Games

Planescape: Torment

Black Isle Studios

1999•Puzzle•PEGI 16•About 50 hours

Taste attributes: adventuredramafantasyanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalromanceslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and sweeping: a glossy puzzle game, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

79 / 100

428 ratings

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About This Game

A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mortality. Throughout it, he faces the consequences of the horrors he committed in his past lives and tries to find the root of all the torment plaguing his companions and the Planes.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The game's story begins when The Nameless One wakes up in a mortuary. He is immediately approached by a floating skull, Morte, who offers advice on how to escape. Morte also reads the tattoos written on The Nameless One's back, which were inked there as reminders to himself, that contain instructions to find a man named Pharod. After a conversation with the ghost of his former lover, Deionarra, and passing by various undead, The Nameless One leaves the mortuary to explore the slums of Sigil.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureDramaFantasyAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalRomanceAll consuming questComplex relationshipFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalLove conquers allRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

GhostsBloodyWizardsImmortalityMagicSummoning supportDeathProcedural generation

Where to play

Details

Developer: Black Isle Studios
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment
Released: 12 December 1999
Series: Dungeons & Dragons
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 50h normally
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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