Like other rogue-likes such as Binding of Isaac, FTL, and Dwarf Fortress, death is permanent in Tower of Guns, prompting the player to restart with a whole new set of levels to try it all over again. Tower of Guns’ retro sensibilities were enough to sell me on the product, but its rogue-like design elements and randomly generated levels and enemy placement add a whole new layer of uniqueness and replayability.

Unlike today’s cover-based first-person shooters, however, Tower of Guns relies on quick movements, solid reflexes and lots of strafing to make it out alive. Levels take place in foreboding yet wide open industrial interiors, almost immediately beginning with a relentless assault from a wide variety of robots and other death machines meant to kill you as efficiently as possible. Thankfully, this year’s Indiecade has offered such a game, and that game is Tower of Guns.ĭeveloped by Terrible Posture Games, Tower of Guns is a fast-paced, twitch first-person shooter that immediately evokes nostalgia for the ‘90s classics. However, sometimes you just want an old-school experience, one that harkens back to classic shooters such as Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein.

By Jake Weston, posted on 12 June 2013 / 2,795 Viewsīig AAA-shooters are all the rage these days, with Call of Duty: Ghosts, Battlefield 4, Titanfall, and Destiny grabbing all the attention on the show floor today at E3.

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