Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $3.99.
- Story and characters: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 3k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Get this mainly to conclude the game's story (if you care about that), particularly if you got all of the original game's DLC packs.
Defense Grid was so great: fun towers, interesting maps, great voice acting, balanced gameplay (not too easy, not too difficult—just the right balance of trying to avoid that one slippery enemy slipping through and ruining your perfect run).
DG2 just looking at it without scrutinizing too much appears to be near-identical to its predecessor: similar graphics (they are slightly improved, but I couldn't see enough to say they're significantly better), similar maps and gameplay, similar towers, and similar enemies.
DG2 adds a some truly interesting co-op and competitive multiplayer, including modes with shared and separate scores and resource pools.
Defense Grid was so great: fun towers, interesting maps, great voice acting, balanced gameplay (not too easy, not too difficult—just the right balance of trying to avoid that one slippery enemy slipping through and ruining your perfect run).
DG2 adds a some truly interesting co-op and competitive multiplayer, including modes with shared and separate scores and resource pools.
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Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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