Editing Planescape: Torment (section)

===Awards===
''Planescape: Torment'' is commonly cited to as one of the [[greatest video games of all time]]<ref name="gsaward" /><ref name="spyhall">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/540/540546p1.html |title=GameSpy Hall of Fame (''Planescape: Torment'') |first=Allen |last=Rausch |date=August 19, 2004 |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416020620/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/540/540546p1.html |archive-date=April 16, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ign100">{{cite web|url=http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_71.html |title=IGN Top 100 Games 2007 – 71 ''Planescape: Torment'' |date=November 19, 2007 |website=IGN |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218131449/http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_71.html |archive-date=February 18, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="pcg100" /><ref name=Empire2009/><ref name=GamingBolt/><ref name=GI2009/><ref name=HG101/><ref name=Polygon/> and has attracted a [[cult following]].<ref name="escapist" /><ref name="Gama Adams">{{cite web|first=Ernest W. |last=Adams |author-link=Ernest W. Adams |title=The Designer's Notebook: Ten Years of Great Games |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2377/the_designers_notebook_ten_years_.php?page=1 |website=[[Gamasutra]] |page=1 |date=November 26, 2007 |access-date=May 15, 2009 |quote=''Planescape'' now has a cult following ...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512192302/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2377/the_designers_notebook_ten_years_.php?page=1 |archive-date=May 12, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Gama Barton">{{cite web|first=Matt |last=Barton |title=The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part III: The Platinum and Modern Ages (1994–2004) |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1571/the_history_of_computer_.php?page=10 |website=[[Gamasutra]] |page=10 |date=April 11, 2007 |access-date=May 15, 2009 |quote=Black Isle wasted no time, and in November 1999 released the cult classic ''Planescape: Torment''. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510022154/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1571/the_history_of_computer_.php?page=10 |archive-date=May 10, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was given several Editor's Choice awards,<ref name="gsreview" /><ref name="ign" /><ref name="firingsquad">{{cite web|url=http://www.firingsquad.com/games/torment/ |title=''Planescape: Torment'' Review |first=Jakub |last=Wojnarowicz |date=January 25, 2000 |publisher=Firing Squad |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127085631/http://firingsquad.com/games/torment/ |archive-date=November 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was named RPG of the Year for 1999 by both GameSpot and ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'',<ref name="cgw">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |volume=186 |date=January 2000|title=Planescape: Torment}}</ref><ref name="gsyear">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p3_05a.html |title=GameSpot Features Archive |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527201714/http://www.gamespot.com/features/1999/p3_05a.html |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and won the [[Vault Network]]'s Game of the Year for 1999.<ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://planescape.outshine.com/official.planescape-torment.org/awards.html |title=''Planescape: Torment'' Awards (Mirror of the official ''Planescape: Torment'' website) |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708014704/http://planescape.outshine.com/official.planescape-torment.org/awards.html |archive-date=July 8, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer US]]'' named ''Planescape: Torment'' "Game of the Month" in their March 2000 issue (the issue in which the game's review appeared).<ref name="pcg review" /> The magazine also nominated ''Torment'' for its 1999 "Best Roleplaying Game" award, which ultimately went to ''[[System Shock 2]]''.<ref name="pcgamerusawards1999">{{cite magazine |date=March 2000 | title=The Sixth Annual ''PC Gamer'' Awards | volume=7 | number=3 | pages=46, 47, 49, 50, 54–56, 60, 62 | magazine=[[PC Gamer US]] |author=<!--Not stated--> }}</ref> At the [[3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], ''Planescape: Torment'' was named as a finalist by the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] for "Computer [[D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year|Adventure]]/[[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|Role-Playing]] Game of the Year" and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story|Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development]]".<ref name="AIAS_PC">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards - Personal Computer |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011204415/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="AIAS_Craft">{{cite web |title=Third Interactive Achievement Awards: Craft Award |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011155820/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |archive-date=October 11, 2000}}</ref>

In 2006, ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' included ''Planescape: Torment'' in their list of "11 of Video Gaming's Strangest Moments", due to the game's use of death as a means to advance the plot.<ref name="AV" /> In 2006, [[Gamasutra]] polled [[video game industry]] professionals with the question: "Which role playing game over the entire history of the genre do you think has made the biggest 'quantum leap', and why?".<ref name="Quantum RPG 1">{{cite web|title=The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: Role-Playing Games |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/the-gamasutra-quantum-leap-awards-role-playing-games |website=[[Gamasutra]] |page=1 |date=October 6, 2006 |access-date=June 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812104029/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061006/quantum_01.shtml |archive-date=August 12, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Planescape: Torment'' was ranked second overall after ''[[Fallout (video game)|Fallout]]'', earning it a "Quantum Leap Award".<ref name="Quantum RPG 8">{{cite web|title=The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: Role-Playing Games |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/the-gamasutra-quantum-leap-awards-role-playing-games |website=[[Gamasutra]] |page=8 |date=October 6, 2006 |access-date=June 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330223232/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061006/quantum_08.shtml |archive-date=March 30, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The game also received an honorable mention for the same awards in the "Storytelling" category.<ref name="Quantum Story 1">{{cite web|title=The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: Storytelling |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/the-gamasutra-quantum-leap-awards-storytelling |website=[[Gamasutra]] |page=3 |date=November 3, 2006 |access-date=June 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207092321/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061103/quantum_03.shtml |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2008, ''IGN'' praised the game as having "some of the best writing and characterization seen in gaming".<ref name="ign2008">{{cite web | url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2008/12/04/the-wednesday-10-franchises-we-want-resurrected | title=The Wednesday 10: Franchises We Want Resurrected | website=IGN | date=December 3, 2008 | access-date=April 20, 2011 | author=IGN PC Team | archive-date=January 18, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118021124/http://uk.ign.com/articles/2008/12/04/the-wednesday-10-franchises-we-want-resurrected | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, [[Bit-tech]] included ''Planescape: Torment'' on their list of "30 PC Games to Play Before You Die".<ref name="Bit-tech">{{cite web|first=Joe |last=Martin |title=30 PC Games to Play Before You Die |url=http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2009/04/20/30-pc-games-to-play-before-you-die/1 |publisher=[[Bit-tech]] |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=June 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423045541/http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2009/04/20/30-pc-games-to-play-before-you-die/1 |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Avellone was awarded Eurogamer's "Gaming Globe" award for Best Designer in 2000 for his work on ''Planescape: Torment'', and The Nameless One was considered to be the Best Male Lead Character.<ref name="eurogamerawards" />

''IGN'' ranked ''Planescape: Torment'' second on their list of "The Top 11 Dungeons & Dragons Games of All Time" in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/05/the-top-11-dungeons-dragons-games-of-all-time|title=The Top 11 Dungeons & Dragons Games of All-Time|last=Johnson|first=Leif|date=February 5, 2014|website=IGN|language=en-US|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902005437/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/05/the-top-11-dungeons-dragons-games-of-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref> Ian Williams of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' rated the game #1 on his list of "The 10 Greatest Dungeons and Dragons Videogames" in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/04/the-10-greatest-dungeons-and-dragons-videogames.html|title=The 10 Greatest Dungeons and Dragons Videogames|work=Paste|access-date=December 18, 2017|language=en|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914052047/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/04/the-10-greatest-dungeons-and-dragons-videogames.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[PC Gamer]]'' included ''Torment'' on their best RPGs on PC list.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/best-rpgs-of-all-time/4/ | title=The best RPGs of all time | date=October 15, 2017 | work=[[PC Gamer]] | access-date=May 28, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124030134/http://www.pcgamer.com/best-rpgs-of-all-time/4/ | archive-date=January 24, 2018 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> It was placed at No. 13 on ''Game Informer''{{'s}} "Top 100 RPGs Of All Time" list,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/01/the-top-100-rpgs-of-all-time.aspx?PostPageIndex=6 | title=The Top 100 RPGs Of All Time | date=January 1, 2018 | magazine=[[Game Informer]] | access-date=May 28, 2018 | archive-date=May 28, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528215454/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/01/01/the-top-100-rpgs-of-all-time.aspx?PostPageIndex=6 | url-status=live }}</ref> and was included among [[PCGamesN]]'s "best RPGs on PC" as well.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/15-best-rpgs-pc | title=The best RPGs on PC | work=[[PCGamesN]] | access-date=May 28, 2018 | archive-date=June 14, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614122340/https://www.pcgamesn.com/15-best-rpgs-pc | url-status=live }}</ref>