Titan Quest

If you played the old 8 bit Nintendo "Battle of Olympus" or any of the Diablos and enjoyed them you will love this one. Beautiful to look at, fun and challenging to play. Aside from the rather abrupt ending which seems to be endemic with RPG games it is a very satisfying journey. The great thing is that the complexities and variations of the characters is huge so you can play it over and over and never get the same result. Also, you can create your own game though I wouldn't suggest it til you've played a few times. If you really enjoy RPG you will have a great time with this game!

The Titan Quest Official Strategy Guide is a solid if unspectacular product. Most of the basics are well covered. More than 50 pages are devoted to the various masteries and skills in the game with decent advice on how to build a character. They could have done more to suggest combinations of masteries that work well together but the section is certainly useful. The next major section of the book provides walk-throughs of both the main quest and the many side quests. This information is just barely enough to get you through if you have a problem but as others have mentioned there is only one map of a single dungeon and that's it. Most of the time, that really isn't a problem. The game is very linear with a straight path. Keep moving forward and kill what gets in your way and you'll do fine. But occasionally, I did struggle to find things and the guide was not as helpful as it could have been. There are also full sections on the items available in game and the beasties you will encounter. In all honesty, I didn't use these at all. The info is there is you want it, though. Don't want to play the game alone? There is some basic information on multiplayer games to help start you on that that path as well. And, finally, the guide also offers tips on building your own maps to share with friends or post online. All in all, there is a wealth of material in the guide and I was happy I bought it. Most of the value for me was realized in the sections on masteries and quests but your mileage will vary depending on what you're looking for. It could use some maps and a little more detail but it is well worth buying if you want to play Titan Quest DVD-Rom.

Pros: This book has good item stats and walkthrough. The mastery/skills chapter also has a lot of detail and tells you wheather the skill is good and if that skill has good modifiers Cons: I would have liked some colour in the book especially in the screenshot in the walkthrough. Overall this was a good book and i was pleased with my purchase