Has anyone else bought Titan Quest?

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Tried the demo even though my processor doesn't even come close to meeting the sys reqs and it still ran fairly well. To me, it felt like Diablo, only slower. The action/combat was slower and the pace of the story wasn't really blistering either. I think part of it is the lack of mass-killing ability like what D2 had (and the ability to actually run i.e. FRW boots). I've only tried a warrior type in the demo, but I somehow doubt it has a Frozen Orb or Nova in it. Only hitting 1 enemy at a time with the AoE every now and then fits more into MMORPGs and the like where you have around (usually) 4-6 other people beating on them with you, not a hack and slash single-player game.

You're not seeing nearly enough of the game with just the demo. There are mass-killing skills, and they are available to every character. I've only played as a Storm class and Spirit class so far, and both of them have some pretty beefy mass-killing skills. My Spirit guy uses a summoned "Liche King" and a "Ternion" staff attack that can empty a screenfull of enemies in a couple of seconds (I should record some gameplay if I can find the time).

I know that the other classes have their crowd-destruction methods too. Nature, Earth, Spirit, and Storm all have summonable creatures that can dish out lots of damage. Rogue has some cool traps that can tear through things. The Warfare class that's in the demo is probably the weakest in terms of mass-killing, but coupled with a nice secondary he's damned near impossible to kill.

The demo ends before you can try it out, but at clvl 8 you have the option to dual-class without restriction. The system is fairly similar to Guild Wars in this regard. The class and skill combinations are almost unlimited, and I can think of some pretty unique builds already.

(Also, faster run/walk, faster attack rate, faster cast rate, and faster skill cooldown all appear in Titan quest either as skill effects or on items)

Here's a picture of my Theurgist (Spirit class with no secondary as of yet) with his trusty sidekick Liche King. He's only lvl 18 now, so I'm barely into the game yet. Sorry for the unavoidable jpg compression artifacts:(


If you're interested in seeing some of the cool class/skill combinations, there's already a Titan Quest Skill Calculator online.