The game is based on the original Dungeon Defenders, but with a new engine and texture streaming.
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
The Tower Defense genre has been a popular format, typically found in Flash or other web-based games. Usually adhering to a top-down format of placing defenses at static locations in order to protect against waves of enemies, it lends itself well to short pick-up-and-play sessions. While there have been some standout releases like Defense Grid and Anamoly that have come out on Steam, most other releases have felt like ports of existing web or mobile games. In order to bring a more robust and unique experience to gamers, the Action Tower Defense genre was born. Putting the player in charge of an avatar inside the game world, and allowing for more customization and direct interaction with the enemies and surroundings, games like Sanctum and Orcs Must Die have created a completely new experience. Dungeon Defenders from Trendy Entertainment was among the first wave of entries in the genre, and their follow up game Dungeon Defenders Eternity has just been released.
So, despite the many issues people had with Dungeon Defenders: Eternity, including originally lacking private games, the always-on DRM, etc, the biggest issue I had with the game was the public tavern. In my words, “it’s like they brought MMO problems to a non-MMO.”
One Angry Gamer "I loved the original Dungeon Defenders; it’s a great game with awesome content, hundreds of hours worth of replaybility and enough loot-and-grind gameplay to make Diablo a little bit jealous. Well, Trendy Entertainment recently announced that they’re advancing on the original Dungeon Defenders by unleashing Dungeon Defenders Eternity. The new game boasts brand new content, rebalanced heroes and, best of all, cross-platform support."
The game was suppose to originally launch with cross-platform play. They went back on their word and back-pedalled. Lots of their devs left the team shortly after the game released. The game had potential, it just wasn't fully realized.
Well right now as a DD owner it's 70 percent off and is only $5.99. (45 percent + 25 percent current discount until July 29th, where past that it'll just be 45 percent off)
Not sure if I'll buy it, but there is a significant discount.