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BaD #8: Kingdom Rush


On 02/11/2015 at 05:51 AM by daftman

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Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2015

Kingdom Rush IconEven though tower defense games are a dime a dozen on the App Store, I haven't played very many. Kingdom Rush is one of the more well known of the genre, though, and it's easy to see why after playing some. First of all the characters are really small, so you can actually see everything that's going on (very important!). There are four main types of towers—barracks to put out troops and slow down the enemy; archer towers for long-range; artillery towers for heavy firepower; and mage towers for enemies resistant to physical damage—which can be specialized once they're upgraded enough. It provides enough variety to keep things interesting. And there are a lot of different kinds of enemies and I'm sure there are more to come. You also get a hero character that you can move around the level to help out and a couple special powers that recharge after you use them. The graphics and music fit the medieval theme perfectly.

Kingdom Rush screen

Overall, Kingdom Rush is a well-balanced tower defense game—you don't have to spend any real money to do well—and it's a lot of fun to play. I'm definitely going to finish this up once BaD is over.


 

Comments

Cary Woodham

02/11/2015 at 07:21 AM

I'm not a big fan of tower defense, but there was one I liked because it was like a reverse tower defense game.  it's Cartoon Network's Regular Show: The Great Prank War.

daftman

02/11/2015 at 09:29 PM

That type of game is often called tower offense. The most well known is probably Anomaly: Warzone Earth. I've never actually played one myself lol.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/11/2015 at 10:32 AM

I too am not really into Tower Defense.  It must be fun though, there's a gazillion tower defense games out there.  

daftman

02/11/2015 at 09:31 PM

I've never been terribly good at strategy games, and that holds true for tower defense. But I can usually figure something out that works after a few tries.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/11/2015 at 10:57 AM

I only came here to tell you I don't like tower defense games. 

daftman

02/11/2015 at 09:33 PM

I should've seen this coming from you, Debbie Downer.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/11/2015 at 09:45 PM

Please refer to me as Deborah.

KnightDriver

02/13/2015 at 03:03 AM

Oh cool! I love Tower Defense games!

daftman

02/13/2015 at 05:46 AM

Yay! A positive comment!

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