When you inevitably hit the ground, you learn the first lesson for playing this game: death is not the end (feeling that Torment vibe yet?). The game uses this time for a bit of introspection and presenting you a rough outline of the world of the game by explaining what the main character sees from up there. As soon as the Last Castoff wakes up, he finds himself falling from a ludicrous height. The introduction to the game does a good job at putting you in front of how the rest of the experience will be like. The main character of the game is “The Last Castoff”, as in the conscience that appeared the last time The Changing God decided it was time for a hardware upgrade. The prevalence of such ancient-yet-advanced devices creates the basis of the Cypher system, one of the core mechanics of the game. There are many such relics around, spanning from huge and complex constructs to harmless knick-knacks. For this reason, one of the most prolific activities in the Ninth World is scavenging in search of ancient technologies. Society has been built on layers upon layers of old and forgotten ruins, making what is now known as the Ninth World. In that timespan, countless civilizations rose and fell.
Torment: Tides of Numenera is set on planet Earth, a billion years in the future. InXile knew that well and they went to great lengths to create a game that not only borrows many of the themes and philosophical questions from Planescape (what truly means to be human? What is the worth of a single life?) but dares to expand on such themes with a full set of mechanics aimed to give the players the opportunity to answer these questions themselves. Making a spiritual successor for it is no easy task, and the resulting product will be set up for heavy scrutiny by fans and critics alike. Planescape: Torment is widely regarded as one of the best (if not THE best) RPGs of all time.
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