DEFENDER OF EARTH VS THE ALIEN ARMADA

DEFENDER OF EARTH VS THE ALIEN ARMADA is, believe it or not, not an asset flip. Sure, the bulk of the game is made from the [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/game-toolkits/tower-defense-toolkit-4-tdtk-4-91023]Tower Defense Toolkit[/url] developed and sold on the Unity Asset Store by the developers, SongGameDev. While the majority of the use of store assets is in unethical asset flips, it's true that there are genuine use cases for store assets, and "DEFENDER OF EARTH VS THE ALIEN ARMADA" is an example of how this is done right. There's two tests for what makes a game an asset flip. First, whether store/stock assets make up the majority of the game, and whether the developer credited the people who did most of the work creating the assets that make up the game. And I'm both surprised and delighted to note that developer here has acted professionally and passed both tests. They've added consirable game assets of their own creation, and they correctly admit the game is basically just made from the Tower Defense Toolkit. However, beyond just using their own assets, there's also a first person shooter turret mode where you can control a turret directly... this doesn't help so much. Also, this is one of those tower defense games where your towers can take damage, which results in a lot more busywork and platespinning than a tower defense could have... if we wanted a less casual experience, we'd play an RTS. The whole point of TD's is to provide a more casual experience than a quick action RTS game. As a result, even though this is an amateur project, it does seem to be sincerely and genuinely made. Unfortunately genuine intentions alone are not enough to make a shining game experience. On the upside, the game does feature customisable controls and resolution, so at least some of the basic, minimum requirements have been met. Unfortunately there's a number of other technical defects and shortcomings which contribute to the game being difficult to recommend to gamers. The game assets are far from bleeding edge, with lowish polygon counts and somewhat low resolution textures, making this look like it's at least 10 years old. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to arrange high quality, high polygon count contemporary assets for the game, and also irrelevant... what matters is that this looks poor in comparison to more professionally produced games as a result of their decisions. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 2 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a low quality game this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam? DEFENDER OF EARTH VS THE ALIEN ARMADA has the preposterous price of around $5 USD, it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the sheer number of completely free, much higher quality games on Steam. For comparison, the $5 asking price for this game could get you games like "Mass Effect", "Fallout: New Vegas" or "The Witcher 2". Quality, professionally made games like those are frequently on sale cheaper than this. This is the kind of game that probably would have done better on mobile app stores instead of on PC. But I do hope the developers have gone on to gain professional employment in the industry... it's rare to see developers going out of their way to do the right thing.

A fairly basic an not too pretty tower defense where your towers take damage, which means that you'll spend most of your time trying to repair them all or fail and spend your time rebuilding them all. Couldn't get into it, the constant repairing/rebuilding paired with strange balance and progression made me give up. On the bright side, I thought the "First person mode" which lets you aim and fire a turret was interesting, though pointless and actually bad since your turrets will end up being destroyed while you do this.

I don't get the bad reviews for this game. It is a tower defense game. If you don't play tower defense games or like tower defense games why review this game? I like tower defense games. Is this the best game ever ...no. But it is a different theme than other tower defense games and it requires your full attention. Yes the ships shoot back that's the point of this game. I guess it could be frustrating if you don't like tower defense games or have a short attention span, to begin with, but building and rebuilding is the challenge. duh. Anyhow the game is challenging and fun. It has some bugs with the placement of UI text. Graphically it is nice definitely not next gen per say but not horrible for a two-person team according to the credits. The story is a bit sci-fy retro feeling and not very in-depth but again it is a tower defense game and there is a story here other then orks elves and the usual fair. If you like TD and are looking for something different give it a try.

bringt keinen spaß :( kann ich also nicht empfehlen

I love this game. Cannot stop playing it. If you are looking for a fun game and something the kids can play, I would recommend this. The work that went into this is just stunning and this is a game that needs to be in your library. Cannot wait to see what comes next out of this studio.