Stop Santa - Tower Defense Reviews

Cute, inexpensive game, but know that it is very short. 51 minutes of playtime for me, and I replayed two levels to collect all possible "stars". No regrets for $0.99, but I still wish there was more.

A very simple yet cute Christmas themed tower defense game. Great for beginners in this genre and easy enough for children to enjoy. No flaws in gameplay that I can see and even though it's short for .99 cents it's worth it at that price. You'll need to do more than one play thru to get all the achievements it took 1.4 hours total to unlock them all for me.

Fun little tower defense game and easy achievements except for the last (best level to use is the one right before the boss (Santa) level). Christmas music is a welcome change from some of the other games I play. My kind of TD!

Less than an euro for two hours of game. It's fun, it's well balanced, i don't ask for more

3/5 Missing basic Quality of LIfe features most TD games have. No radius shown for towers, no speed settings. The towers appear to have some elemental effects on the more powerful enemies but I can't be sure because the game explains NOTHING. The gameplay is fairly enjoyable, even in the harder levels and if I could just figure out what things did, I might have stuck with it to finish it. I gave it an extra star because it is only a dollar.

Game is poor and short. Three towers with no difference. No splashing, no slowing, nothing. And you have no idea, how far can they shoot. I spent 30 minutes to made it through in one session. But art is very nice. Gameplay is easy, relaxing and funny (and you don't get bored, because it's short). What else do you need for Christmas mood?

Solid game, 9/10. Very basic but simple to learn and grasp. I love how the information of the towers attack damage and attack speed is listed. You can very quickly see that upgrading is tremendous value. I fault a lot of games for not being clear with what things do. The game could be a little longer, I felt like I wanted more game, but for the $1 price tag - hard to really complain. Also a great add for any achievement hunters out there.

The game is okay, but it's not challenging at all. It has a lot of potential and is decent to play, but extremely short. I finished it the first time I played it, which was in .6 hrs. I earned all achievements, but one and I'm not interested in getting it. I'll probably never play it again. I would only recommend it if you're purchasing for your child, who is age 6 or so.

[h1]Simple but mediocre tower defense game[/h1] Cheap tower defense with a Christmas theme, [i]Stop Santa[/i] is "just fine". Here, I'll try to provide some feedback to the solo developer. With 9 levels and enemies only varying in levels of tankyness (and maybe armor or dodging; not sure if those are a thing in this game), it's very simplistic. There's 3 different towers, with varying levels of attack speed and damage. All target single mobs. Enemies have visible health-bars and usually take damage on hit but for some reason not always - can the towers miss or some enemies dodge? It's unclear. There's no tutorial, but with only 3 towers and obvious spots to click it was easy to experiment on my own. The towers can only be built at certain spots. Towers can be upgraded twice by clicking them and the appropriate icon (i.e. the usual way for the genre, is good) but when you click the tower, the sell button is immediately under the cursor. In the couple of the first levels, I accidentally sold my towers instead of upgrading them because of this. It would be prudent to have it at a different spot. The enemies move very slowly. Particularly it feels so in the first levels, where there's not so many of them. A speed-up button (e.g. 2x, or even 3x) would have been a welcome addition. Finally, in the last level, some of the lanes were initially left outside the screen. As a design choice, I thought it was rather odd. Only in my second playthrough of the level, did I realize you can scroll the screen. Nevertheless, this seems like a bad decision to have: Either have scrolling as a core part of the levels, or don't have it at all. Though, it might be useful for different resolution windows/monitors. [h1]Options[/h1] As usual for a Unity game, you can choose windowed or fullscreen and resolution options from the launcher. Sounds and music can be muted separately within the game. No sliders though. If it's not obvious, game is entirely controlled with mouse. Not that I'd expect controller support for such a game. [h1]Conclusions[/h1] Playing through the game was about 30 minutes for me, total about 50 minutes after Steam achievements. Achievements are only based on killed enemies, gathered gold (from said enemies), and building a set number of towers. There's not enough levels for the last one to unlock organically through playing, sadly. It would be nice to have progress achievements, like the very least one for completing the game. The price is alright though. My recommendation is negative because, while it is not a bad game, there are many better and more interesting tower defenses in the same price category. However, an achievement hunter would get easy cheevos from this. [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/9997062/]~Twistorian Curator~[/url]

VERY short, cute TD game!! Cute holiday themed beginner TD game, definitely NOT for expert fans of the genre, unless you want a festive, easy version! Great for kids since there are only 9 levels, no gore, and it's simple. Only 3 tower choices, and they are upgradable. You will need to play through the game several times to get all the achievements, as my first play through I got 5 stars on all 9 levels and I have 2 achievements yet to get. I might also mention that some levels it appears that the tower locations are out of your screen, but you can hold down the left mouse button and move the screen to see all the locations for upgrading, etc. Probably too expensive for most unless on sale, but if you have kids or like cute, short, easy, Christmas-themed games, this is for you!!