Torchlight Action RPG by ex Blizzard North

dmcg · 7 Oct 2009 at 06:31

Torchlight

Havent seen much talk about it but looks very good like wc3/diablo, its out this month on 27th I believe

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-09-torchlight/56429

Leodido · 7 Oct 2009 at 07:14

Yes Torchlight looks like it may be a nice game waiting for D3, I hope it won't be too rushed...

dmcg · 11 Oct 2009 at 05:00

some screenies

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RDM · 11 Oct 2009 at 10:20

Release date is 27th October by digital download only and will cost the princely sum of $20. Seems worth a punt. Main quest is 10-20 hours of gameplay but you can continue once you have completed that.

They are also releasing the level editor for it.

FrenchTart · 11 Oct 2009 at 12:50

Video looks quite cool. Is it singleplayer only though? :/

Dark_Angel · 11 Oct 2009 at 12:50

DMCG please don't hotlink... it's against the forum rules.

Game looks ok... but not sure if it's my thing exactly. Would need to see it in motion I guess.

Frapple · 11 Oct 2009 at 12:54

Looks good - shame about no co-op, if it's really good I'll give it a punt though.

Shamikebab · 11 Oct 2009 at 12:54

Looks nice, will be keeping an eye on this. Could do with something to hold me over until D3

tuftyfella · 11 Oct 2009 at 17:57

Aekeron said:
Video looks quite cool. Is it singleplayer only though? :/

this release is single player only but they are working on an MMO which will apparently be released in approximately 18 months time.

ill certainly be buying this game, looks great fun and the way the editor works is just fantastic tbh.

spudbynight · 11 Oct 2009 at 18:04

Hmm...might be worth looking at

miller745 · 11 Oct 2009 at 18:05

Can't wait for this!

Going to be a nice little game, with all the modding tools required to create additional content, it seems like the dev's actually care and will listen to the community.

FrenchTart · 11 Oct 2009 at 18:12

tuftyfella said:
this release is single player only but they are working on an MMO which will apparently be released in approximately 18 months time.

ill certainly be buying this game, looks great fun and the way the editor works is just fantastic tbh.

It does look like good fun, yeah. I'll give it a try but I doubt I'll play it seriously unless there's some decent coop

(In a perfect world I want castle crashers but with deeper rpg elements/more advanced combat system...)

Silent UK · 12 Oct 2009 at 00:25

Looks good and if its only $20 I might look at getting it

Craig321 · 12 Oct 2009 at 00:35

Looks like they put the Mythos engine to use, if it's the same guys.

Looks good, hopefully something to help fill the gap between now & Diablo 3

Leodido · 12 Oct 2009 at 07:00

I'll will probably try this one out, but Borderlands is only released 3 days later so

dmcg · 12 Oct 2009 at 07:49

Craig321 said:
Looks like they put the Mythos engine to use, if it's the same guys.

Looks good, hopefully something to help fill the gap between now & Diablo 3

yeah its the same guys should have plenty of replay value with generated dungeons/loot and with the support for modding

zytok · 12 Oct 2009 at 08:56

real shame if there's no coop, loved teaming up on Titan Quest and this looks similar.

Craig321 · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:17

dmcg said:
yeah its the same guys should have plenty of replay value with generated dungeons/loot and with the support for modding

Hopefully they get the gameplay, and the feel of the game right else it could end up being horrible. However, if it's ex. Blizzard North then I'm sure they'll do a good job. I'm surprised they went for the cartoony WoW-style graphics, I would have thought they would have gone for more gritty graphics like Diablo II.

But, that doesn't put me off. It's all about the gameplay.

zytok said:
real shame if there's no coop, loved teaming up on Titan Quest and this looks similar.

I would have thought there will be. They'd be stupid not to, it adds a ton of replayability(?) if you can run through the game again over LAN.

hideki · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:36

Blizzard must have such a high staff turnover, it seems like there's a never-ending stream of ex devs popping up

zytok · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:45

Q: Will I be able to play Torchlight online?
A: Because of the relatively short development window and tiny development team, we decide to focus our efforts on making a complete single-player experience. However, we are already in development of a massively multiplayer action-RPG set in the world of Torchlight for future release.

Q: What is the release date, and how much will it cost?
A: Torchlight will be available for digital download on October 27th, 2009. It will debut at the introductory price of $20 (US). You can get Torchlight from our site (www.torchlightgame.com), as well as various other digital distributors.

Q: How long does it take to complete the game?
A: Completing the main storyline takes about 10 to 20 hours. The main dungeon has over 30 levels, composed of seven distinct tile sets. However, levels that use the same tile set can be created using different rules and themes – so even though two levels might share the same tile set, they might be quite different from one another

Q: What will the download size for Torchlight be?
A: The game download is approximately 300MB.