Diablo-kloner kan man sällan få nog av, anser vi på redaktionen, och nu har äntligen uppföljaren till det 19 år (!) gamla, hyllade Titan Quest släppts i Early Access. Det visar sig att det är fler än oss som suktat efter mer (antikt) monsterslaktande, och spelet lyckades sälja hela 300 000 exemplar inom loppet av 72 timmar.
Tydligen lever spelet upp till hypen också; i alla fall om man ska tro Steam-recensionerna. Snittet av de 6,5 tusen recensionerna är just nu väldigt positivt. Angående skicket titeln befinner sig i och längden på Early Access-perioden, säger utvecklarna på Grimlore Games såhär:
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
"We will stay in Early Access for as long as needed, depending on the feedback of our community. Currently, we are thinking about one year."
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
"We plan to develop additional masteries, new content and world segments, stories and quests as well as new supporting features to enhance the game's longevity like crafting. We plan to release these things as Early Access updates as soon as they are ready. The cadence of updates we plan is small updates (bugfixes, balancing, minor polish updates) monthly (can be skipped if nothing major is needed) and major updates roughly every 3 months which will add major new features, mechanics and/or content. Also we plan to add translations during Early Access - currently its English only."
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
"The current state demonstrates the core gameplay experience with content of about 15 hours and the feature set as described on the About section on the Steam store page. All elements might lack additional polish and quality of life features so despite shaping future content and features with your feedback we also want to do additional development iteration on the content that is there. Multiplayer is currently in an early preview state which is functional but lacks features as well."
Har du hunnit testa Titan Quest II i Early Access, och vad är i så fall dina intryck?