Not Another Magic Tower Game
Creators: Light, Koala, Nikaple


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Adventure (21) Needle (12) Avoidance (20) Boss (16) Special (1) Long (14) Hard (1) Puzzle (19) Taisa (1) HP (2) Minigame (2) Secret (1) Original (1) Rhythm (1) Incomplete (1) Unique (2) RPG (5) BossRush (1) Art (1) Softlockable (2) Action (1) Magic_Tower (4) Riddle_Puzzle (1) Pathing_Puzzle (1) Achievements (1)84 Reviews:
spk
one of the best fangames ever, i've cleared it at least 4 times
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Rating: 10.0
Difficulty: 80
Jul 29, 2023
Rokas666666
An extremely interesting take on IWBTG fangames, which ended up creating a very unique experience. It's nice to play a fangame that doesn't truly force you to suffer through really hard parts if you don't want to - you can almost always choose to take damage or to skip a certain section if you really need to.
Of course, the game never holds your hand and if you get a little too carefree, you will basically get softlocked. Some may view this as a complaint, however, after playing some other magic tower games (since this game also made me find out about them) I view it more as something you must accept. If you mess up, yes, you'll have to restart the entire game, but you can come back and you won't struggle as much as you think. I've played this game 5 times now:
First run - gave up at yaranaika
Second run - gave up at 9f
Third run - gave up at bad ending
Fourth run - messed up early
Fifth run - got true ending
Was I dissapointed that I couldn't proceed in those earlier runs? Sure, but I took a break and came back, thinking more, saving more keys and getting hit less. In my final run, I took 0 hits and I think I only missed out on saving one yellow key. Going from this little kid to killing the tower lead was a fantastic experience that I had no problem replaying and slowly getting better over years of playing other fangames, eventually becoming good enough to beat this, has been an experience I won't forget.
Of course, the bosses were mostly interesting (Faro and Fashiliu are just ok), the enemies were mostly fun (why is Super FASF in the game) and the soundtrack always kept me going, but that has probably been mentioned in other reviews already.
In conclusion, amazing game. It is not for everyone and you must be able to accept that you may not win, but as the readme says, that's what the magic tower is. Shame the game is still unfinished though.
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Of course, the game never holds your hand and if you get a little too carefree, you will basically get softlocked. Some may view this as a complaint, however, after playing some other magic tower games (since this game also made me find out about them) I view it more as something you must accept. If you mess up, yes, you'll have to restart the entire game, but you can come back and you won't struggle as much as you think. I've played this game 5 times now:
First run - gave up at yaranaika
Second run - gave up at 9f
Third run - gave up at bad ending
Fourth run - messed up early
Fifth run - got true ending
Was I dissapointed that I couldn't proceed in those earlier runs? Sure, but I took a break and came back, thinking more, saving more keys and getting hit less. In my final run, I took 0 hits and I think I only missed out on saving one yellow key. Going from this little kid to killing the tower lead was a fantastic experience that I had no problem replaying and slowly getting better over years of playing other fangames, eventually becoming good enough to beat this, has been an experience I won't forget.
Of course, the bosses were mostly interesting (Faro and Fashiliu are just ok), the enemies were mostly fun (why is Super FASF in the game) and the soundtrack always kept me going, but that has probably been mentioned in other reviews already.
In conclusion, amazing game. It is not for everyone and you must be able to accept that you may not win, but as the readme says, that's what the magic tower is. Shame the game is still unfinished though.
Rating: 9.5
Difficulty: 65
Apr 29, 2022
popop614
excellent,
haven't done true end so ill go for that eventually
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haven't done true end so ill go for that eventually
Rating: 9.5
Difficulty: N/A
May 16, 2021