Zero Punctuation: Torchlight

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Being a fan of the original Diablo and especially Diablo II, I think I might enjoy this game if I were to pick it up. However, I can see where some of the bits might get tedious. I'm also an MMO player, though, so incredibly boring things that take hours to play are right up my alley.

Jokes, snark, visual humor and rapid pace - this is trademark, quality ZP.

 

[jorgemalgom]

While I can appreciate Yahtzee's trademark snark and venom, I did notice that he said he played it for at least 10 hours. That's a lot of time to put in to a game that's only better than an ice cream if it's buried under gravel/only accessible via straw.

The thing is, most of Yahtzee's complaints about it could be applied to any game in the genre. He'd might as well say, "this game is ridiculous and stupid because you get five guns that all shoot bullets and I don't even like shooting bullets to begin with." If that's not your thing, you won't like FPS's.

First I beleive that he often does his best to be proffessioanl and play enough of a game and a 10h campaign isnt bad.

Second clicking for EACH AND EVERY ATTACK is a pain. imagine playing CoD while having to press the trigger once per bullet. Not fun.

no kiding... they are no-automatic weapons like g3 and you actually click one per bullet

 

[njsykora]

Surprised he didn't mention the fact that death is pretty much a non-event as you can respawn at the start of the stage for a small amount of gold, which you'll have a nearly infinite supply of since you get so much stuff from the enemies you'll never need to actually buy anything.

Torchlight is a decent game, but damn does it have some giant problems. Also the girl is pretty much useless, as are all bow-wielders without some support which you can't get since this is single player only. Hopefully the MMO version coming out will fix that problem.

 

[Simalacrum]

I'm just surprised he reviewed it now considering it came out back in NOVEMBER.

Who gives a damn? Yahtzee reviews stuff his own way

OT, good showing again, but I have to admit... I'm finding ZP's jokes and style are becomming a bit stale to me after all this time...

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Bit unfair, Dungeon Siege was almost exactly the same. And for 3 bucks, that ice-cream sandwich wouldn't have lasted half the time.

I totally agree on the NPCs though.

+19 Armour of Spiky Death? That's worth 2 Subway points.

This is why I never got a Tesco ClubCard. THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME SORT OF THING!

Seriously, next time you go into a supermarket, work out exactly how much each point is actually worth against how much extra you're having to pay to get them.

 

[Hiphophippo]

A pleasant surprise this video was.

Thumbs up.

What's really surprising is this is exactly the way I felt while playing the demo.

I get it ya know. He makes very valid points about the game (the genre really) but as someone who fondly remembers playing diablo 1 and 2 when they came out none of these problems concern me.

 

[theBaricat]

Oh item identifying, how I've missed it. Takes me back to the first time I played M&M6 and would yell, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS? IT'S A FRICKIN' STICK! Now sell it for 2 gold."

To be honest, I haven't even heard of Torchlight. Probably because I game on my 360 and do work on my Mac (thus no steamy-Steam :\) Oh well, I still gotta beat DA:O. Some day...

 

[Poomanchu745]

Its a good game for what it is. But for me what it is, is really boring and monotonous after a 20 minutes.

 

[njsykora]

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO REVIEW SILENT HILL SHATTERED MEMORIES !!!!!!!

It's not out until February in Austrailia and Europe, if you read the Extra Punctuation columns you'd know this.

 

[El_Lazor]

"You try buying a brand new game every week." Then why did you even bring up this bit since it didn't add anything to your argument?

 

[Maphis]

The game had alot of interesting mechanics like enchanting, heirlooming weapons, shared stash and the dog that goes to town and I would have love to see those things implemented in future dungeon crawlers like diablo 3. But like yahtzee said the overpowered spells, repetive enviroments and limited character classes made me quit just before the ending. And why the hell couldn't you redistribute your stats in this game? There is nothing worse than pumping alot of points in a spell that turns out to be bloody useless halfway through the game.

 

[The Irrelevant Gamer]

Being a fan of the original Diablo and especially Diablo II, I think I might enjoy this game if I were to pick it up. However, I can see where some of the bits might get tedious. I'm also an MMO player, though, so incredibly boring things that take hours to play are right up my alley.

Jokes, snark, visual humor and rapid pace - this is trademark, quality ZP.

If you liked Diablo you'll enjoy Torchlight. It doesn't have the same level of atmosphere, but the gameplay is nearly identical. Even some of the music is similar, and the identify and town portal scrolls are the same color. Apparently some of the original Diablo devs worked on Torchilight, and it shows.

 

[Grayfayce]

I've only really like World of Warcraft as far as PC RPGs go...

So I guess I'll be avoiding this one.

 

[Cosplay Horatio]

Torchlight reminds me very much of the game Fate. I enjoyed watching this!

 

[GameGoddess101]

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO REVIEW SILENT HILL SHATTERED MEMORIES !!!!!!!

I don't think it's out in Australia yet

 

[GrinningManiac]

Why didnt those first guys get banned for commenting that early?

Patience Grasshopper.

Hee Hee. I know this is completley unrelated, but did anyone ever tell you how funny your avatar is? I dunno, it's the nose poking out, but it makes me giggle. Sorry for the interruption

OT: I loved the Dolphin analogy, though the deaths of many a Guinea Pig distressed me...I wuv my Piggies!

Also, this (plus the evils of Subscription Fees) sums up everything and EVERYTHING I hate about RPGs

 

[Jared]

Brilliant review. I hate game-play where I'm prone to develop carpel tunnel by the second dungeon.

lol, Same.

Great Review Yahtzee, gave me a chuckle in my otherwise dull day =D

 

[Ophiuchus]

This is the first time a ZP has ever made me more inclined to check a game out and, fiddly controls aside, it looks like the sort of thing I might enjoy. Shame I had no money during the Steam sale though, it's £14.99 now and I'm not sure I can justify it when I've got to eat and such.

Still, I'll throw it on the list for later.

 

[ThePirateMan]

Good review? Naaaaejanah.. Yahtzee seems to have an undying hatred for games that I like.. and many other games. But he seems to hate the games I like more.. or I just notice it more when he (atleast seems like he) hates games I like.. oh well.. might just be my brain going fiddly again.

Funny review? As usual. (More or less, yes.)

 

[David Bray]

This game is a complete rip-off of Diablo, just streamlining a few things and merging them together.
But oh does it work. I'm saddened that there's a a story line as simple as Go here and kill they ass, but the gameplay is solid and the click-click-click fell away to the sweet sounds of monsters being wiped out by my easy setting. Yes I play it on easy and i love the fuck out of it.
I'd like a story based expansion but i somehow doubt it.

Nice review man, very biting.