Torchlight

from the moment you start the game you can tell this was pretty much inpired by diablo, similar music, similar systems, same gameplay loop, so it might be worth your time if you like these type of games. The good: - each talent can be accesed as long as you hit the needed level so you don't need to waste points on required but useless skills - armor requirements vary greatly and if rng is merciful you can end with a pretty tanky spec even if you are not focused on strenght - all three classes get a pet that can carry items for you, and they can be transformed temporaily or permanently by feeding them fish - an extra way of gaining skill points beyond leveling up via the Fame level gained by killing unique monsters - playing a mage is very fun, the spells can pack quiite a punch and even hit enemies behind walls - you can acquire "maps" that open portals to mini dungeons so you can grind The bad - game gets very repetitive, as is expected on these grindfests - RNG is a merciless god - enemies that can oneshot you even before they are visible on the screen ( this is the reason I stopped playing, nothing like being bombarded with homing missiles from offscreen enemies to make me lose interest really fast) - The camera sits too close to the character at max zoom out Overall, the game has some good ideas, but falls short Diablo did it better

Fantastic game, I'm not a dungeon crawler guy myself, but damn this one is good. Graphics are great, music is nice and the gameplay is just fantastic. MUST PLAY!

Addicting, simple dungeon crawler. Go through dungeons, destroy the baddies, collect loot drops, send your pet into town to sell it for you, buy better weapons and potions with your gold, repeat! -1 star for repetitiveness, poor story, and no multiplayer (see the sequel for that).

Game brought me back to the fun I had with diablo 1 + 2, great controls and the sound/visuals are great. I found it easy to put 30 hours into achievement hunting with each character without getting bored. Only complaint is lack of multi-player or co-op mode but that was fixed with torchlight 2.

Title says it all - a great, well-balanced, fun, but repetitive action RPG with an engaging enough story and good mechanics. All three of the classes are very different and have a lot of skills to choose from, there are multiple difficulty levels, and modding. If this had multiplayer it would get five stars.