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There are a lot of Diablo alternatives that not only scratch that Diablo itch, but may make it tricky for the de facto king of the genre to rule again. Here are ten of them. Path of Exile is slower and more complex than Diablo 3, focusing instead on a seemingly infinite pool of character customisation and glorious endgame that can keep its hooks in you for years. Path of Exile takes full advantage of being an online-only game thanks to a great player economy where any rare item you pick up may be of great value to another player.

The community is huge, and you can have some great fun joining some random players for some questing. If you prefer steampunk over high fantasy, and believe a blunderbuss would make a fine off-hand accompaniment to a sword, then take a gander at Grim Dawn. The gothic Victorian theming gives it a flavour quite unlike anything else on this list, while retaining that moreish hack-and-slash-and-loot gameplay loop. The class system is interesting too - Inquisitors?

It seems entirely unique and a big selling point on Torchlight Frontiers. The game is currently in closed alpha, and although content updates are proceeding apace, there is still no confirmed release date as of the time of this writing. Previous Torchlight games were cheap, single-payment items that gave you a wholly contained experience with the occasional patch and feature update.

But we can likely assume that Torchlight Frontiers will follow the same pattern as previous games and price itself to undercut the competition. Torchlight has been--and should always be--a great game at a great price.

Source: Echtra Games. Security Breach pushes the series in a new direction, but it's repeating the same old jokes. I'm also going to see how many hours I can stay up and play! I'll be on at midnight for sure! Zombies, rainbows. Because monks are the most fun in any RPG. But, like John, I too like hitting things, and the Barbarian in Diablo 3 has a satisfying bone-crunching fury to him. Honestly, though, I'll play the game all the way through with every class, because I'm just that sad.

So I'll probably go for the Monk—I play rogues in WoW, so this matches well with my preference for fast, devastating melee attacks. And who knows, maybe I'll finally learn how to heal. Playing Monk is the closest you can get to experiencing the soul glow power of Bruce Leroy.

Critical Reactions "Runic Games delivers pure, perfectly paced loot-driven euphoria. Character Classes With four classes to choose from, you'll have a variety of playstyles at your fingertips.

Classes Berserker Embermage Engineer Outlander. Enough talk! Gold and glory await! Ember is dangerous to the untrained hand—and deadly in mine. If a problem is too big to fix The Empire would like to pretend people like me don't exist—and yet, here I am. Multiplayer Play co-op with other adventurers via LAN or over the internet up to 4 players on console, and up to 6 on PC. The World. Overview Years ago, the Heroes of Torchlight saved the world from the ancient evil, Ordrak.

After the Zeraphi ended their conflict against the Estherians, a still war-hungry faction split off and pursued the retreating Estherians, seizing their Ember mines and harnessing its power to encase their souls in armor.

But Ember always has a price, these Ezohir became reliant upon their depleting supply and went to war with their once brethren, the Zeraphi. Disaster ensued and the Ezohir were driven back to the Mana Wastes, where they wait and plot their vengeance. Many ages ago, an ancient race of Dwarves ruled all of Vilderan with an Ember fist.

But, the secret to their ascension was the source of their downfall. Rebellion ensued and their glorious cities crumbled. The Dwarven empire is long dead. All that remain are the husks of a once powerful race, clinging steadfast to their last remaining Ember mines and ruined cities, ready to defend them to death. The Beornen, a race of bear-men, dwell in the northern reaches of Vilderan. Their Sturmbeornen raiders have been known to pillage the Northern settlements for years. Recently, they have grown more aggressive and raided further south.