Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Pre-Release Thread [ALPHA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Volourn]

"Don't worry Volly, I loved Bard '04 too."

Never played it.

 

[scrambles]

Seems that RPS scored an interview with Fargo on the game, and confirmed it'll be in Cook's Numenera setting.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Yep, Numenera confirmed: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/09/fargo-details-torment-game-in-numenera-universe/

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Move along, nothing to see here...

 

[Zed]

For people like me who have no idea wtf Numenera is:

Numenera is a science fantasy roleplaying game set in the far distant future. Humanity lives amid the remnants of eight great civilizations that have risen and fallen on Earth. These are the people of the Ninth World. This new world is filled with remnants of all the former worlds: bits of nanotechnology, the dataweb threaded among still-orbiting satellites, bio-engineered creatures, and myriad strange and wondrous devices. These remnants have become known as the numenera.

Player characters explore this world of mystery and danger to find these leftover artifacts of the past, not to dwell upon the old ways, but to help forge their new destinies, utilizing the so-called “magic” of the past to create a promising future.

http://www.numenera.com

 

[Infinitron]

And it's up: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/09/planescape-torment-sequel/

Zed, I got this.

 

[scrambles]

Kinda weird, will the 1st edition of the rules even be out in time to make a computer game with them?

 

[Brother None]

Kinda weird, will the 1st edition of the rules even be out in time to make a computer game with them?

Doesn't matter. The game will heavily adopt rules as suitable while the designs are part of Numenera's iterative process. I think Numenera will be out first but it doesn't really matter, since the game's ruleset will be designed specifically for a computer RPG alongside the p&p rules, rather than purely FROM the p&p rules, if that makes sense.

 

[LeStryfe79]

I pledged $70 to Numenera, and this shit looks awesome. I'm pretty happy to see multiple IP's converging to stick a middle finger up at WotC/ Hasbro. Fuck those losers.

 

[Lancehead]

“The details of combat are still an open question, but our initial leaning is that real-time with pause will provide the better experience for the game.

Turn based, please.

 

[Infinitron]

What's wrong, not enough turn-based Kickstarters for you?

 

[undecaf]

What's wrong, not enough turn-based Kickstarters for you?

Never enough of those.

 

[pocahaunted]

As expected, they won't be using the Torment setting, but their alternative of choice seems pretty interesting in its own right. Regardless, everything tops generic fantasy nowadays, even if it might turn out to be just like generic post-apocalyptic grimdark. We'll see.

 

[Kane]

And it's up: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/09/planescape-torment-sequel/

Zed, I got this.

 

[Brother None]

As expected, they won't be using the Torment setting, but their alternative of choice seems pretty interesting in its own right. Regardless, everything tops generic fantasy nowadays, even if it might turn out to be just like generic post-apocalyptic grimdark. We'll see.

Nah. Numenera is set way, way in the future. Continents reshaped, weird high-tech cities, locations, aliens, creatures. The medieval society in post-apocalyptic setting is comparable to Canticle for Liebowitz, otherwise the level of technology abandoned on the world is beyond anything like Fallout or Wasteland has.

 

[FeelTheRads]

So I guess they won't market this as a "deep RPG" since going by Fargo's words turn-based is a given for "deep RPGs".

 

[undecaf]

For people like me who have no idea wtf Numenera is:

Numenera is a science fantasy roleplaying game set in the far distant future. Humanity lives amid the remnants of eight great civilizations that have risen and fallen on Earth. These are the people of the Ninth World. This new world is filled with remnants of all the former worlds: bits of nanotechnology, the dataweb threaded among still-orbiting satellites, bio-engineered creatures, and myriad strange and wondrous devices. These remnants have become known as the numenera.

Player characters explore this world of mystery and danger to find these leftover artifacts of the past, not to dwell upon the old ways, but to help forge their new destinies, utilizing the so-called “magic” of the past to create a promising future.

http://www.numenera.com

That doesn't sound too bad actually. Lots of possibilities and potential.

 

[Kem0sabe]

The setting reads like a scifi fan´s wet dream. I love when scifi is so far advanced that it starts to mingle with fantasy.

 

[scrambles]

From looking at the pictures on the Numenera website, they look amazing. Hopefully they don't plan to emulate the landscape linearity of PST, because open environments like this would be fun to explore if the game engine can handle a big view distance.

 

[Harg Harfardarssen]

As expected, they won't be using the Torment setting, but their alternative of choice seems pretty interesting in its own right. Regardless, everything tops generic fantasy nowadays, even if it might turn out to be just like generic post-apocalyptic grimdark. We'll see.

Nah. Numenera is set way, way in the future. Continents reshaped, weird high-tech cities, locations, aliens, creatures. The medieval society in post-apocalyptic setting is comparable to Canticle for Liebowitz, otherwise the level of technology abandoned on the world is beyond anything like Fallout or Wasteland has.

From what I've seen, the setting seems very much rooted in the Dying Earth type of setting (inb4 Vancian magic zinger), particularly the world of Viriconium novels. Which are very good. And a good fit; their tone was generally one of melancholy contemplation, which is well suited to a Torment game.

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[Tigranes]

So, Numenera: Torment?

 

[potatojohn]

Well I hope they do with 2D backgrounds and hire good artists, so it's not another visual disaster like Wasteland 2.

 

[MisterStone]

Nice to see someone using a Dying Earth setting for an RPG for once (?). Setting should be much more like Book of the New Sun rather than Canticle for Leibowitz however... think, so far in the future geological time has passed.

 

[Kirtai]

Doesn't matter. The game will heavily adopt rules as suitable while the designs are part of Numenera's iterative process. I think Numenera will be out first but it doesn't really matter, since the game's ruleset will be designed specifically for a computer RPG alongside the p&p rules, rather than purely FROM the p&p rules, if that makes sense.

Interesting. Does this mean that Numenera will have a formally defined set of cRPG rules to go alongside the p&p ones, rather than the usual half-arsed conversions? If so, I could see such a ruleset being something valuable in its own right for other games.

 

[Sazabi]

And it's up: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/09/planescape-torment-sequel/

Zed, I got this.

 

[Volourn]

L0L This will be no PST. If that's the goal, EPIC FAIL. If the goal is to make a decent game; it's possible. But, spamming PST PST PST doesn't make it so. Only idiots believe their lies and bullshit.