The writers for Torment: Tides of Numenera earned their paychecks today. This story trailer is nuts. For an introduction, this ain't a slow wagon ride into Helgen, Skyrim. This isn't a doomsayer hollering at a crowd of peasants, The Witcher 3. This isn't even waking up with amnesia in a morgue, Planescape: Torment. This is some old crazy "you're the final castoff of the Changing God, and you awaken, falling from the sky" type stuff. Have you ever heard of an origin story like that? I haven't. And I've been looking.
The hook in my cheek just set. I'm not getting out of this one now.
Also, I can't prove it yet, but the illustrations for this video look like they were done by the same artist handling the intro illustrations from The Witcher 3. A wonderful choice. And! The narrator sounds like the grizzled narrator from Darkest Dungeon. So good. If these aren't the very same voice and artist, then they're definitely copping the style to good effect.
Check out this Torment: Tides of Numenera story trailer, like, now now, and watch how a man became a god, the Changing God, seeking knowledge and wisdom, but accumulating apathy and ruin. The drawing a castaway lineage through the millennia, right down to you, as you fall from the freaking sky.
Torment: Tides of Numenera will be available February 28 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Old school RPGs of this caliber don't come along every year.
Torment: Tides of Numenera Story Trailer Showcases Epic Events Set A Billion Years In The Future
Behold the Legend of the Changing God in this Cinematic Story Trailer for ‘Torment: Tides of Numenera’, Headed to PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One on February 28
Wroclaw, Poland – February 9, 2017 – inXile Entertainment and Techland Publishing revealed today the latest trailer for their upcoming, highly-anticipated science-fantasy RPG Torment: Tides of Numenera, the thematic successor to one of the most critically revered and in-depth CRPGs of all time. This epic cinematic story trailer recounts the lore leading up to the very moment that players begin their odyssey as the Last Castoff – the flesh-and-blood by-product of a megalomaniacal deity known as the Changing God.
A billion years in the future a man discovered a way to cheat death. A seeker of knowledge and wisdom, his ultimate goal was to leave an unforgettable mark on the world. In his quest for everlasting legacy, he discovered ancient technology – the Numenera – that allowed him to transfer his consciousness to a body of his own design. Thus he became known as the Changing God.
In a bid to escape death, the Changing God inadvertently awakened a fearsome, ancient beast known as The Sorrow – a terrifyingly powerful guardian of balance, bent on destroying the Changing God and all of his Castoffs.
It is at this point that the dramatic events of your birth unfold, and your story to answer who you are, and what your legacy might be, begins...
Experience a game of intricate choices and consequences with thousands of meaningful decisions that will make every playthrough unique. Developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Techland Publishing, Torment: Tides of Numenera will launch on February 28, 2017 for PC, the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft.
For more information on Torment: Tides of Numenera and the various editions available for purchase, please visit the official website at http://tormentgame.com/.
