It's been stated that Torchlight will be released later this year as a single-player PC experience and then the online portion will come later. How is integration currently planned between the two? Are they going to be treated as separate products?
Runic: That's correct, we launch the single player version this Fall, and the MMO is scheduled for release about 18 months afterward. The MMO will be a completely separate game, so there is very little integration between the two. Both games will share some art assets, particularly weapons, some monsters and some dungeons. Many general game concepts will be very similar, including the action-RPG controls and combat and randomized dungeon exploration. And our world's story and lore will be extended from the Single-Player game through the MMO. Other aspects will be completely re-done, however. The character art will be re-designed for more customizability, and an outdoor 'over-world' will need to be created.
내용을 해석해보면, 빨라야 18개월이란 얘기니 다시 말해 2011년 여름은 돼야 나온단 뜻입니다.
그동안은 싱글플레이만 해야겠지요.
저기서 좀더 연기하면 거의 디아3이랑 같이 나온다는 얘긴데 그건 사실상 망하겠다는 것이고.
안타깝네요. 할만한 게임 찾았다 싶었는데 멀티가 저리 늦게 나온다니..
이래서야 디아블로3 대체재로 선택한 이유가 없어져 버리는군요.
계속 싱글플레이만 할 수는 없지 않습니까.