Tower Defense Games
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 by J-Russ in
So lately I have been really getting in to tower defense games. In a nutshell I am referencing any game in which you place towers on a path to stop enemies from getting from point A to B. They are very simple in design, but there are so many varieties. One particular favorite of mine is Bloons tower defense. You place monkey towers which have varying ways of slowing and popping balloons and you must survive a certain amount of levels without letting to many balloons pass. There are different maps that have varying degrees of difficulty. It really is a lot of fun coming up with new strategies and upgrading your towers to try and pop all the balloons. On top of this, they really get your mind thinking, and the harder levels really take some intellectual thought. Most have innocent themes and can be enjoyed by all ages. For those who say games are a negative influence on society, I would point you towards games like these which embrace intellectual thought. There are many versions of tower defense out there and I highly recommend trying one out yourself.
These games are very fun for passing time. It is nice to be able to just start a game knowing that if you have to leave suddenly you can just come back and start it up again later. I greatly enjoyed anything that involves strategy, and with these games each time you play through you can use a different strategy. I agree these types of games are a positive influence.