I just thought of it!

tableclown · 08-20-2012, 07:43 PM

I hope you can see what I see here. Think of previous tower defense games that you have played. What do you recall?

Epicly long battles where you finally accumulated a ton of towers and the waves are starting to get ridiculous and you must then upgrade to uber towers, yadda yadda.

Tower Wars, can last 3 minutes... Send, opponent makes a mistake, game over... This feels more like a strategy game than a tower defense.

Name of the game is "Tower" Wars. Yet, most of the game is decided by BP accumulation based off decisions 2-3 minutes into the game.

Overall:

Imagine you are the #1 Tower War player. Each game, you know exactly what units to send and create to win in 2-3 minutes every game.

Now imagine that same scenario 2 months from now... Are you going to do the same thing over and over again for 2 months?

There is no "war"... It's pretty much, send moopsy... Who wins? Ok, zoombot time.... Pepto time.... Game is decided too soon.... There is no "epic" feeling. Had maybe 1 epic game after playing 50 games.

Voyler · 08-20-2012, 07:48 PM

Hey, as the number one Tower Wars Player (laughing so hard right now), I have won a game in under 100 seconds, but most games are different than their previous games, and i do intend to play in two months from now.

Killertje · 08-20-2012, 07:53 PM

You played 50 games and still havent figured out how to get games to last longer than 5 minutes?
If you leak moopsies you need to play better. I usually start with 7 moopsies, that way I have enough gold to kill everything the enemy sends unless he goes allin in which case he will leak way more than me. If you send more than 8 moopsies in your first wave you are doing something wrong (unless its the winter map, you can send 2 more and still have a good amount of towers).

Pacator · 08-21-2012, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voyler

Hey, as the number one Tower Wars Player (laughing so hard right now), I have won a game in under 100 seconds, but most games are different than their previous games, and i do intend to play in two months from now.

Although I am only rank 5 or something, I feel the same. The game offers a lot of choices and diversity. You might not notice them after so few games, and since you probably meet players a lot better or a lot worse than you, I can understand that the game ends rather quickly. But when you start to improve, you will notice a lot of the finer details that can tip the game. I think almost all the gaems I have vs equal players are awesome, and all different from each other. Not to a degree that I build only lava towers in one game, or something, but they are different enough that I feel I am not doing the same all the time. Except the very first moop waves, I would love the moop upgrades to be viable, to add some versatility there as well

But yeah, I will be playing this game 2 months from now as well.

ArtiXim · 08-21-2012, 10:12 AM

I have to agree completely with the OP. This game is shiny and all, but VERY monotonous, and I am already bored of it. There is a prescribed list of things to do, and whoever does them the soonest wins. The only shifting dynamic, being the mines, just adds frustration - oh look, now I have to do the exact same thing, at the bottom of the area, instead of the top...

Sorry if I seem to be moaning, but the game needs a VAST amount more to become more than a 1 week waste of $$. There should be different races, with different towers and tower abilities. The BP system should not work based on time, rather a mix of other game elements. Areas should be bigger, and more stable so players can practice defined mazes or build ideas. There should be a wider range of send creeps, with a less dynamic upgrade component - ooh look the same thing for 15min, except now with more hp...

Please please please developers can we have some flavour! This is not anything close to traditional tower wars.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

08-20-2012, 07:43 PM	#1
tableclown Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 5 Posts: 194	I just thought of it! I hope you can see what I see here. Think of previous tower defense games that you have played. What do you recall? Epicly long battles where you finally accumulated a ton of towers and the waves are starting to get ridiculous and you must then upgrade to uber towers, yadda yadda. Tower Wars, can last 3 minutes... Send, opponent makes a mistake, game over... This feels more like a strategy game than a tower defense. Name of the game is "Tower" Wars. Yet, most of the game is decided by BP accumulation based off decisions 2-3 minutes into the game. Overall: Imagine you are the #1 Tower War player. Each game, you know exactly what units to send and create to win in 2-3 minutes every game. Now imagine that same scenario 2 months from now... Are you going to do the same thing over and over again for 2 months? There is no "war"... It's pretty much, send moopsy... Who wins? Ok, zoombot time.... Pepto time.... Game is decided too soon.... There is no "epic" feeling. Had maybe 1 epic game after playing 50 games.

08-20-2012, 07:48 PM	#2
Voyler Join Date: Jul 2012 Reputation: 21 Posts: 254	Hey, as the number one Tower Wars Player (laughing so hard right now), I have won a game in under 100 seconds, but most games are different than their previous games, and i do intend to play in two months from now.

08-20-2012, 07:53 PM	#3
Killertje Join Date: Aug 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 19	You played 50 games and still havent figured out how to get games to last longer than 5 minutes? If you leak moopsies you need to play better. I usually start with 7 moopsies, that way I have enough gold to kill everything the enemy sends unless he goes allin in which case he will leak way more than me. If you send more than 8 moopsies in your first wave you are doing something wrong (unless its the winter map, you can send 2 more and still have a good amount of towers).

08-21-2012, 10:12 AM	#5
ArtiXim Join Date: Aug 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 2	I have to agree completely with the OP. This game is shiny and all, but VERY monotonous, and I am already bored of it. There is a prescribed list of things to do, and whoever does them the soonest wins. The only shifting dynamic, being the mines, just adds frustration - oh look, now I have to do the exact same thing, at the bottom of the area, instead of the top... Sorry if I seem to be moaning, but the game needs a VAST amount more to become more than a 1 week waste of $$. There should be different races, with different towers and tower abilities. The BP system should not work based on time, rather a mix of other game elements. Areas should be bigger, and more stable so players can practice defined mazes or build ideas. There should be a wider range of send creeps, with a less dynamic upgrade component - ooh look the same thing for 15min, except now with more hp... Please please please developers can we have some flavour! This is not anything close to traditional tower wars.