Recently I started playing Planescape: Torment again... This is my third time through the game, and like the other times before, I continue to be completely awed... The story, depth, writing and NPC development are nothing short of extraordinary.
This brings something to mind though. In my laments of how they no longer make great games, I tend to murmur PS:T and BG2 in the same breath as a comparison with what no longer is. I view these two games as occupying the same RPG benchmark, one that I highly doubt will ever be surpassed.
(I imagine Fallout 1 and 2 are equal benchmarks, but I haven't played them, so that is why I haven't really mentioned them here).
BG2 and PS:T are very different games, yet they have a lot of similarities, and I usually can't say which is my favourite of the two.
So, I ask you... do you think there one of these is the better game, or not? I've asked myself this, and I'm never sure.
Over to you...