Holy shit.

Best $20 I have ever spent.

http://www.torchlightgame.com/

It's somewhat mindless hack and slash, but it's rock fucking solid. Diablo 2.5 imo.

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too bad there is no multiplayer

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No shit! It's in the works though, they're planning on making it an MMO of sorts. I think the engine is fucking perfect for that sort of thing, and it's such a light damned game.

I'm far more hooked on this than I ever was on Dragon Age.

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While im not a fan of diablo style game this one looks interesting (logve the graphics). But even after 30 hours spent in Ferelden im still only 16% complete so this one will have to wait

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This looks pretty good...I think I'll give this a go, but after dragon age

just acquired it today, but haven't installed it yet. once i finish my work i'm gonna check it out.

i'm still playing borderlands though, so... ehhh. i hate starting multiple games and never finishing them

ok so i played through the first floor..

it's totally a diablo clone. the sound effects are even the same in some instances (when a piece of cloth flips out of a treasure chest it makes the same "whoosh" noise) and very, very similar music (the town music has the same dreary finger-picked guitar playing much like the town music of diablo 1).

i do agree with the other guy, it's a bit childish/cartoony- i wish they would've made it a darker game. but it's a ton of fun nonetheless, and i like how you can equip a crap ton of shit (like shoulder armor, belts, etc). definitely needs multiplayer also. oh well, this will tide me over til diablo III hopefully.

on a sidenote, this game runs perfect with every graphic setting maxed out on my laptop with onboard nvidia video. that's 1280x800 resolution too. very nice.

i really wish i could get into these diablo games. i feel left out

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Originally posted by Moongoose While im not a fan of diablo style game this one looks interesting (logve the graphics). But even after 30 hours spent in Ferelden im still only 16% complete so this one will have to wait

apparently the game counts the 6 origin stories as part of that 100% tho :/

Tried this torchlight at a friends palce...like the graphics but not my cup of tea. The only diablo style game i ever got into was diablo 1 and even then i guess it was because i was too young to know better Though i have to give the developers props for putting all this together in under a year. They must have been locked in the basement for 26 hours a day to get it done so fast.


As for DA, guess i wont ever have the 100% then unless i just go trough the origin stories...not that i wont go trough the game many times, i just dont see myself playing as a dwarf or something like that...any rpg i always play as a game, no matter how many times i go trough it...rouge or fighter...meh, nothing beats a good fireball (especially in this game...throw a fireball for a knock down effect with my mage, then freeze them with Morrigan, use prison to instakill a low level enemy and perhaps another instakill with allistars or lelianas critical shot...then take on anything else that might be left alive...)

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haha same! (you wrote "game" instead of "mage" the first time btw)

played every RPG ever as a mage, or at least the closest thing to a mage. magic is my favourite part of speculative fiction

oh yeah, and fuck dwarves. human or elf or an evil race. but fuck dwarves or halflings etc.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue i do agree with the other guy, it's a bit childish/cartoony- [...] on a sidenote, this game runs perfect with every graphic setting maxed out on my laptop with onboard nvidia video. that's 1280x800 resolution too. very nice.

And there's your explanation. I also don't like the art style, but I do think it's nice when companies focus on making games fun rather than always pushing the latest technology.

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Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine And there's your explanation. I also don't like the art style, but I do think it's nice when companies focus on making games fun rather than always pushing the latest technology.

FTW

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!