Xboxer360's Pete Cooper writes: There are few games that make so emphatic a mission statement with their title as Orcs Must Die. In a world where big franchises with haughty and lofty titles, imbued with an unforeseen sense of purpose seem to dominate, it is refreshing that this new arcade title from Robot Entertainment is willing to lay it down straight – “we are presenting you with enemies, and you must kill them”. Must. MUST.
Genevieve at Skewed and Reviewed recently spoke with composer Chris Rickwood about his busy career and about some of his recent game compositions such as the soundtrack for Orcs Must Die and many other amazing games. They talk about his work and what it takes to be a success scoring games.
More and more video games are entering the board game market these days. With the likes of the X-COM, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Gears of War and Civilisation being converted into board game format I imagine more video games series aren’t far behind. Here is a list of some that I would like to see.
Player 2 looks back at why Orcs Must Die 1 & 2 are some of the best examples of the Tower Defence genre