Comments on: Slurms’ ½ Assed Review of Torchlight

By: Aruth

Aruth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:11:34 +0000

This is a pretty fun game, at least for the hour and a half or so I played it last night. I started with the archer archetype on Normal…but I’m thinking I should have cranked the difficulty up because I have yet to have to use any potions. Maybe it gets harder?
The targetting could use some work, but all in all it seems pretty well done.

By: Grok

Grok — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:23:23 +0000

Dragon’s Lair is exactly one of the influences the art director has mentioned when asked about the design. Good eye Maeve!

By: Maeve

Maeve — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:57:52 +0000

I played the demo and found it definitely worth the 20 bucks. It was hard at first to get used to the “old school” feel of the game. I’m spoiled by all the bling of MMOs. I never played either of the Diablo games, so I can’t compare.

For some odd reason, the graphics remind me of the really old Dragon’s Lair. Not the quality, but the cartoony feel to it. That being said, there are some parts that are really beautiful, like Ta’tura or something like that.

By: kaozz

kaozz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:38:54 +0000

Hrmm I may have to try the demo, I was a big Mythos fan. Nice review!

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:15:06 +0000

Will be picking this up after Borderlands…the 3 trees per class sounds a lot like Mythos and was something I absolutely loved about it. I’m glad to see it’s here in Torchlight! Thanks for the review

By: Grok

Grok — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:36:25 +0000

My review will prolly be done sometime this weekend. Wiork is kicking my ass. That said, I’m with Slurms on this one. $20 is a steal for this and I’m having a blast.

By: Winin

Winin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:27:01 +0000

The nice thing is that it is purely a hack n slash, no real storyline to follow. It’s like porn: just enough plot to get you to the action. So you can play here and there and you don’t have to worry about being lost when you return to it later on.

By: Rer

Rer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:45:14 +0000

I’ll wait for a review of the multiplayer before picking it up. I get lonely in solo RPGs these days do to playing so many MMOs.

By: Winin

Winin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:03:01 +0000

I’m playing the demo right now, but I’ll likely pick it up. Still getting used to the controls and trying out the classes. I’ll be curious to see Grok’s 1/2 Assed Review, since he is a big fan of their earlier work.