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Dire Jul 23, 2015 @ 9:26am

Kingdom Rush clone

I'm sorry, but this looks exactly like Kingdom Rush, just with "modern era" units...errr. Seems pretty lazy to copy the work of another studio if you ask me. What would make this even special?

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Locke Jul 23, 2015 @ 9:43am

The layout of the fifth screenshot on the store page is even an exact copy of one of Kingdom Rush's levels.

Halbarad

Jul 23, 2015 @ 9:53am

I just came on here to say the same thing as Locke, the screenshot shows a direct copy of a Kingdom Rush map and I'm certain one of the other screenshots is a near enough copy of a different map. Yeah, unimpressed.

Makiki Jul 23, 2015 @ 9:57am

You know, I wanted to come here and say it's not but by looking at that picture above me and the first and second on the store page it really does look a lot like KR. Even the ice on second picture looks almost exactly the same as Elora Wintershield's. And the layout is similar too :/
The developers don't seem to be the same though.

Last edited by Makiki; Jul 23, 2015 @ 10:00am

Panzerscout has Island Defense

Jul 23, 2015 @ 10:26am

Agreed, at first I thought this is another game by the dev that made Kingdoms Rush.

Dire Jul 23, 2015 @ 10:41am

I'd go as far as to say they simply copied art assets (or recreated them). I didn't even notice the layout thingy. It's been a long time since I played KR, which was a phenomenal game. As KR was originally browserbased, then mobile, I think it's just one of those many clones, but I'm sad that it's made its way to Steam.

Cubic Pie

Jul 23, 2015 @ 10:46am

Doesn't look like a KR to me. Couple of similarities doesn't make games "clones".

Weiff Jul 23, 2015 @ 10:57am

Guys pls how can i download it ?

Dire Jul 23, 2015 @ 11:22am

Couple of similarities? Same assets, same art style, same game concept, even down to the little "building plots", probably with upgradeable towers that do more damage to different enemy types. Heroes that level up and have abilities (that also at least partially copy the same assets), very similar map design. It's basically a reskin 0o

The game's name is even so generic that you can't find any real information on it, just a lot of games named "Island Defense" (all mobile apps of course) that are something entirely different...it reeks of just ripping Original content and spraying a new coat over it.

Even the UI is basically the same...not to speak of the tower variants...the levels, the overmap. Just everything...

Last edited by Dire; Jul 23, 2015 @ 11:29am

badass [developer] Jul 23, 2015 @ 12:00pm

Hi guys,
Yeah, it is not available yet. We are processing this issue with Steam's Support. Hope to resolve it shortly.
Thank you!

badass [developer] Jul 23, 2015 @ 12:04pm

As for KR clones.
Hm...

John Lennon reminds me Paul McCartney a lot.

I love both of them! :)

Cheers!

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badass [developer] Jul 23, 2015 @ 12:42pm

The game is available now! Download it and let me know what you think!
Thanks!

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Artificial Jul 23, 2015 @ 2:56pm

Nice response to the KR clone comment. Not.
It's just a flat out rip off with a couple of additions to ride on the success of Kingdom Rush.

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windezz

Jul 23, 2015 @ 4:19pm

A quick $5 to see just how similar it is to KR.

I don't think anyone can deny the artistic similarities between KR and this game, and that includes the GUI layout too.

Played for about an hour. It does have that KR feel to it. Instead of several "free" militia as blockers, you get one chuck norris look-alike, instead of meteors, you call down three missiles that also leave burning patches. But there's no skill trees to further improve those two abilities. And tower upgrades are in a separate page, which I will explain the reason further down.

The heroes are also similar to the ones in KR, the biggest difference is that they are all ranged, and obviously, guns instead of swords & sorcery. Talent trees are standard I guess - 3 ranks max, hp/dmg/armor, couple extra skills, nothing to ooh-ahh about.

I don't know if KR on iOS ever had consumables, but there are some in this game. So far I've seen bundles of dynamites, a bigger aoe freeze bomb, and "laser" which I guess is dynamites on steroids, so to speak. They all cost gold coins to purchase, though, and that brings me to another point - it's the remnant of microtransactions.

I'd guess that in the iOS version, you have the options to buy gold coins, because by god, you need an insane amount of that for anything and everything - tower upgrades, hero upgrades, and consumables. You get gold for finishing up a map, sure, but take the first (tutorial) map for example, completing that on hard mode gives 80 gold. You need 130 gold to upgrade your equivalent of the archer tower from lvl1 to 2, and then 260 gold from lvl2 to 3. There are a total of 6 towers in the game, I dunno if they branch out like in KR, but if they do, you gotta pay up first. Yes, you need to pay for the upgrade with gold coins to unlock it first, and -then- use the currency you get from killing stuff in a map to actually upgrade your towers. For the aspiring grinders, map 6 normal gives 120 gold coins and obviously takes much longer to complete than the first newbie map. If you want to play the game at its fullest, better start grinding that tutorial on hard for 80 coins a pop. Want to just play through the game? That works, but I dunno how far you can get without grinding, since the upgrades are locked and the maps can spike up in difficulty compared to what towers/upgrades you have.

Incidentally, it takes 514 gold coins to level a hero from 4 to 5, and 620 from 5 to 6, and each hero needs to be leveled individually. Happy grinding.

Why do I know that this is an iOS port? First thing you see when the game boots up - "TAP HERE." 'nuff said. Also, music and sound effects are just on/off, with no options to adjust volumes. The descriptions in the consumable page aren't formatted, so the text just goes off the screen and gets partially blocked off. And that big ol' push cart symbol in the consumable store page makes me wonder if the gold coin/$$$ ratio is 100 to $1 in the iOS version.

Verdict? It's $4.999999, you get what you paid for, and don't forget to laugh at the iOS players because we aren't subject to in-app purchases.

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