First off: 3 Stars means that this game is still enjoyable on my scale. Every time i give this game another try i get alienated by the awkward controls. They allways feel so very clumsy. All the interactions with boxes, the interfaces are so slow, which gives the game a way worse "feeling" than Terraria. Also every planet yo're visiting is just a Planet with one more type of ore and the next "tier" of items.
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 :(
Well, somebody wrote this game would be perfect for a long winter evening, but i'd rather say it's perfect for one short winter evening, because that's how long this game is probably going to keep you interested. I've played for a few hours and build everything there was, it really felt like i have experienced all of the content and ever since i never bothered to play this game again. On the plus side: it was entertaining and fun to discover what the game has to offer. Even while writing this review i feel a little urge to play this game once more, maybe.
