

On the assumption you’ll kill off the current batch, naturally.Īlong with colour coding tower-to-vectoid damage or the ability to alter the firing parameter of each tower (from Close to Hard to Weak), it’s one of a handful of excellent tactical touches that ensure Vector TD ends up significantly different from - and arguably more involving than - the usual tower defence experience. It’s a seemingly small inclusion, but the ability to earn interest opens up a deceptively deep strategic dynamic, continuously tempting you to refrain from buying or upgrading towers in exchange for a larger cash injection come the next set of enemies. These include damage or range multipliers, a ‘Panic’ option that buys you back five lives (you begin maps with 20) and a chance to increase the interest percentage applied to money not spent during a wave.Īh, yes. Interesting timesĭestroy the 'boss' enemy that pops up periodically and you receive a token, which you can then spend on one of four special items. So far, so tower defence, but it’s Vector TD’s other elements that are of particular concern. You’re still defending the world from the Vectoid invasion, holding off their merciless attack for 50 hard-fought waves on one of eight maps and you still have 11 towers at your disposal (ranging from lasers and zappers to missiles and those designed to slow enemies down).
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It was very popular as an in-browser Flash game, and fans of the original will be delighted to hear it’s made the transition onto PSP (and PS3, as Minis are now playable on Sony’s home console) virtually intact.

And as lovely as Fieldrunners is, there are other TD experiences worth engaging in. Just as princesses don't really need rescuing, there can’t be many towers around the world that still need defending.Īnd yet, while the former can just develop Stockholm syndrome and go on to marry their dinosaur-like captor for all I care, I continue to find it impossible to resist the challenge of a new tower defence game.īesides, on PSP Minis we’re hardly overrun by examples of the genre.
