The "timing" levels were just too annoying to warrant a 5 stars considering that none of the stages actually had that good puzzle "hmm, how do I get it done" issue.
Fun game until the boss. Can't hit the edges. Turn radius = 1/3 the screen. The attack patterns are not "dodgeable", you just have to tank your way through them.
Woulda been 4-5 stars, but the boss of the game being such a total let down = 2 star game.
Having to randomly unlock each unit/trap/spell = annoying barrier to getting started
Units that ignore defenders ruin entire play styles, and on top of that, traps can't be upgraded, and making barrier mazes to optimize trap quantity becomes ridiculously expensive.
Initial stages need to be easier (2nd stage has ignore defenders and a CRAZY hard final wave).
x2 speed is not enough for how long these are.
No auto-wave means you can't easily zone out while letting the game play.
2/5 stars. considering how many tower defense games are out there, too many critical mistakes are made, which completely overshadows the strong points of the game.
Control/aiming mix in the game comes off as a bit clunky for how quickly you have to adjust for some enemies (like wasps).
Dialogue is so weak, it shouldn't even have been done.
For a game with premium content, too little work was put into it.
Game felt stale after just 15 minutes, I can't imagine any reason to have a desire to spend money on it.
Game seems cool, but after the first level of fliers, I won't even continue playing. They do too much damage, and it takes more than one (expensive) anti-air tower just to get the kill on them IF they are positioned perfectly.
Huge design flaw.
energy limits your ability to play by too much.
npc decks are all incredibly annoying, and feed a basic "the bigger your deck the more likely you are to win" strategy.
the only worth while part of the game is pvp (no rewards), draft (tons of money to participate), and brawls (even tho they still have the annoying npc decks, they promote better strategy). 1 out of 5 stars, gave the game 2 and a half days of using up my energy, and definitely not impressed.
Tried one last time. Tower that was structurally sound (pieces interlocking all aspects), as wide as the given base....
But by the time you get 50 blocks in, the tower has begun to sway. By the time I reached 60 blocks used the swaying was increasing, and gaps had shown up in the spacing over halfway down the tower. The spacing increases then compounded placement issues, but despite continuing to build a narrowing "tip", the sway *continued* to increase, and finally after 70 bricks just dumped the top half of my tower clean off.
Swaying mechanic needs to be fixed. 4/5 for concept. 3/5 for design. 1/5 for playability.
Good game concept. Tower wobbles FAR too much. I built a 40 high by 8 wide tower with only 2 squares missing on the inside, and then moment a piece slid off the edge due to a mistake at the top, the entire structure began to wobble, and did so for over 3 minutes of gameplay (despite only solid plays) before culminating in launching half the tower (20+ blocks) off and leaving me unable to correct.
Wobbling is nice and realistic except for the duration.
Small "bug". The first time you finish Engineers, you get the little bonus, but the game forgets to record your score. Thankfully, it keeps your project table, so just have to go back and 50x speed it to have the score properly recorded.
For anyone having issues with re-ordering the colors, here is my (ugly) solution for Rocket Planes!
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Agree with CTSG - the game is lackluster, but there's lot of potential.
Seems the "best" strategy is just to rush a ton of your cheap units in order to conquer territory (due to the loot you get from neutral camps easily paying for the lost units), until one of the other races is too strong - and then just build up. I didn't even see a significant advantage odds-wise when attacking with 6 dragons and 6x12 dwarves vs just 12x12 dwarves. Which is sad when the dragons are 5x as expensive.
Levels like 43 are the reason people hate these games. It's a test of "can you click 3 times in under a second as soon as the game starts, oh and your third click has to land PERFECTLY or you'll fail anyways".
Repeating a level 30 times until you get it just right isn't any fun when you're just trying the exact same thing 30 times.
Perfect challenge game. Some stages I had to sit for quite a while matching sides, while others flowed smoothly and gave me a more simple enjoyment. 5/5 for sure. Enough challenge to make it interesting, without being an exercise in frustration.
Not bad, but level 10 made me stop playing. It was entirely too "chance" to get the orange to land JUST right (40 attempts before both it and the cart ended correctly).
Lost my interest far too quickly. Good strategy game, but without any tips to help a new player, losing over and over has no entertainment value. Quick to learn the game by just looking at the math than playing your flash game 100 times. 2/5, saved from 1 star by looking nice.
LUCK.
This is a good game, doomed to frustration because of the luck required at days 10-?? when you're desperately in need of key upgrades that are entirely luck dependent.
2 out of 5.
5/5 for character/party development
1/5 for game balance
1/5 for game difficulty/progression
3/5 for "polish"
2/5 for the "AP" system
Grandlaxe, I just tried playing through again. I NEVER got any weapon to drop that wasn't a big gun that had better than 50% armor damage.
I NEVER got someone for hire that could use big guns (on day 14, and I'd had room for another person since day 5).
So when I'm forced to use a pathetic rifle selection, pistols, and shotguns, I'm screwed against the catapaults.
1 catapault I can handle.
2 in a row I tend to lose.
2 in a row while a boss is around, I'm screwed.
That is the issue with this game. UNTIL you get a good weapon that YOU can use (I was rogue, so needed a laser pistol), you can just wind up SOL.
And yes, I've messed with AI settings. If you tell them to ignore bosses and armored units, you STILL get hosed because you (as a rogue) just cannot take those units out before they do serious damage UNLESS you get lucky and find a laser pistol.
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