Gnomes

After watching my boy Regie I was convinced I need to play this and I did not regret it. Game is fantastic. I cant really agree with any of the complaints i've read in the review section as normal rounds throughout the campaign only really go to 16 days and are quickly played through. Thus it never becomes bothersome to moves your gnomes as needed. Overall, I think the balance isnt quite perfect and one flaw is that you cannot see preemtively what enemy types are on each map. That could be improved. Beside that though, an absolutely fantastic indie game, big GJ Developer! You earned that Reggie Promo. Now please, make a few more maps cause I want to play this game even more! And I guess one more thing I find missing is that there is very few things that are "gnome selection" specific items that you cannot just roll on others. While anyone can be anything is cool, I love some unique effects like how the Monk class has an item turning barrels to houses.

this....

it's just like the old days of TD in WC3

Can be difficult to get going in certain builds but incredibly fun when you figure out how each map and starting set work together. Sewer + moving stone upgrade is easy mode and perfect for long term slaughter :))

RNG pleasure

Monster spawn points change every turn, so you have to reposition your "turrets" each time. The key is to create corridors and channel the monsters along specific paths, but it takes time and there are obstacles. Plus, it’s pointless when there are groups of flying monsters (which ignore obstacles and fly in a straight line) coming from all directions. My problem is that you spend too much time optimising your defences EVERY turn, yet the enemies’ turn ends in 5 seconds when they’ve passed through, and victory or defeat is determined straight away. It’s like spending ages and a lot of patience baking a cake to perfection, only for someone else to eat it in one go… For all that time invested, I want to see my defences in action. I’d like less but longer waves, I'd like the waves to last at least as long as it took to plan the strategy. In short, it’s not a bad game, but I just can’t enjoy it. It lacks that satisfying aspect of Tower Defence where you see the enemy crashing into your defences. It’s as if an army management game with dozens of troops had been reduced to a game of chess: there’s still plenty of strategy, but none of that feeling that makes the original game so satisfy…