Word Wonders: The Tower of Babel

Fans of word games don't have too many options on Steam. This is a fairly decent game, easy to learn but with some interesting strategy. I'd definitely call it more of a strategy game than a game that tests one's word knowledge. It reminds me most of Puzzle Quest, since nearly all of the gameplay consists of fighting battles using a standard casual-game mechanic, but this game is simpler. It's a small thing, but after the first level, you can choose to play a male or female avatar, an option I always appreciate. You're on a quest of some kind, I don't know. The art style doesn't stand out, either. You battle against a series of AI enemies, and you place words alternately on a game board. You're trying to get your opponent to do things that will benefit you. Upwords and Wordox are the word games which this one most resembles, but again, this game is far simpler. The enemy AI really needs improving. It's easy to dominate most of the enemies just by making more than one w...

tl;dr: Players who are looking for another Bookworm will likely be disappointed, as WW:TToB has more in common with Puzzle Quest than the usual "create-a-word" games. Those players who are looking for an extra layer of strategy will find much to enjoy here. From the very first level, it's clear that Word Wonders:The Tower of Babel started its life as a tablet/cell game. Once the expected tappable bonuses appeared on the main map screen, I very nearly shut it off, convinced it would be dull and slow. I'm glad I didn't, as it quickly becomes much more than expected. [b][i]What it is:[/i][/b] WW:TToB has a simple storyline that takes the player through 50 different battles, similar to Puzzle Quest. Just as in that game, energy can be collected and used to cast offensive and defensive spells. The difference here is that instead of matching gems, you'll be creating words on a board, building them off of the previous word(s) placed. Unlike most other word games, space is extremely limited...

It's alright, probably better to pick it up in a sale as the price is a little steep for what it is. It's an enjoyable word game, one done quite a few times over, only the plot line seems to change. Basic graphics and the sound seems a little flaky, but I like these casual time wasters that test your mind rather than your reactions. Use your word prowess to battle thrugh levels, utilise power ups, sound familiar? Bookworm did it better, the price is a little too high, sound a little dodgy and basic graphics. Should really be a thumbs down .... However I like it, it has its charm and so ... Thumbs up .... Just. We really need a wavy thumb.

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

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...

Nice little game, with lots of specials like spells and potions and a boost board for raising your stats (also done with making words with available letters), all to customize your strategy; go for healing, or doing more damage, or focus on stats, or any mix you like. Each level is a pre-designed board with its own enemy. They have 3 difficulties (each giving 1 star), starting with normal and the others have to be unlocked by levelling up. (You level up by collecting stars.) When enemies get too strong, it's a good time to go back and replay earlier levels on the next higher difficulty, gaining more resources for the above mentioned potions and boost board. Playable in a window (yay). The graphics are acceptable. Music/sound have separate on/off settings. You can have up to 3 profiles. There are 5 floors with 10 levels each, making 50 differnt boards and opponents, x3 difficulties. Well worth more than the 49 cent I paid during the Halloween sale, but that price is also very friendl...

Basically 'Words with friends combined with Pokémon and a little bit of the Bible throw in', but with one major flaw. It isn’t multiplayer and this game would just be peachy for multiplayer, it would go right off. The story is that the protagonist has decided to try and climb the Tower of Babel to try and find the original language and reunite the world again. To do this he must battle against various Gods using his skill of words, basically scrabble. The word scoring does not work the same way scrabble does, instead each letter tile has a unique number of skulls and lightning bolts awarded to it. The lightning acts as your power ups to cast magical spells to change either the board or to affect your nemesis direct in some way. The skulls is the hit points you will score against your enemies health bar. So the more skulls you combine on double word scores or triple letter scores, the more health you will hack away and vice versa when he attacks you. I'm not actually sure how the ...

Duration: 11 hours (many with the TV on) 134/150 stars completed. Simple mini-scrabble style word game where letters have energy and damage symbols to defeat the enemy. There are 50 enemies to defeat of increasing difficulty. Okay game for the 50 cents I spent on sale.

Fun word puzzle battle game with RPG-ish elements. Battles are conducted by adding words Scrabble style to the board, but unlike Scrabble the previous word disappears at the end of your turn, so your opponent (i.e. the monster) can only chain their word to yours, and vice versa. Each letter is marked with damage and mana symbols, signifying how much damage you do or mana you'll gain from placing words with those letters. Like in Scrabble, there are also letter and word multipier tiles on the board, but unlike Scrabble they jump to another random square each time they're triggered. You can only make one new words out of your letters, but it's allowed for that word to make additional words using the word on the board. For a simple example, if there's a horizontal "HOUSE" and you add "EGG" vertically from the E, you deal damage/gain mana from the letters in EGG. But if you add "SOY" vertically from E, it countts HOUSES and EGG. And if you add "OH" horizontally either below HO,...

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.