Torchlight II is now out on the Nintendo Switch and you can have a chunky unicorn as your pet.
To be fair, Torchlight II is out on all major consoles today, including the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Both of them have their own exclusive pets, including the Molten Imp for the Xbox One and the Faerie for the PS4 (which looks an awful lot like a goat with butterfly wings), however, neither of them can stand up to the sheer majesty of the Switch’s Unicorn with an eating disorder.
In case you’ve never played, Torchlight II is not a new game. It originally released way back in 2012 for the PC from Runic Games, a developer formed from many former Blizzard devs that worked on Diablo 2. As such, you’ll see a lot of similarity between Torchlight and Diablo, including the colored loot, the classic hack-and-slash action, and the randomly generated levels.
But Torchlight has its own special features, too. First, it’s not all doom and gloom like Diablo, instead offering a much more colorful and cheerful cartoonish atmosphere. The Engineer is a very unique class that utilizes steampunk technology to devastating effect, and while the Embermage (magic-user), Berserker (melee DPS), and Outlander (ranged DPS) have their equivalents in all RPGs, they all still manage to have their own unique charms.
The thing that really holds Torchlight II apart is its pets. Pets can fight in battle when they’re around, but the best part about them is that you can send them back to town whenever your pack is full to sell all your useless junk. This means no more teleporting back whenever your bag is full: just send little Fluffles on their way to perform some commerce on your behalf.
By all accounts, Panic Button has done a great job of porting this classic PC game to modern consoles. And while none of them have the same sort of modding support that makes the PC version so incredible, the base game is still a worthy romp for anyone looking to get into a good, meaty hack-and-slash RPG.
Go pick up Torchlight II on your digital storefront of choice. You’ll be glad you did.
Source: Destructoid