Not a very good game. Not the worst I ever played, but as far as Tower Defense games goes,it leaves much to be desired.
If I were to give classes on game design, I think the first concept I would focus on is giving players choices and decisions to make.
This game really does not do that. You can place you units, cast a few spells, and place your hero if you can save up enough money.
There are no strategic upgrades however, no upgrading of towers (towers do get upgraded, but not as the result of a player decision, they earn experience, so there is no decision or choice involved) There seems to be a set handful of units, so no choosing your layout. (I suspect if more heroes are down the road, you can pick between those, but that is just a guess.)
There is no control of tower targeting either.
There is also no pathing, not a deal breaker for TD games, but a lot of players want to know if the game has that in it I have found.
In fact the 'difficult' game play they talk about seems to be in that the game is thrown at you so fast you have to scramble to place units, not a fun kind of difficulty.
As there are no strategic upgrades, as previously mentioned, once you hit a difficult level, there is nothing you can do to improve your set up. I am at the first boss level, and having played it half a dozen times, I am not sure there is much else I can do. This might be the end of my game, due to a lack of choices and decisions, the kind of thing that makes you think maybe you are just doing it wrong.
That said, it all works, and it's kind of cute, a step above some of the bad TD games I have stumbled across lately, so only one thumb down. I can't recommend it, but if you want something to spend a few minutes on, there are worse options.
Let me know if you beat the boss level, I would like to know what you did!
