Comments on: More Ngmoco 'Star Defense' Details, Screenshots and Video

By: moronsbeware

moronsbeware — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:08:45 +0000

Exactly Lankershim. Idiots on here are saying that this game should be ignored in favour of one of the many exisiting TD games because it 'only' offers one major difference, i.e the 3D map. That makes it more unique than the current slew of tower defense games that are all just slight variations of each other!!
Wait until it has been released to judge it fully; but regardless of how well it turns out, at least they have tried something new with the genre.

By: mojoarcanus

mojoarcanus — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:02:12 +0000

Looks great to me considering the platform. For me, I'll have to taste some of the gameplay before I can judge it overall.

By: Lankershim

Lankershim — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:27:20 +0000

Hm. This is the most unique looking TD game I've seen. Odd that it's being criticized for not being unique.

By: arn

arn — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:02:17 +0000

I don't think "god mode" is an actual mode. Just set for demo purposes. Towers do change appearance with upgrades.

Aside from the graphics/3D, you can't yet compare the game to any other TD game yet. No one outside of Ngmoco knows how the gameplay balance is. And for Tower Defense, gameplay balance is pretty key.

So, there's no point in debating whether or not the game is "better" than Sentinal yet. Graphically, it's pretty damn impressive. Gameplay wise, we'll have to wait until it comes out.

arn

By: IBITF

IBITF — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:51:00 +0000

watched other video
impressions

anyone else notice they die BEFORE the bullets hit them?
the graphics on towers and planets are superb
the enemys?
not so much
hopefully the health system is changed whereas when you hit someone, the green disappears in the health bar instead of changing colors
is there any new strategy elements?
how many upgrades do towers have?
do towers change in appearance when upgraded?
is "god" mode an actual mode?
basically, this sums it up
is there anything that differentiates it from sentinel?
(other then 3D)

By: Blake Patterson

Blake Patterson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:16:43 +0000

I've updated the post to include a link to the story w/ video that we took while out at the Ngmoco offices. Do look at both. We were very impressed with what we saw, the game in hand.

By: RPB1975

RPB1975 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:50:34 +0000

I also am very unimpressed with this trailor. What happened? Did they just give up. Pass from me!

By: IBITF

IBITF — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:24:43 +0000

you know, like mom always used to say……
if you cant beat it make an exact carbon copy of it and brand it from ngmoco!

By: Moff

Moff — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:57:15 +0000

I think it looks like crap to be honest. The light effects aren't impressive at all, and c'mon, no shadows? And it doesn't even look fun to play!

By: IBITF

IBITF — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:40:54 +0000

Doesn't even look good
I think I will keep sentinel thank you very much…….
Hah. So why should I spend five bucks on this?
Because it's EXACTLY like all the other ones but with crappier graphics and it has shiny 3D!!!
Imagine how long the novelty will last
Then it hits ya…….
I just spent five bucks on this
I'll wait to see TAs long drawn out advertisment before I make any rash decisions
(such as ban ngmoco from appaniper….)
But anyways, thank god for screenshots and video. Or else five bucks might have been lost……
Come on people, perfectly good TD games in store already
Dungeon defense, fieldrunners, the creeps, 7 cities, geodefense, elemental monster, sentinel, iT'D, motem, ect…..