Ric1987: I bought the game today but I have other games I want to play so I was wondering it takes most to finish so I can figure when to fit into my backlog(better sooner than later). Also is it linear or there a lot of side quests?

_Varyag_: Its roughly 40 hours long for (almost) total completion on first go.

Nnexxus: Oh, so it's not THAT long. I mean, not BG2-long :-)
If so, I might find some time to play it soon, as I also have a huge backlog of games and so little time...

Subach: It took me about 40 hours as well, and I think as much as a fourth of that would have been cut if I didn't bother with a sidequest where you can recruit a certain secret, and awesome, party member. That bit's basically a mini dungeon crawler, and a slog to complete-the aforementioned party member is worth it, though.

I did pretty much every sidequest I could find, as well, and there's a bunch of them, you'll definitely want the experience, and most of them provide pretty interesting little stories in themselves.

_Varyag_: Also Torment has very few random scripted events which means a thorough playthrough will ensure that you see more or less everything.

Mnemon: Yes and no. Given that what your character is able - or not able - to do depends so much on your starting stats - there is more and different things to discover on a 2nd play-through with a radically different character. If you stats are too low to even try something corresponding options are never revealed to you.

_Varyag_: Almost every alternate dialog option is opened with having a sufficiently high wisdom which is imperative due to the xp bonus.... I dump most of my points into it every time....

Mnemon: Sure. Wisdom is the stat to max for the most complete experience. But high strength / high agility give you additional options too - particularly noticeable right in the mortuary.