Engineered To Purpose

Fun game with a twisted story, I am not normally a tower defense guy but this game does it well enough to keep me interested. The visuals are strange and remind me a lot of the show Reboot from the 90s, which is a big plus for me. The game only has the first 2 chapters so the story isn't over yet, but I'm curious to see how it ends with what they have set up here so far.

The options you have for customizing your towers and trying out different combo strategies is a blast. The unlock progression is really satisfying too, I feel like I'm gradually improving my tower squad and creating configurations for different roles. Visuals are a real cool retro vibe, story is spooky and mysterious so far too. One of the best features is that I can name my towers anything I want like "The grumpy goblin" or "Heck Laser"

An hour of gameplay and ranting here: https://youtu.be/gmTHzDSetF0 I'm totally not into Tower Defense games. But, I appreciate the heck out of sincerity and people being nice. So, I decided to pick up a copy of the game after Confidence Roll Games reached out to me about the game. It has a surprisingly engaging narrative that unwraps as you complete stages, which was a nice change from the typical Tower Defense game that doesn't have a lot of substance. The neon graphics really stand out in a vibrant way which gives it this really appealing look, at least for me. But the part of the game that really stands out is the ability to design your own towers and give them names. It's a simple thing, but it's absolutely a charming addition that makes me want to jump back into the game pretty quickly. That's something that almost never happens with a Tower Defense title. You can unlock modifiers with stars you earn from the levels, and you can always go back to complete a level again with your new towers to gain more stars if you didn't get the 3-star unlock. I'm not a huge fan of this kind of unlock system, but I think it's done pretty well here. Each stage goes by pretty quickly, and again being able to customize your own tower is absurdly enjoyable. Highly recommended for tower defense fans.

its decent but the balance needs some work as the most basic tower with just attack speed upgrades is about 30% stronger then every other tower for the first 10 or so levels while being 40% cheeper

Okay, this is one that's worth a look for sure. Lots to enjoy for standard tower defense fans, but what's really standout/unique is the story and the customized towers. I won't spoil anything for the story, but I will warn you it's pretty dark. The tower customization is really interesting; there's a TON of stuff you can do with them and the gameplay just kind of works with them, even if you do some wacky stuff. I appreciate I can save and name the towers. I suspect you'll start out naming them "asdf" and "oaifhe" just to get 'em quickly bookmarked, and then devolve into "good one" "good one2" "best one" best one2" etc. and find you need to go and refactor all the names at some point. The tower management is really cool! Anyways, game plays great save for a few little issues that you'd expect out of an early access title. The dev seems really active so I wouldn't worry about lack of support at this point. If you're a tower defense fan, check it out!! PS: would love to get gamepad support!!

I was first hooked by the neon visuals and retro art style, and have to say this is by far the most intriguing and intricate system of tower creation I've ever seen. Most of this genre I've played have your tower types, your enemy types, and not much else, but here I was able to add all kinds of modifiers that each altered the tower appearance and stats. With a few clicks your standard blaster can look almost unrecognisable, slowing or poisoning enemies while another tower type modified for speed picks them off. The resulting neon-drenched chaos is very satisfying to watch unfold, and I'm looking forward to getting at the rest of the game. Get your writer some therapy.

E2P owns. Great music, cool reboot style visuals, a creepy story, and a lot of room for player expression in a normally claustrophobic genre. The challenge of 3 starring each level keeps me coming back.

I named a tower "the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 9000" and it killed my mom

I found this game through my teacher self promoting it, and while im not a big fan of tower defence games, this ones pretty fun. The tower customisation is pretty fun, and the explosive tower is as broken as I remember it being from the demo. decent game so far for sure.

Awesome music, really elaborate tower design mechanics, and a surprisingly weird and in-depth storyline for a tower defense game. I'm not really a fan of the genre but I've played quite a few and this one sticks out!