Hey Weltall, ABF, I complied with your demands...

[A Black Falcon]

Well I've been busy lately so I haven't been playing many games actually. I have a lot of RPGs to catch up on, GOOD ones. I'll say I really want to get back into Planescape though. Just getting out of that crypt at the start revealed enough story about that eternally party forming and then utterly arse kicked into amnesia fellow you play as. That's about the only bit I know of him so far. That, and there's some ghostly woman who he once loved. Who knows how many he's met like that in past eons? Oh well, anyway I have a lot of stuff to work out while in "the hive". When I finally start playing, it's off to find the thief who stole my stuff. Nice enough, I can be the guy who just wants to find my stuff instead of the guy who's all "HE STEAL! ME SMASH! BLAAAARGHH!". I don't need to be a bad arse in the least! In fact, the way I've been talking I'm the naive nice guy.

You're right at the beginning then... you can spend a lot of time in the hive if you wish, depending... it's also the most non-linear part of the game. Once you know what you're DOING it gets more linear, but at the start, you know nothing, so all you've got is sidequests for a while... but it's really interesting with how the story is told. Just remember, have a character with good intelligence and wisdom scores (really important if you want the better dialog options!) if you want to be able to be an intelligent, combat-avoiding character as opposed to 'Me Smash'. :)

When I first played the game I went through part of the Mortuary, and liked it, but then for some reason didn't continue for several years... and then regretted it when I finally got around to playing the game. It's really worth it.