Crystal Guardians TD

Tough at times... progression is a leetle slow.... games don't sync across devices. But very playable, nicely done TD.

It's a nice looking tower defense, but the difficulty spike at certain waves requires that you grind out the progression unlocks to stand a chance. There are some missing assets for some of the items and balance seems all over the place as far as how many 'rolls' you will receive for items on any given map. Maybe worth it on sale, but it needs some more time in the oven to justify full price. It also appears the developer has gone radio silent so take that for what you will.

Great game with great optimalisation. I ran it on potato of a laptop (7 years old) and it performed really well when the most games aren’t running on it in 1080p 60Hz and it was running on highest settings. Visuals are really good and looks like something that shouldn’t be possible to run so smoothly on it. But to be honest it started dropping fps after wave 40 at max speed, but that is really intensive and there is total mayhem when it’s happening. Gameplay is engaging and there is good progression. But runs can be a bit long - 60 waves with dual lanes took me a bit under 2,5 hours. I encountered a few bugs (tower stats persisting after taking items off or getting effect from nowhere) but they aren’t game breaking and it’s still fresh early access. It feels like it the successor of Rouge Tower (RIP) with amazing new mechanics (gems and towers, items, skills, item recipes). I greatly recommend this game to fans of Rouge Tower and tower defense enthusiasts.