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Orcs Must Die!

Robot Entertainment · Oct 5, 2011

PC · Xbox 360

Teen

About

A variant of a tower defense game; the player as the War Mage must defend one or more Rifts on each level from an onslaught of orcs and other creatures that emerge from one or more entrances and traverse the level. Generally, each orc that reaches a Rift deducts a point from the starting Rift Score while specialized orcs may take off more points; if the Rift Score drops to zero, the level is lost and the player will have to start again. The orc armies arrive in increasingly more difficult waves, with each level having between four to twelve waves. In general, waves will begin a few seconds after the player defeats the prior one, but roughly every three waves on all bar Nightmare difficulty, the player is given a break where they can set up traps and initiate the next wave when they are ready.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 7.8 (11 critics) · Gamer 9.3

8.2

Xbox 360

Critic 8.1 (10 critics) · Gamer 8.2

8.0

Critic reviews

  • PC Gamer

    Rob Zacny · Nov 24, 2011

    9.0
    Orcs Must Die!’s levels defy easy solutions, and that’s what sets it apart from other tower defense games. Solutions themselves change in hugely interesting ways as you bring more advanced items and powers back from the later levels, giving a challenge that not only doesn’t pale with experience, but actually grows richer.
  • Game Trailers

    Game Trailers · Oct 13, 2011

    7.7
    If you’re a tower defense junkie, download Orcs Must Die! without hesitation. The lack of multiplayer is disappointing, but at around $15 you’ll get five or six solid hours of play. There’s also plenty of incentive to go back and try stages again using different techniques. If you’re lukewarm on the genre, it’s worth a look as a bridge between defense and your typical action adventure romp.

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