The Deadly Tower of Monsters (2016)

The Deadly Tower of Monsters is an action-packed adventure, full of time-honored literary themes: the daughter versus the tyrant father, the planet full of innocent ape-creatures, the dashing space-age liberator, the robot companion, the tower full of treacherous mutations...

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Unpretentious, nostalgic, plot-driven and cool.

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TwinfiniteChaz MillerJan 20164.5/5
As a whole, The Deadly Tower of Monsters does a phenomenal job of creating exactly the experience that was advertised. Crammed to the gills with campy humor and a series B-movie look and feel, this is nearly a must-play for anyone who's a fan of the old, cheesy films of the past or who enjoys listening to C-list directors ramble near-incoherently about their creations.
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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburyFeb 20164.5/5 stars
I have a lot of time for Deadly Tower of Monsters. More than Diablo, more than Fat Princess Adventures; this is the grindy, top-down action 'crawler that I am going to come back to over, and over again.
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Hardcore GamerKyle LeClairJan 20164/5
Minor issues aside, The Deadly Tower of Monsters is a pleasant surprise indeed and a particularly impressive budget action game showcasing a lot of creativity.
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Metro GameCentralJan 20165/10
B-movie by name and B-movie by nature, but there's still enjoyment to be had with the endearingly rubbish enemies and fun but vapid combat.
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High-Def DigestSophia EdwardsJan 20162.5/5 stars
'The Deadly Tower of Monsters' is initially extremely charming and unique, but it runs out of steam way too fast to carry it through its already short campaign. While the aesthetic is terrific, the gameplay and humor don't work well enough to make the game terribly memorable. It's not a particularly bad game, but at best, it's a dull, mediocre footnote for a studio that's done far better work than this.
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About the game

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Developer: ACE Team
Publisher: Atlus
Released: January 19, 2016
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Time to beat: 5 h rushed · 6 h main story · 7 h completionist

IGDB rating 7.5/10 from 59 ratings.

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