Secrets of Magonia
- July 18, 2024
- tshagshi
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Reviews
- The game offers a solid tower defense experience with a good variety of towers, upgrades, and RPG-like elements that enhance gameplay.
- It features a well-balanced difficulty curve, providing challenges that require strategic thinking and planning.
- The developers are responsive to player feedback and actively work on improving the game, which adds to the overall positive experience.
- The user interface and visual design can be confusing, making it difficult to distinguish between towers and enemies, which hampers strategic planning.
- There is a lack of clarity in enemy mechanics and pathways, leading to frustrating gameplay moments where players feel overwhelmed or misled.
- Some players find the game grindy and feel that it lacks certain modes, such as an Endless mode, which limits replayability.
- graphics5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 40 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally praised for their detailed artwork and variety, contributing to an engaging visual experience in the tower defense game. However, some users note that the visuals can be impractical at times, despite the overall quality being good.
“The spawns look very detailed, with great artwork and variety.”
“All the elements of a good tower defense game are there - good graphics, interesting towers and upgrades, plenty to think about, and I have died a good few times.”
“And unlike the other parts, the art style isn't a small, easy fix.”
“Worth noting that the visuals are not very practical at times.”
- story3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is characterized by a campaign that offers various difficulties and RPG elements, allowing for both in-mission and out-of-mission progression through skill development and tower upgrades. While the quests are straightforward, the ability to revisit missions after acquiring new items and skills adds depth to the gameplay experience.
“Great gameplay, a whole campaign to go through with several difficulties, RPG elements, bosses, extra loot drops that can be equipped on towers, skill paths to develop outside the missions, and researching new towers at your base.”
“There's not just in-mission progression, but also outside of them - so if you're having trouble clearing a specific mission, you can come back later after you've obtained new items, skills, or upgrades.”
“The quests are rather simple, often just requiring you to complete level X.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its exceptional stability, with users reporting no bugs or glitches, and a wealth of content to enjoy.
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect to be somewhat present, yet it does not detract significantly from the overall enjoyment of the tower defense experience, which is enhanced by RPG elements.
“The game feels excessively grindy, making progress feel more like a chore than an enjoyable experience.”
“Grinding takes up too much time and detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.”
“While the gameplay has potential, the constant grinding makes it tedious and frustrating.”
- gameplay1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay is highly praised for its engaging campaign featuring multiple difficulty levels, RPG elements, and diverse boss encounters. Players can enjoy extra loot drops for tower upgrades, skill development outside missions, and the ability to research new towers at their base, enhancing the overall experience.
“Great gameplay, with a whole campaign to go through that includes several difficulty levels, RPG elements, bosses, extra loot drops that can be equipped on towers, skill paths to develop outside the missions, and the ability to research new towers at your base.”
