Kingdom Tower Defense: Aim Magic and Hold the Castle

Description

Money, magic and one castle that has to survive until the final boss turns up: Kingdom Tower Defense comes down to how well you spend what you collect. You take the place of a magic king, and the mouse does the aiming.

A king who does the aiming himself

Skills, heroes and magic are all yours to use, so the fight is something you steer shot by shot. That puts the pressure on your attention rather than on a build plan. Whatever is closest to the castle is the real problem, and the habit worth forming is to look there first and only then chase the stragglers further out.

Weapons or power-ups: where the money goes

There are two places to put the money you collect. Weapon upgrades make every shot count for more, while power-ups are purchases for a particular moment. The final boss has to be beaten with whatever you have built by then, so a pile of unspent money is wasted, and so is a purchase made without a reason. Pick the spend that answers the threat in front of you.

Special powers against the hordes

When enemies bunch up and push toward the gates, a special power does more than a single aimed shot can. Holding one back for that crowded moment tends to beat firing it the second it is available.

• Deal with the enemy nearest the castle before the ones still on the way.


• Upgrade weapons steadily, and save purchases for when a wave leans on you.


• Keep a special power ready for the largest group.

Aiming yourself versus letting a tower fire

Here the king shoots only when you tell him to, which is a different feeling from a defense where the tower fires on its own. WW2 Frontline Defense is the idle version, with machine gunners holding a wall. More fantasy fights sit in adventure games, and planning-first ones in strategy games.