Wrack: Exoverse

Let me preface this with: https://steamcommunity.com/app/520660/discussions/0/1626286205697241168/ That being said, the game is extremely laggy on minimum settings with a GTX 1060 and an Intel Core i7-8750H. 16 GB of RAM. The only drive is an SSD. This makes the game almost unplayable even in the tutorial.

While roguelike features are a fun twist to the action tower defense genre, it's unfinished with plenty of placeholders. The core of the game is fun and interesting but once you start seeing placeholders for items and t-posing characters in a fully released game your immersion will be broken and you won't take it seriously anymore. The bigger issue it has is it never got advertised much and the fans of the original Wrack weren't really into TD genre, so there was no one this would cater too, unless you were lucky to find it, for that reason the developers went out of business and it's now never gonna be complete. I'll still recommend it as the game is good, for what there is, but do take this into the account if you're gonna get it.

Tower Defense and Action Roguelike genres don't mix very well with each other, and the core gameplay here isn't much fun either. Turrets can't rotate, can overheat from firing, and have overly complex attack patterns. Random items also spawn between waves. I'm not sure about it but levels and enemy wave compositions might be randomized too. Considering all this, the gunplay becomes wildly randomized as well. It's very hard to keep track of everything so you're just going to be running around trying to do your best not to let the situation spiral out of control. I felt like level completion boils down to my luck much more than my strategy. Honestly, in my opinion Tower Defense games should be about figuring out the most effective setups for each level. Yet here I felt like everything is just kind of thrown together. It probably wouldn't be too bad but I once found a turret not shooting at all because I totally misunderstood its attack pattern and the other one being disabled due to overheat for a while, almost losing me the wave - all while I was too busy dodging and headshotting enemies. Can't say I was excited to continue soon afterwards. Just go play Sanctum 2 instead.

I've been a massive fan of tower defense games growing up as a kid. This was by far the best I have ever experienced. The first person action you get was a new feature to me and I absolutely LOVE the rogue aspect of the game which makes things even more interesting. The game definitely scratched that tower defense itch I had and I continue to come back to it. Every new round is different from the last and you will find some runs harder than others which keeps your engaged every time you start a new run or continue a previous one. The different characters is another fun aspect that will highly encourage you to complete the game with each one and you will find your favorite. Each character is different in their own way so its really just a lot of fun to keep you playing for hours. If you are a fan of games with rogue like aspects this is totally for you. If you're a fan of tower defense games you might get confused at first about going into 1st person but soon will be extremely thankful and have yourself a few laughs along the way. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride everyone, throw on some tunes and try your best to get on the scoreboard if you can, good luck, have fun and the commu…

very fun game

A game that tried to do too many things, and ended up not doing any of them well. Sadly the developers have also gone out of business, so there are probably no fixes in the future. My own experience was that it was enjoyable for a little over half an hour, then bogged down and I walked away. Oddly enough that is just long enough to make a refund impossible. Coincidence? No clue. Shame too, because it looked good, but it never really lived up to that promise. In addition a tower defense with towers that only shoot in one direction is pretty rough to play. The first-person-shooter aspect overwhelms the TD stuff anyway, and TD is what I was hoping for, with a little FPS on the side. Simply cannot give this a thumbs up, sorry.