when I first saw that this was a tower defence game I thought to myself "meh they're all the same." But I have to admit I was wrong. This is actually a lot of fun. And I love the usage of barracks and soldiers. You actually feel like you're defending something.
I like this game in almost everyway apart from the limited choice of abilities. Personally the ability trees in Shadowreign are better. At least that way you have a choice of which attributes you want.
great game I can omly see 2 negative issues with it.
1. very little plot - this game would be number 1 and remain there on Kong if that was addressed
2. crafting system could do with a little improvement in places as mentioned in all these other comments
cool game hate the controls. I hope in Ortus you can use the keyboard to move rather than the mouse. Many a time one wants to use an ability but instead your character ends up trying to melee the guy instead of zapping them