Torchlight on sale for $9.99 this weekend!

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vlad321 said:

averyblund said:

vlad321 said:

averyblund said:

vlad321 said:
I got it, but I don't have too high expectations from it. I'll report when I get some time with it.

A PC fanboy that has low expectations for the best PC game of the last 5 years? You are a walking contradiction sir. No matter, enjoy it it is the best PC game I have played in ages despite all the decent console ports. So few games are targeted at PC these days, and those that are tend to be cheap and shitty. Torchlight rocks.

It's a Diablo Clone. Anyone knows that clones are weaker than originals. I caan't respect a clone as much as an original game. Also Portal and World of Goo are the best games in the last 5 years, Torchlight is just a Diablo clone, and a simple one at that. Now that I have played it a bunch.

Also I'm not so much a fanboy as I am realistic about games.

Portal is great agreed though not my taste. But World of Goo is better on Wii if you ask me. Still I suppose it counts since it started on PC.

 

You use Diable clone like it a bad word. Its just a made up term to describe any action RPG after Diablo. Thats like calling any FPS a Wolfenstein clone. Its just pointless. Yes it is like Diablo in many ways, but that is a genre. Perhaps you are just not much of a A-RPG fan which is fine.

See the differencec is that there is VERY little added to the Diablo 2 formula. They added a pet, and that's about it when it comes to significant changes. At least I'm hoping Blizzard themselves innovates upon D2 with Diablo 3. I really liked the boss that tore the barbarian in two pieces in the trailer they played, also the heavily destructive evironments would be amazing if used correctly. Also clones are never good because they are just clones, they can never be as good as an original game.

I suppose its just a matter of opinion. I didn't really get the "clone" feeling. Though I understand many others agree with you. To me I noticed many similarities, but it seemed unique enough to not remind me too much of D1/D2. Either way I like you am very excited for D3 and hope it brings innovation to a fun yet somewhat tired genre.

With that said games like Torchlight remind me why I am a big PC gamer. After dozens of shitty console ports perhaps I'm just overly thankful for a title that puts PC first.

Also worth mentioning that it is getting a Mac port at some point this year. Mac users seem to enjoy dungeon crawlers so that is a boon. Hopefully somebody decides to make a Linux port for those folks as well.