After numerous tries I finally decided to give Torchlight another go, partly because it was one of the few games on my laptop and I only had it to accompany me on our mini vacation in the bushveld this week.
3rd time lucky I suppose, because once I got to level 5 of the dungeon I couldn't stop playing! It rekindled the joy I had in Diablo 2 all those years ago. I'll surely be playing this more in the coming weeks!