Diablo III vs Torchlight

I have to admit, I have not played Diablo III 1.04  It just hasn't interested me since realizing there are some fundamental breaches of verisimilitude.  Torchlight 2 is available for pre-order on Steam and to my surprise it came with a free copy of Torchlight.  Oh, good!  I had lost my copy a while ago, and needed to buy it again.

Verisimilitude in Diablo III

Last night The New England Institute of Art held it's SIGGRAPH event.  After the event the presenters visitors and students (of age) went for a beer nearby.  While there we talked about Diablo III as quite a few people around the table are playing (when not designing their own games).  The topic of Verisimilitude in Diablo 3's Auction house came up, and in retrospect I think the problems with D3 can really be summed up nicely as 'violations of verisimilitude'.  Let me explain why...