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

[CappenVarra]

Man, that looks almost like the World of Tiers...

 

[OSK]

A fathom is six feet.

 

[hiver]

Its starting to give me a good vibe. Of Lovecraftian horrors.

A fathom is six feet.

Not billion years in the future.

and since this is inside your mind, maybe its all relative.
besides, it was taken just as olden term for depth. for atmospheric and style reasons.

 

[Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

3rd fathom picture was in HD.

 

[Infinitron]

I can embed it in the newspost.

 

[hoverdog]

I want to be a mollusk

 

[Brother None]

Those pictures are getting smaller and smaller.

The Kickstarter version is slightly bigger. I think I'm going to adapt to a standard 700 width instead of 500 coz it really is too small, for future images.

 

[Grimlorn]

how deep...how philosophical.

who knew that stomping Bowser was just the in-game metaphor of a lonely nerd getting his own heart stomped on by his IRL love interests? it just makes you think man, it just makes you think.

Pretty sure Mario Bros. is about a guy eating a lot of shrooms and other drugs who hallucinates a regular guy as a monster (Bowser) who is in fact the bf of the girl (the Princess) he's with. Mario murders "Bowser" who he thinks is a monster to rescue the "Princess" who he thinks is grateful, but ends up actually raping her against her will.

 

[Excidium]

how deep...how philosophical.

who knew that stomping Bowser was just the in-game metaphor of a lonely nerd getting his own heart stomped on by his IRL love interests? it just makes you think man, it just makes you think.

Pretty sure Mario Bros. is about a guy eating a lot of shrooms and other drugs who hallucinates a regular guy as a monster (Bowser) who is in fact the bf of the girl (the Princess) he's with. Mario murders "Bowser" who he thinks is a monster to rescue the "Princess" who he thinks is grateful, but ends up actually raping her against her will.

BIoshock Infinite spoilers

 

[Infinitron]

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/315540218310696960

There is a Torment radio chat today at 5PM PDT here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/in-game-chat … with @ColinMcComb and @SaundersKevin . You can send in questions.

 

[tuluse]

Not that I do not appreciate the sentiment but these latest suggestions are on the level of "make an awesome storyfag cRPG, please. PS no Bioware!" Well, no shit.

Plz rite game gud colin

 

[Infinitron]

Watch gonna Watch: http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19834

hmm… yeah. That doesn't cut it for me. I liked PS:T's combat/gameplay, but I don't remember the story at all, I think the protagonist was dead or something, and there was a talking skull. That's how much I care about that story fluff

They've mentioned that it is going to be isometric? Shame, I was hoping they'd try to break new grounds.

:declining:

 

[Aeschylus]

That thread does seem to have spawned some new information though (unless I missed it previously):

As for systems, it'll have an isometric camera. For combat, Adam and Kevin are designing several systems (phase-based, turn-based and RTwP) and will engage backers in which one to use post-funding. There's a set of core goals each of these combat systems will fulfill which makes us more agnostic to which one exactly ends up being used.

 

[Brother None]

Nah, that's not new info. Isometric camera is mentioned on KS and Kevin talked about the whole combat system before the KS even began.

 

[tuluse]

Infinitron that has to be a troll. Right, right?

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Watch gonna Watch: http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19834

hmm… yeah. That doesn't cut it for me. I liked PS:T's combat/gameplay, but I don't remember the story at all, I think the protagonist was dead or something, and there was a talking skull. That's how much I care about that story fluff

They've mentioned that it is going to be isometric? Shame, I was hoping they'd try to break new grounds.

:declining:

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the story was awesome, but in my case, it's fluff. Look at it this way, to me the formula to know if I like an RPG game or not is sort of like this:
Score 1-10. Multiply score * weight, add it modifiers.

Story: Weight 1
Music: Weight 0.3
Voice acting: Weight 0.1
Tactical gameplay: Weight 10
(so basically gameplay trumps everything else)

Then of course there are modifiers:
Party based: +25

Turn based: +25
Real time with pause: +10
Real time: 0

Not open world: +10

Multiplayer: -10 (I actually like games less if they have multiplayer, even if I don't use it)

High Fantasy setting: +10
Dark Fantasy setting: +5
Modern setting: -5
Steampunk: -10

Respawning enemies: -25

What can change the nature of an Aspie?

 

[Kirtai]

What can change the nature of an Aspie?

The aspies I know tend to be much more into the story side.

 

[Turisas]

They've mentioned that it is going to be isometric? Shame, I was hoping they'd try to break new grounds.

What "new grounds"? Did he mean a 3rd person camera like every other crappy modern "RPG"?

 

[Excidium]

They've mentioned that it is going to be isometric? Shame, I was hoping they'd try to break new grounds.

What "new grounds"? Did he mean a 3rd person camera like every other crappy modern "RPG"?

No, revolutionary 2nd person camera.

 

[Turisas]

No, revolutionary 2nd person camera.

Genius.

 

[Jack]

They've mentioned that it is going to be isometric? Shame, I was hoping they'd try to break new grounds.

What "new grounds"? Did he mean a 3rd person camera like every other crappy modern "RPG"?

2nd person camera. You see the game trough the eyes of the NPCs you meet, so you don't know who you are meeting, only how they respond to you. The game mechanics are centered around this making it a bit of a "who am I?" game, you have to guess who you're talking to but you cannot tell them about your condition since they would take advantage.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Infinitron]

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/315540218310696960

There is a Torment radio chat today at 5PM PDT here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/in-game-chat … with @ColinMcComb and @SaundersKevin . You can send in questions.

It's on.

 

[hiver]

The sound is horribly distorted.

 

[Hobz]

Missed the first 30mn

Any interesting info so far ?