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I was really hoping to give Torment: Tides of Numenera a go, but it seems I won't be able to since they have launched without Linux support right now. They aren't sure if it will get a Linux version during Early Access or after the final release.

For a Kickstarter campaign that featured Linux everywhere platforms were mentioned, I am a little annoyed. Only a little, as again I didn't back it as this crap happens all the time.

QuoteWe do not currently have an ETA on a Linux version, it may or may not happen during Early Access (it will definitely happen for final release).

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About the game (Official)
You are born falling from orbit, a new mind in a body once occupied by the Changing God, a being who has cheated death for millennia. If you survive, your journey through the Ninth World will only get stranger… and deadlier.

With a host of strange companions – whose motives and goals may help or harm you – you must escape an ancient, unstoppable creature called the Sorrow and answer the question that defines your existence: What does one life matter?

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved role-playing games of all time. Torment: Tides of Numenera is a single-player, isometric, narrative-driven role-playing game set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe, and brought to you by the creative team behind Planescape: Torment and the award-winning Wasteland 2. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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psycho_driver Jan 27, 2016
Quoting: adolsonThe same thing happened with Wasteland 2, did it not? I backed this because it's Torment... Though I fully expect slight disappointment, as what made the original such a hit was the characters and writing and setting, and from what I've seen, there's not going to be any of that in this new one. I still think it'll be a good game, though, and I very well could be wrong about that stuff.

It is annoying that Kickstarted games go available to the general public earlier than some backers could get the game, but oh well, whatever. I don't Kickstart things anymore, so that annoyance will end for me before too long.

The original was amazing. I remember buying it off a $10 rack at a department store. I didn't know anything about it, but I saw it was based on AD&D so I thought I'd give it a go. I fired it up and thought, "A floating skull? How cheesy." Played for a bit, died, ended up waking up back at the mortuary and being surprised that the game handled this event smoothly as something that was supposed to happen. After a couple of hours I was starting to get that feeling that I was playing something special. By the end I was in awe of how good the story was, and how effective the game had been at transferring me into the role of the Nameless One. I've never played another RPG that was able to immerse me like PST.
hummer010 Jan 27, 2016
Quoting: KeyrockAs someone who gives zero ****s about early access, this doesn't bother me at all, so long as we get day 1 Linux support for the final release. I do understand how it might bother other people who want to beta test this, though.

This.

I don't like early access. I burned myself out on Kerbal Space Program long before the official release, and I still haven't played the release even though I've seen there are some pretty cool things that didn't exist the last time I played it. That was a lesson learned - wait for the actual release before playing a game.

I absolutely get that Linux users who backed at the beta-test levels would be annoyed though - there was never any mention that the Linux version would be later, or not available for beta access. That's always the gamble with crowd funding though. I've been burned enough times on the crowd funding now that I don't get too emotional about it. I also don't crowd fund things any more.
Ivancillo Jan 27, 2016
QuoteI swear some of you people should research a game before you say anything about it. This isn't the first time this happened on this forum.

As you are right with your point, normally I give credit to the article's tags.

This one has : "Steam, RPG, Early Access, Crowdfunding".

There's another tag seen on some articles , "DRM-Free" that I don't see on this.

Happens with this game, and others. It seems the articulists have much information about Steam's releases than other's stores.


Last edited by Ivancillo on 27 January 2016 at 2:38 pm UTC
Shmerl Jan 27, 2016
I don't find playing alpha or beta versions of story intensive games like RPGs to be a good idea. It's spoilery and ruins the final experience which is likely to be different form the pre-release version. So not a big deal. Wait for the release and enjoy the game then.
Liam Dawe Jan 27, 2016
Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyI swear some of you people should research a game before you say anything about it. This isn't the first time this happened on this forum.

You are repeatedly being an arse in comments on GOL, stop it. Your attitude is starting to annoy me a lot.

Quoting: IvancilloAs you are right with your point, normally I give credit to the article's tags.

This one has : "Steam, RPG, Early Access, Crowdfunding".

There's another tag seen on some articles , "DRM-Free" that I don't see on this.

Happens with this game, and others. It seems the articulists have much information about Steam's releases than other's stores.

It does not have a DRM Free tag, as it is not currently on any other store but Steam.

Like with all our Steam release and Steam Early Access announcements, I'm not going to mention a store it's not even on yet.
Ivancillo Jan 27, 2016
QuoteIt does not have a DRM Free tag, as it is not currently on any other store but Steam.

Like with all our Steam release and Steam Early Access announcements, I'm not going to mention a store it's not even on yet.

It has sense.

Thanks for clarifying, Liam.
oldrocker99 Jan 27, 2016
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Another game I Kickstarted. I'll be happy if a Linux version is available on release; they certainly mentioned Linux on the page. It may be like Wasteland 2, which gave free copies of the ancient original to backers long before the new version came out, cross-platform the day of release. I'd love it if they released free copies of Planescape:Torment in a similar manner.

Not that I'm holding my breath waiting for that to happen ...
Shmerl Jan 27, 2016
On a side note, if you are interested in classic RPGs, take a look at this project:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nectargamestudios/project-resurgence/description


Last edited by Shmerl on 27 January 2016 at 3:05 pm UTC
DrMcCoy Jan 27, 2016
Quoting: oldrocker99I'd love it if they released free copies of Planescape:Torment in a similar manner.

Considering that, AFAIK, WotC/Hasbro is the current rights holder of Planescape: Torment, not inXile, I don't think that's going to happen.

(Me, I'm still sore that they let the Planescape setting, as in the pen & paper thing, die. It hasn't even been renewed for D&D 3e, let along 4 or 5. Hell, I kinda wished there was an official Pathfinder conversion of Planescape, but that's just a pie in the sky.)

Quoting: Shmerlhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nectargamestudios/project-resurgence/description

I second that recommendation.
hummer010 Jan 27, 2016
Quoting: ShmerlOn a side note, if you are interested in classic RPGs, take a look at this project:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nectargamestudios/project-resurgence/description

I'm pretty well done with kickstarting stuff, and I don't really care for episodic games, but ..... that looks pretty cool.
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