I really wouldn't.
Maybe if you care about who these characters are, and/or what they have to say, that might be worth the price of admission. (I've certainly skipped a lot of scenes and dialogue, all in Japanese if that matters to you, so can't say they skimped there.)
[b]As For the Actual Game[/b]
It's a tower defense/dual-stick shooter.
- Actually, it's slightly worse, leading to the first issue: controller implementation. You actually use the right stick just to aim and RB/R1 to shoot. This matters because they put the spells on the d-pad, meaning to use them you have to stop moving. And this [b]will[/b] get you killed.
- Menu controls are similarly poorly implemented. Suffice it to say, by the end I was just using the mouse.
- Most of the "towers" are incredibly unsatisfying, as they are slow to activate, take time to reset, have limited range and do little damage.
- Placement and orientation of defenses are also seriously limited, with the enemy pathing set up for maximum inefficacy.
- As a result, you rely heavily on the character and their abilities, which are also borderline disappointing, and which makes levels where you have to defend multiple goals problematic.
- You are also limited to a single "upgrade point pool," shared across your defenses AND character, and any time you switch out a defense, you have to reset ALL of your upgrade points.
- And this will come up often, because you can only take four defenses with you into any level.
[b]My Advice:[/b]
If you want to see the hybrid Tower Defense game done right, look up Sanctum 2.
If you still want to play this travesty, just put all your upgrade points into your character. The upgrades to your defenses barely even matter until much later in the game.
