Word Wonders: The Tower of Babel

it might not look like much, I was skeptical at first too, but [b]word wonders[/b] has become one of my favorite word games ever, second only to the excellent [b]letter quest[/b]. it plays kinda like scrabble, as in the word you create has to connect to the one on the board, then your word becomes the base for the next turn, and so on. the idea isn't necessarily to create the longest word, but one that does the most damage and/or gives the most energy to cast spells, indicated by their icon on the letters. the presentation is fine, I liked the graphics and the music was surprisingly good as well, didn't get on my nerves even after many hours. the story is what it is, but I enjoyed the cheesy writing, as usual. no volume sliders, only music and effects on/off, and sadly resolution doesn't scale, the active game area is only 1024x768 no matter what resolution you play on, but in 1080p it wasn't a huge problem and the game fills in the background, it's not just blackness everywhere. the 50 stages can (and should) be played on 3 different difficulties to get the maximum amount of stars. they make you level up and get more hp, energy and new recipes for potions and ingredients. harder…

[h1] Word game without much story. [/h1]

Lots of fun and I like making the potions and weapons to help you in battle and it's fun with the spellbook items you get and I like the Boost Board with the letter to help your life span go up or your energy level go up that is so helpful to me when I play.

Surprisingly fun and complex little word game. In addition to playing micro-scrabble puzzles, you level up and gain gold to unlock various perks and powers that make the gameplay different over time. The enemies also have a variety of powers, making each game feel just different enough to avoid getting boring.

Word Wonders: The Tower of Babel is a moderately entertaining game. It's not going top any charts but it also isn't completely worthless... it's just mediocre. The game title "Tower of Babel" is fitting with the theme of language and words and the game does draw on some Middle Eastern themes. The Tower of Babel was supposedly in Babylon or what would be modern day Iraq. It features characters like the "Baba Brothers" including an Ali Baba which take on a more Arabian Nights feel even though the Tower of Babel would have been centuries before that. It also features "Possessed" characters who look a little bit like they drew inspiration from the Xerxes of the movie 300 so I'm guessing a bit Persian. There's also characters like the Naga which would be of Indian influence. So the game is kind of all over the place. It's pretty consistent in that regard with many orientalist stereotypes. Surely enough our hero follows the stereotypical story of growing up a poor thief. The backstory and minimal dialogue in the game are not particularly entertaining nor do they feel very memorable as a cohesive story. The game play is fairly simple and easy. Tiles will be laid on the board t…

Word Wonders is okay as far as word games go. It's one of the better Steam Word Games, which isn't saying much since the choice here is fairly limited. It could be so much better if there were achievements and badges. The barebones of the game itself is good. You place down words on a grid, as per scrabble, against an opponent, and get various special moves. The gameplay itself gets a bit repetitive and it would be nice to have some different challenges and limits on various levels. There's only three difficulty levels, the first being no limits, the second 3 letters or less words cause you damage, and the third being you only get 5 letters in your hand. I'd have liked to have seen more variety though. I did like the boost-board, it was a fun concept, that you have to place letters on a scrabble board and the more total points you have on the board, the more energy and health boost you get. I liked the idea of the alchemy potions too, where you collect items at the end of levels and can use those to brew a variety of potions.. As it stands this is an okay word game. I've played better. I've played worse.