Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Thread

[Moink]

Seems to be at a steady as well

 

[Lurker King]

You have to understand... who will send them some nice, shining, new Gamer Shoes if they said what they think.

I made this thread in the site feedback:

Where is Darth Roxor's review about T:ToN? The shilling never ends

 

[Sheepherder]

Found a way how to turn off that annoying Inspiring Presence noise.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/272270/discussions/0/133258593382478531/
Open a dropbox link in the thread and follow instructions. Peace and quite finally.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3otBjVZzT0

 

[cvv]

Seems to be at a steady as well

Yeah, decline. Most reviewers complain the game is not RTwP. Also muh cut content.

 

[prodigydancer]

Metacritic user score is 7.3 for the PC version with only 190 votes so far. 90k+ backers and nobody has an opinion - WTF?

Both console versions combined hold about 20% of total MC votes, as expected. Nobody in their right mind will play a text-heavy isometric CRPG on console. It's typical inXile. A handful of console kids is a great reason to ruin the game and lose hundreds of thousands of potential PC customers.

Most reviewers complain the game is not RTwP.

PS:T was an RTwP game whether you like it or not.

 

[hexer]

They should have reacted to this earlier and follow my alternate reality guidelines.
Now it's in the freefall zone.
RIP

 

[bataille]

How many dones quixotes does a game need?

Spoiler

Enough for them to engage in conversations and bless each other to get out and slay fire-breathing numenera.

 

[Lurker King]

I forgot that is possible to downvote the game on metacritic. Nice!

 

[Habbonovio]

Found a way how to turn off that annoying Inspiring Presence noise.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/272270/discussions/0/133258593382478531/
Open a dropbox link in the thread and follow instructions. Peace and quite finally.

B-B-But the tinnitus is a fe-fe-feature.

It was indeed a stretch goal.

It's all part of the Torment experience.

 

[cvv]

Most reviewers complain the game is not RTwP.

PS:T was an RTwP game whether you like it or not.

Yeah, that's why everyone hated PST combat.

Most people wanted TToN to be TB whether you like it or not. Big chunk of the pile-on on Metacritic and Steam is them being butthurt about that.

 

[Lacrymas]

AoD has a very consistent aesthetic throughout.

For me, it immersed me more than torment, which looked like a lifeless theme park.

Consistency is key in every art form. That's what makes you suspend your disbelief. Otherwise, jarring changes in style jolt you out of the experience.

 

[J_C]

They are generic people.

You mean they are very good portraits done by a competent artist. Yes, I agree.

They look very good as regular people (well with the exception of the glowing eyed one), but visually they are generic. Of course AoD being more grounded, I didn't expect rainbow colored portraits.

 

[Seari]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Torment/comments/5y7ymi/i_want_more/deo0iqj/

You want more? Drop us a kind review on Steam and convince others to buy the game.

(but seriously, we're glad you like it)

 

[Gruncheon]

We need an article on the state of portraits in CRPGs, after the excellent one about the state of writing.
Darth Roxor, can we count on you?

Just when did this:

Become sexier than this:

 

[t]

They are generic people.

You mean they are very good portraits done by a competent artist. Yes, I agree.

They look very good as regular people (well with the exception of the glowing eyed one), but visually they are generic. Of course AoD being more grounded, I didn't expect rainbow colored portraits.

Honestly, the TTON portraits are also regular people, just with some colors on top and weird hairstyles. Not sure what your point is.

 

[TT1]

lol indie

lol story rich

 

[J_C]

They are generic people.

You mean they are very good portraits done by a competent artist. Yes, I agree.

They look very good as regular people (well with the exception of the glowing eyed one), but visually they are generic. Of course AoD being more grounded, I didn't expect rainbow colored portraits.

Honestly, the TTON portraits are also regular people, just with some colors on top and weird hairstyles. Not sure what your point is.

My point is that the TTON ones look more unique.

 

[ga♥]

PST combat wasn't even that bad (from a bigger perspective on the game as a whole).

TTON combat sucks because of the implemenation of it, not because its TB.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Torment/comments/5y7ymi/i_want_more/deo0iqj/

You want more? Drop us a kind review on Steam and convince others to buy the game.

(but seriously, we're glad you like it)

I am torned about this; not sure if this flops hard as it seems it will be good for future games.

 

[KevinV12000]

Making a Torment game to appeal to the console crowd is like making a jazz album to appeal to Beyonce fans: you're just going to piss off both crowds and make yourself look like a fucking idiot.

Why isn't this BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS?

 

[t]

My point is that the TTON ones look more unique.

I guess not so hard to make 6 unique portraits as opposed to 50. Also, just put different color in the background. Anyway, fair enough, I agree.

 

[Parabalus]

Just how bad is mixed on steam? The possible ratings are:

• Overwhelmingly Positive
• Very Positive
• Positive
• Mostly Positive
• Mixed
• Mostly Negative
• Negative

For comparison, some example RPGs which weren't praised highly on the 'Dex but have a very positive rating:

• Game of Thrones
• Of Orcs and Men
• Dota 2 (It's tagged as RPG on Steam - What is an RPG? )
• Banner Saga 1&2
• Darkest Dungeon

A mixed rating puts it into the same basket as Blackguards 2 - which was almost universally blasted, especially in comparison to the first one.

InXile truly outdid themselves on this one.

 

[t]

Honestly, guys, why is this game flopping so hard?

The reviews were fine, especially the PC ones. I think overall they were better than the ones for Wasteland 2. The game had a lot of publicity behind it, clearly more than Wasteland as well.

So what seems to be the problem? Is it the weirdness of the setting? Is it isometric RPG fatigue? I'm really hesitant to say it's codex shitstorm that made much of a difference.

 

[Kev Inkline]

They are generic people.

You mean they are very good portraits done by a competent artist. Yes, I agree.

They look very good as regular people (well with the exception of the glowing eyed one), but visually they are generic. Of course AoD being more grounded, I didn't expect rainbow colored portraits.

Honestly, the TTON portraits are also regular people, just with some colors on top and weird hairstyles. Not sure what your point is.

My point is that the TTON ones look more unique.

These people are all unique with their diverse and personal quirks:

These regular people have that uniform look some of you seem to dislike:

What do you think?

 

[Sentinel]

Honestly, guys, why is this game flopping so hard?

The reviews were fine, especially the PC ones. I think overall they were better than the ones for Wasteland 2. The game had a lot of publicity behind it, clearly more than Wasteland as well.

So what seems to be the problem? Is it the weirdness of the setting? Is it isometric RPG fatigue? I'm really hesitant to say it's codex shitstorm that made much of a difference.

Because it's shit. And boring. And because every companion is a human.