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Lifetime · 01-18-2002, 03:36 AM

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Originally posted by ULockit I Stealit:
Lifetime,

What game are you talking about. StarVid might not be interested but I definitely am....

Im talking about Planescape:Torment. I believe in the year it came out it was RPG of the year for many magazines and online gaming sites. Never did well because of the popularity of more conventional games like Baldur's Gate though.

The charm of Planescape:Torment is that you never feel that you're overpowered. Sure, you could have 9 lvl-9 spells and be at over 40 levels high (practically impossible if you play without cheating) but you'll still have difficulty in combat, unlike BG2 where you practically turn everything you touch into gibs and gore.

The whole thing about your stats is for you to have more control over the path you're going. You start out having 10 for every stat and have a few points to allocate around, and gain 1 stat point for ever level you achieve. And Levelling is SLOW, believe me. If you want to gain your experience by fighting, put your points into Strength and watch your character become a combat giant. If you want to dazzle with your conversation, put points into intelligence and charisma. The game plays the way you want it to play because of your stats.

In addition, you cannot be a multi-classed character, but rather revert from one class to another at any given time. So you could be a lvl 12 fighter, a lvl 9 thief and a lvl 15 mage, but you'll never be all three at the same time. There are no swords in the game, no armors, and weapon proficiency points are gained by finding trainers to hone your lost skills in all your lifetimes of training. Weapon gear is always amusing (your first companion, a floating skull named Morte, attacks with his teeth, and along the way you can find teeth for him that give him poison attacks, or the like)

Its a very matrix-like world because of the setting (Sigil, city of doors) and theres a lot of mystical theology that you'll encounter (eg. how your thoughts can shape plains, how entire worlds can be made out of a single entity, how doors can be found by not looking..)

Its enchanting..

01-18-2002, 03:36 AM	#8
Lifetime Red Dragon Join Date: March 3, 2001 Location: Scotch College, Melbourne Posts: 1,503	quote: Originally posted by ULockit I Stealit: Lifetime, What game are you talking about. StarVid might not be interested but I definitely am.... Im talking about Planescape:Torment. I believe in the year it came out it was RPG of the year for many magazines and online gaming sites. Never did well because of the popularity of more conventional games like Baldur's Gate though. The charm of Planescape:Torment is that you never feel that you're overpowered. Sure, you could have 9 lvl-9 spells and be at over 40 levels high (practically impossible if you play without cheating) but you'll still have difficulty in combat, unlike BG2 where you practically turn everything you touch into gibs and gore. The whole thing about your stats is for you to have more control over the path you're going. You start out having 10 for every stat and have a few points to allocate around, and gain 1 stat point for ever level you achieve. And Levelling is SLOW, believe me. If you want to gain your experience by fighting, put your points into Strength and watch your character become a combat giant. If you want to dazzle with your conversation, put points into intelligence and charisma. The game plays the way you want it to play because of your stats. In addition, you cannot be a multi-classed character, but rather revert from one class to another at any given time. So you could be a lvl 12 fighter, a lvl 9 thief and a lvl 15 mage, but you'll never be all three at the same time. There are no swords in the game, no armors, and weapon proficiency points are gained by finding trainers to hone your lost skills in all your lifetimes of training. Weapon gear is always amusing (your first companion, a floating skull named Morte, attacks with his teeth, and along the way you can find teeth for him that give him poison attacks, or the like) Its a very matrix-like world because of the setting (Sigil, city of doors) and theres a lot of mystical theology that you'll encounter (eg. how your thoughts can shape plains, how entire worlds can be made out of a single entity, how doors can be found by not looking..) Its enchanting.. __________________ \'Cause its always raining in my head. Forget all the things I should have said..