KraftyKrankins
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GOG should do a sale of PST sometimes soon. It's been a few years since I replayed it for the last time and my discs are gone.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera |OT| What Can Change The Nature of a Man?
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Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Full PST spoilers.
The Transcendent One is just (the concept of) your mortality separated from you, it has fed on your countless deaths over millennia, but at its core it's just a small part of you acting on basic instincts to continue its unnatural existence.
"[...]This entire Fortress has been constructed from belief. Belief damned a woman, whose heart clung to the hope that another loved her when he did not. Once, it made a man seek immortality and achieve it. And it has made a posturing spirit think it is something more than a part of me."
"[...]This entire Fortress has been constructed from belief. Belief damned a woman, whose heart clung to the hope that another loved her when he did not. Once, it made a man seek immortality and achieve it. And it has made a posturing spirit think it is something more than a part of me."
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
That's the way to do it! 
His Majesty
Banned
in terms of port & performance I doubt it given what I've heard so far
in terms of gameplay they are completely different games, difficult to compare really
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Well, Divinity OS had decent performance on the PS4 so don't know. Plus Divinity 2 is coming not too far in the future.
Herr Starr
Member
King of what? Torment and Divinity are extremely different types of RPGs, as impossible to compare as, say, Deus Ex Human Revolution and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Any comparisons based on the assumption that the games are similar would only end up being surface deep.
Freeman76
Member
Ah ok I thought this was a CRPG like Divinity, best polish up on my knowledge before buying
It is, just one with a different focus. Divinity excelled at having crazy intricate combat and game systems, whereas this is much more centered on conversations and story/character development.
Freeman76
Member
Ok thanks for clearing that up. Will wait for a sale by the looks of it so far. Performance issues ruin games.
#sorrynotsorry
Member
Nano seems awesome. I'll go with that. Thanks!
FYI you're playing the beta, I'd wait until the release tomorrow in case your saves break.
Herr Starr
Member
Saves shouldn't break unless you're pretty far into the game, but I'd wait anyway.
Moff
Member
oh I know, I will restart anyway, I just want to feel the world a bit
when I played the beta I wasn't very impressed but now I really like it, it often depends on my mood and I'm definitely in the mood for this kind of game now
Scan thoughts is of course already my favorite ability, as someone who loves dialogue and solving problems with it. but apparently it doesn't give me new dialogue options? that's a bit of a shame.
I am also not certain if intelligent or clever is the better kind of castoff for me, I want to be a caster but I think clever might suit me better
I also really liked the first few choices you get in thevery first small area,
lying to the thug, tell him the truth and then you can even get captured and wake up somewhere else. I know you get there soon anyway, as it's one of the 2 first quest destinatations, but I still love stuff like that, very cool. of course I also touched the obelisk in the bottom right corner and died. I will die a lot in this game.
Herr Starr
Member
Heads up: According to Brian Fargo on Twitter, the final game launches in a little less than 12 hours from now.
KraftyKrankins
Member
On Steam too, right? Not only GOG.
Herr Starr
Member
And GOG I'd assume.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Cool. Between this, RCRU, and Zelda, I'm going to be overwhelmed with new stuff. Might have to abandon my DS II game. Too much stuff at once.
Devast8nDiscoDave81
Neo Member
CDkeys have this for £18.99 with their 5% facebook discount code.
http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/torment-tides-of-numenera-pc-steam-cd-key
http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/torment-tides-of-numenera-pc-steam-cd-key
Funyarinpa
Member
Bloody sweet. So if I leave the laptop on, I'll be able to play it tomorrow ASAP... Nice!
Allnamestakenlol
Member
I think I just developed a fever. May have to take tomorrow off work.
MasterMenace
Member
https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17166#p181399
Lix from InXile forums writes:
"play4 gives 72/100.
Review is German and on paper:
Pro:
- Good Story, nearly as good as Witcher 3
Con:
- awful performance on PS4 Pro
- bad graphics even when compared to other "revival" Games; terrible character animations and poses, sterile atmosphere
- character and combat system are serviceable, but no more than that
- main story is predetermined and quest solutions are "nothing new" (reviewer warns not to believe "marketing speak" here)
- stats are badly balanced, too much power given to Intelligence chars
They confirm that there are no difficulty levels for combat.
Summary: "More of a book than a game - but a very good book." "
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https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17167&start=20#p181376
Grimskarson from InXile forums who beat the game adds:
"no sign of Oasis/Jerboa in the game..."
Lix from InXile forums writes:
"play4 gives 72/100.
Review is German and on paper:
Pro:
- Good Story, nearly as good as Witcher 3
Con:
- awful performance on PS4 Pro
- bad graphics even when compared to other "revival" Games; terrible character animations and poses, sterile atmosphere
- character and combat system are serviceable, but no more than that
- main story is predetermined and quest solutions are "nothing new" (reviewer warns not to believe "marketing speak" here)
- stats are badly balanced, too much power given to Intelligence chars
They confirm that there are no difficulty levels for combat.
Summary: "More of a book than a game - but a very good book." "
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https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17167&start=20#p181376
Grimskarson from InXile forums who beat the game adds:
"no sign of Oasis/Jerboa in the game..."
Funyarinpa
Member
It's been available as Early Access for a long time, but it'll go out of EA in <12 hours, get an extensive Day One patch, and then it's time to ride the Tides of Numenera.
Herr Starr
Member
Come on, the release time has been discussed on the majority of this page, and this question has been asked a bunch of times already in the last few hours.
The game isn't out of early access until in about 11 hours.
Oh yeah. Expect this game to end up with wildly divisive reviews as most niche indies tend to do. The more niche something is, the higher the chance that a reviewer who just "doesn't get it" will be tasked with reviewing it.
Moff
Member
Sounds good to me, if it's an interactive book where I can play my character as I see fit and influence the story, the world and other characers with it that's right down my alley and much better than most "cinematic experiences" out there where you basically just walk through tunnels most of the time and can't change a bit
Doesn't sound like that guy played Planescape Torment if he's trying to use "its more of a book than a game" as an insult.
KraftyKrankins
Member
My hype just went up tenfold.
So a double whammy of underwhelming visuals and poor performance. Cool cool.
More_Badass
Member
Based on the opening areas, i don't get how someone could say this has bad graphics or "sterile" atmosphere
The Pillars aesthetic is so much prettier than Divinity's style
The Pillars aesthetic is so much prettier than Divinity's style
InXile sucks so hard at project management.
On the other hand, this:
Sounds like a Torment game.
I have yet to play PST (I'm sure I will in the future) or this game, but the skew towards intelligence is pretty much by design, right?
Haha that was my exact reaction.
Off topic but I'm always a bit bemused by how people cite the "What can change the nature of a man?" thing as this super interesting part of PT. I mean, the game provides a pretty definitive answer here: dying and being resurrected with a completely unrelated personality and no memories. Boom. Done. I guess you can headcannon something more interesting but the game doesn't really support that in any explicit way.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Yup, that is what I want.
Sarcastic Poster
Member
The art design looks very dodgy. Character portraits are really poor.
The game provides the answer it leans towards but the point is
there are many things that that can change the nature of a man. The player decides what they think is the reason.
Fuck man I'm really trying to play Planescape Torment but it's hard to really get into it. I've only enjoyed Falliht 1 and 2 years ago as a CRPG. The writing is wonderful but it's not fun to play.
Maybe I just gotta dig in until it clicks.
Wanna buy this so bad, the world and narrative looks amazing.
Maybe I just gotta dig in until it clicks.
Wanna buy this so bad, the world and narrative looks amazing.
KraftyKrankins
Member
benicillin
Banned
The RPG it is based on skews towards intellect-based characters, so I'm not surprised that their game does as well.
As far as we know they will release a patch for the EA version to make it final.
Twinsen343
Member
Just got my key from cdkeys, so they're being sent out, 3.1GB download so not sure if this is the release version