For the last couple of days, I've been playing Titan Quest again. This is my first playthrough of the Anniversary Edition with Atlantis. But yesterday, I went into the cave before Delphi in act 1, and I ran into a monster called "Shadowmaw". I swear, he wasn't in the cavern when I played Titan Quest with the Immortal Throne expansion years ago. So he must have been added by the Anniversary Edition.
Damn! Shadowmaw was tough for me at my level at that point in the game. I had many close calls, had to lead him outside (he wouldn't follow me too far outside the cavern), and finally wore him down gradually just when I was about to run out of health potions. When I played through the path from Megara to Delphi again, this time I ran away when I encountered him in the cave again.
What were the game producers thinking when they decided to add in this creature? Just how many more creatures are there in the whole game who are practically too powerful for you to take down the first time you find them? When do you know that you're strong enough to fight them?