Torchlight 2 conquers inertia in truly inspiring ways, at least when it comes to loot addiction.

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Torchlight 2 is one of the best hack-and-slash-and-click-and-loot RPGs to come out in years.

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It would have to be twice as good as Torchlight 2 for me to spend that kind of money.

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Personally, Torchlight 2 is one of the most exciting releases remaining in 2012.

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Torchlight 2 was one of the best games of 2012 and its excellent sales in 2012 are well deserved.

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What makes Torchlight 2 so great is the replay value.

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Runic Games, the developer behind the long-awaited action-RPG Torchlight 2, has announced that they will be announcing a release date for the game this Friday at PAX Prime.

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In Torchlight 2 there are several types of items.

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Torchlight 2 also has a very bare-bones PvP mode.

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Blizzard, as one half of the Activision-Blizzard colossus, is a much bigger company than Runic Games and Diablo 3 had a larger budget (in terms of both development and advertising) and a lot more name recognition than Torchlight 2.

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In any case, withholding judgment on Diablo 3 for the time being (though I had more fun with the Torchlight 2 beta and prefer the simple DRM Runic Games includes to Blizzards always-online requirement) I still think that the release of a major PC title is a welcome event.

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