Comments on: Who Owns Planescape Torment?

By: blah

blah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:50:23 +0000

Looks like Interplay is re-releasing it (as with their other classic games) : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plane-Scape-Torment-PC-DVD/dp/B002TOKQIG/ref=sr_1_733?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1256172419&sr=1-733

By: MacQ

MacQ — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:28:41 +0000

Played it, loved it, but to play it again – no thanks. It was a good story, but less good of a game.
And as someone already mentioned, it was pretty hard to read all that text. If they record audio for it, i’d love to give it another try. XD

By: Vando

Vando — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:09:35 +0000

I think the issue lies with the rights to publish the game being held by one party, but the rights to use the D&D license and the rights to the Infinity Engine license are held by others (I think Interplay, Atari and Bioware, respectively). So to sell the game anywhere, Interplay would probably have to pay both Atari and EA for the privilege.

In short: don’t hold your breath.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:08:05 +0000

Until fairly recently I thought there was a ‘t’ there — ‘Planetscape’

By: FallsFromDRM

FallsFromDRM — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:25:12 +0000

I don’t normally encourage piracy, but those of you who haven’t played it and are waiting for it to be “legitimately” released, I would suggest torrenting this right away because it will never satisfy the wait and expectation that you have built up thus ruining the game for you. Just reading all of the comments on every gamig forum about how good the game is will have already set your expectations too high.

(And if you feel bad, just send a $20 check to Obsidian).

By: dancingcrab

dancingcrab — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:32:04 +0000

Anonymous Coward said:
Then I heard about Planescape (how do you pronounce that anyway? I’ve always said Plan Escape..)

It's definitely 'Plane-scape', as the Jad above points out. Torment is the game's title proper, however, as Planescape is more like a brand. Like how Baldur's Gate has Forgotten Realms on the box (albeit a lot small than Planescape on Torment's box).

By: Jad

Jad — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:20:51 +0000

I’m pretty sure its Plane-Scape. As in the D&D “planes” of existence, and “-scape” like in “landscape”.

By: Cooper

Cooper — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:28:15 +0000

The resolution mod for Planescape is great, and it looks amazing on widescreen. Thing is, it doesn’t change the size of the font, and for a game that relies so heavily upon written text, having difficulty reading the text is not good. So you end up having to play low res anyway.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:26:09 +0000

This summer I was trying to figure out who owned the rights to Startopia. It’s only available to download on GameTap, who still list Eidos as the publisher. My interest was in getting it open sourced or acquiring the rights to do so, but I stopped short of contacting Eidos (who are now a part of Square-Enix). I’d still love to see it be updated and get the exposure it deserves.

By: deanimate

deanimate — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:15:28 +0000

Arrggghhhhh! I really need to play this game. Absolutely LOVED Fallout 2 and keep hearing that I would probably enjoy PT too. Must find the time! :D

By: mattwombat

mattwombat — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:11:44 +0000

I kinda missed all the Black Isle games when they first arrived. I went back and purchased Fallout 2 prior to the release of FO3 and loved it.

Then I heard about Planescape (how do you pronounce that anyway? I’ve always said Plan Escape..) and following a bunch of searches online for it I concluded that only the big box version of it was in circulation. As much as I love those big boxes though I just couldn’t justify spending 30 squid on one to get the game. Digi download would be poifect for this.

By: Luís Magalhães

Luís Magalhães — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:56:31 +0000

Not only do I have it, I would buy it again if it was released on GoG.
Not on Direct 2 Drive, tough. I am weary of having my digital content spread around too many services, makes it harder to keep track of.