Defense Grid: The Awakening
- Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment
- Release Date: December 8, 2008
- Platforms: Xbox 360, PC
Defense Grid: The Awakening is perhaps certainly one of the older entries on this list, however it’s still certainly one of the stronger games to come back out of the tower defense genre within the last 20 years. There is a principal storyline you possibly can play through that can last you as much as eight hours, but as with most games within the genre, there’s rather more replayability beyond that.
While you start Defense Grid: The Awakening, you may begin on some fairly easy levels that challenge your basic ability to set defenses. As you progress, you may unlock recent tower upgrades and kinds, with each tower having three distinct capability levels. The various towers all have strengths and weaknesses and a few is perhaps strong on one map while weak on one other. Speaking of maps, there are 20 unique ones in Defense Grid: The Awakening, with more available through a paid map pack. The maps can spawn a complete of 15 different enemies that grow to be stronger the more you play.
The enemy variation and the quantity of them that come into play often make every round feel prefer it’s coming down right to the wire. While your towers won’t get overwhelmed at first of a round, stronger enemies in larger numbers show up because the round goes on and may overthrow your entire strategy.
While Defense Grid: The Awakening is an older game, it still captures the magic of what a tower defense game is speculated to be. Pair that with graphics that look straight out of Halo and you’ve gotten a game well value trying out.
