Will titan quest 2 be "loot based" game?

[liberation]

Currently on the market we have last epoch, diablo 4, path of exile, 2 of these games have extreme loot drops. As a huge fan of souls games I was hoping perhaps titan quest 2 can be different?

Elden ring has very scarce loot but when you do find that weapon it has its unique attack pattern, cool ash of war. In other words its playstyle defining.

I'm personally tired of playing arpgs that showers me with generic loot. If elden ring and path of exile are the 2 extreme opposites when it comes to loot, my question would be. Where will titan quest 2 land? Somewhere in between? I'm curious what both developers and players think.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

From the store page info:

"Meaningful loot: Every item serves a function, and every character class has many options when it comes to finding the perfect equipment. Even the most common spear can be upgraded via affix crafting, and with the right ingredients, you may even forge it into a unique item spoken of only in legend!"

That's all we know so far.

[DankWestern]

Did you play the first one, OP??

[liberation]

I've played immortal throne but that was more than 15 years ago. I don't remember it all too well but well enough to remember I had lots of fun playing with TQ class design and exploring ancient Greece. I also remember I was looting a lot and going back to town to sell items for gold. Most certainly I wasn't good at the game so maybe I was doing it all wrong.

I also remember developers long ago mentioned something amongst the lines "they like diablo 2 and wanted to make a similar experience". Don't take that word for word. Diablo 2 is really really old and I understand its an important brand that is continued through poe 1 and now last epoch. Browsing through 20 items i find every 5 minutes, browsing my stash stabs, placing 50 items that i might use in stash tabs and then browsing that too later on, making my loot filter then changing it as i progress. All of these things feel like a chore to me. I have seen them and done them enough times.

Developers talk about meaningful loot but that section can be interpreted in so many ways. I would love some clarification/thoughts perhaps.

Yes I've played elden ring more than all other arpgs combined. Do i want TQ 2 to be souls like? Most certainly not, but elden ring is the beginning of the next generation of rpg gaming and from many interesting things I've heard, I'm certain Titan quest 2 will be exactly that and more, but certain diablo 2 systems that persist after all these decades concern me

[🥦Travar 🥦]

Ummm, yes?

[My Killer Shack]

引用自 liberation：

Currently on the market we have last epoch, diablo 4, path of exile, 2 of these games have extreme loot drops. As a huge fan of souls games I was hoping perhaps titan quest 2 can be different?

Elden ring has very scarce loot but when you do find that weapon it has its unique attack pattern, cool ash of war. In other words its playstyle defining.

I'm personally tired of playing arpgs that showers me with generic loot. If elden ring and path of exile are the 2 extreme opposites when it comes to loot, my question would be. Where will titan quest 2 land? Somewhere in between? I'm curious what both developers and players think.

it will be loot based, arpgs by design are loot based

[ArkhanTheBlack]

I think it's an interesting question, since there's currently a bit of a shift in ARPG gameplay going on. And while there's a lot of talk about PoE vs Diablo vs Last Epoch vs Grim Dawn going on, imho it's actually Lost Ark that's currently having the biggest influence on the genre.

Suddenly, every ARPG is getting a dodge (even Grim Dawn) and mounts are a thing. And some of it's cinematic world presentation and traversal like climbing are already used in Diablo 4 as well. And Path of Exile 2 is apparently supposed to be a very different game from its predecessor, with slower but more methodical combat. And its bosses will not only be more difficult with telegraphed attacks, but they will also have stagger bars. And yeah, that sounds a lot like Lost Ark.

Not sure why Souls is brought so much in that context, since it's still a different genre. Not only because of the POV, but also because its combat is mostly 1 vs 1 or against small groups. Only No Rest for the Wicked seems to go into a clear isometric Souls direction.

And I'm personally all for more focus on quality combat, because despite not being a big fan of all the MMO crap in Lost Ark, its combat is just exceptional. And while I do appreciate some ideas in Last Epoch, its combat just bored me to death.

And I do hope that with all the end game discussions going on, Titan Quest 2 will not forget that a fun campaign is important. For all the bashing Diablo 4 received, at least it had a good enough campaign that enough people reached the end game to complain about it to cause a ruckus.

[Thorba]

If the game isnt loot based it is like dead on arrival, the whole point of such games is the loot.

[unnamed]

引用自 Thorba：

If the game isnt loot based it is like dead on arrival, the whole point of such games is the loot.

correct i mean i killed hydra over 400 times to finish my trackers set you can see my pictures i finished it some months ago
ps i play original tq

[DeLastOne]

This is a diablo like game, like the first one. Do not expect anything soul like here. Loot is what those games are all about. There is actually some good game out there with top down view and sould like.

keep an eye open for

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371980/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked/


and there is Achille. Not bad at all :

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1314000/Achilles_Legends_Untold/

[WickedRequiem]

I wonder if loot drops will be tied to the enemies' equipment / area like in the original (as opposed to, say, enemy levels in many other loot based games).

[Buddusky]

I've had high hopes for No Rest for the Wicked but it blew up so badly. For a detailed review, I'd refer to my friend's review, here: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197999422088/recommended/1371980/