If you get to a Streak of 3, meaning catching either 3 Archers, Scouts, or Warriors in a row, this will intimidate the other mice of this type and 2 more will retreat. You can speed up things, though, by Streaking (no, not that kind, silly!). For every breed, a set number has to be caught. Any trap weaker than the Enraged RhinoBot is not recommended here. Wave 1 features a group of Warriors, one of Archers, and one of Scouts. Each Wave consists of a given number of mice that you have to defeat. In much the same way as the Tower or the Iceberg, the Warpath features a unique game mechanic which makes it very interesting and somewhat difficult during the first visit. Once you’ve traveled to the Fiery Warpath, which is the first area of the Sandtail Desert region, you will notice the extensive HUD (heads up display). Then, when you rank up, the Warpath can be visited immediately. The Sandtail Call to Arms can be collected when you‘re still a Lord/Lady, provided you’ve caught the necessary mice. Recommended Area Progression Plan: Where Should I Go Next? Objective: Catch a Warmonger to reach Muridae Market / Acquire the Oasis Water Node Trap Minimum Recommended Traps: Enraged Rhinobot / Zugzwang’s First Move / Steam Laser Mk. Sure, you're off to buy "Battlefield" and preorder "Modern Warfare 3." When you need a break from those, though, take a look at "Orcs Must Die.Power Type: Physical / Tactical / Hydro / Arcane Yet none of this removes the luster from this downloadable title. And then, the battle was done, just when I was readying for four more waves. The levels also feel incredibly short on more than one occasion, I found myself getting into the flow of battle and getting increasingly amped, building more and more fortifications. But it's a shame that there's no multiplayer, because epic battles with folks teaming together over Xbox Live would have been welcome. The ability to actually control the apprentice mage while also building defenses added a brilliant layer of complexity to gameplay normally, tower defense games have me making fortifications and reaching for the nachos as all hell breaks loose. It all adds up to one of the finest tower defense games I've played on console, even if there were a few missed opportunities. Once you elevate past the apprentice difficulty, orcs attack with cartoony vigor, and they'll take your health bar down quickly. Later, you're covering what looks like a giant castle ballroom that has, oh, two or three routes to that precious rift. What starts as a ho-hum yawner of a hallway later becomes a valiant attempt to guard a pair of hallways at once. Not that you ever get to feel too strong, because level complexity progresses quickly. Each trap can also be upgraded a handful of times, so you'll feel stronger and stronger, more like a real mage, as you progress. The trap and gadget variety is nice, ranging from spike traps to traps that simply slow the enemy to arrow-shooting walls. For the most part, it's all standard tower defense stuff, but it's so well-done that it won't matter. As you down the orcs, you earn money, too, which can be spent on building more fortifications before the next wave of baddies arrives.
The apprentice can also wield a sword, shoot a crossbow, and use a handful of other attacks, providing other options to hold off the orcs. Each rift can take a certain amount of orcs, but if too many orcs enter, it's game over. And by taking up arms, what I really mean is that you build fortifications in each level to keep the orcs from reaching your rift.
The mage barely trusts his apprentice, but when the mage dies, well, what choice do you have? So you take up arms and fight against the orcs in a bevy of levels. You play as an apprentice battle mage to a mage who spent his entire life fighting off the orcs.
The premise is simple, if a bit over-exaggerated in some initial storytelling scenes. "Orcs Must Die" has drawn little ballyhoo, but Robot Entertainment's Xbox Live Arcade tower defense game is one of the finest downloadable titles this year. And that's made it easy for a certain downloadable title to fly under the radar. LOVED IT: Easy-to-learn gameplay, nice variety of traps and weapons, great level design variety,catchy (although repetitive) music HATED IT: Levels are challenging but bland, scoring sometimes seems obtuse GRAB IT IF: You enjoy tower defense games From the recently released likes of " Battlefield 3" and " Gears of War 3" and " Batman: Arkham City" to the much-anticipated " Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3," video game fans have been salivating over plenty of epic adventures.
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