As I posted immediately above your post, players had a good response to the alpha, so I think you don't have to worry.

Sure, some people will complain, but some people always complain. Doesn't mean it will be perfect, but neither was PS:T, and I'm sure most people will judge it fairly, based on their preferences.

Personally my main worry is that it will be too heavy. I want something that's more about wonder than horror, and has some humour thrown in. I don't want "consequences" that tell me that whatever I choose is shit. I hate those games. I want to be able to make a difference for the better, to do good in unexpected ways.

I am good at eliminating expectation and not paying any attention to any hype or anything else and going into things blank slate and I intend to do that with TToN as well. I just don't pay attention much to what other people do/care/say, I will play it and experience it on my own anyway and only then can I really decide, maybe!

The world looks very interesting; if the story and characters match that, I'll be happy.

Powered by Pillars of Eternity technology - drat, does that mean this is only going to run on 64 bit operating systems?

Same here. I don't read any of the news about TToN, maybe just glance at a few screenshots every now and then. No matter the result, it's still preorder-worthy and a game no self-respecting RPG player will want to miss out on.

Some news:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/11/02/torment-tides-of-numenera-2016/

Chenge of the lead developer....so maybe things are not going quite smoothly.

...I still got to beat Planescape: Torment :P

Please do beat it. For a couple of times, too. Just to see all the endings.:)

I'll play it in easy mode just to see it.

And I already saw one ending where I became a king of an undead village in the sewers.

Interesting.I never realised chris avellone had left Obsidian either?.

I backed that game up but i still need to play PS:T first. The video looks promising.

YES yes!!! pplaaayyyy it. I am craving a replay of it myself. But, so many games to play that I haven't played before! At least T:ToN will be while.

The game is now available on Steam Early Access for $45/€45/€42: http://store.steampowered.com/app/272270/?snr=1_4_4__100

No info yet about a final release date or whether the price will be go higher once the game is released.

Current requirements (Early Access is only available for Windows, for the time being):

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card

Recommended:
OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel i5 series or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card

Unfortunately it also means lenghty loading screens from the reviews.

Looks sweet.

Aaaargh fuck, I knew it, it's only for 64-bit windows. Damn damn daaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!!! I really need a new laptop. Damn it.

Having it here as "In Development" would be cool though.