HG: As with many tower defense games, Defenders of Time keeps it simple; you plop a few gunners around and hope you can keep up with the swarms. Now that we've gotten our hands on it, however, simplicity might be the problem.
Gamerant
If a game like Plants Vs Zombies managed to carve a place for itself by bringing the basics of the tower defense genre to the masses, developer Four Lights has chosen to mold Defenders of Time in an image that lies at the most opposite end of the accessibility spectrum possible. Borrowing from many of the best traditions of the genre, Defenders of Time is a love letter to old school tower defense that brings plenty of tweaks to the formula – and then cranking everything up to eleven.
CGM:
"I was rather unsure what to make of Defenders of Time in the hours I spent with it. A polished, big-budget tower defense game for PC sounded too good to be true for a genre regarded as the stuff of rip-offs and time wasters, so it was to my surprise how long I found myself glued to it despite its sights and sounds slowly fading from my memory. In practice, Defenders of Time is no more and no less the same game as advertised – a bigger, prettier mobile addiction on my laptop and nothing but."
Gamespot:
"Defenders of Time is a wonderful tower defense game. The rush that comes from barking orders at teammates, frantically clicking different corners of the map for support, and scrambling to cobble together an effective defense during a competitive four-versus-four battle is difficult to match. The assortment of towers and upgrades gives you creative sovereignty from wave to wave, and while you might find an effective setup for a particular map on your first pass, experimenting with the placement and upgrade paths of your towers regularly leads to a better, more efficient solution. With enough practice and players, Defenders of Time is a joy."
