Classes Berserker Embermage Engineer Outlander. Enough talk! Gold and glory await! Ember is dangerous to the untrained hand—and deadly in mine. If a problem is too big to fix The Empire would like to pretend people like me don't exist—and yet, here I am. Multiplayer Play co-op with other adventurers via LAN or over the internet up to 4 players on console, and up to 6 on PC. The World. Overview Years ago, the Heroes of Torchlight saved the world from the ancient evil, Ordrak. After the Zeraphi ended their conflict against the Estherians, a still war-hungry faction split off and pursued the retreating Estherians, seizing their Ember mines and harnessing its power to encase their souls in armor.
But Ember always has a price, these Ezohir became reliant upon their depleting supply and went to war with their once brethren, the Zeraphi. Disaster ensued and the Ezohir were driven back to the Mana Wastes, where they wait and plot their vengeance. Many ages ago, an ancient race of Dwarves ruled all of Vilderan with an Ember fist. But, the secret to their ascension was the source of their downfall.
Rebellion ensued and their glorious cities crumbled. The Dwarven empire is long dead. All that remain are the husks of a once powerful race, clinging steadfast to their last remaining Ember mines and ruined cities, ready to defend them to death. The Beornen, a race of bear-men, dwell in the northern reaches of Vilderan. Their Sturmbeornen raiders have been known to pillage the Northern settlements for years.
Recently, they have grown more aggressive and raided further south. Many fear that not even the mighty Vanquisher Corps can stop them. After dwarven civilization collapsed, their oldest enemies, the Varkolyn, crept from the shadows and remade the ruined keeps and palaces as the Kingdom of the Dark. But ultimately the First Great Varkolyn Empire was also the last. For all their pretense of civilization and glorious plans, infighting continues to prevent the Varkolyn from achieving their grand plan.
Return to Overview. The Beast Warrens. The invading Sturmbeornen army have set up a trapping operation around the Beast Warrens to capture and armor these savage predators, turning them into unstoppable killing machines.
The Stygian Aerie Approach. Centuries ago, the Zeraphi journeyed to the sacred Underworld to transcend into pure energy. When all the Zeraphi had been rendered immortal, they abandoned the Underworld to the shifting sands. So here's a screenshot to prove it. The only thing I changed were the double-spaces after full-stops because I have some standards.
Perhaps my first mistake was figuring out a way to map everything to my mouse. Aside: I, and it seems from searching, a lot of other people thought it wasn't possible to map lots of actions to the mouse. Because I, and lots of other people, were trying to map said controls in the second column in the options. Force of habit from three decades of gaming, leaving the original controls in the first column, putting my errant alts in the alt field.
Turns out in TL2 the second column is for modifiers, and I'm glad I'm not alone in having not noticed. Skill on Mouse 2, swap skills on the middle button, and then I set up scroll to roll through all available skills - I mean, when does anyone actually ever zoom in on these games except for screenshots?
I put my and the pet's inventories onto buttons 4 and 5, and turned sideways to my desk to put my feet up. Left hand was free to fiddle with these here magnets, thank you. I'm wondering if just doing this alone was enough to break the spell. Sure, I was slightly inconvenienced not being able to hold Shift to send inventory items between menus, but that was hardly the biggest deal.
I could play this purely through side-eye. And didn't struggle for it, on Normal, deliberately seeking out dungeons just above my level.
It wasn't until I started writing this that I realised my mistake. In trying to capture what was wrong, why I wasn't finding the love this time out, I went back to my original review and read this line:. If you want to start on Veteran or Nightmare, you can. And I did. Normal is recommended for players new to Torchlight, and I can assure you that Vet is the one to pick for the familiar. The challenge has been absolutely pitch perfect throughout, the dungeons exactly matching my level as I reach them, the battles always on the limit of what I can do.
There's an unwritten rule of games criticism that you play games on "Normal". Normal is the mode the game is intended for, the default the developers expect most people to play on. You can't play a game on Hard and then complain it's too hard, nor Easy and then lament the lack of challenge. You just Normal. And seven years on, seven years since all the Diablo III controversy and the sense that Torchlight II was its happy-go-lucky cousin, I'd forgotten all this.
I assumed I played on Normal then, and was playing on Normal now. Fixing this wasn't so easy. There's no in-built way in Torchlight II to change the difficulty level on the fly. Eff eff ess. I didn't want to start over! And then I found a way. Ridiculously, choosing to play as LAN instead of Single Player, you can create a LAN game with the difficulty settings of your choice, and then start off from the last main base with your current character.
That's very silly. I have to play single-player LAN now. Increasing the difficulty doesn't transform Torchlight II from clickfest to intricate strategic battle game, you probably won't be shocked to learn. It just means everything takes longer, and you suddenly die more often. There's perhaps more call for more strategic switching between available skills for different circumstances, and most of all, concentration is required.
No more Mr Robot. Now, I know for CERTAIN that there are people who play these games on difficulty settings the likes of scum like me don't even know how to find, and they find them a breeze. I know that for some Diablo is a recreational sport, that min-max their way to perfection, and have Very Strong Opinions about people like me. Whats the maximum level? Whats the maximum stat? Side Quest 1 Answer Can you switch pets throughout the game? General 1 Answer Where can i find the new game plus???
General 1 Answer Is there anyway to update Torchlight 2 without steam? Tech Support 1 Answer. Ask A Question. Browse More Questions. Keep me logged in on this device. Forgot your username or password? User Info: Siveria Siveria 9 years ago 1 I am wondering how long this game is, I bought it on steam and well, I've barely put any time in and my char is almost level 30 on veteran, Still in the desert place, how many more acts are there?
Leveling seems way to fast I think. User Info: DahlVaughnni DahlVaughnni 9 years ago 2 You'll be roughly level 50 by the time you finish the game the first time. User Info: Jiga35 Jiga35 9 years ago 3 It's quite long. User Info: Chakkan Chakkan 9 years ago 4 hours if you take your time.
User Info: sockesocke sockesocke 9 years ago 5 my first playthrough was 17 hours. User Info: Obsidus Obsidus 9 years ago 6 My first play through was 35 hours. User Info: naughtydog2kO3 naughtydog2kO3 9 years ago 7 It's about hours depending on how you're playing the game, either way it's pretty lengthy for this type of game.
User Info: Tkmajing Tkmajing 9 years ago 8 hours if you know what youre doing. User Info: Peltar94 Peltar94 9 years ago 10 My first playthrough was about 25 hours, but I missed a little bit of exploring
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