Torchlight 2 opening cinematic released

Brian Ambrozy 20 Apr, 2012 at 3:13pm ET Article published in Gaming

Today Perfect World and Runic Games released the opening cinematic for Torchlight 2, which bridges the story gap between the end of Torchlight and the new game:

The distinctive art style is courtesy of art director Jason Beck, who created the storyboards, and Klei Entertainment, who has done art for many games such as Shank 2, Eets, and Mark of the Ninja.

Torchlight 2 cinematic storyboard

A brief interview with some questions about the art style and design decisions can be found at the official Torchlight 2 blog.

Comments

20 Apr 2012 ~ 3:14pm Thrax I absolutely cannot wait for this game. hnnnghh
20 Apr 2012 ~ 3:37pm Chooch Need this game now!!
22 Apr 2012 ~ 12:35pm d3k0y I think I am looking forward to this game more than Diablo 3, I love games that support mods.
22 Apr 2012 ~ 2:37pm Canti Torchlight had a story? I only remember endless super addictive grindy grinding.
22 Apr 2012 ~ 11:59pm Ilriyas At first when I was watching this I remember telling myself 'Wow this has a sick soundtrack playing' then I realized that I was simply blaring Rush in the background.

Awesome cinematic nonetheless really looking forward to this game.
23 Apr 2012 ~ 1:06pm trooster89 Can't say that I really like the art style in this cinematic, although I'm definitely excited for the game.