It’s as limiting as it sounds and, in practice, it meant I focused on overpowering my Embermage’s initial skills rather than investing in those unlocked at later character levels. Add in quick access to mana and health potions, which you will 100% need to properly function in this game, and that leaves just five buttons to map with your various skills and spells. With your general attack button taking up one, that leaves you with seven. You have just eight buttons to configure to your liking. If you’ve played Torchlight II before on PC, the biggest change you’ll probably notice with the console version is the truncated number of attack options.

Pet choices include various dogs, cats, flying creatures, a headcrab, pre-order exclusive Yapper from the upcoming Torchlight Frontiers, and the Nintendo Switch exclusive chonky unicorn. Choosing between Engineer, Berserker, Embermage, and Outlander, players can pick the look of their hero from an unfortunately small number of options and pair them with a companion pet to accompany them throughout their quest. Taking place years after the end of the original game, Torchlight II offers up new character classes who are tasked with taking down a corrupted Alchemist, one of the character classes from the first game. It was good enough to pave the way for a superior sequel in the form of Torchlight II, now available on Switch, PS4, and Xbox One from publisher Perfect World Entertainment. The original Torchlight was a moderate success, eventually selling more than two million copies. With Max and Eric Schaefer on board, two of the creators of the original Diablo, the team set out to fill the void left by that franchise’s absence in the hack ‘n’ slash genre.

Runic Games released the first Torchlight during that excruciating 12-year gap between Blizzard’s Diablo II and Diablo III. Torchlight II is yet another feather in the developer’s cap, even if its plumage is not nearly as ornate.

It’s porting games to the Nintendo system most people thought would be impossible, each time delivering a polished and thoroughly playable experience that is always worth the asking price.

With Warframe, Doom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and Rocket League under its belt, developer Panic Button has proven itself to be the crown prince of Switch ports.

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