Citadelic

The basis of this game is a lot of fun, but it gets insanely tedious after about 20 rounds. Don't even think about rounds 40+. With some tweaks, this could be a really good game. I'd say for $10, this is a pass, but at half-off, you'll probably get enough fun out of it. Follow this one and see if the updates make it better before you make a decision. Definitely has potential.

So the game has some potential but after playing a few hours there's a serious design flaw in the playability. It seems as if you have to defend from several different types of attackers (stealth, mechanical, shielded, organic, flying etc) from every direction from every location since there are no walls or paths or anything. The range on the towers is too small so you simply can't build enough towers to defend from all the different classes of invaders. It's too bad because as far as I can figure, it's an unfixable flaw with the game. Couple that with the upgrades coming too slow (only 1 per level possible max). If you have 40 towers, and they each have 3-4 augment slots, then it would take you 140 levels to fill all your augment slots.

To preface this recommendation, I would like to say that I am not a fan of Steam's recommend system. In the game's current state, it would be more accurate to say "Wait for a sale or wait for some updates." Here's why: The Good: The game's good parts are good, but nothing to write home about. IMO it doesn't outweigh the bad. - The game is sleek and runs well. Performance is never an issue even on higher waves. - The game is fun. It's a simplistic tower defense game that uses a hexagon pattern as a layout to place down towers. Has multiple types of enemies, ranging from slow/heavy armor tanks, to fast flying stealth enemies. - Plenty of replay value here. There are a ton of modifiers for the game, five difficulties ranging from easy to brutal, and the evolution mechanic makes every run unique. No more memorizing the waves like in Bloons. - Some base customization. You can purchase different pieces for your base that change it's look, while also tweaking the bonuses you get from certain pieces. You could have a fortress made of sand for a nice early game econ boost, or a reinforced citadel for longevity. With some more pieces and perhaps some optional cosmetic options for fashio…

No story, no gimmicks, just hardcore, hexed-based, plan-and-play tower defense. With fair scaling choices and cunning use of your buildings, progressively grow your bubble of and empire and push back the tide of alien critters and machines alike!

SO ... I am going to recommend you buy this game at 5 dollars. I think they have built a game worthy of that price. This game is VERY simple. It's VERY easy to play. On normal, you could fall asleep and basically get to level 100 if your brain is attached. Once you unlock of few of the citadel upgrades and other upgrades it gets stupidly easy. On some settings you don't even need to kill enemies anymore. You can just build a huge shield wall and still earn lots of revenue. It's really just hard to lose. What I lose to is boredom. Waiting for levels to finish takes forever. I don't lose because I just quit playing. Took me two days to reach level 100 but it was never hard. Once you get the upgrade that slows down how fast the next wave spawns ... it's just too darn easy. Do it to get the stickers but lol don't replay it that way or you will hate this game. It does get far more challenging once you enter hard mode so that is very cool =) Developers: Please add a 4x and 8x fast forward button for the love of all that is good and decent in the world!!!! Also it would be fun it tiles had random effects like bonuses and penalties so you had to build around them to optimize. FUN TIP…

i like it but dont know why.... its pretty fun to test diffrent strategies but the game itself is very small and you cant do much but i kind of like tower defense + rogue like (after each wave you can select a random artifact to implement into one of your towers) sadly some strategies are not valid on my pc because after placing like 600 towers, the game starts lagging if the price is acceptable for you and you like to have some fun time while watching anime or something like that, its worth a try. approx fun game time is 5-15 hours in the current state of the game (atm: 2023-02-19)