Torchlight 2 doesn’t just hold its own against Diablo 3 in some cases it’s flat out better. While everything about the game screams that it should be a $60 title the only thing that doesn’t is the price tag. They’ve kept their price low at $20 not because their game isn’t as good as other $60 titles, but because, as they say, “Not everyone has $60 lying around.” It’s really for this reason alone that I’m surprised at how enjoyable Torchlight 2 is compared to its more expensive cousin. They seem keenly aware that the key to any successful game is a happy, active, and robust fan base. Runic’s inviting Torchlight 2 atmosphere isn’t a happy coincidence of good game design, but a deliberate tactic designed to create a larger community. That first day, for both games, really summed up each overall experience Torchlight 2 invites you to play with a smile and open arms while Diablo 3 invites you with a scowl and a cold shoulder. Two hours after loading up Torchlight 2 I was already level 5 and had acquired a fair amount of loot two hours after loading up Diablo 3, however, I was sitting on my couch wondering when their servers would be stable enough to play. While both had their share of release day problems, Torchlight 2’s didn’t stop me from sitting down to actually play the game. 8 Player MPįor gamers who were around when playing multiplayer on PCs meant bringing along your heavy rigs and hooking them up with LAN cables to your buddy’s PC, the eight-player multiplayer mod for Torchlight 2 is a nice nod to its spiritual inspirations.Īfter all, raiding does become more fun when we’re going kill-crazy right alongside friends!Ī little caveat, though: much like with “authentic” LAN gaming, you really have to make sure that your gaming rig is beefy enough to handle all that big-energy gaming.You know how they say that first impressions are the most important? Well, there’s really no better way to show the differences between Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3 other than to compare each on their first day of release.
So in honor of Torchlight 2, which will probably remain extant in all likelihood as our brains turn to mush for decades to come, here are some of the best mods for the game that are totally free to download, install, and use as long as you’d like. Well, here’s one reason: it basically does Diablo better than even Blizzard does Diablo today.Īdd to that the overt endorsement of developer Runic Games to modders everywhere to do what they want in the game, and we’re left with a title that still proves to be amazingly fresh despite the numerous grind-and-looters that came out since. Man, remember all those late nights we spent raiding dungeons on Torchlight 2? Good times, very good times!īut what makes Torchlight 2 such an underrated stone-cold classic nearly ten years after it was released?
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