Tower of Time

1. Demonk

   Apr 17, 2018

   10

   What a pleasant surprise. I was not sure I would enjoy the game, but with no other new alternatives on the market right now, I decided to buyWhat a pleasant surprise. I was not sure I would enjoy the game, but with no other new alternatives on the market right now, I decided to buy it on a whim. I am so glad I did.
   
   The story might start typical - post-apocalyptic world (though we do not know what has happened in the beginning) in a fantasy setting. As you play along you discover the bits and pieces of the past told via animated videos and various pieces of history contained in the books and notes scattered around. There are a lot of surprising twists and the story changes over time into something that I think no one would expect. I usually got bored very quickly with recent RPGs, here, I remained hooked until the end.
   
   Combat is a very fresh. The best comparison would be to Dragon Age Origins I think. It is played in real-time with slow motion or pause and has a surprising tactical depth. Your skills and equipment are equally important here to how you play your champions - where you position them and how you move them around. I started on normal difficulty and it was fine so I decided to change to hard - which was brutal. There is one other setting in the game called Epic - but it was too difficult for me.
   
   Having said that, this game is not for everyone - it is smart and requires some thinking about your choices and party builds. If you want to try something refreshing for a change, grab it - and you will be as surprised at the value it offers, as I was.… Expand

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2. LydiaAAA

   May 12, 2018

   10

   Sublime experience with great polish – it was perhaps the best 50 hours of gaming I experienced in a long time.
   
   I play RPGs for many yearsSublime experience with great polish – it was perhaps the best 50 hours of gaming I experienced in a long time.
   
   I play RPGs for many years now. In most of the recent ones, the world is usually cluttered with things like useless NPC's and items that had no significance – here it was all cut out, leaving only pure game-play fun.
   
   Combat is something fresh - it takes place as encounters and you're face with the waves of enemies listed at the start of the encounter, you have a choice to fight or withdraw.
   Level design is great - everything seems so pretty and immersive.
   
   Despite only seven classes – they do differ and offer something unique. This game is less about individual character builds but rather how to combine selected champions into a party that supports each other and with skills that offer great synergy.
   
   Story is actually quite engaging once you delve deeper. I usually get bored quickly mid game once the flair of the new fades away – here it got me hooked until the end since it twists and changes in unexpected ways. The ending made me very sad though :(
   
   I especially like combat challenges – I don’t think I have seen a better method ever implemented. Each is designed separately and is almost like a puzzle to solve.
   
   Two problems with the game I have are the following:
   
   There is no character creation. I am one of those persons that like to spend hours designing characters and their looks. But as soon as I played the game for one hour I really didn’t miss it, since your heroes are fun and diverse.
   
   Second – overall it was smooth performance apart from some areas where I had to lower the graphic settings to low (which was a shame since lightning and shadows are done expertly here). However, I have a pretty old gaming rig so I guess I am happy that it was only few places like that.
   
   All in all – highly recommended. I am very surprised that it doesn’t get more attention and it definitely deserves that.… Expand

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4. Arkolas

   May 19, 2018

   9

   Good CRPG, will grant you 60-70 hours of game play.
   
   Played it in hard difficulty ( just below the final "epic" difficulty) and the game isGood CRPG, will grant you 60-70 hours of game play.
   
   Played it in hard difficulty ( just below the final "epic" difficulty) and the game is more focused about seeking the weaknesses of your opponents and properly building your team, rather than outsmarting the IA.
   
   You may think that it will be strategical at the beginning but honestly no, improve your gear/heroes, make you tank tank, the dps dps and it will be ok.
   
   I can understand people who say it's repetitive, but if you like adventure, exploring areas and resolve average-difficult enigmas while improving your characters, you will stay until the end of the game/story.
   
   Also, You may like the fact of managing several characters and using the most appropriate ones for the specific encounters.
   
   Graphics are ok, it's not super awesome it's not an AAA company but still it's pretty decent !
   
   Summary : Tactical RPG lovers, give it a try, it won't be the most awesome game you play but will remain a reference in your mind i'm almost sure of that.… Expand

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5. QweSteR

   Aug 14, 2018

   7

   Механика боя и исследование карты напоминают King’s Bounty (2007), ролевой отыгрыш и визуализация близка к Sword Coast Legends. Если вамМеханика боя и исследование карты напоминают King’s Bounty (2007), ролевой отыгрыш и визуализация близка к Sword Coast Legends. Если вам понравились эти игры, то и Tower of Time придётся по душе. Геймплей медлительный и непринуждённый, прохождение линейное. Казалось бы богатый бестиарий, но сам по себе ИИ и бои на аренах быстро приедаются. Мир игры ограничен исследованием многочисленных этажей гигантской башни. Я игру счёл скучной, есть значительно интереснее для прохождения RPG в 2018 году.… Expand

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6. ZaPaAl

   Jun 22, 2018

   7

   Quite a good effort, visually attractive, passable story, big maps that are interesting to travel and with a lot of detail. It startedQuite a good effort, visually attractive, passable story, big maps that are interesting to travel and with a lot of detail. It started engaging and interesting, but did quite drag from about half way through to close to the end. Dialog is not voiced, except of the rendered scenes.
   
   What mostly hurt is the combat, which pulls you out of exploration in a non immersive kind of way, with many combat maps recycled over again and again. Those combat situations have some tactical interesting approaches initially, but later on it all becomes a repetitive grind of dealing with damage sponges or hordes of minions, often taking huge amounts of time to actually even spawn on the battlefield. At this stage I only targeted the boss or the biggest group of enemies, paused and had everyone cast their 3/4 abilities in a general direction. Wait and Repeat. No tactic required. I switched to story difficult then, because battles just took to long, and were not much fun.
   
   Game has mountains of loot, which you can only wear or dismantle to craft items. This became a bit much and hardly necessary later on. Probably depends on difficulty and time investment.
   
   The affinity system does not really work, as it has hardly any impact.
   
   Around floor 6 I felt I should be close to the end, but it kept continuing on and on and did not really bring much of twists combatwise or storywise to the table. With this, reaching the final level was not easy. Ending is quite ok though.… Expand

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7. Lasius-Niger

   Dec 17, 2020

   7

   Decent graphics animations and story (8 out of 10) but tedious and repetitive combat (total turn-off, 2 out of 10). Loot system is not bad,Decent graphics animations and story (8 out of 10) but tedious and repetitive combat (total turn-off, 2 out of 10). Loot system is not bad, though by the time you're able to craft proper gear most loot you find will be under-leveled so there's that.
   
   I ended up switching to the easy mode just to get through the boring fights, still couldn't complete the game. It's not that game mechanics are bad per se, it's just that fights were tedious and it felt more like a chore.… Expand

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8. Valgeth

   Oct 9, 2020

   2

   This game is complete garbage, all I wanted was a top down RPG to rival diablo. Reasons this is a waste of time: the intro narration isThis game is complete garbage, all I wanted was a top down RPG to rival diablo. Reasons this is a waste of time: the intro narration is boring, long and pointless, the art style is awful, too much color in things that shouldn't even colored at all. The music is atrocious, whoever composed the score should be arrested and charged with crimes against humanity. the gameplay is some weird combination of dragon age and mobile RTS games. it has an unnecessary intro sequence where you "control" a young version of the main character, which they call "you". The story is absolutely banal, except the tower concept, that was kinda stimulating. The overall gameplay is like a mobile game or past generation PC game, definitely not something that should be coming out in 2018.… Expand

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