Plenty of RPGs profess to let you play your way, only to occasionally punish you by placing your weak but charismatic character in unavoidable battles. (I'm looking at you, KOTOR I and II. ) Now comes news that Torment: Tides of Numenera will allow you to complete the game without fighting at all:
Here's the first screenshot for Torment: Tides of Numenera, the spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment that briefly held the record for "first Kickstarter to $1 million" before it was smashed by Veronica Mars last month.
Mark Morgan's soundtrack was among the more distinctive aspects of the classic PC role-playing game Planescape: Torment. An odd, dirge-like collection of tones that was as much about atmosphere as it was about melody, it captured the game's dark vibe perfectly.
Inxile's Kickstarter for their spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment is live now and already rolling in the dough.
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Perhaps you remember Planescape: Torment, a wonderful role-playing game that set a new bar for video game narrative when it was released back in the late 90s. Even today, very few games weave stories as intricate and fascinating as Black Isle's masterpiece.
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Like its nameless protagonist, Planescape: Torment might come back from the dead.
