Decimation

Finished the campaign that's available so far in the game, while redoing some stages (out of no 3*s, farming, or just cus). Overall I really enjoyed it. What's here already is pretty solid. It'll take you around 8h to finish if you're decent at TD and microing a hero. A few critiques outta the way first: Writing is kinda eh. Like it's serviceable but not really inspiring or amazing to read thru. The actual plot gets going in Act 2 and what's there (without spoilers) is pretty good. It's nothing you haven't seen before if you've experience any entertainment media but it does the job well and enjoyable to a small degree. The campaign so far also leaves you on a bit of a cliffhanger since the rest of it is still being developed and the cliffhanger is pretty intriguing. The models for the female hero and the robot/AI assistant (Ig the robot hero as well) are very jank, leaning towards a good way. Kinda silly looking. There's a few missing QoL, mainly for filtering your mod upgrades, no higher or slower game speeds, the pause function is too busy with keys, words on the screen, and can't let you do much besides survey the field and unpause. It gets especially annoying since the mid-stage dialogue doesn't pause the game and the timer still ticks down, you have to pause the game to read it if you're a slow reader and then unpause because each dialogue box has a timer. This gets tedious fast. For the good things in the game, mainly just the gameplay and the mechanics associated with it, really. It's very satisfying basically. Scratches the TD itch perfectly. Towers feel satisfying as well as upgrading them (tho I wish they'll pack more oomf with he last upgrade). The hero gameplay (I mainly used the female one) is very fun and engaging. I like her the most since she's fast and has more range, and gets around the field more quickly to deal with any threats. Her kit is pretty fun to play with. The upgrade system is very engaging as well. Basically gets mods dropped after missions and they have random stats according to the 6 stat in the game (dmg, atk spd, range, hp, def, cost) and each will have a skill associated with it to make a set, and you need to have 2/3 of the same skill to activate the set bonus. The map design so far has been pretty good, tho the maps with 2 endpoints to defend or way too many enemy entrances (or short distance between the two) are pretty brutal. In a fun way tho. I recommend it. It's pretty cheap and what's here is pretty good. If you don't mind EA then this is a solid pickup, and even then 9h of gameplay for 3 bucks or whatever is a good deal.