11:27 PM
David
Title: Matrix Defender
Genre: Tower Defense
Price: $2.99
I am a big fan of tower defense games. To say i was excited when i downloaded this app would be an understatement. When you start up the game you are presented with three different options for game play. Boot camp, normal and hell mode. I know what you're thinking "this inst my first rodeo i know how tower defense games roll son" I made the same mistake too and was taken out quickly in the first round on normal. After picking my pride back up off of the floor i went back to the main menu and hit up the boot camp. With matrix defender you have 4 different pods/towers that you can deploy onto the map. 3 of these towers are for attacking the oncoming bots that are trying to make it to the end of the map. The cool thing about these pods is that they can be upgraded and enhanced to different weapons of your choice. For example the tower that starts off as a flame thrower can be upgraded to a laser beam that if positioned in the right place can hit more than one enemy at a time, which is good for strategy. 
There is a plethora of maps to choose from basic to expert. What i noticed while playing is that its all how you position your towers and how quickly you can upgrade them. The last pod is used to assist the towers in range are slow down or damage the shields of the enemies in range. On normal mode you have a bit of time during each round to place and upgrade your towers before the next round started. That is not the case in hell mode (which i assume is why it is called hell mode) This game is challenging to say the least! even on normal mode i still have yet to make it out of the first map to get to the second map. seriously i make it to the last round every time and get demolished. One thing that i would have liked to see in this game is a sandbox level where i can have time to set everything up and see how long my towers can last. Also it would be nice if you could control the speed of the game, slow it down or speed it up. Its a bit pricey for a tower defense game but if this is a genre that you are interested in then it is worth the buy. This will easily be hours of playtime on your ipad or iphone. My overall rating for this title would be a 3.5 out of 5
David
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