Torment - Downloaded from the Wizards Community, all coding removed by Solauren

Torment

Post/Author/DateTime Post
#1
choleric_psion
Apr 29, 2004 19:34:02 You guys/gals/fiends/slaadi/whatevers are probably going to think of me as a blastphemer because I have never played PS: Torment. Though, I know I need but I have read the book. I was wondering, for those who have read it, how acurate is it to the game? And, which of the game endings is the ending of the book?

#2
factol_rhys_dup
Apr 29, 2004 19:47:02 It's quite different. A lot more happens in the game. For another thing, in the game, Annah isn't a spellcaster and isn't a wererat. The Nameless One is always nameless (unless you manage to find his name, but you never get to find out what it is) and you meet a lot more characters. The circumstances surrounding his loss of mortality are a bit different: he was a deeply evil man worried about an afterlife on the Lower Planes, not some chump who put his soul on the line to save a town. The histories of all the characters are more deeply explored and it always comes back to you, somehow. All in all, the game cannot be beaten.

I propose a new faction called: "The Nameless" which devotes itself to the idea that true enlightenment can be found not in some hippy screed like "The Cadence," but in the wonderful game known humbly as "Planescape: Torment".
#3
Agonar
Apr 29, 2004 20:29:02 Heh, I have never played Torment either. It came out during the height of my relationshyip with planescape, but at a time when me and computer/D&D games were not on good terms. So I never picked it up.

Now that I have a system that can handle it, and I really want to find it and play it, I can't find it anywhere.
#4
zombiegleemax
Apr 29, 2004 20:46:12
Originally posted by Agonar
Heh, I have never played Torment either. It came out during the height of my relationshyip with planescape, but at a time when me and computer/D&D games were not on good terms. So I never picked it up.

Now that I have a system that can handle it, and I really want to find it and play it, I can't find it anywhere.

Really? Most of the computer places in my area sell it for 10 bucks. And that's WITH another game tossed in as well (granted, it's a POS game, apparantly, but...) Try CompUSA if you've got one within driving distance... I've never been to one and not seen a dozen or so copies of Torment in the bargain rack.
#5
choleric_psion
Apr 30, 2004 10:18:36 Woah there Rhys! Isn't saying something like that contradictory to your beliefs? I mean you're the factol, how's a sod like you supposed to say something like that.

Anyways, back to being OoC...I think that would be an interesting idea. A new faction created by the fans and turned into official material. Ah, maybe I'm just dreaming but then again if I believe it will happen...maybe it will, right?
#6
zombiegleemax
Apr 30, 2004 11:23:48 I did a slight conversion, the Nameless One

*spoiler Warning*

after he merges with the Transcendant One. It's a bit biased twoards good, but I'd like to see others interpritations or conversions. In fact my conversion should be somewhere on this board. I think it's under Penitent One:Nameless One Redux. It's near the end.
#7
zombiegleemax
May 18, 2004 14:31:15 Just wanted to say that i never knew about planescape (i know it is a sin and i am wandering the earth for planescape material for penance)

But i saw torment in the shop... i played all the D&D computer games before it so i saw the logo and thought - this should be good! (IT IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME!!!!!)

played it 4 times (joined all the different factions, got all the characters... downloaded "easter egg" morte, "leprchaun" Annah
(was waiting for "Santa Claus" Vhailor!) , missed 1 9th level spell

To everyone who hasnt played the game... BUY IT, PLAY IT, LIVE IT!!!!!!

Thank You

-VERY, VERY, VERY upset that they are no longer making planescape material! - what happend?
#8
zombiegleemax
May 18, 2004 15:58:54
Really? Most of the computer places in my area sell it for 10 bucks. And that's WITH another game tossed in as well (granted, it's a POS game, apparantly, but...)

Soulbringer. If, thru buying torment in a dual jewel case, you find yourself in possession of this game, break the disks, put the shards in the microwave, then bury the melted goo 6 foot deep in consecrated ground.
#9
gilliard_derosan
May 19, 2004 0:30:52
Originally posted by brainface
Soulbringer. If, thru buying torment in a dual jewel case, you find yourself in possession of this game, break the disks, put the shards in the microwave, then bury the melted goo 6 foot deep in consecrated ground.

I would gladly, were I ever to be able to find the game. I would offer my soul to Our Lord and Master if he would put the copy in my hand. . . but, then again. . . Asmodeus probably purchased all remaining copies so that he could be the one selling them with the "Buy it now price" of 40.00 on Ebay

And it is funny, because I used to see it a lot in varous stores not too long ago. And just when I want to go pick it up, it vanishes.
#10
taotad
May 19, 2004 7:00:18 Amazon has it:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B00002EPZ2/all/ref=dp_pb_a/103-1994259-6492622

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 choleric_psion Apr 29, 2004 19:34:02	You guys/gals/fiends/slaadi/whatevers are probably going to think of me as a blastphemer because I have never played PS: Torment. Though, I know I need but I have read the book. I was wondering, for those who have read it, how acurate is it to the game? And, which of the game endings is the ending of the book?
#2 factol_rhys_dup Apr 29, 2004 19:47:02	It's quite different. A lot more happens in the game. For another thing, in the game, Annah isn't a spellcaster and isn't a wererat. The Nameless One is always nameless (unless you manage to find his name, but you never get to find out what it is) and you meet a lot more characters. The circumstances surrounding his loss of mortality are a bit different: he was a deeply evil man worried about an afterlife on the Lower Planes, not some chump who put his soul on the line to save a town. The histories of all the characters are more deeply explored and it always comes back to you, somehow. All in all, the game cannot be beaten. I propose a new faction called: "The Nameless" which devotes itself to the idea that true enlightenment can be found not in some hippy screed like "The Cadence," but in the wonderful game known humbly as "Planescape: Torment".
#3 Agonar Apr 29, 2004 20:29:02	Heh, I have never played Torment either. It came out during the height of my relationshyip with planescape, but at a time when me and computer/D&D games were not on good terms. So I never picked it up. Now that I have a system that can handle it, and I really want to find it and play it, I can't find it anywhere.
#4 zombiegleemax Apr 29, 2004 20:46:12	Originally posted by Agonar Heh, I have never played Torment either. It came out during the height of my relationshyip with planescape, but at a time when me and computer/D&D games were not on good terms. So I never picked it up. Now that I have a system that can handle it, and I really want to find it and play it, I can't find it anywhere. Really? Most of the computer places in my area sell it for 10 bucks. And that's WITH another game tossed in as well (granted, it's a POS game, apparantly, but...) Try CompUSA if you've got one within driving distance... I've never been to one and not seen a dozen or so copies of Torment in the bargain rack.
#5 choleric_psion Apr 30, 2004 10:18:36	Woah there Rhys! Isn't saying something like that contradictory to your beliefs? I mean you're the factol, how's a sod like you supposed to say something like that. Anyways, back to being OoC...I think that would be an interesting idea. A new faction created by the fans and turned into official material. Ah, maybe I'm just dreaming but then again if I believe it will happen...maybe it will, right?
#6 zombiegleemax Apr 30, 2004 11:23:48	I did a slight conversion, the Nameless One spoiler Warning after he merges with the Transcendant One. It's a bit biased twoards good, but I'd like to see others interpritations or conversions. In fact my conversion should be somewhere on this board. I think it's under Penitent One:Nameless One Redux. It's near the end.
#7 zombiegleemax May 18, 2004 14:31:15	Just wanted to say that i never knew about planescape (i know it is a sin and i am wandering the earth for planescape material for penance) But i saw torment in the shop... i played all the D&D computer games before it so i saw the logo and thought - this should be good! (IT IS THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME!!!!!) played it 4 times (joined all the different factions, got all the characters... downloaded "easter egg" morte, "leprchaun" Annah (was waiting for "Santa Claus" Vhailor!) , missed 1 9th level spell To everyone who hasnt played the game... BUY IT, PLAY IT, LIVE IT!!!!!! Thank You -VERY, VERY, VERY upset that they are no longer making planescape material! - what happend?
#8 zombiegleemax May 18, 2004 15:58:54	Really? Most of the computer places in my area sell it for 10 bucks. And that's WITH another game tossed in as well (granted, it's a POS game, apparantly, but...) Soulbringer. If, thru buying torment in a dual jewel case, you find yourself in possession of this game, break the disks, put the shards in the microwave, then bury the melted goo 6 foot deep in consecrated ground.
#9 gilliard_derosan May 19, 2004 0:30:52	Originally posted by brainface Soulbringer. If, thru buying torment in a dual jewel case, you find yourself in possession of this game, break the disks, put the shards in the microwave, then bury the melted goo 6 foot deep in consecrated ground. I would gladly, were I ever to be able to find the game. I would offer my soul to Our Lord and Master if he would put the copy in my hand. . . but, then again. . . Asmodeus probably purchased all remaining copies so that he could be the one selling them with the "Buy it now price" of 40.00 on Ebay And it is funny, because I used to see it a lot in varous stores not too long ago. And just when I want to go pick it up, it vanishes.
#10 taotad May 19, 2004 7:00:18	Amazon has it: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B00002EPZ2/all/ref=dp_pb_a/103-1994259-6492622