I kid you not! Defense Grid: The Awakening (available for pre-purchase now on Steam) is without a doubt the BEST tower of defense game I have ever played! I play lots and LOTS of games including a lot of Tower of Defense games. There are some really sweet tower of defense games out there (Immortal defense is one of my favorites), but Defense Grid takes the cake!
Everything about this game is Quality (with a capital Q)! The balance of the game play (easy to play and yet difficult to master), the intuitive controls, the music, the sound, the voice acting, the art direction, the animation, the user interface! It’s all there! The only thing I have to compare it to is the amount of quality I expect (and recieve) from the Mario games from Nintendo.
Of all the games I’ve been involved with in my career, I am more proud of this game than any other (yes, even more than Tiger Woods Golf 08 for the Wii which was awesome).
We’ve been playing Defense Grid internally at Hidden Path Entertainment and I just can’t get enough of it! Not many games do that for me. 90% of what I play I put down after the first 10 to 15 minutes, but this game keeps calling me back!
I’m confident that this game will stand as a landmark in the history of the Tower of Defense genre.
So, if you’re looking for a fun and satisfying game play experience, visit Steam and get a copy of Defense Grid. You’ll be happy you did!
January 15th, 2009 on 8:19 pm
Is there going to be a demo of this game? I read about it a while ago, and was really intrigued… but no demo?
January 15th, 2009 on 8:22 pm
Ah! Too late to eat my words… I just noticed a demo is available
Cool – I’ll download it and check it out. I’ve never actually played a tower defense game, so it will be a doubly interesting experience 
January 15th, 2009 on 8:36 pm
I have to say- this is one of the most polished games I’ve ever played. The game is loads of fun and I have not found a significant thing that annoys me (closest so far is 99 waves of enemies in Grinder mode, and it gets boring after wave 40 or so).
January 15th, 2009 on 10:21 pm
See! I’m not the only one! And it’s not just because I work for Hidden Path. This game is awesome. I wasn’t on the main team that worked on it, but I helped a little, mostly consulting with them on graphics related effects and performance stuff.
When I first played the game when it was in production I had a HUGE list of issues I had with the game that I sent back to them. Later when I played it just before release my jaw dropped! They had fixed EVERY SINGLE ISSUE that I had found with the game! Everything that detracted from the game was gone! And in it’s place, layer upon layer of polish and care. It really helped validate my opinions on what constitutes a fun play experience.
Glad you guys are enjoying it!
February 5th, 2009 on 8:28 am
My son and I watched the videos at the site. It looks pretty impressive. I’ll try the demo this weekend, but I have a feeling this is going straight into the purchase queue. Do you know if there’s going to be a PPC Mac version at any point?
February 5th, 2009 on 10:30 am
“Do you know if there’s going to be a PPC Mac version at any point?”
We’re working on the XBOX 360 version of Defense Grid right now. There was a party interested in porting the game to the Mac, but I’m not sure where that went. So I wouldn’t wait for it to come out on PPC Mac at the moment.