Torchlight Ups the Ante
Has the recent product of ex- Blizzard North and Flagship Studios employees led to a period of constructive silence for the Diablo III team? Torchlight, in many respects a child of the Diablo series as any official game, has been garnering the fanhood of many of our own members, perhaps due to its vast similarities in style, gameplay, and mechanics to older Diablo games and even Diablo III, itself. A recent article at MMO News asks all this and more.
For a good number of weeks now the DiabloFans staff has been struggling to find solid, unique, and valuable news. It's proved a distinctly challenging task, however, as very little has been released, as opposed to the massive flood of information we have been getting for months. Could this be the Diablo team treading lightly, so as to avoid announcing anything fragile? MMO News says that because of this observation, common among all Diablo news sites, that "Blizzard has made up its mind to reform the game system thoroughly".
Or could this simply be the usual calm before the storm? A similar slow came after StarCraft II's unveiling at the World Wide Invitational, which was followed by a good amount of updates straight from Blizzard and then reached a veritable freeze. Is it too soon to make the call?
Sure, I'll make a note of it.
1. An editor that permits most types of mods - including total conversions
2. A LAN type multiplayer co-op mod is now in Alpha and may be released in a few weeks.
The Torchlight team have provided access to the original meshes and textures so the 'anime-style' graphics can be altered.
Given that the community has been waiting so long for D3 and that Torchlight is so 'mod friendly' I would guess that there are modders out there now planning a total conversion with uprated graphics and an immersive storyline - and one that will feature co-op multiplayer!
D3 can take as long as it likes to appear. The fact that it won't feature LAN play is enough to prevent me personally from buying it.
After all, why would I if Torchlight has the potential to replace it?
Check this link...
http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4509
Flame on! I've heard it all before...