Publisher: Critical Thought Games
Developer: Critical Thought Games
Category: Strategy
Release Dates
Electronic - 03/11/2009
geoDefense Review
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I have to be honest, I did not have high hopes
for any game on my IPod touch, with my PSP and DS, I pretty much thought I
had all my mobile gaming covered. Then I started getting some games for my
IPod touch and my eyes became wide with surprise. Yes, I realize I was being
narrow minded and needed to be a bit more accepting of new technologies, and
boy am I glad I did.
My first game on the IPod touch is a clever
little title based on the tower defense theme. Using a series of different
style towers (cannon, missile, laser, etc) you must combat the oncoming
flood of critters looking to kill your people. Since this is on a small IPod
screen, the game plays out like this; following a line that has twists and
turns, creatures come at different speeds in an attempt to get all of your
people. At the beginning of each level you have a set amount of people
represented by a number at the very end of the line. Each creature that
makes it to the end takes one human away. If you run down to zero, then the
game is over, if you can stave off the predetermined number of waves and
have at least one person by the end, you go to the next level.
Again, since it is a small screen, the creatures
are really just dots with tiny legs sticking out, or triangles or whatever
simpler looking symbol is handy, towers are really just different colored
circles that have some slight detail to them. Incidentally, as you destroy
creatures, you gain money in which to buy more towers or, improve on your
existing towers. As you improve your towers, you can see visual changes and
the affects their newly added power has on the creatures. And if that isn't
enough, you begin getting new towers to implement that slow creatures down
or power up your towers even further.
The gameplay is incredibly fast paced and to be
honest with you, provided all sorts of craziness in my head. As you move
towers around and improve them, monsters come faster and faster. When they
get shot sometimes they explode in a shower of colored sparks. Pretty soon,
you can have 45 different towers, launching missiles, shooting lasers and
explosions all over the place. You know that warning printed on all
videogames warning you about seizures? Well, this is the game that could do
it to you.
"And you thought you weren't epileptic."
I can't really get too jazzed about the graphics
in this game, since they are all pretty simplistic. The sprites are
certainly bright and popping, and the speed in which the game gets moving at
is also something to marvel at. But this is an example of "less is more"
since the game does not require overdone graphics. In tandem, the audio
comes across clean and crisp, specifically when monsters are destroyed, but
not too much is thrown at you as it would ruin the simple gaming experience.
If there is one thing that drove me nuts, its is
the fact that you can sell your towers back at a reduced price, not that I
mind that ability, but I do mind the placement of the sell button as it is
right next to the upgrade button and on more then occasion I sold a tower
that 1) I was trying to upgrade and 2) was in a critical location in
relevance to the oncoming horde.
If you are quick minded and even quicker
fingered, then this is one heck of an addictive, simple game.
| Review Scoring Details for GeoDefense |
Gameplay: 7.8
Surprisingly, this is a quick, exciting and
frenzied pocket game.
Graphics: 7.0
Colorful sprites and fast moving creatures
(weird shapes) keep things lively.
Sound: 7.0
Less is more, except when one of your people get
croaked.
Difficulty: Medium/Hard
Like many games like this, things start off easy
enough, then get very, very hard.
Concept: 7.0
My third tower defense game in the past 12
months, I'm still not bored.
Overall: 7.2
I enjoyed this game more then I thought I would,
its not overly complicated but it can be quite addicting.
geoDefense Comments (0)
GameZone Review Detail
| Gameplay | 7.8 |
| Graphics | 7 |
| Sound | 7 |
| Difficulty | Medium/Hard |
| Concept | 7 |
| Overall | 7.2 |
7.2
GZ Rating
The classic tower defense game, geoDefense, comes to the IPod touch.
Reviewer: Mike David
Review Date: 03/30/2009
Avg. Web Rating
7.7