When comparing Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura vs Titan Quest, the Slant community recommends Titan Quest for most people. In the question“What are the best PC RPGs?” Titan Quest is ranked 18th while Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is ranked 51st. The most important reason people chose Titan Quest is:
Titan Quest is over 10 years old now, and it is still widely played. It even saw a remastered "Anniversary Edition" in August of 2016, drawing in more players, old and new.
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Pros
Pro Immersive storyline
The plot twists are unexpected, the big open world full of interesting characters to talk to and a lot of opportunities for quests.
Pro Unique balance of magic vs. technology
Arcanum has a well thought out class system. You can enjoy playing the game the same, regardless of the side you choose - magic or technology. You can try and stay neutral to have more flexibility in your actions, but then your skills won't get to a high level. If you do choose a side, it influences your gameplay further on: if you become a powerful magician, your aura starts wreaking havoc on the nearby technology, so you can't use any machine reliably. If you go the technology way, you become immune to the spells and magical items - beneficiary effects especially.
Pro High replayability
Arcanum offers a bunch of basic/derived stats, primary skills, and spells/technological degrees, which you can develop by attributing points. Also, there are a lot of moral choices to make in dialogues and reactions, and the world in the further gameplay adapts according to your answers.
Pro Graphically well aged
It looks of its era, but the direct draw graphics and the classic of its era look has aged wondrously in a nostalgic and nonabrasive way. It looks and feels like a classic.
Pro Holds up incredibly well
Titan Quest is over 10 years old now, and it is still widely played. It even saw a remastered "Anniversary Edition" in August of 2016, drawing in more players, old and new.
Pro You can choose the speed you want to play at
Titan Quest is unique among ARPGs in that you get to choose the game speed. You can be a leisurely player and take things slowly, or you can go hard and play the game on very fast settings. The fact that you get to choose adds another level of enjoyment to the game.
Pro Replayability through different classes
There are a plethora of classes that open up upon leveling to the second level, once one is chosen the others will be gone for that game session. This means that a different playthrough will be needed to explore what all the different classes offer, making for quite a lot of playtime.
Pro Lots of loot to find
There is quite a lot of loot in the game to be found, which drives the player to continue playing, just to find that better weapon or piece of armor. The loot is also color coded when dropped, making it easy to discern what is worth picking up or leaving behind.
Pro Tons of customization
There are 30 different classes of characters to choose from within the game with 150 character skills that they can learn. This way users can customize their character to their liking and playstyle.
Cons
Con Flawed combat system
The final release of the game has three combat modes: real-time, turn-based, and a faster version of turn-based. Real-time mode is too fast and frantic, and the turn-based combat can feel as a chore - these flaws make some people stop playing after the first of the few dungeon-crawls.
Con Difficult to run on modern systems
It's a great game, but it requires specific community patchers with an understanding of what those patchers do to make the game run well.
Con Combat feels a little static
Con Save anywhere does not save character placement
This means that there will be some retreading of areas once a save is loaded as the character will not be in the same place as where they were left off. This will waste time and can be frustrating having to do this every time you load the game.
Con Disappointing loot at later levels
Even when the player has reached a high level, they will often find loot meant for low level characters. This can be frustrating when trying to find better gear and just adds a lot of clutter to ones inventory as the majority of items found won't be that useful.