Operation Octo

Operation Octo is one of the most chaotic Tower Defense games I have ever played, and I love it for that! Constantly, there will be something to look out for, whether it's collecting things, placing down and upgrading your towers, cycling through your belt to get to the tower you actually need, or praying to god you survive at the end of the level. Sometimes, the chaos is overwhelming even, with bandana and ranged skeletons relentlessly harassing you or nasty special skeletons making quick work of your defenses and getting to your CLAMs. But no matter how bad it may seem (or sound, iykyk), you can overcome it if you keep your calm and and pay attention to your surroundings.

A game I loved in my youth is Plants vs Zombies and I always wondered why nobody tried to use a similar formula. It’s a very tight and charming tower defence game, and with Operation Octo I finally found something reaching for that high! You are an octopus playing against dead pirates. That setup alone is cool as ♥♥♥♥, isn’t it? We got separate stages with their own biomes, several enemy units and unique units on our own side. There is the reliable Pisto Shrimp, who shoots at nearby skeletons, the bumper fish that protects from projectiles, the literal red herring who forces enemies on a wrong track, the explosive Blobfish and many more. It’s fun to get new units after completing a stage or receive money to buy upgrades. It’s the same addictive loop that made Plants vs Zombies so good. The style is also reminiscent of the comic look but unlike its inspiration we don’t play in lanes. We play in a wholly walkable 3D field. That makes positioning even more crucial and your own player can also take some action (mainly as a distraction). At times the field creates a hilarious chaos and I loved to see all the effects and sounds. Sometimes it was a controlled chaos, sometimes I wasn’t sure who was winning. You get what you see with the game, all that for only 5 bucks! And if you are on the fence, the demo is still available. Curious about more indie games? Check out my website: https://freakingindie.com

Very Good Game, Best Game, GOTY Edition

Peak Tower Defense game.

My best friend had me get this game because he said it was "Like Plants vs Zombies Adventures if it was a good game and took all of its potential and fleshed out while removing all of its flaws!". And basically yeah, he was right. I couldn't put it any better myself. This game is GREAT! A fun successor to PvZA for someone who grew up on that game. I know it's not ACTUAL PvZ (counting fan stuff for this because PopCap is... yeah...) but if I'm counting it, this is probably my favorite PvZ game I've ever played. I genuinely implore anyone else who played that game growing up to try this game out. It's criminally underrated and needs the love. The creator is a PvZ fan and you can tell their art was filled with love while making this game. Like always, PvZ fans do better than PopCap themselves. PopCap themselves are out there using AI for ♥♥♥♥ and the fans are making stuff like THIS! Play it.

Best tower defense I've ever played. You can SMELL the fact the devs heavily analyzed PVZ1 and took all the good aspects to put into the game. My only real complaint is that the first boss is basically a glorified damage sponge. And also the game currently is missing a lot of content (despite not being marked as early access). I'm excited to see the game get finished in the future!!!

a very lovely love letter to pvz!! i could really tell that a lot of effort was put into this game the game offers a lot of unique ideas i havent seen in a tower defense game before, the player having to defend themselves instead of a static base leads to really fun gameplay and stops the game from feeling stale, the 3 worlds right now feels distinct (even if world 2, 3 and probably 4 all share the same hazard), having to actively pick up things instead of just moving your mouse over them is fun the conveyor belt is a fun and interesting idea for a tower defense game, it leads to actual strategy on what tower you want in what slot which is nice the artstyle is really distinct, just like pvz all the towers are recognizable and their function can be identified at a glance all towers having upgrades that change how they function lead to more strategy on what potion to give to what tower some minor complaints are that the later levels of world 3 get really spam heavy, not helped with the wonky audio mixing leading to some levels feeling a bit overwhelming with the amount of things going on, while there are towers that help with getting more pearls you cant place down clams yourself and it leads to being underprepared for the spam of later levels not sure if this a common issue but the game sometimes freezes up randomly for a few seconds some towers suffer from lock-and-key design, not really helped by there only being 6 tower slots with only 3 available at a time that you have to shuffle through, later levels are less lock-and-key heavy though the soundtrack is nice but somewhat forgettable, it blends into the background a lot despite the negatives i have for this ramble of a review i really do recommend operation octo, its a short and sweet love letter to pvz and is way more worth your money than whatever 67 pvz3 battlepass package theyre offering you or replanted

one of the best tower defense game I played highly recommend

Si te gusta pvz, juegalo