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

'Science fiction' and 'sci-fi' are the exact same thing, only the latter is abbreviated.

I like to use science-fantasy, not because I'm offended by implied parallels or anything, but cause it describes the genre better than sci-fi or space opera or etc., and btw my first, defining hard sci-fi was Greg fuckin Egan, so that's obviously out of the question...

 

Roadside Picnic, having virtually the same(ish) premise, is considered one of the classics of science fiction. (Not the hard sort, of course!)

 

Science fiction and sci-fi are not the same thing, except the ... general populace dont know the difference so they use it interchangeably. It has been distorted by the casuals

yeah, no kidding?

Thats because the premise was not abused to invent "cool shit! and "epic awesume!!". And it never went into absurd territory of "anything and everything can happen!!"

The genres of science fiction are delineated by their internal themes they explore too, not just by amount of "sciency lingo".

Thats hard to grasp, especially for those that want to falsely present their "entertainment" as something better then it is.
Now, what we know about Tides internal themes makes it much closer to proper Science Fiction - but incoherence of the setting that is literally everything and a kitchen sink doesnt follow that and it works against such thematic content.

 

You are too funny. Please don't stop. Make your mother proud.

 

What would be funny is that complete shitfaced imbeciles like you cant comprehend that you literally prove every insult i throw your way by every single post you make, if it wasnt so despicably disgusting.

You are a complete and utter cretinous retard. A stupid subhuman scum - and this is just stating the obvious.

 

Actually it is the other way around. I would not be surprised if you write all your "post" from a mental institute.

 

How is it the "other way around" imbecile? You cant explain a single of your idiotic post you despicable stupid shit.

 

every step you take
i'll be watching you

 

Focus on mental institute instead. Some reality in your life is needed. When you accept your real life you can start moving on to being a normal human being. Baby steps.

 

I love to post this video whenever someone brings up this subject.

 

Answer the fucking question you laughable shitbrain, instead of making more idiotic declaratory statements to prove how fucking stupid you are.

Fucking A.




one extra super brofist for Cyberwhale.


ksaun , CMcC , Adam Heine , G Ziets

for future reference if i rage at any of you for debasement of Science Fiction reasons.

 

Damn, being hiver must be fucking exhausting, always up in arms, always mad, always hostile. Not that I believe in it, but on hiver meditation an a journey to Tibet might work.

 

I hope it's just his persona for teh internetz. IRL being an edgy kid who never grows up incurs some serious penalties.

 

No, not really, thats just a natural and sensible reaction to stupid shits.

for example:

You two are obvious cretins with nothing worthy to say about anything at all, so all you are capable of saying is just complaining about something because its just not satisfying your entitlement for entertainment. So you try to forcibly establish some "facts" by just inventing them, like a stupid devolved cretins that you are.

got it?

 

If only you had a brain instead of shit in your skull, you would be able to comprehend that you are laughing at yourself and your own stupidity there.

but guess what? that nickname isnt enough.

 

I apologize to everyone in this thread for saying "hard sci-fi". I should have known better.

Caconym - oh I don't have a problem with using science fantasy to describe works, I agree with you that in many cases it gives a better sense of what the story is. I'm just not a huge fan of dividing works into various rigid, mutually exclusive subgenres and then arguing over, which, exactly is the correct one for any given story.

 

FFS, stop shitposting in this thread!

 

Did you see this Hiver? Stop posting on Codex

 

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo
TTON is to Planescape Torment as POE is to Baldur's Gate 2 plus TTON is using the POE engine. https://twitter.com/chmelartomas/status/590159604987912192…

J.P‏@JP_Cunha
@BrianFargo @ChmelarTomas So TTON is an overdesigned, bug ridden Planescape Torment?

 

I adhere to none of these degenerate mainlander interweb customs.

 

If Tides combat sucks compared to PoE as much as Torment combat sucked compared to BG 2, well... good thing it will not be a combat focused game.

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hey Kem0sabe

ask him is TToN a good sci-fi, please.

 

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/590237736705003520