Comparing Diablo 3 to Torchlight.
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"Godsend" is a gross hyperbole, although Torchlight 1's reception was extremely positive, if only for the very low threshold for impulse purchase and the impulse being rewarded back when indie games had less of a good reputation than they do these daysEric the Orange said:
Edit: Also, Eric The Orange, it looks like you're wanting to compare these two games purely from the perspective of reception, and your initial post does nothing to guide discussion
Well, I will give you that not being more clear or even giving proper hints as where to go was a really stupid decision that made the learning curve far higher than it needed to be, but everything else I disagree with. Having had a 4 month hiatus from Dark Souls, I have come back only to get slaughtered as I tried to pass through areas which I could have ran through with my eyes closed back in my prime. Dark Souls requires skill, something you will attain by the end of the game as opposed to the traditional RPG "get levels, become stronk". The 1 area that Dark Souls does suffer from "RPG syndrome" is that items become overpowered really damn quickly.Kerboom said:
I cannot fathom how people still play point and click dungeon crawlers. The idea is just so primitive that it disturbs me to see how well these games sell.
Oh well. Guess I am in the minority.
took the words out of my mouth.Matthew94 said:
though i was expecting a wall of text ranting against D3 so at least there's not that
For me comparing the two (I assume we have switched to TL2) is just about what has the bigger community. The always on DRM is both nice in what is offers and terrible in it's reach. However you can't have everything you like anyway. Although I must say that besides the first day it has become better, and I play on American servers from China.
TL is cheap and effective if you love to item grind. I assume TL2 with addition of some social functions will also be a big hit, however Diablo III just pulls more people in. The larger the community the more I like it. Also they both do a good just of updating and in TL's case modding.
I dunno like I said to me it comes down to who is going to play with me and my friends and family wanted D3 so I choose that. After 400-1000 hours of play which I assume I would get out of either cost becomes negligible talking a matter of cents per hour.
TL is cheap and effective if you love to item grind. I assume TL2 with addition of some social functions will also be a big hit, however Diablo III just pulls more people in. The larger the community the more I like it. Also they both do a good just of updating and in TL's case modding.
I dunno like I said to me it comes down to who is going to play with me and my friends and family wanted D3 so I choose that. After 400-1000 hours of play which I assume I would get out of either cost becomes negligible talking a matter of cents per hour.
Always-on DRM = not worth buying
It's that simple
Not to mention the fact that if Torchlight 2 manages to deliver on its promise I'll love it even more than the first game.
It's that simple
Not to mention the fact that if Torchlight 2 manages to deliver on its promise I'll love it even more than the first game.
I would, but can't get it to work on my current operating system.rayen020 said:
I'd like to recommend Dungeons of Dredmore right now. Awesome stuff.
I would NOT describe the replay value of something along the lines of diablo as anything close to "medium".
If there is any game genre that perfected and polished replayability, this would be it.
Starting over and trying new things all the time is the whole point!
If there is any game genre that perfected and polished replayability, this would be it.
Starting over and trying new things all the time is the whole point!
D3 doesn't take 20-30 hours to complete does it? There's no way I pissed away that much time on it, pretty sure it's physically impossible.
Odd comparing Torchlight to Diablo 3....
Anyways, curious where people are reporting 20-30 hours of gameplay on the initial run. I mean what constitutes a run through the game? I remember in beta people were farting around checking every nook and cranny like it was a game with hidden collectibles. That consumes massive amounts of time, but instead if you go straight from point A to B that time is vastly shortened. Hell some people have been reporting speed runs of Diablo 3 in 6-7 hours, Total Biscuit talked about it on the TGS podcast.
Anyways, curious where people are reporting 20-30 hours of gameplay on the initial run. I mean what constitutes a run through the game? I remember in beta people were farting around checking every nook and cranny like it was a game with hidden collectibles. That consumes massive amounts of time, but instead if you go straight from point A to B that time is vastly shortened. Hell some people have been reporting speed runs of Diablo 3 in 6-7 hours, Total Biscuit talked about it on the TGS podcast.
It took me 25h to complete the Normal difficulty.
Being a huge Diablo lore fan I stood and watched/spoke to every possible NPC to learn more about the story in the game and waited the dialogues out.
Even if you don't plan on playing more than the normal difficulty,the pricetag is fair especially compared to other games.
There's a different story to each character whereas they speak differently or are spoken too in a different manner depending on your class along with their own cinematics.
I'm already lvl 60 on my barbarian and I'm currently trying to solo inferno(killed Skelly King).I might have to go back to Hell and farm more.
Being a huge Diablo lore fan I stood and watched/spoke to every possible NPC to learn more about the story in the game and waited the dialogues out.
Even if you don't plan on playing more than the normal difficulty,the pricetag is fair especially compared to other games.
There's a different story to each character whereas they speak differently or are spoken too in a different manner depending on your class along with their own cinematics.
I'm already lvl 60 on my barbarian and I'm currently trying to solo inferno(killed Skelly King).I might have to go back to Hell and farm more.
Didn't realize Torchlight 2 was out for an in-depth analysis that would make this comparison anything other than -to put it kindly- pointless.Eric the Orange said:
But I'm sure you've played through both games to know what you're talking about when you call them fairly equal. I mean this is the internet! People don't talk out of their asses here...
