

The game's role-playing ruleset is based on that of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition. Planescape: Torment is built on BioWare's Infinity Engine, which presents the player with a pre-rendered world in an isometric perspective in which player characters are controlled. The Mortuary room in which the game opens visible are two player characters, a zombie, the bottom-menu, and the radial-actions menu. An enhanced version for modern platforms was made by Beamdog and released for Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS in April 2017, and for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in October 2019. It is commonly considered one of the greatest video games of all time, and continues to receive attention long after its release.


It was lauded for its immersive dialogue, for the dark and relatively obscure Planescape setting, and for the protagonist's unique persona, which shirked many characteristics of traditional role-playing games. The game was not a commercial success, but it received critical acclaim and has since become a cult classic, claimed by video game journalists to be the best role-playing video game of 1999. Several characters in the game may join the Nameless One on his journey most of these characters have encountered him in the past or have been influenced by his actions in some way. The game focuses on his journey through the city of Sigil and other planes to reclaim his memories of previous lives, and to discover why he was made immortal in the first place. The protagonist, known as The Nameless One, is an immortal man who forgets everything if killed. Planescape: Torment is primarily story-driven, with combat not being prominently featured. The game's engine is a modified version of the Infinity Engine, which was used for BioWare's Baldur's Gate, a previous D&D game set in the Forgotten Realms. The game takes place in locations from the multiverse of Planescape, a Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) fantasy campaign setting.
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Planescape: Torment is a role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios, published by Interplay Entertainment, and released for Microsoft Windows on December 12, 1999.
