Date played: August 21st
Platform: PS4
I had been wanting to try this game for a while, and when my daughter asked me if I had anything new to play, we tried this game out for a few minutes, playing through the opening moments and enough to get a real feel for the game.
The Deadly Tower Of Monsters is sort of a 2D, dual stick shooter, similar to maybe Dead Nation or something, but with a ridiculous theme and lots of humor. The idea is that the whole game is presented as a DVD commentary of a very old, very shitty sci-fi movie. Something from the 40's maybe. The whole game looks like a movie set, with action scenes littered with bad special effects, people held up by strings and even stop-motion animated monsters.
The game has a decent variety of weapons and abilities, my favorite being the default raygun. There's also many upgrades available to each weapon, unlocked by spending currency and collectibles. There are a few simple puzzles, and each can usually be solved by only one of three playable characters.
The man is a stereotypical movie hero, the woman is a sassy Russian and the robot is a friendly hunk of metal. This is clearly a low budget game though, as the animation isn't great and it doesn't feel 100% "right", but it's good enough to be enjoyable.
The monsters are particularly cool! I fought tons of cool movie monsters, like a giant gorilla, some aliens, pterodactyls, giant apes, little slimy things. They all look pretty cool and have fun sound and animation. Combat is pretty basic so far, but it's not bad. It feels a little sluggish though.
The coolest, unique feature of the game is how you can look down a ledge and fight on a different axis than usual. Since the whole game is about climbing the titular tower of monsters, this means there are plenty of opportunities to look down and see some cool shit and even fight some enemies.
I like what I've played so far, but I don't know if I'll stick with it.
Platform: PS4
I had been wanting to try this game for a while, and when my daughter asked me if I had anything new to play, we tried this game out for a few minutes, playing through the opening moments and enough to get a real feel for the game.
The Deadly Tower Of Monsters is sort of a 2D, dual stick shooter, similar to maybe Dead Nation or something, but with a ridiculous theme and lots of humor. The idea is that the whole game is presented as a DVD commentary of a very old, very shitty sci-fi movie. Something from the 40's maybe. The whole game looks like a movie set, with action scenes littered with bad special effects, people held up by strings and even stop-motion animated monsters.
The game has a decent variety of weapons and abilities, my favorite being the default raygun. There's also many upgrades available to each weapon, unlocked by spending currency and collectibles. There are a few simple puzzles, and each can usually be solved by only one of three playable characters.
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| The playable characters, having just defeated a giant ant |
The man is a stereotypical movie hero, the woman is a sassy Russian and the robot is a friendly hunk of metal. This is clearly a low budget game though, as the animation isn't great and it doesn't feel 100% "right", but it's good enough to be enjoyable.
The monsters are particularly cool! I fought tons of cool movie monsters, like a giant gorilla, some aliens, pterodactyls, giant apes, little slimy things. They all look pretty cool and have fun sound and animation. Combat is pretty basic so far, but it's not bad. It feels a little sluggish though.
The coolest, unique feature of the game is how you can look down a ledge and fight on a different axis than usual. Since the whole game is about climbing the titular tower of monsters, this means there are plenty of opportunities to look down and see some cool shit and even fight some enemies.
I like what I've played so far, but I don't know if I'll stick with it.
