I enjoyed this game quite a bit. I'm a tower defense fan, and this is an interesting "take" on it with you equipping your big critter andI enjoyed this game quite a bit. I'm a tower defense fan, and this is an interesting "take" on it with you equipping your big critter and marching through the bad guys to take back towns. You have long range and short range weapons, and weapons of different emphasis (some weapons are better against specific enemies). Some weapons are automated, and some are controlled by the user. The user controlled weapons are far superior to the automated weapons, but you can only control one weapon at a time - so optimal combination is needed. (The manual weapons won't go into auto mode and fire on their own even if you're controlling a different manual weapon.) I tended to enjoy the builds best where I'd load up my beast with a couple catapults and aim for dangerous things just coming onto the screen, and I'd let the automated weapons handle everything else - but you're free to build out your creature however you like.
Cons: There's an element of memorizing the level to the game that helps, but to a degree that's true of most tower defense games where you have to see what the level throws at you in order to understand what the best buildout is to counter. The game can also be quite "clicky." This might not be a problem if you like that, but I did wish my automated weapons worked a bit better - they fire more slowly - causing me to to sometimes create builds with two manual weapons requiring quick switches between them at times - but then that feels like a wasted weapon slot because you can't control two manual weapons at once. (It also reinforces the memorization of levels so you know when to switch between weapons).
Ultimately I got to a level that I couldn't beat with what I think was called a minor gorehorn - a red guy running around with cannons strapped to his back. I couldn't figure out proper tactics or buildout (or maybe I just couldn't shoot straight!) to finish that level so it pretty much ended the game for me - but I enjoyed the game a whole lot up until that point. Unfortunately, the kingdom will not be saved if it's up to me. ;-)… Expand
