Today we are back with Defenders & Dragons which is a tactical defense game, sometimes also known as TRPG, and is made by Glu. This genre is one of few that can consume the mind of a player for hours but of course it only can happen if the game is worthy. My previous experience with Glu isn’t something of a figurehead because their games were badly plagued with bugs and compatibility issues, and even more importantly their games always lacked the key elements required to make a game successful. In last two weeks I tried five game developed by Glu and only two out them worked and none were without issues and this game is one of two that worked. So let’s take a look it Defenders & Dragons and try to find out if it is worthy of your time or it’s just another time waster.
Defenders & Dragons is available for Android and iOS users. It’s been time that Defenders & Dragons is in market but the number of downloads are just above half a million which isn’t upto the level that you expect from a TRPG which has both Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. The average users rating of this game across both platforms is 4/5 stars which shows that users are satisfied with it but we know that most of them don’t even play games properly before rating them.
Defenders & Dragons is set in Middle Ages, an era of Dragons, elves, goblins and many other creatures which don’t exists now. Like all the movies and games set in that era, this one too contains evil forces trying to destroy peace and bring an era of darkness, while the ‘good’ creatures will sum up to stand against them. There is always something which evil forces want but is in ‘good’ forces’ possession. This time it is a seal whose purpose and background story is totally unknown, all you need to know is that you have to defend it from the Dragons, goblins and other enemies.
As previously mentioned, this game contains both Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. The gameplay is a bit complex to explain because there are different interrelated factors. Every time you’ll run the game you’ve go through three sections before you can opt for any of above mentioned modes.
The first section is ‘Heroes’, initially you’ll have option to use only Knight but you will obtain access to Warrior and Ranger as you clear waves, which is a name for stages. There is Archangel and Dragonmage too but you have to pay to unlock them. Every hero has its own benefits and shortcomings, for example, Ranger is fast and has both range and melee attacks but has low health, while warrior might be slowest of all and attack is weak as compared to ranger but the health is twice as much of Ranger. Knight comes in the middle of the both. Every hero has its own rating for Speed, Melee attacks, Ranged attacks, health, Ally slots and Ability Slots. Ally slots rating represents how many allies a hero can take with him and Ability Slots represents the maximum number of abilities that can be selected for a wave.
There are special abilities of each character which too unlocks as you proceed through the waves. These abilities can be handy if you want to smack bulk of enemies at once. These abilities requires a resting time before they can be used again and time required varies from one ability to another. You can upgrade all the abilities and rest of the ratings of any character. Entry level ratings and basic abilities requires silver coins but if you’re looking for advanced and higher level upgrades then Glu credits are required.
The Second section is ‘Allies’. As previously mentioned, depending upon the Ally rating, a hero can keep a number of different allies to help him defeat enemies during a wave. There are twenty one different Allies and all of them can be unlocked via completing waves. These allies ranges from different warriors like yourself which will assist you in battle till beasts which can speed up your movement. Like Heroes, these Allies too have health and attacking power ratings which again can be upgraded using silver coins for nominal upgrades, and Glu credits for special ones.
Every ally requires specific number of leadership points to summon them, for example, Rageaxe requires fifty five and Elvan Archer requires fifteen. During Gameplay, on the left side of the screen you’ll notice a blue flag with a counter and bar below it. This bar is called leadership bar and it recharges automatically. Leadership bar can hold limited number of points which can be checked via counter. Initially the accessible bar is quarter of maximum to access the remaining you can boost your bar, which will be required to summon stronger allies
The third section is called ‘Powerups’ and is distributed into two parts, consumables and upgrades. Consumable are ‘single use’ and contains the following:
Revive – It revives the hero after death. Single revive costs twenty Glu Credits while four costs eighty Glu Credits.
Food – If your hero is low on health you can use this to replenish his health to full. One food costs five Glu Credits and you can get your hand one five for twenty Glu Credits.
Mug of Ale – Using one Mug of Ale can give you twenty five leadership points to summon allies and the rates are similar to Food.
Souls – You can also purchase souls to fulfill your Soul Jar (explained later).
Other than these, consumables contains bundle packs which holds random items including different charms, which is another name for single-use powerups which can give you special powers like invisibility or increase the coins that you’ll obtain from a wave. The consumables will be available on the top right corner during a battle, and you can tap to consume them.
‘Upgrades’ are permanent as opposed to single use of consumable and each upgrade has several levels.
Soul Jar – You can upgrade this to increase the capacity of your soul jar. It requires five thousand coins to reach level 2.
Soul Rate – It increases the soul jar’s automated filling rate. It requires thirty Glu Credits for first upgrade.
Artifact Defense Time – Increases the amount of time you have to defend your Collection Artifacts from being stolen. First upgrade will set you back by fifty Glu Credits.
Singleplayer modes follows the original story. There are almost one hundred waves and difficulty level rises steeply during the first thirty stages but gets near stable afterwards. Few waves features bosses and I faced my first boss at twentieth wave. Before entering a wave you can review and check stats of the enemies that you’ll face and based upon that you can choose your warrior, fill your available Ally Slots with allies, and select Special Abilities and charms. The game starts off with a short tutorial which isn’t enough to get hold of the game. Literally it’s been time that I’m reviewing a TRPG whose gameplay isn’t turn-based. In Defenders & Dragons you’ll hold either side of the screen to move and to attack you must stop as attack while moving isn’t a possibility. You’ll have to stop/kill enemies that will spawn on right side of the map, while the seal in on the left side. Whenever the enemy is in the range, hero will attack automatically. If the round gets difficult, you can always tap on abilities or call for support of your allies.
There is a health and progress bar on top of the screen. Heroes can recover automatically, if health less than full, but the recovery is slow. If anyhow hero dies or you aren’t able to defend the seal, you can use Glu Credits to revive yourself and resume the battle, and doing it so will kill all the enemies present at that time. Progress bar states the percentage of this stage’s enemies you’ve killed. As you’ll reach higher waves, there will be new faster and stronger enemies, and upgrading will be compulsory and you’ll have to spend your mind a bit to set your tactics to defeat them.
Normally you should be able to use whichever hero you want but there are few stages that will require specific hero, allies and/or abilities. Killing enemies will grant you coins, soul points and sometimes mystery boxes too and clearing a stage will get you souls and coins as victory reward.
Multiplayer mode was a bit buggy and I had to reset the game to get it working properly. In this multiplayer mode you’ll attack and steal different Artifacts from other online players. Once you have obtained a specific set of Artifacts, you’ll get special rewards, for example, completing Ale Collection will upgrade your Ale to Flagons of Ale, which will fill all of your leadership bar. Souls are required for each attack and it depends upon the artifacts and the defense rating of the player being attacked. Higher defense ratings requires less souls. You can set your own defense by selecting your defending hero and allies.
Other than story and multiplayer mode there are also daily challenges, they are like waves but offers different rewards. I found the difficulty of daily challenges to be several times more than that of wave twenty two and coupled with the hero and allies’ restriction it was impossible to proceed further without Glu Credits.
Glu Credits is the premium currency of this game. You cannot remain dependent upon just the gameplay to obtain them because there are loads of upgrades and there is scarcity of Glu Credits. You’ll only get five Glu Credits per ten waves cleared other than that you can get them by watching videos and it is repeatable. Other than these two slow methods you can always opt for in-app purchases. You can get one hundred Glu Credits for $4.99, while two hundred Glu Credits can be yours for $9.99, $19.99 will get you four hundred-eighty Glu Credits, paying $29.99 will give you seven hundred-fifty. The two biggest and most expensive packs costs $49.99 and $99.99, and gives one thousand three hundred twenty-five and three thousand two hundred respectively. There are also packages available for coins and bundle offers are available too which you can check by yourself.
The review is based upon 1.0.3 version of Defenders & Dragons and there are bugs in this version. It requires at least Android 2.1 (gingerbread) minimum for android users and iOS 5.1 for iPhone users. This game should run on any modern low-end device without any noticeable lag. This game also supports Google Play Games for could saving which will help to retain your data if you lose it due to any mishap. There are eight four achievements available for Defenders & Dragons on Google Play Games starting from 500 XP till massive 10000 XP for a single achievement.
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The initial impression of this game were decent but the common ‘Glu things’ ruined all the fun it could have provided. The artwork section of this game is something of a ‘decent’ figure. All the characters are well designed, gives toy looks and can easily be differentiated from one and another. The world has details but it almost remains the same, which can sometimes feel repetitive. The sound department is weak. Background music and sound effects remains same all the time, which can be irritating for few people. They should have provided different background music as sometime music can really change the game.
The gameplay is mixture of cons and pros. First of all there are too many things to link and understand, which makes the game a bit complex and the guidance available cannot be enough for a simple user. There isn’t any map nor you can repeat a wave again to collect coins. Although there is no stamina or energy system which means you can play this game continuously but this game is based around the term ‘freemium’ which means few things can only be purchased using in-app purchases but the case is worse with Defenders & Dragons as more than half and mostly the important things can only be purchased using Glu Credits which can never be enough without in-app purchases, and without these things one cannot cross high level waves.
The controls are simple and easy, and finally TRPG without turn-based gameplay. The User interface, especially of main menu, is like a maze you’ll have to repeat few steps again and again to start a wave when the previous one is cleared. Whenever the game is opened it starts off with the shop rather than the play mode selection screen.
Overall, I’m just neutral about Defenders & Dragons because it couldn’t live upto the expectations. I did enjoyed the game but for first few waves only. There are loads of bugs in this game, the music isn’t supportive, and the gameplay is plagued by the developer’s greed for money.
Ratings:
Artwork: Defenders & Dragons gets a 7.5/10 for its artwork. The artwork is impressive and looks toony. The characters are decently designed, the lighting effects are impressive too but different camera angles and more differentiating world geometry would have made it even better.
Music & SFX: I’ll give this game a 6/10 here. The background music is short one and remains the same in almost every place, during battles, in shop, in menu, every single place!!! what they were even thinking? More sound details are required!!
Story & Originality: I’ll give Defenders & Dragons a 6.5/10 here. First of all, this game is set in a overused Middle Age era, and there isn’t any background story available to justify the attacks on the seal by the enemies and what purpose the seal holds? without proper background story the games feels clue less.
General Gameplay: Defenders & Dragons get a 7/10 here. If it wasn’t for constant push towards in-app purchases this rating would have been better. I’ll have to give Glu credit here that they took a step up from turn-based battle mode but all this appreciation goes in vain because of what they have done with the store prices, other than this it does provides a decent experience.
Addictiveness: I’ll give this game another 7/10 here. Despite all the previously mentioned issues this game can be addictive especially for those people who likes Middle Ages. User can get absorbed in the gameplay and they will try to find a way around Glu Credits to get the upgrades required.
Overall I’ll give this game a 7/10.
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