Quick Look: Deadly Tower of Monsters

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Oh Ace Team. I love those guys

I love the small details here but I'd worry about this narrator maybe being a little overzealous.

I really like this game. Some of the best narration in a good while and the whole set up is great. Especially if you're a fan of old sci fi b movies.

Does it stay kinda spread out? It felt like he was almost tripping over his own lines at the beginning of this and it got a bit better near the end. If the latter is more the norm then it's probably fine.

Mo ants mo problems

The action doesn't look boring to me, at least. I still enjoy top down shooters. Just like with a FPS, if the rest of the game is good that core is enough for me to have fun with.

Great style.

Yeah, I've enjoyed it so far, it's pretty well done. Sometimes if you happen to trigger a random piece of narration right before hitting a scripted trigger it can become a bit crowded, but it's not something that's happened all that often to me.

Dick... Malfunction

the shifting perspective makes this very difficult to watch, may be different when in control though.

The main dudes makes want a spin off game based on Captain Gordon and his team.

GOTY 2016 contender for most styyyyyyle

@brad They also did Rock of Ages and Abyss Odyssey.

Edit: Oh, okay, you remembered. Nevermind.

So glad this isn't a remake of Deadly Towers for the NES. That was some awful game I had the misfortune to rent as a kid.

Didn't the Double Fine guys also had the stop-motion idea way before this game? Weird hearing them talk about it as if Ace Team came up with it first.

I am so happy ACE Team exists.

Bought and beat this on PS4. Pretty enjoyable. You actually get the upgrades by getting the trophies. Fun and easy Platinum for trophies hunters out there.

@whatshisface said:

Yeah, Double Fine already did the stop motion idea with Brazen.

Not sure the title suits the game play...but whatever...might reduce sale 1/10 of 1%.

Ace Team are cray-cray in a good way-way.

I want this game already and I've only watched a few minutes.

I still play the Brazen prototype regularly. It's a damn crime that never got turned into a full game. Beerzerker for life.

That game had a lot of potential. I will say the character models in Tower actually look better than in Brazen. They lean into a plastic or quality that makes them seem less like polygons and more like models which is something Brazen really lacked.

Finished the game, loved it from start to finish and the meta final chapter was glorious.

The narration is some of the best in a videogame. Like, no other game has ever acknowledged my love for spinning in place.

I hate to be "that guy", but this looks like a game that would be a lot of fun with 2-4 player co-op, almost like a Golden Axe experience.

To be fair, neither came up with stop-motion.

First time I saw the bats in the game I nearly spit coffee all over my monitor and keyboard. I fucking love those things.

Bit dissapointed to see theres no coop. ACE Team has always been good about that. Playing a roguelike with a buddy in Abyss Odyssey was a cool experience.

ACE Team never lets me down! Really love the work these hombres do.

Haven't watched it yet...just want to say that is a great thumbnail.

I don't know what it is, but watching this made me feel queasy. I'm not one to get motion sickness either so it was really weird.

Is that Fred Willard as the narrator?

WOW I'm super into what this game's going for. Jeez.

The music in this game is incredible

The narrator's voice reminds me of:

I love everything about this game, except the gameplay seems a little flat. I'll probably buy the hell outta this sometime down the road.

It reminds me of Unstoppable Gorg. It's a different genre (ufo tower defense) but it also has the 50's sci fi b-movie stuff going on.

Oh man, this game looks great. I could see this as a legit contender for GOTY 2016 and I haven't even played it yet.

The narration in this game is incredibally annoying. The narrator talks over everything

The narrator on the bats: "Oh! But you gotta sew up that sphincter. Just trust me on that one."

I'm not a huge expert on director commentaries, but in my experience they tend to be much more chill and relaxed than the narrator of this game.

styyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyle

There was one detail in a cutscene later on that absolutely slayed me. It was in a section of the game shown on Polygon's video for this game. I'll put it in a spoiler block for people who don't want the joke given away.

Gallery

Note the bottom left corner, if you're confused.

Bought. I had heard good things; quick look confirmed them.

I would only accept a voiceover from Joel Hodgson or Mike Nelson from a game like this.

That is fantastic.

After reading the description on GOG I added it to my wishlist. Now to see if that overwhelmingly exhausting task was the right move.

Amazing.

There are several more specials you can learn, and I don't think the guys ever pulled off a counter by rolling just before an attack hits, not even sure they noticed the prompt on the screen.

But at least for as far as I've played (about 7 hours now) it's not as mechanically complex as Zeno Clash 2 with it's combo system, or Abyss Odyssey for that matter. I've been having fun with it throughout though.