A Bit Of Fun
Defense Grid is a tower defense game, of which I haven't seen too many in the last few years. Defense Grid is enough fun that I played through all 16 levels twice and dabbled around with some of the game variants offered. Game play is challenging and some levels will take more than one attempt to get through. The graphics are quite splendid and have some great detail. Tower defense games aren't for everybody, but if you like them you'll certainly want to check Defense Grid out. The story has you fighting off an alien invasion on a planet with defunct defense system. You're goal is to reactive the system in order to protect power cores from the aliens who are attempting to take them. You only need to save one power core to win, but with limited resources it can be difficult. The levels are typically ancient ruins with military bases built around them. As you progress you get upgrades and better weapons, but deciding what to use on which aliens can be tricky to figure out. It's a great game, but over much too quickly. I finished it in matter of hours and it left me wanting more. There are eight additional levels available for download, which is good, but still not enough in my opinion. Hopefully there will be a sequel, but in the meantime it's a great way to kill an afternoon.