Profound enough to form an entire religion around

Planescape: Torment is a critically acclaimed game that I've read a great deal about, yet I'm on my third attempt trying to get into it, all the while asking myself, "When is this going to start being fun?"

The premise of this game reminds me of the Sandman graphic novels. Those novels have a grand vision, but often try to have their cake and eat it too, playing around with ideas like eternity yet trying to make it relatable, or establishing a hero that is alien and uncaring yet trying to make him sympathetic.

I appreciate the ambition, but for me it feels like slow-motion slight-of-hand, leaving me immediately dissatisfied.

If the game mechanics were more engaging I could overlook my response to the story somewhat, but the game mechanics feel like RPG-lite.

If I had heard at least once that it has a slow start, I would be more inclined to persevere, but everything I've heard indicates it is gripping from the onset.

Maybe eventually I'll push through to see more and discover the true brilliance of Planescape: Torment and reverse this review.

Scene open: assisted living facility, a man in a wheelchair is being spoonfed by a caretaker while a friend sits close by.

Camera pans right and zooms on the man in the wheelchair.

Man in wheelchair (down syndrome voice): my name bwyce connel. Pwanescape torment is da bestest game eva and for weally weally smart pepow

Camera pans left to friend

Friend (Me) (cool, smug, violently fingering caretaker): youd have to be literally ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ retarded to think that. plus, your idea of a smart person is someone who can order a burger at mcdonalds and not ♥♥♥♥ themselves daily so....