Babel Rising 3D (2013) (WP)
  • 07-31-2014 02:50 PM (Updated 07-31-2014)

Tower Defense for the WP8

Babel Rising 3D (2013) is an update of the original WP7 version, this time for the WP8. It's a fairly straightforward tower defense game, which has you playing a God, trying to stop the humans from building a tower to the heavens. As you play, you'll unlock the 4 elements you can use (Earth, Fire, Water & Wind), with 3 powers for each of them. There are also "passive powers" and scrolls you can buy and enable, giving you a boost to various stats.

Overall, it's not a bad game, though there's really not much to it. 15 short campaign levels (you only need to complete the last 5 for the achievement) and a Survival mode comprises the entire game, with a few variations of the tower to play through. The biggest issue is playing it on the WP itself, since the detection can be off causing you to waste powers that don't go where you want, which can be very frustrating. If you don't plan on playing this game more than once, I'd recommend the Win8 version, since it's much easier on the bigger screen.
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