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Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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What were the chances? I installed Planescape Torment last night, to play around a bit with it. It's been sitting in my "to-try" list for at least 15 years!

I'm however not very fond of having to sit down on my desk to play games with keyboard and mouse, though... I already spend enough of my life sitting in the exact same position for work. That alone discourages me from playing several old games I own (and not so old, like the newer X-Com) and even the newer Monkey Island game (which of course is sitting in the same list for some years now too)

Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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post #3

What were the chances? I installed Planescape Torment last night, to play around a bit with it. It's been sitting in my "to-try" list for at least 15 years! I'm however not very fond of having to sit down on my desk to play games with keyboard and mouse, though... I already spend enough of my life sitting in the exact same position for work. That alone discourages me from playing several old games I own (and not so o…

Well, if there's one game worth your time, PS:T is probably it. Arguably one of the best cRPGs of all time.

Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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What were the chances? I installed Planescape Torment last night, to play around a bit with it. It's been sitting in my "to-try" list for at least 15 years! I'm however not very fond of having to sit down on my desk to play games with keyboard and mouse, though... I already spend enough of my life sitting in the exact same position for work. That alone discourages me from playing several old games I own (and not so o…

Seems like this is the problem Steam Deck solves.

Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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What were the chances? I installed Planescape Torment last night, to play around a bit with it. It's been sitting in my "to-try" list for at least 15 years! I'm however not very fond of having to sit down on my desk to play games with keyboard and mouse, though... I already spend enough of my life sitting in the exact same position for work. That alone discourages me from playing several old games I own (and not so o…

Seems like this is the problem Steam Deck solves.

How do you replace a mouse with it?

Is it with a touchscreen or knobs on the side?

I think I would still miss a mouse for precision and speed with that ..

Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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What were the chances? I installed Planescape Torment last night, to play around a bit with it. It's been sitting in my "to-try" list for at least 15 years! I'm however not very fond of having to sit down on my desk to play games with keyboard and mouse, though... I already spend enough of my life sitting in the exact same position for work. That alone discourages me from playing several old games I own (and not so o…

If it helps, I've played PS:T on an ipad and it was playable.

Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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Seems like this is the problem Steam Deck solves.

How do you replace a mouse with it? Is it with a touchscreen or knobs on the side? I think I would still miss a mouse for precision and speed with that ..

It has a touchscreen, two joysticks and two touchpad likes surfaces, you can configure them how you like.

However the screen is 7 inches and text in games like this or early Fallouts is too small for me, so I planned to use SD for them but resigned.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like this is the problem Steam Deck solves.

How do you replace a mouse with it? Is it with a touchscreen or knobs on the side? I think I would still miss a mouse for precision and speed with that ..

Most of the Infinity Engine games play very well on a Windows tablet with an active stylus.

Unfortunately, PST is an early iteration of the engine and I had problems with inventory manipulation --- not sure if that was ever addressed.

Re: Planescape: Torment pitch document (1997) [pdf]

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What were the chances? I installed Planescape Torment last night, to play around a bit with it. It's been sitting in my "to-try" list for at least 15 years! I'm however not very fond of having to sit down on my desk to play games with keyboard and mouse, though... I already spend enough of my life sitting in the exact same position for work. That alone discourages me from playing several old games I own (and not so o…

Seems like this is the problem Steam Deck solves.

The Steam Deck came to completely replace my gaming on PC precisely because of this, but mouse+keyboard type games are a mixed bag of experiences... depends a lot on each game.

This one seems to run great, touch screen probably helps a lot. Only complaints seem to be small text on screen:

https://www.protondb.com/app/466300

I also wasn't able to adapt to first person shooters, after a life of playing with mouse, it is almost impossible for me to not feel that gamepad controls are clunky.

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