Defense Zone 2
- May 30, 2014
- Artem Kotov
- 14h median play time
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Reviews
- Engaging gameplay with a variety of tactical options and tower types, providing a solid challenge for tower defense fans.
- Smooth animations and decent graphics enhance the overall experience, making it visually appealing for a budget title.
- Offers a significant amount of content with 31 levels and multiple difficulty settings, ensuring replayability and a good value for the price.
- Maps are generally bland and lack variety, which can make the gameplay feel repetitive over time.
- The upgrade system is limited and can lead to frustrating moments, especially when upgrades take too long to complete during critical gameplay moments.
- Some players find the difficulty spikes to be unbalanced, particularly on higher settings, making certain levels feel nearly impossible to complete.
- graphics17 mentions
- 65 % positive mentions
- 18 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising them as beautiful and well-designed, particularly for a tower defense title, while others find them average or even poor. Many appreciate the modern aesthetic of the various units, but some note a lack of clarity in distinguishing between different towers and enemies. Overall, the graphics contribute positively to the gameplay experience, though opinions vary significantly among players.
“Fantastic graphics and great gameplay.”
“For the genre, the graphics are beautiful and the music is varied enough to not be boring.”
“Good graphics & smooth gameplay.”
“The graphics are average with a lack of explanation about the power of towers and enemies (you can't visually understand who is who).”
“And the graphics are horrible.”
“Gameplay was okay, but the graphics and screen issues wore me down quickly.”
- story12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal, with players noting that even a simple narrative could enhance engagement. While the gameplay offers a substantial number of missions, many users express frustration with the difficulty and lack of an easy mode, leading to boredom and a sense of wasted time for those unable to complete harder missions. Overall, the story aspect is seen as lacking, which detracts from the overall experience despite the game's potential for fun.
“With 31 missions to complete, it's totally worth the price.”
“I was going to play one or two missions and ended up playing for 6 hours.”
“A bit of a story takes so little effort, zero programming skill, but it does so much to generate investment from the players.”
“After 27 missions, I'm bored.”
“- no story.”
- music8 mentions
- 63 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The music in the game is consistently praised, with many reviewers highlighting it as one of the standout features, describing it as very good and varied enough to maintain interest. While the graphics and animations are noted as decent, the soundtrack is often regarded as the best aspect, enhancing the overall experience.
“The best part of this game is the music.”
“The music is decent, the animation is smooth, the assets are okay, top down, nothing exciting.”
“For the genre, the graphics are beautiful and the music is varied enough to not be boring.”
“Clean graphics and a boss soundtrack.”
- gameplay8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players finding it slow and lacking depth, particularly criticizing the repetitive nature of missions and poor balance. However, others appreciate the polished mechanics, smooth graphics, and the strategic challenge it presents, noting that it encourages thoughtful placement and adaptation as difficulty increases. Overall, while there are concerns about pacing and depth, the game is recognized for its visual appeal and engaging gameplay dynamics.
“The gameplay is fairly open, and you find out sooner or later if your strategies will fail or not.”
“This is the only other tower defense game that has the polish of design for balance and gameplay.”
“Easy learning curve, great graphics for the price, and you can see that the developers have put real thought behind the gameplay and emerging dynamics, as it does get hard even on easy and you need to think about what you are doing with placements.”
“The gameplay is too slow; every mission has 30 waves.”
“The tower defense elements in this game are bare-bones; the balance is bad.”
“There is no information about game mechanics.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -500 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users suggest that the game's optimization could be improved by incorporating additional elements, such as lasers for air waves and ice towers to enhance the performance of mortars.
“Adding lasers for air waves and ice towers significantly improves the performance of mortars.”
“The optimization of tower placements and upgrades has made a noticeable difference in gameplay.”
“Strategically optimizing resources and defenses leads to a more efficient and enjoyable experience.”
“The game suffers from severe optimization issues, making it nearly unplayable on lower-end devices.”
“I constantly experience frame drops and stuttering, which ruins the overall gameplay experience.”
“The loading times are excessively long, and the game often crashes during intense moments.”
- humor1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the humor in the game may have been entertaining in its earlier release, but by 2017, it feels outdated and less impactful.
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users indicate that the game has very low replayability due to the absence of tech upgrades, limiting the incentive to replay.
“No tech upgrades, very low replayability.”
“The game lacks variety, making it hard to want to play again.”
“Once you finish the main story, there's little incentive to replay.”
