Previously the body of an immortal being called the Changing God (who changes bodies whenever he tires of them), you gain your own consciousness when the Changing God, left you for another host. As the Last Castoff, you start the game with a literal blank slate. Torment put you in the shoes of a being called the ‘Last Castoff’. Things like cloth swaying in the wind or trees rustling trivial things you probably will overlook when the camera is far away. If you zoom in though, you’ll find that the game has neat little touches that might not be noticeable otherwise. If you play from the default camera perspective, everything can be rather plain. However, their animation can be a bit stiff at times, making the game’s characters appear slightly robotic. Characters are fully 3D and look decent from both afar and up close. You can zoom in too, which is a nice perk. The backgrounds are in HD and look great. The isometric view is both charming and archaic. However, at its core, Torment is a fusion of olden times and modern mechanics, with its grey morality, cause and effect choices, open-ended nature and sprawling dialog choices. With its isometric third-person perspective, Torment brings back memories of a time when games like Crusader, Diablo and X-Com ruled the roost. Torment: Tides of Numenera is a game plucked straight out of the 90s. Luckily, that’s not the case with its sequel. While I have heard good things about it, I never did find the time to play it as the years went on. I ignored it at the time due to being engrossed in other games.

I have never played the original Planescape: Torment.

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