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I can't say I was really impressed by Torchlight's boss fights. Legolas Send a noteboard - 18/08/2011 08:38:41 PM
I beat Normal-difficulty Torchlight 1 last night; the end fight was hella fun (far more so than most any WoW raid boss I've done). Also, you don't need gold in (any, really) action RPG since you can farm items off boss kills (just like WoW, but a lot easier and you get all the drops instead of rolling or DKP-ing).

They're just, you know, so repetitive. In my experience, definitely on Normal (haven't finished the game on any higher difficulty setting), killing a boss, even the final one, is just a matter of using your normal killing style - for ten minutes straight, while not dying in the process.

Rather less challenging and satisfying than in Diablo II - emotionally less satisfying, too, as the story doesn't go as far as to have real personalities or back stories for the big bosses, and if the bosses should happen to have any particular characteristics in terms of immunities or special weapons to watch out for, I've never noticed it, so you can't really plan strategy. Whereas I've killed Diablo, I don't know, a dozen or so times with various characters on Normal and Nightmare, and each time it was a challenge and satisfying when he finally went down (particularly with the Sorceress' commentary when he's dead :P ). That's less the case for the other bosses, and Baal is just annoying, true, but still.
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Torchlight II and Diablo III. - 16/08/2011 08:48:49 PM 663 Views
Diablo III is at the top of my list. - 16/08/2011 09:31:22 PM 460 Views
I really never saw the appeal in Diablo. - 16/08/2011 11:45:38 PM 479 Views
^^ This ^^ *NM* - 17/08/2011 02:04:27 AM 255 Views
Agreed. Diablo (and Torchlight) is the very definition of a repetitive grindfest. - 17/08/2011 02:35:15 PM 491 Views
Which is just fine, for what they are. - 17/08/2011 05:26:10 PM 604 Views
Funny the different perspectives people get. - 17/08/2011 06:54:04 PM 499 Views
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Re: Funny the different perspectives people get. - 18/08/2011 01:51:39 AM 435 Views
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Excellent. - 18/08/2011 07:59:37 PM 417 Views
Re: Excellent. - 18/08/2011 09:02:20 PM 485 Views
Yeah, the TW series is pretty weak grand strategy. Paradox does it best. *NM* - 17/08/2011 09:29:28 PM 177 Views
Paradox? *NM* - 18/08/2011 01:54:00 AM 179 Views
Hearts of Iron, Victoria, Europa Universalis... think RTS Civilization meets Dwarf Fortress. - 18/08/2011 05:45:09 AM 395 Views
That sounds magical. *NM* - 18/08/2011 01:35:09 PM 181 Views
I've always been intrigued by Europa Universalis. - 18/08/2011 01:59:52 PM 496 Views
Worth it, in my opinion. - 18/08/2011 05:25:09 PM 410 Views
lol now that i've looked into Torchlight.. - 17/08/2011 02:04:51 AM 519 Views
YOU PLAY FIFTEEN DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THIS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU - 17/08/2011 07:58:06 AM 382 Views
what? - 17/08/2011 08:13:41 AM 400 Views
He's referring to your WoW subscription. *NM* - 17/08/2011 01:47:48 PM 169 Views
Oh well. i don't pay for that - 18/08/2011 02:40:37 AM 416 Views
Re: Oh well. i don't pay for that - 18/08/2011 01:58:52 PM 495 Views
meh, I have plenty of other things on my to-play list - 18/08/2011 06:54:33 PM 390 Views
I can't say I was really impressed by Torchlight's boss fights. - 18/08/2011 08:38:41 PM 408 Views
The first time I beat Diablo was hilarious. - 19/08/2011 04:04:31 AM 501 Views
You know... - 18/08/2011 08:22:03 PM 462 Views
Poor Jacob! - 18/08/2011 09:07:06 PM 361 Views
If it were a matter of money and availability... - 19/08/2011 01:27:04 PM 515 Views
Re: If it were a matter of money and availability... - 19/08/2011 02:14:36 PM 480 Views
Ha! - 22/08/2011 04:44:29 PM 400 Views
Torchlight 2's final character class is a mage, it turns out. - 29/08/2011 06:42:05 PM 473 Views

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