Just FYI, this game is on major sale until Friday (19 Feb, 2010) for PC and Mac at http://www.theindiebundle.com/ (the store was set up by the original developers). For $20 you can get And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, Eufloria, Machinarium and Osmos (usual total is $85).
@abgar: Looks like 47drift only has 200 points to spend, so that's why he's choosing Escapee Go. An excellent choice imo.
Link 'n' Launch looks good but is it worth 500 points? Still a little on the fence about this. I remember a similar game to this on a minigame compilation I had a while back. You placed pipe pieces on a launchpad grid to route the most fuel to your spaceship. The difference was it was a 4 player game.
@sylkirian I like Starship Defense better, but Fieldrunners is good too. Fieldrunners plays the tower defense subgenre straight (standard enemy types and towers, place towers to path enemies, gets a bit repetitive after 50 or so rounds). It's essentially a clone of Desktop Tower Defense with nice graphics. Starship Defense has more variety in strategy and levels, is more polished, and is more original overall.
That said, Fieldrunners is a very good game and well worth the 500 points, especially if you're hankering for some tower defense on the go. I'm pleased with my purchase and I expect to spend quite a few hours playing it since the game is quite challenging on higher difficulties.
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Re: First Impressions: And Yet It Moves
Just FYI, this game is on major sale until Friday (19 Feb, 2010) for PC and Mac at http://www.theindiebundle.com/ (the store was set up by the original developers). For $20 you can get And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, Eufloria, Machinarium and Osmos (usual total is $85).
Re: Review: Link 'n' Launch (DSiWare)
@abgar: Looks like 47drift only has 200 points to spend, so that's why he's choosing Escapee Go. An excellent choice imo.
Link 'n' Launch looks good but is it worth 500 points? Still a little on the fence about this. I remember a similar game to this on a minigame compilation I had a while back. You placed pipe pieces on a launchpad grid to route the most fuel to your spaceship. The difference was it was a 4 player game.
Re: Review: Fieldrunners (DSiWare)
@sylkirian I like Starship Defense better, but Fieldrunners is good too. Fieldrunners plays the tower defense subgenre straight (standard enemy types and towers, place towers to path enemies, gets a bit repetitive after 50 or so rounds). It's essentially a clone of Desktop Tower Defense with nice graphics. Starship Defense has more variety in strategy and levels, is more polished, and is more original overall.
That said, Fieldrunners is a very good game and well worth the 500 points, especially if you're hankering for some tower defense on the go. I'm pleased with my purchase and I expect to spend quite a few hours playing it since the game is quite challenging on higher difficulties.