Planet TD
- January 6, 2023
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PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game is a fun and casual tower defense experience, making it enjoyable for fans of the genre.
- It offers a decent upgrade system and allows for different strategies, providing some replayability.
- At its low price point, many players feel it offers good value for the entertainment it provides.
- The game suffers from severe balance issues, making it too easy and allowing players to exploit mechanics for infinite resources.
- Graphics and sound design are lacking, with many players finding them unappealing and repetitive.
- Overall depth is minimal, with many players feeling the game lacks character and variety in gameplay.
- gameplay11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews are mixed, with many users finding it boring and repetitive, citing issues like broken balance and overly simplistic mechanics that allow for easy exploitation. While some appreciate the tactical elements and level design, others feel that the lack of depth and engaging music detracts from the overall experience. A more compelling narrative could enhance enjoyment, but currently, the gameplay fails to captivate a significant portion of players.
“Absolutely brilliant game, well built levels and gameplay.”
“It is presented as a nice game, with fast, fun, good difficulty, tactical thinking, enjoyable gameplay with different builds, and enjoyable levels.”
“And the fact that the hardcore gameplay, the foes that constantly try their luck makes you sweat a lot.”
“Gameplay is boring, maps are repetitive.”
“Gameplay balance really is broken.”
“Music is pretty much non-existent and the gameplay is incredibly dull even for a tower defense game.”
- music6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
“Music is pretty much non-existent and the gameplay is incredibly dull even for a tower defense game.”
“I hate the music audio, but thankfully you can easily turn the music down to 0 at any time, even in the middle of your game.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed feedback, with some users criticizing the overall quality and suggesting a need for improvement in map design and user interface. While a few players find the graphics acceptable, the general sentiment leans towards dissatisfaction, highlighting a lack of impactful graphic settings.
“The graphics are stunning and truly bring the game world to life.”
“The visual design is impressive, with detailed environments and vibrant colors.”
“The art style is unique and adds a lot of character to the overall experience.”
“Maybe the creator should find someone who can handle the graphics side of the game and rework the maps and roads to have more interesting shapes.”
“The graphics are quite poor.”
“Their UI is terrible; the basic graphic settings don't actually change anything in the game.”
- story4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's story is largely absent, with players noting a lack of narrative to enhance the gameplay experience. While there are various upgrade options for towers, the absence of a compelling story or lore detracts from the overall enjoyment, leaving players wishing for a deeper narrative to accompany the mechanics.
“No story.”
“A deep lore, story about the invasion would add the gameplay tons of great enjoyment.”
- optimization4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that while the tower upgrades in the game are optimized for performance, the minimal differences between upgrades can make it difficult for players to discern their impact. Additionally, with some bug fixes, the game shows potential to enhance its overall performance and quality, suggesting a solid price-to-performance ratio.
“With some bug fixes, it has the potential to go beyond being a good price/performance game.”
“The tower upgrades look like they must be optimized for performance, but they literally have only one difference per upgrade, making it hard to tell sometimes.”
“I can say that it's a performance/quality game.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game offers decent replayability through its metaprogression system and the ability to replay all levels, allowing for different strategies. However, some players feel that the slow-paced rounds and the option to repeatedly build the same tower may limit the incentive to explore varied approaches.
“The rounds are slow-paced and methodical, and there are many of them, plus a nice amount of replay value for a tower defense game thanks to the metaprogression system.”
“Replayability with different strategies is possible, but why bother when you can just build the same single tower over and over again?”
“All levels are replayable so far.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players express frustration with the grinding aspect of the game, particularly noting that the slow progression of meta upgrades for towers leads to a tedious experience, ultimately causing some to abandon the game entirely.
“When I noticed that the meta upgrades for the towers, which might make them more viable, progressed so slowly that I would have to keep grinding in this boring state for an unforeseeable time, I quit the game for good.”
“The grinding in this game feels endless and tedious, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“I found myself stuck in a loop of repetitive tasks, and the grind became more of a chore than an enjoyable experience.”
