Defense Grid 2 Review

Defense Grid 2 is a traditional tower defense game and the sequel to the excellent Defense Grid: The Awakening.

The Great:

- This series is the pinnacle of the tower defense genre, and this game continues that and expands upon it
- Level design is outstanding to provide just the right amount of difficulty and reward
- New elements added including the missile tower are nice improvements and increase the overall satisfaction of the game
- New RPG elements are added to towers to tailor your playstyle
- Multiple different types of alternative challenges are provided so that there is incredibile replayability
- Steam workshop support to increase longevity of the game

The Good:

- The game looks and runs very well
- The game only marginally improves on the first game (but the first game was great)

The Bad:

- The story is more or less standard, but there are too many characters that don't add anything
- The story dialogue bits happen after you complete a level and more often than not you quickly skip to the next level without thinking and miss parts of the story
- The first Defense Grid had a limited amount of clever humor that did not overstay its welcome. This game tries too hard to make dialogue funny that really isn't
- Some small bugs

Conclusion:

The Defense Grid series remains the definitive tower defense experience, and Defense Grid 2 - while mostly iterative - only extends and enhances that lead. I highly recommend the game for anyone interested at all in the tower defense genre

9.5 / 10