So I haven’t done quite so much today. Quite possibly because I downloaded the Torchlight demo, and on the strength of what I had seen, caved in and bought it. It’s essentially everything you liked about Diablo (And one thing perhaps you didn’t like) distilled into a fine and wondrous thing. For example, whilst there are three classes, there are plenty of “classless” spells you can give yourself or your pet, and everyone can equip any piece of equipment as long as their stats match up. For example, my Alchemist can use a stave, or a pair of handguns, or even… dual-wielding wands.
It’s just… wonderful. A single-player dungeon-crawler like Diablo, but turned all the way up to eleven.
What works best is perhaps the fact the game is fast. I sometimes like going back in WoW and doing the earlier dungeons, racking up the kills from dozens of mobs. Torchlight does that, and far, far better.
Torchlight has even drained my urge to play WoW. It’s a frightening thing. And a veritable steal at £14.99.