Orcs must Die online review! It's not just tower defense games

Many stand-alone players will probably be a skit grade game memory game in 2011, this single game called "Orcs must die" created the tower defense + shooting, strategy, shooting, with the American funny elements and refreshing killing, at that time by many players respected.

In 2014, Robot Entertainment announced that Orcs Must Die would be online, and then Tencent Games announced that it would become the domestic agent for the online version. Now, the development of the game for nearly two years finally opened the core does not delete the file version of the public test, the entire game on the basis of the stand-alone version has been greatly upgraded and strengthened, in addition to the original elements, but also added MOBA elements, becoming the history of the first "3D tower defense strategy competitive game".

Screen: 8 points

As a skit level game, the picture of Orcs must die is very satisfying - of course, it is not up to the height of the single-machine 3A level picture, but to the current requirements of the mainstream picture of online games, the picture of "Orcs must die" can play an "excellent" score. The scene and modeling are quite exquisite, the lighting effects of the skills, the laying of the traps are excellent. A wave of orcs whine and explode into blood foam under the trap and fire, and the visual effect is quite good.

Sound effects: 8 points

The style of Orcs Must Die continues the American tradition of funny, and the characters and soldiers in the game are so funny that you can't help but smile in the intervals between fierce battles.

The voice acting of the game is a big surprise! In recent years, the domestic dubbing has become more and more professional, and Tencent, which has always been excellent in localization strategy, did not let players down this time. Each hero's voice has its own characteristics, a variety of voice coupled with non-stop ridicule, the game from beginning to end are immersed in a happy atmosphere.

The protagonist will have a self-ridicule before the start of each task, and will dance a "lewd" dance after the battle victory, and bring the funny style to the extreme. The background music of the game is also funny and cooperate with the atmosphere of the scene, and the sound effects of the soldiers' wailing, roaring, and trap starting are quite real, without violating the sense of harmony

Greatly evolved game system: 9 points

From a stand-alone evolution into an online game, what changes should be made? Tencent is a master at this.

The online version of "Orcs must Die" was built by the original team of the standalone version of the development team, adding elements such as card strategy and MOBA team competition on the basis of the standalone version of the trap tower defense gameplay, creating a new game type: "TOBA".

In the game, players operate the hero trap defense or lead the minions to attack, at the same time, formulate tactics with traps, minions, and defeat the enemy, emphasizing the dual confrontation between strategy and operation.

After entering the game, the player must master the gameplay and system step by step through the "hero's Prologue".

After entering the game, the bottom left corner will have your current money and trap count. Traps cost different amounts of money to set up, and traps have requirements for the location of the layout.

After the short setup period is over, you can hit z to face the flood of orcs! It is worth mentioning that the difficulty of the game is very high! The trap plays a more auxiliary role in the case of not forming in the early stage, and the hero's skills and attacks are also the main output.

If you trivialize it because it's a tower defense game, you're gonna die a terrible death. Even the prologue took me several tries to complete.

The edge of the game scene can be dropped, and the consequence is death - be careful not to forget the terrain while fighting and backing away. Ten seconds after death, you'll be reborn at the edge of the rift you're supposed to guard.

In the game, you can place guards at key points to help defend. The guard is very strong, but also has a health limit, be careful not to let the guard bear too much damage to die.

Each time you play, you can level up to ten levels. At certain levels, you can choose to enhance certain skills to turn the game in your favor.

There are three game modes: Survival mode, endless challenge, and weekly challenge.

The weekly challenge allows the player to choose to enter the challenge using a specified hero, a specified trap (no need to have a specified hero and a specified trap), and completing the challenge is ranked according to the player's performance, and players can see their ranking and that of other players. The challenge themes will rotate each week.

Scoring system

Restore the "Orcs must die" standalone series skeleton scoring system, players at the end of the game system will be based on the player's performance in the game, meet the conditions including the remaining points of the crack and clearance time, the more remaining points of the crack, the faster the clearance time to obtain the higher the rating star.

The player will receive a one-time star bonus and additional experience points after completing the first level rating, and will receive an additional one-time bonus when challenging again to exceed the previous rating.

In the Endless Challenge mode, the system scores the number of cracks not lost before the specified wave number and the total number of completed waves.

Trap synthesis

After completing any level or opening a treasure chest, the player can earn trap cards, accumulate a certain number of cards, and then synthesize or strengthen traps. There are 7 levels of traps, and the number of trap cards required to advance to different levels of traps varies. Traps can be added at levels 3, 5, and 7 to further improve the trap's capabilities.

Personal information

The "Player Information" button is added in the game hall interface. In the player information, players can see their account level, game overview, daily tasks, leaderboard and guild status. The mechanism of hero level and account level has been cancelled, and only account level is retained, with a maximum of 100 levels.

Reward system

Reward chests are available for completing daily missions, achieving achievements, or purchasing from the store. Chests can be used to unlock traps, guards, items, and upgrade materials.

"Orcs must Die" has a rich pool of heroes, each hero's gameplay and characteristics are different, even if it is the same remote, there are output flow, control flow, strengthening flow and so on, followed the moba features, very interesting.

Heroes can be purchased with top-ups and in-game coins, and all have very cool and rich skins that cater to different players' preferences.

At present, there are five categories of purchase items in the mall, which can help players complete the game from different aspects. Masters can of course challenge a single five-star mission, but if you feel too difficult, you can also take a gold. In addition, the game is actually not krypton gold can also be carried out, even more interesting, after all, there are many core players just like high difficulty.

With excellent graphics, sound effects, an evolved game system, and an innovative tower defense + design +moba game mode, Orcs Must Die is a pc game that tower defense enthusiasts should not miss. Join in now and ravage the orcs with your wits and weapons!