Has anyone else bought Titan Quest?

[Maitre]

Talos will only use the flame wave if it isn't fighting in melee.

Yeah, the problem is that my wolves dropped like flies to the 1000 crit flail attack that he uses, and that left me standing alone with a bow, and under 250 armor. Not exactly a toe-to-toe situation that would come out well. There was a lot of running round through the cleared sections of the palace, and a lot of dying (not to mention the 75% of a level worth of experience loss<_<). Sometimes, I just don't know when to give up...