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Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:00 +0000

After a long, long break, I played a couple of games of this at lunchtime. Still didn’t manage to complete the first level. In my first game I decided to spam loads of low level units all over the map and got to level eighteen. In my second game I concentrated on a very few high level units and got to level twenty-one.

Great way to waste half-an-hour, even without great success.

Crystal Defenders Demo (PS3)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:04:00 +0000

No better technically than the 360 version. Looks exactly the same to my eyes.

Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:41:00 +0000

Just got to wave 29 on the first level. I think there are only thirty waves, so I was annoyingly close to the end.

Crystal Defenders Demo (360)

That Rev Chap — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:04:00 +0000

Technically, this is an appalling mess of a game. The framerate and controls don’t seem to have been upgraded over the protable versions, so it ends up looking horrible and feeling unresponsive.

Not sure that matters, though, as the core game is a simple but effective tower defense game. The trial ended after twenty waves, but I’m not sure if that means the game is different from the iPod version (which goes on past that) or whether that was just a trial limitation.

Good as it is, I’m reluctant to spend 800 points on a game I already have on my iPod (and isn’t Peggle).

Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:22:00 +0000

I’ve still not completed the first level in this game. I enjoy playing it, though, and I did okay today. Got up to level 25, but then some jellies that were immune to physical attacks turned up and everything went to hell.

Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:50:00 +0000

I am starting to get better. Slowly, yes, but I’m getting there. I survived to wave 27 and broke the 3,500 point barrier this lunchtime, which is a lot better than I’ve done before.

It’s worth pointing out that this is all the first level on the easiest difficulty. I haven’t even thought of trying any other levels yet.

Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:29:00 +0000

Waiting for an appointment with the doctor is a very good time to play iPod games. I chose Crystal Defenders. Annoyingly, I seem to be doing about the same in terms of points every time I play. Time for a complete rethink of my strategy, I reckon.

Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:35:00 +0000

This is dangerously addictive, doubling the length of a recent toilet break.

Be warned.

Crystal Defenders (iPod)

That Rev Chap — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:31:00 +0000

First impressions suggest this a fun tower defence game. Controls are a bit of a pain, but the game pauses to let you set down units and do upgrades between waves, so it doesn’t really matter. Doesn’t seem anything much wrong with it that could break things, so if you want a tower defence game set in Ivalice on your iPod, go buy with my blessing.