Torchlight Action RPG by ex Blizzard North
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left of the centre square, same one that sells potions.
Downloaded the demo for this earlier.
I'm not normally anal about graphics or anything, I play a lot of old games so it doesn't bother me. But my god this particular style sickens me to the core. And I fear Diablo 3 is going to be just as bad.
Going to give this one a miss I think, and I have absolutely zero faith in D3 being to my liking either
Bring back 2D Diablo with atmosphere!
On a side note, Matt Uelmen did the soundtrack to this game, the guy from diablo 1 and 2, I thought the music was brillaint as ever in the 15 mins I played of this, would've loved to have heard more... but can't stomach this WoW lookalike.
I'm not normally anal about graphics or anything, I play a lot of old games so it doesn't bother me. But my god this particular style sickens me to the core. And I fear Diablo 3 is going to be just as bad.
Going to give this one a miss I think, and I have absolutely zero faith in D3 being to my liking either
Bring back 2D Diablo with atmosphere!
On a side note, Matt Uelmen did the soundtrack to this game, the guy from diablo 1 and 2, I thought the music was brillaint as ever in the 15 mins I played of this, would've loved to have heard more... but can't stomach this WoW lookalike.
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what's wrong with the graphics? The spell effects and skills look absolutely brilliant, enemies just explode with the really violent ones.
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I cannot believe how long I have been playing this game for tonight 
The demo is emence compaired to other game demos ive played, even when you get to the end of the main quest you can still by scrolls for random dungeons, being such an easy game you can even do the 10-25 dungeons at level 7. Good demo for what the game is.
I can see why this is a good game and why so many people like it, but im not really into it, i played it for about and hour but got very bored after about 30 minutes, graphics are great, music is great and it had a lot of neat ideas (like using the pets to sell loot) but its just a mad click fest and far too easy. I loved Diablo 1 when it came out but didnt enjoy Diablo 2 so much, i havnt really touched RPG click fest games since.
I enjoyed HG:L, which is a click fest FPS game, i was thinking about Borderlands but have decided to hold off because i think it will get boring for me after a few hours.
I also think that having Dragon Age around the corner is making me keep my game play list clear. Im desperatally trying to finish Drakensang before the 6th of next month - Which is slightly mad as its making me rush a very very good game.
I can see why this is a good game and why so many people like it, but im not really into it, i played it for about and hour but got very bored after about 30 minutes, graphics are great, music is great and it had a lot of neat ideas (like using the pets to sell loot) but its just a mad click fest and far too easy. I loved Diablo 1 when it came out but didnt enjoy Diablo 2 so much, i havnt really touched RPG click fest games since.
I enjoyed HG:L, which is a click fest FPS game, i was thinking about Borderlands but have decided to hold off because i think it will get boring for me after a few hours.
I also think that having Dragon Age around the corner is making me keep my game play list clear. Im desperatally trying to finish Drakensang before the 6th of next month - Which is slightly mad as its making me rush a very very good game.
Same here. Seems a tad overpowered. My pet also has the summon skeletal archers and skeletal warriors spells (or whatever they're called). On top of that I can also currently summon 3 imps and 3 more archers, and it's just total overkill.
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does the Magic attribute increase spell damage? ive invested a lot in Magic and i dont think its increasing my spell damage
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does the Magic attribute increase spell damage? ive invested a lot in Magic and i dont think its increasing my spell damage
DOn't think so, it increases the damage of magic weapons (Staves and Wands) and elemental damage done by those weapons..
To increase the spell either put points in the skill itself or the passives related to the skill.
The best skills all do a percent of weapon damage so by putting them in magic you are indirectly making the spell better.
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Are you an alchemist? If so then most of your points should be going in magic and defence anyway, with a few in the other two if you need it for equipment only.
Hmm i've stuffed up then lol, I had assumed it was increasing my spell damage. Might have to respec
Unfortunately, the re-spec potion only does your skill points, not your stats
Yep i'm an alchemist, i've found the lighting spell and the 3 pronged spell (the name escaped me) are great with the latter being good for knockback on mele attackers. I only use my weapon when mana is low so have been just going for whichever distance weapon will give the best dmg/sec. It could be a wand but at the moment it's a rifle.
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I'm duel wielding wands with my alchemist to give me more bonuses and multiple element damage types. The best skill for Alchemist is Ember Lance by a long way at the moment, I'm expecting that to be nerfed in a future patch.
It's like Diablo meets WoW and then has some kind of love child. It's actually a very good game - it certainly passes away the time and I'm sure I'll have RSI before the end of the weekend.
It's a no brainer type of game a well which is great for a change.
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It's a no brainer type of game a well which is great for a change.
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Bought it ealier, well worth £15 - great game. Anyone know where I can respec my talents though, I'm sure one of the people allowed me to earlier but I can't find him now :\