Hunters Of The Dead Reviews

This is an enjoyable and unique lane defense game. You will die at first and many times thereafter, but the clicking on buildings to power yourself up (or face a potentially deadly attack) is a creative idea. Could one say that the game makes itself seem longer than it is by forcing you to replay it too many times to build up enough money to buy the upgrades for each run? Yes, but for me it never became frustratingly obnoxious because I enjoyed the gameplay enough to continue. Eventually you buy up all the skills and beat the game, but probably not much before then. I also beat the game on hard mode. I hope this game gets a sequel since I think this type of building off the familiar with a new concept deserves to be encouraged and expanded upon. A sequel with a more elaborate upgrade tree, more character classes, and a slightly less tedious start to the game would be awesome. But even in its flawed form it is still fun to play, and I enjoyed this more than Plants vs. Zombies 2.

I feel this game is getting unfair review. I quite enjoyed it. Each game should take you between 30 mins to 1 hour to complete, perfect for lunch hour entertainment. You will fail for your first 10 games or so while you learn and earn points to upgrade your team for your next playthrough. Everytime you play, your starting team gets a little better and eventually your are capable of killing Dracula. It is well worth the price.

An interesting and fun Tower Defence game that can be quite challenging. The tiles you pick are RNG and if you end up picking the wrong tiles you will lose quickly.

It's an original game and it has some good things going on, but like others have said, it's heavily unbalanced and punishing. Most of your success comes down to luck, more specifically your spawning conditions. You have to keep going on and dying, and grinding and grinding to increase your power. Grinding is not bad when it's fun. It's not the case here.

Its extremely basic but pretty fun and well enough made. I got it in a big bundle of keys for very cheap (i think) so enjoyed it for the price but i cant say it justifies what they are asking for it on here.

My Video Review on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L-zCopQ3-0 Fun little game, and most definitely a challenge. The randomness in the game pretty much guarantees that no two games will be exactly the same. Graphics are good enough and very much resemble the ever popular Plants Vs Zombies style. You basic goal is to assemble a big and well enough equipped group of warriors to defeat Dracula when you find him, as he is one tough hombre. Find him by accident too early in the game, and you best stay out of his way, and hope you have enough defense built up to survive his attack. The game begins with your base tower in the middle of a dark town that will expand as you explore it. This town is completely random every time you play the game. You can click on any building to explore it, and each time take a chance on a "battle" scenario explained below. There are several different types of buildings that give you different benefits when explored. For example exploring a house will light it up and give you a new companion to your team, always seeming to start at level 1. Opening a hospital gives you the ability to heal wounded warriors from battles by sending that warrior "away" for 1-5 turns, each turn being one more click of a building to explore. Other buildings give you additial defense that you are trying to protect against the undead in the battles, while still other buildings such as gun shops can give your warriors better weapons to fight with. Any time you click any building, you have what seems to be about a 15% chance of entering a battle against a random number and type of undead creatures, and if lucky (or unlucky enough) you will also find Dracula himself attacking your defenses. Your goal here on these screens is to prevent the undead zombies, liches, skeletons, and more from beating down your defenses to 0. This happens in a gameplay style that very much resembles that of Plants Vs Zombies with the baddies coming at you from the right side and you placing your warrior(s) on the left to try and take them down before they reach your wooden spiked fence behind you on the left side of the screen. Should they get past you, they will die on the spiked fence, but not before taking down your defense total which starts at 200 each game. They also might kill or wound your warriors you place in the battlefield. Die, and say so long for good to them. Wounds can be healed by sending them away for 1 to 5 turns at a hospital, assuming you have uncovered one. All in all, a fun little single player challenge that is worth the $5 asking price IMO. Watch my video above for a better demonstration of how the game plays. Hope this helps you, and good luck should you find Dracula early on! You'll need it! ;-)

Barely like Plants vs Zombies, despite what so many of the other reviews say, and if you haven't played that get it instead. Hunters of the Dead is sometimes frustratingly difficult and poorly explained, yet still manages to be a good "one more try" time waster.

This game is worth its price. As another reviewer said, this game does not deserve the hate it's getting. It's an interesting concept of making Plants vs Zombies a rogue-lite. I think the game needs a bit better style of tutorial, it attempts to teach you really important things with popup boxes and if you skip it, you have to learn the hard way. You really need to read everything the game tells you. It's super duper important you realize that houses closer to your base have easier fights. I think a good strategy is never spend your gold on actual fights, just spend it on the upgrades that carry over. I heard another gripe about having to "grind" out the upgrades but I was able to get every upgrade within 3.3 hours of playtime. I honestly think my biggest complaint is that the actual combat characters' models and animations look goofy. Also, I haven't beaten Dracula yet but there may be a replayability issue after I do.

Rebuild meets Ironclad Tactics meets Plants vs Zombies. And the result gameplay is actually pretty fun. I REALLY like the mesh of genres behind this game, and what they've set out to do here. The problem is in the execution: - Tips pop up at the wrong times, and sometimes can't be closed. - Actual tooltips are non-existant, as in appearing when something is hovered - and they could really be used here. Which tells me that this was probably a mobile port. - Lack of information about your existing bonuses and effects. - Fixed resolution Overall, I think the gameplay behind this is pretty solid, but the execution flaws are just too many in order for me to feel compelled to play more, and thus I have to give this one a No, even tho I like what it wants to do. If this were an Early Access game, I'd be excited to see the end result. Unfortunately it isn't.

The first thing to clarify: it is a rather limited, very mediocre indie game. So, there's absolutely no rush to buy it. However, if you do get it via some bundle, a big sale, or another occasion... It might be not too bad, for one evening. Technically, Hunters Of The Dead is a mixture of rogue-like turn-based exploring of the city, infested with the undead plague, and a tower-defense-like real-time action, somewhat similar to Plants vs. Zombies. You have 5 lines with squares to place your troops, your base on the left, enemies move from the right end of the screen, attack your troops, if there are any in their way, or simply rush themselves to the base, to decrease some of its defenses. You start your game on the city map, and can 'open' one new building per day. Some days will be peaceful, some will bring a heat. The buildings that you 'reposses' have some effects on your progress: some will increase base defense, some will give you new troops or weaponry, some will add to the passive stats like gaining more gold per fight, or recovering your troops' health faster. And it's rogue-like because you start with only one puny soldier with a puny revolver. Of course, it's not enough to stop the undead hordes! Even considering the fact that your troops don't have roots, and may actually move between lines during the combat phase. So, eventually, you'll lose your base, and get a bad Game Over screen... and some gold to improve your starting set! After some grind, and with some luck, you'll gather a team of soldiers, strong enough to defeat the main game boss - Dracula. Then you'll get another, positive Game Over screen... and the invitation to proceed to the next difficulty level! Where everything will be generally the same, only tougher. In summary, Hunters Of The Dead is a kinda meh game, which doesn't have a charm of Plants vs. Zombies or a challenge that epic, that you'll forget how to sleep before you beat it. Like I said from the start, it's a one evening type of game. However, it doesn't mean it's a bad game. The challenge is fair and balanced (in the long run), and I've enjoyed it while it lasted. As of the overall mark... 5.8/10. Not too shabby... but probably too boring for most players.