Torment? A Pleasure! (Planescape - Torment (PC))

Member Name: liminal

Product:	Planescape - Torment (PC)
Date:	21/01/01 (20 review reads)
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Advantages: Detailed characters, excellent mood and interaction

Disadvantages: requires careful thought

Conceptually stunning, visually astounding and generally amazing. Planescape takes us out of the usual hack and slash settings we find in the genre (Baldur's Gate for instance) and into a series of worlds where your greatest weapon isn't a sword +5 or anything like that, but your mind. The plot is complex and cohesive from beginning to end, the NPCs are sensitively crafted and have believable personalities despite being incredibly varied (a talking skull, a succubus and a foxy half demon for instance). It's not something you can get through by being bloodthirsty although there's enough action to keep your ego flattered.

It owes more to the Dark Sun games in terms of atmosphere while the smooth gameplay is straight from Baldur's Gate.

I eagerly await a game that can equal this, but fear anything else will fail to match it. In the meantime, I'll settle back into playing it from start to finish - again!

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