I just want to say that, why not give this game a chance if you at least like reading or exploring a fantasy setting with RPG elements to make choices, etc.? It seems like if you're into that, this game would be Godlike.
I recently played Planescape: Torment for the first time ever, the recent Enhanced Edition, completed it and did think it was a masterpiece. I mean, shoot. It was great. I pretty much loved everything about it, BUT I would have liked to have seen more open exploration. And more portals in the City of Doors, really, maybe secret portals that weren't necessary to progress the story but led you to some interesting areas. I would have liked to have explored other Planes, too, and in general just have a larger area to really explore. Kinda felt cramped a bit in The Hive.
But for me, I loved the combat too. I actually thought combat had a lot of potential to be great. I liked the RTWP system they used which was actually almost a bit closer to the Konung series in execution than Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale. I just wish there were more hardcore options or higher difficulty levels, and less items overall. I had so many buff items, etc., that weren't really balanced to be necessary. I would have liked to just have seen a stricter and more meaningful/impacting amount of items. They can keep the RTWP fine as-is, just make it tougher.
Otherwise, it's a masterpiece. It's a very rare RPG for me in that, after 90 hours and beating it, I damn near immediately restarted and ran through it again! And after playing a few hours on the tablet version (which is pretty nice btw), I was already seeing several things that I didn't see in the first game, just in the first hour! So many choices to make in that game, different ways to handle things and little details to see. It's remarkable.
Numenera seems like it does some of that but even has less combat, which I admit I'm not big on (I like combat and using my character that I developed for combat, complete with my magic spells, weapons, armor, buff items, etc. etc.), but in terms of just a straight storybook RPG with a bunch of choices and interesting setting to explore, it seems like a winner. IF you're into that sort of thing. And I don't think it could personally top PS:T for me simply from the lack of combat it has, but it should still be worth a play for me.
Sorry for wall-o-text. I have to pick this game up, just been procrastinating on that. Peace!