Enjoying this a ton, there’s a long demo. I’m not a huge tower defense fan, but the puzzle-questish aspects (leveling, abilities, awful jRPG theme) keep me interested. It’s pretty easy, there’s even several experience modifiers to make “grinding” easier. I still can’t believe the main character’s name is ass-ra, but you can change that. Not sure if it has much deeper gameplay later on, but it’s perfect for the daily grind or for running during the State of the Union address.
I’m downloading the demo and I already like it! The downloading part, specifically.
No, really. The developer is distributing the demo via BitTorrent download with a web seed. Game developers always take about torrents in terms of piracy and “torrent it” is slang for “pirate it”, but it’s still a fact that BitTorrent is a perfectly wonderful way to create an auto-scaling self-healing distribution channel for large binary files, even if the file in question is one you aren’t breaking the law by distributing.
I really appreciate it when somebody makes a decision that shows they did their homework and bothered to understand how something really works - such as a game company making the distinction between BitTorrent as a tool for piracy and BitTorrent as an Internet protocol for efficiently distributing large files, and realizing that the latter kind of BitTorrent can work for them.
So two thumbs way up for Defender’s Quest! Now to actually boot the program and play the game.
I’m downloading the demo and I already like it! The downloading part, specifically.
No, really. The developer is distributing the demo via BitTorrent download with a web seed. Game developers always take about torrents in terms of piracy and “torrent it” is slang for “pirate it”, but it’s still a fact that BitTorrent is a perfectly wonderful way to create an auto-scaling self-healing distribution channel for large binary files, even if the file in question is one you aren’t breaking the law by distributing.
I really appreciate it when somebody makes a decision that shows they did their homework and bothered to understand how something really works - such as a game company making the distinction between BitTorrent as a tool for piracy and BitTorrent as an Internet protocol for efficiently distributing large files, and realizing that the latter kind of BitTorrent can work for them.
So two thumbs way up for Defender’s Quest! Now to actually boot the program and play the game.
I’m downloading the demo and I already like it! The downloading part, specifically.
No, really. The developer is distributing the demo via BitTorrent download with a web seed. Game developers always take about torrents in terms of piracy and “torrent it” is slang for “pirate it”, but it’s still a fact that BitTorrent is a perfectly wonderful way to create an auto-scaling self-healing distribution channel for large binary files, even if the file in question is one you aren’t breaking the law by distributing.
I really appreciate it when somebody makes a decision that shows they did their homework and bothered to understand how something really works - such as a game company making the distinction between BitTorrent as a tool for piracy and BitTorrent as an Internet protocol for efficiently distributing large files, and realizing that the latter kind of BitTorrent can work for them.
So two thumbs way up for Defender’s Quest! Now to actually boot the program and play the game.
I’m downloading the demo and I already like it! The downloading part, specifically.
No, really. The developer is distributing the demo via BitTorrent download with a web seed. Game developers always take about torrents in terms of piracy, and “torrent it” is slang for “pirate it”, but it’s still a fact that BitTorrent is a perfectly wonderful way to create an auto-scaling self-healing distribution channel for large binary files, even if the file in question is one you aren’t breaking the law by distributing.
I really appreciate it when somebody makes a decision that shows they did their homework and bothered to understand how something really works - such as a game company making the distinction between BitTorrent as a tool for piracy and BitTorrent as an Internet protocol for efficiently distributing large files, and realizing that the latter kind of BitTorrent can work for them.
So two thumbs way up for Defender’s Quest! Now to actually boot up the program and play the game.
Nice game. Very difficult to stop playing. I’m enjoying it more than Unstoppable Gorg. The story is awful but the actual game is meaty and fun.
A couple of the levels are puzzly, like some of the levels in Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. But mostly it’s standard tower defense goodness, interspersed with gearing up your army.
Maybe there’s 5 or 6 hours of game here, depending on how you play. Longer if you want to complete the levels on hard/extreme mode (don’t leave that until completing the game on easy or normal; you can get some useful gear in hard/extreme mode).
I noticed there’s plenty of space on the game map for new levels to be added.
It’s one of those Adobe AIR games and has the look and feel of a Flash game, but it’s much more of a complete and compelling gaming experience than any of those free Flash games.
I don’t know if this code still works. I had to type it in after entering my paypal details. “SPECIAL” (for $2 off). If that doesn’t work anymore, there’s the code from bluesnews for $1 off, “BLUE”.
“Classic” tower defense, ie there is no action component where you run around shooting dudes.
Each “Tower” is a RPG character with class/level/loot/skill tree.
The skill trees allow you to assemble and grow a team that feels like your own unique creation.
At any time play previous levels at higher difficulty for bonus loot. If something feels too hard you can level up elsewhere and come back to it later.
Its my new favorite Tower defense game. The RPG mechanics are integrated into the game design, not just a tacked on bullet point.
I am really enjoying this for all of the reasons stated above, but as much as I like it, Immortal Defense is still my favorite tower defense game ever.
Finished the main campaign, did some of the advanced missions. I can get a little bit more challenging later on, i’d say it’s about a 10 hour main campaign, with a lot more if you start going for the advanced and extreme completes. There’s also an endless mode once you beat the game. I want to play more, but I just have more leveling and looting, which I’m not sure I want to do, even though that was the entire game.
The story starts out terrible, but most of the characters (except for serious cleric and serious ice lady who used to be a fire lady) manage to keep the “cutscenes” (think text in older RPGS) relatively entertaining.
Tips if you struggle against the armored opponents when you first encounter them:
You don’t have to struggle with them for long because soon after you’ll access Knights who have armor piercing. (so these tips are for those few tough battles beforehand)
Just let the armored opponents through, come back for a “perfect” win after you get Knights.
Alternatively, buy the best sword for your best barbarian, place him next to an ice mage and hack your way through the armored foe.
Turn on damage numbers (displayed by default) and make sure no character is targeting enemies that are immune to their damage.
Use damage spells from your main character to whittle down armored foes.
I feel like I have a handle on how to develop most classes, but I’m really struggling with my main character. Where do you think points should be invested in for her?
Later on you get a spell pushback. Save your (8)points for this, it’s easily the best spell. The only other spell I use is beserk sometimes for bosses. The rest don’t scale with the game. I’ve maxed those two spells, and only am increasing the armageddon type spell for fun.
How many units types are there? I’ve just unlocked (fire) Dragons. I want to know because at the moment my strategy is to keep pushing up the main questline as fast as possible to unlock as many unit types as possible, then go back to replay levels at harder difficulty once I’ve unlocked all the units.
Also does anyone know where there is a wiki, walkthrough or forum where I can find out the answer to basic questions like this?
If you install the PC demo, read the EULA. It’s perhaps the best EULA I’ve ever seen. I’m not joking. Take a moment and read it. (look for the blue text).
And the hive mind claims another victim! I picked this up thanks to this thread, and dig it a lot. I played a bunch of TD games and got pretty burnt out on the genre, but I like this take on it. I’m still figuring stuff out, but so far it’s been fun!
