****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
This review is for the game Titan Quest, not necessarily the Collectors Edition.I purchased the collectors edition because I absolutely love this game. I got it in early-mid 2007 and played the snot out of it. The idea of playing as a hero through different mythological times and fighting mythical monsters like Cyclops, giant scarabs, Yeti, and Hades himself (The Immortal Throne expansion) just blew me away. The game play, graphics, replay value, and all the cool features kept it really interesting. I am typically an old school gamer who plays mostly 8 and 16 bit, and old Playstation games daily, so TQ was a step in another direction for me.However, the original game was riddled with bugs and technical issues, especially with certain graphical problems. This didn't bother me until I got to the end of Immortal Throne, which was a massive let down. However......some time after the game was made a "fan patch" was created that corrected pretty much every known bug in the game, and adding that patch REALLY made the game shine. It also added a bunch of "skins" from a "Skins Patch" so your Hero could change outfits that they wear, or don't wear, under their armor. This patch turned a good game with flaws into an EPIC game that was just smooth and fun, and yet still pretty darn hard in places.Lastly, if you should get this collectors edition, I suggest you look up the fan patch 1.17, as well as a nifty little program called "The TQ Vault" which allows you to store all the items you find and create a massive TQ collection. You can also do some "minor cheats", and complete sets, relics, formulae, etc...using the vault.As far as the Collectors Edition, I really don't care much for the added bonuses. I have the original TQ + Immortal throne in next to mint condition, so I just got the CE for the fun of it. I didn't even open it out of the package, and the box looks neat on my shelf here.In conclusion, GET this game, and GET the fan patch.
