am 76 years old and have not played an adventure type game since Atari some 30 or 35 years ago. Now that I am retired I wanted to see if I could take on a more current adventure game. I had heard about Torment and so tried to see if I could handle it. At first I was skeptical and afraid I couldn't play a game of this nature. Not having read on anything describing the "how-to" it was an interesting challenge upon entering the Ninth World. However, as the game progressed, I was able to not only learn how to tackle Torment but adventure games of this nature in general - for example, click on everything and everyone in an area to get as much information as possible. Torment, although complex, is reasonably straightforward, even for an old wannabe gamer who wanted to see if he still had it in him. Once I got deeper into Torment I was hooked and spent many hours enjoying the various aspects of it and learning more. So this is the perspective of a non-gamer and not a pro-gamer. Torment is reasonably straightforward but is sufficiently seducing to make you want to play more. The only caution is that the game is addicting and soon many hours will pass by as the Torment:Tides of Numenera unfold.
I am 76 years old and have not played an adventure type game since Atari some 30 or 35 years ago. Now that I am retired I wanted to see if I could take on a more current adventure game. I had heard about Torment and so tried to see if I could handle it. At first I was skeptical and afraid I couldn't play a game of this nature. Not having read on anything describing the "how-to" it was an interesting challenge upon entering the Ninth World. However, as the game progressed, I was able to not only learn how to tackle Torment but adventure games of this nature in general - for example, click on everything and everyone in an area to get as much information as possible. Torment, although complex, is reasonably straightforward, even for an old wannabe gamer who wanted to see if he still had it in him. Once I got deeper into Torment I was hooked and spent many hours enjoying the various aspects of it and learning more. So this is the perspective of a non-gamer and not a pro-gamer. Torment is reasonably straightforward but is sufficiently seducing to make you want to play more. The only caution is that the game is addicting and soon many hours will pass by as the Torment:Tides of Numenera unfold.
