<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role	I-Application
playing	I-Application
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
by	O
DotEmu	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
;	O
later	O
versions	O
were	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
Nordic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Diablo	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
with	O
player	O
navigation	O
being	O
handled	O
with	O
a	O
mouse-driven	O
tile-based	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
revolving	O
around	O
role-playing	O
mechanics	O
and	O
real-time	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
expansions	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Immortal	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Ragnarök	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Atlantis	O
in	O
2019	O
and	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Eternal	O
Embers	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
envisioned	O
by	O
game	O
designer	O
Brian	O
Sullivan	O
as	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
Ancient	O
Greece	O
similar	O
to	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mythology	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
announced	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
when	O
released	O
,	O
being	O
both	O
praised	O
as	O
a	O
good	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
while	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
being	O
criticized	O
for	O
its	O
traditional	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
and	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
later	O
became	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
Grim	B-Application
Dawn	I-Application
,	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
team	O
members	O
from	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
following	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
closure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
THQ	O
Nordic	O
released	O
an	O
expansion	O
over	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
,	O
entitled	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Ragnarök	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
set	O
in	O
the	O
pre-Roman	O
Ancient	O
World	O
:	O
these	O
include	O
Ancient	O
Greece	O
,	O
Egypt	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Silk	O
Road	O
leading	O
through	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
:	O
players	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
choose	O
gender	O
,	O
name	O
and	O
tunic	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fighting	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
real-time	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
combat	O
,	O
with	O
players	O
attacking	O
randomly-generated	O
enemies	O
highlighted	O
by	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
eight	O
available	O
Masteries	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
(	O
Defence	O
,	O
Warfare	O
,	O
Hunting	O
,	O
Rogue	B-Protocol
,	O
Earth	O
,	O
Storm	O
,	O
Nature	O
and	O
Spirit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
single-player	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
features	O
cooperative	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
accept	O
invitation	O
from	O
up	O
to	O
six	O
other	O
players	O
to	O
join	O
their	O
game	O
session	O
through	O
either	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
or	O
online	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
begins	O
with	O
a	O
narration	O
,	O
detailing	O
how	O
the	O
Titans	O
once	O
ruled	O
the	O
primordial	O
darkness	O
before	O
the	O
light	O
of	O
the	O
Olympian	O
Gods	O
appeared	O
:	O
after	O
a	O
great	O
war	O
,	O
the	O
Titans	O
were	O
exiled	O
and	O
imprisoned	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Olympians	O
ushered	O
in	O
a	O
golden	O
age	O
for	O
the	O
mortal	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
player	O
defeats	O
Typhon	O
,	O
Zeus	B-Application
speaks	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
telling	O
them	O
that	O
they	O
,	O
a	O
human	O
champion	O
,	O
have	O
proved	O
humanity	O
can	O
live	O
without	O
the	O
protection	O
of	O
Olympus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
game	O
designer	O
Brian	O
Sullivan	O
:	O
while	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
,	O
which	O
sported	O
a	O
Grecian	O
setting	O
,	O
he	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
similar	O
game	O
while	O
including	O
the	O
region	O
's	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
work	O
for	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
began	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
when	O
its	O
developer	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
Entertainment	O
was	O
formed	O
by	O
Sullivan	O
and	O
Paul	O
Chieffo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
aimed	O
at	O
both	O
casual	O
and	O
hardcore	O
gamers	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
necessary	O
prices	O
for	O
games	O
necessitated	O
reaching	O
out	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
audience	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
profit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
chose	O
the	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
stayed	O
within	O
their	O
mythological	O
subject	O
matter	O
rather	O
than	O
straying	O
into	O
historical	O
events	O
:	O
this	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
incident	O
during	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
where	O
the	O
developers	O
needed	O
to	O
cut	O
a	O
scenario	O
showing	O
Korean	O
people	O
coming	O
under	O
attack	O
from	O
invading	O
Japanese	O
due	O
to	O
potential	O
political	O
and	O
popular	O
backlash	O
in	O
both	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
and	O
script	O
were	O
written	O
by	O
Randall	O
Wallace	O
,	O
a	O
screenwriter	O
who	O
had	O
written	O
recent	O
successful	O
films	O
Braveheart	B-Application
and	O
Pearl	O
Harbor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
his	O
first	O
time	O
writing	O
for	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
art	O
director	O
was	O
Michael	O
Sheidow	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
done	O
concept	O
work	O
for	O
Dungeons	B-Protocol
&	I-Protocol
Dragons	I-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
before	O
joining	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
hired	O
as	O
lead	O
artist	O
,	O
Sheidow	O
was	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
feeling	O
"	O
burnt	O
out	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
design	O
approaches	O
used	O
for	O
Dungeons	B-Protocol
&	I-Protocol
Dragons	I-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
so	O
individual	O
units	O
would	O
behave	O
differently	O
depending	O
on	O
situation	O
and	O
combat	O
ability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
Western	O
titles	O
to	O
use	O
PathEngine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
was	O
compared	O
frequently	O
to	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
Diablo	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sullivan	O
,	O
the	O
comparison	O
was	O
inevitable	O
as	O
Diablo	B-Application
helped	O
define	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
emphasized	O
by	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
action	B-Application
RPGs	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
effectively	O
removed	O
tutorials	O
so	O
players	O
could	O
get	O
straight	O
into	O
gameplay	O
,	O
using	O
games	O
like	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
tutorials	O
impeding	O
players	O
during	O
early	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loot	O
drops	O
were	O
also	O
made	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
types	O
of	O
creatures	O
killed	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
which	O
had	O
animals	O
dropping	O
currency	O
and	O
weapons	O
regardless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
design	O
for	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
handled	O
by	O
Scott	O
Morton	O
and	O
Mike	O
Verrette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
sound	O
designer	O
,	O
Morton	O
worked	O
from	O
specifications	O
sent	O
by	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
public	O
exhibition	O
being	O
at	O
that	O
year	O
's	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
alongside	O
its	O
expansion	O
by	O
THQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Gold	O
Edition	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2007	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
and	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
after	O
THQ	O
began	O
selling	O
off	O
its	O
shares	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
its	O
2013	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
began	O
supporting	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
with	O
patches	O
to	O
fix	O
gameplay	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
issues	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
glitches	O
and	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
was	O
developed	O
under	O
license	O
from	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
by	O
DotEmu	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
developer	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
a	O
successful	O
mobile	O
port	O
of	O
Ys	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
I	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
put	O
in	O
additional	O
options	O
for	O
actions	O
such	O
as	O
targeting	O
enemies	O
with	O
mastery	O
abilities	O
and	O
searching	O
for	O
loot	O
It	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2016	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
debuted	O
at	O
#3	O
in	O
the	O
dedicated	O
PC	O
game	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
later	O
interview	O
,	O
Bruno	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
had	O
sold	O
"	O
surprisingly	O
well	O
"	O
despite	O
a	O
slow	O
start	O
,	O
with	O
combined	O
sales	O
for	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
and	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
reaching	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
late	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
continued	O
to	O
sell	O
well	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
though	O
exact	O
figures	O
were	O
not	O
given	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
:	O
aggregate	O
site	O
Metacritic	O
recorded	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
77/100	O
based	O
on	O
51	O
critic	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eric	O
Neigher	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
enjoyed	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
while	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
stayed	O
within	O
genre	O
traditions	O
:	O
he	O
rounded	O
off	O
his	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
may	O
not	O
break	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
dent	O
,	O
any	O
new	O
ground	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
features	O
a	O
beautifully	O
realized	O
game	O
world	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
tried-and-true	O
core	O
mechanic	O
,	O
with	O
tons	O
of	O
replayability	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Rossignol	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
stood	O
high	O
among	O
its	O
contemporary	O
peers	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
did	O
not	O
evolve	O
the	O
genre	O
enough	O
for	O
him	O
to	O
really	O
enjoy	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Ryan	O
Davis	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
next-best	O
thing	O
"	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
Diablo	B-Application
title	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
single-player	O
campaign	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
while	O
faulting	O
its	O
familiar	O
feel	O
,	O
inventory	O
system	O
and	O
recurring	O
technical	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PALGN	O
reviewer	O
Mark	O
Marrow	O
called	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
PC	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
revitalized	O
its	O
genre	O
despite	O
some	O
minor	O
issues	O
with	O
gameplay	O
and	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
began	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
with	O
preparatory	O
work	O
happening	O
during	O
the	O
final	O
stages	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Immortal	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
,	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
2006	O
and	O
eventually	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
followed	O
the	O
player	O
as	O
they	O
investigated	O
a	O
new	O
outbreak	O
of	O
monster	O
attacks	O
originating	O
from	O
the	O
Underworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
eleven	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
the	O
expansion	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Ragnarök	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
in	O
November	O
2017	O
by	O
THQ	O
Nordic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
expansion	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
in	O
June	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
another	O
expansion	O
,	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Atlantis	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
Spy	O
,	O
it	O
exceeded	O
1.6	O
million	O
owners	O
within	O
a	O
month	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
would	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
only	O
three	O
projects	O
Iron	O
Lore	O
worked	O
on	O
in	O
its	O
lifetime	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
original	O
project	O
alongside	O
Immortal	B-Application
Throne	I-Application
:	O
after	O
completing	O
work	O
on	O
Soulstorm	B-Application
,	O
an	O
expansion	O
to	O
Warhammer	B-Language
40,000	I-Language
:	I-Language
Dawn	I-Language
of	I-Language
War	I-Language
,	O
the	O
studio	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
close	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
due	O
to	O
difficulties	O
in	O
securing	O
any	O
funding	O
for	O
future	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
team	O
founded	O
a	O
new	O
studio	O
called	O
Crate	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
licensed	O
the	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
engine	O
to	O
develop	O
Grim	B-Application
Dawn	I-Application
,	O
dubbed	O
by	O
staff	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Titan	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
