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[Interview] Torchlight 2: Max Schaefer Interview & Hands On
BillMurphy
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During PAX Prime on Friday, we had the opportunity to check out Torchlight II, the upcoming ARPG from Runic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment. We had the pleasure to talk with Max Shaefer and to get a bit of hands on time with TL2. Read on!
As with the first Torchlight, the game has what I call a "WoW feel" to it. By this I mean that its graphics are less "realistic" (if such a thing can be said about a video game in the first place) and are more cartoon-like. It's a compliment in my book to say this for the record. The style works for Torchlight II. It's easy on the eyes with bright colors and larger-than-life weapons, monsters, buidings, etc. The environments are cool too. In short, the look of Torchlight II is terrific.
Read more of Bill Murphy's and Suzie Ford's Torchlight II: Max Schaefer Interview & Hands On.
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Torchlight 2 is not Diablo 3! It can be played offline solo, network LAN, or online co-op mode. Take your pick!
The guys at Runic made this for Diablo fans. It's a far better game than the mess that is Diablo 3!
"Soloists and those who prefer small groups should never have to feel like they''re the ones getting the proverbial table scraps, as it were." - Scott Hartsman, Senior Producer, Everquest II
"People love groups. Its a fallacy that people want to play solo all the time." - Scott Hartsman, Executive Producer, Rift
Pre-ordered it long ago via Steam and got TL1 for free.
Can't wait for Sept.20th !
Offline solo is beyond retarded. Why anyone would want to play offline where none of your progress/items matters is beyond me.... The major thing which will break or make this game for me is whether they system is similar to Bnet. If it is open Bnet style/Lan game modes, I am going to play through it once and stop. There will be just too much cheating. People who hate on Bnet are not real ARPG fans and should go play singleplayer games imo.
Also from what I have heard Runic Games are releasing TL2 to raise enough funds for their MMO which makes me wonder if this game will receive a lot of new expansions/content. This is where Diablo 3 will shine imo.
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You can keep Diablo 3. I am not paying for a single player game with multiplay option and not really own the game. 60 dollars for the privliledge to access their servers? No thanks.
I'm not particularly eager to buy it. I'm not usually one to complain about cartoony, but they went off the deep end and have really dated graphics as well. The artists have done a good job with the limitations they were given and the goofy steampunk art direction.
I think TL2 has less depth than even D3. Heck, in TL2 all you have to do is get a character editor and get all the gear you want for multiplayer.
I think they are releasing WAY, WAY too late now. Releasing in 2011 would have been a goldmine for them. D3 has put me off all ARPGs for the time being.
I'm sure it's fun and worth the $20. I'm just not interested at the moment and doubt I'd put in even a quarter of the hours I put into D3 before quitting that game..
Grim Dawn, the next great action rpg!
http://www.grimdawn.com/
I'm sold.. Plus can't beat the price..
D3 also have dated graphics..
I can say the first torchlight has a far better looting algorithm system than d3 ever will have.. Also the guys at runic were part of the D2 team so they know how to not mess up a working formula..
If you play T2 you probably will not need to invest as much time as D3 because a you'll probably be trying good loot and not just loot to sell..
I'm ready.
/countdown
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
Torchlight 2 will replace that giant hole in my heart that Diablo 3 left. After waiting so long for something to follow Diablo 2, D3 just couldn't deliver. I played one of the betas for Torchlight 2 and fell in love.
I don't mind the absence of a dark, gritty environment when there is much more environment to see and it is constructed to intelligently. POE will deliver in that realm but that is still under the knife and most likely won't be released until 2013.
September 20th can't come soon enough.
I suggest you consider different lifestyles other than your own before going overboard with the judgements. There is still plenty of good reason behind offline games, such as traveling with a laptop or not having internet service for any other reason, and maybe some people don't want or care about playing with others. Remember that Torchlight 1 had no online connectivity, so the populairity of the series thus far had nothing to do with it being online yet. There is nothing retarded or all that confusing about it.
anyway blizzard are on the edge now they make more more big mistake N1 D3 is a fail game at start
copie and paste almost from d2 whit better graphic
N2 panderian ext. is a kid and an asian market
and blizzard r now like a storm in a bottle of water
You registered four years ago to make this your first post? ROFL.