Is this game better than most Diablo Clones?

[jumbo shrimp]

Is this game better than Torchlight or Sacred?

[Pelerin]

I don't know about better, but it's a ton like Diablo 1 and the original Torchlight - I'm pretty sure one or more of the FATE devs went on to join Runic games and make TL.

It's a really great game, randomly generated dungeon levels, loot and enemies. I recommend it if you're a fan of the genre.

(Also, at $5 that's a good deal IMO)

[Swifty Magee]

I wouldn't call it better than the actual Diablo or Torchlight games, but I would say that Fate is better than most Diablo-clones. Like most hack n' slash rogue-likes that came out between late '90s and mid '00s, Fate is a lot like Diablo 2. It did a couple of things that were original for the genre at the time, though; Fate seemingly introduced the aspect of pets and fishing for items.

If you like the Torchlight games, then you'll like Fate as it is basically the precursor to those games. Some of the devs of Fate even joined or started Runic, so you'll be very familar with the feel of the game if you played TL and TL2. Just think Torchlight but more child friendly and that's pretty much what Fate is.

At the cheap price, you can't really go wrong with picking up Fate, especially if you've never played it before and you've played everything else Steam has to offer. Highly recommended!

[Oneman728]

What made FATE a Great game was it was completely Moddable and had Over 2Million Levels if played right and with the right codes and Mods the game was Infinitely Replayable. it was fun.

[ivlr3vil]

I bought it when it originally came out for Windows Vista. Still have it, just not the Steam version yet. I'll say Path of Exile is more fun and polished compared to a non modded Fate game.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Fate was the first game I "Hacked". I modded config files to make the lowest level shortbow a firespitting machinegun of death!

[Swifty Magee]

Publicado originalmente por Bobdamek:

Fate was the first game I "Hacked". I modded config files to make the lowest level shortbow a firespitting machinegun of death!

Same thing with me, too! I remember Fate being the first game I hex edited. I think it was just to give me more money or an item or something.

[KingKaijun]

I remember playing Fate up through about lvl 20 around 07-08, it started coming preinstalled on most Vista based pc's that were being released so I played it for free. I was like 13-14 when I played it and I remember it being a ton of fun. However, as much fun as I had with the game I remember a lot about it and I highly doubt I would still be impressed at all considering the numerous games currently on steam that are as good and better in many ways.

If you have Torchlight, Vanhelsing, Hammerwatch, Legend of dungeon, Dungeon of the endless, or any of the other games that are more developed versions of this game, I dare say you will not find anything new at all and you will certainly notice you are palying a game that is several steps back in development for games of this genre. Sure at the time it was released it was innovative in many ways: randomly generated dungeons, raisable pets and fishing, and the ability to have your pet go to town to sell and buy items. but in today's gaming age I can't see how anyone would play this and enjoy it when they could just play one of the many more developed games out there.

I suppose if you are running a laptop or a system with very limited resources, or you just have a major boner for this game then go for it. But I would not even recommend it as a nostalgic type game unless you had a serious personal history with the game in the past, if not you will probably just wish it had more to it.

TLDR: Great for what it is and the time it was made. If you have experience with modern rogue-likes or hack-n-slash dungeons such as PoE, Torchlight/Vanhelsing, or Hammerwatch, you will only be let down by the fact that what you see is exactly what you get with this game; and what you get is a very dated dungeoneering experience.

[FleshWound]

Maybe if you're the kind of guy who gets heavily into the loot grind of these kinds of games. I really only play Diablo-like games to have fun, try out new classes and enjoy some co-op. (And frankly, I'm probably the minority in that)

I didn't really have much fun with Fate because it's really ALL about that loot grind as you go further and further down each level. I preferred the combat of Diablo and other Diablo clones and I wasn't much of a fan of the cartoony art style either. There wasn't any real story to speak of either, though I never got around to playing the expansions. It was just an endless trek down floors of a dungeon.

Actually, I'd probably say that no, it isn't better than Torchlight. The lead developer of Fate actually designed Torchlight with the guys from the original Diablo team, so there's that, too.

[KingKaijun]

Publicado originalmente por FleshWound:

Maybe if you're the kind of guy who gets heavily into the loot grind of these kinds of games. I really only play Diablo-like games to have fun, try out new classes and enjoy some co-op. (And frankly, I'm probably the minority in that)

I didn't really have much fun with Fate because it's really ALL about that loot grind as you go further and further down each level. I preferred the combat of Diablo and other Diablo clones and I wasn't much of a fan of the cartoony art style either. There wasn't any real story to speak of either, though I never got around to playing the expansions. It was just an endless trek down floors of a dungeon.

Actually, I'd probably say that no, it isn't better than Torchlight. The lead developer of Fate actually designed Torchlight with the guys from the original Diablo team, so there's that, too.

Very good points that I forgot to bring up, I also find them to be very relevant and true however.

[Cutterjohn]

Publicado originalmente por zimbabwe turtle:

Is this game better than Torchlight or Sacred?

IF you own Torchlight XYZ then you already know EXACTLY what this game is like... Torchlight is basically a 99.99999% FATE clone... Travis wrote FATE as well...

[StanleyPain]

Fate is definitely better than Sacred. It's not as good as Diablo II or III, but it's an excellent, basic dungeon crawler. It's very bite sized so it's easy to do things in it in a very short time and not have to play it for long periods of time. Torchlight was heavily based on a lot of things in how Fate works, but I honestly liked Fate's simplicity a bit more and the level randomization is way more interesting as opposed to Torchlight's method of shuffing around large pre-made chunks of level design. The sequels were good too and I'm assuming those should be headed to Steam soon as well. They're sort of part expansions/part stand alone games. You can play them with your existing character, or just play them alone.