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Gemcraft has always been my favourite tower defense game by far, the difference between this series and any other TD is just ridiculous. (about half of it spent with Gemcraft Labyrinth).
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There are dozens of levels and some of the later ones can take as much as an hour to finish.ĭisclaimer: I've played the free versions of this series for more than 300 hours, probably near 400. In any case be advised that GemCraft is not a game you can finish in a few hours. If you are unsure then you may try the free version of the game on ArmorGames to see if you like it. I have spent dozens of hours (flash version on ArmorGames, so obviously Steam won't show this time) with this game and can safely recommend it to other Tower Defense games fans.

Personally I prefer it that way, but to each his own. Despite it being pretty "clean", readable and fitting the game's darker theme, it's still 2D graphics in low resolution without all those fireworks that other games have nowadays. To many people graphics would be the biggest one. However, Gemcraft originally being a flash game, has some shortcomings. Add to it a wizard's talisman which can be socketed with talisman fragments gathered along your journey and you get quite a few ways of progressing, improving and specialising your character. There is no level cap, however some skills (not all) have a limit to which they can be improved. You can add more waves, make monsters stronger, faster, tougher or tweak some game rules to get a harder map with higher experience multiplayer.Īh, the experience - player character can gain levels and unlock various skills and spells which will increase his efficiency in killing monster filth. It's pretty fun to return to some of early levels later in the game to see how much stronger you have become by beating the level with some extra difficulty settings. This one feature changes the gameplay from simple defense to the "how far can I push it" competition.Īnother feature, which adds extra replayability value, is the ability to customize levels. Player can spend some mana to make monster waves stronger (by increasing monster numbers and stats), which allows you to gain more mana and experience from killing the monsters. The most unique and fun feature of the game, in my opinion, is the wave angering. However, not only Gemcraft does it superbly but it also offers depth and complexity you won't find in most TD games. Gemcraft series is the ultimate Tower Defense experience for me, and "Chasing Shadows" is the best instalment so far.Īt first glance it may work and look like a standard TD game - monsters enter the map in waves, walk to our base along predefined paths and we have to defend it by building towers and traps, as well as occasionally using some spells.

9 battle traits with 7 levels of toughness each, and 3 battle difficulty tiers - mix them and stack them to fight tough battles for more XP and epic loot!.9 gem types you can freely combine to make gems that suit your tactical needs.

