Nordhold

Good combo rogue lite with TS

This game quite surprised me. I thought it would be your standard tower defence game that I'd play for a few rounds and then stop again. But it has a nice loop to it. Every round you do things a little different. You have a constant sense of progression as you unlock new buildings, towers, passives, etc.. Whenever you start a new round you can rethink your approach. There's many different possible ways to generate resources and then as the round goes on you have to go with whatever random buff is handed to you. Overall great game.

easy to, learn hard to beat. great design of ramp up

Bon tower defense avec une ville évolutive.

I am a BIG fan of strategic Tower Defense games. And Nordhold delivers the fun in spades. I've played for 132 hours, and for me, the replayability still strongly compels me for 'just one more game.' Each turn a new random tile is laid out to extend the path. Every third turn, YOU get to choose one of three tiles to place down. So the layout can vary from game to game, and you actually have some agency in how it lays out. Things that Nordhold has that bumps the gameplay up another notch: 1) The nine tower types each feel unique with their own qualities involving both tactical and strategic implementation. 2) Banners can be acquired that can grant unique qualities to ALL towers of that same type. And then those qualities can be further augmented with further banners! One banner for the electric towers even grants an ability for individual electric towers to further level up just by scoring critical hits! 3) Towers can synergize with each other depending on your choices and playstyle. There are even special banners to further amplify certain synergies. 4) Relics can alter gameplay or even enhance towers. Relics can be obtained by quests, killing bosses/elites, or via the market. These are some of my favorite features, but there are even more... THINGS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT (in my opinion) 1) While the village has an impact on how the game unfolds, i find village management to often be tedious. a) making an adjustment to a village building scrolls you off the battlefield and over to the building. You then have to manually scroll back to the battlefield for tower placement or play. b) village buildings are too far apart (I'm looking at YOU, LIGHT HOUSE.) Scrolling around to check on stuff is Tedious. In fact, all village management could be condensed into a single screen where everything is presented at a single glance. The village impacts play, but how it's implemented is a downer to me. c) when i mouse over a tower on the build menu, there is no tool tip showing me its stats. If it's the first one im building, i find out AFTER i place it. If I have built prior ones of that type, i have to go find it and select it to show me its current stats. d) I have yet to find an in game tutorial or even a glossary of enemy unit types and abilities. After 100 hours in game, I'm still finding out stuff that I didn't know I could do. OVERALL: The cool stuff far over shadows my personal nit picks. If you enjoy tower defense games, then I recommend you give it a go, even at full price. On sale, it's a steal!

9/10 Mu gonito, pero gonito gonito

Saw Nordhold while browsing Steam and ended up buying it on a whim. I like TD games and the roguelike stuff definitely caught my attention. After putting a few hours into it, I'm having a pretty good time with it. I really like trying out different builds and figuring out how to balance my economy with doing enough damage to actually survive the later waves. There's something pretty satisfying about trying a different setup each run and seeing what works (and what absolutely does not 😂). If you like Tower Defence games, I'd definitely recommend giving Nordhold a go. I'm having more fun with it than I expected when I randomly bought it. Would recommend.