[quote]A review copy was provided by the developer.[/quote]
[h1] Game Summary: [/h1]
I will admit, I'm unfamiliar with the mobile ports of this game, but I am impressed with what I see, considering it's being made by a single person. It's a competently designed tower-defense game that is logically laid out and has a simple UI. Placing towers is quick and easy, with a small description for each tower type, and a secondary confirm button so you don't misplace a tower with a single misclick. I will mention that as of my playing and reviewing this game, Saturn-Neptune are still a WIP. Maybe we can hold out for a tongue-in-cheek Pluto in the future? There are 12 endless boards as well.
[h1] Pros: [/h1]
• Normal mode is more lenient then I expected. Many tower defense games make you restart the entire stage or lose out on significant rewards for letting a small amount of enemies slip by, but it's fairly reasonable here. However, If you want all the stars, it does fall back on typical TD convention, and you can't let a single enemy get by.
• Endless mode is also more lenient then I would have guessed, for much the same reason. On my first attempt, after leveling up some stats, I made it past 100 levels, and got a significant boost in research. [b]I recommend the bottom tree first for power-leveling/research.[/b]
• Thankfully, despite the name, it's not just bland triangles, squares (okay, one enemy is a square), circles, etc. you're looking at. The shapes have color, movement, and as towers level up, take on more complex forms. Minimalism doesn't need to be shabby or drab.
• I love that you can push a button to see the route the enemies are taking. It's such a simple idea, but very handy to try and figure out optimal tower placement.
• There are more abilities than when I was first trying the game, and they are very helpful in beating back enemies. It's always nice to have options.
• The art style is simple, effective, and very colorful.
• The music suits the game perfectly.
[h1] Cons: [/h1]
• The music is fitting, but I don't think there's very many songs in the game. If you also get annoyed by the sound effects, like I did, I'd suggest muting the game and having background music playing.
• I don't [b]THINK[/b] all of the colors on the screen would be an epileptic risk, but when playing endless stages, the screen fills up with several bright colors.
• I had difficulty working with the resolution and settings the first few times launching the
game. It seems to have cleared up now though.
• When you get several towers, some of which have grating sounds when they fire, it can get [b]VERY[/b] noisy and annoying.
[h1]Hoping For:[/h1]
• If the highest levels of research gave a more profound effect than a stat boost, it'd be more motivating to level everything up. For instance, giving a special effect to a tower that's fully maxed out, or granting you a new ability or tower with multiple effects. There's an achievement for having 1,000,000 unspent credits, which seems insane to me. So, it'd be interesting if there was an OP tower you could buy or upgrade to that costs more than normal, but only if you max one of the research branches.
• With the title of Geometry Defense: Infinite this game will hopefully allow for modding. Being able to play user-made boards would expand the game without the lone designer needing to put several more man-hours in. Even being able to tweak the color palettes would be fun.
[h1]Conclusion:[/h1]
From my time with the game, it seems there's a significant amount of leveling up possible, (it'd take a [b]LONG[/b] time to max everything) but I don't think there's enough levels in the game to justify how much grinding you'd put in for it. That's why I think modding would be very beneficial to this game. Additionally, since there isn't a story or other elements to spice up the gameplay, this is a tower-defense game you'd play because you love these games. Overall, I'd say there's enough here to at least like, if not love, and would recommend this to fans of the genre. Just try to remember, you're not attempting to protect math, but destroy geometric shapes.
