Ironhammers: With Orcs Must Die!, Robot Entertainment have taken their strategical roots that were attained with titles such as Age of Empires and Halo Wars and added in a third-person viewpoint, creating what they've dubbed an 'action-strategy' game. Which is a pretty good explanation of what they've delivered. The player takes control of a War Mage -- who rather comically doesn't look as frightening as he sounds -- as a member of 'The Order' his job is to defend the magical rifts of another realm from 'The Mob'. You guessed it, they're the grumpy, apple-coloured ones.
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
this is a very fun game ! really, the "active tower defense" in 3D is working very well !