Tower of Fantasy

 PlayStation 5
User Score
3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 11 out of 17

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  1. Jon0Fun
    Aug 14, 2023
    6
    Definitely not on the same level as say Genshin Impact or Honkai Star Rail but still pretty fun.
    Definitely has some good art direction and it's an interesting world to explore. I quite like most of the characters and the voice acting is mostly very good (sorry dude who voices Zeke, they really should've given you a few more takes...).
    Well that's the good out of the way... who the hell    Definitely not on the same level as say Genshin Impact or Honkai Star Rail but still pretty fun.
    Definitely has some good art direction and it's an interesting world to explore. I quite like most of the characters and the voice acting is mostly very good (sorry dude who voices Zeke, they really should've given you a few more takes...).
    Well that's the good out of the way... who the hell came up with the UI controls in this game?!?! Have they ever held a console controller before?!?!
    I get this version is releasing a full year after PC & Mobile but skipping the entire first planet story without even a warning or choice to do so is just downright crazy. It just drained any investment I had in the characters stories.
    By no means a terrible game and after a few updates will probably run alot better and be a lot more fun. But in a story as old as time, that 99% of games devs still haven't heard. You only get one chance to make a first impression and this was not the best it could've been.    … Expand
  2. PhillipB82
    Aug 16, 2023
    6
    Tower of Fantasy is an interesting game

    The combat system is the highlight With a fast-paced action combat system, which is fun and carries the games to be honest, The character design is also far more anime, and fan service-like, compared to Genshin impacts, (which I prefer) You will often hear comparisons between both games, but Tower of Fantasy focuses on its action combat, while    Tower of Fantasy is an interesting game

    The combat system is the highlight
    With a fast-paced action combat system, which is fun and carries the games to be honest,
    The character design is also far more anime, and fan service-like, compared to Genshin impacts, (which I prefer)
    You will often hear comparisons between both games, but Tower of Fantasy focuses on its action combat, while GI concentrates on its story, so much so that Genshin impacts story can feel like it drags on forever. But is well-written and has some really good moments. Tower of Fantasy’s story and presentation are not as strong. Which is a problem with many MMOs.
    But one thing Tower of Fantasy outshines Genshin impact on heavily is its action combat,
    It's way more diverse, much faster, and has more types of play styles.

    I wanted an anime action-based game to enjoy on my downtime and after hearing that blue protocol will be getting heavily censored from Amazon in the West, I decided to give Tower of Fantasy a shot.
    It sure has its shortcomings, but keep in mind Hotta Studio doesn't have a $200 million budget. So, it does lack polish in many areas.
    The game also leaves a terrible first impression, the developers clearly understand this and try to push you as soon as they can to the second open-world area, which is 1000 times better in every way. So if you can get past the opening. Which won't take you long at all. The game greatly improves the more you Play On.

    Right now, the game is raining rewards as well.
    I've gotten at least 7, 5-star characters (SSR) playing over the last 3 to 4 days so this is giving me a lot to work with and build on

    The UI is horrible
    Not going to sugar-coat it, it needs a lot of work
    You will get used to it, but the main problem is you have to press square and triangle to bring up the movement cursor, and it's not on by default
    Switching to the cursor will solve most of your problems, but the game doesn't explain this and it can be frustrating, trying to move through menus and getting nowhere,
    The game isn’t a 10, it’s a 7.5, but this game always gets hated on so I raised the score to combat the incoming 0, s for the UI…    … Expand

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  1. GamingBolt
    Aug 14, 2023
    40
    Even after a year of major updates and new regions, Tower of Fantasy still has fundamental issues which hinder it to a painful degree.
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  2. IGN Spain
    Aug 10, 2023
    70
    Hotta's work to add everything that the title has evolved in a year joins a large amount of extra content and events specially designed to celebrate the arrival of the game on Sony consoles and encourage its players to stay in their world until you get the taste.
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