Planescape: Torment Deionarra's Theme

[@philipl.2690]

Updated my journal

[@androsforever500]

THIS IS IT.

[@fishdemon666]

I feel stronger!

[@TheCheeseMovesSideways]

Dum Forced it Im Gone

[@manIamtheman]

I remember the first time encountering Deionarra in the halls; if you wander close enough to her, it triggers this music to play and I would just stop to listen and watch her lonely figure left suspended and waiting, as if time itself had abandoned her. I knew then that I was to become a part of a story that was both hauntingly beautiful and tragically sad.

[@CardboardArm]

touching Deionarra's sensory stone was one of my favorite moments in my gaming history. If only other games had half the amount of depth and drama of just that one moment! Love it!

[@milkshakeinasnowstorm]

Fuck the Practical incarnation with a rusty screwdriver. That memory from the Sensory stone made me cry for real.

[@paytonholmes6019]

Honestly, what other choice did he have? Using deionarra was the most expedient way to ensure that he would get help at the fortress of regrets. TNO probably would have been completely fucked if she did not rescue her fro the trap. If your gonna hate on him, at least consider his options, if he had any in the first place.

[@cocoonman]

Ruthless in every Machiavellian sense of the word

[@aagh8714]

@@paytonholmes6019 ask his religion-slave

[@turgius9331]

@@paytonholmes6019 He was only being Practical.

[@kaspersaldell]

@@paytonholmes6019 Yes, it's just one of the many, countless lives sacrificed so he could gain back what he once chose to forfeit.

[@surobakianinpo]

This is not on the list of the best games I've ever played. Because this was not just a computer game. Those who never experienced will never understand.

[@SubBlaze1]

+surobakianinpo yes, from this "journey", we learn a new interpretation regarding love, friendship, loyalty, duty and most important , redemption and forgiveness

[@mrgreenteatime2987]

Indeed

[@michalbukvai7548]

+SubBlaze1 what can change the nature of a man?

[@SubBlaze1]

+Michal Bukvai I would say "Love" ..... It is not limited to the Love of a lady, but in fact it is the love of Life, the original Immortal love the life that he lives so he wants to remain on the plane, and for that he regret the wrongs that he did.. The Nameless one who i play simply cherish the friends, allies and people who he met in his life, he loves them all and the experience of travelling with them , he also loves the encounter with Deionarra, and hence he did all he can to "change" his former nature of Evil into a Good person...I remember he even comment after one of the quest to help the old man and his wife from the Dustman "As long as i am here, i will change the rule of nature, the perception that no one will simply help someone without asking for rewards"

[@MissPumpkinJuice]

​@@michalbukvai7548 Acquiring new qualias, I guess. Having five wits is good, but the day when progress will find a way to equip people with more of those, will be truly a great day. Because, the more wider and complicated our perception will get, the less human-like our mental processes will be.

[@AlchemicalProcess]

"If there is anything I have learned in my travels across the Planes, it is that many things may change the nature of a man. Whether regret, or love, or revenge or fear - whatever you believe can change the nature of a man, can. I’ve seen belief move cities, make men stave off death, and turn an evil hag's heart half-circle. This entire Fortress has been constructed from belief. Belief damned a woman, whose heart clung to the hope that another loved her when he did not."

[@TheCountZopolai]

And it has made a posturing spirit think it is something more than a part of me

[@federicovaleri2406]

I finished this game yesterday, finally had the English skills required to understand this masterpiece. Even after so many years is still worth it.

[@smackthatfemale]

That's awesome bro I congratulate you I know many English native speakers that the game would be too much for!

[@nft3]

"Even after so many years is still worth it." - why wouldn't it be?

[@martineliasson2192]

they dont have public schools in spain?

[@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998]

@@martineliasson2192how many foreign languages do you speak ? ;)

[@mrshhjj8899]

Reading is an excellent way to boost your language skills! This was a fun book to read with some clicking inbetween!

[@TheSoldier0fortunE]

''I shall wait for you in death's halls my love.'' That fucking echo effect...one of the moments growing up that really hit me.

[@HerrProfM]

This is by far the most beautiful story in computer gaming. It feels like reading a book, but not just any book bu rather an amazing book at the level of The Lord of the Rings.

[@DreddPirateRoberts]

Hear hear.

[@Grigeral]

10 years later, I still return to this masterpiece regularly. This piece of music literally 'never' fails to give me chills.

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

Whatever happened to you, wizard? Is Montaron still with you?

[@Grigeral]

@@viktorskarlatov8227 I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you... Montaron died, it was a very bloody affair, we had lobsters in avocado sauce afterwards.

[@NightWayke]

I Shall Wait for You in Death's Halls, My Love... One of the best games I played on the computer growing up. Ironically the game was given to me by my brother's dad as a birthday present. He got it at a swap meet and apologized to me because he couldn't buy me something more expensive. Little did he know 11 years later, I still have and love this game. I consider myself lucky to have been able to play such an amazing game like this. Too bad not many others know of it's beautiful storyline =(

[@ganjaericco]

"You! What is it that brings you here?! Have you come to see first-hand the misery you have wrought? Perhaps in death I still hold some shred of use for you...?" Her voice drops into a hiss. "...'my love.'" Awesome, the price doesn't always matter, more the gesture and the quality! This is one of my favourite ever stories.

[@TheSoldier0fortunE]

I know this is 13 years later but you owe your...uhhh...step dad? Lol, a debt. One of the greatest games i ever played growing up in the 90s - 00s.

[@TheSoldier0fortunE]

We both commented the same line after all...that fucking echo as she says it...

[@tinysauruss]

Just beat this game for the first time today. Fucking masterpiece, most games nowadays look like shredded shit compared to this one.

[@XTORD1]

so true played trought half a year ago , so good.

[@jasonsylvander3089]

Death by kittens I play every couple years.... I still can't find a better story in today's games

[@r3tr4d]

I have also beaten it just today. The writing is simply astonishing, nothing in video games industry nowadays come close.

[@remiremiremi111]

I want to hug the hat kid!

[@bell5082]

I am glad you played it and experienced it. Even now 7 years later, this game still reigns supreme in storytelling.

[@karmapunch3410]

"YOU!!! What is it that brings _you_ here?! Have you come to see firsthand the misery you've wrought? Perhaps, even in death, I still hold some shred of use for you... my LOVE."

[@masterexploder9668]

Practical Incarnation, like Tywin Lannister, was a master chessmaster, manipulating everything and everybody to suit his own goal, to get into Fortress of Regrets and end his immortality. He's lawful neutral due to his complete lack of morality - everything he did, he did to get the job done. The ultimate utilitarian. Screwing over Deionarra was definetely one of his most callous actions, but nearly everything is possible in the game thanks to the careful groundwork laid down by Practical Incarnation. Would be easier, if next ones didn't spoil some of his work.

[@alexandrasimon7191]

Having played it in 2022, at the age of 20 ... I can never forget the experience.

[@jomckellan]

I broke my leg in the summer of 2002 and spent my time playing this masterpiece.

[@EnigmaParadox]

Stumbling into Planescape's world has to be one of the most interesting things I've done in a long, long time. No way I'll ever forget it.

[@fieryspirit]

I remember the first time i played Planescape. When i came to Deionarra you could say that the weigth of how important music is finally came down on me. For the first time and the only time i felt totally immmersed into a virtual reality that had such a story to tell. I could almost immediately sense the important relationship the two shared. That scene alone is worth playing the entire game to see it come to fruition in the end.

[@Rubytyr]

"What can change the nature of a man?" That question has shaped my way of thinking and perspective, even 20 years later. Such a profound impact.

[@szaql000]

Fate/Stay Night Fanatic Same here.

[@OiOlli83]

War.

[@ChadVulpes]

@@OiOlli83 War never changes.

[@krakvakuk2635]

funny, because the one that really wanted to hear the answer probably had "love" in their mind

[@VeryUselessPerson]

One does not simply forget the first encounter with Deionarra, _Ever_ .

[@signer0001]

Such a tragic tale.

[@cocoonman]

I will wait for you in deaths halls my love

[@Transgender-ProphetMohammed]

Well i did actually.

[@ChadVulpes]

@@Transgender-ProphetMohammed Same. I don't even remember what I told her.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΧαραλαμπόπουλο-γ7σ]

Stupid Chris Avellone just had to go ahead and make stupid Planescape: Torment. Now everything I play (shit, everything I *experience*) has to compare to this.

[@jameskid1989]

Επιτέλους ένας Έλληνας με γούστο! Updated my journal

[@budakbaongsiah]

Κωνσταντίνος Χαραλαμπόπουλος That bastard also made NWN2:MotB! Probably the only game I can compare to this game (even though the depths are less, it's more of a game for me)!

[@aagh8714]

@cam3lopard isn't ME2 the fan fave, only played the original though

[@aVataR_ehyeh]

Try Disco Elysium.

[@xyzmangaka19]

@@aVataR_ehyeh Second This

[@ramazantekin4144]

when morte tells a story of 5 deaths, deionarra's death was the saddest one of them all. they were death of courage for morte, death of belief for dak'kon, death of memory for the nameless one, death of the body for an archer (one of previous companions). deionarra's death was death of grief. man, can such love exist?

[@wojtas-um7xn]

Archer was Xachariah

[@Rigby350]

Wouldn't it be the death of love? The death of grief would mean that they are happy, not sad

[@ramazantekin4144]

@@Rigby350 she loved the nameless one so much she let herself be manupilated by him. And he definitely did not love her. He needed her and discarded her önce he was done with her.

[@Rigby350]

@@ramazantekin4144 wow bro 10 years later! Your whole life has changed

[@ramazantekin4144]

@@Rigby350 tell me about it bro.

[@Dismantled95]

First time ever playing this game today, and holy shit, this music made me tear up XD

[@cyruspym8599]

Water story, Mark.

[@Grigeral]

To this day I put that track on for Deionarra's theme. Still never fails to give me goosebumps...

[@jeremyetheve3068]

Thanks for this theme from the best game ever. A game I have had to play again and again every couple years since its release, a game that never grows old or die, just like the Nameless.

[@jasonsylvander3089]

Jérémy Ethève I play every couple years also and make different choices.... best game ever

[@vasjakur]

Poor poor girl... I remember the horror when I realized it was *I* who betrayed her and condemned her to that existence... It still saddens me to no end.

[@shangoat2008]

20 years later this song still gives me goosebumps. Every time.

[@JeremyNoelJohnson]

Wonderful, deep, and mysterious music.

[@jwkim5467]

With the very first note, a massive flood of grievance and regret washed through my whole body. Unbelievable. A mere game, which I have played so many years ago that I have no idea of what its plot was, is still staying in the deep corner of my heart waiting to be provoked again. I can't help but set out for Sigil once more.

[@victiln666]

it was on my dads funeral. beautiful song, from the best game on the world!

[@roman78x]

True art doesnt speaks. True art lets your own echo play music of your soul. And thats Planescape Torment.

[@Noki_Kelevra]

INSTANT GOOSEBUMPS Cue manly tears

[@Katalmach]

Planescape and Baldur's Gate had a charm that will never again be encountered in any other games.

[@Moving4Motion]

The game is still just as incredible now as it was on release. There will never be another studio like Black Isle, never.

[@MarceliMigala]

Cóż może zmienić naturę człowieka...

[@maciekszczepara8827]

Bajo jajo

[@tataludwiczka8061]

7 lat rządów PIS

[@Grigeral]

You are correct about Morte. He's voiced by Rob Paulsen who voiced Yakko, as well as Pinky from Pinky and the Brain. The dude has an enormous repertoire!

[@AurioDK]

The first and the last game to make me cry so many years ago, I was in love back then ... what a pearl this game was and probably still is.

[@phillipmele8533]

+Aurio DK You can actually buy it on GOG.

[@KingLich451]

+matteo mm it comes with a .pdf e-book when you buy it from GoG.com though I didn't read it yet, it looks pretty good.

[@mikaelconan3666]

Well, I've heard the novel is just not up to par with the writing in the actual game and a lot of it runs contrary to what happens in game as well. Personally, I'd rather not spoil what I know since Chris Avellone had nothing to do with the novelization.

[@CESSKAR]

Probably?

[@TyroVogel]

Finger Pirštas Mark Morgan is a music composer who composed music for such games as Planescape: Torment, Fallout, Wasteland 2, and more ... :)

[@pigozz]

this song should have been the main theme...it describes the whole feeling of the game, the torment of the planes forever changed by a man who was so afraid of death he managed to cheat it,the regret of his deeds and the pain he brought on others...this piece is a pure art

[@VeryUselessPerson]

This track, along with the following dialogue between the Nameless One and Dionarra (the first time you meet her, I mean) has to be one of the most emotional experiences I've ever felt in a video game to this date. It almost brought me to tears for real.

[@Atrahasis7]

Time is not your enemy, forever is.

[@BiowareNut]

For all those craving more Planescape Torment awesomeness, there is a game called Planescape Tides of Numenera, which is the "spiritual successor" to Planescape Torment. It is similar to Torment and references a certain character from Torment. I'd highly recommend the game to any Planescape Torment fan.

[@KingLich451]

eeeh I thought it was alright, but I doubt if it can even hold a candle to a game like planescape

[@terminusnoctum]

"Endure. In enduring, grow strong."

[@XTORD1]

Probably the best game i have ever played and before anyone ask is not nostaliga or anything i played it around 8 months ago. Still wish it was steam , but at least i got the cd home.

[@DarkCreed]

Gog.com

[@XTORD1]

+TheDarkCreed86 ah thats right thx. I could ofc but it on gog thx m8. damn this game is good . one of if not the best narrative ever. so underrated. thx for tip

[@HerrProfM]

I reply it every couple of years. It is by far the best game I have ever played. It is hard to describe in words how much I love it.

[@rockstar6goalkeeper]

its on steam AND its enhanced :)

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

Words cannot describe my love for this game, it's a shame that it didn't get a sequel.

[@michalbukvai7548]

I am just listening to this song and some strange substance keeps flowing from my eyes. Why?

[@HiveFleetHydra]

Humanity is in a downward spiral, but cheer up, so far 2009 has been an awesome year. Huge amount of amazing movies and video games.

[@MasterJim87]

I only got this game yesterday and I cannot beleve I have never played this brilliant game the story and gameplay is flawless!

[@Dylyan]

So sweet and sad at the same time. Love this song!

[@KeinCZ]

The best book, what I ever play.

[@NeilusNihilus]

Best RPG ever made..sadly we will never see an rpg this good again.

[@domagojkersun9630]

Torment is the best game ever created and thier will never be one like Torment!!!!!!

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

I finished Planescape: Torment 2 days ago and I still feel sad that it ended, it's the best game that was ever created! It's a damn shame that Planescape didn't get a sequel.

[@FaethorFerenzcy]

There is some kind of Sequel, "Torment: Tides of Numenera" it is a spiritual successor. And still, i like to replive Planescape once in a while.

[@emperorpalpatine6239]

@@FaethorFerenzcy Yeah, but I wish there was a direct sequel to Planescape: Torment. Btw, is Tides of Numenera good?

[@FaethorFerenzcy]

@@emperorpalpatine6239 Well it is well written, but honestly i had adaption problems to some mechanics. So i more or less rushed trough.

[@blazej799]

I really envy you that you have finished it for the first time just recentlly ;-)

[@gigelf]

This song touches my heart, it brings a feeling of despair and sadness about things that one *knows* that will never change

[@silvarius2000]

is it bad that I teared up at the first 5 seconds?

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

Same here bro. Hug?

[@silvarius2000]

+Viktor Skarlatov eh whats up chief

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

In knowing the teachings of Zerthimon, I have become stronger. God damn I miss that game. I can never play it for the first time anymore. :(

[@silvarius2000]

There cannot be two skies!

[@cocoonman]

Yeah I struggle with this as well...

[@Tatatesz]

LOL, I always thought Deionarra's voice sounded so much like Jennifer Hale and recently I found out because she voiced her. The things Internet can search up for you:D

[@gukonni]

This is one of the reasons some games don't get old. They just get forgotten.

[@propaani5415]

As a game, plasnescape torment wasnt very good. Despite that, thanks to the absolute best writing i have seen on a screen of any kind, it is one of the absolute best games i have played these past 20+ years.

[@tree_alone]

@MegaProudAlbanian It wasn't a game... it was a bronze sphere, light as air, with a faint odor of spoiled custard.

[@vasiliyshukshin7466]

Don't let it end like this...

[@pigozz]

There are no words that could describe my feelings while listening to this song

[@AnalBurst]

sigh....they dont make games like this anymore. Shame..

[@VorchaVideos]

Look up Pillars of Eternity and Tides of Numenera.

[@Musabre]

Divinity Original Sin is a great harkon back to these golden days. Give it a go man, its on sale on steam right now too! (i realise this is an old-ish comment, but hey)

[@Ficker2]

MusabreGames Divinity is a generic RPG that has no story to speak of. It's nothing like Torment.

[@Musabre]

Ficker2 I'm all for opinions, but you are factually wrong there quite substantially. Have you even played through it or watched someone play it? I'm not saying it's the same as torment exactly, obviously.

[@Musabre]

***** So you honestly think it "has no story to speak of."... really? Are you disingenuous or what.

[@Iconoclast6750]

This is the single best setting ever created for any story. Period.

[@Nosttre]

Absolutelly genius theme, one of a kind motif.

[@Braella]

Okay first off THANK YOU for posting these songs! And yes this game is amazing in so many ways. Just...amazing. No other way to say it.

[@Banefane]

It's the first time I notice that on the left end of the logo there is a crying and screaming woman's head. Seeing it and hearing the theme at the same time feels sad.

[@ChodeMaster]

What the hell, never noticed that before.

[@surobakianinpo]

best game ever made, best story ever told. shiver goes down my spine when i remember those words: What can change the nature of a man?

[@jujoensu]

You are one who is both blessed and cursed, my love. And you are one who is never far from my thoughts and heart.

[@samgiga2]

Put it simply - best story in video game history.

[@givemeanameman1]

Planescape Torment was art, it was something special and unique and done with skill beyond the norm. Even today the story holds up perfectly and is just as moving. Compare this to some modern "ART" of 3 pyramids and a sphere on top made from metal kind of crap that mass taught talentless people come up with.

[@aagh8714]

the 3 triangles was a thing before the mf setting even came out

[@plebusmaximus]

For me, there is no better story than Planescape: Torment

[@jasonsylvander3089]

Three Dog agreed.... no games these days have such a good story

[@breeeegs]

The only competitors I can think of are The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 (especially 2). Nier: Automata also has brilliant storytelling, albeit slightly confusing

[@KingLich451]

naah, those can't come even close

[@Cherobyl1986]

​@@breeeegs there are many games with a better storyline than these

[@ChadVulpes]

Mass Effect trilogy? Not counting the ending, I mean. Not as thought-provoking, but I find it very engaging.

[@red_cosplay]

Updated my journal.

[@PANAGIOTISAMPATZIS]

Best game ever. I played it so many times just to read the dialogs and understand the story line. Best scenario ever. You try to die in this game! So original. Thank you for uploading this song brings back memories. :)

[@Novalok18]

@SadakoSenpai many things can change the nature of a man. The love for someone, the feeling of vengence, even something small like feeling like something in life is missing. I believe the nature of man changes all the time. The big question is whether or not you have the fortitude to accept that change.

[@alextrill1746]

After learning of Deionarra's fate, I began physically itching to hit certain spoilerrific someone in his smug ugly face. With my feet. Wearing steel-toed boots. With spikes.

[@EtharionTurambar]

As i mentioned in another PT vid...words cannot describe how much i love this game...i truly felt for the Nameless one..and yes...you do feel like it was made specially for you...i shall treasure the expirience of playing this game for ever...

[@ulvereq]

This brings back some memories. Depressing, yet beautiful and touching. Perfect.

[@dmkrodan]

this was the greatest game of all time... i still have it.

[@GurgleGurgleBlahBlah]

Wow, I played this game long time ago and still this music arouses strong emotions. It was a powerful game. I remember I could never convince myself to play an evil character.

[@bongolongo]

...and with that being said, the atmosphere was epic. This piece of music by itself fills my head with grand stories that never were in the actual storyline. That's how PS:T is so good. Nothing more.

[@Soydrinker999]

1999: what can change the nature of a man 2019: what can change the gender of a person

[@emagneticboy97]

It's great to see this game becoming popular again. It's hard to describe how unique it felt back in 1999. Great game

[@andreagasparini3905]

a tear for her

[@1337Tazer]

(SPOILERS) I found the end to be depressing but sort of happy and fulfilling (don't people call that 'bittersweet' or something?) in the end The Nameless One went through all this suffering and torment and so much death happened as a result of The Nameless One's actions and yet he still didn't atone for his crimes and he ended up having to go to the Blood War anyway. But at the same time at least he regained his mortality and put an end to the horrible cycle, and from the look of his face

[@NeilusNihilus]

@BloodDemon293846 yeah thats true, this and Baldurs Gate 2 still look great to this day and still will in 10 years times when the likes of oblivion and mass effect will look like doom does today. the hand drawn artwork in these two Infinity engine games in particular is fantastic.

[@wiecha6792]

best game, when i finished it i m feeleeing empty till now... :( and on and on :(

[@GrosserAndrew5000]

Meeting her at the shadow palace at the end was just not enough closure. I always felt they rushed the ending of the game.

[@threedotsdead]

And wonderful, wonderful music.

[@markomarko12345]

I played RPG both consolar and PC based. This is one of best games for PC of all times. Story isn't script, it is small phylosophycal discussion about mortality, sin and second chances. Characters are great: horny skull, anarchist who is bound by his own words, etc. Fallout 3 has beautiful graphics, but it can't be compared to Torment. Let me just add architecture and Giger-ish graphic make it just deeper and more beautiful.

[@viktorskarlatov8227]

Updated my journal.

[@terminusnoctum]

I'm gone.

[@Atrahasis7]

OH MAN CMON, she does not deserve you! And yes, this game is art!!!!!!!

[@tylersloeper]

Looped like x5?

[@lukaa786]

I shall wait for you in death’s halls my love…” I’ll probably remember that for the rest of my life. It still sends chills down my spine.

[@roverNemeZiS]

Found out that haunting part of this track is very similar to "Molly's Interview" from the movie Primal Fear 1996. Look it up

[@Cernunnas]

aww man, the memories!

[@Krmzz]

what can change the nature of a man? hell of a game, one of the best

[@supereldinho]

What can change the nature of a man? I think the answer is: Embrace. One cannot forcibly change himself or others. Change has to come freely and willingly. If you'd done something bad, you must be willing to face the consequences. One cannot run away from the inevitbale. Only through embrace and acceptance one can truly accept changes, be it negligible or world-shattering. Making decisions means standing up to the consequences, be it good or bad. One cannot change nature. Yet, change is nature.

[@MrAngrypossum]

I played this game when it first came out, I dunno 10-15 years ago. I actually look back on it quite fondly, because the story and the music connect with me. I look at my life a lot and say, what CAN change the nature of a man? I can only half answer that question for myself. The game really hit home for me, so I'd say it's my favorite game of all time.

[@SadakoSenpai]

What can change a nature of man? In my case, this game. It´s more than 13 years since I played this for the first time. Since then, I see things differently. It reminds you why you should cherish all perils and obstacles in your life, why celebrate even small victories and of course why you should be thankful for love of your dear person... How you live your life affects more then yourself... One should be always aware of other person´s feelings and try to considerate results of your actions...

[@dive_bomb3r]

Seems to me you're the one who knows how to use imagination properly. Nowadays people have problems with this...Torment is simply the best game out there and it doesn't seem it is going to change. Now only graphic that counts...

[@ceberusbotcatcher]

"What can change the nature of a man?"

[@Mathrigo666]

the whole planescape setting, the whole cosmology, all of it, incl the unlimited high spire, the unending abyss, the infernal pits of the nine hells, the torment tattoo, and especially this song... all of that makes me feeling so small... makes life so senseless... it makes me want to be not here... i want be there...

[@DreddPirateRoberts]

Amazing story. Amazing music. It's an absolute masterpiece of a video game.

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

me too. but i prefer to play it in summer nights, in a dark room, silence around and my cat sleeping on my bed ... god i love this game!