There are eight in all: Warfare, Defense, Rogue, Hunting, Nature, Spirit, Earth, and Storm. It isn't until you reach level two that you can choose a "Mastery," which is Titan Quest's answer to classes. You don't even have a class when you start out - you simply choose a name, gender, and tunic color, and off you go, club in hand.
Your beginnings in Titan Quest are humble enough. In the role of "hero," it's your job, of course, to destroy them. killing hordes of monsters) just fine: the Titans have gone crazy, and thus have driven most of the world's non-human inhabitants insane. The impetus for the story suits the game's core competency (i.e. Iron Lore's Titan Quest is about as close as we're going to get to revisiting the maniacally paced click 'n slash gameplay popularized by Blizzard's iconic series in the near future, and as such, it's a good thing that it manages to replicate all of its addictive qualities so well.Īs the title would imply, the game takes place in the ancient world, and before you're through, you'll have traveled through many centers of civilization, including Greece, Egypt, China, and Babylon. Just when you thought that the world had seen the last Diablo clone, along comes what might be one of the best yet. Brian Sullivan, co-creator of Microsoft's Age of Empires real-time strategy series, supervised Titan Quest's two-year development at Iron Lore Entertainment.
Once the single-player campaign is complete, up to six intrepid adventures can continue the hack-and-slash action online with a choice of in-game maps or custom levels designed using the included world editor. The game also features three difficulty levels, each offering different rewards and distinct encounters through more than 30 hours of estimated play. Rather than choose from a rigid list of character types, Titan Quest is notable for letting players carefully shape their hero by exploring two of eight diverse skill trees. Mythical creatures such as harpies, centaurs, and cyclopes dot the landscape and will attack heroes on sight, allowing players to gradually build up their character's attributes and equipment through real-time, point-and-click combat. Players will roam 3D landscapes, visit bustling towns, and invade enemy camps, caves, lairs, and other sinister settings to complete both primary and optional side quests. Forged in the sword-swinging spirit of Diablo, Dungeon Siege, and other action-oriented role-playing games, Titan Quest has players trekking across ancient Greece, Egypt, and China to slay the legendary deities of mythology.
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