SteamWorld Tower Defense

SteamWorld Tower Defense
DeveloperImage & Form
PublishersImage & Form
SeriesSteamWorld
PlatformDSiWare
ReleaseJuly 5, 2010
GenresReal-time strategy, tower defense
ModeSingle-player

SteamWorld Tower Defense is a tower defense video game by Swedish video game developer Image & Form. It was released digitally on Nintendo DSi in North America, Europe and Australia on July 5, 2010. It is the first game released in the SteamWorld series.

Gameplay

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.

Reception

SteamWorld Tower Defense on Nintendo DSi has received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, with a current score of 71/100 on Metacritic.

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

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.

The game is set before the events depicted in SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist.

References

  1. ↑ "SteamWorld Tower Defense". www.nintendo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. 1 2 Image & Form (2015-09-10), The SteamWorld Timeline – The Engine Room #1, retrieved 2016-02-02
  3. ↑ "SteamWorld Tower Defense | Image & Form Games". Image & Form Games. Archived from the original on 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. 1 2 "SteamWorld Tower Defense for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ M Thomas, Lucas (9 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Wight, Andrew (10 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense Review (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Blundon, Matthew (18 July 2010). "SteamWorld: Tower Defense". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Image & Form (2015-09-18), Why Each SteamWorld Game is Different – The Engine Room #2, retrieved 2016-02-02