Dungeon Defenders II

Dungeon Defender 2 used to be such a good game, I genuinely mean that. But nowadays... It just feels like the devs have given up. - The UI is outdated - Windowed Fullscreen, is still just Fullscreen - Some menu points you can't click on, or can even scroll down in - Main focus is seemingly, more content, more skins, make more money; the ingame store shows this perfectly, the first thing you see is the battlepass that isn't even cropped right, it just screams "add it in and be done with it" - The Shard Vault, a BASIC QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURE locked behind a paywall of 20$, the solution to a problem the devs created - Shards still being barely distinguishable from one another - Basic QoL features, for exmaple, try opening 100 shard packs, you can either do it 1 by 1 or all at the same time, the difference? You have to click less if you do all at the same time, except now for the next 5 minutes you will be relentlessly spammed with a celebration noise and screen-wide popup, because every shard counts as a "legendary item", better to just mute the game and clean the dishes - You still can't walk through towers during prep phases, so getting from A to B can be quite annoying because you will likely have to jump and doing so will almost always catch you weirdly on the geometry and will have you akwardly slowfall off to the side. - Still no added defense variations for when you upgrade them - The Templars barricade and AA tower are literally just slightly altered versions of map objects, which is a nice touch, but coupled with the previous point, just further shows that they have lost their way. I have logged onto the game when there was a new update or hero just in HOPE to see something having changed for the better, but no, it is still the same, nothing has changed aside from new content and trying to make money off of cheaply recoloured skins and calling them "Spec-Ops". I feel sad. It was such a good game.

Anyone who has played a tower defense game before and enjoys the genre would really love this game. The game can be played solo or multiplayer, and I love getting to play this game with my best friend. This game is based on fantasy elements, which I also love.

Very engaging game. Has a nice unique style and personality, there's almost nothing like it. Everyone should try it at least for I'd say 50 hours. I hear it's still going strong

A sequel inferior to its predecessor in every way shape and form. Less maps, less challenges, grindier system more based on stats and spam than it is on strategy like the previous game. It has none of the personality, the map design is far worse, the gear is annoying, the menus, the music, the art direction are all vastly inferior. Just go play the first one.

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Having been a huge fan of the original Dungeon Defenders, I played this one when it first came out. I was very disappointed at how unpleasantly monetized it was, and ended up uninstalling when I finally had enough. Fast forward to today, and I grabbed a Humble Bundle that included a bunch of gems to buy characters with. Load the game up, claim every single thing form the bundle one by one from my in-game mail, and buy a new character to try from level 1 to relearn the game. Miserable experience. Accidentally picked a harder difficulty than intended because the campaign kept telling me it was all a tutorial and they'd change my hero deck if I picked that one, died *immediately*, and then couldn't interact with anything until I exited the game. It's still heavily monetized, and it still barely works. It makes it feel like the game was an afterthought all alone. Maybe if I'd played the past nearly a decade consistently, I'd appreciate the jank. I'd find the poor performance and awkward mouse sensitivity endearing. I haven't, though, and I most certainly don't appreciate the way it plays or feels. If you want to play Dungeon Defenders, just play the OG or Awakened. Hell, I'd rather play Eternity than this.

Hey! It's good!!

amazing top tier grinding game, the satisfaction u get from seeing 10/10 mods and high damage is insane