Torchlight( & Torchlight II)....

One of this month's Games with Gold on the Xbox One is Torchlight. I'd not really played it before but was curious due to having played the second game. It's been a while but I've good and fun memories of the second game; Just never enough to dive back in.

Torchlight 2 - Phase beast challenge:

A Casual Carebear

So in claiming and downloading the first game I was more curious how it compared to the second than anything else. Torchlight may be older but is still a good game. In some ways more character/narrative driven than the second. In the second your more of an adventurer out to .... well adventure, no matter what you come across. Fist in the air while reciting "for the looooooooooooot". Not a bad thing.... just saying. The story in the second game wasn't a main priority for my playthrough. Loot on the other hand..... Mmmmmmm loot. Getting into the first game now lets me see where both the style of art/gameplay has come from and why the second is the better, improved, more polished game.

My main character in Torchlight II was all about dual pistols but this time round the character I chose was melee. Handled better than I thought. So a melee character in the second might be worth a return and try. Worthy as a thought process/motivation to get back into the second game at the very least.
I didn't get far in the first game and that's down to my decision on time being better spent gaming elsewhere. The first like the second game is worth playing if your into this type of game. 

Torchlight(Xbox) - Orden Mines Start

A Casual Carebear

I've a feeling that the more I played through the first game, my thoughts of  'that's done better in the second game' would only increase.  That's not to say I wouldn't spend more time in Torchlight. Mood and opportunity may change my mind as much as any game mechanic. I'm just glad I played the second game first.

Torchlight 2 should be out on Xbox around now. The last date I saw was for a release date of the 4th. While I'll be sticking to the PC version(if I do go back to it) it's nice to see the game get ported to consoles.