UPDATE: Designer, Travis Baldree told
Joystiq, that they are working hard to try to get it out by this summer. "
The end of summer is September 25th or something like that, right? We're still trying to get it done for summer. It's a big game and we've still got some polish to go." he said. This does not mean it will definetely be out this summer... it's done when it's done they say and there is no definite release date yet. He clarified that they have not reached a point in development where they can announce a release date yet. I really hope this makes it this summer. Longing for a good action RPG.
In a post in the
Runic Games forums, Travis Baldree explained why they still haven't set a definite date for the release of
Torchlight II. Based on feedback and input they got from the beta, it seems Runic are hard at work balancing the game and we are probably not going to get Torchlight II very soon(still at least in my opinion, this year). The biggest balances changes will be on the skill system which is not your usual skill tree but one where you can select any skill except some skills are level restricted. They want to make all the skills cool and worth the extra investment and move passive skill to its own screen. The full breakdown of improvements to be done is on the very lengthy post by Travis on the Runic Games forums
here. I've pre-ordered Torchlight II and seeing their commitment to making an awesome game, I don't regret it one bit. You can read my impressions of the Torchlight II beta
here.
Source:
Runic Games Forums
