Torchlight

Diablo's somehwat obscure cousin still holds up as a solid dungeon delving experience.

Torchlight is an amazing RPG with all the classic style (even some of the key bindings for inventory, stats and so on), but with nowadays "cartoonish" graphics. Not only that, but also it has a "laptop mode", that runs smoothly on even very old machines. The plot is the only reason is not a 5/5 for me (is not that engaging), but the mechanics, the graphics and the overall gameplay is excepcional. If you were a Diablo/Diablo 2 player like myself, this game will definitely bring a great nostalgic feel while you play it.

I remember first playing Torchlight while waiting for Diablo 3, lured by the game's developers coming from Blizzard. And I was well rewarded indeed! This is not a Diablo clone: this is truly another Diablo, in its streamlined story, imagination in the design of character of monsters, and intuitiveness of gameplay. But the Runic Games gem has one feature to tell it apart from Diablo: it is COLORFUL. As the dungeons in Blizzard's masterwork are grim and moisty, the ones under the mining town of Torchlight sparkle with lights and spring with life (ok, such life is as beautiful as it is deadly, but that's the point of the game). Because of this, I actually enjoyed playing Torchlight more than I enjoyed playing Diablo. The only real flaw, is the lack of a networked multiplayer: which means that you have to invite friends at your place and take turns managing the characters---just like it used to be when we were kids :) A must have for all adventurers.

The very first time I played Torchlight back in 2009 I instantly loved it. It's the best ARPG series for me!

if you like diablo and you beat it, you must play this game is just as great