Quick Review: ‘Prime World: Defenders’
Tower defense fans, start your downloads: the excellent Prime World: Defenders has been updated for full MFi controller support!
Prime World: Defenders combines tried-and-true tower defense mechanics with an engrossing storyline and top-notch visuals and production values. Controllers are fully supported, both in-game and for menu control.
Of the tower defense genre, there are two main types: maze-based and path-based. Maze based games allow you to construct towers anywhere you want to, allowing you to determine the paths your enemies will take on their way to your base by constructing a maze of defensive towers. Path based games have a preset path that enemies will follow, and task you with constructing towers along that path. Prime World Defenders is a path-based game. However, while path-based TD games have a tendency to get old over time due to a lack of variety, Prime World Defenders counters this through the use of randomly generated missions.
One of the more interesting and unique aspects of Prime World: Defenders is the way in which you collect new towers. These towers are presented as cards that you earn for completing various tasks. You decide which towers you’d like to be able to build by building a deck of these available cards. This, coupled with an upgrade tree for more general abilities, allows for a great deal of flexibility in how the game is played.
It’s difficult NOT to recommend Prime World Defenders for fans of the tower defense genre. Graphics, presentation, polish… everything is absolutely first rate. Controller support is implemented excellently. It’s free to download, with the option to purchase in-game currency.