Reviews for: Garden Defense

Stevsta's Review - February 14, 2008 - View all my reviews (2)

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Deja vu

This game is a great take from the classic tower defense games found in custom maps for Warcraft 3 and various other strategy games. The brilliance in it is that it takes what can be a very complex type of game and simplifies it down to a level that almost anyone would be able to understand and play without reducing it so much that vital aspects are left out.

Basically for people wondering to download it or not, the game gives you money to buy "towers" and upgrades which will help prevent bugs from getting to a garden as they make their way through a given path. It requires smart placement and choice of your "towers", as well as fast decisions because you can also move your "towers" in the middle of a wave even after you have placed them.

It is great for people who want a challenge as well as people who like a fast moving game. Myself, a experienced tower defense player playing the game on the hardest difficulty am finding it to be relatively challenging, while from an earlier review someone claims to have passed the entire game within 2 hours; so if you are the type of person who likes playing on easy and speeding through games it will also suit your needs.

If you have never played anything like this I recommend downloading it as it is defiantly worth trying.

This review has an average score of 4 - Based on 29 ratings
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eric24x's Review - February 13, 2008 - View all my reviews (3)

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Great Game

This game is one of the best games from Reflexive I have played since The Great Tree.

This game is similar to Master Of Defense. The main idea of this game is to place garden defenses (gnomes, plants, flamingos, etc.) to prevent bugs and pests from getting to your flowers. You may think this is an easy task, well think again! Some bugs fly, some crawl, some bugs are faster than others. It's total chaos out there!

To add to the excitement of Story Mode, there is a Challenge Mode where you complete levels based on certain rules, such as "Complete this level using only Gnomes and nothing else" This creates a fun diversion if you need a break from Story Mode.

Overall this game is great!
I would definitely recommend this game to any Reflexive Gamer.

This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 16 ratings
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ms255's Review - June 2, 2008 - View all my reviews (6)

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A sparkling example of the Tower Defense genre

I have played many Tower Defense games, but Garden Defense is easily one of the more enjoyable TDs out there.

The objective of the game is to destroy waves of bugs (land based and flying) using a selection of ornaments, plants and even your own insects. Towers (well, gnomes, cacti and so on) each have a different role to play, and all upgrade extensively.

So why is this Tower Defense better than others? Firstly, the balance is very finely tuned. Rather than exponential wave strength increase, GD takes a far more sensible linear pacing. This leads to close-fought battles to desperately take down escaping bugs, and the fair balance allows multiple solutions to each level.

The game has only 3 static defences. Plants grow stronger over time (but require fertilizing to speed things up) and are also self-perpetuating: you are given a free juvenile plant in the form of a bud once one plant is "maxed out".

Ornaments, on the other hand, can be moved (although they need time to set up again) to chase down bugs that have slipped through the net. They do not grow over time, but you can upgrade them more than once per wave.

The final type of defence is your own bugs, purchased at a small cost and sent backwards around the path to engage other insects. They can be surprisingly destructive and are an interesting option.

I have several niggles - my main one being that Sunflowers and Gnomes are sickeningly overpowered. As a single player game, this can be ignored until difficulty (a.k.a Centipedes) forces your hand into using them. Additionally, the game's upgrading system causes duplication of roles - Cacti and Nightbells (and Cherubs and Flamingoes) both upgrade to hit both ground and air, becoming near-identical in function.

That said, killing insects with pelted seeds, spines, rockets, poison or Cherub... water is just plain fun, and the squishy pulp of dead insects will bring tears of joy to your eyes. Give this one a go... just don't hold your breath for

This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 8 ratings
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catcher's Review - July 1, 2008 - View all my reviews (3)

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Garden Defense

I found this game to be addicting. Very nicely done, and humorous too (Flamingo Montoya, etc.)!

Suggestions for improvements:
(1) Perhaps a few more levels to make the game last longer.
(2) Add option to sell back items purchased in the Lab. It became clear after I'd gained experience that items I'd purchased earlier (when I didn't really know what I was doing) weren't all that useful.
(3) Experience points accumulate a bit too slowly. There are so many goodies I'd like to try out but I'll not get the chance unless I start from the beginning and play through the game again.
(4) There's some odd bug (no pun intended) in the software -- it causes my PC to run sluggishly after I shut the game down. Maybe a memory leak? And I have 1 Gig of RAM.
(5) A better save-game feature so that when I fail a level I can go back to a specific point in the game where things started to go badly for me. That way, I don't have to start from the beginning just to try out some different strategies.
(6) IMO, that Super-Gnome with the rocket launcher isn't all that powerful considering all the money needed to upgrade it. BTW, that's one of the features I'd like to "sell back" in the lab.

This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 1 ratings
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cooleustary's Review - May 29, 2009 - View all my reviews (2)

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Great!!

I really enjoyed this game!

Actually, this is my first strategy game, and it really give me a good impression. yet, it is really a strategy game.

At first, i just wanna give it a try but then, I'm addicted to it! seriously, to all gamers that love challenge, this is what you are looking for. I can bet u'll love it the way i did.

the sound is also cool. it really suit the situation and give effect to what you are doing. the graphic is also nice. okay thats all. overall, this game rocks! :)

This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 2 ratings
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