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Repelling Demons

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Review: Hell Warders (PS4 Retail) Hw110

Hell Warders, developed by Anti Gravity Game Studios and published by PQube, is a new tower defense game that pulls it’s weight in adding a new title to the genre.

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Gameplay:
Hell Warders only has story mode, but it does have two difficulties: normal and hard. The story itself is basic but is kind of weak and gets lost in the actual gameplay. There are three classes to play with personalities that fit their classes very well. A problem with the classes are that they are unbalanced, and the ranged class is the only one worth playing later in the game. The knight and two-handed characters fall short on damage and crowd control which make it difficult to play once the difficulty levels start to increase. On the topic of difficulty levels, the game starts off manageable, especially after learning how to spawn additional units. Unfortunately, the difficulty increases significantly throughout the campaign and gets to the point where it is difficult to progress while playing solo. The boss levels are almost impossible to complete solo, so having access to friends is certainly recommended. On top of making the game easier to play it also adds a lot more enjoyment to the experience. Playing online does have its own issues though. A very notable and likely unexpected issue is that if players collide with one another one of them will likely be sent flying across the map which can cause problems if the player were to fall off the map. Most maps are large enough it shouldn’t be a problem, but there are some small maps which could prove problematic. The online play can also get laggy at times causing some minor difficulty with playing. Lastly, as in most all tower defense games, strategy is the key to success.

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Technical Bits:  
Visuals: The visuals are a very good and ambitious attempt at dark and realistic for a game on the Switch. Anti Gravity put a lot of effort into the graphics and it shows.
Audio: The music fits the game but does fade into the background after playing the game for a bit. The voice acting is a little rough though. The audio mixing for the voices doesn’t sound quite right on top of the tones of voice seeming off on multiple occasions.
Controls: These are difficult. On the Nintendo Switch the game deviates from the control system in place. The controls are set up like they were supposed to be on a PlayStation or Xbox which is very off-putting and can cause some confusion between playing the game and navigating the systems menus. Apart from that, the controls feel clunky until the player can get familiar with them, and adjusting the sensitivity is certainly something a player should fix before continuing far into the game.
Completion: Completing Hell Warders can easily take 40+ hours trying to complete it mostly solo. Playing the game all the way through both difficulties with at least three players could probably take around 30 hours give or take.
Side Notes: While playing online with other players it can be possible to crash the game with the defense units alone. It is not common but is entirely possible to do. There is also a small player base on the Switch version which makes it difficult to play online if the player doesn’t already have their own group to play with.

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Conclusion: Hell Warders is a solid tower defense game especially when playing online.


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Score: ★★★★★★★★1/4☆ 8.25/10

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Zatchbell
April 28th 2019, 10:24 pmZatchbell
Great review @SalsaHawkeye!
Staroceancrazy
May 5th 2019, 9:13 amStaroceancrazy
Awesome review Exclamation
KeAfan7
May 5th 2019, 2:18 pmKeAfan7
Thanks for the review @SalsumHawkeye! Wink
Talesfanatic
May 6th 2019, 7:38 pmTalesfanatic
Great review @SalsumHawkeye!
SuperVash
May 13th 2019, 12:22 amSuperVash
Excellent review. Where is everyone by the way? This site is a ghost town right now. Sad
TechnicalIssues8
May 13th 2019, 11:21 amTechnicalIssues8
The site has had some issues in the past few weeks, but Towa got them fixed! YAY!

Great job, Salsum! You did great on this review.
Kain
May 13th 2019, 2:47 pmKain
Nice review!
Ms_Kinomoto
May 17th 2019, 1:31 pmMs_Kinomoto
Um...Nice review. Smile
RWBY_Red
May 17th 2019, 3:01 pmRWBY_Red
Nice review @SalsumHawkeye.
Krazyredd
May 20th 2019, 11:03 amKrazyredd
This review is Krazy good!
Grumblevolcano
May 27th 2019, 11:50 amGrumblevolcano
Excellent review!
ShanaNoShakugan
May 28th 2019, 12:00 amShanaNoShakugan
Such nice review @SalsumHawkeye. Smile
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