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Torchlight II

Post » Tue May 17, 2011 6:16 am

Just looked at the Recent News on Steam for Torchlight, and Torchlight II will be coming out July 2011 with an Xbox port coming later. It will support multiplayer and keep its modability.
Key features ( pasted from official site )
    * Multi-player – Play with your friends over a local area network, or over the Internet. A free matchmaking peer-to-peer service lets you make new friends for exciting co-op play.

    * Customizable Characters – Players create and customize a character from one of four classes available and choose an animal companion. Through cosmetic, class, and gender choices, skill path decisions, and the treasures they acquire, each character can be custom-tailored to each player’s needs.

    * Moddability – Torchlight II will release with an updated version of TorchEd, the Torchlight editor. Players have the option to create their own mods, adding even more content to the world. You and your friends can download the same mod and play together!

    * New User Interface – Torchlight II boasts an entirely new, improved user interface, designed to be easier than ever for new players to pick up and play. Thanks to this intuitive interface, players have immediate access to a rich and varied world, with little experience necessary.

    * Overworld Areas – Torchlight II has large randomized overworld areas to explore with weather, time of day cycles, and random events that provide players with even more content to experience.

    * Random Dungeons – Delve into randomly generated dungeons within the game at any time for extra experience and rare loot. Dungeons in Torchlight II have even more branching paths to explore with friends filled with random events, rewards and dangers.

    * Retirement System – Once characters are sufficiently leveled up, they can “retire” and bestow specific benefits and perks onto new characters.

    * Pets – Players choose a pet to accompany them. Pets level up along with the player, and help in battle, learn spells, carry items, and perform a variety of support services.

    * Fishing – Fishing returns in the sequel! Players can take a break from the high-energy pace of adventuring to relax by one of the many fishing holes and see what they can catch. Fish have unique benefits for the player and pet, while a number of other rewards can also be discovered.


http://www.torchlight2game.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchlight_II

Anyone besides me going to buy it? It'd be cool to play some co-op with some fellow forum goers.
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sarah taylor
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 1:59 am

It looks like a neat game but I'll probably pass only because I don't like games that do not have a 1st person view. 3rd person isometric drives me crazy.

HAVE FUN though !
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stevie trent
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 8:52 am

I'll get it if the price is right. The original is fun at first but gets tiring after a short while. I never really feel compelled to play for more than a few minutes.
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K J S
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 1:53 pm

I ran through it once and then did some Shadow Vault. In hindsight I have no clue how, because I'm bored after a few minutes nowadays. Whatever really, I dropped 55 hours into it, for 15€ that's definately worth it. So yeah, I'll pick up TL2 as well
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Mason Nevitt
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:23 pm

I think I will buy it either at release or shortly after if I have money, even if I am not too into dungeon crawlers for long periods of time. I did enjoy the first game and really need to go back and play it some more but I just don't have the time. I got the game on super sale anyways so even if I only played it one day I got my money's worth but I played for quite a large number of hours.
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Julie Ann
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 7:58 am

The retirement and new overworld are the most appealing features. Also I think randomization seems to be the incredibly underused for games, considering how incredibly useful it can be and how much it adds to replayability and the game experience in general.
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Naomi Ward
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:38 pm

The first one was pretty fun, and being able to play with friends will be cool. I'll pick it up from Steam when it's on sale, not paying full price for it though,
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