Hey everyone in the torchlight community! I am acctually away on work right now and am looking for something to occupy my time in the evenings on some of those boring nights (I'm away for an extended period :(). So I'm wondering if torchlight is a worthy candidate for this? I love diablo 2 and after going through this forum it seems like it is pretty similar. However, since it is not multiplayer I'm a little worried. I love getting good items and using them, in D2 that was the best thing for me. Since there is no multiplayer I'm guessing I'm going to be forced to find everything myself. Is this super hard?
Also how is the replay value? Will I want to play it all over again once its done? What I mean by that is will I feel an incentive to like it will be a bit different somehow? Will the hours I put into it leveling a character and finding good stuff yield a sense of accomplishment or will it feel pointless because the character is useless after you beat the final boss?
And mainly, is it fun? Does it hold a "torch" to D2?
Torchlight is going to become a free-to-play action MMO sometime this year. The gear is totally fun and totally worth it If you play it, you will find it is dangerously similar to Diablo I and Diablo II short of its graphics.
I think Torchlight is an horrible choice to fill your time.
I enjoyed one run through it... but other than that, even with mods, I found it to be extremely unsatisfying.
Heck, after it, I just came back to D2 if I want to kill time that way. It brings nothing worth it to the table and does -nothing- better than D2, actually does quite a few things worse, especially ITEMS... if you enjoy getting items in Torchlight, well, sweet, but I just don't see myself liking that part of the game. It just doesn't feel good whatsoever. Its not about finding things or not, its just that the itemization is just horrible and unsatisfying. Its hard to describe.
Hey, thats my opinion on the game, not everyone think like I do. Its still worth playing once, but I just never really played it again. Lets just say it didn't hold me until D3 at all.
Torchlight is going to become a free-to-play action MMO sometime this year.
When it does become a MMO do you know if your characters you make now transfer over? If it is really close to D1 and D2 maybe I will give it a go! Even if it is only for one run through I'm guessing that will be worth the $20, I mean its not that much!
It is worth the 20$ although you probably won't get as much out of it as you hope. The characters will not transfer over to the mmo. There is no release date yet.
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I downloaded the demo yesterday and tried it out. It was ok like you said but was no where near diablo. Seems to me like it's diablo rated PG. I'm still up in the air about it. I AM a bit curious about the story line already
Yes, it is pretty much that. However, it has it's own unique qualities about it. All in all considering the price it's worth it and you will certainly get your money back in gameplay if you choose to finish the story.
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To be honest torchlight is actually a fun game. Graphics are pretty good other then being said "kiddish" looking. Weapons and armours have distinctive looks and they all look different in each of the 3 classes you play. The only thing is the bad storyline. You basically have like 10stages to complete one after another,defeat the final boss and thats it. I completed the game at level 50 and all i could do was to try a different class and complete the game over and over again. :|
Hey everyone in the torchlight community! I am acctually away on work right now and am looking for something to occupy my time in the evenings on some of those boring nights (I'm away for an extended period :(). So I'm wondering if torchlight is a worthy candidate for this? I love diablo 2 and after going through this forum it seems like it is pretty similar. However, since it is not multiplayer I'm a little worried. I love getting good items and using them, in D2 that was the best thing for me. Since there is no multiplayer I'm guessing I'm going to be forced to find everything myself. Is this super hard?
Also how is the replay value? Will I want to play it all over again once its done? What I mean by that is will I feel an incentive to like it will be a bit different somehow? Will the hours I put into it leveling a character and finding good stuff yield a sense of accomplishment or will it feel pointless because the character is useless after you beat the final boss?
And mainly, is it fun? Does it hold a "torch" to D2?
humm, i did not really like it, i have to say it wasnt as fast paced as diablo 2, yeah. Some people might disagreeeweeeee though...
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quite a good sneak peek on d3 actually, the alchemist's skills are close to d3's wiz, you should give it a try, very tiring though, but interesting enough for me
I've played through it a couple of times; I think it is well worth the $20 price tag. If it were selling for a full 40-50, then I'd say not to buy it. Go into the game expecting to play a cartoon based hack-n-slash and you'll get exactly what you paid for.
It is a little unbalanced (If you play the game on hard or very hard you'll notice 2-3 monster spells kill you in 1-2 hits while everything else barely scratches you) but this makes it quite challenging. The final boss has a pretty epic feeling to it, but the storyline surely was thrown together in 20 mins.
I downloaded the demo and i was pretty dissapionted with it.The graphics alone made me not want to play it. looks way to much like wow. Granted i only played it for abuot 10 mins and it might of gotten better. Not even close to what i expected.
I just got it a couple days ago and I'm pretty happy with it so far. I picked it up for $5 on Steam and for any that are interested you can still get it for $5 from Steam or http://www.torchlightgame.com/ .
First off, it is a Single Player only game. If you are only interested in online play for games like this, skip it.
I don't really mind the more light hearted graphics. The only presentation issue I have with it is just how many over the top explosions,magical glows, etc. there are in battle. At times the light show makes it hard to see what's going on. That actually has me a little concerned for D3 as well, though I don't think it'll be as bad in that.
The gameplay in torchlight is good although it has a few minor flaws(constantly having to refresh buffs, can't change the controls aside from your 1-0 hot keys. Don't want 'A' to be the autotab button? Too bad. One strong point is that gold is actually valuable unlike D2. The merchants sell great equipment and you can always pay to improve your current stuff(with an increasing risk of losing all properties). Being able to send your pet back to town to sell items is handy too so you don't have to travel back all the time.
Torchlight's story is junk unfortunately. It definitely feels like it was just slapped together as an afterthought, unlike the Diablo games.
As for replay, Torchlight does use almost all randomized dungeons which is a plus, but you wont need to restart with different builds over and over like in D2. With Torchlight, any skill is functional at level 1(out of 10) and you get a lot of skill points to distribute. As a result, you basically only need to play through with each class once to see all the skills and wont feel the need to replay with different builds. This is good in the sense that you can switch it up regularly while playing and don't get stuck spamming one skill for the whole game like in D2 but again, it isn't as great for replay value. Still, I expect to get more replay out of Torchlight than I did from Titan Quest, which lacked randomized environments, causing it to lose my interest after one play-through on one difficulty.
I would consider Torchlight to be a lot better than Titan Quest, but still a big step away from D2. You probably wont get the kind of replay from Torchlight that D2 offered.
Worth $5, oh yeah. Worth $20? I guess that depends how much you expect to be bothered by less realistic, more light hearted graphics and a lack of interesting plot. If you like Diablo-esque ARPGs then I think it's worth the $20.
And as others mentioned, it is kinda neat to hear some of the sounds that seem to be taken right out of D2:P
Also how is the replay value? Will I want to play it all over again once its done? What I mean by that is will I feel an incentive to like it will be a bit different somehow? Will the hours I put into it leveling a character and finding good stuff yield a sense of accomplishment or will it feel pointless because the character is useless after you beat the final boss?
And mainly, is it fun? Does it hold a "torch" to D2?
I enjoyed one run through it... but other than that, even with mods, I found it to be extremely unsatisfying.
Heck, after it, I just came back to D2 if I want to kill time that way. It brings nothing worth it to the table and does -nothing- better than D2, actually does quite a few things worse, especially ITEMS... if you enjoy getting items in Torchlight, well, sweet, but I just don't see myself liking that part of the game. It just doesn't feel good whatsoever. Its not about finding things or not, its just that the itemization is just horrible and unsatisfying. Its hard to describe.
Hey, thats my opinion on the game, not everyone think like I do. Its still worth playing once, but I just never really played it again. Lets just say it didn't hold me until D3 at all.
When it does become a MMO do you know if your characters you make now transfer over? If it is really close to D1 and D2 maybe I will give it a go! Even if it is only for one run through I'm guessing that will be worth the $20, I mean its not that much!
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Yes, it is pretty much that. However, it has it's own unique qualities about it. All in all considering the price it's worth it and you will certainly get your money back in gameplay if you choose to finish the story.
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humm, i did not really like it, i have to say it wasnt as fast paced as diablo 2, yeah. Some people might disagreeeweeeee though...
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It is a little unbalanced (If you play the game on hard or very hard you'll notice 2-3 monster spells kill you in 1-2 hits while everything else barely scratches you) but this makes it quite challenging. The final boss has a pretty epic feeling to it, but the storyline surely was thrown together in 20 mins.
damn dude, feel sorry for ya :\
dude i hate that crap
same thing happened to me with GTA4
bought it for 39.99 or 29.99 cant remember
next day i saw it on sale for 7.99
First off, it is a Single Player only game. If you are only interested in online play for games like this, skip it.
I don't really mind the more light hearted graphics. The only presentation issue I have with it is just how many over the top explosions,magical glows, etc. there are in battle. At times the light show makes it hard to see what's going on. That actually has me a little concerned for D3 as well, though I don't think it'll be as bad in that.
The gameplay in torchlight is good although it has a few minor flaws(constantly having to refresh buffs, can't change the controls aside from your 1-0 hot keys. Don't want 'A' to be the autotab button? Too bad. One strong point is that gold is actually valuable unlike D2. The merchants sell great equipment and you can always pay to improve your current stuff(with an increasing risk of losing all properties). Being able to send your pet back to town to sell items is handy too so you don't have to travel back all the time.
Torchlight's story is junk unfortunately. It definitely feels like it was just slapped together as an afterthought, unlike the Diablo games.
As for replay, Torchlight does use almost all randomized dungeons which is a plus, but you wont need to restart with different builds over and over like in D2. With Torchlight, any skill is functional at level 1(out of 10) and you get a lot of skill points to distribute. As a result, you basically only need to play through with each class once to see all the skills and wont feel the need to replay with different builds. This is good in the sense that you can switch it up regularly while playing and don't get stuck spamming one skill for the whole game like in D2 but again, it isn't as great for replay value. Still, I expect to get more replay out of Torchlight than I did from Titan Quest, which lacked randomized environments, causing it to lose my interest after one play-through on one difficulty.
I would consider Torchlight to be a lot better than Titan Quest, but still a big step away from D2. You probably wont get the kind of replay from Torchlight that D2 offered.
Worth $5, oh yeah. Worth $20? I guess that depends how much you expect to be bothered by less realistic, more light hearted graphics and a lack of interesting plot. If you like Diablo-esque ARPGs then I think it's worth the $20.
And as others mentioned, it is kinda neat to hear some of the sounds that seem to be taken right out of D2:P
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Well it will go back to $20 eventually, but Steam and the main torchlight site both have it on sale for the time being.
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