I didn't mean to, but I lied yesterday.
I ended up buying two WiiWare games. Jason Cipriano pointed me towards a trailer for 'Defend Your Castle" and reminded me it was only $5 -- I was sold.
But I wouldn't blame you for feeling as though you were cheated out of that $5. "Defend Your Castle" isn't very fun in the early going. It's downright boring, actually.
But stick with it, at least until round 15 after about 30 minutes of play, before passing final judgment. That's when the game finally decides to kick into gear.
The trailer depicts this massive assault of stick figure creatures rampaging against your castle, but that doesn't happen in the first 30 minutes of the game. Sure, there are some stick figure creatures making a run at your defenses, but you'd have to be playing with two eyes shut (and put the Wiimote down) to encounter any problems then.
It's at that point, around 10 rounds in, I started to wonder whether my impulse purchase was wrong. Throwing away $5 is no big deal, but money wasn't the issue. I felt cheated. The game was nothing like the trailer had promised.
I purchased all of the castle upgrades with many extra points to spare. Not that it mattered -- what was the point of castle defenses when there's nothing to defend?
Then, round 15 started. "Defend Your Castle" introduced lumbering giants fitted with something akin to old school Pepsi caps and waves upon waves of fast-paced drones. The archers I'd been slowly accumulating were picking off stick figure after stick figure, while laborious engineers fixed my castle's damaged walls.
"Defend Your Castle" finally decided to step up its game, and I was satisfied. Round 17 brought the first round where an enemy had actually done any substantial damage to my castle, and required me to exchange points for new defenses.
But I wouldn't blame anyone for feeling deceived before that. I know I was, but stick with it for a little while; soon enough, you'll get your $5 worth.
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