TITAN QUEST demo this wednesday!

gauss · May 2006

In order so that the fine polycounters over at Iron Lore don't come off as shameless self-promoters (though that might be entirely accurate), I'm posting this myself:

http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=67171

The demo for Iron Lore's Titan Quest is dropping this wednesday, the 10th, and I highly suggest you check it out. Stoof and I were treated to a demo of the game at Iron Lore when I took my trip to Boston and we were both very impressed with the game. Definitely worth checking out to see the work of some of our top guys around polycount--the quality of the visual assets is really something.

Oh, and though you might check it out for the art, you'll probably get hooked by the game. Not that any of the WoW players around here need a fresh batch of gaming crack, but I'm telling you... if you were a big Diablo II fan, if you buy Titan Quest just say goodbye to the rest of your summer.

Among other great visual features, Titan Quest features a full day/night cycle. Or as a sleep-deprived Blankslate Joe characterized it: "full day and... dark-time."

Looking forward to the demo and the full game launch, guys. Hope it has a strong showing at E3!

aesir · May 2006

so its a game like Diablo?

stoofoo · May 2006

For those that don't know: Dark-time, as described by joe, is the point at which the day star is no longer visible. Other indicators of "dark-time" are slurred speech and inability to make full sentences.

gauss · May 2006

ahahahah GRIEFED

aesir: yes, it plays very, very much like Diablo II, but a tech-tree style of power/skill advancement, allows for some very different styles of play and huge replay value.

rawkstar · May 2006

neat!

Daz · May 2006

Thanks for the heads up. The screenshots look fantastic.

Joshua Stubbles · May 2006

Didn't that BoBo guy work on it? Hehe

Can't wait to give this a shot.

McIlroy · May 2006

I'll be getting that thanks !

KDR_11k · May 2006

Ewwww. I hate day and night cycles, they never add anything worthwile except waiting half a day for a specific event.

blankslatejoe · May 2006

did I say that?

Thanks for the plug gauss! For those that are curious, the IL club incluces myself, bobo, ghostrider, modelingman, tokidokizenzen, tarwater (when he posts), and killingpeople

BoBo_the_seal · May 2006

Ok so here is a sad truth, I have never played (outside of the occasional mandatory playtest) any of the games Ive ever worked on. Ive loved the content and the process of creating the art but have never really gotten into the games themselves. Well that has all changed with Titan Quest. All I think about now is leveling up my character, acquiring new skill combinations, and finding sweet loot. Hell my new favorite pass time is loading up our equipment level (we have thousands of unique equipment) and playing dress up.

Im already working on a mod to get a custom character into the game.

- BoBo

steady · May 2006

looking forward to it! has a release date been announced yet?

[MILES] · May 2006

How did this title slip past my radar? This is going to be sweet!

I like how the grass and trees utilize the game physics. Nice touch! I'll definately be getting this one.

rawkstar · May 2006

titan sims?

Downsizer · May 2006

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Hollowmind · May 2006

thanks for the heads up, gauss.

I'll be sure to dl it tomorrow.

Slum · May 2006

yay! I've been waiting for this bad boy. I can't wait to play.

[MILES] · May 2006

I wonder two things...
Will there be "hardcore" mode characters?
Will all endgame gear be strictly Asian themed?

This game looks awesome. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

steady · May 2006

hellooooo where is my download... its wednesday morning is it not!?! boboo1!!! :[ :P
http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/titan_quest/demo/
there is no download link yet, only a place to enter your email addy for some juicy gamespy spammage

BoBo_the_seal · May 2006

There is an Epic mode and a Legendary mode (I suggest playing Legendary co-op).
All endgame armor will not be limited to Asian themes.
I will post a link to the demo as soon as I can. I hear a rumor of 2ish

- BoBo

snemmy · May 2006

gotta ask..

will the demo have multiplayer? *puppydog eyes*

KDR_11k · May 2006

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There is an Epic mode and a Legendary mode

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Yes but where's the Digitally Extreme mode?

[MILES] · May 2006

Sounds awseome, Bobo! Co-op makes the world go-round.
I still cant figure out how this title escaped my notice. But I guess it is a good thing...because I wont have to wait 2 long years for TQ like I did for Diablo II.

Asherr · May 2006

demo is up

http://www.fileplanet.com/163335/160000/fileinfo/Titan-Quest-Demo-%5BFilePlanet-Premiere!%5D

BoBo_the_seal · May 2006

haha beat me to it

killingpeople · May 2006

i'm really excited for the team, i think they've done a fantastic job on the game, it is fun. it doesn't hurt that i'm a huge diablo fan. i hope those that get to play it will enjoy it enough to pick up a copy.

demo can be found here as well

3dgamers:
url: http://www.3dgamers.com/games/titanquest/downloads
gamershell:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_13703.shtml

stoofoo · May 2006

fun times. played a bit while im sposed to be crunching, will play a bit again later.

Hollowmind · May 2006

VGPro:
http://www.vgpro.com/file/15581_titanquest_fp.zip.html

Another good spot to grab it from. I usually get a much better dl speed from there than from fileplanet.

Marine · May 2006

made it to the spartan camp, was selling things and it crashed

was fun, would have preferred to be able to move the camera about, and the yellow ui doesn't seem right to me.

IceWolve · May 2006

Also here on filefront:http://files.filefront.com/Titan+Quest+Demo/;5054716;;/fileinfo.html

im dling now and cant wait to try it.

McIlroy · May 2006

I kept getting " error cannot initiat graphics engine " or something to that effect . The graphics engine crashed everytime . Guess i'll have to wait for the retail hopefully that won't crash too

ScoobyDoofus · May 2006

Pretty fun game. I wish I could rotate the camera though...
(Maybe Im just a moron, and cand find the shortcut keys)
Performance is a little poor for me though.

BoBo_the_seal · May 2006

Try to get the Core Dweller pet. You have to put all your points in earth mastery until the "Summon Core Dweller icon lights up. Put the rest of your points into it. It along with the Harpies and Leonidas are the only thing I really have in the demo.

- BoBo

Asherr · May 2006

i'm having a few performance issues too. also some of the character/skill point windows lose their textures and end up with yellow/blue checkered backgrounds.

seems pretty good otherwise.

Cthogua · May 2006

hmm....haven't had any problems with it at all, infact I'm enjoying it immensly. Definatly snagged a customer here...infact I've gotten like 3 or 4 other people around the office into it as well...I should get some sort of sponsorship

Marcus Dublin · May 2006

I tried the game a bit at E3 since your booth was right next to ours ( Kaos Studios) loved the three headed serpent, and from what little I played it seemed interesting. I say only interesting because Titan Quest is the type of game that needs a bit of time to get into and thats not really possible at E3. I loved the Diablo games so I'll give the demo a try for sure. By the way my only gripe with games of this ilk is that with all of the fine art put into it it's hard to appreciate due to the view distance of the characters on the screen.

Marcus Dublin
mxd76@hotmail.com

Joseph Silverman · May 2006

I tried it last night. It's really enjoyable, one of the best Diablo clones I've played (better than Diablo2, in many ways.)

Art's amazing.

TITAN QUEST demo this wednesday!

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