![]() This passion for games of yore is evident despite my gripes with Torchlight 2, it can not be denied how much love was poured into its grimdark virtual world. Runic Games was in part started by the creators of Diablo with the intention of continuing on the legacy of the Blizzard owned classic property. This isn’t all that surprising given how openly inspired by the Diablo franchise the Torchlight games have always been. The adaptation of the game’s click-centric PC UI/input also works a treat as the console versions feel as natural as the Diablo III radial menu port before them. The exclusion of local co-op is borderline unforgivable though. While not as graphically intensive as the team’s other recent ports, such as Doom and Warframe, the Switch edition of Torchlight 2 looks crisp and runs smoothly with only a couple of minor hitches. The port itself has been handled with the kind of excellence we’ve come to expect from studio Panic Button. And while purists will no doubt enjoy the reverence for tradition found in the game’s core systems, Torchlight 2‘s light has been all but snuffed out in 2019. ![]() Now, almost five years to the day since its original PC release, it arrives on consoles. This isn’t inherently a bad thing the Action Role Playing Game (ARPG) genre by nature will always have a degree of steady repetition but Torchlight 2’s greatest sin is doing so with as little panache as possible. A game that seems designed not to thrill the player but to engage them in an endless loop, placating only the base desires. This is how it feels to sink into Torchlight 2. I was curled up on the couch, Switch in hand, as my mage plunged the depths of yet another dangerous cavern when I thought to myself “What time is it?” I genuinely had no idea how long I had been sitting there playing and as I looked up at the clock I half expected the evening to have settled in. So get ready to blast off in a rocket fuelled Starfield performance preview.There came a brief moment of complete disassociation on my first day burning through the newly released console port of Torchlight 2. We also compare the improvements over the previous showing, enhancements within the engine, and much more. The biggest question after the show(s) was: why is it 30fps on Xbox Series X and Series S and not 60fps? In this IGN Performance preview, we dive into the details shared by the team, the revealed PC minimum and recommended specifications, and how the Creation Engine 2 works, comparing the previous games to gauge some of the potential reasons why the team might have chosen 30fps. ![]() With Starfield being the center of the Xbox 2023 Showcase last week, Bethesda gave us a deep dive into one of the biggest games this generation. And if you are feeling generous, you might want to seek out slightly lower level characters and give them a helping hand through the dungeons. Teaming up with characters slightly above your level is a marvelous way to quickly accumulate better loot and XP. Characters with healing abilities strengthen teammates, while those with battlefield control powers can slow or stun enemies and create openings for the melee fighters and help protect the ranged DPS characters. You have the same combat options and dungeons to explore, but every character recieves full XP for every nearby kill. ![]() Work together with fellow players to take down enemies, and share healing whenever you can. Be especially wary of your Health online. Enemy Health and attack power fluctuates based on the number of allies nearby. Online enemies are tougher versions of their single-player ilk. Loot is instanced, so each player only sees Gear applicable to their character on their display. Every piece of loot you see dropped online belongs to you.
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