Confronter: The Tower of Time
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| Developer(s) | EivaaGames |
| Publisher(s) | EivaaGames |
| Engine | Torque Game Engine |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release date | 2006 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | Download CD |
| System requirements | Windows 98/2000/XP
Pentium® 4 1.8 Ghz or greater Processor. 512 MB or more of RAM. Direct X 9.0c or higher. 128MB RAM 3D Accelerator Card. 140 MB minimum hard drive space. DirectX compatible Sound card. Mouse and Keyboard. |
| Input methods | Mouse Keyboard |
Confronter: The Tower of Time is a first-person shooter, action adventure game with some epic themes. It was released in 2006 for Microsoft Windows.
Confronter: The Tower of Time, developed and published by EivaaGames for the PC using the Torque Game Engine.
Confronter: The Tower of Time was chosen as one of the Semi-Finalists of ECD Systems Indie Game Showcase 2007.[1]
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[edit] Story
The story of Confronter: The Tower of Time starts in 2000 A.D. as the main characters Brian and Eve explore a ruined place called The Tower of Time, they found a mystical spell written on the gate of a chamber, Eve utters the spell and met death. After some time Brian knows that the chamber was cursed since five thousand years by nine monks as they encaged the evil BeastVaz inside The Tower of Time using the power of the magical Joharb spell. Now "If someone tries to open the door and utters the spell, will be destined to death".
So Brian has to travel 5000 years back in time and kill the BeastVaz before the tower was cursed to dismiss the curse and to liven up Eve, his beloved. During the game, Brian passes through 12 Time Portals, each capable of sending someone 400 years back to the past and at the end Brian reaches 5000 years back in the past.
In his journey into the past, Brian fights with numerous enemies and creatures and makes his way to The Tower of Time in the past.
The time is controlled by The Great Clock powered by the nine magical stones from the nine planets. [2]
[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay of Confronter: The Tower of Time involves shooting numerous enemies with extremely powerful weapons, large, open areas. The levels in the game are massive, depicting vast plains, mountains and forests. Time travel is another main element of the game as the main character, Brian travels back in time during the game to reach 5000 years back and kill the final enemy BeastVaz and save his beloved, Eve.
[edit] Controls
The controls of Confronter: The Tower of Time is much similar to any first-person shooter game using the mouse and Keyboard.
[edit] HUD
The HUD of Confronter: The Tower of Time consists of a health bar, a breath bar (decreases as the player enters into water), a radar showing the enemy positions, an ammo hud shows the current ammunitions, a message hud shows any message for the player.
[edit] Special Objects
- The Life Portal - Life Portals are situated at some places in the mission. Entering into the life portal will restore the player's health. The endless life shower coming from the combination of the three statues is a part of the “Soul River” flowing inside the earth.
- The Time Portal - The Time Portal is situated at the end of each mission. Each capable of sending someone, 400 years back to the past. The player has to enter into it to complete the mission.
- The Great Clock - The "Great Clock" situated inside "The Tower of Time", powered by the nine magical stones, from the nine planets, it possesses the power of controlling the time.
[edit] Weapons
There are nine weapons available in Confronter: The Tower of Time:
Trubaz Gun - A double barrel weapon which fires alternatively from each barrel.
Froxbow - Fires a straight, high range arrow, which covers a long distance. Arrows are stored inside the weapon and it reloads one after one automatically.
Grodas Cannon - Fires powerful cannon balls that are extremely effective at any range. It's aim is not so perfect because the cannon balls are ballistic.
Drovian Gun - A heavy and explosive weapon and it fires high range missiles to a long distance with accurate aim. It has a high rate of fire. But the damage power is not so high.
Stavern Gun - A laser gun. It fires a continuous laser which covers a long distant and kill the enemy effectively. Its perfect aim and killing power ensures that you need not be a good shot to get a kill.
Mizard Pistol - This is a friendly weapon, the player has this weapon from the beginning. It fires a single bullet which doesn't cover much distance. It has the lowest damage power. It fires in a good rate.
Vx Rocket Launcher - Shoots a single, straight rocket that travels at a good speed and makes a large blast. A single shot from this weapon is capable to kill anybody except the "BeastVaz" and "Dijamed Spider".
Ronaldz Gun - This weapon fires a single ball of light that explodes on contact with anything. This is not too heavy like Vx Rocket Launcher. It's explosion looks much like a magic. It works effectively at a long range.
The Havard - This is the most powerful weapon of Confronter. It fires a magical spell that does an awesome amount of damage. It is the weapon that can kill the "BeastVaz" easily than any other weapon. It can kill multiple enemies in one shot. Its ammo is rarely available in the missions. It doesn't damage the player.[2]
[edit] Soundtrack
The musics of Confronter: The Tower of Time was primarily composed by Sailendu, one of the founder members of EivaaGames. All the soundtracks were produced internally at EivaaGames during the development of Confronter: The Tower of Time. The in-game musics are mainly of Rock genre and also featured some epic style music.
