Towerborne: Platinum Founder’s Pack Preview – Loot, Battle, Repeat!

by Jim Smale · June 13, 2025

Towerborne: Platinum Founder’s Pack review – Step into the world of Towerborne, where action-packed brawler combat meets deep RPG loot progression. As a Founder, you’ll shape the game’s future, unlock exclusive rewards, and wield powerful gear to defend the Belfry. With cross-platform progression and evolving content, Towerborne is more than a game; it’s a journey.

Towerborne: Platinum Founder’s Pack Preview Pros

Glorious cartoon graphics.
12.8GB download size.
Play anywhere title, so you get the Xbox PC version aswel.
You can remap the controls.
Twitch Integration is optional.
Link cross-platform option.
Listening modes – default, headphone, night mode, mono.
Font size and camera shake settings.
Character creator – male/female, voice, skin, head, hair, eyes, mouth, details, and name.
In-game cutscenes.
Action RPG gameplay.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play after a brief opening combat and mechanics tutorial.
Hack and slash style combat with light and heavy attacks, combos are straightforward button smashes.
You can see the enemy health bars and damage numbers pop off.
2.5D game world, you can freely move around.
Breakable objects cover the world.
Smooth transitions and animations.
Beautiful locations and backdrops.
Menders’ shrines heal you and your team up and replenish flask usage.
Mini and end-of-level boss fights.
End of level breakdown and exp is doled out.
Four-player local co op support.
A main town hub where you can see and interact, invite other real-world players.
Discover and equip new armour that can improve your stats and even carry set bonuses if you have the same name or style.
Full inventory and character management system.
Unlocked and equipped cosmetics which alter the look of the armour. Think of it as transmog.
Four classes and each have unique abilities, loot is tied to them and will affect what drops.
Earn exp and get skill points to level up your character with their class skill tree.
Full emote wheel, and you can customise it.
Main story and optional side quests. You can choose which one to follow from the pause menu.
The map and with that game board is set on hexagonal tiles and moving between them will bring up the tyo of tile it is so when something can only be done once it means the tile not the mission type itself.
Umbra are these entities that you can call Forth and will help you, what they do will depend on who they are.
World map level select, except you get to walk around the world map as your character.
Discovery missions are randomised missions that can only be done once.
Each mission has a danger level (difficulty) that is tied to your gear power level.
Chance encounters are unique encounters that can only be played once.
Dying will end the mission, and you get all the loot and exp earned up until that point.

Towerborne: Platinum Founder’s Pack Preview Cons

When going to the dashboard and back to the game I have had it hang in saving content for a while.
No achievements yet.
Slow initial load time.
The interactions are just comic book-style text bubbles. No voice work.
You don’t know what loot you get or how much exp you earn until the end of the level.
It’s a very repetitive gameplay loop, the combat is very mashy and the level structures never feel different or varied.
Slow to get the pause menu to come up.
The game feels kind of Lifeless, could be the lack of voice, but it just all feels disconnected.
There seems to be a way to play with random via matchmaking.
Every time you change gear, it also takes off your cosmetics.

Towerborne: Platinum Founder’s Pack

Official Website: Towerborne Official Site

Developer: Stoic

Publisher: Xbox Game Studios

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Buy on Xbox Store