Aegis Defenders

Aegis Defenders: A Clever Mix of Platforming and Tower Defense

Aegis Defenders, the completely new game from the development team GUTS Department, appears on home devices, and with it we meet two completely new antique hunter heroes, Grandpa Bart and his granddaughter Clu, who, together with Bart and Clu, embark on their journey to defend the legendary weapon Aegis.

Aegis Defenders is a game that offers a clever mix of platforming and action on the one hand and tower defense on the other. The game was developed by the GUTS department. The idea for the game originated as a project at South Carolina State University in the United States of America and under the supervision of Richard Lemarchand (formerly head designer of the Uncharted games at Naughty Dog). When the game developers noticed the addiction to the test version they had prepared and knew that we were about to produce a unique game, this is how this game was born.

To begin and before we go into the details of the gameplay, we would like to say that the level of storytelling in the game surprised us. In fact, this point has always been a weak point for many similar independent games, whose developers write their stories themselves without the help of professionals, but this was not the case. This is not the case here, as the game’s lead designer and the one responsible for the storytelling is Bryce Kho, who studied film and television production.

The game’s story takes place after the end of civilization as we know it. We have the old man Bart, who has mechanical skills, and his granddaughter, the fighter Chloe, whose parents were killed under mysterious circumstances and who make a living by hunting antiques. In this game’s world, the hunt for antiquities leads to the possession of power, and that’s what you’re looking for: empire. The story and characters don’t offer anything extraordinary that hasn’t been seen in other games, but it would have been nice to have an independent game that had that cohesive rhythm and intelligence to give the player little by little Conveying information Game progresses.

The Gameplay: A Clever Battle Idea with Platforming and Tower Defense

Let’s talk about the gameplay. This game contains 18 levels. Most of these levels consist of two parts. The first part consists of platforming and cooperative movement. Our heroine Chloe has long-range weapons and can build bombs and traps. As for Bart, he specializes in hand-to-hand combat. He can create defensive barriers (which can also be used to jump to higher areas) and repair them. This game is based on a clever battle idea and has similar colors. Chloe has a blue gun. So when she shoots a blue monster, she deals three times more damage than other characters, while Bart specializes in confronting yellow enemies. There are also puzzles spread throughout the game’s phases that require the use of all characters and intelligently manipulate the game’s mechanics. However, we would like to warn you: do not buy this game for the platforming and movement parts, as these are short and unsatisfying.

The second part of the stages is at the end of the stage when you reach one of the antiques and want to protect it and this is where the defensive part of the game begins and this is the part we enjoyed the most. In fact, we confirm that the defense part was really wonderful as you build cannons and traps. You must fight off 5 consecutive groups of enemies, each separated by a short period of time, to gather resources and build more defenses. This is possible to combine the different skills of the characters and build weapons and equipment that a single character cannot build alone. Defense will be simple in the first half of the game, and to be honest, our view of the game only became completely positive in the second half, when the number of playable characters increased and the defensive details became overwhelming and crazy. Perhaps one of the enemies that gave us problems had the ability to “cause the automatic cannons we put up to defend ourselves to break our defenses!” However, there are many enemies and many different strategies you can use to attack them can ward off. There is also a lot of variety in the defense areas, with rising and falling platforms that change the locations of enemies or the locations of your automatic cannons, and other various ideas that avoid repetition through the game’s numerous confrontations.

Graphics and Conclusion: A Beautiful Artistic Style and a Fun Experience

As for the graphics, Aegis Defenders has a beautiful artistic style, heavily inspired by old man Hiyao Miyazaki’s films, and the graphics resemble the golden era of 16-bit games. However, we had a technical problem The game is the problem of frame drops in the defensive parts when… The screen becomes very busy. The music in the game is calm, especially in the camp where you spend your time upgrading weapons and tools between different stages, but you won’t remember it after playing, and it’s not the kind that stays in your memory.

Aegis Defenders was a lot of fun and exceeded our initial expectations. The mix is ​​unique in that each part of the game may not be clear enough on its own, but the combination of platforming elements and defensive play together, in addition to support for co-op play, resulted in an enjoyable experience. Extremely. We recommend you buy this game if you are a fan of games that have multiple strategic elements in the game or if you are looking for a fun cooperative experience with a friend. However, you should pay attention to the slow first half of the game The level will gradually increase. Aegis Defenders may not shine enough among the many independent games available on various platforms, but it has the potential to be one of the nice surprises for those who decide to play it.