Torment: Tides of Numenera hits final stretch goal

inXile Entertainment set a Kickstarter record by raising $4,188,927 for Torment: Tides of Numera, but the crowdfunding continued elsewhere once that wound up. See, the developer was hoping to reach $4.5 million and fund its very final stretch goal, adding strongholds for players to call home. As you may have guessed from, you know, how I wrote all this, it's done just that.

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inXile Entertainment set a Kickstarter record by raising $4,188,927 for Torment: Tides of Numera, but the crowdfunding continued elsewhere once that wound up. See, the developer was hoping to reach $4.5 million and fund its very final stretch goal, adding strongholds for players to call home. As you may have guessed from, you know, how I wrote all this, it's done just that.

inXile gave itself until the end of April to reach $4.5 million, but pledges were trickling in too slowly. Thankfully, line producer Thomas Beekers explained, far fewer pledges were dropped or failed to process than it had expected, so money set aside to cover those could go towards strongholds.

Not just strongholds, mind, as that goal also covered the vaguer ideas of "expanded reactivity, length and depth," and "pursuing some of our crazier ideas concerning choice and consequence."

As for what strongholds actually are, inXile recently explained a little more:

It would be a location in the game that is 'owned' by the PC, but won't be a cozy home - it would be designed to fit the atmosphere of Torment and the setting of the Ninth World of Numenera (examples include an airship or a dimensional pocket). It would be a playable area and would include its own sorts of quests and challenges. We don't intend for the stronghold to be a management mini-game, but it may serve gameplay functions as a storehouse, travel hub, and/or 'museum' for accomplishments.

As April isn't quite over yet, you can still pledge to scoop backer rewards. Torment is expected to launch for PC, Mac and Linux in the first half of 2015.

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    April 30, 2013 6:45 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Torment: Tides of Numenera hits final stretch goal.

    inXile Entertainment set a Kickstarter record by raising $4,188,927 for Torment: Tides of Numera, but the crowdfunding continued elsewhere once that wound up. See, the developer was hoping to reach $4.5 million and fund its very final stretch goal, adding strongholds for players to call home. As you may have guessed from, you know, how I wrote all this, it's done just that.

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      April 30, 2013 7:11 AM

      Excellent. Most excellent. I am so stoked for my kickstarter purchases to come to fruition. Now to find the time to play them. What the hell was I thinking buying all these CRPGs?

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        April 30, 2013 7:13 AM

        You were thinking "FUCK YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" or at least I was.

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          April 30, 2013 7:16 AM

          It's like before fapping you're all gung ho and the second it's over it's just shame apathy and regret.

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            April 30, 2013 8:00 AM

            Speak for yourself br0, I just bask in the afterglow (in both cases).

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      April 30, 2013 7:46 AM

      This is awesome. I opt in for the $45 so I get wasteland also :).
      Never tried the previous Torment game but this looks promising.

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        April 30, 2013 7:49 AM

        You have wasted your life. Go buy it on GoG and fix that.

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          May 1, 2013 2:11 AM

          ALL ABOUT THE GAMES - RPG SPECIAL - ALL DIGITAL
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          Two great RPGs from inXile for under the price of a single game! You'll receive a digital downloadable copy of Torment: Tides of Numenera and Wasteland 2, both DRM-free for PC, MAC OSX, or Linux. You'll also receive Digital Game Manuals for both

          What do u mean get it from GOG?

          I meant I get Wasteland 2

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            May 1, 2013 12:07 PM

            I'm pretty sure he was saying you should buy the original Planescape: Torment on GoG.

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      April 30, 2013 9:39 AM

      God damn that's fucking awesome. This game is going to be AMAZING.

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