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This is really good, I've bought Planescape but I've not played it yet. Hopefully this will make the game work really well on my laptop. Can we do a feature on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
Interesting feature but I think you spend too much time on stuff that hasn't anything to do with the actual mods. I also hope you do Morrowind or Oblivion next.
Planescape's art is not hand draw. Its mostly prerendered 3d with bits of post work done here and there.
Cool idea, last year I spent a load of time wibbling around the internet trying to figure out the best way to modernise BG1. When I get round to P:T I'll remember this.
Freespace 2 might be a good one for the future.
Freespace 2 might be a good one for the future.
@Chongomaster
The problem there is that there's SO many practically essential mods for Morrowind and Oblivion. And it can get quite complex to get everything playing together nicely.
The problem there is that there's SO many practically essential mods for Morrowind and Oblivion. And it can get quite complex to get everything playing together nicely.
Thanks for this!!! bookmarked for when i ever get around to playing this one. Also i disagree with chongomaster, the preamble was great and will hype up anyone who may not know about the game beforehand.
Awesome. I can't wait to do this. Also Keith "They Live/Goliath" David is a fucking boss. I actually watched The Cape for him.
Awesome. I can't wait to do this. Also Keith "They Live/Goliath" David is a fucking boss. I actually watched The Cape for him.
K
Google knotts morrowind overhaul. He makes the best guides for tes games. Morrowind 2011 is a joke
Google knotts morrowind overhaul. He makes the best guides for tes games. Morrowind 2011 is a joke
Anyone know about similar fixes for the baldurs gate games? I still have the discs for the two main games and throne of baal^^
@Joshua: Thank you so much for everything, I think this section will be great as I have many old PC titles.
However most of the links I tried to download were down, I only managed to get Gibberling's mod.
However most of the links I tried to download were down, I only managed to get Gibberling's mod.
I found working download links for Ghost Dog's UI mod and Quinn's mods, as well.
http://www.shsforums.net/files/category/14-planescape-torment/
http://www.shsforums.net/files/category/14-planescape-torment/
I knew there was a reason I hadn't started playing this again. Bravo, I'm looking forward to more of this,
Planescape Torment, Baldurs Gate 1, Icewind Dale, Fallout 1 and 2 are some of the main reasons I'm heavily disappointed with today's RPGs. When games like Fallout 3 win awards for its frankly terrible writing (it is a fun game to explore but its writing and game mechanics are pretty much awful.) I cringe.
We have as a community, forced companies to simplify their game mechanics too far (I agree that sometimes game mechanics can be overly archiac and complex but games like Skyrim and Mass Effect have taken the RPG game systems too far away from their roots and too close to action games.) and due to the demand that every single line of text be voice acted in a game now (because people seem to hate reading.) we have killed off the verbosity of story telling as well as the imagination of the player.
Not to mention that every RPG now is really just a disguised FPS or 3PS. When was the last time you saw a triple A top down (or isometric) RPG?
We have as a community, forced companies to simplify their game mechanics too far (I agree that sometimes game mechanics can be overly archiac and complex but games like Skyrim and Mass Effect have taken the RPG game systems too far away from their roots and too close to action games.) and due to the demand that every single line of text be voice acted in a game now (because people seem to hate reading.) we have killed off the verbosity of story telling as well as the imagination of the player.
Not to mention that every RPG now is really just a disguised FPS or 3PS. When was the last time you saw a triple A top down (or isometric) RPG?
Excellent idea for a new feature!
Console gamers should take note - many old games will run on just about ANY pc, no need for anything special. That old laptop you use to write your school papers? There are tons of classic and indie games you can play on that thing. Study break! :D
Console gamers should take note - many old games will run on just about ANY pc, no need for anything special. That old laptop you use to write your school papers? There are tons of classic and indie games you can play on that thing. Study break! :D
So weird, I just started playing this the other day. Such a fantastic game, btw. Like Eternal said; they don't make em like they used to.
@Eternal - The last game to do anything remotely close is Dragon Age Origins, but then EA bought Bioware.
I have vanilla Planescape installed on my PC right now actually. I got it for $.01 believe it or not. A problem with price worked in my favor and got an amazing game for practically free. Thanks for writing this article though, the resolution mod looks up my alley.
I agree with Eternal, the switch over from text to full voice-overs has really crippled RPGs today. Between having to hire actors, have studio recording time, compress the voices to fit a limited amount of space allotted on your disk, make the acting believable or "fit", and etc. It is a daunting task especially since at every turn you are limited by some constraint. Whereas with text, wow, the possibilities are limitless. Occupying nearly zero percentage of space, and hampered only by the creativity of the people/person working on the task. Now we expect games to be cinematic to convey the same feelings and whimsy that use to be conveyed by our imaginations. But, what do you do? Other than hope some developer just "gets it" or you yourself make the game.
I agree with Eternal, the switch over from text to full voice-overs has really crippled RPGs today. Between having to hire actors, have studio recording time, compress the voices to fit a limited amount of space allotted on your disk, make the acting believable or "fit", and etc. It is a daunting task especially since at every turn you are limited by some constraint. Whereas with text, wow, the possibilities are limitless. Occupying nearly zero percentage of space, and hampered only by the creativity of the people/person working on the task. Now we expect games to be cinematic to convey the same feelings and whimsy that use to be conveyed by our imaginations. But, what do you do? Other than hope some developer just "gets it" or you yourself make the game.
Awesome feature. Glad you guys have started this, since I always spend a lot of time looking up mods to make old games look better. Now I know where to go to find the good stuff.
I haven't played through Planescape is so long. Think I might need to remedy that.
I haven't played through Planescape is so long. Think I might need to remedy that.
Hells yes; I'll absolutely be making use of this information next time I want to take a run at torment. Still pound for pound one of the best stories in rpg gaming.
@ Alasdair - All you need for STALKER are the "STALKER Complete" Mods. There should be one for every STALKER game and they make the games a gazillion times more enjoyable.
Oh, and thanks Joshua. I really like this type of Tutorial. Sometimes there so many mods for a game out there, that it is hard to find those, that are only enhancing the game instead of changing it. I don't know if it already happened, but if not, you need to do one about Baldurs Gate 1/2. But i think that article would get a bit longer ^^
Fantastic article. I've been meaning to get round to playing Planescape: Torment for some time but knew the age of the game would detract some of my enjoyment from it, not due to story/content but due to the resolution aspect on a 28" monitor. Thank you Destructoid and thanks @Killrig for posting working links
Small detail about the trivia: "Planescape: Torment was localized for Poland by CD Project, who later went on to make The Witcher."
Actually, CD Projekt was (and still is) the main publisher localizing games in Poland for years already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt. So it's not really a singular fact. They went on to create CD Projekt RED, and adapt the work of famous writer Andrzej Sapkowski as a great RPG, but it's not really directly related.
Besides, many references to planescape recently, and this guide to make it look less "640" might just be the thing for me to discover what I missed.
Actually, CD Projekt was (and still is) the main publisher localizing games in Poland for years already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt. So it's not really a singular fact. They went on to create CD Projekt RED, and adapt the work of famous writer Andrzej Sapkowski as a great RPG, but it's not really directly related.
Besides, many references to planescape recently, and this guide to make it look less "640" might just be the thing for me to discover what I missed.
I'd like to see more of this type of article, but there is a far better guide here:
http://www.gog.com/en/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide/0/
Also, step 6 is not only unnecessary, it will probably cause problems in all of your other games.
http://www.gog.com/en/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide/0/
Also, step 6 is not only unnecessary, it will probably cause problems in all of your other games.
Brilliant stuff, Josh.
Hope you do something for Jagged Alliance 2, since it had some great customisations over the years.
Also, it would be nice for someone to do a bluffer's guide for DOSbox and the like. I basically had to learn from jumping from website to website, video to video, so it would be nice if there was a compliation of links.
Hope you do something for Jagged Alliance 2, since it had some great customisations over the years.
Also, it would be nice for someone to do a bluffer's guide for DOSbox and the like. I basically had to learn from jumping from website to website, video to video, so it would be nice if there was a compliation of links.
@Fistynuts It isn't completely necessary, but it does drastically help with framerate lag on most people's systems.
Just make sure that you turn Direct Draw back on before you play any other games.
Just make sure that you turn Direct Draw back on before you play any other games.
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