Torment: Tides of Numenera uses the Unity engine to display the pre-rendered 2.5D isometric perspective environments. The release date was initially set for December 2014, but was pushed back to February 2017.Īn early in-game screenshot from 'the Bloom' area

At the campaign's conclusion, Torment: Tides of Numenera had set the record for highest-funded video game on Kickstarter with over US$4 million pledged. The game was successfully crowd-funded through Kickstarter in the first six hours of the project's launch in March 2013. Torment: Tides of Numenera, like its predecessor, is primarily story-driven while placing greater emphasis on interaction with the world and characters, with combat and item accumulation taking a secondary role. The game takes place in The Ninth World, a science fantasy campaign setting written by Monte Cook for his tabletop RPG Numenera. It is a spiritual successor to 1999's Planescape: Torment. Check out what they had to say here.Torment: Tides of Numenera is a role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Techland Publishing for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

We also spoke with inXile about Torment's vast moral 'Tides' system and plot. For us it's important we accomplish those goals from the combat system.' We'll present what we envision a different options for combat, and see what kind of input we get. 'What we're intending to do is lave that call to our backers.

'So with all of these goals in mind for our combat, we think it's agnostic of whether its real-time or pause-based like Planescape: Torment was, or if it's phase based,' McComb concluded. Ultimately however, the game's Kickstarter backers will have the final word on which format inXile rests on, even if it is currently favouring phase-based combat. McComb explained that combat will also be avoidable if players wish to use words, rather than weapons, 'In the tradition of Planescape: Torment we want combat to be avoidable in many if not all circumstances depending on the choices you make.' The combat will be relevant to what's going on. 'We want to have a focus on the quality of combat encounters over quantity, so this isn't going to be an action RPG where you slay mobs of minions and get lots of treasure. One example of this is what we did for Mask of the Betrayer, with you being the Spirit Eater, and having powers that had effects on combat that changed depending on what you did outside of combat. 'There will be aspects from the creative side that influence the gamplay. 'We also want a tie-in with the narrative,' McComb continued. What you do away from the battlefield will also have a profound impact on how characters behave in combat, similar to Obsidian's Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer. Within combat we want tactical decisions that are planned. 'By 'strategic' I mean the customisation of your character outside of combat, like your choices in terms of what class you are, what capabilities you have and what equipment you're using. We've defined the main characteristics, so we want there to be strategic elements. But how we've approached it is we want it to be a stronger combat system than Planescape: Torment had. McComb explained, 'What we're favouring for combat is a phase-based combat system. Developer inXile Entertainment has spoken with us about the game's proposed phase-based battle mechanic, which will ultimately be decided by the project's Kickstarter backers.Īs part of an interview you can read here next week, we spoke with inXile's project director Kevin Saunders and creative lead Colin McComb about the many combat mechanics the team is considering, and how fans will get to decide which one makes the cut. Torment: Tides of Numenera hit Kickstarter last night and surpassed $900,000 in the space of six hours.

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