Greetings,Mogura.
I suspected that part of the reason why everybody was silent about this amazing \'coincidence\',if you wish to call it so,is because not that many people have actually played Planescape:Torment.For all those who didn\'t,here is what the people who played it said:
http://www.gamertalk.biz/viewtopic.php?t=1190Just to quote something notable from that thread:
?Of course, the dialogue isn\'t of the intricate depth and quality of Planescape: Torment?
-Pseudo Nim,Reviewer on FF8(
http://www.game-over.net/review/feb2000/ff8/)
Put simply,Planescape:Torment is the king of RPGs...it is a masterpiece,and so we fans of the Planescape were amazed when we noticed PlaneShift(I alerted the community as soon as I found out).Although we are in doubt whether a masterpiece such as Planescape:Torment can possibly emerge,I personally would like to see the exotic designs of the Planescape in a MMORPG-and much more importantly the masterfully woven storyline and dialogues.Moving away from Planescape influnce would be in my opinion a bad thing-Planescape was a strike of lightning which broke the mould in the RPG world,so since PlaneShift seems to have taken up quite some Planescape style,it would be a pity to discard the chance to revive this winning formula.