Check out this modded Torchlight with extra classes, extra pets, and high resolution textures. It easily looks as good as Diablo 3 and has more options to boot! LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNrn9C6oOP4

Torchlight is only $14.99 on Steam right now, which is an absolute bargain.

On the other hand, Diablo 3 will be around $60 on release day and is not playable offline.

Torchlight wins this contest easily.

Diablo 2 was such a great game, too bad Diablo 3 went the MMORPG route and totally destroyed the series. We waited all these years for a new Diablo game and we got a game that is not even playable by certain people with certain types of internet connections.

The day Blizzard announced the constant internet connection requirement for Diablo 3, was a sad day in gaming history.

There is. You just need log with your Battle.Net account to authenticate the game.MonsieurX

Last I heard, Diablo 3 requires a constant internet connection because a lot of the game information is server-side. Apparently, there have even been reports that high latency connections make Diablo 3 unplayable because of this.

What's that about there being no offline single-player mode in Diablo 3?

NoAssKicker47

I dont really get all the T2 hype...

Torchlight 1 wasnt any good at all compared to D2...

D3 will crush it so badly...

Also, how is Runic going to deal with cheaters? How are they going to deal with Items that have been modded so drasticly that all the regular is worthless? If you want a SERIOUS competitive online experience, theres no way you can people allow to mod their games or let them play their chars in singleplayer. It doesnt work.

PurpleHaze89

All that cheating crap doesn't matter in the least bit. It is a GAME after all. What DOES matter is that Diablo 3 is not playable by people without internet connections, slow internet connections, or possibly not even by people with fast internet connections but high latency (e.g. satellite internet connections). In my opinion, that makes Diablo 3 a massive failure. Making a fast internet connection with low latency a requirement for a game is nothing but MMORPG territory. What a horribly bad decision by Blizzard.

Seriously though, Torchlight is a great game and its sequel (Torchlight 2) is looking to be even better, whereas Diablo 3 is not looking as great. Diablo 3 might as well have been an MMORPG since it doesn't even offer a OFFLINE single player mode. That's just pathetic. Also, Torchlight 2 looks like it has better graphics and gameplay than Diablo 3 as well.

Opinions?

Are there any new top-down view RPGs/Action RPGs coming out in 2012 or 2013? These are the ones I know of so far:

• Grim Dawn

• Torchlight 2

• Krater

• Diablo 3

I really hope Dragon's Dogma comes to PC.

Gameplay is much more important, but good graphics can actually enhance the gameplay.

The game has incredible atmosphere as well!!

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic has awesome gameplay and combat. I played the PC demo for 15 minutes yesterday for the first time, and it was so good that I purchased the full game immediately on Steam. Graphics look pretty decent even by today's standards especially when maxed out on modern PC hardware.

If you like Action RPGs and you haven't tried the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic demo, then you should really give it a try. Just download it on Steam. You might be quite surprised how awesome this older game is.