Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

As of right now, SWHOP is not worth the money. After playing it through it feels like the sort of game that would be born from a tight time and budget restriction: a novel concept with a tried and true genre. The game is fun, as a Ancient Man with a full time job, rent payments and a credit card. Its a great game to turn my brain off in and play and refine. It just doesn't have enough content, variety, or replay-ability. The Orcs come in one flavor. Even the two upgrade that affect them only modify their drop results and death condition. Because of this, the only variability to the maps is the geometry. The Orcs scale in health and number, spawn from varying angles depending on the map, and that's about it. The upgrade tree's cost scales based on... something. I think it is a combination of the number of upgrades you've bought and the number of levels you've played. This is kind of frustrating at times in the early game. The main difficulty spikes aren't based on a player's ability to play, but the variety of upgrades they've bought. Having currencies for beating a level and perfecting a level is a great idea, but there really isn't enough content to play around with it. The description talks about the fluid dynamics. I can attest that this is 100% accurate, and much of your time playing will be spent figuring out where most of the Orcs tend to end up and how to take advantage of that predictable flow. Why not add other types of Orcs to shake up the "fluid"? Tetsuo formations forming an armored "gel" that other orcs flow around, towering ogres that can step over the smaller orcs; cavalry? There are so few levels to enjoy! The last few are tough and require a few tries to wrap your head around, sure, but there are no boss levels, challenges levels, gimmick levels (not even the one). There is no "fun" level that's just one choke point and a million billion Orcs (for balance reasons, of course). There is no "boss" level that really shakes up how the game works going forward. There is no level editor! The limited number of variables, sprites, colors, towers, and level tiles makes this game seem like a prime target for a level editor. This game doesn't have enough to be worth the cost. The Demo gets you almost the entire experience minus 2 towers and a handful of levels.