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Torment: Tides of Numenera - Previews

by Hiddenx, 2017-01-23 20:08:47

Farflame spotted two previews for Torment: Tides of Numenera:

GameWatcher:

What does one life matter?

Set in Monte Cook’s tabletop role-playing world, Numenera, Torment: Tides of Numenera is the long-awaited spiritual and thematic successor to Planescape: Torment. Adopting an attractive isometric perspective, Torment is a single player story-driven role-playing game with philosophical foundations. inXile Entertainment have approached an incredibly successful Kickstarter project with the intention of creating a rich, personal narrative and from I have seen so far, fans are in for a treat.

For those that are unfamiliar with Planescape: Torment, don’t panic! Stepping into any game with a story this deep and established is bound to feel ten times more confusing than a muggle stumbling into the wizarding world, but please, stay with me because it actually looks really interesting.

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PCGamesN:

Torment: Tides of Numenera feels just like its 1999 ancestor - totally different

“We've seen a lot of people who have said, ‘This is exactly what I was looking for. This feels just like Planescape: Torment’” says Colin McComb, creative lead on Torment: Tides of Numenera. Let’s not dance around the topic, then: it does feel like Planescape: Torment.

Planescape: Torment is among the best old PC games that are still worth playing.

Except, that’s a knotty statement. What did that famously revered RPG actually feel like in the first place? One of its most commonly cited qualities is that it feels so different. In contrast to its contemporaries past and present. You’re not on a quest to save the world in Planescape: Torment. Nor do you visit any cosy taverns in woodland villages, slay any dragons, or  romance your Elfin companions. The one bar in the game is called The Smouldering Corpse, and it’s more than just a foreboding name for its own sake. It felt strange and singular when Black Isle released it in 1999, and that hadn’t changed when I went back to replay it in 2014, just before the isometric RPG renaissance we’re enjoying just now.

So yes, Torment: Tides of Numenera feels just like its precursor: completely different.

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Information about

Torment:ToN

SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Technofantasy
Genre: RPG
Platform: PC
Release: Released


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