DOS Games Discussion

[Larry Laffer]

... well not really! But its kiddy clone is.


I illegally downloaded it yesterday. It's 3D Diablo 2 in pretty much every way(even the music resembles the D2 one)


Pretty cool thus far, didn't make it too deep into(what I think is) the first dungeon but on normal difficulty, it's really a pushover. Only fiddled with the warrior(however it's called) and the mage(however it's called). Didn't really like the way both of them had "summon [unit] to aid you in battle" in their ability trees.


Thoughts?

[emmzee]

I downloaded the demo, it's pretty fun, very similar to the company's previous game Fate, except made-over to look/play more like the Diablo 3 videos.

The main problem: No multiplayer. That was a game-killer for me. If it had multiplayer, I would buy it for sure. Without that, no way.

[Larry Laffer]

I can see your point.





I can also see Runic Games didn't bother investing in proper copy protection...

[dosraider]

[Dogbreath]

It's always nice to see more graphical roguelikes, and this one looks like it has some really cool features. (pets, for instance) Downloading the demo on steam ATM.

I've never actually played Diablo on multiplayer, so that isn't an issue for me... I'm a bit of a loner as a gamer, though, just like playing with myself.

Also:

[emmzee]

I dunno, I'd consider getting it just for the single player, but ...

1) I bought Fate, their previous game, which is a lot like this, and played the crap out of it for a week or two until I got sick of it

2) I just bought Borderlands and have been playing that a lot lately on LAN so I don't want to get heavily involved in another RPG atm, I already have no time as it is

[Dogbreath]

Penny Arcade ran a comic about Torchlight yesterday.

Also wanted to say $19.95 USD for a brand new game is a pretty awesome price - new games usually run $50 here. I enjoyed the demo, and I'll probably buy it this weekend.

[Larry Laffer]

Gasp! Thread necro!


Yahtzee reviewed it yesterday.

[Dogbreath]

*Looks in horror at the shambling corpse Larry has brought forth*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

*runs in terror*

Saw his review yesterday. Amusing, but I totally disagreed with it... mostly because I think he doesn't understand or appreciate roguelikes.

Like he mentioned no character customization, which is a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire subgenre. You don't customize at the beginning, you customize throughout the game. And Torchlight allows quite a bit of playstyle customization. Different talents you can pick for different armors and weapon classes; you can make your brute duel wield shotguns and become proficient in ranged combat, or go with the tradition swordplay, or even design your own spellsword ritualist sort of shaman thingy. The variety is practically endless.

He's accustomed to the more traditional D&D layout where you determine most of the interesting things about your character when you create him, and has never been able to understand the more fluid in game character creation of the Elder Scrolls games or Roguelikes.

Ah well, what a pity. I still love my Torchlight, too bad he can't too.

Also, I just downed half a bottle of Captain Morgan earlier... all alcohol seems to do is make me more verbose. Well, that and it makes my lips go numb and makes me stumble around a lot.

[Larry Laffer]

I always felt he had something against RPGs as a whole... Probably due to a tragic and sudden death on the last level of the last dungeon in some very old roguelike.


As for the alcohol, I take it has no visible effects on you?

[Dogbreath]

[emmzee]

I ended up buying Torchlight when it was on sale for $5 during the Steam holiday deals. It's alright. I find myself saying "Bah this isn't that good" then playing for another hour. If they release a multiplayer update for Torchlight like the developer has hinted (which seems somewhat unlikely given the structure of the game) then I'll be much happier. Still, for $5, it was quite a deal.

Really it makes me hope that D3 will be out early 2011

[Dogbreath]