#TORCHLIGHT III FULL#

There are no oddballs to befriend on the road, or eccentric tasks to pick up off the bounty boards, and that leaves the game feeling hollow. I enter that dungeon, kill a boss, and go back to town to learn that I have a new quest that will grant access to the next named region. The story progression is laughably linear I pick up a quest in town, it asks me to find a dungeon somewhere in a named region. Publisher Perfect World Entertainment changed course earlier this year, making the game a 'premium' full-priced piece of software, but the bones of its scrapped identity are everywhere. If you scroll back into the archives, you'll learn that Torchlight 3 (then called Torchlight Frontiers) was announced as a free-to-play product. But I spent most of my time as a 'Duskmage,' who is saddled with a complicated magic system where you're constantly synergizing spells from both the 'light' and 'dark' schools, offering a surprisingly high skill ceiling for an ARPG that's always prioritized newcomers to the genre.Д«ut unfortunately, the fundamental soundness of Torchlight 3's combat lacks the infrastructure to support it.

You can be a 'Railmaster,' a barbarian engineer who's followed around by a literal train, which can be augmented with different speciality cars that unload hell on anyone in your way. That attitude is carried over to Torchlight 3's class choices, which throw the D&D rulebook out the window.

The world of Novastraia radiates with a rich, playful aesthetic the swirling riptides of the ocean, the rugged pastures of the outer forests, and the gleefully overworked Halloween trim of the graveyards do a great job at grounding the player in this frivolous, folkloric fantasyland. Instead, Torchlight gets by on the elements that have always been the franchise's strengths. There are a few cutscenes and audio recordings to find throughout the main quest, but specifics about the existential threat on the horizon are scarce.

#TORCHLIGHT III FULL#

Watch our full Review in 3 Minutes for Torchlight III.Torchlight 3 takes place a century after the events of Torchlight 2, but the narrative is almost entirely ancillary to the core gameplay experience.

Torchlight III is available now for $39.99 on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 and will launch on Nintendo Switch on Oct. Newcomers to the genre may find some great value here, but veterans will need to look elsewhere for their loot-seeking thrills. The gameplay may be weak compared to its competitors, but that doesnвЂ™t make it a bad game - just an okay one. No bosses or encounters stand out and each of them requires the same lengthy tactics employed during regular combat.Д«eyond having a cutesy exterior, Torchlight III does little to stand apart from the crowd. Combat encounters drag on, slowing down the pace to an uncomfortable speed. Skill upgrades and equipping better gear never really felt like they made a significant impact on anything except my survivability. Gameplay lacks the compelling satisfaction that makes the ARPG genre so appealing. It is up to you to hack and slash your way through various maps to defend the people of Novastraia from the Netherim invasion. Torchlight III from Echtra Games is an action RPG set a century after the events of Torchlight II.

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