Seems like a very awesome Towerdefense Game that has very deep mechanic and offers complex Builds and replayability!

But as other People already mentioned, The translation is absolutely horrendous in english.
Half the stuff you can go ahead and take a good guess and 3/4 of the Time you´re probably correct, the other half is more like trying to figure out a dead language.
Especially for games like this where its 80% about trying to make the best synergies, combinations etc. it´s all about knowing and understanding what Stuff actually does and how it works with each other.

I really want to play the Game after just seeing a bunch of what it has to offer, but having to take a wild guess about alot of the game mechanics and what what certain buildings actually do, would drive me insane.

so its refunded for now while i hope to comeback when it actually got translated by an human-being instead of poor Google-translate.

I am a player who likes to try and solve games. If you're just looking to shut your brain off entirely, ignore this review as my focus is on gameplay systems and how they work. I also won't talk about the unfinished translation as parts of the game are not in English.

I will also slot in (see : x) to tell you that this idea is discussed properly in a later part of the review.

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Elements and Build is fundamentally a fun game that borrows ideas from autobattlers and tower defense games. It also manages to sneak in some original ideas through the tower combinations. However it's incredibly uncreative at a strategic level (see : strategic breakdown) and was likely designed by somebody who wasn't very good at the afformentioned genres. (see : talent tree discussion)

What it does right is present a cute, approachable game for beginners who don't mind a slow early game grind to unlock the upgrades needed to consistently win. The towers that attack are fun to use and when you force a specific type of towers will grant bonuses that feel good to use. The levels are varied and fun, with novel ideas present across them, which makes for more variety in the gameplay.

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Want to know the secret to winning every time? Put your base in the corner and build a maze around it, using the corner walls to force enemies to a corner. Now once you've done that just pick any tower and stack whatever goes with that tower. You'll win every time once you have a few upgrades. Unfortunately that's the whole game. Once you realise this you'll no longer feel the need to play.

At no point do your choices beyond this matter thanks to the...

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Of the several meta systems (talent tree, equipment, base building) this one is by far the most game breaking and the worst in design. When designing a talent tree you want to feel that you're asking players to make a choice, but in this game you're expected to simply unlock every single node on the tree and become strong enough to overpower the game. Which is precisely what has happened for me. It's entirely impossible for me to die now in this game if I follow the afformentioned strategy. The solution however is a full rework of this system. Instead of buying upgrades that eventually lead you from being not quite strong enough to consistently win, to consistently winning. You should be given paths to go down with choices that make engaging gameplay changes that reward using different types of towers. Then allow players to freely change their choices between games and you'll have a system that can be balanced and give strong bonuses exclusively for varying playstyles.

With the current system however you're simply grinding the game until you can't lose. It feels like playing an RPG in the starting area and overlevelling so you never take damage and kill everything as they spawn.

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This meta system is one you're less likely going to engage with. After finishing a level you're rewarded with equipment that you can equip for minor boosts going into the game. However it's not fully translated and from what I did understand I realised that it's too weak to make a significant different vs the talent tree. However you can sell the equipment to just buy points on the talent tree. This whole system exists just to funnel extra money into you for talents. It should be removed until the designers can find a functional use for it.

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Of all the meta systems this one is actually good. Your starting base can be augmented for a meaningful and quite dramatic change in the early game. I don't understand how to unlock these but I've unlocked quite a lot and they're incredibly fun to play with. This is by far the strongest and most positive gameplay decision you can make. This is like selecting your character.

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Okay I'm sort of losing my trail of thought. Here is a list of what I'd do to dramatically improve this game, this is subjective but my focus is on engaging players at all skill levels.

1) Force flying enemies. When playing you can select what enemies you're against, players should always be forced to handle flying enemies at some point. It will reduce the effectiveness of hiding in the corner and doing nothing. Which allows you to play far greedier than you should.

2) Rework talent tree. Start with studying the old League of Legends masteries/modern runes + WoW talents to understand what small and large choices could look like. Play to different strengths a player may invest in across the game. Give talents that are viable most of the time and some that are only viable some of the time as it'll engage players when making decisions. Also make it an "account level", so you're not farming currency that can only be used in one system. (I have nothing to spend the currency on now.)

3) Remove the equipment system that is just used to get more currency.

4) Nerf all synergy bonuses when maxed out but buff the smaller bonuses to incentivise exploring the different bonuses together. As it stands you don't need to think, just stack 1 bonus.


This game isn't finished. The translation isn't done and new content is being added. I will keep an eye on updates and if this game gets an overhall or new content that justifies the decisions currently made I will update this review. The core game is very fun but it simply isn't strategically engaging enough once you learn the basics and unlike the autobattler genre it borrows from, it has no social element that would keep you playing.

- Bright, cheerful graphics with vibrant colors.
- A variety of unique and interesting items.
- Challenging gameplay that combines multiple factions, similar to Auto Chess.
- Everything is straightforward and compact.

- Poor translation quality, with many parts untranslated or using unclear abbreviations.
- Some information isn't displayed clearly, making it difficult to understand.
- Lacks necessary effects and animations, such as damage indicators, collision effects, event rewards, etc.

Gameplay 3h (Vietnamese): https://youtu.be/Koddq029DfQ

I only spent roughly a half an hour playing this game and, while it is fun and entertaining, the biggest draw back for me is the translation. Certain things in the tutorial windows don't make sense or aren't described correctly due to the English translation and normally I just look past it but I felt like I needed to know every aspect of this game to enjoy it. But I wasn't going to get that knowledge from their own tutorial.

With all that said though, it was an amazing game and if they changed/fixed a few things, I'd definitely buy it again. Give it a try though.

avid fan of the genre and while there are some cool concepts here, this is a VERY poorly done Chinese port over.

Really fun and Challenging however tutorial could be way more insightful. Like there is soooo much to this game and the tutorial teaches you non of it. There defo could be where more info on it. Like an Index that at least allows you to reach and learn about the structures your using as the info is super limited. I've only played 5 hours but it seems kinda limited on the amount of towers you can play. I mean technically speaking you can do infinite "Skills/Spells" Down at once but after like 10 Of them they become super rare which defo makes you feel kinda limited however I'm still learning what all the Structures do as there like hundreds of building effects yet theres no index or tutorial on how to use them or when they activate. Some of them have subtext that is a little confusing however overall if you wanting a IO Styled Tower Defense Wave Game with lots to explore I'd recommend. If you struggle to play games with limited starter info I'd avoid.

Cool game, auto chess x Tower defense and Roguelite. Here is everything you need to know: https://youtu.be/QEb5KWzxwRc

But in short, english transation seems fixed so those reviews are old. It's overwhelming though will take you a bit to get a hang of the dept. But that also gives it long term potential.

Really wanted to like this game since it looks super interesting and I love auto-battlers, roguelikes and tower defense games.

The main issue here is just the translation, it is godawful.

First starting the games starts in a language I don't understand. I assume it is Chinese, but whatever it is, it was not English. This shows that the game doesn't even check your preferred language upon startup. Not the worst thing, just an odd choice.
Then starting the game. The tutorial is somewhat understandable, but most of the text isn't. Some variables appear to just have programmer naming conventions (like sumTime or whatever it was), which I personally don't mind when programming, but do mind when I am actually playing a game.
Some of the stats are also super weird like, +x water, what is having more water supposed to do?
Even the information boxes just refuse to fit on the screen for like 1-2 seconds before re-adjusting and fitting on the screen. It should be possible to have boxes first fit on the screen, then render them.

While I usually don't mind bad translations as long as the game is playable, a game like this requires the player to know what is going on so they can use the different stats and combinations to their advantage. Maybe someday this game will be worth it, when it gets decent translations.
From my experience though, games like these never get proper translations, so I sadly do not have high hopes for this one.

I did see the devs say they will work on translations, but this usually does not amount to much and I believe that the game should have had English translations from launch, either that, or have the store page state that English is not supported.

I was able to play a couple of rounds but after my 5th or 6th play, the game suddenly not summoning any monsters/enemy. I was going through rounds without enemies and I think this is a huge bug that needs to be fixed.

For now, I don't recommend this game.

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