Titan Quest II

It's pretty fun. Not the best ARPG, but still worth a playthrough.

Good story and nice graphics, beyond that unfortunately very underperforming. Itemization basically doesn't exist, never found a single green item that would be better than a yellow one. Epic items are everything but epic - I found a single ring that was useful and the level 14 version is better than every version I found afterwards, so there is zero sense of progression as the rolls do not seem to get higher with increasing level. I have many unused active skill points, as my action bar is already full and has everything that was synergetic. Way too little epic items boosting physical damage types and the few that do are worthless as they cannot accept relics and at least weapon relics are always strictly better compared to the lackluster benefits of the few synergetic epics. For my custom WW Bastion build there are barely any synergetic items to begin with, but I do not want to play a retaliation build - also no way to change the second mastery to make use of the many synergetic items and relics with elemental damage that I found. Really regretting the second mastery choice, but not interested in playing the story twice for a game that is purely offline. Crafting system is a pain, it has the typical few options for affixes but it feels insanely bad. I never once was able to get something rerolled to what I wanted, despite a hundred tries. Last Epoch and Diablo (since Horadric Cube) feel so much better in every regard when it comes to crafting and higher item tiers actually make sense there and at least a few are always used in builds - not seeing that here. Affixes are also pretty boring, even more boring than the ones in Diablo IV. Movement speed is a pain. I'm aware I can't expect Diablo IV levels of movement speed in this game, but here it's literally snails pace even with movement speed boots, focus on movement speed on skills and the respective charm. It also has a few bugs, my coop mate can't see any map markers and on crafting often loses materials without the crafting doing anything. But that's Early Access and fine - the systems itself however are deeply flawed and I don't see how that is going to change completely until release. That would however be necessary to make the game worth it. And that is really sad, while I somehow never played TQ1 a lot (despite totally liking the greek lore, I just never got to it), I did play Grim Dawn and that was great. Also probably played at least two thousand hours throughout all Diablo games and also some Last Epoch. Path of Exiles I didn't play, never could get into it despite being a D2 veteran - at some point I just started to value my time more than PoE does and I both hated its monetization and its UI. Just so you can sort the feedback in your head.

It's taking too long for new masteries to be added. They added a new mastery that hasn't been introduced before, which I was excited about but after playing it, it turned out to be really lame. Developers seem more focused on adding new content rather than focusing on the game-play which at the moment is really lackluster.

Its beautifull, combat works and seems smooth enough, voice acting is alright even though the story is not too intresting and pretty generic. What it lacks - difficulty. All the builds ive done have just absolutely slapped everything in the game so far and even the biggest bosses die in few seconds. Build variation and more freedom to create intresting stuff. (however this does not matter much since everything feels overtuned since there is quite literaly 0 challenge) Crafting / better loot - 90% of items feel like just npc trash, even the epic-grade items because they are either just downright bad or are too focused on doing one thing well and if you dont happen to have just that one skill then the item is just not even worth picking up. Crafting could be rally good way of making items that you'll actually want to use and not just have equip slots filled with items that have just 1 good line rolled on for multiple acts cause nothign better drops. Again, they would need to adjust the difficulty before this too because even with white gear the game is just super easy. Its a solid for EA game but they really need to add and adjust alot of things before the realease. Even so - good enough for EA.

Sadly as a TQ1 veteran I was really amazed for the sequel. graphic is Ok-ish. Not good but ok for an APG. But my issue is the lacking martial game mechanics. you have shields but no active blocking. no passive blocking. just a statblock. there is no active climbing or junmping. in TQ1 we had deep gamemechanics to learn and to abuse. Now every character gets an barrier....yeah a stupid magical barrier. WTF? you have meaningsless stats and meaningsless skilltrees. No thought no creativity, Some skills of TQ1 got partly copied (Ice shards) that was it. I had the hope that these things would change during EA. But sadly it hasnt.

awesome diablo 2 esque game with it's own uniqueness

Still rough around the edges, but incredibly fun to play and explore. I’ve always enjoyed Greek mythology, and as a fan of the original Titan Quest and Grim Dawn, I’m loving this game. Even though its gameplay differs quite a bit from those titles, it has won me over. I enjoy it far more than Diablo IV, and I find the straightforward build system refreshingly accessible. I was never much of a fan of Path of Exile 2 for a variety of reasons, so this feels like the perfect game to dive into right now. Yes, there are bugs. Yes, it needs more monster variety, and yes, it can become repetitive. But the core gameplay loop is excellent, exploration is both rewarding and engaging, and the atmosphere is fantastic. The developers are clearly passionate and have committed to addressing the remaining issues once the main content is complete. For me, this game is an easy recommendation, especially at its early access price. Some people say it’s poorly optimized, but I can’t agree. I don’t have a monster PC, yet I’m playing at 1440p with the settings maxed out and the frame rate locked at 120 FPS, and it’s been running great. I’m having an absolute blast with it.