Pandora's Tower is heading to America!

I'm very pleased for you guys! Out of the three Operation Rainfall games this is by far the best one.

I noticed that you have pretty much forgotten about this game and that you were most looking forward to The Last Story while you were campaigning, even though that's the least interesting of the three games. At least, that's what I've ascertained from the excitement you were causing.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I haven't seen anyone else besides you guys that gets so passionate about video games and it's one of the things I admire most about you all.

So let's see this passion for Pandora's Tower! Even though it's usually associated with two RPGs, this isn't actually one. It's a bit like Zelda, a bit like Castlevania and is conceptually a much purer video game than Xenoblade or Last Story. It's heroic, it's gory and it's unpretentious.

Got my commemorative coins!

Remember NOE's promotion where you register Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and Last Story and you'll get a 3-coin collection with the game titles engraved on them? Well mine just arrived in the post the other day!

It's just an ornamental thing but still it's nice to feel like a valued customer. Thanks Nintendo!

Pandora's Tower is better than Last Story and Xenoblade

I've only just beaten the third boss but I've decided already. The other two games I found very hard to stay interested in for long but this one keeps me coming back. Last Story in particular is definitely the weakest.

Reviewers may be saying that Pandora's Tower is the weakest but don't be fooled! It's the most accessible and interesting one of the lot.

Now Xenoblade alright you could say it's just a different kind of game and that's fair and it can be very exciting at times.

You might have seen Pandora's Tower described as being like Zelda or like Castlevania. Well, it's true. There's a strong flavour of both these games in Pandora's Tower.

Playing Pandora's Tower (part 2)

Continued from yesterday. The gameplay is action based using a sword or a chain. Sword's done with buttons, chain is done with pointer aiming(like Zelda's hookshot), though you can use a classic controller if you like. You go through 13 tower dungeons, returning to your hideout hub when you need to. There's no overworld but that makes it straightforward and helps you to focus on why you're going through these dungeons.

You have a girl companion that stays in the hideout hub who suffers from this curse that slowly turns her into a monster over time unless she eats the flesh from the monsters you slay in these dungeons. The curse can be broken if you slay all the boss monsters from these dungeons. That makes for a really interesting plot that keeps you motivated about what you're doing in the game and it's such an uncomplicated unpretentious set up too.

Instead of leaving me bewildered like Xenoblade did or bored like Last Story did I actually admire Pandora's Tower for being so straight up entertaining.

Just played Pandora's Tower!

I really really like it! The gameplay isn't too complicated at all and the plot is very simple, very solid and very interesting. More on this later!

Pandora's Tower is out today in Ireland

Well here it is, the last of the three games we were waiting on for a long time. If you want to know if this game is for you then have a look at this YouTube Let's Player playing through the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2H0IuxXotjM

I think this gives a good impression on what the game is going to be like. The player talks alright but he's not constantly talking through the game, he comes in now and again with the odd few commentating words, kind of like Marty Whelan commentating during the Eurovision song contest finals.