Torchlight Reviews

Runic Games’ Torchlight may be getting overshadowed by the release of Dragon Age: Origins a bit, but that doesn’t mean that the online reviews have stopped surfacing.

Games Radar gives it a 9/10:

Torchlight is like a quilt. It’s functional. It’s pretty. It’s got personality and sentiment. It’s made with extreme care from bits and pieces of old things: you can see the joints. Torchlight does more than just hang flesh on the bones of Diablo, but it is doing that. It’s easily worth the price, but it could have been a revolution. It’s not, but it is an accomplished resurrection.

Eurogamer gives it an 8/10:

So, it’s the best Diablolike since Diablo II, and a very real rival to the upcoming (at an unspecified point, God-blinking-dammit) Diablo III. Even though there is nothing new or truly unique about Torchlight, nothing at all, that it so confidently and prettily takes the fight to Blizzard is an enormous compliment about how well put-together this is. Yeah, it gets old pretty fast – but it’s also only £15. You’ll definitely get your money’s worth. And that’s even before the MMO stuff turns up. But, by Christ, my hands hurt, and my brain is squealing for stimulation. I’ve had a whale of a time, largely – but I desperately would not want to put my body through these few days of unblinking kill’n’collect again any time soon.

Giant Bomb gives it a 4/5:

For the price, there’s a huge value here. It’s a great start for Runic, who intends to build a free-to-play, massively multiplayer version of the game in the future. If the company maintains the core quality of this single-player game and fleshes out the lands, storyline, and multiplayer features in its next project, it will have something really special on its hands.

Game Over gives it an 80%:

As a guy who mostly gravitates towards the more involved RPGs (NWN, KOTOR, and I’m seriously looking forward to the upcoming Dragon Age Origins, etc), I still enjoy the sort of low-brain-impact action presented by Torchlight. Pick it up, click your way through a few quests leaving a literal trail of dead creatures in your wake, spread out some skill points, quit and go on with your day. Or get hooked by it until the sun comes up, which is really the more likely result. Torchlight is proof positive that it’s often the simplest games that can be the most addictive.

Gamer Limit gives it an 8.5/10:

With great combat, superb artwork, and an astounding soundtrack, Torchlight is a very solid experience. But the lack of multiplayer prevents it from being truly excellent.

And IncGamers gives it a 9/10:

With Diablo 3 nowhere in sight, and a development team that obviously knows what the player wants from an action RPG, Torchlight is a great title, especially at the price point of $19.99 USD. The price alone makes up for the fact there’s no multiplayer. This is a stand-out action RPG that’s both addictive and hell of a lot of fun to play, even if it’s only single player. Runic Games, we salute you and we’re looking forward to what’s in store further down the line with Torchlight.