Torchlight

I'm writing this as of Thursday, 20 June 2013, 13:25: GMT so it should still be free but the game is only half off. What's happening?

The game is technically well executed, but there is a mismatch between its artistic style on the one hand and the story and setting on the other hand. The story and setting include such scenarios as the player character carefully venturing forward in dark tunnels, trying to avoid getting killed, and slaying, among other monstrosities, human-sized giant spiders that spit deadly venom. This is the stuff of nightmares, and there is nothing in the story that would somehow put a lighthearted spin on it. However, the game has a cartoonish visual style that is clean, neat, almost cute. Instead of reinforcing the sense of dread and danger that is part of the story, the presentation counteracts it by creating a very different atmosphere that feels much safer and less disturbing. Cartoonish and cute can, of course, work very well in (other) games, but only if the story, the setting, the characters and the artwork have all been developed with the same vision in mind, and produce a consistent and cohesive experience. I really wanted to like this game, and I would have been willing to overlook a few problems related to gameplay, but, sadly, the dissonance between the story and the atmosphere is jarring. In the end, it was not fun.

The screenshots of this game remind me of an way older 'Mordor' game, with its randomly generated below-ground. However, is there more story to the game, or is it JUST a repeated dungeon crawl? Someone please tell me?

The app crashes without showing anything (loading screen or whatever). Waste of time!

There is no need to say anything else.