One of Gameloft’s latest games that came out just the other night tries to breathe life into a very popular genre in the App Store: Castle Defense. Not to be confused with Tower Defense, Castle Defense games involve defending your castle from an endless onslaught of enemies that can be flicked away with the swipe of a finger. In the past, the gameplay of these have been so monotonously repetitive, you have to ask yourself why are people playing these games.
While there been some notable versions including as Monster Kill and Knights Onrush that have added their own twists to the gameplay, Gameloft’s latest take seems the most ambitious with the use of 3D graphics that adds a surprising amount to the game itself.
Set in a fantasy world, the game offers 10 different types of invaders and 18 strategic upgrades. Gameloft’s video shows off the gameplay really well and is worth a watch:
Readers who have already grabbed the game seem to be enjoying it and New England Gamer details its distinguishing features well:
There are different ways to kill your enemies with the fire ball, the ice ball, the griffon (how they spell it) and feeding them to the hydra. In addition you can purchase tornados and lightning spells. You can upgrade to the boulder spell which makes a boulder to roll over enemies. There is also the all powerful ghost army. There are ten types of enemies that each need to be killed in a different manner. Upgrades are available at the end of each day in the campaign mode. Catch an energy ball from a warlock for example and divert it back to kill other enemies. Redirect the bomb from the Bomb Goblin to kill enemies.
But there is also the usual dropping, slamming and throwing into the wall way of killing (though that won’t work with some enemies). Feeding them to the hydra gains you life points that are needed in addition to the gold you earn for upgrades.
So there are lots of additions to the flicking and there is some strategy involved with the enemies – especially when hoards approach! Ice, fire, griffon, flick, bomb, etc. Its pretty frenzied at some points.
Some in our forums are calling it the best Castle Defense game so far, and even with our brief time with the game, we’d have to agree. So, if you’ve enjoyed these types of games before, Castle Frenzy is worth serious consideration.
App Store Link: Castle Frenzy, $1.99
