Echtra games have introduced at the moment that Torchlight 3, sequel to the almost eight 12 months outdated Torchlight 2, is coming this summer season. But wait, aren’t additionally they creating Torchlight Frontiers? Yes, they’re the identical factor. Sort of. Frontiers was initially deliberate for a 2019 launch and ultimately delayed into this 12 months. It’s beginning out the brand new decade with a brand new identify, new cost mannequin, and new focus.
Back when it was known as Frontiers, the third Torchlight game was deliberate as a free-to-play persistent on-line game. It will launch on Steam this summer season as a buy-to-play game with the choice to play on-line or off. Echtra CEO Max Schaefer explains the thought behind all of the modifications.
During growth, you typically uncover what kind of product a game was meant to be and we discovered Torchlight Frontiers was meant to be a real successor to Torchlight I & II. Based on this and in depth suggestions from our Alpha testers, we determined it was time to take the game again to its roots and mannequin it after the traditional Torchlight games that ARPG followers have come to like.
To hear it from Schaefer your self, try Echtra’s announcement video at the moment. The official trailer is beneath.
Out on the frontier gamers may also have the ability to keep their very own account-based fort the place they’ll have the ability to “upgrade gear, and make renovations to show it off to their friends and the world.” You can construct a secure in your pets too, since Echtra suggest you is likely to be swapping pets about as you discover new ones. Neat.
Just lately, John Walker lamented that Torchlight 2 didn’t feel it had stood the test of time for him personally. “I think the crucial factor is, in 2012 I was able to report that while it added nothing new to the genre, it was still joyful anyway. Now, seven years later, that lack of innovation catches up with it,” he mentioned.
Perhaps that’s true for you as nicely. Seems that Torchlight Three gained’t precisely be banking on innovation both, with this return to its origins. Maybe it will likely be a extra shiny and new model of what initially made Torchlight 2 a contender as a Diablo various.
You can wishlist Torchlight Three over on Steam earlier than its launch later this 12 months.
