Torchlight II

It is a rather boring arpg game, it lacks the depth and customization of free to play games such as Path of exile. Basically I measure every arpg against Path of exile and every other arpg is really shallow compared to it. I played both torchlight 1 and 2 and both of them were very easy to put down once new challenge league starts in Path of exile. Uninstalled both torchlight games and never looked back.

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 some problems related to gameplay, but, sadly, the dissonance between the story and the atmosphere is jarring. In the end, it was not fun.

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I'm a player who enjoyed Diablo 2, Path of Exile and even Diablo 3 in it's early days, but Torchlight 2 is really boring to me. The community has apperently long moved past this game. Yes there are still some online games but most lobbies have name's like "faggot" and so on. I never even bothered to join in. Looking for guides or active discussion or information in general is rather hard. Class discussion forums have latest posts dating back to 2014, sites with skill calculations are long offline and replaced by online casino spam. Which leaves me to solo play the game and i don't find much joy in that. Normal difficulty is to easy, veteran still feels boring and from what i've read about playing elite, i've learnt that you're supposed to farm for 1 specific gem to socket into your gear for damage reduction. Otherwise you'd constantly die. So there is one way to play that mode, great flexibility indeed. I'd like to get a refund for this :(

I have tried everything. I bought it only to figure out it stopped working as soon as I had to upgrade. :/