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[–] Nefara 42 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (15 children)

Torchlight 2 spoiled me for basically the whole genre. It is a classic ~~Roguelike~~ ARPG dungeon crawler but has so many thoughtful player centric quality of life features. Inventory is full but don't want to stop kicking butt? You have a pet that can run back to town for you, sell your stuff, and even buy a "shopping list" of potions and scrolls for you. It'll even run and pick up loot for you. I have trouble playing other games in the genre because I keep running into problems Torchlight 2 solved that I didn't even think about. It also has mods available to add even more or keep things fresh. It's getting old but because of that you can run it on anything. It's a damn good game.

Edit: seems I didn't know what a roguelike was

[–] Tedrow 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

What are your thoughts on Torchlight 3?

[–] Nefara 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I haven't played it. My impression is that it was trying very hard to cater to the mobile market. I heard it suffered from a lot of design changes and ended up being sold and then patched up and released by a new team to cut their losses. Meanwhile, Torchlight 2 may be older but it was made with love and care and a strong vision. It's dirt cheap now too so it's not hard to get your money's worth out of it.

[–] Tedrow 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've played the first one and second, they're both great. Sad to hear about the third game.

[–] yokonzo 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean there's always Torchlight infinite; which I hear was bought up by a Korean mobile game dev and monetized to hell

[–] DNU 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Have played a few hours of infinite and there's fun to be had with the different characters, but every character being (different build and skills) locked behind another paywall, it's a tough sell... (And as far as I remember the publisher was Korean from the start)

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