Written by Anthony L. Cuaycong
Title: Defense Grid 2
Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher: Hidden Path Entertainment
Genre: Strategy, Simulation
Price: $19.99
Also Available On: PS4, Steam, XB1
Defense Grid 2 - The popular tower defense game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment following a crowd-funding campaign in 2012 finally makes its way to the Switch. For all the time it took from conception to conversion, it’s right at home in the hybrid console. Your top-down perspective as commander of mankind’s forces tasked to protect various installations against invading aliens dead set on claiming all-important power cores is encompassing at worst. The solid interface likewise allows you to properly strategize on the nature and locations of towers you build in order to combat specific sets of enemies.
Parenthetically, Defense Grid 2 compels you to add to and manage the resources at your disposal wisely amid changing objectives. Included in your continuing assessments are the types and extents of upgrades over over the course of a given scenario. The Switch version likewise contains the five-mission expansion “Aftermath” and allows for collocated competitive or cooperative gameplay in the Story and Defense Modes. It may be long in the tooth and just one in a sea of titles available in the genre, but it has kept its place among the best, and with reason.
THE GOOD
- Engrossing gameplay
- Expanded content
- Excellent port, with sharp graphics and stellar interface
THE BAD
- Occasional bugs
- Stages can be generic
- Few, and ultimately irrelevant, customization elements
RATING: 9/10
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