Defense Task Force - Sci Fi Tower Defense

I like the game, but since it's not possible to save your progress I can't recommend it. If the developers implement a rewind system (like Defense Grid, for instance), I will be glad to change this review, but just now if you want to progress in the game you need a good memory to remember where your towers were an then place them again and use the speed up button, or a lot of time to play 50 or more waves.

Very buggy. Sloppy code, uses a TON of resources, GPU use is through the roof on a 1080ti, slow load times, random freezes before/after levels, program crashes with error dumps. Not ready for prime time.

You only need one word to describe this game: uninspired. It's basically a Defense Grid ripoff where you play the same couple of maps over and over against the same enemies. If you're looking for a TD, pick up something good like Kingdom Rush. Also, notice how the glowing reviews are free review copies?

Fun but hard. Expect to fail a lot until you build up your research.

[u]06/30/2018 build 01.07.22[/u] I thought the tower defense genre was dead which was very sad because I'm a huge fan of TD games but then Defense Task Force was available on steam and I bought it. At first it was marked as not interested because the videos on steam didn't tell much about the core game mechanics. It was just the usual bling bling stuff which I'm not a fan of but a video of Xterminator on Youtube changed my feelings about Defense Task Force completely and I'm happy to have the game now. [h1]The basics of this tower defense game[/h1] You play on a map where you have to defeat creeps with different weaknesses. If too many creeps reach the extractor on the map it is over and you have to start again. You're getting energy for defeated creeps to build different towers like... [list] [*]machine gun [*]cannon [*]missile [*]proton pulse [*]plasma beam [*]fire (flame thrower) [*]space-time (slows down creeps) [*]tesla [*]toxic [*]sniper [/list] [h1]Research[/h1] ...

Defense Task Force. Exciting tower defense game with great visualization and sound effects. The visualization effects is too good that distracted my attention and forgets about building my towers initially! I am starting at the medium difficulty level and it seems to me it will be quite some effort to farm energy to research tower upgrades and open new maps. I will comment further to see how some of the general research will help to solve this. To see my first try on this game, this is the link to the video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/276383652 Loving it so far!! I look forward to challenging the tougher aliens in the next episode.

Great game overall and I highly recommend it. Little tedious at first untill you build up and upgrade your skills and maps. I enjoy going 2,000 plus levels on a map. Great concept of having to build up each weapons so high...at frst i was dissapointed in having to put so much into it to build it up but it gave me reason, motivation for doing so and had fun doing it to, I am still surprised that the balance on easy is so hard. I am a very experieced TD gamer and this is one of the hardest game i have ever played on easy. I should try it on the next difficutly level up,,,maybe it is better balanced than easy??? Just needs a minor tweek though, like giveing 2.5% more resources rewards for enemys killed. I am greatly looking forward to the next game with more ttraining options. bigger and more complex maps and of course no limit on levels in EASY MODE

I've got just under 200 hours in this game to date and have played the campaign through to it's conclusion on medium, hard and insane difficulties. So was it worth it? Pros: It has a very nice intro cinematic that sets the scene and gives the game context. The tower graphics and animations are very detailed and pleasing to the eye. There are lots of tower types. all with their own upgrade trees. Plenty of different monsters with adequate graphics and animations. Cons: The story is limited to just the intro cinematic and does not continue throughout the game. There isn't even an end game screen when you complete all the levels. Every level looks the same because it's a water world with each map set in the sea with a few randomly generated islands around the edges. All the maps are very similar, the majority of them iterations of earlier maps. Limited number of maps, only a handful of which are worth playing. It's too easy, even on insane difficulty level. Seasoned TD players will find...

To be entirely honest, it's far from being a good game, and yes I know I played a half an hour, but I already have quite the opinion. The backstory is awesome, but when they get to the planet, how they "set up" on it was definitely ridiculous. They literally built a base as if it were a tower defense map, including a long ramp into the ocean, which is entirely useless, especially to their apparent time since they managed to get a decent crew to set up a base, that makes no sense, within what I'm guessing to be at least a day. The arrival of the new planet is also ridiculous, because the likelyhood of a whole new planet arriving in our solarsytem via a portal or wormhole, is so low, that one could say it is impossible. And you don't need get me started on about how stupid it is that they went to the planet without hesitation, because it is further away from the sun than the Earth is, in fact it would likely be at below freezing temperatures before they could even try to get to it. Asi...

Avoid. The premise and graphics are indeed intriguing. Unfortunately, the balance for any serious gamer is total garbage as of my post and many dozens if not hundreds of hours of gameplay. If you'd like a graphically pleasing tower defense game to stroke your bits for an hour or two and you can spare the dosh, have at it. If you're looking for compelling gameplay with a progressive challenge, look elsewhere.