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Tower of Fantasy recently released for Windows, iOS, and Android. Much like everyone else has pointed out, it feels way too much like Genshin Impact. Although the game does try to create a differentiation point with its sci-fi aesthetic, I found myself nearly laughing at how much like Genshin Impact it seemed.
Despite my gripes with its copying, the game isn’t actually bad at all. In fact, it’s quite fun. Set in a futuristic and post-apocalyptic world, Tower of Fantasy takes the interesting parts about fantasy and mashes them beautifully with sci-fi.
As a sci-fi author myself, I enjoy when games understand the power and interesting potential that sci-fi can have. Equipped with drones, jetpacks, and some interesting weapons, Tower of Fantasy delivers on the fun-factor that I was hoping to find when booting up the game.
Although it could use some drastic improvements, along with its less-than-stellar story, there are some things to praise about it.
How Genshin is Tower of Fantasy?
I mean, yeah, it’s really similar to Genshin Impact. There’s not really any way for me to sugarcoat that piece. It’s an open-world game in which the world the characters live in is being attacked by monsters. The main character is the only hope for the world. It’s a gacha game, so it’s loaded with microtransactions. There’s also a lot of grind in the game to get resources.
The characters look like they could have been from Genshin, there’s an annoying companion but this time it’s even more annoying and it’s a robot, and yeah. Not much else to say.
Where it does stand out though is that you can customize your character in Tower of Fantasy, which is a nice little thing to have. Plus, the protagonist actually speaks, unlike the Traveler in Genshin Impact.
Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention, the protagonist in Tower of Fantasy is called the Wanderer.
Weapons in Tower of Fantasy
The weapons weren’t bad at all. They weren’t as fancy or as nice as the ones in Genshin Impact, and I found myself feeling a bit dissatisfied at the combat. Sure, you’ve got some gun-like weapons and cool swords and all, but they didn’t feel like they had that same impact that the ones in Genshin did.
The Open World
The world wasn’t too bad, but it wasn’t as vibrant and fantastical as Genshin Impact’s was. It encourages players to basically explore everywhere in the map, so I guess if you like that sense of needing to go everywhere, it’s good from that angle.
However, the world isn’t defined much. I can see where they’re going, but I’m not sure if they themselves were trying to look too much like Genshin’s world or not.
Overall Thoughts
Tower of Fantasy isn’t really that unique of a game, admittedly. Although it’s got it’s fair share of fun and combat, it’s just not that special. At the end of the day, it tries to be a bit too much like Genshin Impact, which detracts from the potential differentiation it could have made for itself.
The grinding in gacha games is usually what makes me tired of them. Although it’s free, and that’s nice, the grind can just be overbearing and annoying sometimes. There isn’t really anything insanely special about Tower of Fantasy, but it’s sci-fi twists are nice to see.
If you don’t like Genshin Impact, you won’t like Tower of Fantasy either. However, if you’re bored of Genshin and want to try something new within the same style, it’s probably worth looking into.
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Zainah Yousef
Zainah Yousef is the author of The Fallen Age Saga and specializes in gaming, social media advice, and reviews. She's been writing all her life and she probably won't stop anytime soon.
