Back in the day there was an iOS game called ZiGGURAT, and it was considered one of the first “hardcore" games for the platform. Players took on the role of the last surviving member of mankind, standing in place atop a titular ziggurat and fending off endless waves of one-eyed aliens by shooting exploding, bouncing balls at the ascending hordes.
ZiGGURAT was a simple game with basic graphics and unusual controls that, despite having an ending, was pretty much an “endless" shooter. Towaga: Among Shadows (), by contrast, has completely different controls, a gorgeous art style, a much-more straightforward weapon, and a story campaign with interesting characters and clear goals getting accomplished.
Yet, it’s easy to see how Towaga owes some of its appeal to the ground broken by ZiGGURAT’s gameplay — in no small part because you often find yourself standing atop a ziggurat fighting off waves of incoming enemies. Some of these enemies have two eyes, though, so there’s a clear difference.
Players take the role of Chimù, a light-wielder whose village was destroyed by an evil creature named Mental. It’s his task to exorcise dark spirits, restore sacred shrines, and destroy the foul being that rendered his world to ash.
He does this by shooting light beams from his hands. It’s more effective than it sounds.
For a game that mostly consists of standing in place waving around some kind of mystical flashlight, developer Sunn...