Orcs Must Die! - Review
Orcs Must Die! is an awesome tower defense/FPS game.
Tower Defense/FPS is not a particularly common genre, but there are a few of them out there - such as Sanctum or Iron Grip: Warlord .
Orcs Must Die! is quite simple - you have to defend the Time Rifts in a bunch of different castles from an horde of Orcs. You will do it with weapons - such as a sword or a crossbow - and traps - on the demo all you get are floor spikes, wall arrows, tar traps and exploding barrels.
This allow for quite a bit of strategy in the placement. There are also crossbow and sword defenders, but at least on the demo they are at fixed positions.
The traps are also upgradable, and it looks like you collect new traps during the campaign. Another strategic element is that you only have a few slots, so you will have to pick which traps are best for your strategy and specific castles.
Graphics are great and so is the sound. I love the gameplay in the demo. It is just at the appropriate side of frantic while being great fun.
The demo is pretty short, so it is hard to tell if it will keep the fun going after the demo levels. But so far it looks like it could beat my current TD/FPS favorite - Iron Grip:Warlord.
I really recommend checking out the demo. I have already bought it, and will extend the review when it is available.
Update: I just got the full game. It loaded all my progress from the demo, and at this point it adds a nice new weapon - a belt that allows you to throw enemies back.
This is very useful as you can really do extra damage on the portal - just keep throwing them back and in the mean time keep shooting them while they are down.
There are also very convenient acid pools where you can drop orcs. You also get spring traps later that throw them automatically.
Barricades and Archers also add a lot of fun to the game.
Tower Defense/FPS is not a particularly common genre, but there are a few of them out there - such as Sanctum or Iron Grip: Warlord .
Orcs Must Die! is quite simple - you have to defend the Time Rifts in a bunch of different castles from an horde of Orcs. You will do it with weapons - such as a sword or a crossbow - and traps - on the demo all you get are floor spikes, wall arrows, tar traps and exploding barrels.
This allow for quite a bit of strategy in the placement. There are also crossbow and sword defenders, but at least on the demo they are at fixed positions.
The traps are also upgradable, and it looks like you collect new traps during the campaign. Another strategic element is that you only have a few slots, so you will have to pick which traps are best for your strategy and specific castles.
Graphics are great and so is the sound. I love the gameplay in the demo. It is just at the appropriate side of frantic while being great fun.
The demo is pretty short, so it is hard to tell if it will keep the fun going after the demo levels. But so far it looks like it could beat my current TD/FPS favorite - Iron Grip:Warlord.
I really recommend checking out the demo. I have already bought it, and will extend the review when it is available.
Update: I just got the full game. It loaded all my progress from the demo, and at this point it adds a nice new weapon - a belt that allows you to throw enemies back.
This is very useful as you can really do extra damage on the portal - just keep throwing them back and in the mean time keep shooting them while they are down.
There are also very convenient acid pools where you can drop orcs. You also get spring traps later that throw them automatically.
Barricades and Archers also add a lot of fun to the game.
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