4.0
Babylon's Fall is the latest example of a decent core concept being flagrantly corrupted by the live-service template, and whose prospects for improvement dwindle with each passing day.
Babylon's Fall
Platinum Games · Mar 3, 2022
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Join a group of warriors bonded with special equipment called Gideon Coffins in an odyssey to overcome the titanic Tower of Babylon. Wield unique weapons in both hands, and use the power of the Gideon Coffin, allowing for combinations of up to four weapons at once. The capabilities of different equipment will also bring endless strategic variation to combat. Game visuals are achieved using a newly developed “brushwork style” to create a unique fantasy setting with a medieval oil painting aesthetic. Play in co-op online multiplayer for up to 4 players. The game will feature a range of game modes post launch at no additional cost.
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- 3.5Babylon's Fall should not exist, especially not with such a hefty price tag. It's a live service game that's hell-bent on monetizing everything, but it's uninterested in being engaging, rewarding, or nice to look at. There are plenty of glimpses of the familiar Platinum Games talent involved, teasing the game that could have been, but it ultimately fails to make an effort except for microtransactions. Even hardcore fans of the genre or Platinum Games should likely avoid this title.
- 6.0Babylon’s Fall should have fared better than it has. Hidden somewhere behind a myriad of poor choices is some enjoyable hack and slash combat. Going with an online-only, GaaS model and still sticking gamers with a $60 price tag. The strange choice of the watercolor painting art style. Taking nearly 20 before introducing any of the interesting pieces of character customization.
- Babylon’s Fall does have a few fun elements thrown in the mix, but the game is basically held back by its high price point, with its many microtransactions thrown on top of the initial purchasing price. Another offputting factor is the very shoddy graphical quality. Some gameplay mechanics also feel a bit dated, but as a whole, the concept and the different weapons combos are fun to experiment with. In our humble opinion, this game should have been free-to-play, with possible cosmetic purchases and perhaps a few experience boosts in order to lure in a bigger crowd.
- 5.0The core combat feels stiffer than my left wrist, which is currently recovering from a broken bone. Combining that with lackluster graphics and limited multiplayer options would be bad enough, but locking out key features of the game behind ten or so hours of gameplay makes Babylon’s Fall a very tough sell.
- 4.0Everything about it just feels basic, but then they want you to spend money to buy all these various cosmetics and things. Even the co-op is boring, there aren’t cool team up combos…the only thing having people with you will do is allow you to get through each awful level faster. It just feels like its supposed to be a free to play game, nothing about it screams it’s asking price. Babylon’s Fall is not an awful game, its just not a very good one and while I would never tell anyone what to do with their money, I will strongly suggest you avoid this one as it’s fate will surely be the same as the tower for which its named.
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