Kritter: Defend Together

Très bon jeu, la vf est bourrée d'humour incroyable et je style du jeu est vraiment prenant, en espérant que la 1.1 rajoute encore plus de contenus et peut être une refonte du mode infini pour pouvoir drop des coffres, avec également une amélioration de base de certaines stats comme la chance dans le skill tree

Kritter: Defend Together blends action roguelite combat, resource gathering, tower defense, and cooperative survival into a fast-moving experience where preparation is almost as important as fighting skill. Developed by LJF Games and published by LJF Games and NAGA, it places players in control of robotic Kritters stranded on a hostile alien world after their vessel, M. Ark, crashes. What begins as a straightforward mission to protect the ship soon develops into a repeating struggle involving exploration, upgrades, defensive construction, and increasingly aggressive enemy waves. Its greatest strength is the way these different mechanics contribute to the same central objective rather than feeling like disconnected features. Each run revolves around alternating periods of exploration and defense. Between attacks, players leave M. Ark and venture across procedurally generated areas looking for resources, minerals, gold, artifacts, upgrades, and other useful discoveries. Exploration is governed by limited time, creating constant pressure to decide whether another resource node or distant location is worth investigating. Staying outside longer can result in valuable rewards, but being too ambitious can leave little time to return and prepare for the next assault. Random encounters, hostile creatures, arenas, and upgrade opportunities make these expeditions more involved than simply walking around and collecting materials. Once enemies begin attacking, the game shifts toward active base defense. Players must protect M. Ark while fighting hostile creatures and making use of constructed defenses. Walls, traps, turrets, and other defensive options help control enemy movement and reduce the pressure on the team, but they do not replace direct participation in combat. The player remains an important part of the defensive line, which prevents the tower-defense elements from turning battles into passive observation. Later waves introduce greater numbers of enemies and tougher opponents, requiring stronger positioning, better upgrades, and more thoughtful use of resources. Different Kritter classes help give the combat additional variety. The Defender is suited to players who enjoy fighting at close range and absorbing pressure, while the Engineer offers area-oriented offensive capabilities and useful technological support. The Tracker is better suited to ranged engagements and makes use of weapons and tools designed to attack enemies from safer positions. These distinctions become especially valuable in cooperative sessions because a group can combine complementary strengths rather than having everyone perform exactly the same role. Solo play remains possible, but multiplayer naturally brings out more of the game's teamwork-oriented design. Progression adds another important layer to each run. Surviving waves provides opportunities to select bonuses and make decisions about what the current attempt needs most. Sometimes increasing damage is the obvious choice, while a badly damaged M. Ark may make repairs far more valuable. Defensive upgrades also compete for attention and resources, creating situations where spending everything on personal power can leave the base vulnerable. This constant competition between improving the Kritters and strengthening their defenses gives the economy a useful strategic purpose. Death is not simply an abrupt endpoint. The game's time-reversal premise allows another attempt while permanent progression provides a reason to continue after an unsuccessful run. Resources and experience earned through repeated attempts contribute toward lasting improvements, so even a failed expedition can move overall progression forward. This structure fits the roguelite formula well because learning enemy behavior and understanding the value of different upgrades becomes just as important as unlocking additional power. Repetition is unavoidable, but the changing environments, encounters, character choices, and upgrades are designed to keep consecutive runs from unfolding identically. The lighter presentation also gives the game personality. M. Ark is more than an objective that needs protection, with humorous dialogue helping establish a playful atmosphere around an otherwise desperate survival situation. The colorful isometric visuals complement this approach and keep combat relatively readable even as battles become crowded. The combination of robots, alien creatures, exaggerated weaponry, defensive structures, and comedic writing gives the game a friendlier identity than the darker tone often associated with survival-focused titles. Cooperative multiplayer for up to four players is particularly well suited to the design. A coordinated group can divide exploration responsibilities, gather resources more efficiently, specialize around different classes, and cover separate defensive positions when an attack begins. Communication becomes increasingly useful as enemy waves grow larger. There is also an entertaining sense of panic when players venture too far from M. Ark and suddenly need to abandon exploration and rush home before the next invasion. These moments help transform what could have been a conventional wave-defense formula into something more dynamic. The biggest potential weakness comes from the same structure that gives the game its identity. Players who dislike repeating runs, rebuilding defenses, or losing temporary improvements may find the roguelite cycle repetitive over longer sessions. The mixture of exploration, action, resource management, and tower defense also means that players primarily interested in only one of those genres may find certain portions less engaging. Its long-term appeal consequently depends heavily on how much the player enjoys experimenting with builds and repeating the explore, prepare, defend, upgrade cycle. Steam Deck compatibility is officially categorized as Playable rather than fully Verified. Performance with the default graphics configuration is considered suitable, and the game can run successfully on SteamOS. However, handheld players should expect compromises. Some functionality is not fully accessible through the default controller configuration, touchscreen interaction or a community controller layout may occasionally be useful, and text entry can require manually opening the virtual keyboard. Some interface text may also appear small, while certain prompts can display keyboard, mouse, or non-Steam Deck controller icons. It is therefore functional on the Deck, but the experience is less seamless than a fully optimized handheld release. Kritter: Defend Together ultimately offers an appealing combination of frantic action and tactical preparation. Its strongest idea is the tension between leaving the safety of the base to become stronger and returning in time to protect the very thing that keeps the run alive. Permanent progression makes failure easier to accept, while class diversity and four-player cooperation provide additional reasons to experiment. It may not completely escape the repetition inherent to its roguelite structure, but its combination of exploration, defensive planning, colorful combat, and cooperative chaos gives it a recognizable identity. Rating: 8/10