I've talked more than a little about Planescape: Torment and how I think it's the best old-school BioWare-style game that wasn't actually made by BioWare (and better than the ones that were made by BioWare)... well, now I'm going to mention what I think is the best old-school BioWare-style game that actually was made by BioWare: Jade EmpireOkay, so ( Read more... )

"Verdict: Torment is one of the most inventive, entertaining RPGs ever created."

And that's still true, fourteen years later.

(EDIT) And most everyone in the comments is going nuts over the fact that Dragon Age II got a higher score in its own review on PC Gamer. (P:T got a 93 while DA2 got a 94.) All it shows to me is just how arbitrary and ( Read more... )

The Kickstarter for the spiritual successor to the game that I have always considered to be the best, by far, of all of the old-school BioWare-style RPGs has already blown way past its goal after less than a day. It was fully funded in just six hours ( Read more... )

It's just idle Twitter talk at the moment, but... would I pledge to help fund a new Planescape CRPG[1] through Kickstarter similar to the Double Fine Adventure thing (which is currently at around $1,350,000 of their $400,000 goal)? Well, given that I've often said that I consider Planescape: Torment to be by far the best "Bioware-style" CRPG ever ( Read more... )

A potential sequel to Jade Empire? Yes, please. While I've said that the non-Bioware Planescape: Torment is my all-time favorite of the Bioware-style games, bar none, Jade Empire is probably my favorite of the ones actually made by Bioware (again, even taking into account the newer stuff like Dragon Age and Mass Effect and such ( Read more... )

Announcement page here.

Actual sale page here.

Even if I were to ignore every other game on that list, I would give the highest of recommendations to Planescape: Torment. I know I've already said this several times in the past, but it is still to this day my absolute top favorite of the Bioware-style RPGs (even though P:T wasn't actually made ( Read more... )

After reading tokoz's post about the cool dream she had, it reminded me of something ( Read more... )