Grim Dawn ( Titan Quest \ Diablo fans )

[AsRock]

If you're wishing for a TQ2, you should check out Grim Dawn, the spiritual successor to TQ being created by the lead designer from Iron Lore. Currently, they have a successful campaign on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crateentertainment/grim-dawn) but there are only 6 days left and with your support they could accomplish much more!

As a registered member of these forums, we have no doubt that you were or continue to be a fan of the Titan Quest game, along with the expansion, Immortal Throne. While there is no sign of Titan Quest 2 on the horizon, there is however a spiritual successor to the game in Crate Entertainment’s Grim Dawn. In 2009, Crate’s Arthur Bruno (former lead designer at Iron Lore Studios) negotiated for the rights to the engine from Titan Quest. Since that time, Crate Entertainment has been hard at work developing the open world ARPG Grim Dawn. Crate Entertainment has listened extensively to the feedback provided by the gamers who played Titan Quest, and the end result is a “game guided by traditional design and old school sensibilities, with innovation only in the areas where it truly improves the game and isn't just a gimmicky back of the box feature.”

As the development of Grim Dawn continues towards its final stages, Crate Entertainment invites you to view the progress that has been made so far, and the planned features that will be making their way into the final release of Grim Dawn. (Also, be sure and check out the outlined stretch goals such as two-handed weapons and randomly appearing high-level dungeons.) Like other independent projects, Crate has embraced the Kickstarter model, and the Grim Dawn project can be found at the following page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crateentertainment/grim-dawn

Please take the time to visit, and support the development of a game that is sure to evoke memories of Titan Quest in a way no other game on the market will. Also, feel free to visit and join the Grim Dawn community at www.grimdawn.com

Thanks for your time and support.

The TQ.net admin team,
On behalf of Crate Entertainment

 

[AsRock]

Wow, it's like no one liked Titans Quest lol.

 

[NinkobEi]

This genre is quickly becoming drowned. Last several years there have been hardly any of these types of games. Now suddenly there are 5-6. These companies should have beat D3 to the punch.

 

[D007]

This genre is quickly becoming drowned. Last several years there have been hardly any of these types of games. Now suddenly there are 5-6. These companies should have beat D3 to the punch.

idk why anyone is even playing D3.. I hated it..lol.. Put it down after 2 hours of monotonous, pastelle, ugliness. This looks much better.

 

[Frick]

Wow, it's like no one liked Titans Quest lol.

You only waited 2 hours.

Anyway will look at this. Looks good.

idk why anyone is even playing D3.. I hated it..lol.. Put it down after 2 hours of monotonous, pastelle, ugliness. This looks much better.

You vs millions.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

idk why anyone is even playing D3.. I hated it..lol.. Put it down after 2 hours of monotonous, pastelle, ugliness. This looks much better.

Because each person have their own opinion

Looks quite nice. We'll see when this game will be release, for now, D3 takes my time

 

[Robert-The-Rambler]

Are you kidding?

Wow, it's like no one liked Titans Quest lol.

Titan Quest and Immortal Throne was and is awesome. I never did finish it completely but I bought it both on Steam and earlier on physical discs. I still think it looks beautiful today and is a blast to battle mythological beasts. I studied Latin for years so I am into the genre. I've been playing a lot of Dungeon Siege 3 so I say I am ready for action based so called RPGs with lots of ass kicking.

 

[D007]

You only waited 2 hours.

Anyway will look at this. Looks good.



You vs millions.

Lol no, just me vs me..

I hope everyone who likes the game is thoroughly enjoying it.. It just wasn't for me I guess.. 'd Diablo 2 though..

 

[Mussels]

Wow, it's like no one liked Titans Quest lol.

now that D3 is out, no one needs look alikes. titan quest was great, but also buggy and demanding on hardware.

 

[ShiBDiB]

I refuse to put money in these things..

1. Not enough transparency to where my money is going.
2. If the game was truly good it would get picked up by a legit publisher.

 

[AsRock]

This genre is quickly becoming drowned. Last several years there have been hardly any of these types of games. Now suddenly there are 5-6. These companies should have beat D3 to the punch.

Thats only if you have the money to do such a thing and this has been in the works near the end of TQ.

idk why anyone is even playing D3.. I hated it..lol.. Put it down after 2 hours of monotonous, pastelle, ugliness. This looks much better.

You only waited 2 hours.

Anyway will look at this. Looks good.



You vs millions.

Get ya eye's checked bubba

Titan Quest and Immortal Throne was and is awesome. I never did finish it completely but I bought it both on Steam and earlier on physical discs. I still think it looks beautiful today and is a blast to battle mythological beasts. I studied Latin for years so I am into the genre. I've been playing a lot of Dungeon Siege 3 so I say I am ready for action based so called RPGs with lots of ass kicking.

I can say we enjoyed TQ more than D3. D3 seems to be some thing that D2 wasn't but D2 was better than TQ except for resolution and camera changes you could do..

now that D3 is out, no one needs look alikes. titan quest was great, but also buggy and demanding on hardware.

Look alike ?. it looks totally better than D3.

I just hope they aim more for the D2 type of play than the D3 type play.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

I'm actually very happy they didn't release before Diablo 3. I play diablo 3 and while it's OK it sucks compared to early Diablo.

Diablo 3 has nothing but bad reviews which all these other companies can use for major leverage in market. I am so ready for any of these titles to launch.

Torch Light II
Sacred III
Grim Dawn

So far all of these games look better then D3.

 

[Frick]

Diablo 3 has nothing but bad reviews which all these other companies can use for major leverage in market. I am so ready for any of these titles to launch.

Err no, D3 has great reviews from reviewers and a lot of great user reviews and a major bunch of crybabies who flaw the user score. It seems people just can't have a balanced look at it.

 

[razaron]

As long as this has a WYSIWYG loot system, it will be a buy.

Err no, D3 has great reviews from reviewers and a lot of great user reviews and a major bunch of crybabies who flaw the user score. It seems people just can't have a balanced look at it.

Most of them probably haven't even played the game.

 

[Delta6326]

Wow grim dawn looks really cool I couldn't find a realese date.

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

the outlook looks grim on this one

 

[Anisotonic]

Wow grim dawn looks really cool I couldn't find a realese date.

There isn't one, it's currently in pre-alpha. They are aiming for august 2013 I think. Looking forward to this, should be excellent.

 

[Vayra86]

I'm reviving this topic, because why make a new one.

Who's playing this right now? The new expansion (and probably the last) 'Forgotten Gods' is out.

I'm looking for build ideas! What are you cooking up?

I'll kick off with my current work in progress.

Toxic Sentinel

This build capitalizes on the new Oathkeeper class by combining a focused Acid/Poison build with strong retribution damage and tankiness. I used to run a Witch Hunter with a similar idea sans the retribution - and the tankiness, instead using avoidance from Nightblade to survive. Lots, and lots of damage over time, but it also meant chicken gameplay, with lots of kiting and running involved. Direct melee would rip me apart in the higher levels on Ultimate. The Toxic Sentinel is the solution? I've yet to discover how it will fare in the end-game, but so far, so good...

Build link:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/lV7qEyvN

Basics / considerations:
- Fundamentals based on http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36115
- Strong devotion tree focus on poison procs, to stack for a high damage over time. Some splashes into retribution damage and shield block for additional toughness.
- Can evolve equally well as a melee based, or caster setup. We have Righteous Zeal for the first and Dreeg's Evil Eye for the latter to focus on. For melee, being sword/board is a minor loss as most of the shield damage is counted towards attacks as well.
- 100% synergy; Dreeg's Evil Eye now adds retribution damage. Bloody Pox/Fevered Rage (optional) benefit this build's damage due to the retribution focus, as mobs reach and hit you much faster, while giving you a brutal Defense Rating shred. Acid damage is also the highest in your direct (melee) vicinity. Righteous Zeal stacking also adds additional retribution damage on top of Dreeg's Evil Eye due to its weapon damage component. Since Retri damage has its own scaling mechanic, the damage type isn't even that relevant, it all gets added as flat damage. You're looking at a very easy to obtain 3-4K on top of almost everything, and more on something such as Aegis of Menhir (it gets up to 38-40% extra!).
- The Sentinel offers the highest potential for resistance shredding. We get -35% from Guardians and -30% from Curse of Frailty. And another 28 Resistance Reduction from Devotions. This is an ungeared resistance shred of 93%.
- Great potential from the skilltree for Physical Resistance stacking through passive and active effects, which should cover up the additional damage from Fevered Rage. However, its still a risky endeavour to use it. This to me is the fun element of this build. Bloody Pox is a real high risk/high payoff skill for it.
- The best part: you can play this as actively as you like. Even just running past enemies is enough to start seeing numbers. Stand still and those numbers get much bigger. Start pushing buttons and they explode.
Looking forward to your input

 

[neatfeatguy]

I'm reviving this topic, because why make a new one.

Who's playing this right now? The new expansion (and probably the last) 'Forgotten Gods' is out.

I hate you. 500+ hours put into this game and you tell me there's another expansion out.....I hate you because now I have to play it again.

 

[Vayra86]

I hate you. 500+ hours put into this game and you tell me there's another expansion out.....I hate you because now I have to play it again.

Roll an Oathkeeper and we can share the love together This class is awesome, opens up so many new things.

Made a little demo vid

 

[WhiteNoise]

I heard about this game but never looked into it. Reminds me of POE a lot but looks like it has potential to be even better. Think I'll pick it up.

 

[Space Lynx]

I will be buying it in the summer sale. I own base game, but none of expansions yet.

@Vayra86 thank you for sharing your build!!!

 

[Vayra86]

Level 72 now and my stacked poison dot sits at a nice 66K/sec

I heard about this game but never looked into it. Reminds me of POE a lot but looks like it has potential to be even better. Think I'll pick it up.

This is much more like a Diablo 2. Quite story focused and linear. Cool things are that you need to actually progress through 3 difficulties to gain enough reputation with factions for some endgame bonuses, giving the runs some purpose. You can mix & match 2 classes at will totally freeform, so the amount of build options is staggering, but not as overwhelming as PoE. And the amount of itemization and customization options is incredible, too. It has a bit of a learning curve figuring out the little secrets to great damage, but that makes it all the more fun.

 

[HTC]

I'm playing this game using Linux (GOG version). Also have Steam's version but not with the latest patch, so i'm playing only GOG's version.

Still using my level 100 pierce blademaster.

 

[flmatter]

I have to buy FG for it yet. But was having fun with it for a while may have to revisit it in between Div2 and PoE.