Very few games have hit me as hard as Torment. It is a masterfully written game that manages to be both grand in scope and introspective in nature, and delves into many topics, setting and set-pieces with near universal perfection. What few flaws it has concern the unspectacular gameplay and some elements of poor design that are inherent to its era, but that is nothing in front of how impactful and emotional its narrative about discovery and improvement of one’s own being is. Almost every single party member in this game, even the ones I didn’t use, is really intriguing, every quest is written with a great level of care and there are so many different alternatives it accounts for in many of them. It’s a bit of a bummer that it becomes more linear and a little less introspective for a decent bit after a certain event but before the finale, but it’s not a deal-breaker at all in the grand scheme of things.

When I edited this Backloggd said "Your journal has been updated" and I almost did the fucking leonardo di caprio point IRL even though it's just the same text for every fucking game it's not even an actual reference