Deck perf are currently atrocious, but I’ll still buy it for later. I still have to finish the first one anyway.
Titan Quest II released in Early Access
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de to games@lemmy.world
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1154030/Titan_Quest_II/
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Dremor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Vipsu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bought it as the EA price was cheap enough to take a chance and early reviews where positive enough to signal that the game isnt completely broken.
Got maybe hour in this morning and had fun. Game performed pretty well with RTX 3070 albeit dropped settings to high to get framerate to around 80-100 with 1080p.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Bought it as the EA price was cheap enough to take a chance and early reviews where positive enough to signal that the game isnt completely broken.
That’s my thinking as well. I don’t mind Early Access either way, and I’m fine with coming back to the game every couple of months when more content drops.
Vipsu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I’ve replayed TQ1 and Grim dawn numerous times so by trying out different builds I can probably get 15-20 hours from this version alone.
qarbone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay, that’s good info. I was so excited to see it, I almost reflex-bought in but I wanted some info kn what was even in the game.
Seems like I’ll wait a bit longer. But 30 bucks for the full game seems surprisingly low.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
That’s only during Early Access, and the price will increase. 1.0 release is supposed to cost 50€.
qarbone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s reasonable. Might time the pickup right before release then
raptir@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
I’ve only played a bit so I can’t say if it’s worth the asking price, but it’s “refreshing” to play as an “old-school action RPG fan.” I played some Diablo 4, POE and Last Epoch and all that but none of them have stuck for me. I find myself going back to Fate (Reawakened is very solid now after a few updates), Torchlight and even Diablo 1.
Titan Quest 2 is solid. It’s slower paced, much like Grim Dawn. It feels much more like the campaign is the focus instead of something they expect you to skip through.
I will say while it’s not as polished at this point, Dragonkin has a similar feeling if you’re looking for more. Dragonkin is made by the team that made Warhammer Chaosbane but it has a lot more depth than that.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It looks like it falls very short of the engaging combat I’m still looking for in an ARPG. €30 for less than 10 hours of an incomplete ARPG at that makes this a wait to buy if ever for me. I’m not certain I have the faith it’ll ever have 30 hours of content, this release feels like a “we’re running out of money” situation more than a “we’re confident in our product” scenario.
I burned out of Last Epoch in their last patch I think for good, because the combat is so bad. And PoE2 is approaching that for me as well - at least they have an engaging story and a long guaranteed road ahead of content - so maybe this is the slot machine ARPG I keep on hand (but I wish they’d just fix their combat). And I’m waiting for multiplayer to play No Rest for the Wicked, but I suspect it’s not ARPG enough to be a long term game.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I’m not certain I have the faith it’ll ever have 30 hours of content
Does it need to? Nothing wrong with a solid 20-25h campaign, you play through once, maybe another time with a different class or in multiplayer, and you’re done. I don’t need everything to be a forever game with constant content drops, even a game like this.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think an ARPG without meaningful combat would require a significantly good story for it to be worth it for me. At least at the 20-25 hours of depth level. PoE 1/2 at thousands of hours of depth are struggling to hold me because their combat isn’t very good, and I really like the PoE2 campaign so far.
I guess as someone who loved Titanquest when I was a kid, I’m a bit disappointed in Titanquest 2 as of right now. And there are other great slot machine ARPG’s and I don’t have much desire for them as is, so it’s hard to justify this games asking price when the reviews are saying a play through is 4 hours at act 1. Maybe when the story is complete I’ll pick it up, but can you imagine it being €50 instead of €30. I mean even €30 with no crafting and minimal legendaries… Idk, not trying to be a downer but ya - those are my honest thoughts.
I generally agree with you, a fun short game is worth more money than a forever game to me right now.
anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Reviews on Steam makes it seem promising, but I’ll wait for a gog.com release before buying.
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