Planescape: Tormented
I played the majority of this game with a migraine/heavy headache so my experience in understanding the late game plot is probably a bit off but, I'm a little bummed I didn't seem to have the same takeaway from Planescape that others did. The game is dated in quest/map design and the visuals, though diligently remastered, are definitely rough in the current year. Another qualm is that combat and mechanics are hidden behind CRPG Menus and not thoroughly explained, I never truly understood how to make my fighting more efficient or better equip my party, but that was alright thanks to an in game command log making it possible to adjust XP (thank you old games.) I don't think I can do this game justice in a long form review but I think this certified a theory I've been working up for some time, I really don't like CRPG's, and the way that they treat the main/side story by leaving it moreso up to the players' discovery is more of a detriment (personally speaking) than a boon to the over-arching narrative. I appreciate the approach to philosophy that Planescape takes but it really didn't take to me as other games that I treasure have.
This is definitely a "not for me" game that I think will definitely be for fans of CRPG or the golden age PC games of the 1990's.
I played the majority of this game with a migraine/heavy headache so my experience in understanding the late game plot is probably a bit off but, I'm a little bummed I didn't seem to have the same takeaway from Planescape that others did. The game is dated in quest/map design and the visuals, though diligently remastered, are definitely rough in the current year. Another qualm is that combat and mechanics are hidden behind CRPG Menus and not thoroughly explained, I never truly understood how to make my fighting more efficient or better equip my party, but that was alright thanks to an in game command log making it possible to adjust XP (thank you old games.) I don't think I can do this game justice in a long form review but I think this certified a theory I've been working up for some time, I really don't like CRPG's, and the way that they treat the main/side story by leaving it moreso up to the players' discovery is more of a detriment (personally speaking) than a boon to the over-arching narrative. I appreciate the approach to philosophy that Planescape takes but it really didn't take to me as other games that I treasure have.
This is definitely a "not for me" game that I think will definitely be for fans of CRPG or the golden age PC games of the 1990's.