A Gaming Journal

26May/110

Torchlight

In an effort to reduce my backlog, I was paging through all my XBLA games that I've yet to finish.  Since this was alphabetical, Arkadian Warriors was one of the first I came to.  I had fond memories of it (even though I only ever got to level 2), so I started it up.  About ten minutes later I shut it down in disgust and started up Torchlight, which is what Arkadian Warriors wished it could be.  Those missing ten minutes are best left undescribed.

Torchlight is, at its heart, a Diablo clone; which makes sense since it was made by the same developers.  The great thing about this game is that I can do a full write up of it 1 floor into its 35-floor campaign, and my reaction would be exactly the same as if I finished the whole thing.  Aside from slight aesthetic changes in the walls and new spells you get, there is no difference in the game as you play on.

This is what you do: