Torchlight was a sleeper hit for Runic Studios in 2009. Since then, Runic has been building on and improving that success as the development of Torchlight 2 has gone on. At E3 2011, MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh had the opportunity to check out Torchlight 2. See what she discovered then let us know what your thoughts are in the comments.

It’s a significantly larger game with more content and character customization, not just set characters to play with like the original Torchlight. Each character can be male or female and some features such as hair style and color and skin tone can be customized. Two characters had been revealed thus far, the Railman, an engineering-themed and rather Steampunk like melee fighter and the Outlander, a wandering nomad using ranged weapons and “low magic,” with the Berserker making its debut this E3.

Read more of Carolyn Koh's Torchlight 2: Building on the Original.

I bought torchlight on steam as it was a couple of dollars and I was shocked at how uterly crap the game was. I mean it was like playing an arcade game from the 80/90s. 

So really could anyone careless if they made a sequal?!

Odd.

Very interested to see what this turns into.

I played the first Torchlight a bit, and found it neat.

If the second one has more customization and complexity, it might very well hold my interest.

Ups.. anyway. I liked the first Torch. It caters to a particular like of mine : drops. It is a drop fest of items, so much they give you a dog to have extra space and run sell it. I only found it restrictive on the space to explore. I hope this one is more "open". It made for good fun, will probably try this one also. :)

Originally posted by Saorlan

I bought torchlight on steam as it was a couple of dollars and I was shocked at how uterly crap the game was. I mean it was like playing an arcade game from the 80/90s. 

So really could anyone careless if they made a sequal?!

Odd.

Did you like Diablo or Diablo 2?

...

If so, you're hating on a game made by the original creators of D1 and D2, which plays pretty close to a remake of said games core mechanics.

Also if you're looking forward to Diablo 3... be prepared for more of the same.

Will this have stuff to do at endgame, I dont like the idea of killing my character to pass on benefits to my new fledgling. I want to make the char I play a king or queen teehee.

Originally posted by Saorlan

I bought torchlight on steam as it was a couple of dollars and I was shocked at how uterly crap the game was. I mean it was like playing an arcade game from the 80/90s. 

So really could anyone careless if they made a sequal?!

Odd.

 

Well damn i look back and go....

It was suppose to....

I do wonder what is instore for this game

Originally posted by Saorlan

I bought torchlight on steam as it was a couple of dollars and I was shocked at how uterly crap the game was. I mean it was like playing an arcade game from the 80/90s. 

So really could anyone careless if they made a sequal?!

Odd.

A lot of people care that they make a sequal.  I loved the first Torchlight as do a lot of other people and this second one is seeming to fix a lot of the major issues.

Metacritic has it rated at 83 (57 critits)/87(310 users).  So I would say that some people care.

But its not an MMO. Its a lobby. Why is this on MMORPG.com?

Originally posted by stragen001

But its not an MMO. Its a lobby. Why is this on MMORPG.com?

I'll start by saying a lot of other lobby games are on here as well. But I believe the reason that Torchlight is here is because Runic games has plans to create an MMO with the Torchlight IP. (Dont quote me on that, but its what I THINK I remember.)

Originally posted by stragen001

But its not an MMO. Its a lobby. Why is this on MMORPG.com?

 

Because its a precursor to Torchmmo. :)

Torchlight One.

Torchlight Two

Torchmmo and Torchlight Three.

Its the same reason on why Kingdoms of Amalur The Reckoning is covered here as well. Same lore, ideas, classes, etc ;)

Multiplayer this time with lan capabilities and modding tools. It is going to be pure win!

I'm actually looking forward to this one a LOT more than Diablo 3. Go figure.

I liked Torchlight, but in my opinion, this sequel will be better than the original Torchlight in almost every way.

I can hardly wait for this one. 

Torchlight is just zero stress, fun.  I am looking to playing CO OP with my friends :)

I love Torchlight (and the Diablo's), but after twenty or thirty hours of playing, it feels like forcing myself to continue. A large part of that is because I can't share what I've done with other players, or challenge them, so with the introduction of basic network features and being able to play with friends, it should breathe some life back into this series for me.

At this point everybody will just wait a little bit more for Diablo 3..

Seriously...

While torchlight wasn't a bad game, it wasn't that "great" either if you're being honest...

Originally posted by zellmer

At this point everybody will just wait a little bit more for Diablo 3..

Seriously...

 

While torchlight wasn't a bad game, it wasn't that "great" either if you're being honest...

 

And now that Activision runs blizzards show we dont know what Diablo 3 will be like either.  Personally, I find torchlight a bit more fun than Diablo 2 but I wish it had above ground things to do.  

This sounds pretty good to me.

I bought torchlight on steam as it was a couple of dollars and I was shocked at how uterly awesome the game was. I mean it was like playing an arcade game from the 80/90s. 

So really could anyone complain less if they made a sequal?!

Odd.

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Ed. Note: The numerous spelling errors are not mine. Though they were so good, I'd re-use them again. Special kind of genius. When brilliance like this is on display, it's gotta be shared with the world.