Be still my heart! Planescape: Torment is perhaps the greatest game of all-time. If you had asked me on any random day over the last few years what I'd be willing to potentially give up in a negotiation with god for a well-done Torment remake, a few possible answers that I might have given depending upon my mood at the time could have been: 1. My house 2. My wife 3. My first born child (if I ever had one) 4. Pick any of my family members...go ahead and smite them lord. 5. Any body part other than "Jeans Jesus" You get the idea. I loved the original game. It remains the gold standard for the Western RPG genre. Having said that, here's the list of developers that I'd even consider trusting with a remake of the game. 1. Bioware 2. CD Projekt Red 3. Obsidian That's it. Note, I said "consider". Even then, each of these companies would have MAJOR question marks.



Bioware, as you've noted by my many recent posts, reviews and other writings on them, has not been the same company since EA took them over. I'm not sure I'd trust them with a Torment remake any longer. This is sad because, pre-EA acquisition, I'd have probably offered up god TWO of the items on my list above to have Bioware do a Torment remake. CD Projekt Red has stolen - at least for now - the title of "Greatest RPG Maker in the world" for me. But unfortunately, they just don't have a long enough track record of success that I'd feel 100% comfortable with them doing a Torment remake. That brings us to Obsidian. Obsidian writes great characters. They write great stories. They have a large number of employees working for them that were involved in the creation of the ORIGINAL Torment. They also can't turn out a POLISHED, NON-BUGGY game to save their lives. Alpha Protocol or New Vegas level quality doesn't cut it when you're considering remaking possibly the greatest game ever made. I don't know whether to be thrilled or horrified that they're considering trying.