It's simple, fun and just engaging enough to keep you distracted without ever taxing you, or demanding more time than you’re feeling to give when it rereleases for consoles on September 3rd. When there are dozens of enemies sprawling across the screen, all with bright flashy spells, it can be tricky finding yourself in the fray.ĭespite this, it's a title that the commuter should be keeping an eye on. On top of that, you can get a little lost in the action. The graphics have had a shine but they’re still not as nice as some Switch titles like Pokémon Let's Go or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Having said all this, I didn’t get the chance to play the game in handheld mode, but it's something I already wish I had with me to keep me distracted from my day to day travel. I should probably mention at this point that Torchlight 2 is actually coming out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well, but come on, the Switch version is where I reckon the game can find its home. The design has been overhauled for the console as well, with a lovely little radial menu that's not only very user friendly with the little thumbsticks, but just pretty too. Related Story Nathan Birch Xbox Games With Gold Serves Up Gears of War 4 and Forza 6 in August Its not what you might be used to seeing in the genre, but it fun and never unwieldy. While they were fun I soon came across a ‘hand cannon’ that was in fact a full-sized siege cannon that worked like a big shotgun, and it was simply fun to blast the various monsters back with such a weapon. In my hour-long demo, I played as the Outlander who starts wielding two pistols. You can easily put it down for a week without suffering any sort of penalty, making it the perfect partner for the switch.ĭespite its age, Torchlight 2 still has some quite unique classes as well. While other games have been aggressively designed to be played all day every day lest you fall behind the curve, this little dungeon crawler lets you go at your own pace.
All you have to do is sit pull out your console, walk down a path and start throwing spells at the monsters waiting for you. You don’t have to worry about timed loot drops of shopkeepers that move around week to week.
One of the things that makes this seven-year-old game so refreshing is that it's completely unburdened by all the games as a service mechanics that have come out since it launched. It could easily be the secondscreen game that gives your thumbs something to do as you watch tv, but it could also hold your attention enough to deserve a little big screen time when you just want to unwind. While obviously there is a whole lot of depth for players that want to min-max their little hero, the games cutesy approach to the dungeon crawler means it can be just as fun to pick the most fun weapon as well as the best mechanically.Īnd Torchlight 2 is absolutely perfect for the Switch. With its top-down action RPG mechanics, it’s the kind of game that literally anyone could pick up and understand after a mere minute or two.
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