Without some more face time with other classes, I’ve been using a Berzerker as my main here, I’m not sure if this applies strictly to the melee in the game, but there’s an oomph lacking to fights in Torchlight II that does cause my interest to wander a bit. The only arena that Torchlight II doesn’t shine as strongly in as its competitors is that the combat can feel a little flat and under-produced. It’s no joke when I say that you’ll have a hell of a time pulling yourself away from the game, and you’ll easily let hours of time slip by throughout each session. This just adds to that carrot on a stick feeling that’s already present by the ridiculous amount of worthwhile loot that drops nearly every time you kill any kind of named mob, and helps to keep you interested in the game for that much longer.

The benefit to having such a large leveling cap right out of the gate is that the game isn’t afraid to let you ding on up to a new level on a pretty frequent basis.

There’s still a level cap in place for abilities, so you can’t necessarily min/max, but you’ll have no trouble finding something worthwhile to do with that recently earned point. So after hitting tier 2 or 3 you’ll gain some type of boost to that ability that’ll make it generally better than before. The skill trees make a lot of room for that number of skill points as well, with each ability typically allowing around 15 points to be dumped into it, with most abilities incorporating multiple tiers. That’s right, 100 levels, meaning that you can devote a whole lot of time to each character if you’re willing to do so, and the end result will net you a whole lot of skill points to distribute, allowing a lot of freedom to explore the three skill trees for each class. The four classes, Berzerker, Engineer, Embermage, and Outlander, provide some pretty distinct play styles, with hefty skill trees to explore throughout the 100 level cap. The plot for Torchlight II isn’t exactly its selling point, but it does the job of getting your character, selected across four classes, out into the world and exploring the randomly generated maps and dungeons.

Torchlight II delivers in spades when it comes to world content, exploration, and loot.

For $20 you’re getting an experience that easily rivals, if not trumps in some areas, another particularly high profile, $60 game within the same genre. Even if you opt to play through the game solo, which I tend to do in these types of games, you’ll get a ton of enjoyment out of Torchlight II, which is impressive considering its low asking price. The co-op angle is certainly one of the most noteworthy additions, and something fans have been clamoring for since the original game, and I’m happy to say that outside of a few kinks, co-op works pretty well.Īnd the rest of the game is an absolute joy to play. The long-awaited follow up to their wildly successful action RPG from 2009, Torchlight II delivers more of the same loot hoarding, fantasy style, action RPG gameplay found in the first game, but with a handful of refinements and one big addition of online and local co-op. If you’ve been looking for a video game that’ll absolutely devour every waking moment you have, then you need look no further than Runic Games Torchlight II.

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