Planescape: Torment

Planescape: Torment

Advanced Dungeons & DragonsProduct InformationThe Planescape "multiverse" is the settingfor the game - but setting is actually a misnomer... the Planescape multiverseis actually composed of a series of "planes" (other dimensions) thatrotate around a central city Sigil like spokes on a wheel.The city...
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Planescape: Torment

They don't make games like this anymore. Bringing video games to a wider audience has its merits, namely making video games a more acceptable form of entertainment, but increased accessibility and multiplayer support has wreaked significantly more...

Planescape: Torment asks the question: What can change the nature of a man? The game may have other ideas, but my answer? Games like this. They send a clear message after a decade's aging that something has gone terribly wrong. After playing this game...

Planescape: Torment

If you enjoyed Baldur's Gate's single player game, you need to log off the Internet right now and head down to the closest software store to pick up this game. I have never before seen an RPG so deep, so entertaining, and so damn good.

Planescape: Torment

Few companies make consistently good games. They always falter somewhere along the path. Some pick up the pace after and keep doing it; some go down the drain. Bigger companies often have successful franchises; but they go down the drain, as well. Good...

And so, where does that leave us in terms of an overall suggestion for the game? When Black Isle released Baldur's Gate, it enveloped the souls and minds of many gamers that played it, willingly or unwillingly, for months unend. The experience cap was...

Planescape: Torment Review for the PC

Life everlasting.

Sure, I've got a couple complaints about little things in Planescape: Torment (like the excessive loading times), but they're minor and I've already written enough to make my editor angry. This is really a very easy recommendation. So click on that...

dmarusz

Good All Over

This is a great game for those who like story first. One of the best. Planescape is one of the best games that I have ever played. It accomplishes a true mastery of...

inscrutable_po

A tedious bore. I can see why it didn't sell.

None of the eye candy you can expect from the newer games, but there is some old eye candy. Nothing that's really fun. Lots of reading. The story: You play the part of "The Nameless One". You come to in a mortuary and you have no me...

sunhalo

Perhaps the most well written RPG ever

These days, its cheap, so go out and buy a copy. This is up there with the Ultima games in the RPG Hall of Fame...Storytelling at its best. NOTE: D&D and Planescape are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast. 2nd NOTE: The estimated cos...

phungus

Planescape Tormnet

Planescape Torment is a must-have for D&D computer gamers. Placescape Torment is an Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game set in the Planescape world. The game i...

Planescape: Torment

Pros: Unbelievable RPG elements; superb rule set; vast universe; top-notch character development; the list goes on and on

Cons: Besides the lack of multiplayer, I can't think of a darn thing

Planescape: Torment Review for the PC

Pros: Great RPG depth; Good graphics; Great story; Moral freedom; Best sound ever

Cons: A few minor flaws

The Armchair Empire - PC Reviews: Planescape Torment

Pros: Very nice graphics; Spiffy spells; Great voice acting; Lovable characters; Rich story; Very high quality audio

Cons: Pathfinding trouble; Very small menu buttons; Lack of ranged weapons

dmarusz

Pros: Great idea and well realized, engrossing sotry

Cons: Crashes and bugs

inscrutable_po

Pros: A big complicated game with impressive dialogue trees

Cons: it sucks, but then I once thought System Shock 2 sucked and I was wrong.

sunhalo

Pros: Magnificent and involving plot, Characters that involve you emotionally, Unlike any other D&D title.

Cons: requires patch for minor fixes, enemy AI could be better, makes you sad when completed.

phungus

Pros: Different interface, more story driven

Cons: Not like the other D&D games

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