Band of Defenders

Band of Defenders
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Metacritic
50
Steam
47.553
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Price
$7.69
Release date
5 April 2018
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Total
50 (304 votes)

A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.

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Band of Defenders system requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 7 or higher
  • Processor: Recent Intel i3 or AMD alternative
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia 750Ti with 2GB or AMD alternative
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 15 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: requires online connection
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Wiyry
Wiyry

It feels more like an early access game rather than a full product.

wait for a -50% or a few more updates before buying it.

keckjoseph
keckjoseph

My god do I love this game!

If you enjoy tower defense games, first person shooters than this is one game you dont't want to miss...I can't want for the next match to start :)

Every match you win you get a nice little loot box with goodies (1 goodie lol) and same when you level, no pay to win bs...just fun good old fashion grinding and having fun.

An assortment of maps, mobs, and difficulties...very hard until you get a few items from boxes and unless you have a team...which is the largest flaw...the matchmaking needs a little attention. Right now (Day 1 of release when this review has been written) there is solo, invite friends, or play...play you can join someone elses, start a new one and there is no choice how that goes or how many people are there when it starts...u can't choose to wait for 4 people and the harder maps you need 4 until you have better towers and weapons unlocked. I imagine this will be fixed shortly as it is a major discussion in the communinty and the DEV is very very active :)

Just released and a little buggy, but the Development team replies to messages quickly and that's amazing.

(I am horrible at reviews, but if I am taking my time to write one it's becase the gamedeserves it and both the team that made it should have the positive review and potential players who look for reviews should know about it.)

I crash at random
I crash at random

Don't!
Loading times
Input lag
Game starts before matchmaking finishes
Lack of options
This game is pretty bad and it is not even Early Access, but full release.

ZZTT
ZZTT

pretty sure this mines crypto, or is so poorly optimized its basically malware. 99% cpu usage... wtf

Superfranky
Superfranky

Initial Reaction:

The Good:
I like this game a lot - really fun co-op with friends. Small community which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it. You can share weapons you craft with friends which is pretty cool. The game has a lot of potential and I'm excited to see where the developers take it. I like that you can instantly reorganize your defense between rounds (if you misplace a turret or wall, there is an "undo" option which can be used immediately or in any round after).

The Bad:
That said, it takes way too long to unlock useful items in this game - they should probably swap the model and make it so a win gives a USEFUL item and a level up gives a cosmetic. I've put in 30 hours and I still don't have level 2 or level 3 tower barricades. At level 29, I need to win 3 solo hard-mode games to earn an arsenal unlock... and I have about 35 items left to unlock. That's pretty crazy for a RNG based loot grind... Also, you don't get as much exp for playing solo.

It takes too long to upgrade turrets and walls (9 swings of the wrench when you have ~30 seconds between rounds). Also, why can't I jump on my barricades or overtop of them - what is the point of jumping? It takes 15 seconds to craft a mine... Crafting should be instantaneous in a game with limited time between rounds - or you should provide an option to delay the start of the round until we are ready and defenses are built.

Hours Played:

I've got about 30 hours so far, it's pretty fun. Easy is very easy, I usually solo on Hard and play on Apocalyptic when I have 3 other friends to chill with.

Price: 10/10

Thank you for not making us pay for lootboxes - an automatic 10/10. I've paid less for lunch... I think the game has great fun per dollar ratio.

Loot: 9/10

I like how there is separation between cosmetics and actual in game earned gear. They are clear that cosmetics do not affect your characters stats in any way. Lootboxes are fun when you don't have to pay for them. They do seem to take some time to earn though and it can make it a grindy experience - this can be frustrating if you want a better weapon because you can't simply go and buy a better weapon, you have to get lucky and win it!

Defenses: 7/10

It feels impossible to herd enemies in the direction you want, which I feel is imperative to this genre. It would be nice to be able to force enemies to walk in certain directions to maximize turret power. Right now, the turret shoots them and they smack the turret until one of them wins.

Turrents have no depth, you place them and upgrade them. If your turrets are destroyed, you lose due to the amount of enemies that spawn in the later rounds. I like that barricades around the turret absorb damage when the turret is shot directly.

Gunplay: 7/10

It's fun to shoot stuff, but there's room for improvement here. The different weapons are really neat... I just unlocked the Shotgun and it is deceptively powerful vs the big Trolls - it's really saved my bacon a few times! Admittedly though, It does feel a bit lame to be shooting at hordes of enemies with a pistol in the first round, I think you should be able to buy weapons before the first wave.

When you're actually hitting your target you don't feel like the bullet strike really matters. You can't impede them by shooting them, it just subtracts from a health bar and there is no register that you're hitting on your crosshairs like other FPS. There is no stagger which feels weird when you use powerful weapons like the shotgun. Crowd control effects on weapons should probably be considered by the development team. Right now the only way you can crowd control is to aggro the enemies and let them chase you around while your team mates deal with the other threats.

Overall: 7/10

Should you buy?: Yes
A lot of fun for 9 bucks.

Best Features:

1: Lots of content - Maps, cosmetics, guns, seems like this game has lots of stuff on launch and room to grow. I'm always excited to see what I unlock.

2: UI is clean - I was surprised by the polish of the user interface.

3: Teamwork is required - if you don't build correctly or pay attention to the map you will lose. That's a good thing for these types of games!

Top 3 Improvements Needed:

1: Definitely not enough time between waves. I feel incredibly rushed to do my repairs and build my turrets. It shouldn't take more than one hit to repair a wall or a turret if this is going to be so limited.

2: Needs to be a different strategy than spamming tesla turrets.

3: I'm doing most of the work with my guns and not with my turrets, not sure if that is intended or not - because the turrets are way more expensive than the guns. Maybe this is a lower difficulty thing, if so I'll update the review later.

cagebot
cagebot

If you like Tower Defense/FPS games like Sanctum and Orcs Must Die where you defend against waves of enemies, then you'll most likely enjoy this game.

Tower/weapons are random via crate mechanic which I don't mind---you have to make do with what you have.

Cons: There's not a lot of room for creativity because the start of each wave is timed. There's no maze building like Sanctum or OMD either.

All in all I'd recommend it.

Mr.Jazzercizer
Mr.Jazzercizer

Great game!! will play for a long time

Voyager_0ne
Voyager_0ne

This game has potential but it really isn't there yet. Tastes like early access. I mean, one of the game modes is literally not available yet. I mean - why? This is a fully released game right?

The guns and sound effects just feel so unsatisfying. Like placeholder sound effects. The voice acting is uncomfortably bad. However, I do thank them very much for making it an option to turn off character speech. They say the same 3 things (poorly) over and over and over again. After one round of this I was losing my mind.

I played about 3 rounds and felt like I'd experienced the whole game. Only thing I didn't get to enjoy was the endless grind for loot box items. This set up doesn't add enough to the game for me or long term enjoyment.

I expect they will improve over time, but for now. Its a pass unfortunately.

TheSunEater
TheSunEater

Play it for yourself, Fun Co-op/ Tower Defense

rarfy50
rarfy50

Way too many bugs for this to be released. It needs to go back in the oven for a bit longer.

In attempting to play the game for 10-15 minutes I ran into
1: "Maintenance window that wasn't specified" Ok, fine, maybe that's not a bug, but I got "error 104" or something of that nature and that was it, so it looked like one.
2: I couldn't open the reward chest from the first fight
3: The enemies in the first mission couldn't hit me.
4: Once I managed to somehow escape the reward chest of doom, I clicked to scroll through characters...and got stuck in another loop of doom...this time asking me to try on a hat that was locked. Obviously I couldn't try the hat on, because it was locked. But there was no way out of the tutorial screen.

That was my limit, so I requested a refund.

Vayl
Vayl

Go buy yourself some Papa John's pizza instead. You will get more enjoyment out of it.

They could put pineapple on your pizza if you hate it, or forget it if you love it. And you will still get more enjoyment out of that pizza than Band of Defenders.

They could get the entire order wrong, they could give you garlic bread instead of chicken poppers, they could give you diet pepsi instead of mountain dew, they could drop the whole pizza box in the mud on the way to deliver it and it would still be higher quality than Band of Defenders.

I often get mad at people saying that 15 bucks is too expensive for a game. I now understand what they mean. Instead I will get mad at people whose next checkout isn't involving a delicious deep crust papa john's pizza.

Silverbolttt
Silverbolttt

This game is Meh at best. Doesn't hold my interest at all, Killing FLoor 2 is a way better buy. Requesting a refund

Thoughts & Prayers
Thoughts &…

I liked the concept of the game but the actual gameplay itself was terrible. The game mode was either too hard or too easy but it all felt like this game was released a year too early, so full of glitches and confusing options and controls.
Maybe I'll check back in about a year. There wasn't much I could have done differently to make this game more-enjoyable.

Wallon
Wallon

Tl;DR: This is a pretty bad game with some big flaws that does nothing for no one. if you still want to play a "UFPS Shooter" you can buy "Killing Room" made by the same devs, if you want a propper Coop-TD-FPS just get "Sanctum 2" by Coffee Stain Studios.

This game suffer from a condition that I call "Been there, done that" and its culprit is the genre, but even then isn't the main reason, I can't tell if the devs are really lazy or on the brink of bankruptcy. Everything feels like its reused from their other games, from the UFPS to the guitar "song" when you open the game. All of that are elements from their previous games and somehow this is still the least innovative game that they made to date.
The gunplay and movement is just default UFPS, that is to say:clunky, feels "off", shooting is just effing awfull and makes the game looks like an asset flip. And on top of that enemies don't react to it at all, the only reason why you know you hit them is because a splatter of blood just appear on it, and due to that the melee is just so bad that is funny at times.
The sounds is just really really bad, there are full actions (reloading/shooting) that still without sound at all, and the sounds there are there makes you wish they weren't.
The AI is just ridiculously bad. feels like worse than default Unity pathfinding. They just run straight to the target which means that you can't maze them. Which coupled with the only 30 seconds to build means that by wave 7 your whole base is just a mess with half broken pathways, and chances are one side is going to be unprotected because you can either only repair or build in that time. This is really not fun, especially if you're solo.
The progression is another really odd thing. They decided to lock buildings behind lootboxes, as of right now you can't buy them with real money, but this is just a really odd thing to do to a game like this, feels like the game's dev heard "loot boxes makes some people get addicted" and then acted based on that, or maybe they're "saving" adding buy crates with real money for later, either way makes me real suspicious.
And these are just the core things that are wrong with the game, there's a bunch of other things that I could talk about to convince someone to NOT buy this. I didn't talk how repetitive it feels because there's only two maps, I didn't talk on how the genre has been tried-and-tested (even by this very team) so anything that comes out has been done. All in all this is a pretty bad game with some big flaws that does nothing for no one. if you still want to play a "UFPS Shooter" you can buy "Killing Room" made by the same devs, if you want a propper Coop-TD-FPS just get Sanctum 2.

Kiss
Kiss

I like this game !!!!! I make a live with this game ! I love Zombie game!

Scott Vermeyen
Scott Vermeyen

To be honest, I did buy this game almost blind to support these developers, but while I do think I'll have fun with this (strapped on time), it's not an obvious improvement over their previous titles.

I was looking for Killing Room action with all the goodies Band of Defenders promised, but it's a mix-mash of sorts. Doesn't do one thing quite right, but I also love building a base and defending it. Not many options on that front.

Fill
Fill

Needs to be more people playing it.

Eggster
Eggster

Great little game thats well worth the money.
As mentioned by others, don't expect new ground breaking mechanics. You wall yourself in, build and upgrade turrets and your weapons, kill mobs, fight boss.

Atsuka
Atsuka

this game is good it so funny I like this game but you need to config to solve a problem with a time finding in room or you need to make it finding a players easily cuz I'm not found anyone so sad playing alone...

Swamp Fox
Swamp Fox

Pretty entertaining for the price. Some bugs in the game but nothing serious. They could fix the matchmacking system though. Its talks a little bit to get in a game with others without playing solo.

Solar
Solar

Nice game. Has potential. Needs some polish. Maps. And more players.

DON´T COOK ME!
DON´T COOK ME!

Absolutely garbage.

Get a Killing floor or Sanctum instead.

0/10.

Refunded. Anyways this game should be free.

Rusty ShackleFord
Rusty ShackleFord

Let's hope the devs keep up with this one
EDIT
not even one update

†:MΔЯ▼:†
†:MΔЯ▼:†

Oh boy, what can I say. I usually like tower defense games, but this is just bad. First of all, you start the game, it throws a super loud cutcene at you and then it directly loads into the Tutorial, where you can finaly lower the sound of the Game.

I didnt played it much, because I right of the bat noticed alot of stuff, that made me uncomfortable. The HUD and UI are a mess. I got an Ultrawide and yet my whole screen was occupied by useless infos. The weaponhandling felt wrong too, no point in ADS if your crosshair is accurate and ADS just takes vision from you. The Enemys are generic, the graphics aint that good and I overall just had no Fun with it. I requested a Refund, sadly.

Spunt
Spunt

Do you like waiting? well buy it... just tutorial+ first map on easy... is about 23min... what an excelent job!! graphick horible,weapons are bad too... and the AI logick... uh i want cry... bettr go buy some bettr game for this price.(btw you cant skip waiting time... you need wait 1min all the time... there is not ready button like in dungeon or any other TD games...) well this game maybe can be good... but... buy it for 5€ or less... my reccomend...

Xane
Xane

This is an indie mix of Killing Floor and Fortnite. The gunplay is a little lacking, the content is also a little lacking, but the idea is really great. I really enjoy the blending of tower defense and wave survival that this game provides.

Hood Rat
Hood Rat

Okay so heres the deal, its a great game honestly but my only problem is i grinded for three hours as soon as i got the game and had one shitty gun the whole time. My freind got the game a few minutes ago and his first game he got two great guns... Whats the deal...

TimSwanky
TimSwanky

I have a total of 19 minutes in Band of Defenders, within this time frame I was more than truly displeased with what the game was and how it worked. You cant even change the binds for most of the important keys. Also, a side note, it sucks.

Smilies2021
Smilies2021

I can not recommend this game, it's a dead zone.
max online i see these days are 8 (if you're luck)
The developers dont respond to our feedback, and the endless mode is a joke.
you can upgrade structures/turrets 3 times, but you need to upgrade each upgrade 3 times,
that means,, to max upgrade wich is 3, u need to upgrade 9 times wich takes 6 sec, of each turret or defence wall.
So if you put 1 turret and surround it by sandbags, max upgrading wil take 8 zandbags,
6 sec each = 48 sec exclusive the turret. and you only have 30 sec. more later. but its just 1 turret.
The game is not worth playing in current state, it's bugged as hell.
Enemies sometimes doesn't spawn, or there is just 1 stuck.
Do i recommend this game? no. it's to buggy.

D. Sturmtruppen
D. Sturmtruppen

This game has no players, a very limited variety of weapons, and the building fase is WAY too short. It needs to be trippled. If this game actually had other players to play when you start it would be worth it. But there isn't . And it's not.

浪漫Man
浪漫Man

游戏一般,画质感还可以,但是游戏如果只一个塔防模式玩久了根本就没意思,而且玩来玩去就那两张地图,还有服务器真的垃圾,玩这么多游戏没见过自己建主和朋友联机还会掉线的游戏,平均玩三局会有一次掉线

you_sern
you_sern

shit game waste of money..laggy service and no one playing...always play alone

The 2 Times ✌
The 2 Times ✌

Trash graphics, animations, gameplay, aim, oh ... almost forgot, the begining story is pure CRINGE

Theiceking1996
Theiceking1996

I truly don't know how to feel about this game. Initially when I purchased it, the servers were screwed from error 102 but that was fixed overnight and next day the game was running. Well. I guess you could say. One of the most infuriating things in this game is the grind. The only way to have decent gear to kill the bad guys is leveling up. You level up and get an arsenal case. But there's a catch. The gear is completely RNG so there's a possibility you won't get a decent gun until later levels. But that's another story. The thing that infuriates me the most is that the game likes to crash at wave 9/10 or 10/10. When you crash, you don't get any freaking xp. You could've been in the game from the beginning but if you crash at any time. There's no way to rejoin lobby. Also this is the only game I know of that can force your computer to restart from a crash. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS GAME IN ITS CURRENT STATE. IT'S FUN BUT ONLY WHEN IT WORKS.

TheRealBeetlejuice
TheRealBeetlejuice

this game is fun but nobody fuckin plays wtf?

Sckiz1
Sckiz1

Very Fun Game
Co-Op based game with weapons Defences and Cosmetics.

Basically killing waves in order to survive and win Rounds until finally facing the BOSS!!

Its fun but repetative with regards to its main objective which is basically killing waves and building defences.
Cosmetics are kool and graphics are Awesome!!!!
Currently the planned endgame is gonna be a mode called Endless Mode
Basically seeing how long you can survive in endless rounds.

I like this game and will recommend it.
However do not expect much more from this game as anything game changing is classed as " Too Complicated"
Quite frankly there is nothing more planned from what i was told so there ya go.

4/5 Gameplay
5/5 Graphics
5/5 Cosmetics and Weapons
2-3/5 Longetivity

GREGHERE
GREGHERE

For the price is decent game although with more work this game could be a really fun game with too many other titles like metal gear survive who start with a solid framework of things like tower defense gameplay but then end up going in tons of different directions thus requiring quite the learning curve, this game is a quick pick me and play game. The games downfall will be not implementing more diverse maps and scenerios as so far its been a bit basic. in closure to my review of this game is that while spending most of my life playing a wide assortment of games as can be seen by looking at my account, this game while not engaging enough to keep me playing long play sessions it does keep me comming back for more. i'll add an update to this review in a few days as i continue to level up and hopefully come across more cool content, as my biggest fear is that i may have seen almost all of it already, which in early access is somewhat understandable, but not to extent i've seen so far comparing to most other early access titles. nice game overall so far though.

junkstarter ジャンク!
junkstarter ジャンク!

With 40 players online in 4 different difficulty brackets you're not likely to find a game. Playing alone is not very fun as you don't have any time to build anything. give us unlimited time to build and think about shit, along with JUMPING and this game is good in my book. Not great, but it would be good. As it stands it's pretty childish. Also, reading the comments from the developer with sarcasm and contempt for the customers was a real let down. Unprofessionalism may be expected from a group that just reuses the same old Unity crap. GG

FearmaKY
FearmaKY

Game is very fun!,
Runs smooth!
Accurate head shots!!
Fast paced!!
Alot of unloackables!!
Cant wait for leaderboards and endless mode!!

Mordgier
Mordgier

I really wanted to like this game due to the mindless slaughter and tower defense aspect - but the grind is just stupid and pointless.

You depend on RNG loot boxes to progress and just play the same levels over and over with the same crap structures with hopes that you may get a tesla upgrade - as teslas are the only damn thing worth building....

Blindobi
Blindobi

This game is not even ready for early access.

-={U.S.P}=- Tantheus
-={U.S.P}=- Tantheus

I'm not that far into the game (Lvl 6) and I'm liking it. You get burst turret and a Tesla turret to begin with. The easy mode is good and fun. Medium is still to hard for me. I bought my son the game as well and he likes it. I don't mind grinding a little and getting random loot. I'll updata again as time goes on. No crashes so far.

Update 4-17-18 Level 12 still no crashes so far
30 chests
16 cosmetic
4 knives
4 guns
1 trap
1 med kit
1 barricade upgrade
1 new barricade
2 specials ( Ammo station / Med station )

NO new turrets in 30 chests...pretty unlucky or drops really do suck. Wish they dropped coins to buy what I want.

Rage Clown ®™
Rage Clown ®™

Feels like a port. Cardbord enemys

should be ea

thinking about a refund

COMMIE_GOTH_MOMMY
COMMIE_GOTH_MOMMY

the lag is pretty bad even when solo i click and it always feels like it takes 1.5 seconds to shoot and then misses its weird work on this shit wish i could refund it but oh well

U N G U I D E D
U N G U I D E D

Great game to pass the time. A little buggy in places where the zombie/mutents dont show for certain players but other than that a good game!!

ThatsGay
ThatsGay

So I believe this game has not been out for a long time, which is okay for not being to much content. I really like defence games.. I have not played one like this where it is 3rd view. The feeling when you are playing with other and you have to defend is what I like. you work to gether and build to protect an objective with turrent walls weapons ect. I really like the game and I actually want to see this game go further in time and see it expand.

TheDude47 (  °  ) (  °  )
TheDude47 ( °…

I refunded because the game offers not much...

The content is just so small, yes there is fun to be had but its just not as good as other cooperative games on the market, like killing floor 2 or recently Deep Rock Galactic..

This game is therefore average in fun and in content, i dont recommend.

If the devs seriously re.thought the game i would give it another go, but now its not a good one, to me.

Randall
Randall

Extremely repetative with stupid AI. Tried to give it a genuine attempt, but jesus. Happily refunded.

ProstheticAIM
ProstheticAIM

at the moment this game is grindy repetative and out of 50 or so games have only ended up playing with someone once, there needs to be a online lobby system to wait for players not just 20 seconds then start

NecrosedFlick
NecrosedFlick

this game suks.Very Very Very disappointed at it.Not a whole lot of characters to choose from,loot is pretty much fixed unlike other games which will have random loot.If you want to play games like this,i recommend orcs must die! as it has much more customization option and its FREEEEEEEEEE!.

LordyMatsuo
LordyMatsuo

Feels like Early Access but it's not an Early Access game. I wish it was EA becuase then at least i would know more ocntent and more plans are in the pipeline but as far as a fully released title goes it's probably only ever goign to add small content updates via DLC in the future which is shame. Time will tell

vlaxim fox
vlaxim fox

A big let down from the people that made killing room.

Flipmonger
Flipmonger

Just bought it, now trying to refund. It's not Early Access, nor is it in Beta; however, it behaves as such - crashed during the post-tutorial round and crashed again after trying a solo game. Not worth the 13.99 or the headache trying to refund it.

Honestly, this game looked like a great contender to the Sanctum-series; similar concept, less focus on the TD-aspect; however, wasn't able to get far enough to experience anything I've seen on the trailers.

Patch68 -KGM-
Patch68 -KGM-

Myself and 4 others have not been able to play together since the update, even after a complete reinstall. Are there any plans to fix this?

Vexcog
Vexcog

Awesome idea... but really glitchy. You can't pick a level so you just get put into the same map over and over again. The items are cool, unlocks seem pretty common (maybe a bit stingy), guns are fun. I played 6 missions got the desert level 3 times and the crossroads twice. The second time I got the crossroads some of the enemies just dissapeared. Since I couldnt kill them I couldnt beat the level so I had to leave and get no experiene for my 30 minutes of play time. Even with this game breaking bug if you made the levels so I can pick which one I want to play, I would come back for more.

Hex J
Hex J

If this had more players I think this would be a more fun game. Even giving it that, this tower defense game doesn't quite hit home. I would prefer more opportunity to work on the base building aspect of this, but it's over in no time flat. Since there's no other players around, it doesn't add up to much defense before the match begins. The potential was there but it didn't take off.

GTReaper
GTReaper

Really enjoyed this game - pissed I wasted money on it as a title that doesnt seem to have a future. As it stands right now it is DOA. No players. Kaput! I think they could rescue it if they wanted but clearly only wanted a quick buck off the backs of an eager playerbase. I really did enjoy it until I could no longer play as playing it alone is pointless, and no one queues for matches anymore. No updates since April... Sad!

KingRedfox
KingRedfox

Both the developers and players have abandoned this game. It was meh, there was room for improvement.

Comrade Pickles
Comrade Pickles

I really wanted to like this game, supported it from launch but man it did not improve much.

Laffey =3
Laffey =3

first of its not a bad game but I was hoping for more gameplay the last update was 6 months ago and it only has content for about 20 hours if you think its enough for 14 € ok have fun with the game thats all i have to say. PS thx for reading have a nice day

Sebastian John
Sebastian John

good concept but needs more depth.

small things like enemy variaty like use those floating heads from the first game
you created a character you play as but there is no depth to them beyone cosmetics. just for comparasin the tutorial girl from killing room, she had depth. these characters need it too. some cheeky or badass lines when a wave ends or they kill an enemy
and walls need to be cheaper. i find myself not building in a game about tower defense

increase the damage the enemys do and allow more building by making things cheaper or giving more money or building while under attack so when an enemy comes close to you its actually scary instad of aaah i will deal with these guys later let me take the guys that are attacking the tower.

over all these thing below might improve player retention in this game.

1.building while under attack (no body likes it when you are restricted to do something when there is no reason why you are not doing it)
2.earning scraps as you kill enemys (like killing these guys is actually giving me something to use)
3. more enemy types like flying, coming out of the ground etc. mini versions of bosses
4.personality to player character through voice or visual or both

why i am suggesting these things you ask? when i dont want to start a game with out a band which i am doing right now

ZeeVee
ZeeVee

Absolute joke, game abandoned, devs lied and i feel robbed... shame as was a really good concept.
DO NOT BUY 0/10

ChildHoodHorror
ChildHoodHorror

I enjoyed the few matches I played before refunding the game. The only reason I refuned was I was never able to play in a match with other people. Maybe it was just a bad day to try it out but without other people to play it's never going to be a game most will play long.

Maybe they could throw so maps in there geared towards single players, maybe guarding against two sides instead of 4 or 5. They could also setup a lobby so players can see your going to start a game, giving people the option to delay the start until someone joins.

Also, think the price is a bit steep for what the game offers. I picked it up on sale and still think it was too much given that a giant aspect of the game is missing, other players... Either put some work arounds into the game or lower the price down to like 5 bucks so you don't mind buying two copies so you can give one to a friend.

FilleMang
FilleMang

Repetitive, over and over again repetitive.

NZtankman
NZtankman

This game was a total surprise. An impulse purchase at a friends suggestion as we love co-op games. This game is so much fun to play. We had a blast. You get to unlock more perks, weapons and costumes as you gain experience. The maps are fun and the different difficulty levels mix things up. Despite the negative reviews it's a lot of fun even on your own.

Matisyahu Shekelberg
Matisyahu Shekelberg

This game is fun, but there are no online players.

benny :)
benny :)

I want my fucking money back this game is dead and even the devs have given up. Only reason I bought it was because I hoped it would work out and the devs wouldnt give up on it but well that didnt work out it was just a waste of my money and time.

Aurigauh
Aurigauh

I'll go over pros and cons. I noticed this game had mixed reviews, but it looked like my kind of game. (survival, fight waves of enemies, kind of like tower defense since you can build traps, craft everything, and it's a first person shooter.)

This could either be a pro or a con, depending on if you like old school aiming or aim assist. The gameplay handles like an old school FPS. What I mean by that is, no such thing as aim assist or anything like that. Your aim comes from your own personal skill exclusively, which gets better the more you play.

Cons:
Honestly... The enemy AI is a little dumb, but that's usually the case with every game where you fight big waves of enemies, so that's to be expected. The enemy movement animation is okay, but some of the enemies "running" animations go faster than they move on the ground so it kind of looks like they're running in place and slowly gliding, but it's not really noticeable after you get engrossed in the game and fight bigger waves. The graphics themselves aren't top notch, it could use some ambient effects or weather... but otherwise they're not that bad, honestly. It doesn't really leave a lot to be desired since you can easily tell what everything is and it's not a triple-A title made by a huge company.

Pros:
As you level up you get boxes of gear, both cosmetic and performance gear (interchangeable between all characters, I believe). It's somewhat random what your rewards are, so if you're playing with friends it gives you some great new variety with each new game since you seem to level pretty much every round for a while. At least up to 10, maybe higher. The higher difficulty you play the better the rewards, too. Some of the new items you get are guns, new turrets, or upgrades for them. You may unlock new types of explosives or traps, or new structures like walls, or tesla doors that allow you to pass through but don't allow enemies so you can make walls that you can pass through safely to perform repairs more easily in enclosed areas. There are other new structures as well, that's just an example.

Overall... Honestly, this game is exactly what I'd expect it to be for the gameplay. The unlock system won it over for me. I get to enjoy the gameplay I purchased it for and I consistently get new items to add to the game.

14pat (pure skill 200 iq man )
14pat (pure sk…

buy this game only if your friend also buys it othervise its just boring wave shooter with SKINS and LOOTBOXES actualy lootboxes are done i guess actually pretty well you cant buy any boxes and you get them by playing so i guess its promoting people to play it . it doesnt work because the game is shit. shooting its boring. aiming is buggy by that i mean if you are aiming with sights everything you are not aiming at it gets blurry and because the aiming is gay EVERYTHING IS BLURRY.

MULTIPLAYER IS DEAD

so only epic coop now

ENEMIES

all enemies look buggy and cheap. so yea most enemies just look bad there are 2 woman enemies and both have tits out.
and most of them are hit scan or mellee.

BOSSES

there is lot of bosses all of them feel like bullet sponges and cheap.
fuck those bosses one of the worst part of the game.

BUILDING

you can surrely build and its ok i guess everything gets broken really fast and if you stop fixing or rebuilding what got destroyed, so yea

GRAPHICS

it looks like ok i guess

GAMEPLAY

running is good
jumping is nice :)
building is ok
melle is terible
shooting is bad
is it fun? with friend/s yes

i will play this game again and if this game would be sold for 5 euro and it would be in sale for 1 euro i would buy it to shitload to people just to try to keep this game alive i played games from Alda games before and its like before junky and it feels like somebody spilled glue on the code and im sad that Alda games make minecraft shooters now.

so yea buy it only if your friends have it i just want to say you will end up knowing that this game is bad but you will still kinda like it.

Heinous Anus
Heinous Anus

This is the definition of a great, fun idea with poor execution. Read the community hub before buying! So many players upset with the developers. I shouldn't have purchased this and immediately have requested a refund.

Pros:
Lots of fun, cool ways to setup base fortifications

Cons:
Zero multiplayerbase
Very difficult to solo play even on easy mode
No mouse speed control (it feels very slow by default)
Really DUMB AI

I'm sorry to leave such a bad review, I was genuinely excited to try this game but it's really not worth even $15...

Ralphakahn
Ralphakahn

fun game with a friend ! need way more content tho. good fun for a week or two .

FractalizeR
FractalizeR

The idea is not bad, but... Something is not right with it to me. Maybe it's ugly graphics, may be it's strange pace with no for strategic thinking. May be it's empty multiplayer with no group to play with. May be... Well, just uninstall it.

Drake Black
Drake Black

This game looks like cool, the idea is cool. You think this game is cool? Bullshit. Last updade a year ago, 2018.04.27
Today 2019.04.27 dev leaved this game, no players. Do NOT drop your money off the window. If you have brain and dont want to play a trash game fully ALONE then keep your 12 euro and buy a Real game, not "this"-.-

Gothamguy
Gothamguy

I am hooked on this game! Nice diversion from other long-term games. Great graphics, pacing, sound, challenge. I just wish there were more maps.
Well done!

Fynneberg
Fynneberg

Game's actually pretty fun to play with friends, sure it's not that great but it's fun. Grab it on sale with a couple friends.

Macdallan
Macdallan

This game is an unfinished mess. Don't buy it. Yep, that's all I have to say on this one.

Cedric
Cedric

Can I have a refund for this dead game? 2/10

Celendrin
Celendrin

lol this game is FREAKING AWESOME the more I play it the more I love it,

seriously (not sarcasm) this is easily one of the best games on Steam,

takes fps 'skill', has all kinds of upgrades and weapons and turrets and barricades to get, all kinds of strategies to try out and test,

has solo and multiplayer etc etc

-Easily- one of the most under-rated games on steam, and maybe one of the biggest 'hidden gems' I ever played in my whole gaming life.

Anyone down-voting this either came in with massive preconceptions about the game or was expecting something else, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this game other than it's too short (lol),

and has tons of awesome things going for it.

Shame on people for not giving it a chance or whining about stupid stuff when they play it (like "I'm not getting items fast enough!!!11" or "it's too Hard WAAAaahhhHHHHHhh" etc )

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I've had more fun in the first hour of this than playing Monster Hunter World for 30+ hours

(I'm not even joking)

This is the perfect example of a game that's simple looking, simple to play, and simply 'fun' in the process,

MHW is the perfect example of the opposite, all kinds of fancy graphics, fancy mechanics, deep layered gaming systems,

but so awkward and convoluted you're just trying to find that moment when you're actually 'having fun' and it rarely comes..

This game relies equally on your fps 'skill' and the items you get --And-- the strategy you take laying things out,

part of the fun (and 'confusion' when first trying it out) is playing and getting your items from chests as you level up/get xp etc,

many people don't realize obviously you're supposed to 'suck' when you start out, if you don't have that silly " I Want to Win No000WWWwwWW!!! " attitude then give it time and you'll get cool stuff as you play,

getting new and better items drastically changes the gameplay and fun you have as things such as " I don't have enough time to build between waves " nonsense, as many items actually help increase the rate which you do things (such as 'repair' tables that allow you to instantly repair damage to stuff instead of having to hammer at them multiple times),

and in fact makes the review of Mack the Worth-A-Buy guy (who I think is great but I do -not- agree with his review of this game) pointless,

cause his big gripe is 'lack of time' to build but honestly if you use the fast-hold-the-mouse-button mechanic given to you (plus the items that speed things up) it's actually quite reasonable, and in fact adds to the fun and 'tension' of the game.

Tips - -

- do not lay things out unless you can completely 'surround' an object (like a turret etc), otherwise they will just go to the opening and bust the turret.

That simply means don't build anything for the first few waves, that will allow you to have more money and time (later waves give more time and money to build) to built a turret and surround it completely with upgraded blocks.

Doing so will mean that turret will easily survive and from there you just strategically build more turrets etc.

- Do not forget you can create 'barricade' lines (of blocks) straight across the map to prevent enemies (especially bombers) from reaching your base!!

-- Another important tip - you can build healing kits and grenades, useful for preparing for bosses etc.

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Basically, this game is one of those rare finds (especially nowadays) that doesn't have polish or mega funding, but is a good idea and relatively well executed and is actually 'fun' to play,

It's like those xbox 360 games nobody told you about, you thought looked 'cheesy' in the pics, but you took a chance, bought it, and were pleasantly surprised to find it was one of the most fun games you played in a long while.

Definite thumbs up, it's sucks to think it's one of those really fun games that will take forever to find people to play with cause nobody knows about it lol,

(as for me I'm gonna buy it for my friends cause that's the best way to both support the devs and find people to play with lol)

Give it a shot it's a lot more fun than most Triple-A cr-p nowadays..

: P..

(excuse my language, lol.. )

Hado
Hado

Money thrown away. Just like in Winward. Never again buying early acces games

AncientGamer
AncientGamer

Tried it. No real base building. Build defenses like turrets and barricades. Lacks flavor and diversity. Just repeat same actions over and over. Dev's seem earnest but not able to focus. Still looking for their niche. Not there yet. Keep trying!

Sirfingturtle
Sirfingturtle

just don't, not worth the money, no updates since release

🐾Meowie🐾
🐾Meowie🐾

This game is a scam becareful when buying shithole games like this!

Puku
Puku

Highly recommended and fun tower defense style game / FPS combination.

NanoFighter
NanoFighter

Band Of Defenders is a FPS + Tower Defense hybrid. You have a base to protect, you can set up barricades, turrets etc. You have to survive a set number of rounds to win. In last round a boss shows up, you kill him and it's over. I summed up the whole game for you. There isn't much variety here. It can be fun for a few hours but that's it. There are glitches that force you to quit the game. Sometimes enemies stuck on spawn, sometimes in last round boss never comes. It hasn't been updated since release, so it is abandonware. You also gain loot crates and unlock new stuff but it is too grindy. If you are looking for a FPS + Tower Defense hybrid game there are better alternatives on Steam.

> Bæl <
> Bæl <

This is for sure a horrible port from mobile to pc. Gameplay is not very good. I don't reccomend this game.

Hunngarr
Hunngarr

Bought this about a week ago and ended up refunding it. It seemed to have a lot of potential while I was playing through the tutorial. But after playing 2 missions back to back that stopped spawning enemies on wave 6 and 10 respectively. (Making them uncompletable). I decided it was a little to buggy for me.

MeGa
MeGa

The gameplay is pretty good.

The problem of that game, is the progression is in lootboxes, which can be ok, but those lootboxes are generated by the developers servers.

The single player, also connects to the games servers. Meaning you can not play the game once the developers close the servers, as it happened in Battleborn or Darkspore before.

Add a few threads on main page saying they have "server disconnect" issues after bosses etc, plus 0 presence from devs, and 0 players online, and it looks like a trap.

A game that can be closed any time.

I own almost every game in the genre, and for example, Fortified or Orcs must Die (or sanctum or 12.300 others) can be played now or in 5 years.

They do not require to connect to servers to create lobbies even for single players, or to give you the random loot boxes that contain the upgrades for the game. So even at 55% discount, costing 5e, its a big risk, so I refunded.

Maybe if it ever is sold for 1e or so, and the servers are still up, it will be a safe purchase (as in, get some time played without caring if they close servers)