game all the way around. I can't wait to play the D2 remaster.

Yeah, I get that, but Path is a lot of fun. I am waiting for Path 2. I've kind of played out the existing characters. Resistances are key or at least when I played it.

I'll have to check out the Shadows games. Thanks for the heads up.

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