Torchlight II

I stand by my assertion that Torchlight is basically pointless, with more polish but less function than its Blizzard forebear. And that's why I had always figured, if Torchlight II wasn't going to come out before Diablo III, it would be pointless as well. But now that I've been somewhat underwhelmed by Blizzard's follow-up, I've become genuinely interested in Torchlight II.

Actually, when I saw that a four-pack of Torchlight II is the same price as one copy of Diablo III, I went ahead and pre-ordered it.

Obviously I'm interested in the offline and LAN play, if for no other reason than to not feel tethered to Battle.net. I did verify that TL2 has unique drops for each player, easily the most important mechanical innovation from Diablo III. And while I don't know if I should expect creative and original content, I know that it can't possibly be less original than D3.

Anyway, at these prices, the discussion is moot -- whenever Torchlight II ends up coming out, we'll find out how good it really is.