Twisted Tower

A great game

Gameplay was quick to pick up. Story was decent. Level design could have been a little better but for $15 it gave me exactly what I wanted. A few hours of enjoyable run & gun gaming.

Good game.

Loving the game so far, I've made it to the Carnival Casino. The combat is fun, the story is enjoyable. Overall it's a great experience for $15.

This game is a ton of fun! I greatly appreciated all the work that went into making this from ONE GUY. What an achievement! Super satisfying and challenging gameplay. Can't recommend it enough!

Like picking up a glass of what you think is BioShock but it's actually budget Doom Eternal. Your brain is expecting one thing but gets another and it takes a minute to adjust. Twisted Tower is a thrill ride, which is thematically appropriate given its set in an amusement park. The story is pulpy, and introduces a lot of ideas that it seemingly doesn't want to expound on. The story takes a backseat to the gameplay, with most of it being neatly tucked away in letters and tapes. There are a few plot twists near the end, but they're a bit cheap. [spoiler]As an aside, between this game and Twelve Minutes; I think we have enough "it was incest the whole time" plot twists for the rest of the decade, thanks indie developers.[/spoiler] The combat is good, most of the time. It can feel very cheap with enemies spawning in out of thin air (usually behind you). I did find that I was utilising every weapon in my arsenal and not just relying on one workhorse weapon which shows the guns are well balanced. There are a lot of guns too, and most have unique upgrades and alternate fires. For the vast majority of the time you will be fighting in arenas, and I wish those arenas had more options for environmental damage. There are hallways with spikes, ledges over abysses, sometimes there are enemies that explode, but those elements rarely come into play during combat. It is very plainly shoot the bad guys until they die. Sometimes one gun will be better for that than another, but the rooms felt very basic. You eventually end up with quite a lot of movement based abilities. You start with a sprint and slide, then you unlock a grapple, air dash and double jump. Again, these rarely come into play during moment-to-moment combat. A missed opportunity. They are mostly used for navigating the areas between arena floors. There was one arena near the end of the game that had a lot of verticality and felt great to zip about while fighting enemies, but it was the only one. The art direction is great. It's very BioShock, as I mentioned earlier. It does have its own unique flair on the BioShock themes however. Everything feels very amusement-park-y. It's a solid vibe and I love the look of it. Likewise, the way the game plays is is excellently dialled in. Guns feel weighty, sending a baddie flying back after a shotgun blast is exactly the way it should be. The one exception is interacting with objects (i.e. picking things up and putting them down) which feels like it was a total afterthought. Should you play Twisted Tower? I think so. It's cheap, it's fun and it's not a bad way to spend 5 or 6 hours. If you happen to really enjoy those 5 or 6 hours, there's even alternate paths that unlock upon completing the game giving you a reason to play through it again. I probably won't, but I don't regret my purchase all the same.

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