Quick Look w/the Cap’n – Defense Grid 2 (PS4)

<p><em>This story was originally published by CapnMikeM on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamersinbeta&period;com&sol;quick-look-wthe-capn-defense-grid-2-ps4&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">GamersInBeta&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"7QqARYKYE9c" title&equals;"Quick Look w&sol;the Cap&&num;039&semi;n - Defense Grid 2 &lpar;PS4&rpar;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;7QqARYKYE9c"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;7QqARYKYE9c&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Quick Look w&sol;the Cap&&num;039&semi;n - Defense Grid 2 &lpar;PS4&rpar;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Defense Grid 2<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Genre&colon;<&sol;strong> Indie&comma; Strategy<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Developer&colon;<&sol;strong> Hidden Path Entertainment<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Publisher&colon;<&sol;strong> 505 Games<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Release Date&colon;<&sol;strong> September 23&comma; 2014<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;05065819&sol;defensegrid2&lowbar;bagogames02&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignleft size-medium wp-image-67786" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;05065819&sol;defensegrid2&lowbar;bagogames02&period;jpg" alt&equals;"defensegrid2&lowbar;bagogames02" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a>The Hype&colon;<&sol;strong> Fans of the Tower Defense genre have been waiting quite some time for a sequel for the 2008 classic&comma; Defense Grid&colon; The Awakening&period; In late September&comma; Hidden Path Entertainment and 505 Games released the much anticipated Defense Grid 2&period; The new and improved version features many new worlds and of course a plethora of new alien threats&period; Players can put their tower placement skills to the test in various modes such as campaign&comma; competitive multiplayer&comma; and online co-op&period; The game boasts over 21 maps which will vary in difficulty and offer gamers different ways to reach for victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>In Reality&colon;<&sol;strong> Admittedly&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m not a real huge fan of RTS&sol;Tower Defense games&period; Maybe it requires too much thinking when all I&&num;8217&semi;m looking for is to unwind after a long day&period; So it was with some trepidation I fired up Defense Grid 2 and gave it a go&period; What I quickly found was that this title is the ideal game to relax with after you&&num;8217&semi;ve been working and dealing with family life all day&period; The early campaign missions do a great job of introducing even the most novice of players of how best to properly defend the cores from various alien threats&period; I think what has often turned me off from this genre has been how dry and tactical these games can be&period; But with Defense Grid 2&comma; there is more to the game beyond building towers&period; For starters&comma; the maps are gorgeous and contain a high level of detail and course design&period; Also&comma; the characters and their dialogue keep the story interesting&comma; which adds an incentive to play more and more campaign levels&period; Beyond the window dressing&comma; the game is also loaded with various challenge modes&comma; new multiplayer modes&comma; and a soundtrack which keeps the heart pumping as the more and more alien threats are incoming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;05065811&sol;defensegrid2&lowbar;bagogames03&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignright size-medium wp-image-67787" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;05065811&sol;defensegrid2&lowbar;bagogames03&period;jpg" alt&equals;"defensegrid2&lowbar;bagogames03" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a>Gameplay&colon;<&sol;strong> Probably my biggest surprise when starting this game was how simple the mechanics turned out to be&period; One would think a strategy game might have many different button configurations to master in order to pull off the impossible&period; This is not the case here as tower placement is as easy as cycling between the available spaces on the map and then selecting which kind of tower&period; Before I start to place my towers&comma; I find inspecting the possible choke points on the map is the most ideal way to start a path to victory&period; In some situations&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to steer the aliens in such a way that they have to slow down and lose all their momentum&period; Other times the map won&&num;8217&semi;t be as conducive to this approach and therefore I make them run a gauntlet of guns&comma; lasers and inferno&period; We can sit here and debate how to best upgrade towers but regardless of your approach it is imperative to turn your green towers into yellows and then eventually reds&period; Hidden Path has done an exemplary job of providing users with many different ways to pull of various strategic techniques&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Conclusion&colon;<&sol;strong> The age old saying is to not judge a book by its cover&period; We often feel compelled to play what we&&num;8217&semi;re most familiar with and not branch out due to the risk of failure&period; I can say unequivocally I was guilty of trying out Defense Grid before because I was afraid of failing or not feeling smart enough&period; Now with many hours under my belt&comma; I feel enlightened that I&&num;8217&semi;ve opened my mind to a new opportunity and am delighted by the experience which is Defense Grid 2&period; I eagerly look forward to completing the story&comma; playing more online matches &lpar;whether competitively or cooperatively&rpar;&comma; and overall enjoying myself in a fantastic gaming experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;