Torchlight

Posted on:April 27 2010

I recently hadn't that much time, so I only have played it for some few hours yet, but here is a game recommendation:
Torchlight is a quite nice and entertaining game. It's basically a Diablo III clone - which feels a bit odd since Diablo III hasn't been released yet - but it has everything Diablo 1 and 2 had and what you would expect from version 3.

Everything in the game feels very familiar: Portals, how you level up, skill trees, the weapon/armor/item system, sockets, magic, identification scrolls, shortcuts, the user interface, how the quests work, etc. Except that Torchlight doesn't include a multi player mode [which I would try to ignore anyway to not to get addicted ;)] I'm not sure what I would expect more from Diablo III, so I can recommend this game.
Best 20 € I've invested this month, so far :)

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And it uses ogre!

Miguel Herrero

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2010-04-27 16:23:00

yes, forgot to mention. Open source 3d engines ftw! :)

niko

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2010-04-27 16:45:00

Not to bust your buble, but it's now only 10 euros on D2D: http://www.direct2drive.eu/2/8666/product/8666/product/Buy-Torchlight-Download

It's the second spring sale week.

bug-a-lot

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2010-04-27 16:58:00

Torchlight turned out more awesome than we could have hoped for - you should try the editing suite too, it's cool and there's lots of interesting mods already.

Steve

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2010-04-27 18:02:00

In fact, Torchlight creators also created Diablo I and II.
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,11643/

quim

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2010-04-27 19:52:00

Totally agreed! Great game! And a multiplayer mode would probably had made the game too dangerously addictive ;)

Sickbyte

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2010-04-29 19:57:00

Diablo 3 clone even when Diablo 3 is not released. LOL, super neat cool like awesome.

kinjal kishor

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2010-04-30 18:26:00

Looks like a cool game.. would have been cooler if it had used irrlicht 3D :p