Tower of Guns Review

Tower of Guns is a simple rogue-like First Player Shooter. You move through randomly generated stages until the final boss. ToG is one of the few games to explore this niche of FPS + Rogue-Like games.

Bullet Storm!

Unlike most shooters nowadays, the game has a simple gameplay. You can only move, shoot and jump. With the occasional item usage, there isn't much more than shooting endless robots, going through the stages and repeating. Although simple, it has very demanding action with a lot of bullets flying everywhere. If you are not familiar with FPS games, we highly recommend using the perk that makes the game easier.

Our best run. Lots of badges!

Speaking of perks, let's talk about the progression systems in the game. They are fairly straight forward: You move through the levels until you reach the final boss. There is an endless mode where you repeat endlessly after defeating it, if you so desire. As you defeat your enemies and explore the stage, you have a chance of finding Badges. Badges are a secondary form of progression that usually increase your characters attribute in any way. It is as simple as more health/damage/speed/jump etc, but when fighting an infinite amount of bullets, every little bit helps!

As you defeat enemies you will gather "experience" which will make your weapon more powerful. Beware, as taking damage will decrease your experience and level down your weapon. The final method of progression is unlocking weapons and perks to use in your run. These are permanent unlocks by simple challenges like destroying an enemy a number of times and defeating the final boss. Perks are mostly variations of starting bonuses like extra jumps, luck, health, etc... A couple of them offer exclusive modifiers, like having infinite jumps but receiving damage if you touch the floor.

Item Station.

As you wreck through enemies you will drop gold. The gold can be used to buy upgrades in a random item station. Usually you will find badges, but very rarely you can find guns! Beware though, it might not be a good one.

Tower of Guns is an interesting game, rough on the edges but still enjoyable. Many things could be improved, like having an option to come back to your 2 hour run at a latter moment. If you enjoy rogue-like and FPS games alike, you might just find a sweet spot in this fast paced shooter.

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist Review

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (ufff, I know!) is a single player story game. Very simple, straight forward and very short game (about 20~30min). All you have to do is move around and interact with the indicated objects to move the plot along. Saying anymore would spoil the game.

We recommend this game despite its lack of mechanics not just for being free, but because it has an original approach. It is a great example of how a little bit of creativity can give you a very interesting way of perceiving a game.

PS: You can read our previous review on another game by the same designer, here: The Stanley Parable.