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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 664 Views
Diablo III is at the top of my list. - 16/08/2011 09:31:22 PM 461 Views
I really never saw the appeal in Diablo. - 16/08/2011 11:45:38 PM 480 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 492 Views
Which is just fine, for what they are. - 17/08/2011 05:26:10 PM 606 Views
Funny the different perspectives people get. - 17/08/2011 06:54:04 PM 500 Views
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Re: Funny the different perspectives people get. - 18/08/2011 01:51:39 AM 437 Views
Re: Funny the different perspectives people get. - 18/08/2011 02:18:16 AM 429 Views
Re: Funny the different perspectives people get. - 18/08/2011 01:54:24 PM 417 Views
Excellent. - 18/08/2011 07:59:37 PM 418 Views
Re: Excellent. - 18/08/2011 09:02:20 PM 486 Views
Yeah, the TW series is pretty weak grand strategy. Paradox does it best. *NM* - 17/08/2011 09:29:28 PM 178 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 396 Views
That sounds magical. *NM* - 18/08/2011 01:35:09 PM 182 Views
I've always been intrigued by Europa Universalis. - 18/08/2011 01:59:52 PM 497 Views
Worth it, in my opinion. - 18/08/2011 05:25:09 PM 411 Views
lol now that i've looked into Torchlight.. - 17/08/2011 02:04:51 AM 520 Views
YOU PLAY FIFTEEN DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THIS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU - 17/08/2011 07:58:06 AM 383 Views
what? - 17/08/2011 08:13:41 AM 401 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 417 Views
Re: Oh well. i don't pay for that - 18/08/2011 01:58:52 PM 496 Views
meh, I have plenty of other things on my to-play list - 18/08/2011 06:54:33 PM 391 Views
I can't say I was really impressed by Torchlight's boss fights. - 18/08/2011 08:38:41 PM 409 Views
The first time I beat Diablo was hilarious. - 19/08/2011 04:04:31 AM 502 Views
You know... - 18/08/2011 08:22:03 PM 464 Views
Poor Jacob! - 18/08/2011 09:07:06 PM 363 Views
If it were a matter of money and availability... - 19/08/2011 01:27:04 PM 516 Views
Re: If it were a matter of money and availability... - 19/08/2011 02:14:36 PM 481 Views
Ha! - 22/08/2011 04:44:29 PM 401 Views
Torchlight 2's final character class is a mage, it turns out. - 29/08/2011 06:42:05 PM 474 Views

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