Comments on: Runic Games and Torchlight Interview

By: Jay Kim

Jay Kim — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:53:56 +0000

Oh SNAP! New patch.

By: Jay Kim

Jay Kim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:19:15 +0000

Woohoo, Torchlight! Gotta go back and finish my other characters too. My normal Destroyer’s been chilling in the Shadow Vault since I finished him, but I’ll be damned if I don’t want to play my awesome summoner Alchemist (very very fun build, at least to watch your own swarm murder the enemy). Or my gunslinging Vanquisher! Woo!

Albeit a bit buggy, Runic should be very very pleased with this. (I personally have only encountered one bug involving Ember.) The Torchlight MMO is something I’m actually looking forward too, and god knows I hate MMOs. I just really hope they go out of their way to be different than other MMOs, or even just be closer to the Diablo formula, which was almost an MMO.

By: Tom Senior

Tom Senior — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:16:11 +0000

Shit, Craig’s dead. Looks like another promotion for Ed.

By: Craig Lager

Craig Lager — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:33:52 +0000

WHAT HAVE I DONE? *dies*

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:41:17 +0000

Well I think it ruins the entire internet. Shame on you, Mr. Editor!

By: Craig Lager

Craig Lager — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:36:05 +0000

Must have. Crazy person.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:24 +0000

Huh. Must have been my imagination.

By: Craig Lager

Craig Lager — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:27:37 +0000

I don’t know what you are talking about. Looks fine to me… *shuffles around nervously*

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:24:17 +0000

“We needed to use a style that wouldn’t require fancy graphics technologies to look good, that is easy to produce content for, and which appeals to a broad base of people. We aimed for a hand-drawn look drawing on classic animation techniques, going for a bold, streamlined “chunky” art style that had our own quirky twist. We needed to use a style that could compete visually with bigger retail games and still be developed on a very aggressive schedule and with minimal budget. We aimed for a hand-drawn look drawing on classic animation techniques, going for a bold, streamlined “chunky” art style that had our own quirky twist.”

Is the last sentence supposed to be there?

Also, I should finish my second run of Torchlight, JC McCrits and her pet panther have been neglected for some time now.

By: Tom Senior

Tom Senior — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:01:41 +0000

Dear Runic, moar Torchlight plz, k thnx.