What is Reddit's opinion of Torchlight?

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1. You need internet to activate the game (initially) and then need internet to play multiplayer. You can launch the single-player from Origin (the Steam-like software that EA uses to manage BF3 and other EA games) when it's in Offline mode. You won't be able to play the brunt of the game (the multiplayer) without internet. Unlike BF2 you can't play the maps with bots. Don't break the plastic to play the single-player. It's short and not that fun to be honest. It's not awful but it's not anything to write home about.

2. It will NOT run on integrated graphics. The game is optimized pretty nicely but not enough to play on an integrated graphics card.

3. This one's up to you. If you don't have a solid PC with you (seems like that's the case) I'd leave it in the plastic. Keep in mind that you'll need a constant internet connection to play Diablo 3 (including single-player). If you want a Diablo-style RPG that you can play without a constant internet connection, check out Torchlight 2. It's made buy a bunch of guys from the old Diablo 2 team and from what they've revealed the combat and overall gameplay will be pretty similar to Diablo 2. Thematically the games seems just a bit more upbeat. You can pick up Torchlight 1 for pretty cheap if you want to get a feel for the game's first iteration. There's also a free demo.

You might be interested in Delver. One of the best games I have on my phone. Torchlight is also good, it has obvious similarities to Diablo. (Torchlight II, as well.)

Blizzard is no longer in the business of making great games. They are in the business of making games that print them money, good or not. If you are truly done with Blizzard, I would like to point you to Torchlight.

http://www.torchlightgame.com/

Give this a try with your wife. It is very similar to Diablo, but a little less "serious" feeling (villagers and soldiers don't scream "help me!" and then die or get carried off by demon bats... WHY I NO HELP U :( ). While the first one is an entirely single player experience, the sequel has multiplayer you both could enjoy.

If you end up liking it, PM me your steam account id (or whatever) and I will gift you Torchlight 2. Hopefully someone else can match me and gift your wife a copy.

Ok, cool - then, how about:

How does magic work?

• Where does magic come from? What's the source? Is magic a physical substance? Drawn from spirits/fey/gods?

• You have a punkpunk setting with technology from magic - what are two things you can do with real life science/tech that you can't with magitech? What are two things you can't do with real life science that you can do with magitech?

What is the 'Era' or 'Technology Level' or your setting? Cool. Now break that - technology levels don't exist. What're two fields of technology that are very different from their prototypical quasi-European march of progress baseline?

Is your world populated by humans? What about other species? Other fantasty 'races' - traditional or original? What about robots/golems/etc?

Also, I recommend playing Torchlight.

Torchlight was ported to Linux a few years ago for the Humble Bundle, in the remote chance that you purchased it back in 2012 (I did).

http://www.torchlightgame.com/gamenews/2012/09/18/torchlight-on-linux/

If you get Crouton running on your Chromebook, it should work!

Otherwise, you could always download it from Ubuntu store, it looks like : https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/torchlight/

Probably one of the simplest RPGs is maybe something like Torchlight. All rather linear, gets you into the whole stats, quests n such and very simple to play. Runs on low end hardware too.

Pokemon is actually the RPG that started me off, though that would require a DS or something. Though if you let it, it can become one of the more complex RPGs out there.

Both these games are made with kids in mind so great starting points than jumping into the deep end with something like Witcher 2.

What exactly is it about New Vegas that you found hard? The stats/perks? Fighting? the faction choices? Following quests? Maybe be able to suggest good alternatives to start with that are simpler in certain aspects, or help and advice on certain areas.

Skyrim is sounding like it's going to be built to be pretty accessible, so it's bound to have some handholding for newcomers.

> or many video games in general; to give you an insight into her gaming ability, she had trouble with camera and character movement. She's truly a newbie in every way.

Buy her torchlight, dude. All these people are throwing guides at you that are written for gamers, but she's not (yet) a gamer. Give her a harmless practice game and let her play around with it on her own terms, where she doesn't feel stressed. It's a great way to learn about games.

Then, maybe introduce her to portal or something that suits her tastes, and by the time you settle down to play GW2 she'll probably be pretty comfortable at learning new games.

If you want a game with a more modern interface that has rogue-like properties (random items, maps), check out: Torchlight, and The Binding of Isaac.

I rather like Torchlight better at this point. Its made by Runic games which was formed by the designers of Diablo I/II. The style of the original dungeon crawlers comes through clearly. And Torchlight II is coming out this year.

I rather like Torchlight better at this point. Its made by Runic games which was formed by the designers of Diablo I/II. The style of the original dungeon crawlers comes through clearly. And Torchlight II is coming out this year.

There are 3 classes: Vanquisher (Archer), Alchemist (Mage), and Destroyer (Fighter). Sadly the skills of all 3 do overlap a little bit (mostly passive skills though, like more critical strikes). For $3 I highly recommend it. There may be a demo though if you want to check it out first, but I'm not sure.

EDIT: There is a demo that you can download :)

http://www.torchlightgame.com/buy/ (One to the right), purchase that, than once it gets downloaded, if I recall correctly, you would double click the .dmg installer, and it should go through the setup process almost the same way it would for PC. You could also do it via Steam which should install it for you. http://store.steampowered.com/app/41500/ There is the link. :)

It sounds a lot like Torchlight, but it was released in 2009. What about Dungeon Siege?

Torchlight did have just 3 characters, two male, one female.

DEFCON by Introversion, it is a game that you play as a country that has to try to nuke everyone else and try not to get nuked yourself. It has a an office mode so you can easily hide it. http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/

Another one is the Torchlight series, a dungeon crawler, it's addicting for it's itemization and replay value. You can build your character hundreds of ways and still not get bored of it. Its pretty light so it can run on a office PC. I suggest getting the second iteration, Torchlight 2, much more expansive and has co-op. http://www.torchlightgame.com/ http://www.torchlight2game.com/

Torchlight and Din's Curse are Diablo-ish. Both are I think a little light on the story, but show character equipment updates on your avatar and have some interesting mechanics.

I'm just going to stick with Torchlight and Torchlight2 when it comes out this year. They're made by the same guys that made Diablo/DiabloII anyway.

It's not challenging in the least(Unless you bump up the difficulty all the way), but since you liked Diablo 2, you should check out Torchlight.

It scratches that dungeon-crawling itch so well and it's only $15. I have heard that users have made mods as well. So you can play through the regular game, then go back with mods and mess with whatever you want. Maybe even make the game ball-crushingly difficult. But for pick up and play, I couldn't recommend anything easier. Plus, it's on Xbox Live Arcade so I believe your controller will work with the 360 version.

Really? Do you mind linking me to somewhere, if I search for it all I find are the usual forum posts asking for it. Their FAQ still says they've not done anything about it and there's no mention on the store page.

I suppose if it's already cross-platform to OS X it won't be so hard to throw Wine at it, but native would be nice too.

You might try contacting Runic games the company that made the game. http://www.torchlightgame.com/support/ for the same reasons you don't contact walmart for tech support when you buy the game there.

Buy Torchlight, a 3d graphics Diablo clone that runs at fairly low graphics settings. It has a "Netbook Mode" for even better performance. It's got great, albeit slightly repetitive gameplay and a reasonable mod community to go with it.

Also, things from the humble indie bundles would work well, really any of them I think. You can't buy them as a bundle anymore, but they are all reasonably cheap and most are available on Steam.

If those all fail, hit up the old Blizzard titles, Diablo, Diablo 2, Warcraft 2 or 3 and Starcraft. You should be set with any of them.