Tower of Time

Meh. I'm not very far into it, but so far it's fairly mid. The music is generic and repetitive. The story (so far) is kind of interesting, but the actual writing isn't great. The graphics are fine. Googling the studio, they're based in Poland, which is generally fine, but the English localization is not good. The tutorials are just popup windows with paragraphs of text that are frequently in somewhat broken English. Annoying, but not that big of a deal. The actual dialogue doesn't seem to have the same issues, so I'm guessing different parts were handled by different teams. A bigger problem is that it doesn't seem to have any auto saves. Meaning that when I finish a fight and the game crashes, I'm back to wherever I was at the beginning of my gaming session... even if that was an hour ago. I'm not sure if it's interesting enough for me to try putting more time into it.

Story had potential but was squandered. Game is padded, could easily be less than half the length. Doesn't really respect your time in terms of level design. Fine for a couple bucks, would never suggest purchasing at full price.

If this game were maybe 12 hours long total, I would probably consider it to be ok. But I’m at 18, and from what I read online, I’d guess there’s still 15-20 hours left. I just can’t do it anymore. The length of this game simply isn’t justified given the quality. There are dozens upon dozens of combat encounters, yet the combat is so repetitive and simplistic that, at a certain point, it starts to feel like a huge waste of time. Fights always consist of fighting either waves of enemies or a boss, and they take place in the same arenas over and over. The writing is another thing that really wore me down over time, both because it isn’t particularly good and because there is such an obnoxious amount of it. It feels like you can’t go two minutes without being forced to stop and read some inane conversation between your party members, who are all painfully one-dimensional to begin with.

This game shouldn't have left development cycle.

Just played the game in 2026, and i guess this can be place as my one of the best strategy RPG library. Fun to play, quite challengin. I hope there is sequel or something.

I saw this game was on sale and attached to another game that I wanted (Infection Free Zone). Initially, when I was looking at the trailer for this game, I was thinking it was going to be lower quality, really short, and not that much fun. Boy was I wrong, and I am upset with myself for doubting this game at all. Though it is a bit on the shorter side (I completed the entire game in 28 hours. Side quests and challenges included on the easiest difficulty) I believe it would be longer if I played on a harder difficulty. I would see this game being somewhere from 32 - 45 hours long, based on your skill and the difficulty level. So, a respectable length for an Indie game! The gameplay is extremely addictive. It is not your usual turn based RPG, and it is not chaotic like a dungeon crawler. It mixes story, exploration, puzzles and combat very nicely. The fluid combat system with the tactical pause makes for a nice change of pace for a more tactical feel to the game while fighting. The range of abilities that the characters have compliments a variety of play styles, and I personally found it nice to be able to overpower all of my ranged fighters and just pick everything off at a distance without needing a front line! Speaking of the characters. The dialogue between the characters feels a little forced at times, but by the end of the game, I was genuinely invested into each of their stories. They all had different personalities, and character growth, and the good and bad things I liked and disliked about them. Very well done. The levels in the game, map wise, were interesting. Instead of a large open world map like Baldur's Gate, or Diablo, this game has smaller maps, but multiple descending levels that increase in difficulty as you progress. It adds a sense of accomplishment as you make it to the next level, knowing it will be harder moving forward. A great idea. The story seemed at first to be the standard "only one person can save the world by acquiring this power" story... but by the end of it, I realized that was definitely NOT how it was going to be. The twist at the end (no spoilers) really threw me off, and had me genuinely caught off guard and emotional. The puzzles in the game, I felt, were a little too few and far between. But some of them were definitely challenging! The one puzzle (no spoilers) that took me the longest was on level 6 of the tower, and I just couldn't figure it out for probably an hour or two. Very well done puzzle, and challenging, but able to be figured out. This game is an 8 year old Indie game from a small Polish studio (at the time of writing) but there is so much care, and love put into this project and it is noticeable. Event Horizon has made something very decently made here. I had a few minor bugs here and there. The biggest two being some audio issues later on in the game. It sounded like the audio was repeating itself because the game couldn't load properly, but that may be a PC issue, not a game issue. But the biggest issue I had was the map traversal mechanic. There were MANY times where I couldn't go up a set of stairs because the game didn't properly recognize where I was trying to move. So that would be my biggest complaint. Overall, for Tower of Time, I give this a solid 8/10. I highly recommend this game for anyone who is looking for a chill experience with fun gameplay, a good story, and a game that shows the love that the devs put into it.