[Planescape Torment] Finally beat this masterpiece. I highly recommend if you don’t mind reading. But also “What can change the nature of a man?”
[Planescape Torment] Finally beat this masterpiece. I highly recommend if you don’t mind reading. But also “What can change the nature of a man?”
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One of the best RPGs ever for sure. Especially for those that like Wisdom/Int builds.
What can change the nature of a man? But what is man? Nothing more than a miserable pile of secrets!
Baldur’s Gate 3 took everyone by surprise recently by being incredible but honestly, that’s just how games used to be before AAA publishers slowly started conditioning the consumer base to accept less and less. Planescape still has one of the best stories ever told in a video game imo.
[Truth:] It is belief.
Did you get to read the circle of Zerthimon on your playthrough?
Congratulations for completing this piece of art. And now I want to recommend you some other games. Check out Torment: Tudes of Numenera. It’s a spirital successor to Planescape.
And you can check Star Wars KOTOR 2 and Pillars of Eternity since they are written by Chris Avellone, Planescape’s lead writer.
Wish I could erase it from my memory just to play it for the first time again,
One of the finest gaming experiences to have ever been made… and the story was almost entirely text (very few cutscenes and voice overs).
It’s the best game I’ve ever read.
It actually immersed me enough that when I hit that one scene where you are looking for your memories but instead find one of someone you horrifically betrayed and relive the experience from both perspectives, simultaneously feeling their love for you and your disdain for them, it made me tear up a bit.
After finishing the game I was left in kind of a philosophical daze for days.
Also, if you want something more modern but also great, highly recommend Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, especially if character/party building is your thing. The story is good, the companions are great, and the character builds are varied and can get super in depth.
Making sure you have sufficient wisdom BEFORE going to the fortress. I had to murder so many shades just to level up the stat at the end of the game.
It’s been 24 years since the last time I’ve played it but I never forget Deionarra’s parting words.
“I shall wait for you in Death’s Halls, my love.”
And after regaining his mortality what does he do? He seeks death so that he can join her.
Ultimately he finds peace by accepting his own fate rather than fighting it.
I’ll put it in my journal
I feel stronger
I’m playing Pillars of Eternity right now, it was difficult to get into it at first because I haven’t played the Infinity engine games or anything else in this particular style, Dragon Age Origins was my most relevant experience.
Now that I’m over the worst of the learning curve, I feel prepared for PST and the others and I’m really looking forward to them! Especially Baldur’s Gate, which I’ve been eyeballing since the 90s.
A masterpieces. I have been waiting all these years for my memories of it to fade, so that I can play it again – still remember some parts like it was yesterday.
>What can change the nature of a man?
# Only one thing: necessity.
What game?
At the risk of making you start an entirely new playthrough, which ending did you get?