A couple of you have pointed out The Gibberlings Three’s marvellous Infinity Engine resolution mod in comments over the months, but though I cooed with interest, I’ve not had a chance to take a look until now. Yesterday, though, was Finally Replaying Planescape Torment day for me, and word of a resolution-raising tool that saved this incomparable tale of destiny, identity and tragedy from pixels-the-size-of-fists graphic-o-horror excited me enormously.
Playing PST at 1680×1050 thanks to this mod - the pixels not stretched, but rather the game world expanded, a vast amount more of it now visible at any one time - I’m constantly struck by how beautiful it is. It seems less a thing of pixels now, and more a vast painting. Particularly, the cursed, sinister city of Sigil is no longer a collection of short, dingy alleyways and squat, disconnected buildings, but this grand expanse of gothic metropolis - bustling with NPC life, sprawling and darkly gorgeous. I get the sense this is Planescape as it was intended to look. It’s a different game for it, and now I stop to stare at the world as much as I do the elegiac prose. Unfortunately, the increased resolution does make said prose (and much of the UI) squinty-small, but I’m more than happy to make do. Oblivion, NWN2, The Witcher - losers in the 2D vs 3D RPG war. Give me this any day.
Very nice. I've been looking for an excuse to reinstall Baldur's Gate 2. I never had a chance to play Planetscape. What is it that makes it stand out from Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale?
Very nice. I've been looking for an excuse to reinstall Baldur's Gate 2. I never had a chance to play Planetscape. What is it that makes it stand out from Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale?
1) really good writing. it's like, the only actually well-written game ever. but there's a lot of it.
2) non-stat heavy combat - you can enjoy it without being a D20 grognard
3) creative non-combat solutions to encounters (if your Wis/Int is high enough)
4) flexible alignment system
5) awesome setting and characters
looks great, but i'd like to see some pics with the conversation window open. most of this game is spent reading text, and i can't imagine having to squint through 30 hours of conversations...
I've never played Planescape torment :o
BG2 is the better RPG. Planescape Torment definitely has the better story and writing, but the combat is a few notches below the BG2 standard. I've called Planescape my favorite in the past, but that doesn't really hold up considering that it's my least played of the Infinity Engine games. BG2 is a better total package.
good luck :/
Planescape and Freespace 2 are fuk hard to find.
Do you think it's moral to pirate P:T at this point?
yeah, I dunno. I love love love PS:T, but I can certainly see why people might pick BG2 over it. the "weaknesses" are strengths to me, since I hate D20 combat. Especially computer representations of D20 combat.spoiler (click to show/hide)I was never able to get into BG2 ... I should try again. I kept dying over and over in that goddamned tutorial dungeon. By the time I made it out I was like, FUCK THIS GAME![close]
I just use D20 as shorthand for "shitass Dungeons and Dragons shit"
I heard that 4th Edition is like(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e378/T-234/there-will-be-blood-poster.jpg)
"u like WoW! den u like DnD! warrior = tank, priest = healz! monk is mad dps! just like WoWs!"
spoiler (click to show/hide)I was never able to get into BG2 ... I should try again. I kept dying over and over in that goddamned tutorial dungeon. By the time I made it out I was like, FUCK THIS GAME![close]
spoiler (click to show/hide)I was never able to get into BG2 ... I should try again. I kept dying over and over in that goddamned tutorial dungeon. By the time I made it out I was like, FUCK THIS GAME![close]
Had the same issue. It felt frantic to me, I can't deal with that shit!
I also heard there are a lot of BG2 mods that like
make the tutorial dungeon reasonable (for starters)
and other balancing changes
anyone know anything about the seedy world of torment/bg2 modding?
What's so difficult about the tutorial dungeon? The reason everyone hates it is that it's boring and like an hour long.
What's so difficult about the tutorial dungeon? The reason everyone hates it is that it's boring and like an hour long.
correct. i love BG1+2. Are there any good mods for BG1 or 2? I know when I played I used the one where you could import your character.
Never really played PS:T much but now theres an awesome res option I may go back and do it. Less fighting and more non-combat options = win
BG2 is the better RPG. Planescape Torment definitely has the better story and writing, but the combat is a few notches below the BG2 standard. I've called Planescape my favorite in the past, but that doesn't really hold up considering that it's my least played of the Infinity Engine games. BG2 is a better total package.
I glad there are a few other people with the same POV. It's sort of all about specialization-Planescape does a few things that are to this day better than anything else out there, but falls flat in other areas. BG2 just excels in pretty much every metric you can throw at a computer RPG, especially once you add the expansion content in.
I am going to give this a go with Baldur's Gate 2 right now and post some screenz later on.
BG2 is the better RPG. Planescape Torment definitely has the better story and writing, but the combat is a few notches below the BG2 standard. I've called Planescape my favorite in the past, but that doesn't really hold up considering that it's my least played of the Infinity Engine games. BG2 is a better total package.
I glad there are a few other people with the same POV. It's sort of all about specialization-Planescape does a few things that are to this day better than anything else out there, but falls flat in other areas. BG2 just excels in pretty much every metric you can throw at a computer RPG, especially once you add the expansion content in.
I am going to give this a go with Baldur's Gate 2 right now and post some screenz later on.
Nailed it.
BG2 is very likely the greatest RPG ever on any system.
BG2 is the better RPG. Planescape Torment definitely has the better story and writing, but the combat is a few notches below the BG2 standard. I've called Planescape my favorite in the past, but that doesn't really hold up considering that it's my least played of the Infinity Engine games. BG2 is a better total package.
I glad there are a few other people with the same POV. It's sort of all about specialization-Planescape does a few things that are to this day better than anything else out there, but falls flat in other areas. BG2 just excels in pretty much every metric you can throw at a computer RPG, especially once you add the expansion content in.
I am going to give this a go with Baldur's Gate 2 right now and post some screenz later on.
Nailed it.
BG2 is very likely the greatest RPG ever on any system.
It's also still commercially available, which is a big plus.
I found Fallout, Fallout 2, and Brotherhood of Steel a few months back at Fry's. It was like 10 bucks for a DVD with all three of em.
Shit game.
Tactics was SO MUCH BETTER.
In fact Fallout: Tactics is the best X-Com game since X-Com Apocalypse.
I never played any of the games mentioned in this thread. Those screens really look awesome though.
Man, you seem like you missed A TON of great PC games in your lifetime.
I envy you, I've finished them all :(
BG2 is the better RPG. Planescape Torment definitely has the better story and writing, but the combat is a few notches below the BG2 standard. I've called Planescape my favorite in the past, but that doesn't really hold up considering that it's my least played of the Infinity Engine games. BG2 is a better total package.
I glad there are a few other people with the same POV. It's sort of all about specialization-Planescape does a few things that are to this day better than anything else out there, but falls flat in other areas. BG2 just excels in pretty much every metric you can throw at a computer RPG, especially once you add the expansion content in.
I am going to give this a go with Baldur's Gate 2 right now and post some screenz later on.
Nailed it.
BG2 is very likely the greatest RPG ever on any system.
It's also still commercially available, which is a big plus.
Not the BG2 collector's edition, which is still the most awesome CE package I've ever bought.
I found Fallout, Fallout 2, and Brotherhood of Steel a few months back at Fry's. It was like 10 bucks for a DVD with all three of em.
Shit game.
Tactics was SO MUCH BETTER.
In fact Fallout: Tactics is the best X-Com game since X-Com Apocalypse.
Fallout Tactics has a subtitle, Brotherhood of Steel. I assume since Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel was a console game and never released for the PC, White Man meant Fallout Tactics (since they are all on the same DVD). :)
Did it really have a BoS subtitle? I mean BoS is this shit game:
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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (or simply Fallout Tactics) . . .