Posted on: December 17, 2022

Razka

Games: 195 Reviews: 39

Good game deserves recognition

I enjoyed it. The game's fun and well made. Didn't find any bugs besides a brief audio glitch at the end of the loadings. One issue I'm having with the gameplay is that from floor 2 onwards it becomes incredibly easy. And I'm not some kind of tactical genius, my ranged DPS just destroy everything on normal difficulty. Sure I can adjust the difficulty but the game progression shouldn't be something -I- have to manage. As many others pointed out, it's not a new concept in the slightest. I don't know why the developer felt the need to push it as a selling point, when "A game like BG/NWN" would've been much more intriguing for me. Lastly, I think it's a little bit overpriced for what it is.

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Posted on: October 9, 2024

ReflexSaveHalf

Verified owner

Games: 209 Reviews: 5

Few minor polish quirks, but solid!

Fun gameplay that's both approachable and tactical. If you like real-time combat with party composition and skill building, you'll like this game!

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Posted on: December 18, 2024

Howlsfromshadow

Verified owner

Games: 306 Reviews: 5

good game well worth the price

its a detailed game that is well worth the purchase

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Posted on: August 13, 2025

Venus_in_Libra

Verified owner

Games: 835 Reviews: 74

Way longer than it should have been

It started off as something that could have been one of my favourite games and ended up dropping the ball completely. Alright, lets start with the good and we will go from there. An interesting premise and setting. Nice characters. Neat and interesting locations, rather unorthodox level design. A cool upgrade system giving you a lot of flexibility in that you can always reset your skills. Plenty of loot, both to gather and an interesting crafting and development system. It has a nice soundtrack, but it becomes a bit repetitive after a while. And instanced combat system where you fight encounters in real time, however they become quite stale due to the rather simplistic enemy AI and limited encounter design. The length of the game and the developers ambition end up being the games downfall. The game goes on for around 40-50 hours. That should have been cut in half, because after a certain point you can tell the developers lacked resources to maintain quality. Encounters are basically all the same with different enemies after that point. The tone of the setting is ruined in an attempt to keep it interesting. The plot and characters fall apart in an attempt to keep intrigue and suspense. The story goes into absurd power fantasy territory and obviously falls apart at the ending because of the plot holes and an attempt at a meaningful ending. Less impressive loot the further you go. The map design becomes more stale. I cant really recommend it to the general person, because whatever things you did appreciate about the game, they will ultimately sour the longer you play. It clearly has its strong points, though. If you focus more on the combat and ramp up the difficulty you might end up having a lot of fun. There are things here that I like in this game a lot. Its clear that the people making it put a lot of heart, passion and effort into it. I just wish that at a certain point they said "Okay, lets stop here."

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Posted on: September 19, 2019

lbentopugliesi

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Games: 66 Reviews: 2

Bold combat, intriguing plot

Tower of Time is a very surprising game. The combat stands out: it draws both from j-rpg (since the battles occur in special stages) and RTS (there´s a slow motion like button which helps playing things in the real time scenario). And different as it is, for me, it kinda got tiresome after 10 gameplay hours or so. On the other hand, the character builds and the item system (craft, enchant, dismantle etc) are both very complex and intuitive. But for me, the exploration side (even with the linear patterns) shines the most. It´s a amazing experience to walk searching for every item, blueprint or even piles of gold. The scenarios are amazingly crafted and each of the tower levels seems closely-knit. The atmospheric music is superb, somewhat eerie and dramatic, always in tune with the growing sense of danger and mistery. The characters may not appear much likeable at first sight, but their development is satisfactory and you end up caring about their fate. And that brings us to the story. The plot itself won´t sound avant-garde to most, but still, it is competent, a little mass effecty, but what it does right, it does very right: withouth spoiling much, it contains a intersting discussion about the relationship between player and game. Without breaking the fourth wall, the characters at least supects that they are been manipulated, the same supect the player feels about being, himself, manipulated by the omnious game master/narrator. A weird and yet old school nice indie rpg that deserves some love.

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