Planescape: Torment

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Year: 1999
Platform(s): PC
Designer(s): Chris Avellone
Developer: Black Isle Studios
Publisher: Interplay

"Torment isn’t the most accessible of RPGs, nor the most popular or pretty, but what it does have is a unique vision of what an RPG can be – and it’s on that basis that Torment excels. While other games struggle to present a new spin on tired sword and sorcery or post-nuclear settings, Torment provides something altogether more important and beautiful. Planescape is a story of regret and redemption, casting players as an immortal amnesiac who awakes in a strange mortuary. Unkillable for nearly every encounter, the focus of the game is shifted from the physical to the spiritual as players rush around the world in a bid to uncover their identity with a group of amiable misfits, each of which has a tale of their own. Until you’ve heard the story of warrior-monk Dakkon or been seduced by a chaste succubi then you’ve no real claim to be an RPG fan." - Joe Martin, bit-tech

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