If you decompress pak.zip and recompress it with the native windows compressor (right click and send to -> compressed folder), it will reduce loading times by quite a lot as a temporary fix. It worked for me, but not everyone saw the improvement. Also my laptop's ATI 3650 can't run it, wtf.. it works great for a while and then overheats and turns all choppy

but it looks fine on integrated graphics.

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

November 02 2009 17:31 GMT

#24

Oh yeah, this game is a lot of fun. The monster deaths are very satisfying because if you crit they explode in a mass of lightning and splatter all over the place. Also, sometimes you can blast them off the edge of a cliff and watch them go flying.. it does seem a little too easy especially because there's a lot of things you can abuse but its still a great game.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

November 02 2009 21:06 GMT

#25

Blah, why won't the editor for this come out!

NarutO

Germany18839 Posts

November 02 2009 21:14 GMT

#26

Amazing game. I love it.

quiong

United States268 Posts

November 02 2009 21:22 GMT

#27

Fun little game but seems a tad shallow. I've played D2, mythos and FATE extensively so playing this game felt kinda weird, like I've already played it before.

Not bad for a $20 game, as far as D2 clones go I still prefer titan quest.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

November 05 2009 22:09 GMT

#28

Haemonculus

United States6980 Posts

November 06 2009 00:34 GMT

#29

Rofl I just got ember beam. Craziest attack I've gotten so far.

I'm a bit bummed that every new ability I gain seems to out-class the ones before it, but I suppose that's normal to some extent. That being said, I have like 6 points into the ember lightning spell, and it's been my main spell for ages now. With only 2 points into ember beam, it's now my main "kill everything" button skill. LAZARS PEW PEW

Meta

United States6226 Posts

November 06 2009 00:40 GMT

#30

This game looks like a lot of fun. I really wish it was multi-player though, i don't think i could get into a single player hack-and-slash rpg. Are there any lan settings?

orgolove

Vatican City State1650 Posts

November 06 2009 00:51 GMT

#31

I made some mods.
First, a gameplay video of my mods:

Some pics:

Dragonkin pet and dual wielding two-handed swords:

Pet Dragonkin casting spells of bosses:

Custom Skillset for Vanquisher:
The Summoner Tree:

This is the "Pet focused" tree.
This tree has every castable summoning skill in the game. This includes the spells that are normally only available through spell scrolls, such as Summon Blood Skeleton and Summon Flaming Sword VI.
It also includes the two Alchemist-only pet buffs, Burning Bind and Thorned Minions.

Skill list:
Summon Imp-From Alchemist
Summon Alchemical Golem-From Alchemist
Summon Aloe Gel-From Scroll
Burning Bind-From Alchemist
Summon Beam Golem-From Alchemist
Summon Archers VI-From Scroll
Summon Flaming Sword VI-From Scroll
Summon Skeleton VI-From Scroll
Summon Zombies VI-From Scroll
Summon Blood Skeleton-From Scroll

The Champion Tree:

This is the "weapon-focused" tree.
This tree includes all the useful combat-focused skills across the three classes, including both ultimates of the Vanquisher and the Destroyer, the Hamstring and the Devastate.
It also has the best combat buffs and debuffs available in game.
The Thorned Minions is not an error-Just a spill over of a necessary skill from the summoner tree.
Skill list:
Explosive Shot-From Vanquisher
Hamstring-From Vanquisher
Ember Shock-From Alchemist
Spectral Echo-From Destroyer
Devastate-From Destroyer
Infuse-From Alchemist
Thorned Minions-From Alchemist
Spectral Decay-From Destroyer
Entropic Aura-From Destroyer
Ember Sentry-From Alchemist

The Warlock Tree:

This is the "magic and utility" tree.
This tree includes the magical projectile spell that scales the best into lategame, Ember Lightning. It also contains the teleportation skill, Ember Phase, and the necessary utility spells (heal all and town portal).
Further, this tree contains all the necessary passives that contribute to gameplay.

Skill list:
Ember Phase-From Alchemist
Ember Lightning-From Alchemist
Martial Weapons Expertise-General
Magic Weapons Expertise-General
Town Portal-From Scroll
Heall All VI-From Scroll
Pet Mastery-General
Dual Wielding-General
Advanced Spellcasting-General
Ranged Weapons Expertise-General

Custom sets/equipment:
A screenshot of a Vanquisher wearing the set with dual wielded crossbows:

A screenshot of the set bonuses (each item has a second copy of the full 8 piece set bonus as well, meaning the statistics of one item is equal to the 8 piece bonus, and the benefit of wearing the full set is 9x the set bonuses):

Level 200?!?!:

Secret Horse Level:

In all, an excellent, excellent game. I haven't had this much fun in a long while.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

November 06 2009 01:12 GMT

#32

On November 06 2009 09:34 Haemonculus wrote:
Rofl I just got ember beam. Craziest attack I've gotten so far.

I'm a bit bummed that every new ability I gain seems to out-class the ones before it, but I suppose that's normal to some extent. That being said, I have like 6 points into the ember lightning spell, and it's been my main spell for ages now. With only 2 points into ember beam, it's now my main "kill everything" button skill. LAZARS PEW PEW

It's really only in the short term. IMO once you get to high levels, the real thing that determines the strength of the skills is how much contribution Magic stat and weapon damage make. On my level 30-ish mage, Ember Lightning outdoes Ember Lance on damage (and has way more utlity since it can shoot through walls) because Lightning gets 100% magic stat and 20% weapon damage, while Lance only gets 50% magic stat and 8% weapon damage. I imagine at even higher levels, Ember Lightning becomes the primary form of attack, while Ember Strike becomes the primary form of crowd control.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 06 2009 01:45 GMT

#33

was wondering when a thread for this would show up

FortuneSyn

1826 Posts

November 06 2009 02:16 GMT

#34

Damn man nice mods! Looks pretty limitless

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

November 06 2009 04:37 GMT

#35

I'm playing Alchemist, and I've mostly dumped points into Magic/Defense. I noticed that in this game you regenerate mana quite fast which is a nice break from the early levels of D2 (or D2 without insight runeword

). Anyone know what skills to "max"? As there are no prerequisites I've basically saved a lot of my points and I've been doing fine, although perhaps this is because I'm playing on Normal. I might restart and try this on Hard, the game seems too easy so far.

EAGER-beaver

Canada2799 Posts

November 06 2009 06:09 GMT

#36

This game looks spiffy, too bad I just got dragon age or I'd give it a shot. Maybe come christmas when I have more free time I'll try it out, can't go wrong with the $20 price tag and the glowing reviews.

Hopefully this will be the first game that can properly scratch my diablo 2 itch, which I still play from occaison to occaison. Will this be the first game to beat out diablo 2 at its own game?

Dr.Lettuce

United Kingdom663 Posts

November 06 2009 07:44 GMT

#37

When I tried to install it, it says prior installation detected.
I did some googling and it said I should delete runic games folder and uninstall from control pannel. I've done both of those and it's still broken! Not happy

Any help? Anyone else experience this same problem?
I've been told to download JVtools 16 2009, I have done. But I don't know how to use the file search program

I hate how rubbish with computers I really am

lokiM

United States3407 Posts

November 06 2009 12:30 GMT

#38

this game would be 20x better if it was multiplayer =\

Dr.Lettuce

United Kingdom663 Posts

November 07 2009 07:39 GMT

#39

Ah right if anyone has the same problem as me. Go to steam, and try downloading the demo. After like 5 seconds. Stop the download and go to control panel and delete it again! Hope that helps anyone should they get the same problem