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Defense Grid: The Awakening
8.9 out of 10

Defense Grid: The Awakening

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Overall 10
9.5

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Game Vortex
25 October 2009
  • Excerpt: One of my earliest favorite games was nothing more than firing cannonballs at an enemy's tower, adjusting angle and gunpowder to achieve the proper impact. Simplicity...
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Overall 9
9.0

Defense Grid: The Awakening Review

IGN Entertainment
24 October 2009
Overall 8
8.4

Defense Grid: The Awakening

The Gamers Temple
24 October 2009
  • Conclusion: If you don't like tower defense games, then Defense Grid won't change your mind about the genre. However, if you do enjoy the occasional tower game or enjoy strategy...
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Overall 6
5.8

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GamingNexus
8 October 2009
  • Conclusion: With enough content to make it worth the price, but not enough unique content to make it stand out from other free titles you can find online, Defense Grid: The Awakening...
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Overall 9
8.5

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Game Over Online
5 October 2009
  • Excerpt: The plot's appropriately paper-thin. A thousand years ago or so, an alien race invaded the planet and were driven off in a cataclysmic war. Now they're back, and your...
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Overall 9
9.0
Gameplay 10
10
Graphics 8
8.0
Sound 8
7.5

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Cosmos Gaming
3 October 2009
  • Conclusion: Bottom line: Tower defense fans, this is as good as it gets. Buy this game without question. Anyone who doesn't know what a tower defense game is, this is the best chance...
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Defense Grid: The Awakening

UnNamedGaming
25 September 2009
  • Excerpt: Defense Grid: The Awakening Xbox LIVE Arcade title Developer- Hidden Path defensegrid.hiddenpath.com ESRB- E for Everyone 10+ Tower defense titles are a dime a dozen,...
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  • Cons: - It's often hard to tell which enemy is which when they come back more powerful. - Some new RTS players may find the game too challenging.
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Overall 8
8.3

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Metacritic
25 September 2009
  • Summary: Strategically place your towers on the map to prevent alien enemies from stealing your power cores. Play for just fifteen minutes or several hours! This award-winning...
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Overall 8
8.0

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Snackbar Games
21 September 2009
  • Excerpt: Tower defense is a genre that has taken off in recent years. Titles like Savage Moon, Comet Crash, and Plants Vs. Zombies all manage to stand on their own as full titles...
  • Pros: Tower defense is a genre that has taken off in recent years. Titles like
  • Cons: Tower defense is a genre that has taken off in recent years. Titles like
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Defense Grid: The Awakening

GameSpot
17 September 2009
  • Conclusion: Defense Grid: The Awakening doesn't do anything to advance the tower defense genre. But it doesn't need to. Its elements are so skillfully balanced that those who have...
  • Pros: Great sense of balance between your powerful towers and the massive alien onslaught, Ability to jump back to previous checkpoints minimizes frustration of trial and error...
  • Cons: Trial and error can still be frustrating...
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