Agreed, Torchlight is one of the few games that has kept me entertained recently and it deserves a bit more than it got. I wouldn't mind him taking aim at it so much if it was a shoddy piece of work, but he dismissed it basically because of its genre - disregarding the fact that it is the best of its genre, IMO. >> ^Sylvester_Ink:
I think I'm over Yahtzee's ZP reviews. I was already disappointed of his off-hand dismissal of the RTS genre, but this takes things a bit too far. Riffing on a bad game is funny. Riffing on a good game that sells well (like a certain Call of Duty game) is funny. Riffing on a good game that is relatively unknown, like Torchlight, leaves a sour taste. Neither Painkiller or Psychonauts is a perfect game in their own right. Both, in fact, have many of their own flaws. Yet they get glowing reviews. Torchlight distills the Diablo-esque RPG to its best elements, and all it gets is an "it's good because it's cheap."

I think I'm over Yahtzee's ZP reviews. I was already disappointed of his off-hand dismissal of the RTS genre, but this takes things a bit too far. Riffing on a bad game is funny. Riffing on a good game that sells well (like a certain Call of Duty game) is funny. Riffing on a good game that is relatively unknown, like Torchlight, leaves a sour taste. Neither Painkiller or Psychonauts is a perfect game in their own right. Both, in fact, have many of their own flaws. Yet they get glowing reviews. Torchlight distills the Diablo-esque RPG to its best elements, and all it gets is an "it's good because it's cheap."

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/UFO-Sighting-In-West-Midlands-Revealed-As-Kids-Lanterns-From-Nearby-Lutley-Primary-School/Article/200812
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But a deeper probe into the origin of objects identified them as dozens of 'magical' Night Glow Flying Lanterns.

They had been let off by children celebrating carols by torchlight at nearby Lutley Primary School in Brookwillow Road.

Erm, how is the lighting at all interesting? It's a quick flash of a predrawn lighting shape which also flickers a lightsource... huh, why is this exciting?

The torchlight stuff was ok as well I guess, but overall, underwhelmed.

Tags changed from "sodium,h20,reaction,torchlight" to "sodium, h2o, reaction, torchlight" by gold star member pho3n1x.

fake-poke: twas a recycled joke, from a fan of no-sports, cept for the making sport of sports....this recalls Philosopher's soccer with Python, and is classic as it comes...excellent post!

....never seen a pro football match m'self, looking forward to it...

did start Buford's "Among the Thugs", on a busride on the Al-can hwy(a Scot, had finnished it, and donated).....that lasted 1.2 hours(ride)...read the rest, in a tent, by torchlight..... Fan-fuckin' Tastic!

..got it geared up for the rest o' th' trip, (900 mi) hitchhikin' to Anchorage