Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense

A very good tower defense from a small studio, heavily inspired by Defense Grid 1 & 2 while adding a very well-implemented map modification system. The game offers plenty of variety and is genuinely enjoyable to play, with a particularly strong co-op component that I highly recommend. 100% Steam Achievements Time: 75.9 hours Completion Difficulty: 4/10 Playthrough: 1 Missable: No Guide Recommended: No DLC Required: No Online Required: Yes — Co-op achievements Notable Requirements: Completing a large number of maps on Hard difficulty; completing all co-op maps; various map-building and Survival challenges.

Axon TD strikes me as a bit overrated... or maybe just wildly overpriced. This is a simple enough tower defense game... and credit where it's due, this doesn't completely suck. It's made in a robust enough way and it's well polished and handles well. No problems with the UI, none of that. They differentiate this from other TD's (because without that differentiation this would be far too painfully generic) with gimmicks that allow you to change the enemy attack path and even expand and alter the map geography. Welcome additions, but not enough to justify the insane price. I'd even say this is one of the better TD's on Steam, but for the ludicrous price, this is nowhere near worth spending your money on for a simple TD... remembering that TD's are basically a cut down offshoot of RTS games and you could buy full RTS games like the C&C Remaster for a fraction of the price of this. Why would you buy this when you have so many better options to scratch the same itch? On the upside, the game does feature customisable controls and resolution, so at least some of the basic, minimum requirements have been met. Unfortunately there's a number of other technical defects and shortcomin…

My feelings on [i]Axon TD: Uprising[/i] can be summarised as: [h1]Thoroughly good game, lacks that [i]something[/i] to become great[/h1] [i]ATDU[/i] has [b]so many things[/b] going for it: [list] [*]the Greatest Hits of TD Enemy Design, [*]nice spread of towers with some interesting choices in the mix, [*]it's a maze-building game that [i][b]avoids[/b][/i] the pitfall of being forced to spend your money on trash towers and having to wait [i]ages[/i] before you get to the fun stuff, [*]fully-voiced campaign that's decently written, [*]well-thought out infinite mode, [*]difficulty where Normal gives a TD veteran nice challenge already. [/list] But I finished the campaign with gusto, tried the infinite mode, and... never picked it up again. I like it, but I [i]think[/i] I should like it more, I [i]think[/i] I should love it like one of the greats, but something's amiss. [h3]In conclusion,[/h3] regardless on which part of your journey across the TD genre are, you will likely enjoy it, but you may have trouble falling in love.

Just great old school feel to it. Great graphics and gameplay.

Very solid recommendation, better than many other more well known TDs. The campaign especially is very well crafted, I spent over 40 hours clearing the whole campaign on hard perfecting every map. Its doable, but very hard just the way I like it. If you want to spend your time puzzling through a hard TD challenge this is for you!

Standard, good tower defense. Has all the types of towers you expect, all the types of enemies, mazing, etc... it's "standard" and does it better than most games. If you want "tower defense", this is it. Roguelite aspects are a bonus. Mazing is more important than tower choice in many cases. Sometimes it feels more like a puzzle to solve than actual use of creativity, but still fun!