Eriador
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A long time ago, there existed one game. The game was named Diablo and it gained millions of followers. Fanbase grew rapidly and the games fame reached the heavens themselves. But then, the others came. Hundreds of other games followed the example of their true master and battled amongst themselves, each trying to top that old game with archaic graphics, trying to earn the so called place of king of action RPGs, with their ultimate goal to replace Diablo itself. Each one tried something new, great graphics Yet their quest was futile, as the fanbase was too rabid and fanatical to accept anything new and the games themselves were mostly terrible anyway. Those few games who actually managed to be great in their own way were quickly branded "Diablo-clones" and were mostly left forgotten in the dark abyss of time, their fanbases being small and developers going bankrupt.
This one is not one of those few.
Our story begins in the year of 2007. After the mighty Titan Quest proved that mythological point-and-click RPGs can exist, a French game studio Cyanide known for making sport sims like Pro Cycling Manager decided to make their own Titan Quest-clone on low budget. The results were mixed.
"The game is buggy!" the players cried and they were totally right. The patches came, but by then it was too late and then they stopped coming at all.
"The voice acting is terrible!" the players cried as the voice of Fernando Cortés haunted their dreams.
"The game is too hard!" the players cried as legions of jaguars devoured them over and over again, with all their attacks missing constantly.
"The environments are copypasted and dull!" the players cried because they never got through those aforementioned legions of jaguars and promptly uninstalled it before they could see anything else in the game.
The game faded to obscurity, no guides were posted and discussion being limited to one thread on Titan Quest forum.
And yet, it still managed to be more fun then Diablo 3, in a way.
Seth escaped from his tomb and sent all of his time-travelling minions to conquer everything! Who shall save us?
(By the way I don't have the English version, so I will be translating.)
Greek Fighter is for those who always wanted to play as Xena. Her patron gods are goddes of tactics and wisdom Athena (Sword and shield fighter and Xena-esque throwing discs), goddes of hunting Artemis (Archery) and finally the god of war Ares (whose skill tree consists entirely of traps for some reason, with stealth added in the mix).
Egyptian Sorcerer (Priest) is the traditional magic user, with his patron gods being Ra the sun god (Fire, Fire and MORE FIRE!), Horus, the god of sky and protector of the Pharaoh (Lightning and Mummy summons). Lastly you can actually worship the main antagonist Seth, god of Deserts, Chaos and EEEEVIL! (Dark magic damage spells and debuffing curses).
Aztec Shaman is sort of like a weird druid. Her patron gods are Quetzalcoatl, god of Wisdom (Summoning and buffing your summons), Tezcatlipoca god of night and war (Shapeshifting) and lastly Mictlantecuhtli, god of death (Weird dark magic/necromantic mix, where you need to stay in the Spirit realm to use 90 percent of your skills).
Norse Warrior is your typical barbarian, atleast if you go with the god of thunder Thor (2-handed weapons and lots of status efects) or god of war Tyr (Dual-wielding raging berserk), but can also be a battlemage character if you go with god of wisdom Odin (Wields staves or spears, summons valkyries and casts melee range ice spells).
Each character starts in their own era and throughout the game they visit the other ones aswell before finally facing Seth (never finished it, so I'm guessing that's what happens).
So, without further ado, which one shall be our chosen hero?
This one is not one of those few.
Our story begins in the year of 2007. After the mighty Titan Quest proved that mythological point-and-click RPGs can exist, a French game studio Cyanide known for making sport sims like Pro Cycling Manager decided to make their own Titan Quest-clone on low budget. The results were mixed.
"The game is buggy!" the players cried and they were totally right. The patches came, but by then it was too late and then they stopped coming at all.
"The voice acting is terrible!" the players cried as the voice of Fernando Cortés haunted their dreams.
"The game is too hard!" the players cried as legions of jaguars devoured them over and over again, with all their attacks missing constantly.
"The environments are copypasted and dull!" the players cried because they never got through those aforementioned legions of jaguars and promptly uninstalled it before they could see anything else in the game.
The game faded to obscurity, no guides were posted and discussion being limited to one thread on Titan Quest forum.
And yet, it still managed to be more fun then Diablo 3, in a way.
Seth escaped from his tomb and sent all of his time-travelling minions to conquer everything! Who shall save us?
(By the way I don't have the English version, so I will be translating.)
Greek Fighter is for those who always wanted to play as Xena. Her patron gods are goddes of tactics and wisdom Athena (Sword and shield fighter and Xena-esque throwing discs), goddes of hunting Artemis (Archery) and finally the god of war Ares (whose skill tree consists entirely of traps for some reason, with stealth added in the mix).
Egyptian Sorcerer (Priest) is the traditional magic user, with his patron gods being Ra the sun god (Fire, Fire and MORE FIRE!), Horus, the god of sky and protector of the Pharaoh (Lightning and Mummy summons). Lastly you can actually worship the main antagonist Seth, god of Deserts, Chaos and EEEEVIL! (Dark magic damage spells and debuffing curses).
Aztec Shaman is sort of like a weird druid. Her patron gods are Quetzalcoatl, god of Wisdom (Summoning and buffing your summons), Tezcatlipoca god of night and war (Shapeshifting) and lastly Mictlantecuhtli, god of death (Weird dark magic/necromantic mix, where you need to stay in the Spirit realm to use 90 percent of your skills).
Norse Warrior is your typical barbarian, atleast if you go with the god of thunder Thor (2-handed weapons and lots of status efects) or god of war Tyr (Dual-wielding raging berserk), but can also be a battlemage character if you go with god of wisdom Odin (Wields staves or spears, summons valkyries and casts melee range ice spells).
Each character starts in their own era and throughout the game they visit the other ones aswell before finally facing Seth (never finished it, so I'm guessing that's what happens).
So, without further ado, which one shall be our chosen hero?
