Tower of Saviors
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| Developer(s) | Mad Head Limited |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
| Release date(s) | 2013 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle, RPG |
Tower of Saviors is a mobile game developed by Mad Head Limited, a Hong Kong-based mobile application developer. ToS is a combination of a match 3 game and an RPG, with characters from various mythologies and cultures.[1] In the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia iOS markets, ToS is published as War of Dragons by the mobile gaming firm Storm8.[2]
Popularity
ToS is popular in the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, where it is one of the top grossing apps. It is also popular in Singapore and Malaysia region.
The English version is popular worldwide. Mad Head claims the game has been downloaded over 30 million times worldwide.
Plagiarism claim
Mad Head has been accused of plagiarism due to alleged gameplay similarities between Tower of Saviors and Puzzle & Dragons, a popular Japanese mobile game. However, Mr. Terry Tsang Kin-chung, CEO of Mad Head, has repeatedly denied the allegations through the media.[3]
Story Background
In ancient days, Humankind built a tower and named it the Enochian tower. It was used to reach the heavens and learn the ways of the Gods. Once It was built, Demons in both Hell and Earth tried to use it as a gateway to enter and destroy the world of the Gods. A bloody war started between the Gods, the Demons and mankind within the walls of the Enochian Tower. Just when the Demons were about to succeed in their plan, The Gods used the last of their strength to break off the tip of the tower and placed seals on the tower and sealed the Demons within. Thousands of years later, The humans were still caught in the seemingly endless war with the remaining Demons in the tower. The only hope lies on Summoners to unleash the Seals within the Enochian tower and seek help from the Gods.[4]
Game Play
In Tower of Saviors, players assume the role of Summoners and collect various monster cards with various mythological backgrounds and rarities as player moved on. Runestones are tiles that players have to align horizontally or vertically with a minimum of 3 Runestones in order to dissolve them. Aligning at least 3 Runestones of the same attribute will give the players' monsters power to attack, corresponding with the attributes of the Runestones. Runestones can be moved all over the board within a certain time limit every round. Once the time is up, the attack power will be calculated according to the amount of Runestones dissolved. Players can make a Combo by dissolving 2 or more combinations of Runestones. The more combos the player makes, the more powerful the attack launched on enemies.[5]
Collaboration
Over the years, Tower of Saviors has collaborated with few but notable celebrities and companies:
- 25 July 2013: Taiwanese star Michelle Chen was featured in a ToS advertisement.[6]
- 17 October 2013: B.Duck and ToS collaboration.[7]
- 19 May 2014: ToS has announced to have collaborated with multinational mass media coorporation Walt Disney to introduce the "Disney Villians" series.[8]
- 29 May 2014 – 12 June 2014: A special gift card is given free to players who paid and watched the movie Maleficient in cinemas.
- 29 Jul 2014: ToS has announced to have collaborated with Korean Band Big Bang. The band's five members appear as different elements in the game and their cards can be collected.[9]
- 19 January 2015: ToS and Xuan Yuan Sword Collaboration.[10]
- 1 March 2015: Michelle Chen has returned to ToS and appeared in three more elements, Water, Fire and Earth, adding to the Light and Dark element collection in the first collaboration.[11]
- 23 April 2015: ToS and Monster Strike collaboration.[12] This collaboration added a new feature to ToS, enabling players to play a mini-game of sliding orbs to increase attack points.[13]
- 10 July 2015: ToS and The Legend of Sword and Fairy collaboration (Also known as Chinese Paladin).[14]
References
- ↑ Shirley Zhao (23 July 2013). "New app Tower of Saviors is at the top of its game". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ Jon Robinson (11 December 2013). "Storm8 publishing business debuts with War of Dragons". Insidesocialgames.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ "80後開發《神魔之塔》 否認抄襲戶口$9.96變7位數". Nextmedia. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ http://www.towerofsaviors.com/en/world-map
- ↑ http://www.towerofsaviors.com/en/tutorial
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWxOJpiURcM
- ↑ http://www.towerofsaviors.com/en/archives/2900
- ↑ http://www.towerofsaviors.com/en/archives/5384
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u06_-RRYbI
- ↑ http://www.towerofsaviors.com/en/archives/7018#content-area
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdX0Ej0tnyI
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRdfRpZlYJI
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qcZToysRI4
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TowerOfSaviors/photos/a.329420303826224.60910.312236362211285/681480988620152/?type=3&theater