Torment: Tides of Numenera

It would be on gog, with purist and nostalgia, that this recieves the worst reviews. I will start, then, that I am a fan of Planescape: Torment, and I love this game. Tides of Numenara. Torment: Tides of Numenara (ToN) is touted as the successor to Planescape. It is. Spiritually. It's a different game set in a different world, but it's the only thing like Planescape (and Planescape is the only thing like Tides). And that makes sense. Interactive fiction made in this style is a monstrously difficult to produce. Planescape was known for having over 5000 pages of dialogue written for the game. Tides of Numenara easily matches it. It's made of stories, and that is the greatest likeness between the two. Despite the narrative similarities. It is the method of narration that truly makes these games special. I have spent hours talking to shop keeps, or logically analysing a lost object that contained a treasure. I have run into characters that I am convinced must be part of MY story, only to find out that they simply exist, and are equally (if not more) interesting than I am. And, if that does not sound like fun to you, please feel free to walk away now. This is my cloud nine. This is what would happen if you could interact with a book. It is intelligent and crude and morbid and gory and gritty and beautiful all at once. Whether you are talking to a pretencious member of the Order of Truth, or a street thug trying to woo a scientist, it is alive with rich storytelling. It is play time for ideas. It is wonderful. I suppose that's another thing both it and Planescape: Torment share. They are both wonderful. I recommend it.

This was announced as a spiritual sequel to Planescape: Torment, one of the best RPGs of all time. To make a sequel, even spiritual, and relate it to that game, you really have to know what you're doing. Even though there were people involved who worked on PS: T, this game went off somewhere. The story was good, but the gameplay, design, and pretty much everything else were off at least for me. I finished it just to see the story, but I wouldn't recommend it, especially to those who loved PS: T.

As a veteran of classic cRPGs, I have enjoyed my time with this game a lot. I'm rating it a 4/5 because the combat is somewhat simplistic, which can be annoying when combat is forced. That being said, the game is not primarily about fighting in my opinion. The writing is very good, the setting is just as interesting as Planescape: Torment was and the story keeps you pushing forwards. On launch I have noticed a few bugs, but nothing that completely destroys the game. If you like reading more than combat in a cRPG, this game is for you.

I enjoyed this game very much. Most of the game is written dialogues where the player explores both the Ninth World and their character's inner world and past. I'd say it's more "interactive choose-your-own-adventure book" than what you'd usually expect of a computer game. While there is combat, it's slow and tedious. I do wish there were more battles, but for that to be fun they'd also need to improve the combat system a LOT. I found it annoying that I couldn't save during combat or dialogue. And they MUST do away with the repetitive background noise because it'll drive you nuts. But despite those drawbacks, I had a lot of fun playing this game. If you like exiting stories about mysterious worlds I'd recommend you try Torment.

Damn good game. i dont care the problems of the "broken promises" or the other FUD the most haters wrote. This is a nice game with a fantastic story and so manys unique storys, that i played the 20+ hours in a few days and was stunned at the end of the game. positive stunned