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Titan Quest was designed so that our grandmothers would want to play it

DSOGaming writes: "We already know that the gaming industry is basically just a business these days and nothing more. We also know that publishers often interfere with their games' development and most of the times, this is not a good sign. So after Arthur Bruno’s interview with RockPaperShotgun, a fan went ahead and complained at Crate's forum. This is natural, everyone does it. What surprised us though was a post from Crate’s designer, Medierra, in which he claimed that Titan Quest was designed so that the grandmother of the higher-ups – and basically all of our grandmothers – would want to play it."

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bozebo4651d ago (Edited 4651d ago )

"our dear publishers should not interfere with a game’s development"

this ^

In today's industry all that publishers are needed for is localisation and getting the game in a box on shops' shelves.
They are under threat as a business plan, and they want their massive greedy profits (up to HALF of what you pay for the game). The profits should go to the developer so they don't have to close down, the publishers are in charge of their cash flow - so if a developer doesn't adhere to the publisher's needs then they can't grow as a business in themselves. Take the example of Activision not paying out to IW - I think they owed them a few hundred million $. Publishers should go die in a fire.

We have this thing called digital distribution that will kill publishers in due time. Except Valve maybe... but they can hang around a bit longer :P

ThanatosDMC4651d ago

I was just playing this game. I'm level 3 if I'm not mistaken. It's better than I thought it would be.

Miiikeyyy4651d ago

Holy shit this game was the mad note! I played it when It first came out. It consumed my life!

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The critically acclaimed ARPG “Titan Quest” has just released its “Eternal Embers” expansion for PC

"THQ Nordic today announced with great delight and thrill that they have just released the “Eternal Embers” expansion for their critically acclaimed ARPG “Titan Quest” (the "Eternal Embers” expansion" is avaible right now for PC via Steam)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

Kados880d ago

One of the last remaining good devs.

Interloper880d ago

I didn't even know this was being done... Well there goes my wallet haha.

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The best games like Diablo

What are the best games like Diablo? With Diablo 4 still a way off, we share some of the best alternatives currently available.

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Terry_B935d ago

Lists Victor Vran but not even Grim Dawn. No wonder this did not get even one approval here in 13 hours.

MadLad934d ago (Edited 934d ago )

Grim Dawn is amazing. A gorgeous game to boot.

This list is a joke.
Ah yes, Borderlands 3 and Destiny 2 always come to mind when I think of Diablo.

Like, just because it has loot, that doesn't mean it's like Diablo. And it's not exactly like Diablo created the mechanic of "loot" to begin with.

What I was hoping to get out of this was maybe a hidden gem I wasn't aware of. What I actually got was a small chuckle about how much of a bad take this article was.

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esherwood935d ago

It’s insane often I get disconnected on Diablo resurrected, I need to give these a shot

Terry_B934d ago

..the most of those don't even have an online mode.

Germaximus935d ago

Marvel Heroes was incredible. Really wish it could be brought back. Warhammer: Chaosbane is pretty good

justadelusion935d ago

Wow, that is quite a low effort article

LordoftheCritics935d ago

I was thinking the same. Reminds of school homework

anast935d ago

Grim Dawn needs to be on this list.

MadLad934d ago (Edited 934d ago )

It and Diablo 2 are easily my favorites.
Might like Grim Dawn most, honestly; but I haven't played the remaster yet so.

The Shadows games are pretty good. The devs are cool guys too. I reviewed the original game way back when they sent me code. They've sent me every release since, even though they know I haven't wrote for a long time.

The only one I'm reluctant to try to this day is Path of Exile. I love these types of games, and consider myself a big fan of more complicated, in-depth games, but that skill tree and the mechanics behind the game's character building is f*****g intimidating.

anast934d ago

Grim Dawn is a solid game all the way around. I can't wait to play the D2 remaster.

Yeah, I get that, but Path is a lot of fun. I am waiting for Path 2. I've kind of played out the existing characters. Resistances are key or at least when I played it.

I'll have to check out the Shadows games. Thanks for the heads up.

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