The Mortuary room in which the game opens. Visible are two Player characters, a zombie, the bottom-menu and the radial actions-menu.

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Planescape Torment

Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows by Black Isle Studios. Released on December 12, 1999, the game takes place in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Planescape campaign setting. more...

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Unlike other computer role-playing games, such as Baldur's Gate, Torment places emphasis on conversation and storyline instead of combat.

The game begins in Sigil, where the protagonist, an enigmatic and heavily scarred immortal dubbed The Nameless One by the game's interface, wakes up in a mortuary with no memory of his identity and past experiences. Assuming the role of The Nameless One, players embark on a quest to solve the mysteries surrounding him.

Torment received almost universal critical praise, and has since become a cult classic. The game was added to Gamespy's \"Hall of Fame\" in August 2004, and to Gamespot's \"Greatest Games of All Time\" list in October 2005.

Gameplay

Torment is built on the Infinity Engine, which presents the player with a two-dimensional world, in which protagonist characters are controlled from an isometric perspective. Exploration is accomplished by clicking on the ground to move, or on objects and characters to interact with them. Items and spells may be employed through hotkeys, \"quick slots\", or a radial menu.

The player is able to join several of the factions which exist in Sigil, including the Dustmen, Sensates, Godsmen, Anarchists and Chaosmen. Conversely, the player may recruit adventuring companions over the course of the game. While there are seven potential members, only five may accompany him at once.

Plot

The Planescape campaign setting incorporates beings, locations, and oddities from several different planes of existence. The player travels to destinations such as Avernus (the first layer of Baator), Carceri (the prison plane of thieves and liars), two of the Lady of Pain's Mazes, a \"pregnant\" alleyway, and more.

One idea that presents itself many times during the game is consensus reality — if enough people believe in something, then it is real, and begins to exist. For example, when people ask The Nameless One his name, one of the choices of response is to lie that it is \"Adahn\". If the player tells 10-12 people that this is his name, a man named Adahn will appear in a certain location, claiming to be an old friend, even though he never existed before. Another example is a recovered memory of a past event in which the Nameless One apparently debates a man out of existence. Also, the Githzerai make their home in the plane of limbo, using collective belief to shape their cities out of chaos.