Torchlight II

It will never be as iconic as TL II for me, but it's still a fun game. I've played it through a couple of times and I still don't know what the story is - that's how poorly the narrative is constructed. In contrast, the story of TL II still lives rent free in my brain. That said, the fun is still there. They've managed to create interesting classes and it still feels pretty darn amazing to hack and slash your way through. That is why I recommend it. It's an okay attempt at recreating mastery.

I really do not understand why there are so many bad comments. It's a solid game, dynamic, colorful etc. Characters are fun to play - and You just have to complete the game, no additional content just a story. No paygap, just a HACK AND SLASH

Worth it ONLY on heavy sale. If I bought this game at or even near the $40 price tag, I would be super grumpy. However, I picked it up at $8 -- a sale price point that happens often enough. And there's definitely $8 worth of fun here. But probably not much more.

Great game plays excellent through Proton, love the steampunk style of Torchlight

Honestly this game gets way too much undeserved flak.

A lot of reviewers here didn't even play the game properly and they seem genuinely angry people.
The game is not bad. It is not a masterpiece or a great game but is not as bad as you may read through the comments.

It has very few bugs, I've encountered only one ( if you character starts moving in one direction just press the buttons in the same direction and it's fixed )

It is not elitist game. I see no point in grinding endlessly to get top gear, and no point in pushing to the limits every aspect of the game and here i think is where a lot of people get angry for no reason.

I'd recommend to buy this if you're looking for a casual ARPG with no huge min-maxing. The end game is repetitive so depending on your tolerance to that kind of grind you can easily sink in 30-50 hrs of gameplay.

Get it at a discount, it is worth a playtrough.

Do note that the game looks abandoned and i have a feeling the community had a say in it unfortunately... pity, it had some potential :).

As someone who played TL3 first, this is actually a decent experience, albeit with the ARPG/buildcrafting elements feeling more simplified than the average ARPG. Overall, it's a mediocre and unoffensive game - probably best to get it during a sale.

Its my first time playing Torchlight but I'm a veteran of these types of games. Been playing on hard difficulty and having a good time. 15 hours in and it was definitely worth the $8 summer sale price. No bugs or glitches encountered. It does seem like most if not all the classes will have quite a few pets and companions. Found that kinda strange (only 1 pet but it can summon more companions,5 or 6 more). Then your relic ability has companions and there is gear that also summons more minions so I have quite a few, maybe 12 or more. All the complaints seem to come from those who had expectations built on playing TL1 and TL2. I'm thinking I'll have to check those titles out later. Your pet will go to town for you so not sure why people complain about inventory. Pet can sell junk and buy pots. There are quite a few active skills and that put me off at first but after reconfiguring the keybinds I'm unstoppable. I have legendary equipment (from lvl 4) that gives me access to every spell of the category so it feels like a glitch or cheat to cast lvl 20 skills. Pretty good drop rate for legendary equipment too with a strange feature that gives you permanent access to that items legendary trait even if you get rid of it. I like the game a lot. I would have paid more but at $8 I easily got my money's worth.