Digital Review: The Tower of DRUAGA - the Aegis of URUK - Episode 03

[Chris Beveridge]

Review


Released By: BOST TV
MSRP: 1.99
Running time: 24 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen
Resolution: 480i/p or less (mixed/unknown)
Encoded With: MPEG-2
Release Date: 04/18/2008
Review Date: 04/23/2008
Date Announced: N/A
Region: Digital Distribution
Reviewed By: Chris Beveridge

In Summary:
With each new episode, the Tower of Druaga is really proving to be far more entertaining than I would have guessed based off of the promotional text about it and coming from a fair bit of Gonzo fatigue. The series is giving me exactly what I want out of a fantasy genre, one that’s so poorly handled for so many years, that it’s simply making me quite happy and keeping me quite interested. The characters aren’t rushing into danger foolishly for the most part, there’s a sense of importance about the events going on and it’s running through standard story elements in a way that doesn’t feel exactly like the norm but isn’t standing out as something too strange. Everything is being done in an above average way but without that kind of stellar stand out quality that will take it over the top. I suspect that it will come in time however as the series certainly has me hooked with what it’s doing right now. If it continues as is with a few glimpses of great material, I’ll be quite pleased.

[Suwako Moriya]

Melt looks like he could be interesting and Coopa was awesome. I need to decide who to vote for. Sometimes I feel wrong voting for everyone and yet I also feel wrong skipping anyone. So maybe I'll vote later. I guess it depends on how strong the like needs to be.

In any case now that both parties have been more formed, I suspect to have a lot of time spent in the tower. Although the question remains is will it be like some stories where you start to wonder if section A and section B are even part of the same (in this case) tower.

[Shsway]

I can't vote in the poll because I like all members of the Kayaa party!

This episode was almost as much fun as the first one, with some great lines and a surprisingly interesting lolita character. Coopa simply gets a great introduction.

[Suwako Moriya]

I decided to finally vote now and in a surprise to everyone I chose Kaaya and Coopa. I think it would be good just for curiosity's sake if the next poll included the Neeba party.