SteamWorld Tower Defense
| SteamWorld Tower Defense | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Image & Form |
| Publisher(s) | Image & Form |
| Series | SteamWorld |
| Platform(s) | DSiWare |
| Release | July 5, 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, tower defense |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
SteamWorld Tower Defense is a tower defense video game by Swedish video game developer Image & Form. It was released digitaIIy on Nintendo DSi in North America, Europe and Australia on July 5, 2010.[1] It is the first game released in the SteamWorld series.[2]
Gameplay[edit]
In SteamWorld Tower Defense the player controls an army of steam-powered robots in a tower defense-style gameplay. The aim of the game is to take down wandering troops of human invaders in their attempt to steal gold from the robots' mining facilities. To clear a mission, the player must take down waves of human soldiers by building and strategically placing out attack robots with a range of abilities and weapons. It's possible to play the game on several difficulty levels.[3]
Reception[edit]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 71/100[4] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| IGN | 8/10[6] |
| Nintendo Life |   [5] |
| Nintendo World Report | 7/10[7] |
SteamWorld Tower Defense on Nintendo DSi has received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, with a current score of 71/100 on Metacritic.[4]
Lucas M Thomas of IGN gave the game an eight out of ten, praising how polished the game's presentation was for a DSi title. Andrew Wight of Nintendo Life noted that the game's fun was accompanied by "frustratingly difficult" segments that hindered its overall quality, praising it for being a fun title nevertheless.
Development[edit]
On their YouTube channel, Image & Form revealed that SteamWorld Tower Defense is the hardest game the studio has created. Apparently, the game's lead developer is the only of Image & Form employees to finish the game.[8]
The game is set before the events depicted in SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "SteamWorld Tower Defense". www.nintendo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ a b Image & Form (2015-09-10), The SteamWorld Timeline – The Engine Room #1, retrieved 2016-02-02
- ^ "SteamWorld Tower Defense | Image & Form Games". Image & Form Games. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ a b "SteamWorld Tower Defense for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ Wight, Andrew (10 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense Review (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ M Thomas, Lucas (9 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense Review". IGN. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Blundon, Matthew (18 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Image & Form (2015-09-18), Why Each SteamWorld Game is Different – The Engine Room #2, retrieved 2016-02-02