Torchlight

I'm trying to blog something every day.

So today I'll talk about Torchlight.

It's a fun little game. Kind of a Diablo type clone. Nothing revolutionary.

However it's only $15 and I feel like a time waster game that recreates a classic game with new content that is reasonable.

Something like spiderweb software (with the Geneforge games) seems to be in a similar vein. I really like those games, but I do feel the prices are a little high ($28 for Geneforge 5). I might be willing to buy them if I like the demo enough, but it would be more of a considered buy than a quick buy.

Torchlight was more of a quick buy. I knew I would probably get around 40 gaming hours out of it. Since the $/time played ratio was good it means that game is a good value.

Compare to something like Disgaea where I logged more than 200 hours for a $35 game or Pokemon Pearl which was 300 for $40 and you'll see that really great games have a better ratio, but I think 40 hours for $15 is a good deal. It's not the best game in the world, but it's solid.