1UP COVER STORY
1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 28 | E3 2012
Four Reasons to be Excited for Pandora’s Tower
Cover Story: Will the third and final RPG of Operation Rainfall be announced next week? Here’s why you should hope so.
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he Last Story is about to thunder across the U.S. skies; the beautiful Xenoblade Chronicles has struck. While the incredible community effort of Operation Rainfall probably isn’t entirely to credit for the U.S. release of these games, it certainly didn’t hurt. Operation Rainfall comprised three games, and unlike the first two the third — as yet unannounced for American audiences — has met with a tepid reception in Europe: Pandora’s Tower. The Last Story and Xenoblade came from established creators Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Takahashi, men who built their reputations with titles like Final Fantasy and Xenosaga. Next to such legacies, Pandora’s Tower seems comparatively diminished and unattractive — and its clearly limited budget certainly doesn’t help.
But beneath Pandora’s Tower modest looks beats the heart of a great game.
