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11/19/09
I don't know what happened.
11/18/09
Although this seems like a not-so-great thing, Fahey doesn't mention that there is a shared stash in town so that any gear that isn't suited for your class can be easily transferred to another character that could make better use of it.
Also another little thing that isn't mentioned is the fact that you can send your pet back to town to sell any items it has in it's inventory, saving you from constantly running into town to unload. I found that it was a welcome convenience.
Also if there are some things about the game you don't like, there's likely a mod to fix it - check out the game's website's forum (Mod Showcase section). There's often new and interesting tweaks being posted.
11/19/09
I'm gonna party like it's 999!
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11/18/09
That's gambling for some people. Huge highs / depressing lows.
11/18/09
Personally, I loved all the discussion this has generated!
Now I have to spend more time with the game and see what I feel about it. I've run across the vendor, but I was reluctant to gamble with my spoils as well. Time to roll the dice for me.
11/18/09
I won't complain that Torchlight doesn't have any multiplayer, and from this review I'll give it a whirl.
I will though patiently await a sequel or DLC with multiplayer, because that was one of the greatest kicks of D2.
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Which, paradoxically, doesn't mean I dislike Torchlight. Quite the opposite: I'm enjoying the hell out of the game, to the point that my item-hunting addiction is causing problems. I have a backlog to attend to; let me go, you fantastic, addicting bastard! By so obviously and unabashedly copying Blizzard's baby, they've been able to sand off all the rough edges and innovate only where change was welcome.
But as I said, it's not dark in the least, largely as a result of the low-poly WoW-esque graphics. At this point, Blizz is probably too far along to make any major design changes, so I'll just once again add my voice to this old argument: please, please, PLEASE keep the blood and guts and gore of the old-school Diablo. Look at Torchlight at see what you could be, if you forget your roots: a lighthearted Diablo clone with good gameplay but no hint of the malicious depravity that raised the previous entries in the series from being merely well-executed action-RPGs to well-deserved classics.
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All of which I have confidence the Blizzard team have recognized and accounted for. They haven't let me down yet, so they get the benefit of the doubt.
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Nethack introduced the dog/cat starting companion to the dungeon crawl genre long long ago and it, itself, may have roots further back that I'm not aware of.
In fact, having not seen Fate before, I thought it actually was a shout out to Nethack since it's what influenced so many games of this kind.
11/18/09
Good old Nethack... caught between Diablo and vi (the text editor) :p Such a command list on it that if the nefarious dungeons don't kill you, then not even knowing you CAN do something that you don't know HOW to do will, lol
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Any way any word on the Mac release of this?
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Though I wish that Mythos had been Flagship's first "main" game and Hellgate wouldn't have even started to be developed until years later (years after it started development). That game had CLASSIC written all over it.
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Was I hallucinating, or are a good deal of the sound effects and even the music taken straight from diablo? I swear the moody guitar strumming is the same as the town music in the original.
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What in the hell is the fun of Diablo -- let alone a Diablo clone -- if you can't play with your buddies?
Yes, I played the demo. Yes, I just read this whole review.
If you are having fun playing this game alone then you are missing out on about a million way more satisfying single-player games.
BUT! Should Torchlight ever include multiplayer co-op, I will be sold. In fact I'll buy copies for all my friends. Until then though, it's shit. Shit shit shit shit shit.
11/18/09
Wow, really? Hope that was simply hyperbole...
11/18/09
Though kinda depressing every game has to have MP these days to be worthwhile.
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I can see that the multiplayer can add quite a bit, but it doesn't mean that a singleplayer stab at it is "utter shit".
11/18/09
It's why sites like this thrive; we actively seek out others who will have similar tastes so that we can relate our experiences. Because of that, co-operative multiplayer is my most sought after type of game experience.
11/18/09
#speakup
11/19/09
Is it so different to say that the first thing you do when you've played a good videogame is give it to a friend so you can talk about it?
11/19/09
Haha, I kid. Yeah, I definitely tell my friends to get games or let them borrow titles they're unsure of so we can talk about it, but its even better when you can have the experience at the same time as them.
I remember going to the Harry Potter 7 midnight launch and all of us sitting and reading the book together, it was an awesome time :P
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