Torchlight similaries

[Blitz]

Stormgate is similar to Torchlight. Torchlight is the diablo clone also by ex blizzard employees. Torchlight has part 1, 2, 3. The game was never that popular and never got as good as diablo. Torchlight is more cartoony/mobile graphics as well.

I think Stormgate is like the Torchlight version of diablo. It's also by a new studio which is on limited budget.

[Kern]

Torchlight 2 is actually pretty good, yes it's cartoonish, but it doesn't feel like it's unfinished. And it didn't cost a lot of money. And we got the full game at release for an honorable price...
It's not similar to Stormgate.

BTW, you could say Wildstar is similar to Stormgate with your argument.

[Joe Kaze]

Torchlight 1 and 2 are great games though.

[ShyCake]

I feel like the air is different nowadays, and although the two ips have similar origins, I don't think it's fair the compare them like that.
Additionally I would consider Torchlight 1 and 2 a standout success of their time.

Without going into details and intricately of the matters, I would like to say that rts is a fickle genre when it comes to market share, and the amount of momentum they have already (as mixed as it is) is still enough to have them stand out and success

not every games needs to be world changing, and this shouldn't dismissed just because it's not SC2.

[WhosYourDaddyyy?]

I got a Torchlight-y feel about the game too, a bit too cartoony for my taste. That's not the problem though, imho the sentries are made of paper and the fighting in general is "too fast", so that the units may die in two seconds for taking a wrong sidestep. Also the obligatory moving mechanics problem seems to exist, where all the bulk units run to the artifact first and the hero can't access it, before you manually get them to move away. The game might become playable in the future, but atm it's an unfinished version of what TL was to Diablo, when comparing to SC2 or DoW2.

[Neit]

While the art style is similar, there are important differences. First Torchlight game started small, singleplayer-only, after the success they decided to launch Torchlight 2 with missing features. Even the second game was quite a success, they even timed it perfectly to come out before Diablo 3 so many people decided to try it thanks to that. And it was definitely more Diablo than Diablo 3 was. Only thing that Torchlight 2 was missing was content. If they had reasonable endgame and released expansion or two, it would be even more successful.

Compared to that, this one attempted to start big and it's not going very well. It learned all the wrong lessons and tried to copy the aspects that should have been left forgotten and on the other hand changed stuff they should have left alone.

[jonoliveira12]

Torchlight 1 actually shipped in good condition, and is a good game even today. This is nothing like Torchlight.

[jonoliveira12]

Originally posted by Kern:

Torchlight 2 is actually pretty good, yes it's cartoonish, but it doesn't feel like it's unfinished. And it didn't cost a lot of money. And we got the full game at release for an honorable price...
It's not similar to Stormgate.

BTW, you could say Wildstar is similar to Stormgate with your argument.

Wildstar would indeed be more comparable. Also full of promise, the WoW killer, fell flat because the delivered product never matched expectations.