Posted on: October 8, 2018

Det_Bullock

Gry: 547 Opinie: 15

Non-stabby roleplay at last!

Combat in a RPG is a double-edged sword: on one side it's exciting and challenging on the other it can get a bit ridiculous how you can't basically draw a step without having to stab or blast your way through a trash mob. A RPG is a way to tell a story, only it's often a story that could be some blockbuster action movie given the amount of combat there's in it. "Planescape: Torment" tried to be an exception by putting more enphasis on dialogues and statchecks rather than combat but there were indeed still quite e number of trash mobs and compulsory fights, especially in the far less polished latter half of the game. While the main story of Numenera isn't as strong as the one in the original that statement in RPG gameplay has been brought further along. There are no trash mobs, most of the "crises" can be avoided and the ones that can't rarely can only be solved by fighting and some don't involve combat at all (one is literally a "diplomatic crisis" for example). The only trouble is that the movement interface during crises is not good, it would have benefited from a grid system for greater clarity in my opinion. The stat pool system can be a bit irritating at first when the stat pools are limited and the money to find a place to sleep and replenish them is scarce but after the first level-ups doing sidequests (which are nice little microstories that sometimes tie in the main quest or in the final destiny of your companions) it becomes more sustainable and basically a non-issue in the late game. Of course there are still plenty of options for combat but I don't think that challenge is the main point of a game like this but to immerse yourself in a weird story in a weird fantasy world filled with evocative purple prose and dialogues that convey high concepts and some drama and this game delivers in that sense.

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Posted on: February 3, 2022

Ariod

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Gry: 345 Opinie: 4

Did they play the same PS:T I did?

As a "successor", he dev's clearly stated goal was to bring the best elements of Planescape:Torment into this game. Hmm.. they must have somehow played a different version of PS:T than I did. Because what I remember from PS:T was an adventure in a half-mad city where you never knew what was coming next. Vicious, desperate gangs stalked you in the streets, madmen raved on the corners and in the taverns, charlatans lured you with grand promises, women dazzled you with their sexuality, while there was a knife behind every smile and a fight behind every corner. It was a satisfying yet unsettling feast of madness, in CRPG terms. The world of T:TON? Well... it doesn't really have any of that stuff. I guess none of those things were the "good parts of PS:T". Indeed. if PS:T was the gaming equivalent to a wild night out in the big city nightlife, T:TON is like a quiet night sipping tea with your mild-mannered suburban neighbors. I'm not sure I could come up with a better analogy to sum it up than that. Aside from not meeting its own stated goals re: PS:T, the game doesn't stand on its own either. NPC conversations seem to be one of the main game activities, but are totally unsatisfying. You have really no visual clues whatsoever about the people you're talking to, as the character models, though detailed, are all very generic and similar (its even hard to tell male/female apart often), really only differentiated by the color scheme of their flowing robes or baggy pantaloons. And unlike any other conversation-heavy RPG from the last 30 years, there is no "close up portrait" of the NPCs that comes up along with the conversation window, unless its one of your party members. That makes the conversations feel like some horrible, detached "chat room" type thing with an invisible person on the other end. Yikes. I'm not sure what anyone would get out of playing this, but one thing I know they won't get is anything that feels even the slightest bit like PS:T.

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Posted on: November 1, 2023

karakatnica

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Gry: 36 Opinie: 1

Quite a surprise!

As a devoted Planescape:Torment fan, I awaited for this game with longing. But when it came out, I watched some reviews and gameplays, and decided it was not worth it and not worthy of the legacy. After YEARS, I decided to give it a go, and absolutely loved it! It is so unique in it's options and ability to go through the game almost without fights. No match, really. It has so much potential to be even better, I can see the places where developers intended to expand it, but it seems they will not. The only flaw of this game is that it is too short. But I still love it. Nothing less than the original Planescape: Torment. Yes, it is not easy to live up to it, but this game could have been even better than it, if it was actually finished as intended (that is my feeling at least). Too bad it wasn't. But still, I love it.

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Posted on: July 27, 2018

joet88

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Gry: 345 Opinie: 7

Y'all are nuts

I'm going to throw in my opinion b/c dear lord that's a lot of bad reviews. When gamers get it in their heads that something absolutely must be a certain way, god help anyone who dares to try something new. I'm not sure what got everyone's proverbial panties in a bunch, but I really enjoyed the game. It has plenty of flaws... but so did Planescape. There is no such thing as the perfect game if you look close enough, and for something that was made by a small indie studio, Tides plays very smoothly. This is not a tactical combat game. This is barely an RPG. It's a game where you run around talking to people and learning about them, solving puzzles, making choices about what you feel is right and wrong, occasionally getting into fights over those choices. If that's not your idea of fun gameplay, then no you won't like it (why would you be surprised.) If that is what you want, then why are you crying about the combat? I guarantee that half of the people who gave this one star are the same people calling the ambitious but broken Arcanum a masterpiece, which failed in as many ways as Tides succeeded. And the combat is fine, it serves its purpose and there are some good moments with it that serve the story. Which is what it's all about, the story, the world, the characters. The writing can be occasionally pretentious but for the most part I was engaged and had a lot of fun. Don't listen to the haters, go with the flow of what the game is trying to do instead of bringing your own expectations of what it's supposed to be, and don't bring expectations for a AAA title to a game made by an indie studio. If you're a blue tide dominant person you'll enjoy the game.

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Posted on: August 11, 2019

imanenic

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Gry: 44 Opinie: 4

Disappointing

They sure hyped the game during kickstarter. Rothfuss, Chris Avellone, etc. What game out was..bland. You feel like reading an endless .txt file that's not really cohesive. There are some great ideas along the way, Numenera is a great tabletop rpg setting, but the game falls so short, especially when you consider they used the Torment tag. I'd only recommend this game to game masters who wish to get visual insight into the 9th world. For that, it's pretty cool actually.

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