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Topic: Finally finished planescape torment (Read 2891 times)
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Riggswolfe
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Yeah, I know, old game. Heh. I never got it when it originally came out but finally bought a used copy from Amazon a couple of months ago.
Man, that was a dark ending. Not at all the typical generic RPG ending. Too bad the studio that made it is gone. That would be an interesting game to see a sequel too. God, a game that starts in the blood wars...
I liked it. My only problem with it is I didn't see alot of replay value in it. (unlike say Fallout 1&2 which I've replayed probably a dozen times each)
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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trias_e
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I've yet to play it again (and my first run through was at least 3-4 years ago now), and I agree that the replay value is sort of limited. However, I put it in the same category with fun adventure games and good novels: Every once in a while, you'll want to pick it up again and refresh your memory. I think I'll be giving it another play through shortly.
Despite the fact that I only played it once, its still my favorite RPG that I've ever played. I think that replay value is cool and all, but not necessary to a great game.
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Riggswolfe
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I agree. It was an awesome game don't get me wrong. I just kinda wish it had more...options. More replay value. I suppose I can try a different Nameless One build at some point...
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Zane0
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Hmm, if you didn't play a mage, then you may want to the second time around. If you have a lot of intelligence and wisdom, you get a lot of great bonus plot elements and dialogue options.
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Riggswolfe
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Actually I did. My intelligence, wisdom, and charisma all ended in the mid 20s with my physical stats at 9 or 10.
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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When I was playing it, I made the mistake of picking up D2 while about half way through.
Additive gameplay > Story for me it seems.
I still dream of finishing though, one of the few older games that I still have around.
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schild
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I've played through the game probably 4 times. I fucking love it.
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Strazos
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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As i remember, there are also multiple endings.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
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Ironwood
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Still preferred Fallout 2 tho. Couldn't quite say why, either. Maybe it was the fact that dying mattered, or maybe it was the bigger scope of the game.
Maybe also I just couldn't stand the Planescape setting. Yeah, that's probably it.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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ahoythematey
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I'm pretty sure it is because SPECIAL is the greatest turn-based RPG system ever.
Oh, and because of the fallout boy drawings.
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Ironwood
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I really liked how you picked up special titles too. Took me a while to figure out why I had 'graverobber'. Apparently, it was because I was, er, robbing graves.
What can I say ? I needed the medpacks.
It was ALL just classy. A Golden Age of Gaming.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Rasix
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Still preferred Fallout 2 tho. Couldn't quite say why, either. Maybe it was the fact that dying mattered, or maybe it was the bigger scope of the game.
Maybe also I just couldn't stand the Planescape setting. Yeah, that's probably it.
The bold text made me chuckle. Dying does kind of matter you know, in a game that has DEATH as its major theme. I'd be hard pressed to choose between PS:T and Fallout 2. Both had their merits. PS:T was a mile less buggy, which was appreciated. Fallout 2 is well... Fallout. PS:T was better written but a tad loquacious. I could debate this internally for a day and not come up with a resolution. I really should get the disks back from my brother and replay them. Ohh wait, can't. Still haven't kicked that bad WoW habit. |
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