- October 26, 2022
- Avernus Software, Art Games Studio S.A.
- 4h median play time
Ancient Islands
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This game covers a lot of unique strategies and combination in order to defend the village. Build not only the defense towers but also other facilities inside your settlement. Place woodcutter's huts near the forest to gather wood, then build a marketplace to exchange it for stone. Develop your magic schools to get more mana and unlock more powerful spells. Upgrade your gate to damage enemies a…
- The gameplay is enjoyable and offers original ideas within the tower defense genre.
- The game includes interesting resource management and city-building elements that enhance the tower defense experience.
- It provides a fun and engaging experience, especially for fans of tower defense games.
- The game feels rushed and lacks sufficient content, with a limited number of missions and upgrade trees left incomplete.
- There are technical issues, such as freezing, that detract from the overall experience.
- The game is relatively short, with many players finishing it in under 8 hours, leaving them wanting more content.
- story12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its limited number of missions, with only 14 available, which some players feel does not fully showcase the game's potential. While the missions require strategic adjustments to skill trees and tactics based on enemy types, the final missions become less challenging once players have upgraded their skills. Overall, players express a desire for more content to explore the game's mechanics fully.
“A lot of missions required adjusting the skill tree before starting, because there is a need to use different tactics based on enemy types and available resources.”
“The biggest disadvantage of the game is the number of missions, which is too low to show the full potential of ancient islands. I hope that we will see some more maps, where we can use all of the various mechanisms provided by the game.”
“Last missions are not challenging at all when you have collected all available skill points, so focusing on the initial levels is essential in order to succeed in the final part.”
“Completing all available missions (14 at the moment of writing the review) at hard level took me approximately 8 hours.”
