Alarameth TD

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Alarameth TD is a single player strategy game. It was developed by Matt Gadient and was released on June 23, 2015. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

A unique, dynamic, challenging, fully-voiced tower defence game for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. You begin at a small outpost at the edge of the human lands, and proceed to the elven, dwarven, and gnomish realms in an effort to save the lands of Alarameth from certain annihilation.

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Audience ScoreBased on 29 reviews

humor2 positive mentions

music2 negative mentions

Challenging gameplay that requires strategic tower placement and balancing multiple enemy types.
Large maps and long waves provide a unique and engaging tower defense experience.
Entertaining, fully-voiced narrative adds charm and helpful tips throughout the game.

Outdated and basic graphics along with unpolished UI and camera controls.
Poor balancing issues, including expensive and weak towers and occasional difficulty spikes causing frustration.
Repetitive voice acting and lack of meaningful progression or save points reduce replayability.

graphics
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The graphics are generally considered basic, outdated, and lacking detail or immersion, with many users describing them as lifeless or rough. While visually simple and less polished than comparable games, the game's strong gameplay often compensates for its graphical shortcomings. Overall, it’s suitable for those who prioritize gameplay over high-end visuals.
- “The graphics are a bit lower than most tower defenses, but it makes up in gameplay.”
- “Could use some polishing of the graphics and some added features, but it's good for its price.”
- “The graphics are rough, and the strength of the mobs don't always feel right for their level, but I'm sure that'll improve with patches.”
- “The graphics are very basic: environments, models, UI elements, lighting - all generally more fitting for a game many times its age.”
- “The graphics in this game are simple and sadly look absolutely lifeless.”
- “It's like chess pieces moving on a board - neither the enemies nor the environment have any special details or graphical immersion effects.”
gameplay
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is challenging and strategically engaging, with well-designed mechanics that make large maps and enemy waves meaningful despite simpler graphics. While some find the repetitive level structure tedious, many appreciate the polished and solid gameplay that stands out in the tower defense genre.
- “Quite challenging, yet beautifully designed tower defense game that does everything right when it comes to large maps and challenging mechanics and enemies.”
- “While the game is less polished in presentation than many other tower defenses, I found the gameplay vastly superior.”
- “Game mechanics like the "burning" effect from the laser tower are great.”
- “The gameplay overall is absolutely boring since each level is almost the same - hordes of enemies walking down a pre-defined path that in some cases you can alter by building a maze on the way.”
- “The bad news is that because of the mechanics, the game is sort of a boring slog.”
- “[b] gameplay & story: 3/10 [/b]”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is generally short and simple, with some users appreciating the fully-voiced narrative and humorous voice acting. However, others feel the game lacks a meaningful story, offering only minimal context and tutorial elements compared to other tower defense games. Overall, the story adds light entertainment but may not satisfy those seeking deeper immersion.
- “The game comes with a nice story, and some hilarious voice work to follow your human hero through his efforts to save the world.”
- “I really like the fully-voiced narrative; it tells us about the story, tips, and tricks.”
- “It has a short story that's incredibly easy to follow (if you care to) with silly voice-acting.”
- “Sadly this game does not offer a story at all, like some other tower defence games manage to do; instead, it just throws you into the level with some minor tutorial on how to place and upgrade towers.”
- “There are tons of tower defence games that offer you a story, better sounds and immersion, far better progress system than simply retrying the same level with the same order and just switching towers one by one until you figured perfect combination for finishing without leaking.”
- “[b] Gameplay & story: 3/10 [/b]”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's humor is highlighted by its amusing voice work that enhances the engaging story, providing a funny and entertaining experience throughout the hero's journey.
- “The game comes with a nice story, and some hilarious voice work to follow your human hero through his efforts to save the world.”
- “Funny, hard & social.”
music
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The music is generally considered boring and lacking richness, with users suggesting it needs improvement and better balancing to enhance the overall audio experience.
- “Both the sound and the music are absolutely boring.”
- “The music could be more enriched.”
replayability
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The game offers minimal replayability, primarily due to the inability to revisit previous checkpoints, which diminishes the incentive to replay.
- “This game offers none to minimal replayability.”
- “My one drawback is the lack of being able to go back to previous checkpoints, which really kills replay value.”
grinding
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Grinding in Alarameth TD is considered tedious and boring, with players finding level completion challenging enough without aiming for perfection. Additionally, frequent crashes at the end of lengthy levels exacerbate the frustration.
- “Alarameth TD is a boring, grindy tower defense game, with no real strengths but quite a few weaknesses.”
- “I quickly gave up on trying to get a perfect score for each level; just completing the levels was tedious enough, especially since the game tends to crash at the end of long levels.”
stability
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The game demonstrates overall good stability, with only a minor bug causing occasional freezes when paused on a specific level. Apart from this issue, it runs smoothly without major problems.