Help me decide whether to buy OR Torchlight

bluestarultor · 01-14-2010, 09:19 PM

Feel free to use this to garner your own game-buying advice.

I've been watching and re-watching Yahtzee's newest review on Torchlight and I was wondering if it's any good. I mean, it's definitely a Yahtzee review, but for some reason, I can't help but be intrigued by this one and I'm wondering if it's worth buying.

Sifright · 01-14-2010, 09:23 PM

It's an alright game not amazing but not bad. Being a single player dungeon crawler I found it became monotonous rather quickly.

Dauntasa · 01-14-2010, 09:24 PM

Meh, it's alright. Yahtzee was right about the Giant Laser of Melty Death spell though; once you get Ember Lance all you have to do is hold down RMB and point it at things until they die.

Ryong · 01-14-2010, 09:31 PM

I recommend you get it. I bought it when it was on sale for US$10 - I was going to buy it for US$20 before but didn't have the money - and it's very much worth it - even with the currency rate screwing me over so I technically pay close to double. The thing is, the game is very, very easy if you're a Destroyer until the last part where the game decides to screw you and then everything hits hard. Alchemist and Vanquisher are a bit harder, but not much. Plus, extensive modding!

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Originally Posted by Dauntasa

Meh, it's alright. Yahtzee was right about the Giant Laser of Melty Death spell though; once you get Ember Lance all you have to do is hold down RMB and point it at things until they die.

What difficulty? Because I have it at the highest level I can with a 26 Alchemist and while it kills every normal monster in two hits, rare enemies and more tank-y enemies can take a LOT of hits from it. It's also not such a good area spell, go figure. Pyre is much better, aiming-wise.

Dauntasa · 01-14-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

What difficulty? Because I have it at the highest level I can with a 26 Alchemist and while it kills every normal monster in two hits, rare enemies and more tank-y enemies can take a LOT of hits from it. It's also not such a good area spell, go figure. Pyre is much better, aiming-wise.

Any difficulty. And to make it AOE, all you have to do is move it around and it'll blast away anything you point it at. I never updated my Torchlight, though. I think they nerfed it a little.

Ryong · 01-14-2010, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dauntasa

Any difficulty. And to make it AOE, all you have to do is move it around and it'll blast away anything you point it at. I never updated my Torchlight, though. I think they nerfed it a little.

The key thing is that you have to point at things, just randomly moving the mouse won't do much and you'll hit some monsters, but not all of them. Pyre doesn't do as much damage, but it gets the job done just as well and you can do the fun tactic of Ember Phase-ing into a bunch of monsters, using Pyre around you then Ember Phase-ing out.

Edit: And, oh yeah, it's nerfed. It deals 50% magic damage + fire damage instead of 100% magic damage + fire damage.

Lost in Time · 01-14-2010, 09:51 PM

Yeah I basically kill everything with my Rouge class person without much effort. But it's still fun if your into Loot-driven games. But I heard that they'll be releasing the free multiplayer version soon.

Magus · 01-14-2010, 09:52 PM

From what I've read it's not quite as complex as Mythos was going to be. AND Mythos was originally going to be free to play. Which for something that becomes so monotonous as a Diablo II-clone would've made sense.

I played Diablo II for approximately 20 minutes before becoming bored to death. Diablo kept my attention quite a bit longer but it still go boring after a while.

I have to admit I missed out on all these dungeon crawler games in their hey-day, though.

EDIT: Oh, there is a free version coming out? I guess I'll give it a whirl, but if it's as easy and monotonous as Diablo II I don't think I'll play it for long...

Azisien · 01-14-2010, 10:33 PM

I don't see the point in buying it now. It was 75% like two weeks ago.

MasterOfMagic · 01-14-2010, 10:40 PM

Try the demo. There's a free one on the website. That's what I did, and I'm probably not going to purchase.

01-14-2010, 09:51 PM	#7
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	Yeah I basically kill everything with my Rouge class person without much effort. But it's still fun if your into Loot-driven games. But I heard that they'll be releasing the free multiplayer version soon. __________________ Eat me!

01-14-2010, 09:52 PM	#8
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	From what I've read it's not quite as complex as Mythos was going to be. AND Mythos was originally going to be free to play. Which for something that becomes so monotonous as a Diablo II-clone would've made sense. I played Diablo II for approximately 20 minutes before becoming bored to death. Diablo kept my attention quite a bit longer but it still go boring after a while. I have to admit I missed out on all these dungeon crawler games in their hey-day, though. EDIT: Oh, there is a free version coming out? I guess I'll give it a whirl, but if it's as easy and monotonous as Diablo II I don't think I'll play it for long... __________________ The Valiant Review Last edited by Magus; 01-14-2010 at 09:54 PM.

01-14-2010, 09:23 PM	#2
Sifright Fact sphere is the most handsome Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,108	It's an alright game not amazing but not bad. Being a single player dungeon crawler I found it became monotonous rather quickly.

01-14-2010, 09:24 PM	#3
Dauntasa Goddamn Commie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Riding the Midnight Express to Slate City Posts: 492	Meh, it's alright. Yahtzee was right about the Giant Laser of Melty Death spell though; once you get Ember Lance all you have to do is hold down RMB and point it at things until they die.

01-14-2010, 10:33 PM	#9
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	I don't see the point in buying it now. It was 75% like two weeks ago.

01-14-2010, 10:40 PM	#10
MasterOfMagic ahahah Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,456	Try the demo. There's a free one on the website. That's what I did, and I'm probably not going to purchase.