The first time I played a Tower Defense game was a few days ago. I didn’t know what they were. I didn’t even know they existed. (They are strategy games where you defend an area from invaders by building and upgrading towers.)
Now I am thoroughly addicted to them.
I’m usually not a fan of casual and repetitive games. I have friends who have logged ridiculous numbers of hours playing Tetris, Bejeweled, Peggle and similar games and I always felt like they were just wasting their time. While Tower Defense games definitely fall more into the casual game category, the added level of complexity adds some much needed strategy that makes it more than just a typical timewaster.
Defense Grid
What is even better is that Tower Defense games are really cheap. Plants vs Zombies is $10 on Steam. Defense Grid is currently on sale for only $5.
Plants vs Zombies is the latest creation from PopCap, the ultimate geniuses at creating addictive casual games. It takes a crazy, hilarious concept (plants vs zombies???) and turns it into a great Tower Defense game.
Plants vs Zombies
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Ha, hours spent in Onslaught myself.. so addicting
I just spent a few hours with Onslaught for the first time. Great fun. After a while, it got so crazy. I was in wave 400 or so on Normal when I finally stopped. The entire screen was flashing nonstop and the sounds were ridiculous. It could probably go on forever because I eventually had to setup blackhole combos because there was no way I could do enough damage normally.
I’ve become rather enamored of next-gen graphics and complicated games. It took a while for me to give Onslaught a real try, but once I did, I could definitely appreciate it.