Dungeon Defenders

K. Fields
2024-01-23T18:44:33-05:00
Video Games

After enjoying several tower defense games in 2023, I've been playing another one in January 2024. Dungeon Defenders originated as a mobile game but was later ported to consoles and computers. It is primarily a tower defense game with role-playing elements. The RPG aspects include character classes, character levels, and an inventory to manage a variety of equipment. I played through the main story missions with two characters I created. The first was an apprentice named Thoben and the second was a squire named Osburn. The goal of each mission is to defend Eternia Crystals from destruction by enemy hordes. The enemies come in a sequence of waves. Each wave includes a build phase and a combat phase. You set up your defenses and then have to survive against a fixed number of attackers. Every so often there is a mission with a boss battle at the end. As expected, the boss is much more powerful than the typical foe. I completed most of the missions with both characters. Thoben is a spellcaster with ranged attacks while Osburn is a melee based bruiser. Each character class has its own set of tower defenses and special abilities so that is an incentive to try multiple characters. Solo play was pretty fun but I think the game would shine best with multiplayer. Playing side by side with your friends would be a great way to play. It can be a challenge for a single character to run around and defend the entire map so additional players would definitely help.

Apprentice Thoben and Squire Osburn at Level 21