Baden WolfsGamingBlog: "The tower defense genre seems intent on taking over the world one game at a time, its simple gameplay concept of building towers and then waiting for victory appealing to masses of gamers all over the globe. It seems that every day there’s yet another developer yet another tower defence game, intent on staking their claim in this expanding money-making market, but that leads to the very same problem that FPS titles face: over-saturation. Sure, new tower defense games are released almost every day, but they’re almost all exactly the same as the last one and the one before that was well. But now there’s a new contender on the block, and to differentiate itself from the rest of the crowd it’s asking a simple question: what if you could go on the offensive as well? The result is a tower defense game that thinks it’s an RTS."
VRFocus - There has been a lot of talk about bringing strategy videogames to virtual reality (VR) lately, and whether the genre could really work with head-mounted displays (HMDs) like the Oculus Rift or Project Morpheus. Of course, building an empire through in-direct commands and menu systems is not the first thing that springs to mind with thinking about ‘VR’, but as videogame enthusiasts there’s always room to experiment. Which is exactly what VRFocus did for this week’s edition of Mod of the Week.
A Tower defence game set in a fantasy world where Evil is planning to take over, you will travel to different locations to acquire an army to take on the Evil that lurks around the corner.
It’s safe to say that Swedish gaming giants Paradox Interactive have a very extensive and (mostly) well-received history in the PC market. Usually focusing on more niche audiences, Paradox has made successful games in the past by simply fusing the mechanics of two similar genres to create a fresh gameplay experience, a formula they follow with their newest release, Defenders of Ardania.
