Twisted Tower

Very fun little shooter with some very smooth gunplay and movement, an incredible atmosphere, great voice acting, and surprisingly really good music. While I would love to give this game a 10/10, the story is mostly just meh, and the final ending cutscene is so bafflingly stupid that I had to take a point off. Definitely worth playing for shooter fans 9/10

I had a lot of fun playing this

At first I was hesitant to buy this because of the low price. But you know what? This game is priced perfectly! it's definitely worth it - even at only 15.5 hours for my play through. A ton of fun - and I had no glitches or crashes (excellent job devs!) to speak of. The story is interesting and the gameplay is a lot of fun and very reminiscent of Bioshock. I loved the crazy weapons and (unlike Bears in Space) I felt they were all useful and had their own niche situations where they excelled. I guess I'm saying that I'm hoping for a DLC or part 2 - either one will get my hard earned cash. 10/10

Twisted Tower is a stylized, single-player FPS that blends Bioshock-inspired aesthetics with a climb up a bizarre, ever-changing skyscraper. While its retro theme and unique premise shine, repetitive level design and clunky combat hold it back from reaching its full potential. Rating: 3 / 5

Absolute gold!

Thomas Brush definitely delivers and is such a welcome addition to the 3D Realms catalogue. i'm a huge fan of this style since the early 90s and every bit of the game nails what i love in FPS. if you're a horror fan, it's also perfect for getting into the season. visuals and mechanics are solid, and couple nicely with level design. excellent execution of the horror effects you want in this style of game. with the change in enemies, puzzle-like concepts and secret areas, i personally found it engaging the whole way through (despite others warning it loses steam, i didn't think so). one thing i really appreciate that lacks in most newer FPS games is some actually differentiation in the weapons. rather than just a ladder of increasing power you walk based on ammo, it was nice to see some though put into "why should i use this gun here instead of another." hoping he puts out some DLC or other follow-on in the future!

It's an okay shooter and has a correct price tag. It can be completed in around 4 hours. There is an adventure plus that lets you keep all your guns and upgrades (aside from movement upgrades) and lets you go through a different route. Even on high difficulty it's not too hard, unless you're careless with resources and you struggle with platforming (more towards the last couple of levels it might become a problem, platforming isn't really difficult otherwise). Guns are nothing special within the genre, but some of them have a nice look to fit the atmosphere. They have standard upgrades like more damage, faster reload and more clip capacity. Most of them also have a secondary fire, but I found that, unlike other shooters that offer such a mechanic, I rarely used secondary fire. They aren't bad and certainly have their uses, though. The times I did use it was on guns where I could find more ammo for, and then I kinda forgot about the late game guns and their secondary fire (except for the sniper/katapult). The horror aspect is decent for the first hour or so, but after that it started to get repetitive and I feel like more could've been done there. It's mostly enemies coming out of the wall or out of the dark. Otherwise the atmosphere is just spooky and uneasy feeling, but not very scary. It does have a good sound design though. Guns feel impactful and it helps that enemies have a certain sound when they spawn so that you know what you're up against if you don't see them immediately. Levels are well designed with lots of ways to get more supplies/currency. Once again, nothing super special and very linear, but it gets the job done. There are many notes and tapes to find that add to the story, and are fully voice acted which I didn't expect and is a nice surprise. Overall I recommend it, but don't expect to get a lot of replayability out of it. I liked the story for what it was. It is only around 15 dollars so it's not a huge game (which it doesn't have to be at all). Everything works well, and the gunplay is solid.