Planescape: Torment 1999

Is it still worth playing?

Black Isle Studios' 1999 role playing game for Windows, on a modified Infinity Engine with the AD&D 2nd Edition rules, and the first video game set in the Planescape multiverse. It is centred on the city of Sigil, and you play the Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac who cannot die permanently, so there are no Game Over screens. Up to five of seven companions can travel with you. Combat is real time with a pause on the space bar, but many encounters can be avoided or resolved through dialogue or stealth. Talking is where most of it happens: Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma unlock extra dialogue options, in a script of about 800,000 words. The writing and the companions are still the reason to play it today, since your stats and what you say keep opening options in conversation.