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Even upgrading certain turrets won’t hold us back from trying new strategies, as you can refund previous upgrade and make new turrets stronger without any draw back. We can choose up to four turrets and traps, and we can switch them up for the occasion. One of the nice touches of Dwerve, is that we have access to a crafting table before each major fight. by the end, we have access to tens of different turrets and traps, and each of them have their uses in certain situations. We get more gems, new turrets and traps, and even upgrade our turrets as we progress through the game. We should navigate through enemies that overwhelm us, collect the gems from destroyed turrets in the quickest way possible, and set up a new line of defense before we are surrounded. The very mechanic of destroying and recalling turrets becomes an essential part of gameplay in harder parts of Dwerve. We have a limited amount of gems that allows us to place turrets and traps, and we get the gems back when they are destroyed or when we decide to recall them. We have to use the environment design to our advantage, and place turrets in strategic locations. In each new combat section, enemies spawn from small huts. The way the combat works is pretty simple. Aerie, our small furry friend keeps us company on our journey, and chimes in from time to time to confidently assure us!

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The design lends itself to the gameplay seamlessly through environmental hazards such as poisonous cloud in the the caves full of mushrooms, lava and fire in the volcano-like sections of the game, and interactable and breakable obstacles to help us in the tower defense gameplay. We face numerous NPCs and enemies with memorable character designs, and each level has a distinct color palette and environmental design. The pixel art style and the top-down view compliments the RPG feel of the game.

Even though some plot hooks are cliches of the fantasy genre, they are well written, and the final moments of the game actually made me a bit teary eyed.ĭwerve looks great. This is the first thing that we usually don’t see in tower defense games a deep and quality story with various characters. From the young protagonist Dwerve and his talking pet feline, Aerie, to good-hearted trolls that help us on our mission, to giant turtles obsessed with turning weeds and flowers into wigs, Dwerve keeps introducing us to a slew of fun and serious characters along the way. The game is filled with memorable and adorable characters. We meet friendly characters along the way that help us in our journey and get stronger and more resourceful as we help those we come across. The story is a classic heroic fantasy tale with RPG elements. Allowing us to build turrets to defend ourselves in combat.īut a young hero by the name of Dwerve takes up arms in the form of his tools and the ancient knowledge of turret making passed down by his grandfather, to go invade the trolls’ base and find out more about the elixir that let them survive under sunlight, and disrupt their attacks. Esben, our sweet grandfather, teaches us the ancient arts of warsmithing. But their towns and villages wouldn’t stay safe forever, as the trolls find a way to conquer their weakness to sunlight, and roam the open fields to rein more destruction upon the world. The dwarven kingdom has been forced out of their home in the mountains by an army of trolls years ago, and they have taken up living in the nearby hills. Developed by Half Human Games and published by Electronic Sheep Games, Dwerve is filled with new additions to the genre, and it works wonderfully.ĭwerve takes place in a Tolkein-esque world, where we play as the young dwarf, Dwerve. You get to explore the world, invade the enemy’s base yourself, solve puzzles, and experience a sweet story on your way. Dwerve on the other hand breaks one of the most fundamental rules of the tower defense genre you no longer stay and defend your base against waves of enemies.

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