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Tower of Fantasy - Review

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Introduction

Set hundreds of years in the future on the distant planet of Aida. In Tower of Fantasy, dwindling resources and a lack of energy have forced mankind to leave earth and migrate to Aida, a lush and habitable alien world. There, they observed the comet Mara and discovered an unknown but powerful energy called "Omnium" contained in it. They built the Omnium Tower to capture Mara, but due to the influence of Omnium radiation, a catastrophic disaster occurred on their new homeworld.

it's been a long time since the last time i played this game. now i hardly even heard or see it in anywhere. well, enough of that. since i have time, i want to take my chance to review it, based on my experience. enjoy

Story

this game set up in a planet different from earth that full of alien. we start the game with a post apocalyptic environment because of omnium radiation that happen in that planet. to put it in our world term, it would be similar to pasca nuclear war environment... more or less. we start as a random guy/girl that has amnesia. even until the last time i played it, we barely showed our(player's avatar) past.

it's rude for me to say, but to be honest, the story of this game is not that engaging... in other word, boring to me. if you ask me to tell the story briefly, i cant bro. i usually like to read the story of the game i played. but im not interested in this game's story. even most player of the guild im in when i still played it, didnt give a shit about the story. i still pay attention of the story, but mostly i skipped it during the gameplay, just understand it briefly.

but aside from that, i like the world building in this game. with how the reveal the story, the twist, they did a good job with it. i personally like the story in vera's map arc(im sorry if i spelled the place wrong).

Gameplay

it's hack and slash is good. the mechanic is a little unique than others with similar genre. but because of that too, this game might be not for everyone. i can say the game is pretty much skill-based game aside from it's meta mandatory.

actually, this game will be a perfect game, if only it's not a mmo game... really, i still stick to this game for a long time even though after it's lost most of it's players back then. because it's fun for me. i like the gameplay of this game actually. but, i decided to stop playing because im tired. this game is so god damn grindy. the rng in this game is so suck. we wasted so much time farming, but most of it are trash. im already above lvl 90, but my build is still very bad. my cp's still very low than the recommended one. why? because i have a hard time in farming it, i cant spent my whole day just for this game. what makes it more annoying, this game is a mmorpg, means i cant farming solo. even a whaler still need team, there's no way a broke ass player like me can handle farming solo.

almost all content in this game requires team gameplay. even for farming equipments, etc, that can only be obtain by clearing a stage. if you dont have someone to carry you, you cant even build your char. if your server is low at player, gg in the chat bro.

i heard that they back to their main studio as a publisher. i also hear this game will make a new server that is not mmo anymore, but your data cant be brought there. it's a good move, even though i doubt it will change much, since for me, its already too late to do that. but i apreciate it that the dev still want to change.

Gacha

when usually in gacha game, we gacha for new char and their signature weapon. but for this game, what we gacha is the weapon and their signature module. i'll say, the gacha system in this game is so fckin bad. as a meta mandatory and mmo game on top of that, give your player some slack bruh. it doesnt have a banner that didnt have rate on/rate off feature. means all banner have a chance of rate off. like putting salt on the wound, we also need to gacha 4 signature modules for each weapon banner...

it's just suck to me. the event they put up just enough to pull the weapon, but we must pull 4 module next after the weapon. not to mention, some weapon become suck if you didnt have it's signature module. its not a f2p friendly. it never was an f2p friendly. f2p player can still keep up, but yeah only at the level of "can clear the main story without problem".

Ost and Sound Effect

they did a good job in this aspect. well, most of companies that make rpg game, always did a good job about this. i dont have any comment about this. their ost are perfect, its enjoyable and pleasing to hear. the intense in the cinematic scene, we can feel the emotion perfectly because of it.

Graphic and Visual

dont question it, this game's using unreal engine, unreal engine 5 on top of that. the graphic and visual in this game are lovely. the scenery, the smoothness in the cinematic are all perfect. even though there are always some bug that kept happen because of it too. the game become too demanding in device. even a good device cant get away from problem. as always, unreal engine basic problems are texture and rendering issue.

Rating

Overall : 3/5

too grindy, meta mandatory, not that f2p friendly. not really good overall. it's still enjoyable if you just want to take your time to enjoy the scenery, the main story, or roaming freely in the overworld. at least, i'll apreciate the world building in this game.

seriously, if this game was not made as a mmorpg game, im sure the fate of this game will be different. it's just sad, a good potential game but not executed well...

that's all i can say about this game. if you have something in mind, feel free to comment. remember, this is just from my personal experience, so im sorry if it hurt some of you when you read it. ciao

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