1. KazMx

   9

   The Defense game along with action-adventure is a formula that i would never imagine it would work this good. A thing to have in mind is that sometimes the camera doesn't do the best thing when moving arround. I hope for Co-op which is the main flaw of this game… Expand

   • Helpful? 8 of 8 users said Yes.
2. Pandarve

   8

   Orcs Must Die is a Tower Defense/Third person shooter hybrid whereby you control a "War-mage" that has to stop his realm from being overrun by Orcs, Ogres and other types of fantasy-creatures that make their way to the "Rift". Once enough Orcs make it into the rift, the player loses the game. In order to prevent the Orcs from doing so, the player will be granted a new trap, "spell" (I.E. weapon that can be used from a third person perspective) and upgrades by so called "Weavers"(I.E. RPG-like skill-tree progression). The spells work on "mana" which is regenerated over time and the money for traps is gained by killing enemies. There are quite a few levels and replay-value is generated by replaying maps already played with the new traps unlocked in later stages on the higher "nightmare" difficulty, which will be locked until the player finishes "warmage" difficulty. Graphics are pretty albeit slightly cartoonish and the Orcs are made out of ragdolls and since most traps rely on physics of some sort, killing them is pretty amusing. There are a few down-sides to this game; the traps seem unbalanced. I found myself constantly going back to the same set-up (With a few alterations, depending on level design) level after level and for some reason, the developer decided not to implement multi-player. This is the kind of game that would be a lot of fun to play with friends but for now, you'll just have to compare high-scores.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
3. Frek

   7

   I picked this game up on Steam when it was for sale at $2.79. I bought it not expecting much. What I discovered was a incredibly fun that is surprisingly tactical in nature. I found myself replaying level after level trying to improve my strategy to get a better score.
   In a nutshell this game has you laying down different types of traps in hallways that orcs will be coming down. Your job is stop all of them using the arsenal of traps and special weapons. Watching orcs by the dozens get smashed, grinded, flung, burnt, pierced, and diced is pretty fun.
   So why did I give it a '7', because it's also not the type of game that you'll be playing for weeks on end. It will hold your attention for maybe a week before you move on. I highly recommend it.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
4. bosnian

   3

   Its a fun diversion for ~2 hours before it got repetitive and boring. It is really sad because the tower defense in 3D sounds like it could be an endless stream of creative levels and weaponry and this just feels so limited and repetitive.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 15 users said Yes.

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