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Is there more atmosphere? Torchlight had everything going for it in terms of design, but.. Jesus.. I just didn't give a crap at all. I quit after 5 hours just because it felt like busy work.
Original Torchlight was an excellent game. It left out so much unnecessary fluff and delivered the best of the core ARPG experience.
Like I said, I can't argue with the mechanics. However, there was something so naked and obvious about the whole thing. I couldn't help but feel like a mouse on a wheel, just going through the motions. Maybe ARPGs just aren't for me, but neither Diablo really did that to me.
I'm probably the only person in the world to play both Diablo 2 and Torchlight -for my first time- back-to-back. This was just a few months ago as well. Diablo 2, despite it's aging mechanics, just drew me in. Torchlight, despite playing a lot better and dealing with many of my frustrations with D2, left me feeling like I was playing a flash game. It was very well designed, but it just felt entirely vacuous and soulless. I had fun making baddies go squish, but I just couldn't get excited about it at all.
Maybe Torchlight 2 will change that. If not, there's always Diablo 3.
Maybe Torchlight 2 will change that. If not, there's always Diablo 3.
-Not all landmarks will be the same. Some have multiple versions.
-You were on normal. We are still balancing out difficulties.
-Difficulty of baddies does scale with multiple players.
-Also you didn't to mention anything about co op, and lan support, which were both shown at PAX. :/
-And of course nothing in that build was final, its still all going through revisions and polish.
:)
-You were on normal. We are still balancing out difficulties.
-Difficulty of baddies does scale with multiple players.
-Also you didn't to mention anything about co op, and lan support, which were both shown at PAX. :/
-And of course nothing in that build was final, its still all going through revisions and polish.
:)
@Killias
Torchlight 2 has multiplayer and that will make the game so much better when you're grinding with someone else.
Torchlight 2 has multiplayer and that will make the game so much better when you're grinding with someone else.
@Red: good point. Although, to be fair, I played D2 sans multi. Cash sellers have basically ruined D2 multi. (which makes all the criticism of the auction house sort of hilarious)
I'm really excited for this game, but having it be so close doesn't make me want to spend money on the first title, since this seems like such a vast improvement.
TORCHLIGHT is everything GAUNTLET: DARK LEGACY would've been as a franchise if it were allowed to continue, rather than SEVEN SORROWS driving it into the ground. Long live TORCHLIGHT.
Oh god armor so awesome
Now I can only hope that when you get a set that you like you can somehow transfer stats from other armor sets to it.. because I could totally see myself in steampunk armor with smokestacks, ALL THE TIME.. of course then you just get the PvP whiners all "Oh I couldn't tell what set they were actually wearing so its unfair, whaaaaa whaaaaa"
Now I can only hope that when you get a set that you like you can somehow transfer stats from other armor sets to it.. because I could totally see myself in steampunk armor with smokestacks, ALL THE TIME.. of course then you just get the PvP whiners all "Oh I couldn't tell what set they were actually wearing so its unfair, whaaaaa whaaaaa"
I loved a lot about Torchlight 1, except player direction.
I wasn't sure where to go after I unlocked a few different dungeons. My journal wasn't much help. I found myself going back into dungeons I had already been in, and going further down, and down, past empty halls that I had cleared before, and trying to complete this quest that I must have missed somewhere. Eventually with a bit of trial and error, I found the latest dungeon I should be in, while still having lower level quests I hadn't completed.
It would have been nice to have just a little more player direction on which dungeon was which, and where I should be.
I wasn't sure where to go after I unlocked a few different dungeons. My journal wasn't much help. I found myself going back into dungeons I had already been in, and going further down, and down, past empty halls that I had cleared before, and trying to complete this quest that I must have missed somewhere. Eventually with a bit of trial and error, I found the latest dungeon I should be in, while still having lower level quests I hadn't completed.
It would have been nice to have just a little more player direction on which dungeon was which, and where I should be.
the designs are very attractive to the eyes...they look good during the game...eheh...love it...the video game testers of torchlight must b good...
Torchlight never drew me in either for some reason. But Ill probably still give T2 a shot just for the multiplayer.
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