YouвЂ™d think thereвЂ™d be more to say about a gameвЂ™s story thatвЂ™ll run you upwards of 20 hours to beat on a normal skill level, but there isnвЂ™t. The Alchemist is corrupted by the blight from the Heart of Ordrak, and your completely customizable adventurer is tasked with stopping him from using this dark power to disrupt the balance of the worldвЂ™s elements. Torchlight II takes place years after the end of the original game. The core gameplay is certainly similar, and the dangling carrot of rare loot will keep you clicking away, but thereвЂ™s a deeper sense of customization in Torchlight II that sinks its teeth in deep for those that venture forward on this three act adventure. Underneath, Torchlight II is not very much like Diablo III at all, despite being released within months of each other. The comparisons stop between these two titles at these most basic features. In some places, in just the right light, you could easily mistake one for the other. There are a lot of striking similarities between the two games.

Second, Runic Games was headed up by a group of game development veterans out of Blizzard North that were responsible for one of the most popular Blizzard titles of all time, Diablo II. For one, theyвЂ™re both top down isometric dungeon crawlers where loot is the primary mechanic to keep you grinding through dungeon after dungeon. ThereвЂ™s a good reason why Torchlight draws so many comparisons to the Diablo franchise.

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