Anomaly: Warzone Earth

I played all the Anomaly games years ago. They're basically puzzle games where you decide a convoy's route to minimise the damage they take from towers, while maximising advantages like range, durability, etc. which change from unit to unit. You also want to minimise the amount you have to use special abilities and maximise the number of towers destroyed as it gives you money you can use to add units to the convoy and upgrade them. There's a little bit of arcade challenge as you have to control your commander and make sure he goes around to pick up ability drops, but is also nearby during combat so he can use abilities and heal units. He can even tank shots as a decoy (he regenerates health) to distract towers and delay them firing on the units. So it's a very min/max puzzle game. Even things like the healing ability can be min/maxed as it's an area of effect, so you can re-order the convoy so that the most damaged units stay in the area longer. I think people who think it's about wait...

This one is good!

Definitely different from anything else that I have ever played. Direct your convoy onto various set paths in order to take out the defenses, while you help out with powerups. Reverse TD, basically. Very fun. The whole series is pretty good, and worth checking out.

I couldn't find myself really enjoying this. It's an alright Tower Defense title all things considered, but it just doesn't pull me in.

Awesome game, even after all these years!

We kick some ass!