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Title: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on January 19, 2010, 07:05:11 PM From an email via titanquest.net
Quote I know that many of you may not know about Grim Dawn yet (seeing as it is still a long way off from being complete), so at the end of this post I will give everyone a little background on who Crate Entertainment is, and links to find out even more information. From the Grim Dawn Support page: Quote: We have received many emails from enthusiastic fans asking if they could donate money to Crate Entertainment and Grim Dawn. After the success our friends at Unknown Worlds have had with pre-orders of their upcoming “Natural Selection 2” (Gamasutra article: Pre-Sales Completely Changed Our Financial Picture), we've decided to follow their lead. We hope that with your donations, Crate will be able to keep Grim Dawn privately funded, develop more content for the initial release and perhaps even sneak in some of the new features most requested by our fans. The greatest impact of pre-ordering now is that it will help save us, the developers, from having to give up the intellectual property rights to Grim Dawn in exchange for additional funding. This is not only important for us as a company but it has benefits for you, our audience, as well. It means that Crate will be able to continue interacting openly with the community and freely sharing information. Post-release we will be able to decide when to work on updates for the community and what to include in them. Most importantly, you will be giving us control over the future of our creation; allowing Crate to produce expansions and sequels without having to pitch each new project to an IP-holder that could potentially decide to discontinue the Grim Dawn franchise. We hope that you will show your support and help us to build a great game with as little developer starvation as is necessary. We consider these contributions to be donations because Grim Dawn is a yet unfinished project still early in development. However, we've structured them as pre-orders so that fans who want to help fund the development of Grim Dawn will not have to pay again to buy the game after release. Clicking a button below will take you to a PayPal site where you'll have the option to pay by PayPal account or major credit card. Once the transaction is complete, you will be emailed a CD-Key that will allow you to download Grim Dawn directly from Crate Entertainment on release day. There are three different ways that you can help support the game, and depending on what approach you take, depends on what "extras" you get with your support. HTML Code: ╔═══════════════════════════╦═══════════════════════════╦═══════════════════════════╗ ║ Legendary Fan Edition ║ Epic Fan Edition ║ Normal Edition ║ ╠═══════════════════════════╬═══════════════════════════╬═══════════════════════════╣ ║■ Direct-download the full ║■ Direct-download the full ║■ Direct-download the full ║ ║ game upon release ║ game upon release ║ game upon release ║ ║■ Entry to alpha and beta ║■ Entry to beta ║■ Knowing you made the ║ ║■ TBA in-game accessory ║■ TBA in-game accessory ║ world a little better ║ ║■ Holy Reverence ║■ Bragging Rights ║ ║ ╠═══════════════════════════╬═══════════════════════════╬═══════════════════════════╣ ║ $48.00 ║ $32.00 ║ $19.85 ║ ╚═══════════════════════════╩═══════════════════════════╩═══════════════════════════╝If you would like to help out the Grim Dawn Project, follow this link: http://www.grimdawn.com/contribute.php For more information on what kind of game Grim Dawn is, a feature list, and general F.A.Q., visit the Grim Dawn ABOUT page here. Information on Crate Entertainment: Quote: Crate Entertainment is an independent development studio founded by the former design and art leads of Iron Lore Entertainment. Our mission is to continue developing original titles that feature deep, addictive gameplay and high production values. Crate has acquired the rights to use Iron Lore's technology on all future projects; the same engine and toolset used to create Titan Quest. Crate is currently developing a new action-RPG but is still seeking additional funding to complete the project. This new game is set in a dark fictional world and will carry forward successful gameplay elements from Titan Quest while introducing many improvements and innovations. Crate has also acquired the rights to two other original properties that were being developed at Iron Lore before the studio closed. As you can tell, I am really excited about this game's release, not just because it is going to be an awesome game, but because they are taking feature requests from the original fans of Titan Quest (via the titanquest.net forums) and now through the Grim Dawn Forums. Also, instead of the site's forums being run by Studio Employees, they have turned it over to the fans as well and invited the Head Moderator from the Titanquest.net forums to lead the forums there as well. Lastly, I've been in on several Betas before, but this will be the first opportunity I've had to to help work on an Alpha for a game. Hope that some of you are willing to lend your support, and to see you in game once its released /in Alpha/Beta! __________________ New system specs to come in the next few months. What can I say? While I hope that they do manage to put out the next TQ, and if they do manage to do so I'll be buying multiple copies for my gaming group, there's no way in hell I'm sending them $20-50 an indeterminate amount of time before the game may (or not) come out. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: schild on January 19, 2010, 07:45:00 PM Once I see a screenshot, I'll have no problem giving those guys $50.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Musashi on January 19, 2010, 09:41:10 PM And when that screenshot happens, I wish also to see it.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on January 20, 2010, 01:03:21 AM If/when they send me one, I'll post it (or a link). And yes, that's the time I'd start to consider giving them money.
Which is kinda the point of my post - I'd perhaps give them $5 or $10, M&B style at this stage. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Threash on January 20, 2010, 06:45:17 AM M & B started out asking for six dollars years away from release, this entitled to play every beta and the full game once it came out. Paying full prize, sorry "donating" full prize at this stage seems pretty silly. i would give them 5-10 dollars now for a full game later.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Sky on January 20, 2010, 09:10:14 AM Hai guyz, I half a game I make, lieftiem subz $150, kthx!
Srsly, u get beta and TBA items! Praps I'll even put in something u want. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: schild on January 20, 2010, 09:17:24 AM :sky:
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Sky on January 20, 2010, 09:52:17 AM You're such a fun guy.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on January 20, 2010, 08:14:01 PM Did you win a prize by paying full price?
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: waffel on January 22, 2010, 10:33:16 AM The question is: if you don't like the final product, do you get your money back?
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Dtrain on January 22, 2010, 11:17:15 AM The question is: if you don't like the final product, do you get your money back? No, but you still retain your "Holy Reverence," so I imagine that you will become some cold and uncaring god, disdainful of your pitiful creations. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Musashi on January 22, 2010, 12:46:44 PM I'm not that already?
Seriously, if this helps good guys make a good game, then I'm all for it. It's not something I would consider for a company with no track record what-so-ever. But these guys made a game I liked. It wasn't the best game ever. But I was entertained in a worth my fifty bucks way. We will all agree that the big budget triple A's seldom live up to expectations, much less give you your money's worth. So why not risk my money on something I know I'm at least sort of interested in? As long as there's a screenshot that doesn't look like total dogshit, I'll float these guys. Hell, it's better than floating their moneymen after the moneymen pound ever ounce of fun out of it and force it to ship incomplete. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like Post by: Ragnoros on January 22, 2010, 11:03:11 PM Quote Oh Noes! Dear fans, we've run into a conflict with our account at PayPal. The company has informed us that they will not support the pre-sale of an item that is more than 20 days from shipping. Therefore we must switch to another merchant services provider. As a result of this unfortunate experience, we feel it will be best to rely on our bank for merchant services. We will be working with them on Monday to set up a new system. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience! As we work toward a resolution, any updates or additional information will be posted here (http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156) That didn't last long. My thoughts are that while this sounds noble in theory, in reality I'm worried I'll just be funding these guys Hookers and Blow fund. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Yegolev on January 26, 2010, 08:10:46 AM :facepalm:
Aside from the paypal thing, this is good news. I do have the hookers-and-blow reservations, but it's not like that is removed from the box price of an EA game, it's just that the executives get the H+B while the developers get a cubicle and a red stapler. To that point, I am all for this. Firstly, I really liked Titan Quest. Secondly, I'm not a fan of publishers in this age of digital downloading. Distantly third is the hell I went through to get The Sims 3: World Adventures to simply start up on my wife's PC. So, fuck you, Mister Big Cheese Game Publisher. At least the sweaty grunts making this game are spending my money on whores instead of the rat-bastard suits at a publishing company. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on January 26, 2010, 01:03:22 PM Sure, I loved TQ as well. When it looks like they definately have some product coming in less than a year, I'll look into
Oh, they will definately have LAN/Online MP as well. I emailed a dev and he got back to me on that one. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Yegolev on January 26, 2010, 08:36:31 PM Yeah, well, they had better have both kinds of MP. Or there will be blood.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Musashi on February 20, 2010, 02:01:11 PM There are screenshots now. Sorta. No UI. No hints at loot. Just the environment and a couple abilites. You can find them here (http://www.grimdawn.com/media.php).
I don't know if this is enough for me to pony up yet. I wanted to see a UI that would give me some clues, or at least some other hints at the gameplay. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on February 20, 2010, 02:57:16 PM It's pretty much going to be like Titan Quest.
I also assume, that like Titan Quest, they'll allow you to respec. So it might not be the game for you. Not hardcore and manly enough. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Musashi on February 20, 2010, 08:33:00 PM Haha. It's cool. If it's like Titan Quest in that it takes longer to level a dude, then respecs are fine.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: schild on February 26, 2014, 10:31:16 AM Wow this didn't get bumped when the game went into Alpha w/ Chapter 1?
Anyway, Chapter 2 came out today. Haven't tried it yet. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Yegolev on February 26, 2014, 10:33:37 AM I'm not bumping shit for an alpha.
The lag issues with Path of Exile mean this gets a shot, however. Once I make time for it. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: schild on February 26, 2014, 10:35:16 AM 2/3 of the game is released. I feel like they should probably be calling it a beta at this point, but really it's just reskinned Titan Quest and everything that comes along with that.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Rendakor on February 26, 2014, 11:33:33 AM I never played TQ but it's a Diablo clone right? Is this new one any good and/or free to try? I'm really enjoying POE so I'm disinclined to spend money, but if they've got a demo or open beta or something I'd give it a whirl.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Yegolev on February 26, 2014, 11:43:50 AM This and TQ are Diablo-II clones, yes. I'd not outright abandon PoE for this. Since you didn't play TQ, I'm not sure how to describe how the combat is better. I can almost feel the bones of my enemies shatter under my mace. Also things go flying sometimes. Downside, it looks like someone pissed on a turd; I am told that visuals are subjective, though.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Sky on February 26, 2014, 12:00:22 PM I'm not bumping shit Is that what the kids are calling it these days?Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Megrim on February 26, 2014, 03:03:32 PM Anyone played it yet? I want to, but don't want to spend money upfront. It _looks_ good.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: schild on February 26, 2014, 06:09:26 PM This and TQ are Diablo-II clones, yes. I'd not outright abandon PoE for this. Since you didn't play TQ, I'm not sure how to describe how the combat is better. I can almost feel the bones of my enemies shatter under my mace. Also things go flying sometimes. Downside, it looks like someone pissed on a turd; I am told that visuals are subjective, though. I have not played a game in the last 2 years that looked worse than PoE soooooooooo. I played through Act 1 of Grim Dawn twice. Its Titan Quest++, as i said. If you didn't play Titan Quest than the best description is Diablo 2.25. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Rendakor on February 26, 2014, 07:10:46 PM It's hard to take a recommendation from you since you don't like POE and I love it.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: schild on February 26, 2014, 08:12:24 PM It's hard to take a recommendation from you since you don't like POE and I love it. I've liked ugly, bad games before. It happens. Doesn't change the fact Titan Quest was basically a much prettier version of Diablo 2 and this is a reskinned Titan Quest.Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: rk47 on February 26, 2014, 10:30:54 PM They can try selling horses.
Maybe mustang, lava skin mares, nightmares, ethereal. Etc. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Quinton on February 27, 2014, 12:58:23 AM Every time I check back on this, the game is a little bit nicer. I think the visuals are definitely a bit nicer than POE and I'm okay with the more traditional leveling/skill system.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Yegolev on February 27, 2014, 05:41:51 AM The visuals are, to me, grainy and busy. Moreso than TQ somehow. The PoE visuals are better than they were before also, by a long shot, but yeah. You're going to like it or not. The important bit is how the combat feels.
I played some of it yesterday and jacked up the visual sliders to max. It was a shade stuttery and still looked grainy, so I'll have to drop it down a bit. Combat still feels weighty, like I'm controlling a pewter figure instead of a plastic one. I haven't completed Act I in Grim Dawn and I haven't detected any sort of TQesque problem with equipment upgrades. That's a lot more important to me than visuals. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Speedy Cerviche on February 27, 2014, 07:34:29 AM M & B started out asking for six dollars years away from release, this entitled to play every beta and the full game once it came out. Paying full prize, sorry "donating" full prize at this stage seems pretty silly. i would give them 5-10 dollars now for a full game later. Yeah please don't compare this vaporware donation crap to M&B. You actually got a working version of the game for your 6$, and it was really good. Pretty minimal at first, just 2 factions, not many items, very little RPG elements beyond skills & levels, etc. But the basic combat was smooth and pretty much the same as it still is now. As major updates were added to the game adding content and functionality the price was increased accordingly. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Phildo on February 27, 2014, 07:39:16 AM This may have looked like vaporware four years ago, but it also looks like they're following through. Probably.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Yegolev on February 27, 2014, 08:20:56 AM Grim Dawn is a real game right now, if that's what the reply to a four-year-old post was about.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Speedy Cerviche on February 27, 2014, 09:48:35 AM heh I didn't see date
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Rendakor on December 29, 2015, 08:24:44 AM ARISE!
Bought this on Steam sale since everyone was talking about it over there, seems pretty good. I guess I'm in Act 2, but the game doesn't really make act transitions clear. Playing as a dual wielding Nightblade/soldier; took two restarts to find a playstyle that clicked with me. I get some loot lag on my desktop, but not on my laptop (which is newer, but way lower specs) which is strange. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on December 29, 2015, 11:30:57 AM Heh. Was going to post in this thread the other day, but didn't feel like necroing. Seeing as someone else beat me to it though, if you bought this a while back and were waiting until it was more "done" (like I did in freaking 2010), it's pretty much there at this point. They dropped a "content complete" patch right before Christmas. All acts are there, and they've added the final two difficulty levels. Level cap ended up at 85, and they implemented the final tier of equipment, lots of which are build defining types of things. Also, the previous patch introduced the devotion system which is a whole other layer of character development in a pseudo-talent tree system. It's definitely a more than worthy successor to Titan Quest at this point.
It's not entirely clear what else is going to go into the game before launch. Some of the side quest threads just suddenly drop off, but it's not clear if they're going to finish those up in the main game, or if they're saving them for the expansion. It might just be balancing patches from here on out. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on December 29, 2015, 11:57:28 PM I bought this at some stage, apparently from Humble, but have no idea where or how to download the client.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on December 30, 2015, 12:32:18 AM I bought this at some stage, apparently from Humble, but have no idea where or how to download the client. Humble Bundle should have a steam key available for you. You can either log into your account on their website, or use their key resender page https://www.humblebundle.com/resender (https://www.humblebundle.com/resender) Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Azazel on December 30, 2015, 12:52:13 AM Yeah, I found the key, just not where to download the client from, and the GD homepage seems to allow me to buy but not download it...
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on December 30, 2015, 02:00:51 AM Yeah, I found the key, just not where to download the client from, and the GD homepage seems to allow me to buy but not download it... Like I said, my key was for Steam. Actually, I've got both a steam key and a longer non-steam key listed on my humble bundle account. If for some reason you don't have a steam key listed on your humble bundle account, I think you might be out of luck for the next few months unless you talk to them. From their website purchase page "There will be an option to download the final game DRM free but to participate in Early Access, you must have a Steam account" Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Falconeer on December 30, 2015, 04:10:26 AM How does it fare compared to Diablo 3 and Path of Exile?
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Draegan on December 30, 2015, 06:31:49 AM How does it fare compared to Diablo 3 and Path of Exile? I'm only level 30 in this game and have 12 or so hours of actually playing the game (Steam has be at 16 but I've idled a bit). It's fully offline with multiplayer options. The animations and feel of combat is much better than POE but not as butter smooth as D3. It's still pretty good though. Character building is really great, I've been enjoying it. It's not randomized, but I think they have some kind of max level farming maps for endless grinding and farming that are somewhat randomized. I've heard people mention Rogue-like maps? It's your typical ARPG. Class system is really fun though. You pick a class, then at level 10 you pick a secondary class. Every level you get 3 points to place in either tree, after 50 you get only 2 per level. You can go fully one tree or go hybrid. It's typical D2 progression where you can put multiple points in a single skill to make it better. Gear can have skills/passives on it that you can equip. There is a Devotion page where you can put points into constellations that give additional stats and skills once complete. You get points for this by cleansing shrines spread throughout the maps. You can get up to 50 points to play with and you won't get 50 points until you play through multiple difficulties. I think the game is pretty good and definitely worth $15 on steam for sure. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Rendakor on December 30, 2015, 08:00:38 AM Draegan's got it right. I don't like it as much as POE, but I can't play POE at work because our internet is awful (evidence: dropped from Wifi the first time I tried to post this). Plus the last big POE patch killed my main so I've been away a while.
I think I'm in early Act 3 Normal and I'm level 34. I have 27 hours logged but I restarted twice. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Fabricated on December 30, 2015, 11:18:23 AM It's basically an evolution on the Titan Quest formula with a lot of niceties and design problems corrected. So basically it fits a niche between Diablo 3 and Path of Exile pretty nicely.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on December 30, 2015, 11:30:16 AM It's not randomized, but I think they have some kind of max level farming maps for endless grinding and farming that are somewhat randomized. I've heard people mention Rogue-like maps? I think they just call them rogue-like because of the difficulty. They're not any more randomized than the rest of the game, which is to say, the general layout is always the same, but they randomize obstacles blocking off passages. It took me a long time to realize that the main game does this also because you never notice it except on tight maps with corridors. Basically there are two areas that you need to craft a skeleton key to enter, which requires some not terribly hard to farm materials from the main game. Once you've got your skeleton key, you use it up to enter the area, and the door closes behind you, and you can't open portals, so one death and you're out and will need to craft another skeleton key to enter. The maps are pretty rough, and steadily scale up monster level. By the end of the dungeons, the monsters are going to be almost entirely red and purple (around five to six levels up from you) Personally, this is has been my go to ARPG whenever they patch. I've got no idea how many hours I actually have logged because I keep the game running all the time, but it's certainly well over 100. If you like ARPGs, you'll get your money's worth out of it. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Rendakor on December 30, 2015, 12:41:32 PM I found the first roguelike, the one in the Steps of Torment. Got my ass kicked pretty fast once I used the key and haven't went back. I turned off displaying mob level because I found myself running from greys and that wasn't much fun, so I don't know how much higher than me they were.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on December 30, 2015, 01:52:20 PM I found the first roguelike, the one in the Steps of Torment. Got my ass kicked pretty fast once I used the key and haven't went back. I turned off displaying mob level because I found myself running from greys and that wasn't much fun, so I don't know how much higher than me they were. Yeah, it's a good thing messing around with character builds is so much fun because you'll probably end up doing a lot of it. This game ramps up the difficulty a pretty good amount at higher levels and difficulties and some builds just hit a wall. You can respec to a certain extent, but usually by that point I've picked up some sort of nifty looking item I want to try with a completely different character so I just start over. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Rendakor on December 30, 2015, 02:51:53 PM If I needed a complete respec I'd just cheat in infinite money and handle it.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on December 30, 2015, 07:29:23 PM If I needed a complete respec I'd just cheat in infinite money and handle it. You'd need to cheat the stat and mastery respec also. You can't respec mastery or stat points if you're playing fair, just skill points. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Threash on January 05, 2016, 09:16:22 AM This scratches the "character building" itch that D3 completely failed at while playing and looking slightly better than PoE.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Teleku on January 05, 2016, 01:39:17 PM Purchased this on steam sale after Christmas. At the same time I was going into a 10 day holiday (Russia takes New Years through the entire first week of January off because they celebrate some weird pagan form of Christmas). A time period of which I cannot leave the city because I'm on call for all of US Embassy Moscows' tech issues during this week, and its been about 0 degrees F outside since new years, making the process of leaving my apartment incredibly painful. The net result is that I've been playing this god damn game non stop for days on end.
It's really fun. I played PoE..... couldn't get into it. This has much faster game play and animations like Diablo (though not as well done/polished as diablo), but still retains the character building aspect we all miss. An actual fun and intuitive character building aspect, unlike the weird cluster fuck PoE is. It's a really nice blend of all the nice features modern ARPG games have introduced, while still giving you the option to reaaaaally customize your character (which I love). I honestly wish I'd purchased this early release game at full price. They deserve it. As a caveat, they made it feature complete right before the sale, so I've been basically playing a full game instead of an early early access game. They plan on releasing one more patch to polish it, and then launch it as a full game on steam. Buy this game if you like ARPG/Diablo clones at all. It scratches that itch in a way NO OTHER attempt has tried since Diablo 2. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Phildo on January 05, 2016, 02:24:52 PM Still says "Early Access", won't buy. The feedback is encouraging, though, so I'll probably pick it up when it's confirmed finished.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Goldenmean on January 05, 2016, 02:31:01 PM Still says "Early Access", won't buy. The feedback is encouraging, though, so I'll probably pick it up when it's confirmed finished. Meant to be in February. I'm sure one of us will bump the thread when it's official. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Teleku on January 05, 2016, 02:58:25 PM I've just played the game all the way through from start to end boss. They've already announced its feature complete. There will be exactly one patch between now and release to polish it a bit more for the general public. I mean, by all means, wait a month until it "officially launches" if it makes you feel better. But it's a done game, and a really good example of how early release is a positive thing.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: drogg on January 05, 2016, 03:13:42 PM fully agree with what teleku said - i bought this way back in 2010 on the strength of titan quest but had set it aside after the early alpha to avoid burning out. just came back during the last patch and haven't been disappointed.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Threash on January 05, 2016, 03:37:51 PM Yeah, this game is finished even if still technically in "early access". Also very fun.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Draegan on January 11, 2016, 10:42:19 AM Still says "Early Access", won't buy. The feedback is encouraging, though, so I'll probably pick it up when it's confirmed finished. It's content complete, as in the game is fully there from level 1 to the last boss. All classes are in and fleshed out. Also has 3 levels of difficulty. The only thing that is left is balancing, which is probably never done. It's essentially finished from my take. edit: Hit reply wayyyyy to quick. Adding my voice to others. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Maledict on January 11, 2016, 01:53:35 PM Yep, and it's *so* much better than PoE. Really shows up that PoE has gotten lost in its own bizarre skill and talent system - the classes are fun, there's insane amounts of synergy between them to find, and then there are multiple other systems laid over them but none of it overwhelms you like PoE does.
My little gaming group is utterly addicted right now. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Threash on January 11, 2016, 04:20:55 PM Finally beat the game on my dual wield blademaster, promptly got my shit kicked in at the start of elite. I guess i should have thought about resists at some point.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Draegan on January 11, 2016, 04:38:04 PM I'm rocking a sword and board battlemage that hardly ever takes damage. I'm lvl 45 and I just need to grind to 50 before finishing normal. At 50 the u get a legendary item as a drop.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Cadaverine on January 11, 2016, 11:21:36 PM My Dreeg's Evil Eye Warlock is doing well so far, though I'm only level 24, so there's plenty of time for things to go to hell.
My favorite drop so far Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Threash on January 12, 2016, 07:03:45 AM My Dreeg's Evil Eye Warlock is doing well so far, though I'm only level 24, so there's plenty of time for things to go to hell. My favorite drop so far Your link doesn't seem to work, even copying it from the quote. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Teleku on January 12, 2016, 09:05:50 AM Finally beat the game on my dual wield blademaster, promptly got my shit kicked in at the start of elite. I guess i should have thought about resists at some point. Yeah, this happened to me with my duel wield pistol Sorcerer. I was killing the hell out of shit till I got to the last boss, who killed me about 100 times. Had no Chaos resists though. Then I got into Elite and got the shit kicked out of me constantly right out the door.The game really ramps up from totally casual to "PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO YOUR GOD DAMN BUILD IDIOT" with the jump up to Elite. It was hard going and kind of annoying at first. But I redid my skill allocations, and prioritized armor stats differently, and now I'm chugging along at a good pace (Level 68, into the third act on Elite), and only dying to particularly hard bosses. You just have to really start looking at defense skills as well as resists if you want to survive. Glass cannon builds magically stop working the second you hit Elite. Its a good recapture of the Diablo 2 experience. So yeah, everybody just be prepared for that, fair warning. Also, using Chaos Bastion to level up and gear up through the 50's it 60's is really effective (though the runs take awhile. A lot of ground to cover, and some shit in their takes awhile to kill). I had to farm that a bunch to effectively bridge me over to being able to run in Elite smoothly. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Threash on January 12, 2016, 03:22:51 PM A very good place i found for farming is the royal hive in the rotting croplands outside homestead. Small area just jam packed with bosses, between the two sub-tunnels and the secret area there is like 6-7 bosses in there. Only problem is the random unmarked spawn location.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Gimfain on February 23, 2016, 06:12:07 AM Its leaving early access in two days, 25th of february. Bought it on steam during the christmas sale because all you guys hyped it and looking forward to play this now.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Malakili on February 25, 2016, 09:10:52 AM Bought this on sale at some point. Going to install it now and be ready for launch.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Draegan on February 25, 2016, 10:41:19 AM It's really worthy playing for a bunch of hours. I never went deep into Elite unfortunately. D3 launched the latest season when I was hitting that mark and I just ended up getting tired of ARPGs for the moment.
I'll have to check out all the balances passes in the last 2 patches. Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: penfold on February 25, 2016, 10:56:39 AM I played a soldier to act 3, and then a shaman to the final boss, who kicked my arse. I can go back and level up, but a few of us are playing new season D3 at the moment and i can only play 1 ARPG at a time.
Title: Re: Titan Quest Guys, Grim Dawn ask for money a la Mount & Blade. Only not like M&B Post by: Nebu on February 25, 2016, 11:30:48 AM I played a soldier to act 3, and then a shaman to the final boss, who kicked my arse. I can go back and level up, but a few of us are playing new season D3 at the moment and i can only play 1 ARPG at a time. I clicked your spoiler... and it made me sad. |