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Torchlight
Review

REVIEWED ON 360
  • RATING: T - Teen
  • DEVELOPER(S): Runic Games
  • PUBLISHER: Perfect World Entertainment
  • RELEASE DATE: Oct 27, 2009

DESCRIPTION:

Ember is the essence of magic and the keystone of alchemy; it lures the restless with promises of power and riches. Miners burrowed deep beneath the dirt streets of Torchlight,... more →

DESCRIPTION:

Ember is the essence of magic and the keystone of alchemy; it lures the restless with promises of power and riches. Miners burrowed deep beneath the dirt streets of Torchlight, discovering veins of the ore richer than any found in living memory- but they were not the first to covet these mines. The miners from Torchlight broke through into the buried past, a dangerous labyrinth of caverns and ruined civilizations, twisted creatures and the bones of those who came before. Evil bubbles up from the depths and threatens to overrun Torchlight as it has so many others. The heart of a villain has infused the Ember, and his darkness seeps through the veins.

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Torchlight Review

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The game has an energy to it that is infectious. Right from the start, you sense the game has an overactive pulse that propels you ever forward. You must finish this level. You have to complete a set of unique armor even if it means re-slaughtering an entire map four or five times. And so on.

 

What really helps on the Xbox 360 is being able to move your character with the left thumbstick instead of repetitively clicking everywhere with your mouse on the PC. This alleviates the strained wrist so common to click-fests, and probably why I

The downside to this style of game is that there is a lack of any attachment to the people in the town or even to the town itself. Torchlight

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During that time, they also have specific attacks and resistances based on the type of fish you fed it.

 

If there is one area in which the XBLA version of

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