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
). That's less the case for the other bosses, and Baal is just annoying, true, but still.
Torchlight II and Diablo III.
- 16/08/2011 08:48:49 PM
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I've been following Diablo III, but I've never heard of Torchlight.
- 16/08/2011 09:45:17 PM
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Torchlight is a cheap, extremely undemanding (in terms of requirements), steampunk Diablo clone.
- 18/08/2011 08:27:01 PM
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- 18/08/2011 09:03:59 PM
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I really never saw the appeal in Diablo.
- 16/08/2011 11:45:38 PM
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^^ This ^^ *NM*
- 17/08/2011 02:04:27 AM
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Agreed. Diablo (and Torchlight) is the very definition of a repetitive grindfest.
- 17/08/2011 02:35:15 PM
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Which is just fine, for what they are.
- 17/08/2011 05:26:10 PM
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Funny the different perspectives people get.
- 17/08/2011 06:54:04 PM
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- 17/08/2011 07:58:44 PM
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- 17/08/2011 09:08:57 PM
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- 18/08/2011 01:51:39 AM
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- 18/08/2011 02:18:16 AM
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Yeah, the TW series is pretty weak grand strategy. Paradox does it best. *NM*
- 17/08/2011 09:29:28 PM
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Paradox? *NM*
- 18/08/2011 01:54:00 AM
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Hearts of Iron, Victoria, Europa Universalis... think RTS Civilization meets Dwarf Fortress.
- 18/08/2011 05:45:09 AM
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lol now that i've looked into Torchlight..
- 17/08/2011 02:04:51 AM
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YOU PLAY FIFTEEN DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THIS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
- 17/08/2011 07:58:06 AM
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- 17/08/2011 07:58:06 AM
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what?
- 17/08/2011 08:13:41 AM
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- 17/08/2011 08:13:41 AM
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He's referring to your WoW subscription. *NM*
- 17/08/2011 01:47:48 PM
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Oh well. i don't pay for that
- 18/08/2011 02:40:37 AM
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- 18/08/2011 02:40:37 AM
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- 18/08/2011 01:58:52 PM
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- 18/08/2011 01:58:52 PM
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I can't say I was really impressed by Torchlight's boss fights.
- 18/08/2011 08:38:41 PM
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Diablo III's lore and atmosphere draw me, but not the bajillion clicks required.
- 17/08/2011 04:07:40 AM
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You know...
- 18/08/2011 08:22:03 PM
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Poor Jacob!
- 18/08/2011 09:07:06 PM
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- 18/08/2011 09:07:06 PM
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If it were a matter of money and availability...
- 19/08/2011 01:27:04 PM
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I dislike this "always-online" requirement, and I don't think I'll ever buy a game that demands it. *NM*
- 26/08/2011 03:53:49 AM
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