A fun classic dungeon-crawling RPG that feels similar to Torchlight, Titan Quest, and the Diablo games in several mechanics.
You start as a boy or girl adventurer in a town called Grove, where legends of fame and fortune can be heard about the heroes that delve into the dungeons. There is very little customization; you can only choose from a few faces and hairstyles for your character, but there are still some okay options. You can also choose between a dog or a cat as your pet, and your pet follows you, helps you in combat, and can carry items for you and bring them back to town to sell, which will make them gone temporarily. The duration of their absence is based on how deep in the dungeon you are, but it can be a helpful feature to have them go to town and get rid of unwanted items, and get more money for buying potions and such.
Like Torchlight 1, the game involves a dungeon that you delve deeper and deeper into, and every few levels feature new enemies and threats. Quests can be obtained from the town to grab special items from stronger enemies in the game and bring them back in exchange for skill points. From the dungeon, just like Torchlight, you can use portal scrolls to teleport from the dungeon to town, and then back to the dungeon.
Each level gets progressively more difficult. Some enemies, unfortunately, are quite unbalanced and very powerful, whereas others may be quite weak and easy to defeat. I wish the difficulty weren't so unstable in the game, however, I still find it a fun dungeon-crawler nonetheless. Expect the need to grind, sometimes enemies become strong quite fast as you go down the levels; I especially had a hard time with Yetis, Jackals, and Cursed Sword enemies.
As a fan of Torchlight, I can recommend this as a similar title, however, being a release from 2005, it can occasionally feel a bit dated, and personally, I thought it felt a bit more dated than Torchlight, although both are old games now. However, I still enjoy it and would recommend it to fans of classic RPGs.
You start as a boy or girl adventurer in a town called Grove, where legends of fame and fortune can be heard about the heroes that delve into the dungeons. There is very little customization; you can only choose from a few faces and hairstyles for your character, but there are still some okay options. You can also choose between a dog or a cat as your pet, and your pet follows you, helps you in combat, and can carry items for you and bring them back to town to sell, which will make them gone temporarily. The duration of their absence is based on how deep in the dungeon you are, but it can be a helpful feature to have them go to town and get rid of unwanted items, and get more money for buying potions and such.
Like Torchlight 1, the game involves a dungeon that you delve deeper and deeper into, and every few levels feature new enemies and threats. Quests can be obtained from the town to grab special items from stronger enemies in the game and bring them back in exchange for skill points. From the dungeon, just like Torchlight, you can use portal scrolls to teleport from the dungeon to town, and then back to the dungeon.
Each level gets progressively more difficult. Some enemies, unfortunately, are quite unbalanced and very powerful, whereas others may be quite weak and easy to defeat. I wish the difficulty weren't so unstable in the game, however, I still find it a fun dungeon-crawler nonetheless. Expect the need to grind, sometimes enemies become strong quite fast as you go down the levels; I especially had a hard time with Yetis, Jackals, and Cursed Sword enemies.
As a fan of Torchlight, I can recommend this as a similar title, however, being a release from 2005, it can occasionally feel a bit dated, and personally, I thought it felt a bit more dated than Torchlight, although both are old games now. However, I still enjoy it and would recommend it to fans of classic RPGs.