Torment: Tides of Numenera

Polygon

Carli Velocci·Mar 9, 2017

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Aside from some issues with encounter balance and my yearnings for more detail, it's a beautiful, challenging game, content to be ambiguous, rich and confounding in ways that few other RPGs have ever pulled off.

GameSpot

Daniel Starkey·Mar 8, 2017

Critic90/100

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Torment: Tides of Numenera is a fascinating old-school RPG that doubles down on the concept of role-playing.

Kotaku

Nathan Grayson·Feb 28, 2017

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“What does one life matter?” is the question at the heart of Torment: Tides of Numenera. Initially shapeless, the question solidifies around heady

PC Gamer

Chris Thursten·Feb 28, 2017

Critic89/100

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A slow start gives way to a thought-provoking adventure in a remarkable setting. A fitting follow-up to a beloved RPG.

Game Informer

Matt Miller·Feb 28, 2017

Critic85/100

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Constant text-reading and unusual imagery are delights to speculative-fiction lovers, but others may be confounded

Rock Paper Shotgun

Alec Meer·Feb 28, 2017

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No, you don't need to have played 1999 weird fantasy roleplaying game Planescape: Torment to enjoy this spiritual sequel. There are references and commonalities, but they're not in any way necessary to understand or appreciate it. What is required is a reasonable degree of patience, and an enjoyment of reading and of big ideas.

IGN

Leif Johnson·Feb 28, 2017

Critic88/100

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An uncommonly appealing and bizarre RPG that wants you to read more than bleed.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Alec Meer·Feb 28, 2017

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Torment is the weird, wordy, wise and wicked roleplaying game we've so desired during these long years of heightened spectacle. Not a total triumph, no, but close enough.

Eurogamer

Richard Cobbett·Feb 28, 2017

Critic80/100

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InXile's CRPG is an elegant and ambitious if uneven homage to Planescape Torment.