Is 40 Years of Time & Inflation Worth the Wait? Return to Dark Tower Review (production Version) 

Oh wow I didn’t know that!

Glad you enjoyed it Daryl!

Oh it crushed the magic of the original in my opinion!

That's awesome news! Now if I could only get my hands on it.....

Awesome! Glad my video will help you when it arrives!

You're welcome Mr. Fless! The wait will be worth it!

It will be fun!

Same, went Azkol's Fourtine and the mat as well.

Thanks for letting us know!!

Thanks Brian! Abs I think Restoration has done an amazing job with those logistical hurdles for such a big physically heavy game.

@@TheGameBoyGeeks Agreed! Their communication has also been stellar throughout. I know our friends in the UK + EU are champing at the bit to get their copies, too, but overall Restoration has put so much work into keeping people informed of the fulfillment progress.

It will be worth the wait!

I’m sure you’ll enjoy it Kim!

I've seen people whose kids have played enjoyed it, I doubt it is only for hardcore gamers

I was worried about the complexity, but I backed it anyhow and I'm glad I did. Having played it now, I can say it isn't really any more complex than Pandemic. It does have a bit more of a learning curve, but that's actually because there are so many scenario options to choose from-- the adversaries all have different mechanics and there are different companions and different foes also. When you change these, each game will feel very different. But there are also a lot of things that do not change (player powers, gear cards, etc.) that you quickly learn to use so it's not as daunting as I first thought. I'm having a blast with it. My only criticism (and I still own and play my working copy from 1981) of this new version is that they removed a lot of the exploration feel from the original. In this one, you don't know which quests will come out, for example, but once the app reveals them, they are completely known-- you know what the reward is and what the penalty will be (if any) if you don't complete it. So it's more of a gamer decision about whether to pursue it. There is no "move here and explore this tomb and who knows what you will find?" sort of vibe as the original had. The dungeons have a little of that feel, since you can find loot in them, but again these have to be revealed by the app and so you might play a whole game and never see a dungeon, whereas the original had a tomb to explore in every kingdom. Still, they have limitless possibilities for expanding the content through the app alone, let alone with physical components too, and that's a big win that the original didn't have. I was worried I wouldn't like this because the tower didn't seem to have a central role, but I shouldn't have. The app doesn't dominate the game and the tower is suitably menacing and it is fun seeing what it will do next.

You can do both, so there you go. And the original one was fun--for it's time. It's dated now. This version is much more fun, overall. I played the original back in the early 80s and I've recently played the new version. The new version has more "game" to it, more diversity, more replayability--it's just mechanically better if not entirely innovative. However the mechanics used keeps the game moving quickly and creates a nice experience with the tower. I enjoyed it and will play more.

If they were ever to go under (which I never see happening) they mentioned they would put the source code in open source.

The original is all random and only good as far as nostalgia will take you. If you watched the whole review I also said it’s nothing like the original as well. But that’s a good thing. The dragon and the beast are on the app where it can be handled in a much more intelligent way. Its to disagree and not like the new version but not on to assume I was bought off. Take your hater mentality elsewhere.

Fellow viewer here, I just finished playing a 3 player game last night for the first time. I have never played the original so I cannot comment on that aspect. However, I will say that the game was exactly the standard of a modern board game I'd hope. The app aspect coupled by the tower made the game absurdly easy to teach and streamline. Does the tower just spit skulls? No, it reveals glyphs that change how you should think about your turn, it also rotates and changes where the gylphs and maybe skulls drop. The tower also reacts to what happens and easily alerts you with cues when a new foe appears or an event through lights and sound. As a graphic designer my biggest plus for this game was usability. From the character board to the cards, everything maintains consistency and informs you how a card or a turn works. Everything was taken into consideration when they made this, they even have a sheet that tells you exactly how to put things back into the box and what order to maximize the space! The game does have dragons and beasts, we actually fought a few last night... As GameBoyGeek said I am glad they went this route rather than a carbon copy of the original. I would be unhappy to pay for a "modern boardgame" that ran with game design and usability from the 80s. Based on your comments I can tell you have never played the new version and are making claims based on assumptions. This game is no where near a mess, actually the opposite, its really well polished.