I like all the Kingdom Rush Games, on my phone or tablet. They are great! It's a fun game. It is funny, cool graphics neat story! The gameplay is solid as well. My two main beefs are simply this: The difficult spikes within a level, especially the later levels where if you don't build the right tower at the right spot with the right upgrades... you'll have to start over. I have had to watch walkthroughs and follow along to beat some levels. And I know we aren't supposed to review a game based on price, but I can't see how we can avoid it. A game has an inherent value based on a price/quality ratio. For example, The Witcher for 5$ is an incredible game! The Witcher for 150$ is much less so, because we expect much more for our money. In much the same way, this game at 15-20$ is underwhelming. I originally purchased this game for my android device and loved it. I didn't even mind the micro-transactions they put in there, because the price/value was spot on. And, while I don't know about the GOG version, specifically, I would be willing to bet they are still there.
But there is no way I am paying 15$(Can) for it. The extras a re good, and the game is awesome, but I believe that is more than I paid for it on 3.5" disks. Wait until it drops to 5.99 (or so, but when it does - JUMP on it! (See what I did there?) I hate puns, and I hate myself a little bit for what I did there.
I am not the kind of person who just blindly gives games five stars because it is OK. I played this back in the day on a site and I bought both this one and Frontiers for my phone. Let's start with the good: This game is amazing (at first). It's fun, it's cheeky, the colour commentary from the units is also pretty great and the campy sound effects and the visuals? All great. The bad? Well, and perhaps this is a problem with me, but the only problem I had was in the later levels. At some point, your going to build the wrong kind of tower for one particular wave of mobs and then it's game over. And you have to start all over again. This typically happens in the last or before last few waves, so it gets frustrating. Really frustrating. Wrong build? Game over. You cast the wrong spell at the wrong time? Game over? You didn't tweak your upgrades correctly for that particular level? Game over. And you won't know you made the wrong choice until you've played that particular point, and gotten to close to the last wave. I suppose this is true of most tower defense game, but somehow it seems worse in this game. Great game, lots of fun, but also lots of frustration. Buy all means buy it (I did!) if Tower Defense is your favourite thing, because make no mistake, this is a very good one, but it's also high on the frustration chart. More so than the other ones I've played.
Were the height of PC gaming back in the 8-bit era. I must have spent hours/days playing this game, Duke Nuk'em, Kommander Keen and the others. This is platform gaming at its finest. The games are basic copies of themselves, with the same engine used for just about all of them, but that doesn't make it bad. The humourous takes on classical spy memes are still there, and - assuming you like platformers - the controls are tight. The game itself is a boatload of fun. That said, back in the early 90's, this game was shareware with the full retail being somewhere around 3.99$... So pricing it at 5.99$ is a bit steep.
I have mixed feelings about this game: It's a solid game which I played for extensively (though this is mostly due to its difficulty). Other people have commented on various aspects of it, so I won't get into the technical aspects of it too much, but there is one segment in particular where you need drop-dead perfect timing. I always considered it to be along the same lines or even a pre-cursor to System Shock, but it isn't as good. This is also a relatively short game and while the story is great, it's unfinished. My guess there was supposed to be a sequel, but it never happened. At any rate, if you are curious about one of the first 3D games, what they were like and how they played, then buy this one. Otherwise, it's a pass. I loved this game when I was 19 or so, I finished it, and I never looked back. I don't suppose any of you will either.
That is what this game was to me when I first played it. It had a unique premise and storyline, and presented me with a new genre. I mean, I can only kill so many evil wizards, slay so many dragons, and lead a so many party of adventurers before things get a little old. You won't find a lot of blood, but you will find a lot of heart, and there is something to be said for the cool way the Darwinians either run away from danger, or rush head-long into it while firing their weapons (assuming you've equipped them with some). I won't say it's difficult, but it's certainly fun to see how the game responds to your commands. This is truly an under-appreciated classic if ever there was one. I've played through it twice now, and I was thinking to myself just last week that I should play it again, just for the sheer awesomeness of it. It's a bit on the short side, and I remember paying 9.99$ when it came out, so to see it on GOG at that price... well, wait for a sale, but don't miss out!
I guess I will be the only voice of dissent about this game. I remember playing these games quite a few days before the internet. Back then, those hint books were a downright NECESSITY if you ever wanted any hope of completing these games. In the "What's cool about it" section of the game, it lists Mind-boggling puzzles but the reality is that the so-called puzzles can only be solved by randomly clicking on the screen with no rhyme or reason for it. Cute? Yes. Funny? Absolutely. Logical or coherent puzzles? Nope. Before the internet, I had to shell out for the hint books... All three games are included, at a great price AND they include the hint books! That's nice. Be aware: You'll be printing those out and following the instructions in order to finish these games. Have fun with that. As for me, I'll play something a little less random and a lot more fun.
