I literally had to drag the iPhone out of my roommate’s hands to get him to quit playing this game. The object is to protect your base from the invading enemy horde using four basic weapon types — Gatling Tower, Goo Tower, Missile Tower and the ultra tough Tesla tower — to keep them from crossing from one side of the screen to the other. Let 20 cross undeterred and you’re toast.
Instead of having a character that shoots, you have to place these towers in appropriate spots on the screen by dragging and dropping them and they fire when an enemy comes within range. Each weapon has three stages of upgrade. You buy these upgrades using the dollars you get from keeping the enemies from getting across.
There are little guys, big burly guys, guys on motorcycles, guys in tanks – each is progressively harder to beat and requires more firepower to kill. When you begin the level, the start out in groups of as little as two or three at a time, but as you advance you’re faced with a bigger crowd. The idea is to creatively place the towers to slow the enemies down, adding a bit of logic to what could have been a typical shoot ‘em up.
The app has multiple maps and versions of gameplay that you can unlock, such as a competition to achieve the highest score possible or to complete 100 levels. The more you play the more options you’ll get. You can use the high score list to brag to friends, but there’s no option for multiplayer. The graphics are good and the app allows you to zoom in and out using the pinch function. The sound is decent though nothing too memorable. Apparently the app can be addictive.
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