Torment: Tides of Numenera Delayed to 2017, Techland Steps in to Publish | |
Torment: Tides of Numenera Delayed to 2017, Techland Steps in to Publish  inXile has announced that Torment: Tides of Numenera will not release this year as planned. Torment: Tides of Numenera has had a bit of a troubled history, at least as far as its release date is concerned. Originally planned for a December 2014 release (according to its Kickstarter at the time), it was pushed back a couple of times, finally landing in Q4 2015, and then got delayed into 2016. This morning, the game suffered another delay, with its release date now set for Q1 2017. Although Torment has been on Early Access since January of this year, inXile says that there are two big steps left for the game to be ready for launch. First, although the game is no playable from start to finish, it needs finishing touches and testing. Second, the developer wants to localize Torment into languages besides English. In an update to the game's Kickstarter page, Brian Fargo wrote that, "This localization is no small feat (not to mention costly!), but we have a secret weapon." That secret weapon is new Torment publisher Techland, who will be bringing the title to retail. This will be the first game published by Techland. Writing about the localization and delay, Fargo said,
Although it's a letdown for backers, inXile is letting everyone who backed the game for $20 or more into the Early Access beta. Still, that's small comfort for those who've been waiting for the full release since the Kickstarter was funded over three years ago. 
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I get early access? Hey, sounds like a good time to me. I'm glad they're taking time, the initial release date seemed incredibly short for the scope they were shooting for. | |
Game looks too Sci-Fi for my taste. What made Planescape so unique is that its so alien that you don't know what technilogical age it was in. This is just straight up Sci-Fi in my eyes. | |
As a backer i have to say, most of us are fine with the delay if it means a more polished game | |
My issue with having "Torment" in the title aside, I watched some gameplay and it doesn't look enjoyable. Mostly cause its -not- a DnD game like the real Torment is, even if its not as standard as say, Forgotten Realms. | |
those are just four screenshots. the game takes place in a whole bunch of areas, so you're gonna see weird anachronistic shit overlapping each other as you travel between zones. | |
If you want to enjoy the game as much as you can, I recommend waiting until it's gold. I beta tested Wasteland 2 and PoE, and while I enjoyed it, the issues did make me enjoy them less than I would have if I had waited. More on topic, I'm fine with waiting. Well, I don't like it, but it's way better than getting a rushed game. | |
Oh, hey, I backed this game, and completely forgot about it. I guess I shouldn't be disappointed since the game looks like it'll actually have a gold release at some point. | |
I assume you mean: the game is now playable from start to finish. Damned Autocorrect. Well, if the game has as many walls of text as the original, it's going to take time to localize it. Look forward to it, but I need to get my Abishi killing up to scratch first. | |
Yeah got my code the other night, quite happy about that but with the way i get around to playing games 1st quarter 2017 sounds fine for me. | |
