Keep Defenders
Swain Valasek | Aug 13, 2010 Games
User rating: 
(17 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)
(17 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)
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I’m as delighted as I am pained to review Keep Defenders from Itty-Bitty Games LLC and hopefully that statement makes sense by the end of this review. What we have here is a game billing itself as a fast-paced realtime combat game. I’ll buy that; quite accurate and while some reviewers are lumping it into the castle defense genre it far more resembles a traditional (medieval) RTS sans base building. You control a small army consisting of 3 unit types (soldier, knight, archer) and attempt to fend off wave after wave of enemy units (which are unfortunately just darker-colored versions of your own guys).
First the good: the graphics and sound…excellent in both categories which definitely takes the game up several notches in production value.
So now the bad stuff mixed in with some sincere suggestions:
Tags: $2.99, castle defense, rts, Swain Valasek
App Sale: Heavy Crossbow II
Tony Mei | Jan 20, 2010 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (3 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Heavy Crossbow II is on sale for free- normally more expensive
Heavy Crossbow II is a neat strategy game that combines castle defense, RPG – style weapon leveling, zombies, one of those iPhone gun apps, and firing a big freaking crossbow.
The main twist to the game comes from actually having to drag back the string on the crossbow or reload a shotgun, which, I suppose, is more work than actually pushing a ‘shoot’ button of some sort.
The controls occasionally get a bit wonky and unresponsive, but I can’t expect to shoot zombies without having my giant crossbow malfunction once and a while. Occasionally the controls would stiffen up, leading a parade of marauding zombies into the castle and me back to the beginning of the level.
For those who are a fan of the castle defending style, ByGames provides some fresh nourishment and quite a bit of zombie-thrashing potential in this game.
iTunes Link – Heavy Crossbow II
(Guess who remembered to put this link in their post)
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- Epic battle sequence
Tags: castle defense, free, Games, sale
Castle Conflict
Swain Valasek | Jun 4, 2009 Games
User rating: (4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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The popular ‘Castle Defense’ genre gets another entry, this time Castle Conflict from new developer Broken Kings. It’s apparently inspired by Medieval Clash if you’ve ever run across that little ditty before. The game features pleasant graphics and sound and a truly pickup and play presentation that barely needs instruction (which is great because there’s…barely any instruction!). Basically 2 castles sit on either end of the screen; you control the left and the AI controls the right. The goal is to send out gatherers who harvest wood which somehow lets you create everything from cavalry to cannons. All the while you duke it out with the AI until 1 castle or other is completely destroyed. Simple sure but there’s plenty’o'fun to be had in the overrunning.
Tags: $1.99, castle defense, Swain Valasek
Kids vs. Zombies
Swain Valasek | May 24, 2009 Games
User rating: (6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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It took awhile for me to review Kids vs. Zombies, virgin effort from new developers Monkey Wrench Games LLC. Not on purpose mind you, just one of those things but the point is 2 events occurred during that time which are great for the consumer: a 1 dollar price drop and a lite version! Anyway on with the review. KvZ is close to being a CD (castle defense) game but innovates on several fronts to where I can only loosely associate it with that genre. Yes, the core of the game is defending a static fort from an endless onslaught of zombies but beyond that the execution is vastly different from what you might expect. First of all, it’s freakin’ zombies and that’s already a plus in my book but I digress so let’s start at the beginning.
Tags: $1.99, castle defense, Swain Valasek, zombies
Defend Your Castle
Swain Valasek | Apr 26, 2009 Games
User rating: (4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
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Fresh from its success on Wiiware is Defend Your Castle from XGen Studios, now for the iPhone. Not to be confused with the Tower Defense genre, this game falls in to the somewhat new ‘Castle Defense’ genre which is something we’ll likely be seeing much more of on this platform if the success of this game and Stickwars is any portent. The premise is nice and simple; defend your castle from the invading horde. Fortunately, you have a number of weapons to bring to bear in support of your heroic defense and brother you’re gonna need ‘em.
Tags: $1.99, castle defense, Swain Valasek
