I don't understand why some people are griping about Torment not really being a sequel but a spiritual successor. What do you think Fallout is in relation to Wasteland? I remember being thrilled in the mid-90s that they were making a followup to Wasteland even if it had a different name and a different take on the post-apoc setting. Seems like that worked out pretty well.
Numenera is the setting of Torment Successor
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Diospyros said:
I agree. Not a big deal for me either.
Maybe they should just drop the Torment tag then. But the marketing people won't like that.
WorstUsernameEver
But best title ever!
Diospyros said:
I think it's more along the lines of Fallout being called Wasteland 2 but having a different setting and ruleset like it ended up having. Also, Fallout wasn't funded with Kickstarter
I'm still intrigued though, Numenera looks promising and the team looks really good.
Bewitched said:
Nah, it's more of a preemptive post in case people are confused.
.Pixote. said:
What marketing people?
Anyway, it's not unthinkable they drop the Torment tag. Depends on the crowd response, really. Honestly I expected more protests, myself, there doesn't seem to be an overwhelming majority against using the name Torment in this manner. We'll see though.
Brother None said:
I'm being facetious.
Numenera: Torment doesn't really roll off the tongue as well as Planescape: Torment either.
yeah, why does it even really need the name "Torment" in there.
Cant they just make a good game with great dialogues JUST like Torment? What the hell :p
Cant they just make a good game with great dialogues JUST like Torment? What the hell :p
PlanHex said:
They might change the name from a setting-specific to something like "Torments of the Technocrats." Though the ToT abbreviation can easily be changed to TiT.
Right now Fargo is feeling a bit like John Carpenter after he attempted to turn the Halloween franchise into an anthology series, with Part 3.
Personally I think it sounds like a good plan. Of course I'm also one of the mutant freaks that thought Halloween 3 was better than every other one except the first.
Personally I think it sounds like a good plan. Of course I'm also one of the mutant freaks that thought Halloween 3 was better than every other one except the first.
Brother None said:
WTF? Are you kidding? We want you to follow it as closely as possible. Breathe down its neck. Watch over it when it falls asleep. Nurture it. Give it the nipple when its feeding time, tap it gently on the back so it can burp.
I hope they don't fuck it up, though. I sorta liked the fact that there was only one Torment game.
I do hope nobody gets any stupid ideas and plans on making an Arcanum sequel.
Seriously.
Josan
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
Indeed. Follow it. It's not Torment and the name affiliation is a tad silly but it might be a good game in its own right.
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
New Concept Art of Numenera
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It needs more spikes.
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It needs more spikes.
The Vault Dweller
always looking for water.
The art looks like it's from a Magic card. The Mirrodin "metallic" forests actually.
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The Vault Dweller
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Gnarles Bronson
regular mutant
Per said:
Agreed,
Actually I wouldn't mind. Maybe the sequel would be better than the first. I really wanted to like the first game as so many people said how awesome it was.
Guiltyofbeingtrite
Vault Dweller
Them using Torment is the same as Bioshock: Infinity, it's there to attract the previous audience and capture the mood of the predecessor.