Reviewers Liked
- Addictive levels
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Disappointing story
Defense Grid 2
Defense Grid 2 offers tight strategic gameplay with a wealth of options and a story that's much better than it needs to be. When the alien invasion begins, you could take up arms against a sea of troubles — or you could let technology do it ins...
-- As reviewed by Tom's Guide
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By eurogamer.net
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Defense Grid came to define itself more by what it wasn't than by what it was. Where most tower defence games were cheap cash-ins, Defense Grid felt like a full game. In place of a nebulous pseudo-narrative, there was an actual plot. The love and care...
By IGN
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Defense Grid 2’s new variations on the original’s excellent tower defense gameplay pulled me right back into the compulsively addictive quest to destroy all aliens with a minimum of expenditure. I don’t recommend the multiplayer and the story doesn’t even compare to the standard set by the original...
By Gaming Nexus
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Tower defense games have a simple premise: build towers of various types to ward off wave after wave of enemies. As the waves get stronger and contain more enemies, you're required to build more towers and upgrade the ones you have. Some tower defense...
By gamecrate.com
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Platforms: PC, Xbox 360While the Kickstarter crowdfunding site has seen its fair share of bumps over the past couple of years (mainly with campaigns that go nowhere fast, like Clang), there has been a number of successful games that have come out of it...
By GamingShogun
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It doesn't seem all that long ago that tower offense and tower defense were only found as part of a bigger titles, such as StarCraft. Eventually, the tower offense came on the scene, with big with games like League of Legends. Now there are hundreds of...
By PCGamer
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After 14 hours with DG2, I still find better ways to snake the alien's path or prepare in the first waves. With multiple difficulty levels, an easy-to-use cooperative mode, and a level editor, 14 hours could easily turn into 100. It's a great tower defense game and nothing more, but it hooked me in a way that more ambitious games rarely do.
By PC Gamer
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Defense Grid 2 isn't just another tower defense game, it's the best tower defense...
By Tom's Guide
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Defense Grid 2 offers tight strategic gameplay with a wealth of options and a story that's much better than it needs to be. When the alien invasion begins, you could take up arms against a sea of troubles — or you could let technology do it ins...
By technobuffalo.com
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Maybe I'm weird. I don't know. Tower defense games have always been a relaxing thing for me. They're stressful titles, sure, but they're so easy to pick up and play for a few hours while just hanging out.That's been my Defense Grid 2 experience so far....
By Gamezoom.net
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Defense Grid 2 ist ein Tower-Defense Spiel mit dem Potential, den Spieler lange zu beschäftigen. Zwar ist die eigentliche Kampagne recht kurz, dafür lässt sich das Spiel aber, wie es sich für sein Genre gehört, beliebig oft neu spielen, lässt euch...
By pcmrace.com
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Financiado a través de una campaña exitosa en Kickstarter, la desarrolladora Hidden Path nos traen la continuación de uno de los mejores representantes del género que hay en el mercado. Defense Grid 2 es un tower defense en el cual nuestro objetivo es...
By in.ign.com
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Defense Grid 2's new variations on the original's excellent tower defense gameplay pulled me right back into the compulsively addictive quest to destroy all aliens with a minimum of expenditure. I don't recommend the multiplayer and the story doesn't...
By gamestar.de
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Maurice Weber: Defense Grid 2 ist keine revolutionäre Fortsetzung, es spielt sich mehr wie eine dezent verfeinerte Version des ersten Teils. Aber der gehörte ja bereits zu den besten Tower Defense-Spielen auf dem Markt, und alle seine Stärken sind auch...
By crowdedbrain.co.uk
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Defense Grid 2 is available until the end of the month and if you haven't experienced a Tower Defense game yet this one is pretty good. The plot and script for the storyline however is not really memorable if truth be told, but the additive nature of...