DukesBox asked me to review their first Tower Defense game World War Tower Defense.
Gameplay Summary:
The game is similar to the very popular Desktop Tower Defense in how you must create a maze to make your enemies travel the most distance and hopefully perish before reaching the 2 exits to the right and bottom of the screen.
Pros:
1- A good number of weapons to choose from.
2- Unique with their random entrance points.
3- Lots of different enemy graphics.
Cons:
1- Lacks game modes / features.
2- Weapons firing seem to miss a lot. Enemies travel faster than turrets can rotate Ex: Fire Cannon.
3- Does not stick with the World War theme through out the game. I didn't know the Axis or the Allies had developed Frost and Smash technologies.
4- No Pause, Menu, or skip/advance round button to click on.
Overall decent. But they could of added a few more unique elements/features and done a lot more with the World War theme.
Check it out for yourself World War Tower Defense and let me know if I was bang on or dead wrong.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Desktop TD Triumph pt.2
Looking back at my older blog posts of how I struggled to complete Desktop TD on medium kinda makes me think of how much I sucked. But I guess that's the beauty of this game. It is balanced just right that you will enjoy the game from you first time until your last.
I've beaten Desktop TD on hard a few times now. Its quite simple at this point. My latest self imposed challenge has been to complete hard without losing a single heart.
My best so far is finishing with 18 of 20 hearts.
"The 100" is great fun as well. I can't remember exactly what round (70's I think) I survived until I but I remember I scored over 8000 points. yey.
This challenge mode can't really be beaten can it? Anyone ever come close?
I've beaten Desktop TD on hard a few times now. Its quite simple at this point. My latest self imposed challenge has been to complete hard without losing a single heart.
My best so far is finishing with 18 of 20 hearts.
"The 100" is great fun as well. I can't remember exactly what round (70's I think) I survived until I but I remember I scored over 8000 points. yey.
This challenge mode can't really be beaten can it? Anyone ever come close?
Friday, July 4, 2008
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
How does this title apply to Tower Defense games?
Well let me tell you.
The title is a perfect description of the quality of TD games out there.
I've played through many TD games, trust me. I've played more than one normal person should in a life time.
The good: There are only around 10-15 TD games out right now worthy of this category. And you probably know most of them if your a fan. Desktop TD, Vector TD, VR Defender Y3K, Xeno Tactic 1, etc. When you get into these games they make your palms sweat and your heart race hoping that you can survive one more enemy wave so you can buy that upgrade you've had your eye on.
The Bad: Here you will find a lot of games that tried to be "good" but just didn't make it. They often look great but play badly. Not enough time and effort was put into balancing the difficulty, game play, and mechanics. Making for either a very mundane boring progression, or the opposite which is a battle that starts and ends knowing its completely hopeless.
The Ugly: Here you have the bottom feeders. Not really worth being associated with the others, but just get thrown together by association. Here its usually a toss up as to what's worse between the graphics, game play, or lack of anything unique or creative.
Thankfully "The Good" make up for the rest.
www.TowerOfDefense.com
Well let me tell you.
The title is a perfect description of the quality of TD games out there.
I've played through many TD games, trust me. I've played more than one normal person should in a life time.
The good: There are only around 10-15 TD games out right now worthy of this category. And you probably know most of them if your a fan. Desktop TD, Vector TD, VR Defender Y3K, Xeno Tactic 1, etc. When you get into these games they make your palms sweat and your heart race hoping that you can survive one more enemy wave so you can buy that upgrade you've had your eye on.
The Bad: Here you will find a lot of games that tried to be "good" but just didn't make it. They often look great but play badly. Not enough time and effort was put into balancing the difficulty, game play, and mechanics. Making for either a very mundane boring progression, or the opposite which is a battle that starts and ends knowing its completely hopeless.
The Ugly: Here you have the bottom feeders. Not really worth being associated with the others, but just get thrown together by association. Here its usually a toss up as to what's worse between the graphics, game play, or lack of anything unique or creative.
Thankfully "The Good" make up for the rest.
www.TowerOfDefense.com
Thursday, May 15, 2008
TD Games Fix
My latest Tower Defense game fix comes by way of Canyon Defence .
I think its definitely one of the best looking TD games out there.
You can pick up the game instantly, Easy Mode is joke but a great way to get beginners into the mix.
One of the elements that I found fun and unique in Canyon Defense are the "Quest's" you need to complete to unlock new weapons, buildings, and abilities.
Great game overall.
On a side note: Its funny how I still play a little Desktop TD when I get the chance. It still hasn't gotten boring yet! Now that I've completed Medium a few times I've moved up to Hard Mode. One word: Yikes!
I think its definitely one of the best looking TD games out there.
You can pick up the game instantly, Easy Mode is joke but a great way to get beginners into the mix.
One of the elements that I found fun and unique in Canyon Defense are the "Quest's" you need to complete to unlock new weapons, buildings, and abilities.
Great game overall.
On a side note: Its funny how I still play a little Desktop TD when I get the chance. It still hasn't gotten boring yet! Now that I've completed Medium a few times I've moved up to Hard Mode. One word: Yikes!
Friday, April 11, 2008
wikipedia
At one point I had a link pointing to my site www.TowerOfDefense.com on wikipedia specifically on its Tower Defense page.
I added it directly below the only other link(which I won't mention, now gone just like me) in the "external links" category. The link before me had a text description along the lines of "a forum to talk about Tower Defense Games".
So I ever so politely did not touch this link and entered my link www.TowerOfDefense.com below it with the text description: "The Ultimate Tower Defense Games Portal". My site traffic got an instant boost! But after only a few days it was gone. So I figured the person who posted the link just above me didn't like having some of his traffic diverted.
I went and re-entered it again. But this time I thought maybe I'm stepping on a few toes when I wrote "The Ultimate Tower Defense Games Portal" so I instead put something along the lines of "Free Flash Online Tower Defense Games". This time a few days goes by and I'm thinking great its going to stick this time.
But no I was deleted again! But to make things worse this time instead of just being deleted, the above link added a 2nd link in place of mine pointing to his collection of TD games!
So now it was war! I had been super polite and always posted below others and seemed to follow all the rules and this guy just keeps deleting me! So I go back and delete him and post my link with the original text description. Guess what happens next. Boom were both gone. Wikipedia removes us both. Isn't that great instead of sharing a little and he gets nothing just like me.
What have I learned from this? 1- People are greedy. 2- Wikipedia is taking control over its content. Is less user input and stricter control a good thing or bad? You tell me?
I added it directly below the only other link(which I won't mention, now gone just like me) in the "external links" category. The link before me had a text description along the lines of "a forum to talk about Tower Defense Games".
So I ever so politely did not touch this link and entered my link www.TowerOfDefense.com below it with the text description: "The Ultimate Tower Defense Games Portal". My site traffic got an instant boost! But after only a few days it was gone. So I figured the person who posted the link just above me didn't like having some of his traffic diverted.
I went and re-entered it again. But this time I thought maybe I'm stepping on a few toes when I wrote "The Ultimate Tower Defense Games Portal" so I instead put something along the lines of "Free Flash Online Tower Defense Games". This time a few days goes by and I'm thinking great its going to stick this time.
But no I was deleted again! But to make things worse this time instead of just being deleted, the above link added a 2nd link in place of mine pointing to his collection of TD games!
So now it was war! I had been super polite and always posted below others and seemed to follow all the rules and this guy just keeps deleting me! So I go back and delete him and post my link with the original text description. Guess what happens next. Boom were both gone. Wikipedia removes us both. Isn't that great instead of sharing a little and he gets nothing just like me.
What have I learned from this? 1- People are greedy. 2- Wikipedia is taking control over its content. Is less user input and stricter control a good thing or bad? You tell me?
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Flash Element TD 2
My latest tower defense game addiction comes in the form of Flash Element TD 2.
As you know from previous posts I like my Tower Defense games to be a good challenge to complete. A game that's frustrating but keeps you coming back to try on new strategies.
So when I first heard about Flash Element TD 2 I was chomping at the bit to play it. Part 1 was one of the first online Flash tower defense games and its still one of the best today. The 2nd installment ups the ante on the cute graphics and sounds. The new element towers are cool and upgrade well.
But the biggest innovation comes in the form of the elements you need to protect. The elements sit at the end of the usual path enemies travel down and once they reach them they pick them up and begin traveling back the way they came. If they escape with all the elements its game over!
I really like this game but here's my beef: level design.
There are only 3 levels. And only the first 2 are free to play. (Easy) is way too easy. Next level is (Harder) and yes its insanely harder. I can't beat it for the life of me. My highest score is 34864. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong? Upgrades get expensive and it seems powerful enemies give out the same amount of money as the enemies from the first level???
Well at least this time I won't go spoil my frustration by checking out a youtube.com video. ;)
As you know from previous posts I like my Tower Defense games to be a good challenge to complete. A game that's frustrating but keeps you coming back to try on new strategies.
So when I first heard about Flash Element TD 2 I was chomping at the bit to play it. Part 1 was one of the first online Flash tower defense games and its still one of the best today. The 2nd installment ups the ante on the cute graphics and sounds. The new element towers are cool and upgrade well.
But the biggest innovation comes in the form of the elements you need to protect. The elements sit at the end of the usual path enemies travel down and once they reach them they pick them up and begin traveling back the way they came. If they escape with all the elements its game over!
I really like this game but here's my beef: level design.
There are only 3 levels. And only the first 2 are free to play. (Easy) is way too easy. Next level is (Harder) and yes its insanely harder. I can't beat it for the life of me. My highest score is 34864. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong? Upgrades get expensive and it seems powerful enemies give out the same amount of money as the enemies from the first level???
Well at least this time I won't go spoil my frustration by checking out a youtube.com video. ;)
Monday, March 24, 2008
Desktop Tower Defense Triumph
I finally completed Desktop Tower Defense. (on medium)
For those of you who haven't played it at all or much, this might not seem like a big deal. And for those of you who are pros this isn't much of an accomplishment either right? But after hours and hours of trying different strategies, creating different paths for those evil but cute little creeps to travel along the longest distance blasting them with multiple weapons along the way. I finally did it.
A friend of mine was over watching the hockey game and with the PC close to the TV we were taking turns trying to complete Desktop TD. After several frustrating turns Kevin says "That's it I'm going to youtube to see how to beat this game!" I first protested saying I want to figure it out on my own but it was to late the video was playing and I couldn't turn away.
So I finally beat it, but I feel cheated, I didn't figure out the strategy on my own. I don't have that satisfaction that I kicked mediums ass with my cunning.
Maybe I can redeem myself by completing it on hard. Oh no the hours that will be wasted!
For those of you who haven't played it at all or much, this might not seem like a big deal. And for those of you who are pros this isn't much of an accomplishment either right? But after hours and hours of trying different strategies, creating different paths for those evil but cute little creeps to travel along the longest distance blasting them with multiple weapons along the way. I finally did it.
A friend of mine was over watching the hockey game and with the PC close to the TV we were taking turns trying to complete Desktop TD. After several frustrating turns Kevin says "That's it I'm going to youtube to see how to beat this game!" I first protested saying I want to figure it out on my own but it was to late the video was playing and I couldn't turn away.
So I finally beat it, but I feel cheated, I didn't figure out the strategy on my own. I don't have that satisfaction that I kicked mediums ass with my cunning.
Maybe I can redeem myself by completing it on hard. Oh no the hours that will be wasted!
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