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

[Kirtai]

I may not agree with Sawyer but he seems quite willing to throw away ideas that don't work and to explain his reasoning which is more than good enough.

 

[Jaesun]

Agreed.

 

[uaciaut]

How long is this thing going to hit the next stretch goal? 500k between is a lot of money. I wonder if they'll throw other things out past the $3,000,000 level. 500k between goals there is pretty wishful thinking.

It makes sense to have big step stretch goals at the start and the end, and smaller increments in between. I think the update discussed that? Don't fret unduly, I think we've got a good approach for keeping things interesting, including setting up a continuous stretch goal. That's p vague but it's all I got.

Pitch big city 2 as your next goal, i'm really curious how that will affect the rate of donations. D:

 

[mondblut]

Hmm. Come on, please tell me they got Zeb Cook out of Zionmax and he's gonna work on Torment.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

 

[Roguey]

Wasn't PS:T based on an earlier version of the engine than BG1? A fork from an earlier version or something?

SW: [laughs] Baldur's Gate was being developed concurrently at the same time Planescape was. So as they would release updates to the Baldur's Gate engine, we'd incorporate them and, shortly thereafter we started making some large changes to their engine as they were developing it. But, I think Planescape originally went into production in late 97, early 98, as it is now, and then got put on hold for 10 months while Fallout 2 was wrapped up. There were around 3 programmers on the team working on modifications for the Planescape engine during that time, but the real development started happening in late 98. We busted through the content of the game in 11 months.

Not that earlier. The things they did to make combat worse were purely design decisions.

 

[Zeriel]

I never found Torment's combat that bad for the type of game it was. It's not like BG's combat got even remotely interesting until 2 (and that was only because of mage battles). Torment at least had the virtue of cool spells and abilities that evoked the setting and tied into the characters in a personal way (I will never forget Dakkon's crossbow of *knowing* infinite projectiles).

 

[Infinitron]

Dakkon? Crossbow?

http://www.formspring.me/GZiets/q/435924908355123139

 

[Zeriel]

Sorry. Ballista.

 

[Infinitron]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

 

[janjetina]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

I wouldn't expect anything different from someone paying to post on an internet forum.

 

[norolim]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

I wouldn't expect anything different from someone paying to post on an internet forum.

Yeah. A get the impression, this moron was never going to stick to his pledge. If it wasn't the "non-apology" it would be the word "no": You used the word no in your update. I hate the word no. I never use the word no. No pledge from me in that case.

 

[Minttunator]

Some people in the rpg.net thread got butthurt too. Not everyone has a sense of humour, I guess.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Pretty much. Everybody is better off without these "I don't like your face, I'm taking back my money" retards. You'd expect people to take back their money if something is announced about the game that they don't like, but no the "terrible game design" wasn't enough. You see, he was doing them a favor by pledging. But NOT ANYMORE!

Some people in the rpg.net thread got butthurt too.

Likely the "why are elves racist? (((" people?

 

[Crooked Bee]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

Likely a joke post.

 

[evdk]

Some people in the rpg.net thread got butthurt too. Not everyone has a sense of humour, I guess.

That's rpg.net, those people wouldn't be mollified by anything short of ritual disembowelment.

 

[Infinitron]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

Likely a joke post.

Maybe. Goons seem to be taking him seriously though.

 

[General Maxson]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

Good fucking riddance!

 

[Koschey]

HAHAHAHAHA http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...534783&pagenumber=23&perpage=40#post413374950

Yeah, sorry, the butthurt and unwarranted self-importance just made me completely ignore his opinion

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Could be a joke post, could be serious. Really difficult to tell, since it's SA after all. Kind of like that one thread about niggers in Site Feedback.

 

[Jaesun]

Torment KS Video Update 2
Colin McComb discusses the Tides and other story details of Torment: Tides of Numenera.

 

[Infinitron]

Torment KS Video Update 2
Colin McComb discusses the Tides and other story details of Torment: Tides of Numenera.

wat. But there's no update yet. I guess it'll arrive very soon.

 

[Jaesun]

Yeah someone just spotted the video in the comment section. I assume update will follow.

 

[Infinitron]

"Updated my...my diary."

 

[Stabwound]

Cool video, but it does have some minor story spoilers for those that care that much about it.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Those 'meres' (?) sound like a really cool idea, something original that wasn't in PST, but yeah, giving spoilers isn't very good.