Castle Must Be Mine
- July 13, 2018
- TheMiddleGray
Get on Steam"Castle Must Be Mine" is a tower defense game with pixelated graphics and RPG elements. You play as a castle builder, defending your creation from enemy invasions while also managing resources and upgrades. Each stage features unique challenges and enemies, requiring strategic planning and quick decision-making to survive. With retro-inspired gameplay and endless replayability, this game offers hours of addictive fun.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- Engaging and addictive gameplay that combines classic tower defense mechanics with VR elements, allowing players to actively participate in battles.
- Well-polished graphics and intuitive controls enhance the immersive experience, making it enjoyable for both tower defense fans and VR enthusiasts.
- The game offers a good amount of content for its price, with a variety of levels and the potential for future updates and expansions.
- Significant performance issues on certain VR platforms, particularly with frame rate drops and unplayability on devices like the Index and WMR.
- Limited tower variety and gameplay depth, which can lead to repetitive strategies and a lack of complexity as players progress.
- The game currently lacks sufficient content, with only a few maps available, leaving players wanting more variety and challenges.
- gameplay36 mentions
- 31 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
Gameplay in this tower defense VR game is a mix of classic mechanics and innovative features, such as controlling a knight character alongside tower placement, which adds strategic depth. While some players find the gameplay slow and basic, others appreciate its smoothness, variety, and the immersive VR experience, though issues with clunky teleport mechanics and accidental tower selling have been noted. Overall, the game offers solid, enjoyable gameplay with room for future enhancements, making it a fun option for fans of the genre.
“I love how seamless the VR experience is, and the strategy involved in moving your hero around adds a nice twist to the gameplay of a classic tower defense game.”
“The gameplay manages to avoid being stale by giving you access to a champion who you must move around the board, as well as fireballs you can hurl at oncoming enemies, combined with the classic tower defense genre and VR it's perfect.”
“The gameplay, controls, and graphics in 'Castle Must Be Mine' are very nice; it's quite immersive as well, and that's perfect for a VR game!”
“Gameplay is slow, basic, and lacking in features.”
“The teleport mechanic is clunky in the heat of battle, and the buttons used to turn are the same buttons that sell towers - I have accidentally sold a tower more than once.”
“Generic tower defense mechanics.”
- graphics23 mentions
- 61 % positive mentions
- 26 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the polished and charming visuals, particularly in the VR environment, while others note that they are basic or low-poly. Overall, the graphics are described as effective and fitting for the gameplay, enhancing the experience without being overly complex or demanding high-end visuals.
“Played this on the HTC Vive, the graphics, sound, and gameplay are first class, and the level of detail on the attacking hordes is incredible.”
“The graphics are exactly as good as they need to be, and the gameplay is exceedingly satisfying.”
“Really nice polished graphics for VR.”
“The graphics aren't the best and the sounds are just okay.”
“This is a fairly vanilla tower defense game with basic low-poly graphics.”
“Graphically, you're not picking up an Oscar-winning, cut-scene filled 4K masterpiece here... but you don't need any of that.”
- optimization7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with users reporting severe performance issues, particularly when interacting with in-game elements like towers. Many players express frustration over the lack of updates since 2018, suggesting that significant improvements are unlikely. Additionally, the game is noted to perform poorly even on capable hardware, especially in seated play scenarios.
“I have an i7 and a decent 1070; most, if not all, VR games run smoothly on my configuration except this one.”
“As others have mentioned, there are extreme performance issues on my machine when hovering over towers after a few minutes. This game is not optimized, and given that the last update was in 2018, I don't think this is going to change anymore.”
“Was pretty good, but gradually gets worse performance-wise.”
“As others wrote: extreme performance issues on my machine when hovering over towers after a few minutes - this game is not optimized, and given the last update was in 2018, this is not going to change anymore.”
“Bad performance issues and extremely frustrating with the index controllers.”
“It is not optimized for seated play at all.”
- music4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some players initially enjoying it but ultimately finding it repetitive and lacking variation. Many users expressed a desire for options to cycle through tracks or turn the music off entirely, indicating that it detracted from their overall experience.
“Great artwork, great theme, music, towers that upgrade 3x, a hero, other abilities from set pieces on the table, even able to warp down onto the castle wall and throw boulders over the side, then warp back out to human size again.”
“I like the puzzles and the pacing, but sadly I hate the music. It was fun at first, but I wish there was a way to cycle the music or turn it off completely.”
“The music needs more variation.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
Overall, the game offers good replayability, particularly for players aiming to achieve maximum ratings on each map. However, some users feel that additional levels and complexity could enhance the replay value further.
“Good replay value for a VR game; it's a great value for money.”
“There is significant replay value if you strive for max ratings on each map.”
“My only complaint is that I wish there were more levels and replayability.”
“Something to give this game more complexity and replayability is really what I think this game needs.”
“There is a significant replay value if you strive for max ratings on each map.”
- story3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for becoming unplayable for quest users, with an imbalance in tower effectiveness, particularly noting that cannon towers are underpowered. Despite these issues, some players have enjoyed the game enough to achieve three stars on every mission.
“As other users have pointed out, the game becomes unplayable if you're a quest user.”
“The balance between the towers seems to be strange; cannon towers seem quite underpowered compared to the others. Usually, the mission goes better if you ignore them or only build one.”
“I played this until I got 3 stars on every mission.”
- stability3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is visually impressive and performs well overall, but users have reported several bugs that affect stability.
“It looks and runs great.”
“The game maintains a smooth performance without any noticeable glitches.”
“I appreciate how stable the gameplay is, allowing for an immersive experience.”
“There are numerous bugs in this game.”
“The game is quite buggy.”
“I encountered several stability issues while playing.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in "Castle Must Be Mine" is highlighted as a significant aspect, with players finding it both cute and funny, enhancing the overall enjoyment of the game. The combination of solid tower defense mechanics and engaging VR elements contributes to a delightful and entertaining experience.
“Castle Must Be Mine would have been a back-to-basics, solid tower defense game even if it were not in VR, and it's a screaming, laughing good time when it is.”
“I will continue to play this game and will extend this review further on, but for now, I'm really recommending this game; it's so cute and funny!”
