| Planescape: Torment | 
| From: Black Isle Studios
Category: Video Games
New (3) Used (13) Collectible (2) from $17.29
Rating:  195 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,185
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.9 x 2.3
Model: C95-862-0
UPC: 040421001651
EAN: 0040421001651
ASIN: B00002EPZ2
Release Date: December 14, 1999
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Product Description
*** This is Original & Full U.S. BIG BOX 4-CD Version! ** NOT the Dual Jewel Case 2-CDs** Like advanced Dungeons & Dragons? The Planescape multiverse is composed of a series of "planes" (other dimensions) that rotate around a central city, Sigil, like spokes on a wheel. The character creation feature is just the beginning, your character actually adapts to fit your own personal gaming style.
Amazon.com Review
In Planescape: Torment, you play a nameless, scarred, immortal on a quest to discover his past, his identity, and his role in the conflict over the nature of reality. The brilliant role-playing and adventure game focuses on the "Planescape" campaign setting of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, and combines the best elements of Interplay's phenomenally successful Baldur's Gate with an enthralling story line, well-written dialogue, and beautiful artwork and graphics. In an inspired choice, Black Isle Studios, the developer of Planescape: Torment, has chosen to provide the player, at least initially, with as little details about the story as possible. After viewing a mysterious introductory movie, players guide The Nameless One on a journey through the bleak city of Sigil and its underground catacombs. The story leads from there to the bizarre realities of alternate planes of existence, where belief and thought determine the laws of physics. Through dialogue with hundreds of nonplayer characters, puzzle solving, and point-and-click combat, The Nameless One discovers clues about his identity and the circumstances surrounding his condition. Gamers overwhelmed by detailed role-playing games will find Planescape: Torment easier to grasp; players can freely switch between three different character classes (Fighter, Mage, Thief) for The Nameless One as the game progresses, and learning the combat and magic system--with a simple point-and-click interface--takes only a few minutes. Literally hundreds of weapons, items, spells, and "tattoos" can be collected and affixed to The Nameless One or any of the several party members acquired during the course of the game. If you're a fan of role-playing or adventure games, Planescape: Torment's engrossing world creates a must-have gaming experience. --Doug Radcliffe Pros: - Fascinating, unique setting
- Engrossing story
- Rich graphics and spell effects
- Intriguing dialogue
Cons: - Zoomed-in perspective tends to limit combat to close range
- Long load times
Amazon.com Product Description
Explore Sigil, the City of Doors. The doors serve as the town's gateway to everything and everywhere that matters. Step through one door and enter the halls of Ysgard, or turn down a particular alley and discover the Abyss. There are more gateways in Sigil than can be imagined. But there's a lot more out there than just Sigil. Get outside the city and there's the planes themselves: the throne of the gods, the battleground of the eternal Blood War, and home to more horrors and wonders than ever existed on any prime world. There's enough crusades, exploits, treasures, and mysteries to keep a band of adventurers busy for centuries to come. All it takes is the right door, so step right through.
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Possiblythe best storyline of any RPG February 28, 2010
cchn (Boston)
First of all, let me state that I'm a person who generally plays RPGs for their story and general atmosphere, rather than the detailed mechanics of gameplay. In that regard, Planescape: Torment (PST) indisputably has the greatest storyline and novelty of all the RPG's I've ever played (point of reference: it trumps even my previous favourite, Final Fantasy Tactics). The world of Sigil and the other "Outer Planes" of the Planescape/DnD cosmology are depicted in a grotesque yet beautifully manner, great efforts are made to avoid standard Fantasy genre cliches (eg. you aren't out to save the world, there are nearly NO swords in the game, no elves, no dwarves etc). Given the trends of modern RPGs, I fear we shall never see a masterpiece like PST again.
To be fair, the game is probably not for everyone. The gameplay is somewhat slow (to make things worse, I think the game borrows the Final Fantasy tradition of long cut scenes for magic attacks, so casting high-level spells is a bit like getting teeth pulled). There's a lot of reading and exploration. There's an absurd number of sidequests, many of which are relevant to the story, but equally many of which are sort of superfluous.
In short, although PST is based on the same software engine as the Baldur's Gate series, the gameplay is complete different. Although Baldur's Gate series is much lauded for it's strong storyline (although I thought the second game in the series had a number of gaping holes in the plot), the focus of the game is still mostly on exciting battles and dungeon crawls. That is not so in PST: the story is truly the main focus of the game and there's only a handful of absolutely necessary battles.
In fact, don't think of PST as traditional computer RPG. It's more a cross of a cross between that and an interactive novel (THAT'S how much writing there is).
WARNING TO GOGAMER BUYERS: February 26, 2010
Nicholas Smith
First off, I'd like to say that Planescape: Torment is possibly the greatest CRPG of all time and if it isn't in your collection then something is mentally wrong with you. Now onto my point of concern. I purchased a copy of this from GoGamer and on their Amazon store, they mentioned that this was:
"*** This is Original & Full U.S. BIG BOX 4-CD Version! ** NOT the Dual Jewel Case 2-CDs**"
When I received the item in the mail, it was an import DVD-Rom version and NOT the US 4 CD-Rom original. I've sent an email to GoGamer asking them about this (not complaining) so I'm not exactly sure of the reasoning yet but it serves as a warning to the rest of you. THE COPY YOU WILL GET IS THE IMPORTED DVD-ROM VERSION AND NOT THE ORIGINAL US 4 CD-ROM VERSION. If you're just buying it to play it on a newer computer, then I couldn't encourage the purchase enough. However, if you're purchasing it to play on an older computer that only has a CD-Rom drive or for collectors purposes, I'd advise you to think about it before you make the purchase.
Happy shopping,
Bustaballs.
The BEST old shcool role-playing computer game of all time February 25, 2010
Adam Gish (Minnesota)
I try to play this game once a year. It's just so BIG! It has such an awesome plot, characters, artwork, setting, and the AD&D rules are kinda neat. I highly recommend this game to anyone who's getting sick of all these new role-playing games that can't stand up to the classics!
Torment, a Classic! in my humble opinion February 9, 2010
omi (United States)
One of the best games I have ever played. I love all of the Baldur's Gate games and this one ranks right there with it but perhaps better in my opinion. OK graphics is not all that but the story line (which I rate a 10) is fantastic plus the Music is wonderful. If you like Baldur's Gate you will enjoy this one for sure.
Great Game February 4, 2010
Robert (Oregon, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some highlights...
The cast of voices
Michael T. Weiss (Jarod from Pretender)
Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)
Sheena Easton
John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek TNG)
Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from X-Files)
Torment uses the Infinity Engine (Baldur's Gate I & II, Icewind Dale I & II)
The game uses the Planescape setting, a bizarre nexus of the planes.
It is odd enough to draw you in, the music is fantastic, and you get to discover the main character, The Nameless One, as he discovers himself.
I'm playing Torment on Vista x64, I Installed the official 1.1 patch (not included), Quinn's mods that fix and restore content, the Bigg's widescreen mod to make use of my widescreen monitor, and the Ghostdog's UI to increase the font.
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