X-Morph: Defense - European Assault DLC

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This DLC adds 3 new levels in Europe which are quite challenging and add new mechanics. The DLC also expands the story a little bit. I recommend it if you want to expand your gameplay from the main game, as it takes place right after the main game's ending, and if you want more challenging levels with mechanics that will require you to rethink how you play.

the three maps this DLC introduces are fine, but the final boss in france is ABSOLUTE bullshit... the tactics the game tells you to use are pretty much ineffective and the only way to beat the boss is just sheer chance that your towers will hit the correct hitboxes because there are too many areas for your fighter to target in the short amount of time the game gives you to do damage to the boss.

This DLC only offers three missions, and honestly, only one was worth playing. The first map punishes strategic turret placement with an area-of-effect weapon that disables them, killing any real lane-designing options and forcing a specific playstyle. On top of that, the map is too dark to be visually appealing. It’s not terrible, but there’s nothing here that makes me want to revisit it. The second map is the only one I found enjoyable enough to return to and grind out higher scores on. It features a gimmick where certain areas can't be directly attacked with your fighter, meaning the outskirts can only be defended with turrets. It’s not invasive and adds a bit of flavour without restricting your strategy. The third map has a very solid lead-up but is completely ruined by a tedious final boss. Since there’s no checkpoint at the start of the last wave, you’re stuck replacing dozens of turrets every time you want to rework your setup, making the whole process laborious. That boss alone kills any replay value for this map despite the fun leading up to it. With the higher difficulty in this DLC, every map suffers from a backward difficulty curve. They start out challenging with just you and a handful of turrets, but as you build up defences, they become easier to a much greater degree than the base game and end up feeling like you’re just burning out the clock instead of experiencing a fun, exciting buildup. The new human commander you face is just a rehash of the original, with the same plan to take you down, but with none of the charm of the base game’s antagonist. Only getting three missions is already weak, but with two of them being total misses, this DLC was a huge disappointment.