Planescape: Torment is one of the best role-plying games for Windows 98 / Me / 95 PC platform. This game was released on December 14, 1999 by Black Isle Studios and rated Teen by ESRB. Planescape:Tormentis is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.Dungeon and Dragons Planescape Universe
Planescape: Torment
is one of the best fantasy RPGs of the last decade. In Torment, you get to find your way out of the Mortuary, a cluttered dome full of shambling zombie workers and dissected corpses on slabs. You must walk the streets of Sigil, arguably the center of the multiverse, where any opening - doorway, window, picture frame, eye of a needle - might turn out to be a portal to places unknown. You look around trying to avoid the aggressive thugs of the Hive, the city slums, and you travel under mountains of garbage and forgotten mazes. And this is not all - Planescape: Torment really takes you places: to see the red skies of Avernus, to examine the pale treachery of the gate town of Curst, to witness the forbidding citadel "where the shadows themselves have gone mad" - it is the wildest ride ever.
is one of the best fantasy RPGs of the last decade. In Torment, you get to find your way out of the Mortuary, a cluttered dome full of shambling zombie workers and dissected corpses on slabs. You must walk the streets of Sigil, arguably the center of the multiverse, where any opening - doorway, window, picture frame, eye of a needle - might turn out to be a portal to places unknown. You look around trying to avoid the aggressive thugs of the Hive, the city slums, and you travel under mountains of garbage and forgotten mazes. And this is not all - Planescape: Torment really takes you places: to see the red skies of Avernus, to examine the pale treachery of the gate town of Curst, to witness the forbidding citadel "where the shadows themselves have gone mad" - it is the wildest ride ever.And the creatures you get meet, situations you find yourself in! In what other game, pray tell, can you socialize with corpse collectors, or run errands for a talentless coffin maker, or stall/help anarchists' sabotage of a secret weapon, or consort with a collective mind of mutant vermin, or help a city alley give birth? Where else can you meet a guffaw with fat purse and a desire to see what it's like to kill someone, and use your own immortality for profit? What other impossible, bright world is there that allows you to read the stored experiences of long-gone travelers to other planes?
Gameplay
Torment utilizes the Infinity Engine made popular by Baldur's Gate
, yet it seems to be geared more toward the new RPGer rather than fans of BG. Everything is accessed through a circular right-click menu that is accessed during a paused game. Everything from talking to your characters, changing weapons, casting a spell and using special abilities is run from this window. It's a good idea in theory, yet it tries to do too much with too little. The original quick buttons found in BG were a much more efficient set-up. As with the interface, the rule set has been simplified in this game. You have no choice to your starting character. Simply put, you are the nameless - an immortal human male, who starts as a fighter. During the game, you have the option of changing between your starting class of a fighter and a thief or mage. There's no dual-classing, switching to another class is like building a new character, yet switching back, you will find all your previously earned experience saved. Your available party members are not only locked in whatever class you find them in, but are, for the most part, locked in their weapon and armor choices.
, yet it seems to be geared more toward the new RPGer rather than fans of BG. Everything is accessed through a circular right-click menu that is accessed during a paused game. Everything from talking to your characters, changing weapons, casting a spell and using special abilities is run from this window. It's a good idea in theory, yet it tries to do too much with too little. The original quick buttons found in BG were a much more efficient set-up. As with the interface, the rule set has been simplified in this game. You have no choice to your starting character. Simply put, you are the nameless - an immortal human male, who starts as a fighter. During the game, you have the option of changing between your starting class of a fighter and a thief or mage. There's no dual-classing, switching to another class is like building a new character, yet switching back, you will find all your previously earned experience saved. Your available party members are not only locked in whatever class you find them in, but are, for the most part, locked in their weapon and armor choices.What makes this game one of the better RPGs on the market is the story. In your quest to discover yourself, you learn about the story and concept of the planeworlds, an interesting universe where belief is very fabric of being. Though it introduces the player to the world, the story is very linear and you'll find yourself without much choice in the matter besides your decision to play good or evil.
Graphics
If you've played any of the Black Isle games on the Infinity Engine, you'll be very familiar with the sights and sounds of Torment. It's a bit more zoomed in than the others, and that can lead to confusion when trying to cross long distances without the use of your mini-map. A lot of work was put into creating a town that looks and feels like it could be the center of the universe. Besides the obvious, the game has aged very well.
Sound
The ambient music in Planescape: Torment is excellently done, as well as the voice acting.
is excellently done, as well as the voice acting. Planescape: Torment Trailer
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