Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission

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Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a single player casual strategy game. It was developed by First Games Interactive and was released on September 29, 2016. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

A game of the genre "Tower Defense" ( TD ) in the setting of ancient Egypt.

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Audience ScoreBased on 60 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

grinding4 negative mentions

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a simple and enjoyable tower defense game, making it accessible for beginners and casual players.
The game features decent graphics and a cinematic soundtrack, enhancing the overall experience.
There are various tower upgrades and abilities, providing some strategic depth to the gameplay.

The game suffers from a lack of variety, with only four tower types and limited enemy diversity, leading to repetitive gameplay.
Many players found the grinding for upgrades tedious and the overall gameplay unbalanced, especially in later levels.
The user interface is clunky and lacks essential features like keyboard shortcuts and detailed stats, making the game feel more like a mobile port.

story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
58%
21%
The story in "Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission" is described as minimal and somewhat superficial, serving primarily as a backdrop for the tower defense gameplay. While the game offers a variety of missions and objectives, it lacks depth, making it more suitable for casual players rather than those seeking a rich narrative experience.
- “Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a tower defense game themed on the development of Egypt, where you have different objectives to complete in each level.”
- “After playing a solid number of missions, this felt like a pretty well-designed tower defense game with a lot of content.”
- “Completed story missions can be completed as many times as you like for farming.”
- “Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a lazy 2D mobile app tier tower defense game.”
- “Con - paper thin story pasted on top.”
- “While more advanced TD players would find this game boring, I suggest Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission for new beginners and/or casual players.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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12%
38%
The graphics in the game are generally considered decent, featuring cartoonish 2D animated sprites and some visual effects that enhance gameplay. While not groundbreaking, they are functional and allow players to easily distinguish between units, although some elements, like the blue arrow and catapult towers, can be confusing. Overall, the visuals are satisfactory for a medium tower defense game, remaining appealing even in 2023.
- “The graphics are fine, still look decent in 2023 and it's easy to tell units apart, with the only exception being your arrow and catapult towers that are both very blue.”
- “Age of Empires graphics feel good, and aren't too clunky.”
- “I like tower defense games and I like this one too, even if the graphics are a bit cartoonish and the game itself is not something amazing.”
- “The graphics are decent, with some visual effects and animations of the enemies and our towers.”
- “Graphics are fine, still look decent in 2023 and it's easy to tell units apart, with the only exception being your arrow and catapult towers that are both very blue.”
- “I'd also need to mention that the graphics aren't 3D; there are 8-directional 2D animated sprites.”
gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
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The gameplay primarily revolves around a tower defense mechanic, but it features a peculiar element where players can "cut" trees for coins in certain stages, which feels more suited for mobile touch screens. Overall, the gameplay is criticized for being limited and unengaging, particularly regarding tower selection and special attack mechanics.
- “The game has a unique mechanic where some stages feature trees that you can 'cut' to gain coins.”
- “The gameplay is primarily tower defense.”
- “It's an interesting mechanic that is not present in all stages and seems designed for mobile touch screens.”
- “The game has a weird mechanic that some stages have trees you can 'cut' to gain some coins.”
- “It's a weird mechanic that is not in all stages and seems tailored to be 'mobile' touch screen.”
- “Only slightly less annoying are the mechanics for your special attacks.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
60%
The music in the game is praised for its cinematic quality and excellent soundtrack, but users express frustration over the limited audio settings, as they can only toggle sound and music on or off without the ability to adjust their volume independently. This limitation can detract from the experience for those who prefer to listen to other audio while playing.
- “Music is very cinematic, but the audio can be adjusted in settings too (gear icon).”
- “+ excellent music and soundtrack.”
- “- sound bars (you can only fully turn on/off music and sounds)”
- “You also can't adjust sound and music, only turn them off, which I had to do because I like watching videos or listening to podcasts while playing, and it was too loud.”
- “Sound bars only allow you to fully turn on or off music and sounds.”
- “I can't comment on the quality of sound and music.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
80%
Players generally find grinding to be a significant aspect of the game, with many missions available for repeated completion to farm resources. While some appreciate the grinding as a means to enhance their strategies and upgrade abilities, others feel the amount required can be excessive. Overall, grinding is seen as a necessary, albeit time-consuming, component of gameplay.
- “Amount of grinding is beyond imagination.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “Like most tower defense games, there is a bit of grinding to clear a couple of levels, but I find it gives me a chance to hone tactics.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is characterized by intentionally poor translations and dialogue, which many players find amusing and entertaining.
- “The translations and dialogue are hilariously bad, adding to the overall humor of the game.”
- “This game had me laughing out loud at several points.”
- “The humor is spot on and really enhances the gameplay experience.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players report a stable gaming experience, highlighting smooth gameplay without any lag, glitches, or bugs.
- “It was a smooth gameplay with no lag, no glitches, or bugs while I was playing.”
- “The game runs incredibly stable, allowing for an uninterrupted experience.”
- “I experienced zero crashes, which made my gaming session very enjoyable.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's optimization is poor, with reports of significant freezing and stuttering despite low CPU and memory usage during gameplay. Players have experienced performance issues even in windowed mode, indicating a lack of efficient resource management.
- “Game performance overall is bad. I put it into windowed mode and watched CPU/memory usage; the game froze and stuttered with CPU load less than 15-20% and RAM usage below 50% in-game.”
- “The optimization is terrible, leading to frequent frame drops and long loading times, even on high-end hardware.”
- “Despite having a powerful system, the game struggles to maintain a stable frame rate, making it nearly unplayable at times.”

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Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a casual strategy game.

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission was released on September 29, 2016.

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission was developed by First Games Interactive.

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

Defense of Egypt: Cleopatra Mission is a single player game.

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