The Echoes of Mars Reviews

Echoes of Mars is a lane-based tower defence game, think Plants vs Zombies. The first few stages have an interesting mechanic where structures are damaged by time and need repair, even without alien inflicted damage. This gives the resource management decision of choosing between build more or maintain existing. After a few levels, you get access to newer structures that do not self-damage and the resource management comes a lot simpler. The aliens you face don't really offer much variation between days (waves / rounds / levels), and the tower placement doesn't matter that much. As long as you have 5 generators and a few lowers in each lane, you'll have more resource than you can spend and end up spectating more than playing. If the developer keeps working and changes up a few things, this could be a good casual tower defence game. It’s worth turning off the in-game sounds and music, and sticking an album or podcast on to keep you company through the 50 levels.