30 PC Games to Play Before You Die
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While Baldur's Gate 2 and Fallout were also on our shortlist, we eventually decided that there was only room for one isometric RPG in our feature and that one was Planescape: Torment.
Torment isn't the most accessible of RPGs, nor the most popular or pretty, but what it does have is a unique vision of what an RPG can be and it's on that basis that Torment excels. While other games struggle to present a new spin on tired sword and sorcery or post-nuclear settings, Torment provides something altogether more important and beautiful.
Planescape is a story of regret and redemption, casting players as an immortal amnesiac who awakes in a strange mortuary. Unkillable for nearly every encounter, the focus of the game is shifted from the physical to the spiritual as players rush around the world in a bid to uncover their identity with a group of amiable misfits, each of which has a tale of their own. Until you've heard the story of warrior-monk Dakkon or been seduced by a chaste succubi then you've no real claim to be an RPG fan.
