Tower defense. The industry is full of it. No, really. Seriously, there’s like hundreds of them. I’ve popped balloons, blasted scribbles, fried demons, reduced geometric shapes to particle effects, and yes, even blasted some orcs. What I haven’t done until Orcs Must Die by is both set up tower defenses and shoot Orcs in the face up close and personal, third person style! Orcs Must Die by Robot Entertainment is the latest entry in the crowded tower defense genre, available now on the xBox Live marketplace. More mindless drudgery, or a welcome addition to the crowded genre?
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
