Rich Build Possibilities in Torchlight Infinite

Hey Everyone,  Kuan here from XD Inc., and I am beyond excited to share a first look into our upcoming Hack & Slash ARPG, Torchlight: Infinite.  Everyone on the game’s development team, including myself, are all passionate fans of ARPGs and we indulged in games like Diablo, Torchlight II, and Path of Exile. While I loved freely exploring vast dungeons, engaging in action-packed combat, and collecting exciting new loot; what drew me to ARPGs the most was the deep strategic gameplay as well as the immersive character progression. 

Early on in the development stages of Torchlight: Infinite, one question that we wanted to answer was, “how do we improve upon the Hack and Slash ARPG formula.” Previous games of the genre utilize a class system - you assume a nameless character playing a fixed class such as a warrior, mage, or archer, with fixed skills related to their archetype. From both a game design perspective as well as a storytelling perspective, we found that we had an exciting opportunity to enrich the player experience by building the game around unique heroes, each with their own legend in the world of Torchlight.