Devil Immortal It has been one of the great launches of the year that has landed both on PC and on mobile devices with iOS and Android, something that has been a milestone in Blizzard’s strategy that, finally, leads to one of its franchises top to a scene of cross play totally free. Well, on the horizon appears another alternative that ARPG fans will surely remember with special affection. torch lightdo you know him?
A success at the expense of Diablo
It will not be necessary to remember that Devil III it was officially announced in June 2008 at a Blizzard WorldWide Invitational held in Paris. From that moment and until May 15, 2012, ARPG fans had nothing to put in their mouths to satisfy your craving for lootingrole-playing characters and rewards in infinite dungeons… until it hit the market Torchlight. That happened in 2009, in the month of October, and it automatically became a success.
With a name made among the players, the sales of the first title encouraged Runic Games to continue with the saga without fear that Devil III It was already in the stores. So in the month of September 2012 came Torchlight II, as good as the first but making its maps much bigger, the character’s abilities and adding some really interesting ideas that have been used later in other developments of the genre. Yes indeed, Torchlight III (in 2020) was the demonstration that Runic Games had to think about things a little more and although it was not a bad title, it was no longer as surprising as the first two.
So what would be the next step in the saga? well it’s called Torchlight Infinite and how could you have guessed the thing is about turning the ARPG into free and take it to both the screens of our PCs and mobile phones to live games cross playin a decision that surely reminds you of Immortal Devil.
Why could it succeed?
First of all, say that torch light infinite succeed does not mean that it does so at the cost of the failure of Devil Immortal. They can live together in holy harmony and each one has access to enough of the cake to allow them to survive for many years. In the case of the Blizzard game, it is sure to be easier, because here the name of the franchise does have weight and what it means that the ARPG by definition has a partially alternative free (remember that some call the game immoral devil).
Torchlight Infinite it’s in early access right now on steam so you can try it now. Aesthetically it maintains the essence of the original games, which we are not going to deny, it was inspired by the one used by Blizzard in its world of warcraft, in full swing in that 2012, and offers us very fast games with a progression that, at the moment, is quite accessible. Keep in mind that because it’s available on mobile, you can’t count on games that are too long, so that part has been perfectly adapted to what those who play games on the bus, the subway, etc. ask for.
At the moment, the voracity of collecting our money from Torchlight Infinite (have purchases in-game) doesn’t look like Blizzard’s, and after spending some time we can access content that we could buy effortlessly in a few seconds. So you will not spend too much time having some interesting items obtained with the work of winning games. On that side, it is more friendly, but it does not run away from the typical mechanics of the free 2 play that drives many players crazy.
In essence, we are talking about a game very based on the choice of heroes and an extremely fun progression if you really like ARPGs. Will he succeed? the ones we love torch light we are satisfied that it goes well and lasts for many years active…
