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Torchlight

First seen: 1 february 2009

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  • User Score (71)
    8.6 8.6 from 71 reviewers
  • Expert Score (61)
    8.2 8.2 from 61 reviewers
  • Gameplay (19)
    9.5 9.5 from 19 reviewers
  • Graphics (26)
    8.6 8.6 from 26 reviewers
  • Sound (23)
    8.5 8.5 from 23 reviewers
  • Storyline (2)
    7.5 7.5 from 2 reviewers
  • Lifespan (4)
    8.9 8.9 from 4 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • atmospheric dungeons, good monster variety, addictive dungeon looting, dynamic quest system, plays on win 7
  • thus pulling more monsters, and using your weapons, that was horriblely frustrating, somewhat unintuitive attribute system, only three classes

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  1. Torchlight

    Reviewer: GameSpot
    29 October 2009

    And there are even a couple of "wait, there's more" kickers. Along with being one of the best action RPGs to hit the PC in many moons, Torchlight is selling for just $19.95, and it comes with absurdly undemanding system requirements along with a netbook mode so that you can play it on just about any system. So not only do you get a great game, but you get a great deal in every respect. Stop reading and start playing. Read more

  2. Torchlight

    Reviewer: Auracore MediaWorks
    11 November 2009
    Overall 9
    9.2
     

    Torchlight doesn't really do anything new, per se. It's taken the dungeon-crawling genre and refined it to its best elements. The style matches the mood of the game, and a fairly interesting story put over it all as well. Replayability is there: you can move through an infinite dungeon after beating the game, or 'retire', which allows you to restart at level 1 again with another class, but hand down an item from your high-level character, but with lowered stat and level... Read more

  3. Dungeon Crawler of Absolute Loveliness +4

    Reviewer: Game Debate
    12 November 2009
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    The good stuff. Oh yeah. “Sharpscrap Handgonne of the Master (+4 Critical Hit Chance)”, “Carnage Saw of The Bear (+28 Physical Damage & 3 Mana Stolen Per Hit)”. Saliva pooling? Buy Torchlight at once! Read more

  4. I like big loot and I cannot lie.

    Reviewer: Game Revolution
    8 January 2010
    Overall 10
    10
     

    You can try to deny it all you want, but deep inside you love looting. Don't try to hide it, it's inside us all. There's something warm and fuzzy about killing rows and rows of skeletons and then seeing what the hell they were carrying (and why the hell they were carrying it). Among all the gold and random junk, if you're lucky and find a new piece of armor just a tad stronger than what you're wearing, a smile grows in your face. Old pen-and-paper RPGs already had... Read more

  5. Torchlight

    Reviewer: Square-Go
    16 February 2010
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Torchlight is the first title from the newly founded Runic Games, and it's great. The game attempts to capture all of the finest aspects of the genre whilst eliminating the more undesirable quirks from Hack ‘n Slash history.  It achieves this in many ways but sacrifices a few of the staples too.  Unfortunately the plot is  stick thin and the quests are generally not that immersive. Read more

  1. Torchlight: What Diablo Should Have Been

    Reviewer: Vonnick, Game Informer
    3 March 2010
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    Torchlight Torchlight is a dungeon crawler from some of the people who brought you the original Diablo. As such, the game is very similar. You click and drag the mouse to move, click on baddies to splatter them and right-click to cast your overpowered spells. Basically, it's Diablo like you always wished it was. There's one central dungeon (until you beat the Big Bad Dude™) and one central town. Although, you can buy “map scrolls” which will open portals to other... Read more

  2. The In-Between of Diablo 2 & 3

    Reviewer: J&R
    27 February 2010
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Hack-&-Slash with ease. Easy to learn interface, nice polygon graphics, vast modding potential, low PC requirements and cheap.[...]While I wait for D3 from Blizzard, this should keep me busy for a long time. Read more

  3. Super Fun and Addictive!

    Reviewer: Koala1356, Amazon
    2 March 2010
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Don't let the cute characters on the box fool you - this is a fun and addictive single-player dungeon crawler in the vain of the Diablo series, which when you consider that it was made by some of the same people, that's to be expected. And relished. The game takes everything that was good about Diablo and Diablo 2 (random dungeons, killing monsters, loads of loot) and updates it into a visually stylish game that will keep you coming back to play for hours. The town of... Read more

  4. Good game hard to install

    Reviewer: Newegg
    12 May 2010
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Great game play while waiting for DIII. No real cons, took a couple of days to solve the 1st part but dungeons go on forever and ever!!! I thought game wouldn't install, i bought it again and same thing happened. Had to open the folder to get it working as it wouldn't autorun, that's why it got the 4 eggs. I bought it along with my new system and everything else installed easily. Read more

  5. Torchlight (PC): Torchlight - A pretty diablo 2

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    2 weeks ago

    Summary: A good game, fun to pick up and play when you have time to kill Read more

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