Babylon’s Fall is based on the iconic concept of climbing a tower battling monsters, finding treasure and saving those who live below the tower. I mean how many shows exist with that as the premise, so playing is a must. After 40 hours of gameplay, and raising my power up to level 60, you definitely get a better understanding of the game and basic gameplay as well as the changes you should make.
Babylon’s Fall Basics
Weapons and Choices
You are a sentinel with 4 weapons you can equip at once. Main attack and a strong attack, 2 Spectral attacks. Find it best to equip a sword as your main attack, a hammer as your strong attack. As you increase in power, the stats make for the most effective battling. It is also important to say that as you increase in power, you may want to change your weapons based on weapon stats and to each there own.
As for the spectral attacks, the biggest concern with weapon choice is amount of SP you use from you SP bar when you attack. Some weapons do not seem worth it because they reduce you SP bar but do not finish off enemies. I recommend at least one of your spectral weapons be an axe. The axe does multi-level damage to all enemies in the swing radius, it is not a huge drain on your SP bar. You can purchase the axe as your power grows to keep the same weapon in play. The second weapon should be a stave or if you prefer sending magic attacks, a wand weapon.
Game Controls
Change your controls. After an hour of pulling R2 & L2 to use your spectral attacks, it really starts to bother you. I find swooping R1 for R2 and L1 for L2 to be the most sensible modification to your controls. Id suggest you test your own controls when you start and find your comfort zone. Make sure you keep a handle on dodging if you choose to change controls the O button.
Relics and treasure
At the end of the level, you can convert your relics into treasure and weapons. Depending on your battling of enemies in areas, you are given bonus treasure and relics. This is a ascending to items power level attribution model. I found that even at power level 30, if you played the very first level, your relics max out at the lower power level of 20. So in order to get prefer power items, you will have to ascend the tower.
Can you play Babylon’s Fall Solo?
This game can be played alone, but it is so hard once you get to a certain level in the tower. Having a team, really helps increase potential bonus on floors and defeat enemies. Honestly, no one likes doing a level over and over again, so bring a friend.
Future Updates and Game Changes
With Babylon’s Fall feeling like a first version of FF14 and we are only in the first seasons, it is a hope that the next major updates will bring a real change the gameplay, story, and battling.
