Matt Chat 63: Planescape Torment with Chris Avellone

This is part two of my interview with Chris Avellone. Here, Chris discusses his design philosophy behind one of the greatest computer role-playing games of all time, Planescape: Torment.

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Category:

Gaming

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• games
• chris
• avellone
• interview
• design
• planescape
• torment
• role-playing
• fallout
• alpha
• protocol
• new
• vegas

[Konuvis]

great video as usual Matt. I had a great time on PST, especially Annah :)

Did you get a chance to play Alpha Protocol? It looked promising but the reviews have been pretty average across the board. The gameplay looks weak but the storya nd dialogue look good so i'm intrigued.

[blacklily8]

@Konuvis Nope, haven't played it yet. I tend to wait for the hype to die down and the price to drop before buying new games.

[HardWarUK]

Maybe it's too late, and maybe it's easy to ask other people to do a little more work, I think, covering major classic games need to be changed in Matt Chat. I think the review of the game would have 10 mins to itself as a 'part 2' with part one exclusively you talking about the game and/or interviewing someone. If, as would be the case with Planescape you might need the odd 3 part video.

It just doesn't seem right that you review of games amount to no more than about 3 minutes in many cases.

[blacklily8]

@HardWarUK I don't understand your comment. I did a whole episode about Planescape in an earlier video.

[clays121]

As always an Awesome video, and amazed at the people you get to interview, not even some of the big names in the games industry can get these people, and still blows my mind more people don't view your videos.

[blacklily8]

@clays121 Thanks, Clay. Don't forget to help spread the word. I'm sure more people would be interested if they knew about the topics we look at here.

[enkephalin07]

That's a hell of a spoiler, playing the end cinematic.

[HeadShotGameReviews]

Chris Avellone underrates this game. I think it's even better than Fallout.

[DrMadolite]

@Influx27 lol true ^.^

[Influx27]

@DrMadolite meh, the jokes about the number of dislikes aren't that funny anyway.

[DrMadolite]

@Influx27 he wouldn't, but the three who disliked it were too afraid to reveal their names. nvm joke didn't work.

[Influx27]

@DrMadolite why would the nameless one dislike a video about a game he stars in?

[ToughGuyver]

@HeadShotGameReviews

They are both perfect in my eyes.^^ Anyway, you forgot about Fallout 2.

[DrMadolite]

3 Nameless Ones watched this video :)

[CmdrMander]

Updated my subscriptions

[darthbandon10]

@MrVersipellis MCA is overly modest.

[Ybrethar]

Fallout better than PST? What the hell?

[Jeet27]

Chris is spot on about the alignment system. It's always bugged me too. You just can't pigeon-hole a character like that. Planescape has the right method, in which the game tells you what alignment you are shifting towards based on your decisions. Pre-determined alignments should have been done away with a long time ago.