
Torchlight is a game made in eleven months. If you open your eyes, you wouldn’t either: the gameplay feels spot-on. If you close your eyes, you wouldn’t know the difference. This means that picking up gold, opening chests, hearing crypt and town music reminiscent of Tristram, all feels very very familiar - in a good kind of way. In fact, I’d call it Diablo 2.5, as both Schaefers were involved after coming over from the defunct Flagship Studios, and audio was done by Diablo composer Matt Uelmen. This game is a near-perfect Diablo 2 clone. Let’s get a few things out of the way first.
Super Metroid: the Granddaddy of Metroidvania'sĪfter finishing Hollow Knight, I rather fancied playing another metroidvania-one I actually, to my big shame, never really touched: the granddaddy of ‘vanias, Super Metroid. In 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, Brittany-based company Blaze came with the solution: it is not vaccine jabs, but cartridge jabs we require! The Evercade: A Cartridge-based Modern Retro Handheld.
It’s In The Game!-who doesn’t remember that jaw-dropping introduction? Just in case you do need a reminder on how awesome it was to boot up FIFA Road To World Cup 98 in 1997, here’s a video highlighting all the exciting moments from the beginning to the menu system to the end of a match: My sister got the game bundled with her Game Boy, while I got the traditional Tetris and later on bought myself straight into Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins-which was and still is awesome on all accounts.Į. Somehow, I never managed to beat the first installment of the Mario Land series when I was younger.
Super Mario Land: Mario's Weird World Tour. You enter the Castle Corridor with a knife, handed to you by Aluca-erm, right, Genya Arikado-who ushers you in, to “go to the throne room, all will be revealed”. Castlevania Advance Collection: Are GBA Vanias Still Worth It in 2021?. I’ve been playing a lot of retro and more modern hack and slash games lately: from the more near-perfect D2 clone Torchlight, the more unique Sacred and charming Nox to the boring Dungeon Siege and too easy Diablo 3. Diablo 2 Twenty Years Later: A Retrospective. Of course, I did not play its successor yet. In my original Torchlight review, I called Torchlight a ‘near-perfect Diablo 2 clone - Diablo 2.5’. Torchlight 2 VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis. Starting with Sacred, I worked my way through Dungeon Siege, the Torchlight games, Nox, and of course revisited Sanctuary in Diablo 2 and 3. This month, I’ve played the heck out of classic action RPGs akin to Diablo. The Best and Worst Retro Hack & Slash Games.
Originally released only two years after Sacred, Titan Quest combines Greek mythology with hack and slash: a world full of mesmerizing creatures to kill, wealth to collect, and above all: horrible bugs and boring gameplay.
Titan Quest VS Diablo 2: an In-Depth Analysis.