Orcs Must Die! 3

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24

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  1. Icrolexgames
    Jul 27, 2021
    10
    O game é excelente, me pegou de surpresa! Sinceramente não imaginava o quanto ele é divertido.
  2. frederik1478
    Aug 4, 2022
    7
    It is amazing. How will animated this game? Is it looks beautiful and I enjoyed co-op experience with my friend. Fun you can make the best death trap with your friend in this game. It never gets boring only the levels where it takes forever to finish.And it will take a good while to finish the game if you play it co up really recommend it and looking forward to the dlc
  3. Archound
    Oct 24, 2022
    8
    I have lots of fun playing this with a friend, but the game is a bit too short. Great potential, but not fully used.
  4. MojitoHappiness
    Jul 27, 2021
    10
    So much fun! Love the variety of weapons traps and other usable gadgets. I really look forward to see new content.
  5. AngrySir
    Jun 20, 2023
    7
    Fun game, especially when playing coop, for better or worse, they've played it safe. I'd have liked to have seen more creativity from the devs in the level design and trap interactions. Endless mode is way too simplistic.
  6. Duraphat5000
    Jul 26, 2021
    9
    A solid addition to the OMD franchise. It goes back to the original roots of the series and avoids most of the missteps of the weird unchained game.
  7. TioLucho
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    Extremely fun to play with a friend. Too short though, and they sell some **** DLCs that are also, too short.
  8. Pteromyin0
    Jul 13, 2023
    8
    Loving it! It's better with friends, of course. Trap variety is decent, many possible combinations, although there is little incentive to switch once you have clocked in on something. Some stages are very easy, some can be frustratingly difficult, depending on your loadout. The are a few very annoying bugs, e.g. the archers stop firing in later waves. Graphics are beautiful and I do likeLoving it! It's better with friends, of course. Trap variety is decent, many possible combinations, although there is little incentive to switch once you have clocked in on something. Some stages are very easy, some can be frustratingly difficult, depending on your loadout. The are a few very annoying bugs, e.g. the archers stop firing in later waves. Graphics are beautiful and I do like the sound design and music.… Expand
  9. Pmstz
    Jan 25, 2023
    7
    Very nice tower def !
    Play it with friends, it will be better !
    ++++++++++++++
  10. Heraldrick
    Apr 22, 2023
    6
    Orcs Must Die! 3 is certainly better than Orcs Must Die! 2, but I don't think it does as great a job at what the series excelled at in Orcs Must Die! 1. It is still a great entry into the tower defense genre but it leans a bit heavy on the 3rd person shooter aspect to the detriment of the trap selection.
    For some context:
    Orcs Must Die! 1 put most of the power into the traps, the    Orcs Must Die! 3 is certainly better than Orcs Must Die! 2, but I don't think it does as great a job at what the series excelled at in Orcs Must Die! 1. It is still a great entry into the tower defense genre but it leans a bit heavy on the 3rd person shooter aspect to the detriment of the trap selection.
    For some context:

    Orcs Must Die! 1 put most of the power into the traps, the protagonist was only powerful enough to stop the earlier waves of Orcs until you got the immense satisfaction of setting up a conveyer-belt of Orc-corpse-making traps ("Kill Boxes"). Those traps ranged from just slowing them down as a mace crushed them, to flinging them off into some lava, to consumables to turn your hands into the traps.

    Orcs Must Die! 2 disempowered the traps and outside of a few exceptions made it so the best way to deal with every Orc was to just stab/shoot/burn it to death while the devs constantly send out enemies that are designed to destroy those kill-boxes (Sappers). Which is what makes it the worst entry.

    Orcs Must Die 3 added some power back into the traps and lightened up on the Sappers. But they still reduced the trap diversity in effect. Yeah, now you can deal shock/burn/bleed/chem damage but that is just 4 different ways of reducing the HP of Orcs rather than providing new or odd ways to deal with them to fit a wider variety of scenarios. It just becomes a game of "the devs nerfed the Giant Mace so now the best ceiling trap is the lasers, better spam those." And if the devs ever nerf the lasers then you move on to the next most damaging even though it doesn't do anything unique.
    I truly hope that if we get an Orcs Must Die! 4 we see some changes toward the traps. Make it so the physics-based traps are more powerful and have more pairs like a buffed-up Void Wall. And just let the player make some fun kill boxes without worrying about Sappers twice every round.    … Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 12, 2021
    85
    The third installment of the series offers more of everything, which means you have broader possibilities and probably will enjoy it longer before you get bored with it. However, in terms of fundamentals it’s pretty much a copy of the previous games, especially OMD! 2, from which it basically borrowed everything worth borrowing. So, is this reheated dish worth giving a try? Definitely, because even if it tastes familiar, it was seasoned perfectly. [10/2021, p.58]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Sep 12, 2021
    72
    The return of Orcs Must Die is a bit awkward. The action is fun and entertaining, but you can clearly see that this series is all out of fresh ideas.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Aug 14, 2021
    83
    Orcs Must Die! 3 is a highly entertaining blend of action and tower defense. Although the formula hasn't changed substantially from the previous installments in the series, the game promises unadulterated fun, especially in co-op play, and slaying orcs in creative ways is still something we'll never get tired of.
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