Thursday, June 10, 2010

Because the Mayans Say the World Will End Before Diablo III is Released....

Anyone who knows me knows I can't play FPS games. Most of them make me want to spew the copious amounts of Mountain Dew and junk food I consume while gaming. So this leaves me to playing 3rd person view games.

So, RTS games, turn based games and games such as Diablo II tend to feed my gaming addiction. And like everyone else I've been endlessly waiting for any sort of indication as to a credible time-line for the release of Diablo III. I'm fairly certain I may not see it before Quetzalcoatl comes down from the heavens and reigns a fiery end to the Earth as we know it on December 21, 2012.

So on the suggestion of a friend I checked out Torchlight. I was pretty much hooked instantly. If this is not built on the engine for Diablo II then I'd say Blizzard might have some legs for a lawsuit. Everything about the game plays like Diablo 2. The Hotkeys, magic items, the fact that there are 3 character type (a melee brute, ranged specialist, and mage type akin to the D2 Barbarian, Amazon, and Necro).

The graphics are better than D2's though a bit more cartoonish. It boasts over 100 dungeon levels with randomized dungeons so re-playability is good. At only 20 bones, it doesn't break the wallet for hours of Diabloesque fun. I purchased the game through Steam which has over 60 different in-game accomplishment to achieve, adding to the playability. Steam has had it on sale in the past for only $10, so you might be able to hold out for even cheaper fun.

Only real drag is that it's single player only. So if you don't mind the fact that you are clobbering PC controlled monsters and not some character controlled by a prepubescent zit-ridden 13 year old with nothing better to do with their life... then this game might just be be for you.

Peace

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