Respecs are in the game's code, but you have to enable it with a simple mod. There are a few main options right now for how you want to get your respec potion:
Skill and Stat Potions Pack
A different set of Skill and Stat Potions
"Easy Respecs"
and finally, The "unofficial" Respec Mod, which was actually uploaded by one of the Runic Games developers really early on.

But my real point in coming over here is to mention there there are a lot of mods available for Torchlight, with new classes and dungeons and playing styles, which helps extend the game's playing time and lets you play however you want. It helps make up for the lack up multiplayer, although multiplayer is coming in the form of an MMO, if you really missing killing things with friends. It'll be free to play, and likely will be out before D3, so it's something to look into when the time comes.

And the people on the Runic forums say hi: http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11110

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 09 2010 21:35 GMT

#25

oh wow, someone quoted my thread. Cool

Manit0u

Poland17707 Posts

July 05 2010 17:45 GMT

#26

Sorry to bump this, but I just recently learned about this game and started playing it. Didn't progress far or play a lot of it but I have to say it's quite ok.
My destroyer seems kinda strong though (one- or two-shotting bosses seems a bit lame) and the lack of multiplayer (even LAN, so I could enjoy some quality bashing evenings with my friend would be nice) and complete rip-off from Fate (mentioned earlier but without specifics. In Fate you also had your pet and fed it fishes to turn it into something else, sounds familiar?) are definite downsides.
On the positive sides, well, the game brings back a lot of good memories (anyone played DarkStone? ) and is a fine thing if you're bored and just want to cause some havoc and feel invincible for a while.

SirJolt

the Dagon Knight4010 Posts

July 05 2010 21:31 GMT

#27

To be fair, in an interview about Torchlight one of the lead developers was asked about the frequent accusations that the game was basically a rip off of Fate and he responded to the effect that he had been the developer on Fate and that he had enjoyed working on it but felt that Fate had had some far more fundamental flaws than Torchlight.

He went on to say that he was probably the single person best placed to say that Torchlight exemplified the things he had once wanted Fate to be.

shinosai

United States1577 Posts

July 05 2010 21:40 GMT

#28

I think the gameplay of Torchlight is fun enough. My only real problem with the game is that the talent trees between the three classes have too much in common.... I prefer very distinct classes over ones that come across so versatile that you can do "anything" with them. I think Diablo 2 and Immortal Throne do a great job with distinctive classes by comparison.

As far as actual game play goes, Torchlight is really fun, though. If you really just feel like killing stuff in a hack n slash game, it's a great way to blow off steam.

Belegorm

United States330 Posts

July 06 2010 01:58 GMT

#29

There were some good points in that "review" but to me it read more like "this game is mediocre because of this and this and this too; and fails as D2."

No one really expects this to be solid competition to D3, it's obviously marketed as a budget game to tide people over till D3 comes out (though they probably would rather people play their planned MMO version of Torchlight they must undoubtedly know that most will play D3 instead).

BTW, of course the game seems similar to Fate, because I believe they're made by the same devs (some of which also came from Blizzard North, which produced D2).

konadora

Singapore66358 Posts

July 06 2010 03:53 GMT

#30

"Notice how they went through a lot of trouble in sc2 to make sure you can clearly tell when shit dies or even wtf is going on"

No way >_>

And this game is fun for burning away time, but that's it. Just casual fun. Not that exciting as D2:LoD. Probably it's the graphics that take away the feeling of excitement.

Manit0u

Poland17707 Posts

July 06 2010 23:24 GMT

#31

What gives me the excitement right now is trying to play with my hybrid vanquisher (marksman/rogue) on very hard. A lot of fun. And you guys don't know shit, explosive shot sucks, ricochet is teh shiznit

Perscienter

957 Posts

June 20 2013 01:58 GMT

#32

It's available for free on gog.com until midday.

woreyour

582 Posts

June 20 2013 09:24 GMT

#33

Even if it is not the greatest I wont hate on torchlight because this is like fucking free. I mean it was developed by the orignal people who made D1 and D2.

I think there is multiplay and LAN but player base is close to nothing. This is like a game that you play single player just to kill time. I played this when I got bored of D3 and when my internet connection went down or just wanted to get some sleep as this is a good I want to get some sleep "make you sleepy game". It is also a nice feel good, I wanna kill shit and stuff, wanna diffuse my "SC2" pressure/anxiety game.

Anyway, the engineer guy is really imba and the berserker can turn into a unli casting shadow wolf mage - so much for my melee skills.

This game is a almost freeware / mod encouraged game and if you remember TL1 they had all kinds of mods and it was fun.