Arrow Defense – tower defense game of defending your ancient empire with archers
by Antonio Wells
Aug 25, 2012 11:38 AM –
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Arrow Defense is a tower defense-like game where you defend your wall from various hoards of enemies by shooting arrows at them. If you’ve played the developer’s other title, Enemy at the Gate, then you’ll notice some familiar foes. Full of non-stop action, weapon & character power-ups, end of level bosses and more, let’s check out this addictive game in our app review.
Price: Free, plus In-app purchases
Tested on: Samsung Galaxy S3
Content Rating: Low Maturity
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Highly challenging and addictive tower defense-like game!
- Upgrade your weapons and characters from earning in-game currency!
- Good gaming “threshold”, meaning in-app purchases are optional and not mandatory in order to progress, unlike some freemium titles!
- Connected with another game, Enemy at the Gate, which offers discovery of characters and good story to follow!
- Good time-waster game!
Features:
Arrow Defense pits you as the sole archer defending your great wall from hoards of baddies, defeating them all. It’s not of the traditional tower defense sense games we’ve reviewed, yet you guard your one tower rather than positioning many and enemies attack like in Plants vs. Zombies. Some have different strengths and weaknesses. Whereas, some have to make it all the way to your wall to attack you, while others can fling fire balls at you from a distance. Most disposable pawns attack you in a straight line path, but some bosses can move about freely, even hide behind pawns for greater gaming challenge. If you press and hold an area, a sort of light-blue laser will appear and shoot multiple arrows in that direct, just hold and drag it around for rapid continuous shots.
Each level gets progressively tougher and you must upgrade your weaponry; this includes Agility, Strength, and HP from the gold points and tokens you earn in battle. Other power-ups include unlocking various characters to inherit their weapons like Multi-arrows, Ice & Fire arrows, or Poison arrows.
In all, it’s quite addictive as well as challenging for fans of the genre. And to keep the game from being repetitious you can look forward to random opponents, bosses of different skills and new arrow characters to unlock. Lastly, you can accelerate your skills by purchasing tokens within the game with real cash.
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Arrow Defense in Gameplay 1
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Arrow Defense in Gameplay 2
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Arrow Defense in Gameplay 3
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Arrow Defense Fire Arrows
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Arrow Defense Ice Arrows
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Arrow Defense Poison Arrows
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Arrow Defense Wicked Attack Formation
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Arrow Defense Hold on an Area to Fire Multiple Arrows
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Arrow Defense in Gameplay with Level Boss
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Arrow Defense Start Screen
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Arrow Defense Level-up your Powers
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Arrow Defense Purchase Powers In-App
Fun Factor & Addictive:
Arrow Defense is more challenging than fun, yet very addictive as the levels get tougher; it makes you want to push yourself to defeat all enemies coming your way, plus it’s intriguing to see who’s the next boss and what new powers you will unlock.
Graphics:
The graphics are very cartoon-like, but match the atmosphere of the gaming experience with like an ancient Chinese empire. The story-line hints in between battles seem to keep that same style, learning of characters, as well.
Accelerometer, Vibration & Sound:
Arrow Defense features accompanying background music that you can toggled on the bottom left row of icons on the start screen.