Defense Grid The Awakening 2010

Defense Grid The Awakening 2010

Language: Multi5 | PC | Developer/Publisher: Hidden Path Entertainment | 419.52 MB
Genre: Strategy (Realtime) / Tower Defense / 3D
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a tower defense video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment for Windows and Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360. The game was one of the titles promoted by Microsoft during their Game Developers Conference keynote speech on February 20, 2008.The game was released for PC on December 8, 2008 and for Xbox 360 on September 2, 2009.

The Mac OS X version of Defense Grid: The Awakening shipped from Virtual Programming on July 7, 2010.
Players must defend military bases from waves of attacking aliens by positioning a range of tower-based weaponry. New levels provided as downloadable content have been developed in the two years since the game's initial release. All reviewers praised the game, with many noting that the quality of the game was high for a budget title.

The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it’s up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base. Beautiful environments, spectacular effects, and a dynamic, engaging soundtrack bring the world to life. The controls are intuitive and the gameplay is deep — the special attacks and properties of each tower work together to provide many ways to succeed.

Gameplay

The player must defend power cores, which are usually located at a power station, from the invading enemy using ten different tower types. Tower construction is limited to specific platforms.

Towers cannot be destroyed by the enemies. The ten tower types are as follows:

Gun: A versatile machine gun turret which is especially effective against shielded and flying enemies.
Cannon: A long-range projectile weapon which has a low rate of fire but inflicts heavy damage. This weapon is effective against strong and shielded enemies and can also hit flying enemies
Inferno: Flamethrower-based tower which is effective against large groups.
Laser: Laser that inflicts damage over time and continues to burn enemies after leaving its firing radius. It is effective against fast enemies.
Tesla: This weapon fires lightning bolts and deals more damage the longer it is charged.It is effective as a last line of defense at exits.
Missile: An anti-air missile tower that cannot target walking aliens.
Command: A tower that increases revenue per alien killed and reveals stealth units within its radius.
Temporal: A tower that emits energy pulses and dramatically slows enemies within its radius.
Concussion: An area of effect weapon that fires explosive grenades. It is effective against large groups.
Meteor: A long-range tower that launches a superheated fireball at the enemy. It is effective against large groups.