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This particular cinematic opens the game, filling in the story between the end of Torchlightand the beginning of your hero's quest in Torchlight II. Art Director Jason Beck created all the storyboards, and Klei Entertainment animated the scenes with sound effects. Here's Jason Beck with some insight into the process.
What led to the decision to include cinematics in Torchlight II?
One, we simply had the time and budget for it this time around... things that were in short supply for the first game. We're still not making a "story game", but I think we do a much greater job for providing context and motivation with Torchlight II.
Some of the inspirations included the opening 2D sequence in Kung-Fu Panda, the cinematics from Heavenly Sword, the flashback God of War 3 cinematics, and Samurai Jack. Honestly? Why present a bit more story if you're just gonna spoil it ahead of time?
We tried to focus on the opening and closing cinematics and treat the two cinematics in the middle more as transitions. You could consider the cinematics in Torchlight II as having two majors and two minors.Also, Vader is Luke's father, Snape kills Dumbledore, and Bruce Willis was dead the whole time.
There's still no specific release date, but Torchlight 2 has just gone up for preorder on Steam for $20 -- 1/3rd Diablo 3's asking price, for those keeping track -- and it includes a giftable copy of the original Torchlight (which is currently $15 on Steam).
Runic has today announced that the upcoming hack-and-slash sequel Torchlight 2 is now available for pre-order on Steam.
Torchlight II is now available to pre-purchase on Steam!
Runic is offering any Steam pre-orders a free copy of the original Torchlight, which will hopefully keep you entertained until the release.
Torchlight 2 is set to release this Summer, and is now available for pre-order on Steam. It’s a great hack and slash adventure, which features plenty of loot to find and weapons and armor to upgrade. If you haven’t played the orignal Torchlight yet, click here to pre-order Torchlight 2 and see what you’ve been missing by getting the orignal for free.
