Abstract: The click-kill-loot formula has a long tail on video games, whether originating in the classic Diablo franchise, the later console Baldur's Gate titles from Interplay or THQ's Titan Quest, there is something addicting about trolling through dungeons ki...
Abstract: Two years ago PC and Mac users scoured the dungeons and caves below the town of Torchlight gathering gold, and loot while battling hordes of monsters. The endless supply of weapons and treasure made this title dungeon crawling at its best. And now we h...
Abstract: Torchlight clearly wants to appeal to fans of Diablo and similar dungeon crawls. It has all the elements of those games, depicting an adventurer in a swords-and-sorcery world arriving in town to gather some gear before descending into the mines to deal...
Abstract: With Diablo III still in development limbo and little in the way of alternatives, trust the team behind the original game to serve up the perfect antidote. For a bargain price, Torchlight has pretty much everything a Diablo-lover could ever want, from ...
Abstract: Loot—in the late 90s, a single word would come to define an entire modern genre, not to mention the generation of gamers who experienced it. Nearly all of those who did were instantly sucked in, eschewing the typical tenets of an action RPG for a game ...
Abstract: Runic Games' loot-fueled dungeon crawler gets a stellar console port in the Xbox Live iteration of one of 2009's best action-RPGs.Game name: Torchlight Price: 1200MS Points ($15) Platform: XBLA What is it? An action-RPG from the guys behind dungeon cr...
Abstract: As fans eagerly await Blizzard’s action RPG, out came a title that was more of a love letter rather than direct competition to the Diablo franchise. Torchlight took everything that made Diablo so addicting and turned it into an even more accessible ex...
Great refinement of the hackandslash RPG formula, Evocative visuals with varied and colorful dungeon settings, Impressive loot system, Wide range of monsters and bosses to battle, Brilliant musical score.
No multiplayer, Does very little that's new.
Enjoyable combat and a great loot system make this hack-and-slash role-playing game hard to put down. ...
While Torchlight's original faults still stand, the game lends itself wonderfully to the Xbox 360 controller, and we found ourselves preferring the console edition. If you're looking for a hack ‘n' slasher to lose a week's worth of nights to, then sit dow...
