That said, crowd-funded games aren’t necessarily mass market and one of the key questions here is if the game will be able to break from the hardcore fanbase and make it into the mainstream. Set in a world created by Monte Cook of table-top RPG fame, Torment aims to provide a rich, detailed and consequence driven story, favouring that over action and loot farming typically seen in this genre. The cult status of the original meant that when the follow up went on to Kickstarter it was funded in around 6 hours to the tune of $4 million… so quite successful then. Torment: Tides of Numenera is the successor to Planetscape: Torment, the RPG developed by Black Isle Studios and released back in 1999.
