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Max Schaefer, Runic Games CEO and former Mythos executive producer, explained the reasoning behind releasing both a single player game and an MMO. The single player game is intended to introduce the Torchlight game world to the public ahead of the MMO. Further, it would allow the team to get a released game under their belts sooner than if they had immediately started on the MMO. Also, while the Torchlight MMO will be a separate game, it will share the same action RPG gameplay and some of the art assets developed for the single player game.
The MMO will feature some different game mechanics and a wider variety of environments, including a shared "over-world." Runic has entered into a partnership with Chinese online game developer and operator Perfect World Co., Ltd. to publish the MMO worldwide.
CO-OP ACTION The most exciting newfeature of Torchlight II is themultiplayer element. Play with yourfriends, and use the free peer-to-peermatchmaking service to meet newplayers of a similar level andinterest. Together players willdiscover expansive randomized outdoorareas and deep ominous caverns; randominstanced and persistent dungeons, ahuge variety of all new monsters andvillains, endless variations of lootto find, and quests to complete.Players journey through the perilousOverworld, enjoying all new weatherfeatures, time of day events, and arich and cunning story to drivegameplay.
But because of the addition of multiplayer, I was concerned about how mods will be shared now. The rep confirmed to me that players will be able to use the new multiplayer framework to find games incorporating mods but, better yet, all XP earned in these games will stay with your character. I was promised persistence across all games, be they mods or standard games.As stated in the quotes, multiplayer will be free and will resemble Diablo 2 more than Hellgate: London.
Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer respectfully believes that a third Torchlight game could be out before Blizzard's Diablo 3 -- a joke we'd made when the second Torchlight was recently announced. The executive tells us that the efficient size of the Runic team, which has a corporate goal to never grow above 40, would have the ability to get out another significantly upgraded sequel before Blizzard's behemoth arrived. Torchlight and its sequel have both had brisk development cycles lasting less than a year.
However, there's some interaction between your characters, if you play more of them. There's a common stash in the town, which allows you to pass items between them. This is really cool if you play with a certain char and find a good item for another char.
Though Torchlight is not multiplayer there is a downloadable mod that can make it multiplayer. Also, Torchlight 2 will be multiplayer, currently estimated to release in late summer, 2012. Runic plans on developing a MMO based on Torchlight in the future.
Multiplayer is peer-to-peer. That means the game is hosted on one (or more) of the players' computers. Runic Games does not run game servers, except for a lobby server that lists online players and current games.
If players in the same game are in different parts of the game world (or if a player loses internet connection during a multiplayer game), the game will attempt to seamlessly switch hosts. For example, if a player gets disconnected from the host, their own computer will take over running their game session.
Players need to be in close proximity to affect each other's gameplay. In multiplayer, experience is shared, but difficulty ramps up (players do less damage to monsters) when many players are near each other.
HardCore Setting, (After you Named your pet, when you create a Character): Once your character Dies the character can not be revived and ALL items are LOST (except the ones stored in Shared Stash) .
The Runic account is used for the internet lobby system, friends lists, and ignore lists. It does not store character data or saved games; these are stored locally on your computer (unless you use the Steam version and save through the Steam Cloud).
Torchlight II is an action role-playing dungeon crawler video game developed by Runic Games, released for Microsoft Windows on September 20, 2012. It is the sequel to Torchlight, and features peer-to-peer multiplayer[3] support and extended modding capabilities. The game was released for OS X on February 2, 2015,[4] and for Linux on March 4, 2015.[5] Ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One were released September 3, 2019 and were developed by Panic Button.
Torchlight II takes place in a fantasy world where the player character can be any of four classes, each with different skills and abilities. The plot starts with the destruction of the town of Torchlight, at the hands of the Alchemist from the first game, and has the character following the trail of destruction left in the Alchemist's wake as he searches for a cure to his illness which has driven him insane. The sequel to the first game was originally going to be an MMORPG however Torchlight II was released with both single-player and multi-player support, as the company felt they could release this much faster than the planned MMO. The game received mostly positive reviews from critics. A sequel, Torchlight III, was released in 2020.
Like the original Torchlight, Torchlight II features randomly generated dungeons for the player to explore, and numerous types of monsters to fight for experience and loot. Torchlight II maintains the same basic gameplay as its predecessor, but features overland areas with multiple hub towns, and a longer campaign.[6] Other new features include time of day cycles, weather effects, and a redesigned user interface. Also unlike the first game, some weapons and armor can only be used by certain classes, as opposed to all of them. With the ability to pursue different unique builds and customize the almost unlimited number of spells, gear, and weapons it leads to intricate fights. The exploration is wide and vast with large quantities of different landscapes. You can make combinations of gear that support your class abilities or choose to try to make tricky strategies to outplay your enemies. Players are able to customize character appearance with choice of sex, face, hair style and hair color.[3] Additionally, several elements from the first game return, such as pets (but now with expanded options and basic customization available) and fishing. A retirement system was originally planned, similar or identical to the one in the first game, but was replaced with the current New Game Plus mode.[7]
The game features four playable character classes. Each class has 3 skill trees to choose from which enable customization within each class. The three classes from the original Torchlight do not return as playable characters, and are instead presented in the game world as NPCs.
As stated in the trailer for Torchlight II, Runic games has announced that they "heard their [the fans'] ideas" and criticism concerning the fact that the first Torchlight was a lonely experience without co-op. In addition to single-player mode, an all-new cooperative multiplayer mode has been added, supporting both internet and LAN play.[8] Each multiplayer game can host up to 6 players, and loot drops separately for each player. Optional PVP (player versus player) has been confirmed by Runic. Torchlight II requires a Runic Games account to play in online multiplayer games.[citation needed]
Years after the end of the original Torchlight, The Alchemist (one of the three playable characters in the first game) becomes corrupted by the Ember Blight coming from the Heart of Ordrak, the evil being who had been the source of the corruption under the town of Torchlight, and then destroys the town. The player character takes on a quest to stop this villain, who is using Ordrak's power to disturb the balance between the world's six elements.[7]
As the game progresses, the player treks across large geographical areas, corresponding to three "acts" of the story and an epilogue.[9] Act I, Wake of the Alchemist, is set in the mountainous Estherian Steppes, and Act II takes the player to a desert known as the Mana Wastes, and Act III takes place in Grunnheim, a haunted forest that contains the ruins of an ancient dwarven civilization. An Imperial Camp serves as the player's town.[7]
Prior to the release of the first game, Runic Games had announced plans to develop a MMORPG set in the Torchlight game world to follow the release of the single player game.[10] However, in August 2010, Runic announced they were developing Torchlight II, a sequel which was conceived not only as a way to give the series multiplayer support, but also to give Runic "more experience with making a multiplayer Torchlight."[11] Some of the work on Torchlight II is intended to carry over to Runic Games' upcoming Torchlight MMORPG, which the company plans to focus on following the release of the sequel.[12] Runic Games originally estimated the PC version's release date to be sometime in 2011,[13] but in November 2011 company president Travis Baldree announced the game release date would be pushed back to 2012 to allow time for further polishing and beta testing.[14]
In late 2010, Runic Games' increased involvement in the Xbox Live Arcade port of the first Torchlight game caused a delay in the development of the sequel, but memory and loading time optimizations developed for the port led to improvements in the PC version of Torchlight II.[15]
In May 2012, Runic Games announced that they would run a closed beta stress test from May 18 until May 24.[16][17] A limited number of beta keys were given out to users who had created their Runic Games account prior to the beta start date.
In April 2013, a patch to Torchlight II was released to add in the GUTS editor that allows users to alter the game's content and create user modifications. Along with this included new support for Steam Workshop, adding a Steam client-based automated mod distribution system to the game.[18]
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