Tower of Kalemonvo

I was very take it or leave it with this experience, despite being the target audience. I've never really considered [b]Diablo 1[/b] to have been surpassed, just done differently. Most games in the genre emulate [b]Diablo 2[/b] or later, which is great, but I have felt pretty starved for good D1 clones, so to encounter [b]Tower of Kalemonvo[/b] was a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately it doesn't come close to rivalling the quality of D1 and I would argue that D1's best clone probably remains to be [b]Dark Stone[/b] (a game which was already a pretty big drop in quality from D1). Further down the totem pole is [b]Tower of Kalemonvo[/b]. My biggest gripes with it are that there is no town hub to buy & sell loot - You never leave the dungeon. The game is also audio/visually far less striking than D1 (granted, D1 had a proper studio behind it). It does at least capture some of the dark and serious feel of that game. There are some small QoL features missing, like the ability to add/reduce the transparency of the map and the ability to move where the map sits on the screen. One thing I like about Diablo 1 is that combat is slower and more about positioning. In D1 only a single …

Game feels like diablo 1 with some interesting quality of life changes. Last time I played it felt a bit off balance, but things feel good now. Quite hard but just enough lvls, pots and pools to heal you up after tough miniboss fights. I like that I don't have to worry about currency, and it seems as though you really don't need to worry about carrying items that don't help your build for any reason. Have never dealt with the annoyance of a full inventory, which is refreshing in the ARPG genre.

[h1][b] TLDR: There’s some occasional fun and tense moments, but most of the design decisions are stuck with Diablo 1 back in the 90’s. Gameplay that is a potion-chugging clunky slog is best left in that era. [/b] [/h1] [h1]PROS: [/h1] ➕Classic Diablo like feel [h1]CONS: [/h1] ➖Potion spam is not fun gameplay ➖Abilities are boring and ineffective ➖Super dependent on RNG ➖No town or hub ➖Can easily save-scum [h1] [b] Content (Game world/Narrative) – [3/10] [/b] [/h1] The game world is pretty boring. It’s a dungeon crawler that takes place (surprisingly) inside a dungeon. But aside from some small changes to the color palette of the floors, they all have the same stony look. I traversed up about 5 floors a few times and all the floors looked the same. Each level is random and, despite the dullness of the variety, often does have some good exploration available, but numerous times, perhaps screwed by RNG, I didn’t find anything worthwhile from exploring. There isn’t real narrative, just a box that pops up and tells you some lore about the towers or the enemies. [h1][b] Gameplay (Mechanics/Difficulty) – [4/10] [/b] [/h1] The gameplay loop consists of going …

THIS WAS COOL

Easily the best Diablo 1 clone out there. Not recommended for pansies.

Generally a fun game, but short of banking on rng or perfecting your save-scumming skills, melee builds are mostly non-viable in my experience. Eventually you'll just run out of potions or be overwhelmed by hordes of enemies that stun-lock you. Magic is your only solution, but due to how stats work, you'll need to focus on casting stats to the exclusion of all else. There is no mixing and matching without gimping your build entirely.