Torment: Tides of Numenera

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Critic Reviews for Torment: Tides of Numenera

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High Score - 95/100

Low Score - 40/100

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36% of scored reviews fell within the range of 80 to 86 / 100

Leif Johnson (IGN)

8.8/10

“The turn-based combat may be a little disappointing, but Torment: Tides of Numenera manages to live up to the legacy of Planescape: Torment by offering a fascinatingly weird and well-written tale. Thanks to a wide variety of options in conversations and the influences of its tidal system, it offers decent opportunities for replay value and a memorable tale each time. This is the rare game that leans almost entirely on its setting and writing for its appeal, and the miraculous thing is that it usually succeeds.”

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James Kozanitis (Game Revolution)

4.5/5 stars

“It’s a well-executed set-up with a wondrous payoff. Whereas the fun in a game like For Honor comes from physically learning how to play, the fun in Tides of Numenera comes from achieving encyclopedic knowledge of a whole new universe through truly meaningful choices.”

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Raymond Porreca (Destructoid)

7.5/10

“Like the way that the Ninth World rises from the ashes of other civilizations, Torment: Tides of Numenera is a layered experience. For role-players keen on experiencing a game of consequences and twisted fantasy, it’s well worth the adventure.”

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3DNews	Денис Щенников	7 / 10	02-28-2017	Tides of Numenera is not exactly the game we were waiting for. It tries really hard to be like Planescape: Torment, but the game is more like a prisoner of the past than its glorified return.	Read review
ACG	Jeremy Penter	Not Recommended	02-28-2017	Video Review	Read review
Ars Technica	Steven Strom	Recommended	03-21-2017	Torment’s uneven gameplay is pulled to the finish line by its engrossing world and story. Assuming you can get over the introductory hump (and all that text), it’s absolutely a story worth reading, if not always playing. Buy it.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	Mike Guarino	4 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera may not be for gamers that are accustomed to more fast-paced and action-heavy RPGs, but those who appreciate a well-developed world and characters will find a lot to enjoy here. It’s overflowing with depth and personality, and the many ways that you can navigate through it make it truly feel alive. If you’ve been dreaming of RPGs returning to a time where depth and detail were the genre’s blood and bones, then this is the game for you.	Read review
BaziCenter	Kaveh Eskandari	9 / 10	03-06-2017	If you are a new comer to the RPG genre, or if you are not old-school enough, Torment: Tides of Numenera may very well frustrate you. But for a hardcore fan of classic RPGs, one that is patient and enjoys reading, it’s the perfect option.	Read review
Cerealkillerz	Julian Bieder	9 / 10	02-27-2017	Insgesamt macht Torment: Tides of Numenera einen sehr guten Eindruck, man sollte sich vor dem Kauf aber ein bisschen darüber informieren. Der Fokus auf die massigen Dialogtexte im Spiel sagt sicher nicht jedem zu, heutige RPGs wie Mass Effect sind da doch eindeutig actionlastiger. Fans der RPGs aus den 90igern können hier bedenklos zugreifen und auch Leute, die Wert auf eine stimmungsvolle Science-Fiction/Fantasy-Welt Wert legen sollten sich den Titel mal ansehen. Torment muss sich absolut nicht hinter seinen Vorgänger verstecken, die Charaktere, die Welt und die Story sind alle überaus interessant und motivieren zum Weiterspielen.	Read review
CGMagazine	Jake Yanik	9.5 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment is the purest expression of Infinity Engine RPGs we will ever see in the modern age.	Read review
Chalgyr’s Game Room	Pierre-Yves Lanthier	9.5 / 10	03-01-2017	After over a decade, the spiritual successor to Planescape Torment took itself to Kickstarter and destroyed its original asking amount in almost no time. Paying tribute to both its predecessor and to the fans of it, Torment: Tides of Numenera is the perfect follow-up the cult classic RPG.	Read review
COGconnected	Scott Sullivan	80 / 100	02-28-2017	The mechanics are not unique, but the way it’s presented already showcases the strong writing of this game, and that level of storytelling remains consistent throughout.	Read review
Critical Hit	Daniel Hallinan	8.5 / 10	02-28-2017	It’s rare that a game allows me to use my failures within itself to build a unique narrative, and that in itself allowed me to approach Torment: Tides of Numenara from a new light. Ironically, the lack of a Game Over led me to be more cautious as I know the world has evolved, even if just by a tiny bit, as a result of my failures.	Read review
Cubed3	Lex Firth	6 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a particularly difficult game to review objectively, as its enjoyability depends largely on the player’s tastes and lifestyle. Those willing to spend a large amount of time surrounding themselves with complex lore will find this to be an enjoyable throwback to a genre that’s struggling to find a place in the video game era	Read review
Daily Mirror	JC Suttun	4 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	Tides of Numenera is best approached as one might a weighty sci-fi novel from the likes of Clarke and Asimov; intimidating at first glance, with more exposition than explosions. Allow yourself to become immersed, however, and you’ll find a trippy, twisty title with a myriad of ways to experience it.	Read review
Destructoid	Raymond Porreca	7.5 / 10	02-28-2017	Like the way that the Ninth World rises from the ashes of other civilizations, Torment: Tides of Numenera is a layered experience. For role-players keen on experiencing a game of consequences and twisted fantasy, it’s well worth the adventure.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Steven McGehee	9 / 10	01-26-2017	Ultimately, Torment: ToN offers a very compelling balance between deep gameplay, accessibility, and character-driven story. While it may seem overwhelming at first to those unfamiliar with the genre, it nurtures a sense of exploration and quest. Failure in your quests is often just as interesting as success, and that the entire adventure is closer to twenty hours than forty makes it more reasonable that you’ll finish and replay it again.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Matt Sainsbury	4.5 / 5 stars	03-09-2017	Thanks to a deep narrative, exquisite morality mechanics that make every decision equally weighty and meaningful, and sublime characters, inXile has given the game a genuine shot of living up to the legacy of one of the greatest games of all time.	Read review
Eurogamer	Richard Cobbett	Recommended	02-28-2017	Smart and commendably weird, InXile’s homage to Planescape Torment doesn’t exceed its inspiration but certainly does it proud.	Read review
Expansive	Ray Willmott	7.5 / 10	02-28-2017	Numenera is so deep and heavy that it’s liable to change the landscape of console RPGs forever	Read review
Fextralife	Castielle	8.5 / 10	03-09-2017	Be prepared to take a voyage in time and space, not only to the Ninth World countless years into the future, but also 20 years into the past, into your bedroom as a young gamer just finding your way. If you still know how to read the Numenera known as a “book”, Torment: Tides of Numenera will take you places no other game has in a decade. Although the game is not overly long (about 30 hours), it is easily justified for the modest price of 44.99$.	Read review
Game Debate	Stuart Thomas	9.5 / 10	03-05-2017	Once you understand that, however, I’ve not got much bad to say. Time will tell if it hits the market with the impact that Planescape: Torment had. I would guess not, just due to the games industry being a different beast these days. But in quality of writing, and in its ability to make you care about characters and force you kicking and screaming to actually think about things like good and evil, and the value of life, Tides of Numenera is every bit on a par with its illustrious ancestor.	Read review
Game Informer	Matt Miller	8.5 / 10	02-28-2017	Constant text-reading and unusual imagery are delights to speculative-fiction lovers, but others may be confounded	Read review
Game Revolution	James Kozanitis	4.5 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	It’s a well-executed set-up with a wondrous payoff. Whereas the fun in a game like For Honor comes from physically learning how to play, the fun in Tides of Numenera comes from achieving encyclopedic knowledge of a whole new universe through truly meaningful choices.	Read review
Gameblog	Camille Allard	6 / 10	03-16-2017	Torment Tides of Numenera is an ambitious RPG with superb dialogs, but it has the bitter aftertaste of a incomplete game. It’s an intersting experience, but not enought to be a must-have RPG.	Read review
GameCrate	Nicholas Scibetta	8.8 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a worthy follow-up to the original and a fascinating game in its own right.	Read review
GameGrin	Simon Brown	8.5 / 10	03-09-2017	inXile’s spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment doesn’t quite reach the high notes of that game but it does tell an interesting story and explores themes not really touched on frequently in gaming. If you are after a new RPG with an evocative, if grim, setting then this is for you.	Read review
GameMAG	KOZIK	8 / 10	03-24-2017	This is not even a breath of fresh air! It is a bottomless oxygen tank. In the universe of Numenera almost every meter of space, character or scenario penetrated by some phenomenal madness. Torment: Tides of Numenera is a masterfully written interactive book with a gripping storyline that makes you want to reread again and again. If developers will correct numerous technical problems, feel free to add another score to the final grade	Read review
GameSkinny	Ty Arthur	9 / 10	02-28-2017	InXile defied the odds and delivered a truly worthy successor to the oddity and wonder of Planescape: Torment.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	7 / 10	02-28-2017	There’s something rather alluring about Torment: Tides of Numenera. Whilst its central story is somewhat linear, it’s truly impressive just how personal your adventure can be thanks to the wealth of side quests that surround it and the multiple ways you can deal with each of them.	Read review
GameSpot	Daniel Starkey	9 / 10	03-08-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a fascinating old-school RPG that doubles down on the concept of role-playing.	Read review
GameWatcher	Chris Capel	9 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment has flaws but none that will stop me from considering it a great RPG.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Randy Kalista	8.8 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment looks like a future-fantasy Lord of the Rings, plays like a collection of extreme short fiction, and emerges as the most alien world I’ve discovered in decades. Be ready for the narrative equivalent of combat fatigue. But if you’re in the mood for a complex world operating under a complex moral system, then it’s worth examining Numenera’s overriding question: “What does one life matter?”	Read review
GamingBolt	Ravi Sinha	8 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is well worth the wait. It combines the lore and fantastical setting of the Planescape universe with well-written characters and a tout narrative. For all the reading you’ll have to do, there’s an enchanting universe in store.	Read review
GamingTrend	Christian DeCoster	95 / 100	03-01-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a modern take on classic computer RPGs that tells an engrossing and original story, meditating on complex themes of identity in a strange world that just begs to be explored. While the combat seems a bit forced and uninspired, it doesn’t detract too much from the rest of the experience, and as a result I cannot recommend it highly enough.	Read review
GBAtemp	Jakub Kowalski	8 / 10	02-28-2017	TToN is excellent in every artistic department. The captivating writing, climactic music and gorgeous environments work together to create a unique ambience that will keep you captivated for hours on end. The game’s shortcomings are structural, which goes to show that most of the effort went into creating fantastic content rather than polishing the more mundane mechanics. With a few polishing patches TToN can truly become an instant classic for the ages, and one that I can certainly recommend to RPG fans. If the names “Black Isle”, “Bioware” or “Interplay” mean anything dear to you, you should probably look into inExile’s latest game	Read review
Generación Xbox	Felipe Ubierna	7.2 / 10	02-27-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera proposes an adventure full of twists and with a great lore. Its turn-based system is the most interesting thing, and probably is the part of the game that makes it unique and different from other actual RPGs	Read review
God is a Geek	Dale Emasiri	9 / 10	02-28-2017	One of the best CRPGs of recent times, with a rich world to get lost in, and some great mechanics to keep you playing for hours.	Read review
Guardian	Jonathan Allford	4 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is more than a nostalgic homage to Planescape: Torment – its own innovations will mark the genre as much as its spiritual predecessor did.	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Jason Bohn	2 / 5 stars	03-06-2017	With frustrating tech, unappealing appearance and a lack of quality of life streamlining, Torment: Tides of Numenera might actually be my biggest gaming-related disappointment since I bought an Atari Jaguar. Some of the complaints mentioned here, especially exploration (wrongly as load times weren’t this bad), could be leveled at Planescape: Torment, but many years have gone by with many new ideas to make gaming experiences more engrossing.	Read review
Hey Poor Player	Nathaniel Terencio	4 / 5 stars	03-04-2017	This won’t convert you to the cult of old-school CRPGs if you’re not already a fan. If you are a fan however, there’s an entire plane’s worth of meaty roleplaying goodness for you to sink your teeth into (especially in the meat prison).	Read review
IGN	Leif Johnson	8.8 / 10	02-28-2017	The turn-based combat may be a little disappointing, but Torment: Tides of Numenera manages to live up to the legacy of Planescape: Torment by offering a fascinatingly weird and well-written tale. Thanks to a wide variety of options in conversations and the influences of its tidal system, it offers decent opportunities for replay value and a memorable tale each time. This is the rare game that leans almost entirely on its setting and writing for its appeal, and the miraculous thing is that it usually succeeds.	Read review
IGN Italy	Andrea Giongiani	9.1 / 10	02-28-2017	It’s Torment. It’s back.	Read review
IGN Middle East	Zia Murad	8.5 / 10	02-28-2017	For a game claiming to be the “spiritual successor” of the popular 1990 RPG, Torment does not only capture the soul of Planescape: Torment that made us feel nostalgic, but it also managed to get rid of the old cliches and add enough new ideas to be a great game on its own. Even though some of the new systems aren’t ideal, the right mix of a charming world, an epic story, interested characters, and surprising plot twists puts it on the list of the greatest modern RPGs.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Nathan Misa	3.5 / 5 stars	03-08-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a fantastically written and incredibly deep role-playing game with most of its strengths firmly in the narrative department rather than its turn-based combat gameplay systems.	Read review
IND13	Rahul Shirke	Recommended	05-25-2017	As with Planescape, Numenera is not a perfect game. It is, however, a unique game, brimming with weird tales that will take some 30-40 hours to explore on the first playthrough. The game’s appeal is largely predicated on how much you enjoy falling into the rabbit hole, but fans of a more traditional RPG experience, or indeed, fans expecting a yarn to surpass the original Planescape might find Numenera wanting. Stick with it, though, and you will be rewarded with an highly unusual experience.	Read review
Kotaku	Nathan Grayson	Recommended	02-28-2017	A worthy successor to Planescape.	Read review
Marooners’ Rock	Raymond Herrera	7.8 / 10	03-01-2017	It is a great addition to an RPG fans collection though, if they don’t mind a time eater of a game, challenging battles, and the feel of a classic RPG.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	7 / 10	03-01-2017	It often feels more like a visual novel than a true role-player, but like Planescape: Torment before it this has some of the best writing in gaming.	Read review
MMORPG.com	Suzie Ford	8.6 / 10	02-28-2017	While appealing to players of the first game or longtime fans of the genre as a whole, new players will also find much to like about Torment, most notably the experience of playing a game that isn’t funneled down a pre-determined avenue of “discovery”, but one that rewards exploration, time and diligence to NPCs and locations and much more.	Read review
MonsterVine	Michael Elliott	3 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a complex beast. Many of its parts are well-done and the core of the game is solid, many other elements are less than stellar, especially on the Xbox One.	Read review
New Game Network	Josh Hinke	77 / 100	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a technically flawed game on PS4, but I loved my time with it in spite of those issues, and would still highly recommend it. As a cRPG it’s not for everyone, especially on a console where the genre is extremely rare, but those who decide to take the plunge are bound to have a phenomenal experience.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	Can Arabacı	9.3 / 10	03-12-2017	Planescape: Torment still is the better game. But Tides of Numenera is an RPG that respects it’s heritage and follows in its ancestors footsteps with pride. If you are not alergic to long and philosophical conversations, you can feel at home in the Ninth World.	Read review
Pardis Game	Mehdi Mir Shahdehi	8 / 10	05-14-2017	With its story, setting and the choice and consequence, “Torment” could’ve been one of the best games of 2017 but its weak combat system diminishes it to just good. Though if you’re a fan of RPGs and you don’t have a problem reading long texts, it’s an experience you can’t miss	Read review
Paste Magazine	Cameron Kunzelman	8.5 / 10	02-28-2017	Ultimately, it’s an excellent game that delivers an engaging story, and that’s what’s expected and desired from Torment: Tides of Numenera. Sometimes it’s clunky, and other times it is sluggish, but mostly it’s an engaging game that rarely disappoints. If only everything was this way.	Read review
PC Gamer	Chris Thursten	89 / 100	02-28-2017	A slow start gives way to a thought-provoking adventure in a remarkable setting. A fitting follow-up to a beloved RPG.	Read review
PC Invasion	Peter Parrish	7 / 10	02-28-2017	Sometimes exceptional, always ambitious, but periodically falling short of its aims, Torment: Tides of Numenera is testament to the tribulations of following a universally established creative triumph. Well worth playing, nonetheless.	Read review
PCGamesN	Jeremy Peel	9 / 10	02-26-2017	The ’90s have nothing on this. Torment: Tides of Numenera might have been fuelled by nostalgia but outstrips its contemporary peers in reactivity, writing and invention.	Read review
Player2.net.au	Dylan Burns	Recommended	03-21-2017	Torment is a sedate but deep narrative experience that speaks to the patient, studious gamer. Despite feeling at times like a game out of time, its charm manages to shine through and the strong writing and weird narrative more than make up for the lack of AAA elements.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Timothy Nunes	7 / 10	02-28-2017	A sci-fi marvel, Torment: Tides of Numenera lays a narrative path for what could be something major. The pristine storyline shines through for those willing to sift through the cumbersome issues	Read review
Polygon	Carli Velocci	8 / 10	03-09-2017	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.	Read review
Press Start	Brodie Gibbons	8 / 10	03-01-2017	I seriously can’t speak highly enough of the world this game presents. I found value in every corner I poked my nose into. Its people, its creatures and its oddball take on what society could be like in a billion years places Torment among the best of its kind. Torment’s world has a lasting appeal. Much like a good book you’ve closed for the last time, you’re left with a sort of bitter understanding that you’ll never experience it for the first time again. So, you settle for seconds.	Read review
PS4Blog.net	EripmaV	8 / 10	03-01-2017	A wide variety of conversation options, an incredible story, and generally excellent visuals means that Torment: Tides of Numenera is a great game with a huge replay value to it. But would I go back again? Probably, but just not right away.	Read review
Pure Playstation	Dom O’Leary	9.5 / 10	02-28-2017	A great example of quest writing and storytelling. An excellent modern take on the CRPG. The choice system feels meaningful throughout and a lack of rigid moral judgement means you’re free to roleplay as you see fit. A must buy for RPG fans looking for a deep, choice-driven experience. The world feels alive and unique and there’s a profound sense of immersion that’s helped along by every aspect of the game coming together as one. The only minor negative is combat that occasionally doesn’t work as intended but its innovative approach to problem-solving saves the day.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Alec Meer	Recommended	02-28-2017	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.	Read review
SelectButton	Kevin Mitchell	8 / 10	02-28-2017	The rich narrative and quest design in Torment: Tides of Numenera makes it a suitable spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment. Along with the tidal system, and the different conversation options, there is plenty of reasons for multiple playthroughs. You can find yourself spending countless hours reading lore and chatting with companions and random townsfolk.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Jem Sagcal	9.2 / 10	03-09-2017	Torment: Tide of Numenera is many things; it is unique and wonderfully artistic.	Read review
Slant Magazine	Jed Pressgrove	3.5 / 5 stars	03-07-2017	The game reveals itself as a sympathetic view of an imperfect world without a clear road to peace.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Roman Klein	70 / 100	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is mostly a well-done spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment that’s gonna satisfy old-school RPG fans, even though it doesn’t have much to offer for modern gamers and doesn’t measure up to its legendary predecessor.	Read review
SpazioGames	Gianluca Arena	8 / 10	02-27-2017	Let’s face the elephant in the room: Planescape Torment this is not. Still, we’re talking about a very deep and rewarding CRPG that borrows some mechanics and game design choices from its famous ancestor and tries to walk a different path, making the player read and dialogue instead of mindlessly fighting. A good pick for old time D&D players, but the crown is still held by Pillars of Eternity.	Read review
TechnoBuffalo	Eric Frederiksen	3.5 / 5 stars	03-11-2017	If you’ve built up Planescape: Torment to legendary status in your mind, or if you’re looking for detailed mechanical systems, you may find Torment: Tides of Numenera a bit lacking. It’s strengths are in the writing, art, and atmosphere. It’s also a bit expensive right now.	Read review
TechRaptor	Luigi Savinelli	8.5 / 10	02-28-2017	Amazing writing, an interesting yet gritty world to explore and a charming set of characters. All this, united with the unique set of mechanics, make Torment: Tides of Numenera a must play for most RPG fans, whether or not they’ve played Planescape: Torment.	Read review
Telegraph	Olivia White	4 / 5 stars	03-07-2017	It’s slightly too short, a bit technically ropey in places, and extremely heavily front-loaded with some very dense lore, but once you work your way through the initial overwhelming lack of direction, what you’ll find is an exceptionally rewarding RPG filled with deep systems, a ton of genuine replay value, and a lot of love and care.	Read review
The Digital Fix	Rob Kershaw	9 / 10	02-28-2017	The weight of expectation could have proven too much, but inXile has delivered a remarkable narrative experience which deserves to be savoured.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Aran Suddi	5 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a game whose plot, with its well written characters and plentiful twists and turns, could easily hook you in. However, it’s a game that is currently fundamentally broken on consoles. Despite the technical flaws, the plot definitely grew on me and it would be great for others to be able to experience it, as well as the world they’ve created, but until the game is fixed on a number of fronts, Torment: Tides of Numenera is hard to recommend.	Read review
TheXboxHub	Gareth Brierley	4.5 / 5 stars	03-02-2017	Overall, I feel like I’ve only just scratched the surface of my time with Torment: Tides of Numenera. There are many hours of gameplay to be had here and if you’re after an old fashioned, but fresh RPG, which takes its role playing roots seriously, then this is a must buy for you. If you love story and narrative, rather than action and shooting, then you should be grabbing it right now. Those who are new to this type of game and are unsure of what to expect, but want to experience a deep, immersive RPG, then turn up and give this a go too – you won’t be disappointed.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Kevin Tavore	4 / 5 stars	03-07-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a game unlike many others. In many ways its tale more closely resembles a book than a game.	Read review
TrueGaming	محمد جابر الصهيبي	8 / 10	02-28-2017	The influence of your decisions affecting the narrative is the game’s strongest suit. On one hand it may surprise you and it will also make you think twice on the other, no matter how simple it is.	Read review
Twinfinite	Chaz Miller	4.5 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	All told, Torment: Tides of Numenera shows that, even after some controversial post-Kickstarter adjustments, the money and time that went into it has paid off. It’s an all-around great experience with minimal bugs and a rich story.	Read review
USgamer	Rowan Kaiser	4 / 5 stars	02-28-2017	If one of your favorite things in RPGs is finding a new location, and reveling in the rush of new quests and characters and dialogues and battles, then Torment: Tides of Numenara does that better than just about anything. It’s disappointing, although not surprising, that Torment can’t maintain that energy for a full game, especially with a rushed ending. But that’s a small price to pay for a wildly creative and clever role-playing game.	Read review
VGN	Filippo Ceron	7 / 10	03-10-2017	The most-funded RPG on Kickstarter history debuts with some broken promises, such as the lack of an Italian localization, which was among the goals achieved by the software house. While offering a great adventure set in a huge fantasy world, the Xbox One version of Torment: Tides of Numenera lacks of stability and has several technical issues that can ruin the game experience.	Read review
VideoGamer	Alice Bell	8 / 10	02-28-2017	Great writing and environment design, combined with an epic story and wide range of player choice, make Tides of Numenera a wonderful RPG. The reliance on text won’t be for everyone, but fans of the genre are going to love it.	Read review
Wccftech	Francesco De Meo	9 / 10	02-28-2017	Torment: Tides of Numenera is a role-playing game like very few others, giving players total freedom in how to approach any given situation, even allowing them to complete the game by avoiding most fights through this deep choices system. With excellent writing, lively and creative world, engaging story and characters, and solid mechanics, the role-playing game developed by inXile is a game that those who love immersing themselves completely in fictional worlds have to play at all costs. Giving justice to the Planescape: Torment’s legacy was a very difficult task, but the team proved that they were more than up to the task, creating a game that builds upon this legacy with the utmost respect, despite some small issues which don’t impact the game too much.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Edward Love	3.5 / 5 stars	03-04-2017	Love it or hate it, Tides of Numenera is a worthy follow-up to Planescape: Torment, but an experience that’s unlikely to win over fans reared on modern games.	Read review
Windows Central	Jez Corden	4 / 5 stars	03-01-2017	If you’re looking for a story-focused game where your choices truly matter, set in a rich, nuanced world absolutely crammed with sci-fi obscurities, fantastical beasts, and mind-warping trans-dimensional phenomena, you will adore Torment: Tides of Numenera.	Read review

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Torment: Tides of Numenera is a game set in the world of Monte Cook’s new tabletop RPG setting, Numenera. Torment continues the thematic legacy of Planescape: Torment, the critically acclaimed role-playing game from 1999 that’s considered by many to be a hallmark for storytelling in computer RPGs. With Torment, we’re creating a rich role-playing experience that explores similar deep, personal themes.

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