Customer Reviews

Dungeon Defenders [Download]

5 star:		(27)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

Played this game for about 6 hours straight yesterday with a couple of buddies and had a blast. We got up to the 2nd boss fight before wiping, but were able to adapt our tactics and down the 2nd boss before he got close to our crystals.

I think this game is one of the most fun co-op games I've played in years, and I don't understand where people come off saying it's repetitive, unoriginal, or that it lacks difficulty or depth. The only problems I've had with the game so far are just bug-fix related (a few disconnects and crashes), and the fact that the huntress is pretty much outclassed by every other hero.

I've clocked 21 hours into the game (a lot of it in just repeating the lower levels remaking characters on the open vs ranked servers when trendynet was being glitchy, or just restarting characters with new friends, etc), and just cleared the 2nd "act" of 3 last night. I've been most impressed with how the boss fights have turned out so far. They've all been a hectic scramble between maintaining defenses, healing, dps-ing the boss (or whatever related objective you need to kill), and making sure to replace/upgrade any faltering defenses when you get the chance.

That being said - if you are absolutely against playing co-op and want to try this game single-player, don't bother. It is a very poor single-player experience, and frankly was never meant to be played as a single-player game. Convince a friend or two to buy the game, or join a game w/ some random people online, but just don't even bother trying the game solo. It's 1/10th of what it is even with just 1 other person.

If I had to give a numbers rating, I'd give it the following:

Graphics: 8.5 - Torchlight meets tower defense. The bright visuals can be a little distracting from whats going on, but for the most part they present the action well and give the game a feel of its own.

Sound: 8.0 - There are a few good sounds in the game that you'll hear over and over (grunting orcs, screaming suicide goblins, ballistae & fire towers launching death at your foes), but I would have liked more sound effects and voice-work from the ogres, bosses, and other more unique mobs. This is not only to give them personality, but as well as to give you audio feedback to help in your defense. For example, hearing a wyvern screech or something would help give an audio heads-up before seeing "An Eternia Crystal is under attack!"

Gameplay: 4.0 for SP, 9.5 for MP - Seriously, don't bother with the single player. Sure, you can still benefit from mutliple building types, provided you have a hero of a high enough level, but this game was meant to be played in coop, and it excels at precisely that. Almost all of my time playing the game (beyond the first few introductory levels) has been wonderfully frantic.

Interface: 8.0 - During combat, the interface works fairly well. The default setup for the 0-9 keys is pretty solid. Repairing, attacking, and building can all be done on the fly with relative ease. Outside of combat though, there are a few issues I have with the interface.

First off, it is very hard to get any solid stat information out of the dungeon defenders tooltips. As a game that is very heavily based around stats & loot drops, this is a big issue. When assigning skill points, or deciding on loot that increases 'x' stat by 'y' number of points, you have no idea how much more effective you or your towers will be until you're in combat.

Also, certain bits of information, such as the number of defense points a particular tower costs, or a brief description of what the different towers do, is hidden behind a few layers of menus when it could be easily added as a tooltip when mousing over the appropriate 0-9 key.

They do have one non-combat UI innovation, however, that I expect to see popping up in games heavily based around loot drops. They have a "thumbs up/thumbs down" indicator that will allow you to tell, at a glance, whether an item is obviously better or worse than what you have equipped. They have a sideways thumb also, for when it's too close to tell. It was about 90% accurate - I occasionally disagreed with it when I was looking to max one stat in particular over another.., but nothing huge.

This indicator, combined with a "sell all" button that sold all of your non-locked items (you can select to lock items so you don't accidentally sell them), made getting rid of "vendor trash" incredibly easy.

OVERALL: 9.1 - The game has some issues that need ironing out (mostly bugs, disconnects, and a few interface quirks), but overall it delivers a very solid & frantic cooperative experience that I have enjoyed immensely. This title will definitely be my gaming circle's go-to title for the next little while.

I personally was not planning on buying this game. I saw a preview, and I kept hearing about it, but as someone who has never really delved into tower defense games, and not particularly interested in them, I just sort of wrote it off. This game kept popping up around me though, and I ended up watching a video of the devs playing the first 2 levels, and was pretty impressed. After seeing all the cool stuff this game has I went and got it, and I've now got quite a bit of time under my belt. The price on amazon is a steal, the game has tons of content for the price your paying, if you choose to play all 4 classes, max level them, collect loot, train pets, play pvp, do the challenges, you just have tons and tons of stuff to do. The game is also being supported post release, there are at least 2 new classes coming, and what sounds like new challenges/maps/loot/pets etc, so expect future dlc. If you intend to play the game as a single player game I don't recommend this game, maybe another game would be good for you, the game was designed for multiplayer, so try to get your friends to get the game as well otherwise I would maybe look at a different game for yourself. Me and my girlfriend have been playing split screen on the PC and it's been great fun, not to stressing on medium, and the maps get super chaotic but there is no pressure to complete the map, just have fun getting to whichever wave we get too by ourselves.

If you like tower defense games, I recommend the Squire or the Mage, and if you like action beat them up games go ahead and try out the squire or the archer. I have no experience playing monk yet, and he is recommended for experienced players.

Also the controls are actually really straightforward, I don't know why the other reviewer seemed confused. I think Mouse + Keyboard is optimal for pc version, but my 360 wired controller feels alright, and my gf uses it well. It's slightly weird to aim with the ranged guys with controller and to use the camera, it's much easier with mouse for me.

Dungeon Defenders is fantastic, it is truly one of the most addictive and fun games around right now. I found myself LAN'ing it with a group of friends for almost twenty four hours straight. It is simple in its implementation but the large amount of activity generated by constant rummaging for better gear and the upgrading of weapons, armor and pets in order to maximize your characters ability to hit stuff or its towers ability to hit stuff is just overall incredibly satisfying. The only thing this game could possibly have to make it better are the 2 extra characters unlocked that they are planning on releasing. If your considering parting with the small amount of money this game will set you back, don't even worry about it. You will be glad you bought the game.

If you like tower defense games, this is a great one.

This game would have received 5 stars, but every few days the developers make huge balance changes to the game, only to nerf the change a few days later. They are horrible about testing their changes and rarely have accurate/complete patch notes. Stealth nerfs happen on almost every patch. Plus the game is totally overrun by hackers and cash shops.

If you want to get a good idea about how unhappy people are, just go the games official forums.

For the price, this game is awesome. I ordered it from Steam, but it's cheaper on Amazon. I'd suggest this game to anyone that likes Tower Defense/RPG games. The system requirements are wrong though. The minimum is a single core CPU, not a dual core.

I bought this game on sale for $2.99 from Amazon. For the price it's well worth it. It is like a tower defense based version of Magicka and with friends it's extremely enjoyable. You'll have plenty of laughs. The game conveniently activates on steam, which is a plus. Overall its a great game to play with your friends.

I bought 3 copies of this. I play with my 8 year old and 6 year old. Not overly complex. They picked it up pretty quick. There's no blood, though maybe some squishy green orc blood. Anyway, yes it's got a lot of hack and slash to it, but in between waves, you are strategizing what type of defenses to place where, and in conjunction with which other players defenses it should go with. We have a lot of fun planning and upgrading defenses. And of course through Steam we all get to talk to each other on headsets. Plus there's a lot of words on screen in menu so the young one get's some reading reinforcment too. All in all I give it a solid 4 out of 5. Only reason that I can't award it a 5: The UI is clunky and poorly designed. I have some issues occasionally with my wireless xbox controller too. Steam issues also create some headaches for me, but I can work around them. In addition, the game has crashed once on 2 out of the 3 pcs too. So it's got some design issues. Still, it's hard to find fairly entertaining, light on realistic violance, and contains thinking elements for my boys and me. This is that game. I recommend it.

me and my buddies were tired of playing xbox so we bought this one. Well worth the money. Have played it for a week so far and still not bored. easily run on the computer. Team play is a must.

I used to play tower defense games on my web browser through sites that have all sorts of flash games. Then when I bought an iPod, I played them on there. I always loved them. A few days before I purchased this game I had just joined Steam, and I saw this on the store. I saw the trailer on it and It looked interesting. I decided to look up reviews and game-play videos, and I could not believe it. It was a Tower Defense title + MMO. It had all the great aspects of MMO's such as, Character classes and progression (Hero), Items & weapons for your Hero, Currency to buy items with, loot, and even a pet. But they still kept the "Tower Defense" aspect of it in there, doing missions and challenges, all which consist of tactics -setting up defenses and preventing the enemy waves from reaching and destroying your team's crystal. This was so shocking, I had to try it out. I played the demo and I could not play it online, so it was pure solo. I have got to say while it may be slightly entertaining, it is not meant to be played only solo. It just lacks the social component which makes it an MMO. But on the other hand, co-op is GREAT. I convinced a buddy to get the game, (he's not a huge PC gamer) and now he's hooked on this. The ability to join people's game and meet them and learn strategies, or even hosting your own game and inviting your buddies to tackle the missions is very, very fun.

I highly recommend this game to anyone who is looking for a great co-op game to play, MMO and Tower Defense freaks alike.

It's very worth it, $2.99 instead of $15.99 through steam. Of course, Steam always always persuades you with in-game items..

damn!
I am a hermit, and don't usually do a lot of on-line gaming. DD is a treat both for the single player maps (quickly defused...) and the best split-screen gaming I've seen yet. You may not give a rat's ass about the holiday maps DLC or extra costumes, but its worth a few extra bucks to get the new characters and PVP/PVE maps.
Have Fun,
O3