
Dungeons in Torchlight II have even more branching paths to explore with friends filled with random events, rewards and dangers.
Random Dungeons – Delve into randomly generated dungeons within the game at any time for extra experience and rare loot. Overworld Areas – Torchlight II has large randomized overworld areas to explore with weather, time of day cycles, and random events that provide players with even more content to experience.
Thanks to this intuitive interface, players have immediate access to a rich and varied world, with little experience necessary.
New User Interface – Torchlight II boasts an entirely new, improved user interface, designed to be easier than ever for new players to pick up and play. You and your friends can download the same mod and play together! Players have the option to create their own mods, adding even more content to the world. Moddability – Torchlight II will release with an updated version of TorchEd, the Torchlight editor. Through cosmetic, class, and gender choices, skill path decisions, and the treasures they acquire, each character can be custom-tailored to each player’s needs. Customizable Characters – Players create and customize a character from one of four classes available and choose an animal companion. A free matchmaking peer-to-peer service lets you make new friends for exciting co-op play. Multiplayer – Play with your friends over a local area network, or over the Internet. Players journey through the perilous Overworld, enjoying all new weather features, time of day events, and a rich and cunning story to drive gameplay. Together players will discover expansive randomized outdoor areas and deep ominous caverns random instanced and persistent dungeons, a huge variety of all new monsters and villains, endless variations of loot to find, and quests to complete. Play with your friends, and use the free peer-to-peer matchmaking service to meet new players of a similar level and interest. The most exciting new feature of Torchlight II is the multiplayer element.
Initially slated for digital release in spring 2011, the game adds online co-op, an improved user interface, and fully customizable characters. Runic Games has announced Torchlight II through an official website for the game.