Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Beta Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Infinitron]

Let's ask Brother None about that.

22:36 - Brother None: I think we have said before it opens up more or less after you hit Circus
22:37 - Brother None: idk if numenera meshes with him necessarily
22:37 - Brother None: The whole "I don't know why this is here or what it's for" is kind of key to the setting
22:38 - Brother None: Lack of apparent purpose and impossible to understand is kind of the nature of numenera
22:38 - Brother None: It's not like Planescape because, well, it's not Planescape?
22:38 - Brother None: I think Gavin said something on this somewhere
22:38 - Brother None: https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=15240#p167630

 

[Echo Mirage]

18MB update downloading now. No idea what it does.

 

[Prime Junta]

Maybe.

OTOH maybe they're just overdoing the weird. All that weirdness becomes mundane if you can't throw a brick without hitting a transdimensional mushroom who likes to paint watercolor portraits of sentient fragments of atonal melodies.

But, as stated, early days.

 

[Infinitron]

18MB update downloading now. No idea what it does.

22:56 - Brother None: Anyway as for the update
22:57 - Brother None: There was a bug where the game woudln't load, or loaded a black screen
22:57 - Brother None: This was being caused by players not having Visual Studio 2010 distro
22:58 - Brother None: So we flagged that on Steam

 

[StaticSpine]

The game is awesome by far, but not really similar to PS:T.

 

[Roguey]

Too bad no codexers are millionaires

*Too bad Trump is not a Codexer.

These leftists devs (not just InXile) sucking Steven Dengler's balls should have to suffer a Trump Tower in their game.
:mrpresident:

There was a millionaire who used to post here, but she went crazy(ier) years ago, and also you definitely wouldn't like anything she'd hypothetically include.

 

[Excidium II]

Is this Philethis guy your work too Infinitron?

 

[undecaf]

I like the effort system like no other. I don't know why exactly, but the way it works here strikes me as something that gives a really good feeling of what's happening in those instances.

 

[Excidium II]

it makes more mechanical sense for a computer game than pnp that's for sure.

 

[Daedalos]

Found a BR quote from INxile forums on the PC from T:ToN being "bland" or a "normal random white guy" as opposed to a more unique dude in PS:T

"We did indeed decide against going for customization for the PC based in good part on community feedback. As for the PC being not very distinctive compared to TNO, this was a decision made very early on by the core creative team, reflecting the character's role in the narrative much like TNO's very distinct look reflects his."

I guess I like this semi blank-slate kind of character more in T:ToN

 

[MRY]

Is this Philethis guy your work too Infinitron?

Mine.

 

[undecaf]

it makes more mechanical sense for a computer game than pnp that's for sure.

True to a point. I haven't played the Numenera PnP yet, but isn't the effort system somewhat similiar to how Luck is used in Cyberpunk 2020? It does have its own feel that may or may not serve the purpose it is designed for with all the pools that degrade, but the abstraction of giving more focus to the task at hand is spot on in my view.

 

[Excidium II]

it makes more mechanical sense for a computer game than pnp that's for sure.

True to a point. I haven't played the Numenera PnP yet, but isn't the effort system somewhat similiar to how Luck is used in Cyberpunk 2020? It does have its own feel that may or may not serve the purpose it is designed for with all the pools that degrade, but the abstraction of giving more focus to the task at hand is spot on in my view.

I just think on pnp you have this freedom to manipulate circumstances and stuff or just ask GM for extra mods because this or that, just spending stats is a somewhat boring way of doing it.

 

[Excidium II]

Is this Philethis guy your work too Infinitron?

Mine.

Aah. heh. The merging sounded like the tron being self aware.

 

[MRY]

Is this Philethis guy your work too Infinitron?

Mine.

Aah. heh. The merging sounded like the tron being self aware.

Yes, it was a reference to Codexian moderators. The tolling of the bell, the Cloven One, etc., etc.

 

[undecaf]

I just think on pnp you have this freedom to manipulate circumstances and stuff or just ask GM for extra mods because this or that, just spending stats is a somewhat boring way of doing it.

Well I do agree with you on that, but I don't think the systems in a CRPG should be viewed as closely as that since you can not ask the referee or GM to compensate for your wishes. It is a bit cumbersome, but it completes the task it sets out for.

 

[Zed]

 

[Excidium II]

I just think on pnp you have this freedom to manipulate circumstances and stuff or just ask GM for extra mods because this or that, just spending stats is a somewhat boring way of doing it.

Well I do agree with you on that, but I don't think the systems in a CRPG should be viewed as closely as that since you can not ask the referee or GM to compensate for your wishes. It is a bit cumbersome, but it completes the task it sets out for.

That's my point, it works better on a computer game.

 

[Zed]

how will I be able to roleplay an evil badass when he looks like a fag with aids

 

[undecaf]

That's my point, it works better on a computer game.

We are in agreement then.

 

[Excidium II]

how will I be able to roleplay an evil badass when he looks like a fag with aids

His char model looks like a placeholder so the good thing is you can use any portrait of a bald man.

 

[Infinitron]

Best. Post. Ever. https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=15258&p=167716

 

[undecaf]

how will I be able to roleplay an evil badass when he looks like a fag with aids

Who gives a fuck what he or she looks like? What should be questioned is what will an atrocity committed by such a character look and feel like.

 

[Excidium II]

how will I be able to roleplay an evil badass when he looks like a fag with aids

Who gives a fuck what he or she looks like? What should be questioned is what will an atrocity committed by such a character look and feel like.

Probably p. gay.

 

[Excidium II]

Best. Post. Ever. https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=15258&p=167716

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