What is it?
PSN’s own desktop tower defence
Liked:
- Pretty art style
- Challenging puzzles
- Good variety of levels
- PSP Remote play support
Didn’t like:
- Difficulty ramps up quickly
- Big Fat Bees!
PixelJunk Monsters is like eating a fudge cake. Amazing at first but the further you go into the sugary delight the harder it gets to finish. The game starts off being fun yet challenging and then quickly becomes really hard! Your main objective is to stop your little village getting marauded by waves of evil monsters. You protect them by turning the surrounding forest into deadly monster slaying artillery. The art style however turns this gruesome concept into a rather cute game, even requiring your hero to dance to level up your towers.
Despite the Desktop Tower Defence aesthetic this game is more akin to a puzzle game where each level has a limited number of solutions. On harder levels this means a lot of trial and error as the game throws up a wave of monsters you weren’t expecting. Persevere though and you will eventually suss out the correct strategy.
There is also a nice 2 player mode which is identical to the main game with another player. I played this with some friends who took it upon themselves to build their own towers and help speed up the monsters demise. I also played it with my girlfriend whose job was mainly just to level up the towers. It’s nice to play a game that is fun with both the hardcore and casual crowds.
At only £3.50 you will easily get your moneys worth even if you don’t manage to beat the entire game. However there is a patch coming to make some of those levels more accessible to everyone. It’s perfect for short gaming bursts. A gem of a game and a bargain to boot!
Quick Tip: Stand over towers to dance them, don’t bother levelling up arrows, sell aerial guns when there are no more fliers
Who’s it for:
- Fans of desktop tower defence
- Fans of PixelJunk series
- People who like to game in small chunks
Who’s it not for
- People who don’t like strategy or puzzles
- People with small SD TVs
One final thing, why does the game icon show a flamethrower burning a fat bee? That would never happen…hmm….any ideas?
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