Defense Grid: The Awakening

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Great tower defensestyle gameplay. Most beautiful TD game to date.
Nicely paced learning curve. Nice variety of upgradable towers.

Cons:

Just not enough time in some levels to build everything up must be selective.
No reasonable way to detect enemy strengths and weaknesses. Recommended system requirements a bit extreme.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Great tower defensestyle gameplay. Most beautiful TD game to date
Nicely paced learning curve. Nice variety of upgradable towers

Reviewers Didn't Like

Just not enough time in some levels to build everything up must be selective
No reasonable way to detect enemy strengths and weaknesses. Recommended system requirements a bit extreme

Expert reviews and ratings

Defense Grid goes for $19.99 these days. That isnt a lot, but I cant recommend taking a chance on buying this game. Anyone thinking about making the purchase should already known if they might be interested. If tower defense games have been...

By BrightHub on July 09, 2009

I recently bought Defense Grid off Steam for $5 (it was on sale) and let me tell you something: I got my money’s worth and then some. I love tower defence games and Defense Grid is one of the better ones I’ve played so far. Between this and...

By Good Gear Guide on May 14, 2009

It's amazing what a little touch up in graphics and sound can do for a tower defense gameplay-based title. And Hidden Path Entertainment's Defense Grid: The Awakening is a prime example of that sudden transformation of taking a unoriginal....

By GamePro on May 12, 2009

A little extra presentation magic can go a long way to help a game rise above a sea of play-alikes. Take Defense Grid: The Awakening: Granted, it’s yet another variation on the tower defense genre - a crowded subset of real-time strategy puzzlers...

By Games Radar on February 05, 2009

Tower defense games are a dime a dozen on the Internet, which is a bit of an exaggeration only in the sense that the vast majority of them are free-to-play, so paying 10 cents would be overkill. Still, its not surprising that tower defense games are...

By IGN Gear on December 22, 2008

Name: Defense Grid: The AwakeningGenre: Tower Defense, Strategy Platform: PCGenerally speaking, the Tower Defense genre made its arrival as custom maps made by fans of games like Warcraft and Starcraft. The gameplay involves stopping waves of enemies...

By Gamervision on December 19, 2008

Defense Grid: The Awakening features crisp 3d visuals and is, perhaps, the best tower defense game to date. The game offers a large variety of turrets and enemies to face off against and will satisfy even the most hard-core TD player.Full...

By GamingShogun on December 31, 2008

There were a lot of huge titles that were released at the tail end of 2008. In all the hype generated by these high profile titles, it’s easy to overlook some of the gems that don’t have as loud a voice. Defense Grid: The Awakening is one...

By GamerTell on December 29, 2008

Rene Defense Grid: The Awakening hat ein sehr hohes Suchtpotential. Immer wieder will man die Levels mit anderen Herausforderungen schaffen.Trotzdem würde ein Editor den Spaß noch erhöhen, wenn ähnlich der Trackmania-Serie von...

By GamerLobby on December 02, 2009