Torchlight
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Torchlight

In this ARPG you control a hero who explores a series of randomized dungeons, fightinghordes of enemies and collecting equipment, gold, and loot while doing so. The game also features a town , to whic... See more

Released:2009-10-27
Genre:
Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Developer:Runic Games, World Domination Industries, Inc.
Publisher:
Encore, JoWooD Entertainment AG, Perfect World Entertainment, Microsoft Studios

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Professional reviews from gaming critics

All in all, Torchlight is a refreshing - though not revolutionary - dungeon crawler that will occupy gamers for 10-15 hours on the first run-through, and perhaps dozens more across varying difficulty levels and experiments with different character classes. The story is somewhat lacking, but not overly important when garnering quests and slaying beasts. You'll quickly lose track of time whilst ex...

Nov 18, 2009 Read Full Review

Torchlight proves to be one the perfect students of the genre.

Looting dungeons is one of my favourite pastimes, and Torchlight as a franchise has always provided a healthy dose of colourful dungeon crawling with piles and piles of gear to be collected. Back in 2009, Torchlight was a success story because it was well made, incredibly simple and very satisfying. While some of that still rings true for Torchlight 3, the gaming landscape in 2020 is quite differe...

Oct 27, 2020 Read Full Review

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 down - you’ve found it.