Brother None
Member
I'm looking to pitch Torment: Bunnies & Burrows to Brian at some point.
It's just a natural synthesis of greatness.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter by InXile [Complete; $4.3 million funded]
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I'm looking to pitch Torment: Bunnies & Burrows to Brian at some point.
It's just a natural synthesis of greatness.
That might confuse people enough to where it would work wonderfully.
It could still use 1 more subtitle.
I'd totally shop The Nameless One's face on Jeanette if I had the skills.
I've always been curious about how rights like this work. Like, if you had a skull named Morte, both those things are fairly 'general terms' I would say, would that combination cause copywrite infringement?
Brother None
Member
It can be a little vague and in the end is up to courts to decide, but yeah, that specific combination is way too close to the original. You could get away with a floating skull for sure, you might get away with a character named Morte, but a combination of the two? No.
I don't think that's been finalized. We like offering options so my hope is we'll end up offering a choice of designs, or maybe multiple pieces on one poster if they fit together well. But yeah, this kind of stuff doesn't get finalized until down the line, so all I can say for sure is it'll have Torment art on it (that means concept art, yes)
Can't wait for Warhammer 40K: Torment, Paranoia: Torment and Rifts: Torment.
Huh? The core rulebooks describe elves as one thing. Does that mean Dark Sun can't change them into the marauding heartless killers that they are in Dark Sun? Setting overrides the rulebooks. Besides, no one is enforcing the rules in D&D besides the DM - So if he or she chooses to follow the rules as describes in a Placenscape setting, he can just do so and disregard other versions.
And I'll be holding out for Torment: Nobilis. Now that would be a feat! I dare you, InXile, do it.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
My third tide would be gold or red though, so common ground there
Ugh, the simplification of alignments was such a horrible move.
trab pu kcip
Member
My third tide would be gold or red though, so common ground there
hah. yeah because there's nothing left
red, blue and silver sounds prettyy renegade. prepare for red-glowing eyes and scars on your face
Make it a stretch goal for this game. At 3.5 million, it is included as a forced prologue for the game. At 3.7 million, it gets turned into an optional minigame after being replaced by a real prologue!
Lol.
Shin Megami Torment?
Actually, a game about self exploration for Star Wars WOULD be one of the most interesting things you could do for an RPG in that setting, I think KotOR2 sort of skirted that?
OMG, YES. I'm not even talking about the joke here, you have to make a Bunnies & Burrows isometric party-based RPG. The potential is endless.
Brother None
Member
Haha, as someone whose favorite book is Watership Down I'd love to some day do a Bunnies & Burrows RPG. It would certainly be something out of the ordinary! Maybe a bit too out of the ordinary, tho.
trab pu kcip
Member
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SquiddyCracker
Banned
Personally, I love it.
I say that Torment: Tides of Numenera focus more on the talking bit, as we have Project: Eternity to provide for a more combat-focused experience.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
I prefer balance too.
Planescape isn't about fighting though. I think that's sort of the point. Combat is not the focus of the game, and it is actively discouraged. It is only available as an alternative option if either you don't like any of the non-combat options presented in a situation, or if somehow you failed to talk your way out of a situation.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Pinko Marx
Banned
Add me to the camp that hopes there is some more combat to this game than PS:T. I hope, at the very least, that combat is more enjoyable than the original.
The shit combat?
I am quite sure they will work hard to ensure that combat is good.
But sure, the emphasis will be on the alternatives.
Having to fight in Planescape felt like a punishment. That and the general item/magic system can definitely be improved upon.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Sure, the combat should actually be good unlike in PS:T, but I would still like to see less combat than in the original game.
Heck, I'd welcome even less combat if it meant more dialogue options.
To go even further, I wouldn't at all mind it if they completely removed combat and just turned it into 100% dialogue options.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
While better gameplay would be great, I still think story and writing won't hold up to the magnificence of the first game.
I agree with your latter point though. The combat in Planescape really kinda sucked, which is extra incentive to avoid the fuck out of it. It was much more FUN to just play the dialogue trees even before taking into account rewards. If they improve the combat mechanics significantly here, then maybe we can start to discuss wanting more combat.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
PS:T doesnt have shit combat. Its not the greatest combat ever but its also not the focus of the game.
edit:
Talking always meant more to me not because of some reward but the intangible benefits. Getting memories, shifting alignments, opening up new quest options.. that sort of thing. i cant really recall much need for money or loot in the game. Its just not that important.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Combat should be as much of a choice and answer to situations as the dialogue choices.
witchedwiz
Member
any chance for this one to go on steam? :|
Introducing Muerte the skull.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Muerte, the mexican skull man bandido.
Fixed.
Not necessarily. Planescape was going to be brought back as its own setting in 4E at one point, but they ended up incorporating it into the core setting instead.
D&D Next is probably going to continue that.
trab pu kcip
Member
At that point you may as well go full VN.
I hope this isn't a complaint about beautiful, perfect GOG!
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Only if you remove the role-playing.
"The game will be distributed DRM-free. (Youll be able to get it from Steam, and other DRM-free download options will be made available.)"
Quote from the kickstarter.
With the amount of combat that is forced into almost all mainstream games these days, the lack of it in any game would be a welcome antidote for me.
Nevertheless, considering this is a game played by different people, the best possible scenario would be to accommodate many different playstyles/preferences, so;
Nevertheless, considering this is a game played by different people, the best possible scenario would be to accommodate many different playstyles/preferences, so;