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I haven't found any topics mentioning this game.

So far, I'm really impressed. I've seen my share of various defense games, but this one is by far the most fun. Not only it looks and sounds pretty. It also has amusing introduction and story :-). It looks rather simple at first, but there's a lot of depth down there. Different types of defenses work and feel different. You can link laser turrets to make them more powerful against single targets. You have to build power plants and energy routes. You can overcharge energy links, sell buildings. And last, but not least, harvest !. So you can expand more. So you can harvest more.

So there's resource gathering, defenses, and energy to balance. If you ignore one of them your colony will fall quickly. Aliens come in different sizes and shapes. You can the game speed or even pause to manage your colony better. It's not a clickfest. You even can (and should!) define priorities for each of your defences.

The demo is free and has a lot (perhaps too much ?) replay value. Windows and Mac OSX versions available. But it works in wine without any problem, as long as you emulate Direct3D instead of OpenGL .

So, what's your highscore ? :-)

My favourite trailer:

http://www.oxeyegames.com/harvest/trailers/harvest-release-trailer-2/

Download:
http://www.oxeyegames.com/harvest/download-now/


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Tried the game and didn't quite fall in love with it.
I like Desktop Tower Defense and Bloons TD2 but this one made a rather boring impression on me. Played WAVE yesterday: I was building up a defense system for around 15 minutes. Then click "Wave1" and boom - i am dead. Not quite the drama you get from the Flash games.

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'Wave' is for people who know what they're doing. Try 'Normal' instead.

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Played it a few times. Still don't find it too exciting. Maybe i have a low attention span and the game is too slow-paced for me.
Also i am not a big fan of endless game modes.
Too bad, personal taste it seems. I guess the game has quite some depth and it's made professionally.

Uh, my highscore by the way: 16 :)

EDIT: Played a little more and i am starting to like it now.
New hiscore: 33 40

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You know you can adjust game speed, right ? So if it's too slow for you...

Anyway, I think it's quite deep as far as tower defense games go. It's not really a tower defense game, but there are many similarities.

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Speed is fine now that i know better what to do. What's your score?

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My record so far on normal is 104.

I have beaten wave.

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104 is a lot.
I've started a new hiscore group called DROD with my score of 20. My name is Blueskied.
Beat this!

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Welcome hartleyhair! :)

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Why hello! I appear to be being thrashed at this game. Mind you, only been playing it for a day or so :P

Have to say, great game! I do like that highscore system.

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