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

[~RAGING BONER~]

when is this KS campaign starting?

 

[Infinitron]

when is this KS campaign starting?

Only Brother None knows.

 

[BobtheTree]

Hopefully it's months away so my wallet can recover.

 

[hiver]

at facebook page.

 

[Infinitron]

hiver, please provide source links for the stuff you post ITT

 

[Brother None]

Website is up (also linkable as tormentrpg.com)

Image called "bloom bottom", so...

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Torment: Tides of Numenera™ continues the thematic legacy of the critically acclaimed Planescape: Torment™. Set in Monte Cook's new tabletop role-playing world, Numenera™, the newest Torment asks: What does one life matter?

Numenera's Ninth World is a fantastic vision of a world in which massive civilizations have risen and fallen - disappeared, transcended, overwhelmed, or destroyed - and left their cities, monuments, and artifacts behind. As each rose and fell, their achievements became part of the accumulated detritus of eons... but much of it did not decay. And now this assortment of ancient power is there for the taking, ever-present, underfoot. The humans of the Ninth World take and use what they can. They call these wonders (and horrors) the numenera.

One of these humans discovers a way to use the numenera to grow strong, to cheat death, to skip across the face of centuries in a succession of bodies. But he discovers an unexpected side effect: You.

Torment™ is a game of complex and nuanced morality, deep and reactive choice and consequence, and immersion into a new and strange vision. You will chart a course through bizarre dimensions, across the face of a vastly different world. You will earn companions along the way, and discover their value - perhaps through their strengths, perhaps more literally by selling them. Throughout it all, you will choose a path that will lead inexorably to an ending that stems naturally from your actions, facing adversaries who harness powers beyond your comprehension, and who will ultimately force you to face yourself and answer the question: What does one life matter?

 

[Zeriel]

Oh, dear lord. Their seductive words will shatter my world if it all ends in disappointment.

 

[Lancehead]

perhaps more literally by selling them

Odd that they mention this.

 

[Brother None]

perhaps more literally by selling them

Odd that they mention this.

Methinks it is meant to be indicative of the scope of the narrative treatment of your companions. There's no "band of brothers" narrative forced on you, you can value them for their strengths, or you can exploit their value, with gameplay allowing for ways to do this. "Selling them" is the bluntest way of exploiting their value one could imagine, but isn't that what the Nameless One does when he shoves his companions into the pillar of skulls?

 

[hiver]

Very nice.

One of these humans discovers a way to use the numenera to grow strong, to cheat death, to skip across the face of centuries in a succession of bodies. But he discovers an unexpected side effect: You.

Sounds familiar.

 

[Tigranes]

Clearly, we are now TTO.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Cool, so the Kickstarter is coming soon, I guess.

 

[Lancehead]

perhaps more literally by selling them

Odd that they mention this.

Methinks it is meant to be indicative of the scope of the narrative treatment of your companions. There's no "band of brothers" narrative forced on you, you can value them for their strengths, or you can exploit their value, with gameplay allowing for ways to do this. "Selling them" is the bluntest way of exploiting their value one could imagine, but isn't that what the Nameless One does when he shoves his companions into the pillar of skulls?

Most likely; it just seemed like they're saying, "remember in PST you can sell your companions into slavery? You can do that in TTN too."

 

[hiver]

Clearly, we are now TTO.

bloody body stealers all over again...








.....

 

[Kem0sabe]

Do they have forums up? would be interesting to see how those evolve into a pit of despair and histrionics.

 

[Infinitron]

Do they have forums up? would be interesting to see how those evolve into a pit of despair and histrionics.

Just this: https://torment.uservoice.com/forums/194182-pledge-rewards

 

[hiver]

Forums no, but you can sign into the site and offer input on kickstarter campaign and rewards for backers, as of now.

 

[hoverdog]

Clearly, we are now TTO.

This is... an interesting twist, at the very least.

 

[tuluse]

Do they have forums up? would be interesting to see how those evolve into a pit of despair and histrionics.

Just this: https://torment.uservoice.com/forums/194182-pledge-rewards

"Exclusive companion"

Didn't they learn their lesson last time with this backer exclusive nonsense?

 

[CappenVarra]

Clearly, we are now TTO.

You mean, clearly we are now Adahn?

 

[evdk]

Clearly, we are now TTO.

You mean, clearly we are now Adahn?

Not really, Adahn was an unintended consequence of compulsive lying. This blurb really fits TTO better, IMHO.

 

[~RAGING BONER~]

i have only a few dollars left in my wallet for baby formula...looks like baby will go hungry this month...

 

[Infinitron]

Everybody vote for this: https://torment.uservoice.com/forum...n-t-want-any-in-game-content-to-be-exclusive-

 

[Kem0sabe]

Next they will announce that they had to cut some planned content from launch due to time constraints... but it would be included at launch in the form of DLC, because certification for consoles taking the time it does leaves a lot of free time for them to work on the cut content.

 

[Infinitron]

Time to give Brother None a developer tag