Set pieces like lightning-shooting crystals and puffed-up flora can be tapped at just the right time, delivering extra damage as needed.Īnd if you pay close enough attention, Kingdom Rush Origins plays like a love letter to popular culture and video games. Lucky for you, the environment can also be turned to your favor. They’re balanced incredibly well, and you’ll find that the tables can be turned on you in a moment thanks to previously inaccessible areas being blown open by rowdy villains. Maps in Kingdom Rush Origins are challenging, but only because of the meticilous attention to detail that went into creating them.
That’s not to say the game is unfairly hard, but by the time I reached the 15th and final map, I had to play it more than a dozen times before I found just the right mix of towers and troop movements to beat it. This adds another layer to their usefulness, and with the trickier levels in Origins, I found myself relying on heroes much more than I did in the past. The ability to control heroes is back, and this time each hero has their own special spell that you can trigger (much in the same way you could call in reinforcements or rain hellfire previously). As you progress deeper and deeper into the game, you’ll unlock everything from angry, bomb-throwing ents to Swamp Thing-looking druids who’ll lay down a thick carpet of briars to slow your enemies down.
The game really runs with its elvish theme, offering up lush green environments (in the early stages) and tower upgrades that are a perfect fit for the more Tolkien-esque nature of the game. Again, this isn’t a bad thing – but if you’re looking at Origins as a chance for Kingdom Rush to reinvent the wheel, you’re going to be sorely disappointed.įor those of us who are clamoring at a chance for more of what we already love, Kingdom Rush Origins fires on all cylinders. They might be skinned differently, but these are still the same archer, mage, warrior and ballista towers you know and love. Kingdom Rush Origins does little in terms of gameplay to differentiate itself from its predecessors.
Admittedly, the first two games had a healthy dose of that as well, but this time around you’ll find yourself in command of a Elven race as they do battle against their sinister, spider-loving, evil cousins. Taking place in a new setting, with new towers, heroes and upgrades, Kingdom Rush Origins trades in the medieval garb of its predecessors to put more of its focus on high fantasy.
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