As I mentioned in the Rez topic, I downloaded Rez at 3 in the morning Tues night/Wed morning, but was so into playing Pixel Junk Monsters that I didn't pick up Rez until this afternoon, and even then, I only played the first level in "Traveller" mode (sue me...I've only played Rez once before a number of years ago on the Dreamcast, and then for only about 10 minutes). I'll have to play it more, I'm sure, to really get into it, but as for now, I've been playing the hell out of the game in the topic's title.
Gamespot's review gives it a 7.0 or 7.5 or something, but the user reviews average 9.1. Funny thing is, every review, "official" and otherwise, uses the word "addictive" or some variation thereof, at least once. And I'll tell you, it's 100% true. I seriously cannot stop playing this game. I downloaded it Tuesday night, and between then and at about 5 am this morning, I've probably easily spent 10-12 hours playing it. It's a "tower defense" game, which is a "genre" I'd never heard of before. But when playing RTS games (which this SORT OF is), I'm all about defense moreso than offense, so this game was perfect for me. It's just SO damn hard. I've completed 5 levels out of 20, and cannot get any further. Yesterday, I tried to complete levels I had already played without losing any of my "tribesmen," which, when done for enough levels, opens new areas.
Basically, I keep coming really close to completing the levels, and it pi**es me off to the point where I just have to play it one more time, because I'm SURE I can complete it this time. Next thing I know, three hours have gone by, and it's now 4:30 in the morning. The most common words out of my mouth while playing are, "God Dammit!" But in a good, "I like the challenge" way. Right now, the game is $7.99 in the Playstation Store, and it's strongly hinted that the price will eventually increase.
So if you're into addictive strategy games, I recommend this one highly.
Gamespot's review gives it a 7.0 or 7.5 or something, but the user reviews average 9.1. Funny thing is, every review, "official" and otherwise, uses the word "addictive" or some variation thereof, at least once. And I'll tell you, it's 100% true. I seriously cannot stop playing this game. I downloaded it Tuesday night, and between then and at about 5 am this morning, I've probably easily spent 10-12 hours playing it. It's a "tower defense" game, which is a "genre" I'd never heard of before. But when playing RTS games (which this SORT OF is), I'm all about defense moreso than offense, so this game was perfect for me. It's just SO damn hard. I've completed 5 levels out of 20, and cannot get any further. Yesterday, I tried to complete levels I had already played without losing any of my "tribesmen," which, when done for enough levels, opens new areas.
Basically, I keep coming really close to completing the levels, and it pi**es me off to the point where I just have to play it one more time, because I'm SURE I can complete it this time. Next thing I know, three hours have gone by, and it's now 4:30 in the morning. The most common words out of my mouth while playing are, "God Dammit!" But in a good, "I like the challenge" way. Right now, the game is $7.99 in the Playstation Store, and it's strongly hinted that the price will eventually increase.
So if you're into addictive strategy games, I recommend this one highly.
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