TORCHLIGHT: New Moon in cinemas now OMG

FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
edited November 2009 in Social Entropy++

so this game called torchlight is out for PC, and IT IS ONLY $20!

the demo is on steam and can be found HERE

torchlight is one of those "indie" titles that are all the rage, but it looks and plays better than most games ever made

it's a diablo-style clicky game, but with an art style somewhere between WoW and dungeon runners (if anyone ever played that)

it is SUPER fun/addictive, and you can get it (most easily) from steam!


STORY/INTRO
Word of Ember blazed across the land, and the town of Torchlight flared to life.

Ember is the essence of magic and the keystone of alchemy; it lures the restless with promises of power and riches. Miners burrowed deep beneath the dirt streets of Torchlight, discovering veins of the ore richer than any found in living memory- but they were not the first to covet these mines. The miners broke through into the buried past, a dangerous labyrinth of caverns and ruined civilizations, twisted creatures and the bones of those who came before. Evil bubbles up from the depths and threatens to overrun this town as it has so many others. The heart of a villain has infused the Ember, and his darkness seeps through the veins. To survive, the townspeople must break the cycle of destruction; they need a champion who can destroy the evil at its root. Removing the source of the rot may purify the Ember, but it is a long and perilous journey. The champion must battle through rock and fire, through lost cities and ancient tombs, into the palace of the villain himself.

The adventure is set in the mining settlement of Torchlight, a boomtown founded on the discovery of rich veins of Ember – a rare and mysterious ore with the power to enchant or corrupt all that it contacts. This corruptive power may have dire consequences however, and players set out into the nearby mountains and depths below to discover the full extent of Ember’s influence on the civilizations that have come before.

Players will choose from among three character classes, and venture from the safety of the town of Torchlight into randomly generated dungeon levels, with a huge variety of creepy monsters, endless variations of loot to find, and quests to complete. The endless randomization ensures a long-lived gameplay experience.


KEY FEATURES
Randomization – Our level layouts are randomly created, so each adventure is unique. Monsters, treasures, puzzles, and items are also different each time you embark on an adventure.

Easy, approachable interface – Torchlight is designed to be easy to play right from the beginning. The intuitive interface gives players easy access to a rich and varied world.

Retirement System – Once characters are sufficiently leveled up, they can “retire” and bestow specific benefits and perks to new characters.

Pets – Players will choose a pet to accompany them. Pets can level up along with the player, and will help in battle, carry items, and perform a variety of helpful services.

Character Classes – Players will create and customize a character and choose an animal companion. Through cosmetic choices, skill path decisions, and the treasures they acquire, each character will be custom-tailored and different.

Fishing – Players can take a break from the high-energy pace of adventuring to visit one of the fishing holes and relax and see what they can catch. Fish have interesting benefits for the player and pet, and other rewards can also be discovered.

Editor – Runic Games is embracing our modding community by providing an editor so our players can create and design their own content.


CLASSES
Destroyer: SMASH SMASH SMASH

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Alchemist: I CAST MAGIC MISSILE AT THE DARKNESS

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Vanquisher: RANGED DAMAGE; BECAUSE SKIMPY CLOTHES DON'T PROTECT MUCH

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FUCK YOU, I DON'T WANT THIS GAME
you're the one missing out, buddy (p.s. please don't swear at me)

meanwhile we all get to have fun!

seriously, look at this crap and change your mind already


SWEET PETS
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to start with you can choose a dog or a cat

but you can change it into other things by feeding it fish you catch in the fishing minigame!

most fish change it into monsters temporarily, but there are rare ones that change it permanently

your pet attacks, tanks, and can be taught spells (mine can currently summon zombies and hurl fireballs)!

you can even load its inventory up with unwanted loot, and then send it back to town to sell it while you keep on killing things!


SEXY GRAPHICS
somehow the game is only 400MB! how the hell they it has nice visuals is beyond me

dungeons are all randomised/fun, and look something like this
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the UI has changed a bit since these screens, but the graphics are the same (and they still look great at high res too)

and just for the heck of it here is my alchemist in mismatched armor and his strange pet
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NO MULTIPLAYER LOL
Thats right, it's only a single player game!

at first it sounded like it was going to BECOME multiplayer, but apparently that has changed

this game will remain single player, with a SEPARATE set-in-torchlight MMO being released within a year or two

but torchlight is fucking awesome regardless!


MY COMPUTER IS A BOX OF CORNFLAKES; CAN I RUN THIS GAME?
probably!

OS: Windows 2000 or later
Processor: x86-compatible 800MHz processor
Memory: 512MB
Graphics: DirectX-compatible 3D graphics with at least 64MB of addressable memory (such as an ATI Radeon 7200, NVIDIA GeForce 2, or Intel GMA 950)
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 400MB



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THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

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  • ackack Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    im gonna go play some

    RIGHT NOW

    ack on
  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    This game looks cool

    someone buy it for me

    nah not really

    save your money

    I'll buy it eventually

    zimfan on
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  • ackack Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    i somehow accidentally got rid of a gold chest armour thing and i have no idea how

    ack on
  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    ack wrote: »
    i somehow accidentally got rid of a gold chest armour thing and i have no idea how

    ooh thats gotta hurt

    just found a kickass necklace that gives my pets/summons +damage and +health

    as well as pumping up experience and potion effects for me

    woooo loots

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    will this run on my POS computer

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    also will someone buy this for me

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  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    hopefully, rane!

    updated OP with minimum system reqs

    i will not buy it for you though >:|

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  • ackack Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    i love just spending all my money on enchanting some dumb ring

    i don't know why

    ack on
  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I have a 24 Vanquisher in it. She dual wields motherfuckin' flintlock pistols that shoot FLAME and THUNDER

    (she also has a dog that can summon skeletons)

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Can I turn my pet dog into a wolf? It looks interesting and fun as balls but there's way too many other games out now that I'm playing or will be playing soon, like borderlands and dragon age and nostalgia and demons souls. Maybe in the future :(

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    just tried the demo

    story is meh and i am bad as hell at not clicking the ground RIGHT NEXT TO A BOSS

    but quite fun

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Fuck.

    Everytime I read the title of this game I thought it was a point and click adventure game. Like Myst.

    But nooooooooo its a Diablo-clone which is always a automatic buy from me no matter what. When I got Fate four years ago I played it for almost a day straight when I had duty one time.

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  • FletcherFletcher Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Raneados wrote: »
    just tried the demo

    story is meh and i am bad as hell at not clicking the ground RIGHT NEXT TO A BOSS

    but quite fun

    if you hold shift while you fire/cast from a distance, you'll stay in one spot so you don't charge into boss attacks

    irritatingly there is no real compilation of these little 'hints' anywhere

    so occasionally when it shows one during loading it's like FUCK, SERIOUSLY?

    to be honest i haven't read a single bit of the story!

    i just like making things explode with my pretty chain lighting spell

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  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I can't wait till my alchemist is high enough level to shoot a beam out of his hand! Also, is there a way to reset your skill points? I didn't find any but... I have a questionable build atm

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The "hold-Shift to stand still" thing has been a Iso-RPG trope since Diablo I.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So from the looks of the Alchemist, which is my chosen class for the demo.

    They have three trees.

    The first one looks to be a true caster tree, with focus on the stereotypical caster weapons and some direct and AOE spells.

    The middle tree ("Lore" i think) smacks of a summoning set.

    And the last tree appears to be very much a Battle-mage type build with skills attached to martial and melee weapons and spells/abilities that are very close-range.

    It seems a lot of people are playing Alchemists.

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Holy shit.

    3D Nethack.

    Oh god I want time to play this.

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  • seizureorbsseizureorbs Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    here's hoping my shitty old computer can run this game

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2009
    My awesome new mac probably can't.

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  • seizureorbsseizureorbs Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    maybe if you got a real computer lol 8-)8-)8-)

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    This game looks fun as hell, but I can't get over the fact that it's probably just made by some people who were fired/let go from Blizzard for whatever reason like ages ago.

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  • DeaconBluesDeaconBlues __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2009
    But like last Diablo game came out like 9 years ago, so...

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  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    This game is awesome. I sat down to play at 9 last night and it was 1am before I knew it.

    Gotta get this on my work laptop...

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I would be shocked if I don't end up buying this game sometime soon

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    I played the demo and it was fairly fun, but damn the music is almost directly lifted from Diablo and at least in the demo the environments mostly felt the same.

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  • GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these days Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    i've had fun with this game but honestly it seems like a time waster til i get dragon age (YES I KNOW ITS OUT I HATE YOU IF YOU HAVE IT)

    Grath on
  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    I hate them also Grath. I keep going through episodes where I almost decide to buy DA and then I snap to my senses and forlornly decide that it's not a wise investment at this time.

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  • risumonrisumon Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    This looks pretty sweet. Will have to get the demo when I get home.

    Too bad I don't seem to have video game time lately, but oh well.

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  • GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these days Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    I told the gf no we can't buy any more shit like this until January.

    It was mainly so she wouldn't by herself anything before xmas/birthday but I played it off as "we need to save money"

    if I come home with Dragon Age and she's still without the new kingdom hearts I will have to find a way to make my couch more comfortable.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    so it appears this game will run on my calculator

    I will give the demo a spin tonight

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  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Netbook mode should run on a digital watch... I'm anxious to give it a try on my laptop.

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  • SpookymikalSpookymikal Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    oh man this game is great but i can't wait for the patch.

    Right now you can enchant low level plain old green items like 3000 times and make them better than any set/named item in the game. it doesn't add any level restrictions, and you can pass things from easy to very hard characters via the shared stash.

    I started with a summon spec alchemist and got to like level 40 and died (fu hardcore mode). I now have a level 16 vanquisher who's getting maxed out dual weild/ranged damage/crit specialization.

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  • ColdbrandColdbrand Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Very Hard Mode: Where the blacksmith will always be poor and the potion maker will always be rich.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2009
    well that makes sense though

    ever tried to make a potion?

    shit's hard, son

    can't just swing a hammer at it and hope for the best

    you gotta use reagents and shit

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2009
    and really, how hard is it to make blacks?

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    You just need a couple of blacks to make more blacks.

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  • SpookymikalSpookymikal Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    You just need a couple of blacks to make more blacks.

    well you have to use the RIGHT ones. not just ANY blacks can pair up to make more.

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I love this game

    but uh

    I never played diablo so

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    how did you never play diablo?

    next you're going to say you've never played a super mario bros game

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I can't get the respec mod to work

    I've tried everything. Every folder separately, every file separately, nothing. The potion merchant doesn't sell them.

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