[h3]The Mexican Dream?[/h3]
Behind this title, you can find a little game mixing tower defense and FPS shooter. Let's see a bit more about it.
When you start the game, you are "managing" the border, trying to prevent both Mexicans and Americans to cross it. If the "lore" of the game can be contested, the gameplay is interesting. When I say that, I mean that the game is hard if you only play it as a Tower Defense. You can place tower and sell it. You can't even upgrade them. So how do you do to manage this hard game? Well, the added value is that [u]you can play as the tower[/u]. When you enter a tower, the view changes from the top to a FPS-mode. Your tower shoots faster and you can control the direction you are shooting.
If this idea is quite nice, it doesn't indicate you that some towers lose something when you control them. Some of them are just stronger and faster, but some lose the "auto-aim" ammo, which can be problematic if the ammo is not that fast.
Close to this topic, let's talk about the level design. If I like the idea of "making" the level hard by spacing a lot tower, and making the enemies spawn here and there, forcing you to take control of the turrets, some levels have nearly "useless" tower spots. I tried several towers and they didn't activate on time. Also, the difficulty is not managed well. Some "hard" levels could clearly be placed before (at level 5 instead of 9, as an example). And good luck with the length of the levels. No, it's not infinite (except the lst one), it's just super loooooooooooooooooooong.
About the graphics, nothing crazy to see here. It doesn't seem to be the main focus of this project. The menu is more than simple, the icons are not in the same "mood" as the game... well, you have the idea.
One other point that triggered me a bit was the lack of feedbacks. You have a feedback when you kill someone, but before that, you are not really sure if your ammo are touching, or if it's the automatic towers. You see no life bars, no feedbacks like blood spilling and else. Also, I'll let you check (if you have the courage) the turret, where bubbles are going out after each shot. You seem to have a cannon instead of a turret.
About the audio? well, nothing crazy too. You have different voice lines depending if the Americans or the Mexicans are trying to cross the border. But you will hear all of them quite fast. The background music is okay, not exceptional, not horrible.
If you arrived on this game, there is a big chance that the amount of achievements brought you here. If you are a hunter, yes you may play this game. But be informed that it may crash your computer. I had to kill Steam and restart it after closing the game. I suppose that the huge amount of success being earned at the same time is the problem.
Still on the achievements, remember that this game is not "easy".
Last point: The price. I obtained it when it was free. If I bought it at its regular price, it wouldn't be in my library.
[h3]The Pros[/h3]
- Lots of achievements
- A mix of Tower Defense and FPS
[h3]The Bads[/h3]
- The game is expensive
- The graphics are ugly
- The achievements can make your computer/steam bug
- The difficulty is not well managed
- Poor level design
- Lack of feedbacks/juiciness
- The levels are looooooooooooong for nothing.
[h3]Conclusion[/h3]
This game seems to be a joke made between friends, with lots of achievements to be sure that someone will play it. In its actual state, I wouldn't recommend you to play it, except if you are an achievement hunter.
I really hope that a more serious version of this game will go out, with the same gameplay but improved and maybe not with this lore but something less "triggering". But right now, you should probably stay away of this.
