vote for this stretch goal https://torment.uservoice.com/forums/192236-torment-kickstarter/suggestions/3685982-stretch-goals- :)
New Torment RPG revealed
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Isometric single-player role-playing game Tides of Numenera from inXile coming to PC and Mac; Kickstarter going live Wednesday.
inXile Entertainment today announced Torment: Tides of Numenera, a DRM-free single-player role-playing game for PC, Mac, and potentially other platforms. A Kickstarter campaign for the project will begin Wednesday, though the company did not divulge a funding target.
Torment: Tides of Numenera--due out December 2014--is set in Monte Cook's tabletop role-playing world of Numenera, which itself was successfully funded through Kickstarter. It will have an isometric perspective and runs on the Unity game engine.
inXile was clear that Tides of Numenera is not a sequel to Planescape: Torment, but rather a "completely new game" that has been designed to provide the same experience and feeling as the original. The game asks players: What does one life matter?
InXile says choices will matter in Torment: Tides of Numenera. "Torment is a game of complex and nuanced morality, deep and reactive choice and consequence, and immersion into a new and strange vision," the company said.
The development team behind Torment: Tides of Numenera is made up of veterans, including Brian Fargo (inXile founder), Kevin Saunders (Neverwinter Nights II: Mask of the Betrayer), and original Planescape: Torment developers Colin McComb and Adam Heine, as well as the aforesaid Monte Cook.
inXile is also working on Wasteland 2, which it successfully crowd-funded last year. That game is due out during October 2013.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
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The Kickstarter campaign for Torment - Tides of Numenéra has... err... kicked off...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera
Looking forward to see this game. I simply cannot wait to see how this one will go. We already have Wasteland 2 and Project Destiny on the way, won't say no to a new Torment game either.
Does anyone else find it strange to call this a 'Torment' game, when Torment was the subtitle? Wouldn't the original technically be called a 'Planescape' game? It just looks a little odd to then add a subtitle to the original subtitle, but then again they do say this is a new game.
The name "Planescape" is still under license to Wizards of the Coast, and therefore use of it would infringe copyright.
As for the use of of the name "Torment" - the rights to which expired and were picked up by Brian Fargo - in his words...
"... we?re envisioning Torment as a thematic franchise with certain themes that can expand over different settings and stories"
@andrei_r Could not be a Planescape game because it's set in Numenera... and they had to relate it to PS: Torment to raise awareness.
Is it wrong for me to be extremely cautious, thinking that there's no way they're going to even come close to matching the greatness that was Planescape:Torment? I see potential for so much disappointment here.
@jakerscythe I think it will be awesome for younger players, older players tend to have a hard time letting go with the initial feel they had when playing the original. Nostalgia is a double-edged sword.
@jakerscythe I agree. With so few of the original dev team you cant be sure they'll be doing anything other than trying to be like Planescape and trying is never the same as being. Too many kickstarters seem to be trying to catch the glory of an old game instead of looking to make something new and unique. I wish the dev team the best but just saying lets make the next planscape: torment doesn't really mean anything.
3 Like Planescape : Torment = The best single player game I've ever played. Want so badlyyyyyyyyyyyyy
2 Like @2bitSmOkEy I personally prefered the Baldur's Gate series. Although the story was amazing, Planescape Torment had one major flaw. You had to build your character as the designers intended, by investing ALOT in wisdom or you would miss a huge chunk of the game. Not only does this goes against what an RPG is supposed to be, but the game didn't give any clue about this to the player, so unless you played something that has high wisdom like a Cleric, you were screwed in your first playthrough.
Yes, I preferred the Baldur's Gate games as well. Planescape had a good premise and I liked the writing, but you were greatly constrained regarding how you played the game. Some decisions could easily get you stuck, which is not good in a roleplaying game.
1 Like They should rerelease Planescape Torment with support for current OS and upgraded resolution. I want to play it so bad but GOG.com doesn't support it for Windows 7 64 bit.
@williebazerka @Meta-Gnostic I'll go by the GOG.Com forums from ALL the buyers, rather than a small handful from here.
@Meta-Gnostic @williebazerka - I must be lying about the game working.And everyone else in the thread telling you the same thing must be lying.
I have mine from GOG, working perfectly on Win7 64 bit, there is a mod thread on GOG that allows Torment to run perfectly and with all bug fixes.
@MAD_AI @Meta-Gnostic Ya but who knows where those mods came from and if they're safe for your computer or open you up to virus, malware, mess up other stuff on your PC.
And even with those mods some people are still having trouble. Some still have their computer crash. Why put your PC at risk of being destroyed?
Pretty shitty when GOG.com claims their games will run on new OS when they don't without 3rd party mods.
@SythisTaru @Meta-Gnostic @MAD_AI Okay I will buy it to prove you wrong. Why the hell would I use 3rd party mods that I have no idea what is contained within them. They could be filled with malware or virus.
@Meta-Gnostic @MAD_AI It runs perfectly on Windows 7 64bit. No mods needed. (But why someone wouldn't use the mods is a mystery to me. )
1 Like @Meta-Gnostic I think you might be mistaken, I have Windows 7 64 bit and I got Planescape: Torment from GOG.com and just happened to install it on Saturday cos I had heard so much about it but never got a chance to play. Works perfectly.
@Meta-Gnostic Are you sure about that? Is there a forum thread or something discussing this? I was thinking about getting it digitally but I'm in the same boat running Win 7 64 bit.
2 Like Interesting. Planescape had one of the best stories for a rpg. Dont know if they will be able to recreate that experience, but it should be fun to see.
3 Like We're going to have a LOT of isometric RPGs showing up! The ported RPGs from the new XBox and Playstation should start showing up next year, too. Grab a hand full of plot, then grab a hand full of eye candy, then another hand full of plot, then... 2014 is going to be an awesome year!
6 Like I just think its sad kickstarter is the only way we can get good long original games like this anymore.
3 Like @abcdefgabcdefgz just be glad devs have found a way to fund these projects, and if these games start being successful again maybe then publishers won't be paranoid about funding them anymore.
@Daian Yeah then the big publishers won't be afraid to dumb them down for the CoD crowd..
1 Like Excellent news! There seems to be a cRPG resurgeance lately and thank **** for that! It's been a while since I've played a well-written, time-sinking, tactically deep game from the genre.
Already well aware of this one, but it is good that Gamespot is covering it now so close to the start of the KS campaign. It is good to see some of the substance coming back into games and it is good to see the gaming media supporting it.
6 Like "DRM-free single-player role-playing game...." My brain just created a trigger reflex to click on any link with the title of this game in it.
5 Like Was happy to support the Numenera and Wasteland 2 Kickstarters and will be happy to support this one when it launches.
"inXile Entertainment today announced Torment: Tides of Numenera"
If you want to report month in a half old news that's fine but don't act like it's new
@Ladiesman17 I thought they had posted something about it, I might be thinking of articles I saw on BlisteredThumbs though. I know Kevin is backing Dreamfall so I would be surprised if they hadn't mentioned it here.
There's no single news related to Dreamfall announcement,
but there's an article written by Kevin V.
nope, not even once.
Dreamfall Chapter Kickstarter announcement was at the same time with Bungie's Destiny and PS4 announcement.
maybe GS think it's not worth as a piece of news. =3
6 Like For those who would rather refer to direct sources (in contrast to the months old reportage that trickles though this site), here is the Numenera site:
http://www.numenera.com/torment-tides-of-numenera/
and here is the Torment: Tides of Numenera Facebook page:
@s_h_a_d_o Links!!! *pulls hair* Baha-hahaha! aaaahahahahahaha!! LINKS!!!! This is....incredible! youre like some kind of....magical online reporter! Where did you come from oh mysterious online journalistic space creature?? You have made the impossible possible!!
When someone does your job better than you for free (EDDDIE!)......S.M.H.
@s_h_a_d_o Yeah, I don't know why they are reporting this like it is new other sites did weeks ago, Monte has been saying how happy he is about this on his Facebook for about a month, people are signed up to be notified when the Kickstarter starts.
ok your case is fair, so it would be best if this news bit was never posted to avoid justly criticism? the question is rhetorical.
1 Like @Mega_Loser @Legolas_Katarn @s_h_a_d_o Because the internet makes it very easy to find information. If Gamespot editors never heard of the game and post a story for it that is fine, but all it would have taken to find that this news is a month old would be a quick google search of the name to see a website for it, Monte talk about it, articles on Blistered Thumbs/Destructoid/etc. When I make posts on forums I usually take a few seconds to double check facts/to see if I had the correct spelling/to see if my links work, I expect someone whos job it is to take that same five seconds that I would do for random forum posts.
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