Planescape: Torment Worth Buying?
I have never played PST before, and having heard about Tides of Numeria, I was wondering if you guys thought it was worth the buy. Should I wait for an EE version, or are there sufficient mods that the game will be cool enough without it?
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This is a good modding guide for PS:T: http://thunderpeel2001.blogspot.ca/2009/01/planescape-torment-fully-modded.html
I leave the decision in your hands.
I liked it a lot, but only the second time around, once I knew what I was getting into.
In my opinion, PST has great story/characters and mediocre combat. IWD series have great combat and mediocre/bad story, and no joinable characters at all! I find BG series to be the most balanced, with best of the both worlds, thus perfect. BG has good story and memorable characters. Story and content wise PST is bigger than BG, but BG's combat is amazingly tactical and fun, thus I find BG more fun to play.
But seriously, it's worth a playthrough. Not as great as some proclaim to be, and a little slow at times, but entertaining nonetheless.
PST offers just as much in the realm of introspection as it does as a game.
Dialogs are (not just in my opinion) incredible (some could be considered boring, but even Herman Melville could be considered boring).
Characters are weird, unique, freak, in one word unforgettable.
Your stat will be crucial in your dialog option (and they will determine your playstyle).
Trying to roleplay your favourite alignment will be a challenge (and you will know in real time if you are succesful).
It's true that combats aren't so tactical (you can kill most enemies even with a mage fighting with only a knife). And it's true that combat isn't the best part of the game.
If someone looks for a combat game, PT is the wrong one.
But if you aren't afraid of spending hundreds of hours (maybe not hundreds, but really many many hours) reading dialogs (NPC will explain to you the strangest things you can imagine) then definitely buy it.
Concerning MOD, I played it last time a couple of months ago. I played it Modded (it was the first time I plaed it modded), I used 4-5 Mod, and I think that everything needed to improve it is in those MODS.
I used these mods
http://www.shsforums.net/files/category/14-planescape-torment/
And here it is how to install those mods (if you are buying it from GOG read this)
http://thunderpeel2001.blogspot.it/2009/01/planescape-torment-fully-modded.html
13 years has passed, but I'm still asking myself "What can change the nature of a man?"
And finally remember that:
"endure in enduring grow strong"
Another suggestion; Stay away from information about the game, I think the less you know beforehand, the better.
Nameless one, here I come!!!!
And for me, it is regret that can change the nature of a man!
Of course it was translated well and that was another reason.
Venture the planescape as immortal mysterious character, with floating-talking skull? That was interesting.
I think that the beginning is very difficult, you don't know how to play, especially if you are used to the kind of rpg where killing enemies is the most part of the game. If you do the mortuary part in the right way then you definitely are IN the game.
But no one sure about how long you got to wait, since there is not a slight info about enhanced edition.
Maybe you kickstart enhanced edition by yourself is much faster and have more chance than waiting.
Just a thought
P.S. For this game mod is not necessary. That would be like painting the lily.
Its a very good game, maybe better than BG2:SoA.