In Numenera, however, "magic" is actually something surprisingly different. The game has a fantastic, original setting, with awe-inspiring painterly visuals, imaginative locations, truly offbeat items, and massive feats of magic. Your words, choices, and actions will be your primary weapons. The philosophical underpinnings of Torment drive the game, both mechanically and narratively. (You’ll be able to get it from Steam, and other DRM-free download options will be made available.)Īs for how it will relate to PST, there's this: * The game will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish. * The game will be developed in the Unity engine for PC (Windows), Mac, and Linux platforms. * The story-driven game will have a rich dialogue system and approach similar to that of Planescape: Torment. * You will play a single, specific character, though you will encounter optional NPC companions you may choose to include in your party. * Torment is a single-player, isometric role-playing game. An RPG for connoisseurs." It talks the talk, but can it walk the soul-wounded walk? You'll have to take a gamble.
InXile boss Brian Fargo has been making promises such as "This Torment game is truly for people who love great writing in a game. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Original Planescapers Colin McComb and Monte Cook are, however. Of course, what we want most of all is some reassurance that this really does evoke Planescape: Torment, even though the settings and characters are entirely new and PST's main man Chris Avellone isn't specifically involved with this Planescape-free follow-up. The pitch video's a direct sequel to the executive-lampooning 'publishers don't accept anything that isn't a manshooter' concept of inXile's last crowdsourcing success, Wasteland 2. Seems unlikely this one won't make it, eh? Update 2: Less than two hours from launch, Torment's at over $300,000. Update: 15 minutes after launching, they've made $50,000 $70,000 already. That Kickstarter is now live, live, live, as Torment: Tides of Numenera sings for its $900,000 supper for the next month or so. It's no surprise whatsoever that inXile's PlaneScape: Torment spiritual sequel would hitch itself to the Kickstarter mast.
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