Planescape: Torment
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Pros
- Katana ZERO, Carrion, Blasphemous, Dead Cells, Machinarium, Thimbleweed Park, Cube Escape, This is the Police, Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale
- Planescape Torment. The cast, the localities, their stories.
- I’ve finally started **Planescape: Torment.** ... I’m quite liking it, the mystery of the story is interesting.
- Pillars of Eternity 1+2 / Tyranny / Planescape Torment / icewind dale / Arcanum / Baldurs Gate 1+2 / Mass Effect series
- Planescape Torment: I have started this game three times, and put it down 3 times. I do want to try it again. ... I did enjoy what I had discovered. And Mort is a dear.
Cons
- Between Crusader Kings 2, Dwarf Fortress, Team Fortress 2, Liberal Crime Squad, Covert Action, Mount & Blade, Planescape: Torment, and surely more, there is too much prior art to enforce the Nemesis System patents
- combat is by far the worst aspect of PS:T.
- man, I just can't with Planescape. I'm sorry, but this type of game has benefited tremendously from quality of life improvements over the years and I just can't find it in myself to look past that enough.
- Sometimes the progression could be obtuse. Several times I was at a loss for what to do or where to go, looked it up, and found out I needed to talk to a very easily missable NPC or find a specific item in a specific location. There’s al...
- PST is Avellone at his best, his "amnesiac-remembers-his-past-actions-through-the-game" trope was still fresh, his overly raunchy design decisions were kept at a minimum and his writing is excellent, reaching an unheard of narrative dept...
Sentiment
10 positive (56%) · 5 mixed (28%) · 3 negative (17%)
Trust + time weighted score: +39% · raw score 39%
What redditors said (10 of 18)
Katana ZERO, Carrion, Blasphemous, Dead Cells, Machinarium, Thimbleweed Park, Cube Escape, This is the Police, Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale
Planescape Torment. The cast, the localities, their stories.
Between Crusader Kings 2, Dwarf Fortress, Team Fortress 2, Liberal Crime Squad, Covert Action, Mount & Blade, Planescape: Torment, and surely more, there is too much prior art to enforce the Nemesis System patents
I’ve finally started **Planescape: Torment.** ... I’m quite liking it, the mystery of the story is interesting.
Pillars of Eternity 1+2 / Tyranny / Planescape Torment / icewind dale / Arcanum / Baldurs Gate 1+2 / Mass Effect series
Planescape Torment: I have started this game three times, and put it down 3 times. I do want to try it again. ... I did enjoy what I had discovered. And Mort is a dear.
combat is by far the worst aspect of PS:T.
man, I just can't with Planescape. I'm sorry, but this type of game has benefited tremendously from quality of life improvements over the years and I just can't find it in myself to look past that enough.
Playing Torment I feel I what I'm doing is shaping the Nameless one fate, opposite ti DE, where you just feel a mere spectator most of the time.
Agreed with how incredible the game is.
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