The Embermage’s charge ability allows him to hurl spells with impunity, while the Berserker’s increases his movement and attack speed. A new charge mechanic has been added to each character- successive attacks build up a meter that provides a huge but temporary buff to their abilities. Character movement is faster than most games in this genre, and slinging abilities around is a breeze. Torchlight 2 is probably the most fluid Action RPG I’ve ever played. This had an unintended side effect, however, as I now resent my cat’s lack of enthusiasm when I ask him to go grocery shopping for me. You can still offload all of your unwanted loot onto your furry friends and send them back to town to sell it while you’re galavanting around the countryside, but now you can even have them buy potions and other consumables for you while they’re gone. The pet system returns from the original game with a few new additions. This holds true for all classes, but my abilities made me feel almost overpowered, despite the difficulty level keeping me in check. My dual-wand slinging brought delightfully unstable effects- nothing made me smile more than my attacks suddenly spawning a huge meteor to land on top of my foes. As I added status effects to enemies, each hit I landed caused pulses of elemental pain to hit their enemies. He started out by chucking spears of fire, but expanded his skills to be able to launch hot columns of fiery and/or electric death. In a nice twist, the three original classes are recast as characters in the storyline, and one of them just so happens to be a villain these days.įor my adventures, I chose the Embermage. Rather than bring back the original cast of character classes, Runic’s gone back to the drawing board and created four new classes for Torchlight 2: the Embermage (spellcaster), Outlander (spells + ranged weapons), Berserker (crazy melee), and Engineer (melee with wonderful toys). Will Torchlight 2 bring all of the charm of the original, and provide a heaping helping of co-op goodness? Yes. I was an enormous fan of the original Torchlight, but there was one glaring omission: no co-op. On top of that, Runic Games is going for broke by also releasing on the PS4 and Xbox One, trying to capture all the gamers that don't play on PC.It’s strange to think of Torchlight 2 as the Action RPG’s greatest hope, especially in a year that saw the release of Diablo 3, but here we are. For smaller developers, this offers the chance to reach a new audience, making the release on Switch worth the expense of porting. The portability aspect of the Switch offers new life to these indie titles, which are often limited to PC and home consoles. Torchlight 2 is the latest of indie games making their way to the Switch. Those that pre-order Torchlight 2 on Switch will get a pet Unicorn and those that pre-order the title on any system will receive a pet Yapper. The trailer ends with a firm release date, September 3. The latest trailer showed off some gameplay for the title, emphasizing the ability to play Torchlight 2 on the go. RELATED: Xbox Game Studios Game Ori and the Blind Forest Switch Release Date Announcedĭuring today's Nintendo Indie World showcase, viewers got a look at Torchlight 2 on the Switch. Now, the dungeon crawler is jumping over to all the consoles at once, offering new console-friendly UI, an upgraded targeting system, and more. Torchlight 2 was first released in 2012 on PC, though it never made the jump to consoles like many indie titles have. Torchlight 2 is also heading to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with the same release date. As announced by Nintendo at Gamescom, Runic Games' dungeon crawler Torchlight 2, which we named one of the best co-op games of 2012, is coming soon to the Nintendo Switch, launching on the platform on September 3.
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