PC Critic Reviews

Even if you've never played a tower defense game before or are looking to get into the genre, this is a good one to start out on.

Defense Grid 2 is a fairly typical Tower Defense game at its core, but the layers of complexity give it a lot more staying power and replay value than you are likely accustomed to. With 21 campaign levels, and plans to offer countless more as downloads, there is no end to how much time you can spend with DG2, and that's not even counting fighting for placement on the leaderboards... or multiplayer. DG2 is a shining example of Kickstarter done right.

Defense Grid 2 is hard. Make no mistake about it. I hit my first wall at level 8 and found an uphill climb after that. Those new to the tower defense genre will find its difficulty curve unforgiving. Yet, somehow, this challenge ends up feeling rewarding.

Has everything required to claim the first place in my private ranking of tower defense games. [03/2014, p.73]

Defense Grid 2 isn't just another tower defense game, it's the best new tower defense game.

Defense Grid 2 doesn’t redefine the tower defense genre, but it’s well made and offers the most complete package of its kind.

This is a well planned and content rich but also very conservative tower defense.

Defense Grid 2 is a stellar tower defense game that manages to bring back the great recipe of its predecessor, while adding plenty of elements to make it more complex.

Defense Grid 2 is a solid effort in the tower defense genre. The game is packed with plenty of different towers and well designed maps, though the campaign only lasts five to six hours if you don't consider the alternate levels.

Defense Grid 2 is not a revolutionary sequel, it plays more like a subtly refined version of the first part. The successor to one of the best tower defense games is no revolution but still in the first class of the genre.