Tower Escape

Little game? I see nothing little about it. Yes, it has a compact loop and doesn't waste your time with micromanagement fluff and narrative bull. But the vast array of cards to unlock, synergies to explore, and strategies to try! This game stands to me on equal terms with masterpieces like Rift Wizard, Gnomes, He Is Coming, and Slay the Spire, all of which I consider, each in its own genre, among the greatest modern roguelikes—nothing little about them. And, by the way, I like this game so much that I also purchased it on GOG. Hats off to the developer.

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Tower Escape est un petit jeu indie que j’adore. Le concept est vraiment bien pensé : on guide ses minions à travers des donjons, on planifie les chemins, et chaque partie devient une aventure unique grâce aux gemmes et reliques. C’est stratégique sans être prise de tête, et très prenant sans être addictif de force. Les graphismes en pixel art sont chouettes, l’humour discret fait sourire, et un prix très accessible. j’apprécie qu'il soit aussi disponible sur GOG avec une vrais version Linux native qui fonctionne très bien. Avec une traduction en Français ajouter récemment, un effort supplémentaire qui rend l’expérience plus accessible, ont peut voire que le développement continu. Un grand merci aux développeurs pour ce jeu honnête, fait avec cœur, et qui se laisse jouer avec plaisir. Selon moi, c’est une pépite à ne pas manquer.

The game starts in 720p, which is a strange first impression. The second thing I did was turn off the music because it was so bad I couldn't stand listening to it for more than a minute. The gameplay just isn't fun. Instead of a simple reverse tower defense, you build a "snake" that serves as the path for your minions to follow. You can twist and turn it through the dungeon, but it only makes everything unnecessarily complicated. The art style didn't click with me either. I usually like pixel art games, but this one just looks bad. The upgrades don't feel impactful, and I got stuck on the same level because the enemy defenses just kept spawning for few times. On top of that, some objects I was supposed to carry out of the dungeon suddenly teleported back. The game also throws too much at you from the very beginning. There are so many races available right away that it becomes overwhelming instead of interesting. I was playing on the easiest difficulty and still couldn't make any meaningful progress. I wasn't challenged by game mechanics - I was just frustrated. The idea behind the game is decent, but the execution is terrible.

Neat little game.

Gets boring quite quickly.

AT LAST! THE SACRIFICES TO THE GREAT OLD ONES WERE NOT IN VAIN! BY BLOOD AND BOOKS! IT'S AN ACTUAL SKILL BASED REVERSE TOWER DEFENCE GAME!!! FUN! WELL THOUGHT OUT! SKILL BASED! AND (best of all) REPLAYABLE!!!!!! All my life (and all my unlife too, up until now) I've been searching for a game exactly like this. I'd pay thrice this game's price twice. The content and depth is such that I'm discovering new strategies in nearly every run (that's 11 runs in, some taking several hours (end-yessssssss! (endless mode. (For my less linguistically forgiving readers) But you do get it, don't you?)). Bravo Encore! (why in the blind eternities are you still reading this? If you're one of the exceedingly rare kindred spirits willing to suffer through this much of my writing you're obviously going to get it) Come necromancer, open the book

Really well designed game. It's more like a "deckbuilder" roguelike than a tower defense game, as you need to assemble your team to escape each run. Each of the clans felt pretty distinct and fun, and all the unlockables kept the game fresh. Really well designed difficulty levels where you can just chill on Easy if you want, or step up to the harder modes / optional challeneges.

I really liked this game. Play it, you like it, I like it, we like it, me like it.

[h1]An interesting but very imperfect Reverse Tower Defense experiment[/h1] Tower Escape is a small indie game built around an interesting idea: instead of placing towers to stop waves of enemies, you send monsters through a tower-filled dungeon and try to make them reach the exit. Unlike [i]Anomaly: Warzone Earth[/i] (2011) that was marketed as Reverse Tower Defense but mostly felt like action/path-management games, Tower Escape does deserve the label. You are on the attacking side, you care about routes, enemy defenses, monster composition, and how to get your units through a hostile map. However, the game also shows how hard it is to make this concept really work. The main issue is that the strategic layer feels quite light. Before a wave, you choose your monsters and their path, but once the wave starts, there is very little to do. In my run, I only had one active card, a speed boost, and its use was almost automatic: wait until the last monster is out, then activate it. So most of the gameplay becomes choosing which monsters to buy and hoping the shop gives you something useful. The roguelike structure also makes experimentation harder than I would like. A run has 13 floors, with 2 or 3 waves per floor, but you can only fail twice before game over. That leaves very little room to test, vary, and refine your strategy. In a game about understanding defenses, I would have liked more opportunities to learn from each attempt instead of feeling pushed toward safe choices and RNG-dependent builds. The readability could also be better. For example, the danger level of a tile is shown with red coloring rather than clear numbers. When many heroes are attacking your monsters at once, it becomes hard to compare routes precisely and understand which path is actually better. That said, I still think Tower Escape is not uninteresting. It is quick to understand, has a neat core idea, and it tries something unusual. I finished my first successful run in Medium difficulty on my second attempt, and while I do not feel much desire to replay it, I am glad I tried it. So this is a cautious recommendation. Not because I think the game fully succeeds, but because it is a curious, slightly limited indie experiment with enough originality to be worth a look if the concept appeals to you. [h1]💖 Pros 💖[/h1] - Interesting Reverse Tower Defense premise - Easy to understand - Short runs - Some fun in finding a route through the defenses - A rare attempt at exploring this design space [h1]💀 Cons 💀[/h1] - Too passive during waves - Too much emphasis on RNG and roguelike structure - Very limited room for experimentation - Strategic depth feels lighter than the concept suggests - Danger/readability feedback could be much clearer - Not much reason to replay once you have seen the basic loop