Well, here’s one reason: it basically does Diablo better than even Blizzard does Diablo today.Īdd to that the overt endorsement of developer Runic Games to modders everywhere to do what they want in the game, and we’re left with a title that still proves to be amazingly fresh despite the numerous grind-and-looters that came out since. Once that offer ends, another takes its place and dungeon crawler Next Up Hero, along with Gone Home developer Fullbright's acclaimed narrative sci-fi adventure Tacoma, will take its place in the freebie line-up.Man, remember all those late nights we spent raiding dungeons on Torchlight 2? Good times, very good times!īut what makes Torchlight 2 such an underrated stone-cold classic nearly ten years after it was released? Torchlight 2 is free to add to your Epic Games Store library right now and will remain so until next Thursday, 23rd July at 4pm in the UK. 'It's a colourful, heartfelt and well-judged spin on one of the most reliably engrossing genres knocking around.'

'If the first Torchlight capitalised on the continued absence of Diablo 3, the second feels like a genuine alternative to it,' said Christian Donlan in his 9/10 review in 2012. Torchlight 2, which launched in 2012, fleshed the winning formula out further, delivering a critically acclaimed chunk of captivating dungeon-crawling and class-based hack-and-slash action, all set in a vibrant, lovingly crafted world. Runic Games, which sadly shut its doors in 2017, was formed by a number of industry veterans including brothers Max and Erich Schaefer, creators of the Diablo series, and the original Torchlight had plenty in common with Blizzard's popular action-RPG. Thursday means another free game on the Epic Store, and this week's offering is an oldie-but-goodie, arriving in the form of Runic Games' much-loved action-RPG Torchlight 2.

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