Comments on Blessing of Kings: Torchlight Review

The dog concept has been around for a while. Not s...

2009-11-15T23:22:31.926-08:00

The dog concept has been around for a while. Not sure if this was the first, but definitely a few years old:

http://games.wildtangent.com/fate/fate/
Torchlight does look cool though.

There's no multiplayer now, but I hear they're wor...

2009-10-30T12:52:14.866-07:00

There's no multiplayer now, but I hear they're working on a free-to-play MMO version that's gonna come out later.

For now, I'm having hella fun playing the single-player version =)

Sold. Diablo with a dog? If I wasn't convinced b...

2009-10-30T11:21:03.412-07:00

Sold. Diablo with a dog? If I wasn't convinced before, I sure am now. :D

I've been enjoying this game the past few days. I...

2009-10-30T11:07:15.037-07:00

I've been enjoying this game the past few days. It's tons of fun and a good filler until Diablo III and since I'm pretty much burned out on Warcraft until Icecrown, Torchlight is getting my play time. It's actually kind of nice to not be forced into a multiplayer game. Sometimes I just want to adventure by my lonesome.

Torchlight looks good, I think I'll put it at the ...

2009-10-30T09:06:23.638-07:00

Torchlight looks good, I think I'll put it at the top of my list for when I get bored. Just trying to hold off on buying it for now since I know I'll be busy with WoW, LoL, and NaNoWriMo

I first heard of this game like two weeks ago, so ...

2009-10-30T07:13:06.838-07:00

I first heard of this game like two weeks ago, so I was pretty excited to find out it was coming out so soon. Then I did some reading, and like you said: no multiplayer! I was crushed, all interest went away.

Now your write-up of it makes it sound terribly interesting again... but I don't think I'm cut out for it. With Diablo-style games I can only get in a few hours by myself before I get bored out of my mind. I wonder what the decision behind no multiplayer was. Just no budget? These are the same people behind Mythos, which HAD multiplayer. To me, a game like this without multiplayer is like an FPS without guns. Real shame, it's starting to look pretty cool.

I think this is more like Diablo 2.5, I keep notic...

2009-10-30T00:42:03.070-07:00

I think this is more like Diablo 2.5, I keep noticing new twists as I spend longer in the game.

I like the maps to random dungeons and the sidequests -- the difficulty seems nicely tuned in the random maps (they're tuned to your level, whereas the main quest dungeon isn't, so it tends to feel as though they are both harder and have better rewards).

I like the extra use of ambushes (you go into a room and open a check and then get ambushed, or something else that you do triggers the mobs). I like the way the stats work -- anyone can equip anything if you have the stats for it.

I like the way the talent trees play out. Very few of the talents have prerequisites so it's very easy to pick and choose a more unique build. Although there are only 3 classes and it's surely ripe for more, the talent trees do give different ways to play each one.

I like the fishing, it's just fun.

Yes, it's extremely similar and obviously based on Diablo but it has been refined and there is more to it.