XBLA Trenched brings mechs, co-op to tower defenseBy Ben Kuchera | Published a day agoThe world of tower defense games is more varied than it may look, with interesting takes on the genre being released with some regularity. Anomaly showed us what would happen if we were the invading army, and now Trenched on the Xbox Live Arcade turns the standard cursor you would normally use to place your units into a giant, customizable weapons platform.If I'm allowed a moment of understatement, this is a very nice addition to the game play.The game takes place in an alternate reality World War I, and you patrol each map with your mech as you take out the waves of bad guys, laying down your turrets and other battlefield goodies. You also have to stomp over to the fallen enemies to pick up the "scrap," the material used to buy new defenses and upgrades.This gives you both a direct and indirect interaction with the enemies, and the game comes to life in multiplayer, with more enemies coming at you as you increase the player count. As you fight, you'll be earning money to buy upgrades, and new weapons and items to use to customize your mech. Finding the right combination of parts and effective defense placement are both important if you want to get ahead.The game does have a few problems, as I found it tricky to keep track of where the enemies were coming from. Some waves are announced on your heads-up display, while others aren't, for no apparent reason. I would go out to fight a swarm of the bad guys, only to find another group of enemies chewing on the building I was supposed to be protecting, without much of a peep from the game. A top-down map would have been useful in some situations.Even with these minor annoyances, the game is a great time, especially when you invite friends along for the ride. This is a game that feels good, and puts enough hooks into the standard tower defense formula to keep you playing. For $15, this is a game you need to be playing.
It's been a WHILE since i've played a Tower Defense of ANY kind, but THIS may be the trick to take a whack at it again:QuoteXBLA Trenched brings mechs, co-op to tower defenseBy Ben Kuchera | Published a day agoThe world of tower defense games is more varied than it may look, with interesting takes on the genre being released with some regularity. Anomaly showed us what would happen if we were the invading army, and now Trenched on the Xbox Live Arcade turns the standard cursor you would normally use to place your units into a giant, customizable weapons platform.If I'm allowed a moment of understatement, this is a very nice addition to the game play.The game takes place in an alternate reality World War I, and you patrol each map with your mech as you take out the waves of bad guys, laying down your turrets and other battlefield goodies. You also have to stomp over to the fallen enemies to pick up the "scrap," the material used to buy new defenses and upgrades.This gives you both a direct and indirect interaction with the enemies, and the game comes to life in multiplayer, with more enemies coming at you as you increase the player count. As you fight, you'll be earning money to buy upgrades, and new weapons and items to use to customize your mech. Finding the right combination of parts and effective defense placement are both important if you want to get ahead.The game does have a few problems, as I found it tricky to keep track of where the enemies were coming from. Some waves are announced on your heads-up display, while others aren't, for no apparent reason. I would go out to fight a swarm of the bad guys, only to find another group of enemies chewing on the building I was supposed to be protecting, without much of a peep from the game. A top-down map would have been useful in some situations.Even with these minor annoyances, the game is a great time, especially when you invite friends along for the ride. This is a game that feels good, and puts enough hooks into the standard tower defense formula to keep you playing. For $15, this is a game you need to be playing.http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/xbla-trenched-brings-mechs-co-op-to-tower-defense.ars
damn, this was on my "must buy" list and forgot about it with all the excitement of late.Thanks for the reminder+1
I think i will give this a run yes after seeing some vids, anyone up for it?
i wouldnt doubt since I JUST GOT MY 360 LAST WEEK!!!! but y'all aint add meh back tho on Live
accepted LONG TIME
