I can't help but notice this isn't actually a Hero Defense.

[Fyre]

I was expecting something like Bloodsports TV or the old Hero Defense maps from WC3 but this is just a tower defense... it shouldn't be calling itself a Hero Defense when the genre already exists and doesn't fit into it. It seems a lot like OTTTD to me but minus so many towers.

[DasEimer]

So you don't even tried out this game but you allready dislike it?!
Indeed it has not much to do with games like "BloodsportsTV". The custom map "Hero Defense"(maid by some WC3 Players) is also completely different.
But why shouldn't you call this game "Hero Defense - Haunted Island"? Instead of Towers you have Heroes to defend and the setting is a haunted island. In my opinion this is the perfect name for this game.
After many hours playing this game i can tell you: It has some elements of OTTTD but Hero Defense - Haunted Island is much better and has some really nice unique twists (so it's not just a "tower defense").
I would highly recomment to try this game out before judging it!

[Erikkustrife]

I play this game and i like it, but i wouldnt really want to call it a hero defense, their towers with the abity to repostion themselvs. Its called calling Skyrim a First person shooter, while you could make an agurment that sure it has bows and magic that you can shoot, other fps kinda are more focused on it.

[Fyre]

At no point did I say I would dislike it. I just don't think it should call itself a Hero Defense. I think I clearly explained that Hero Defense is a genre unto itself that this game doesn't belong. It's potentially misleading.

[DasEimer]

Ok, i might have missunderstood you a bit. But as far as i know there is no existing genre called "Hero Defense". There are actually games who are a combination of different genres and would fit into a genre with the name "Hero Defense" (and i would consider this game as one of them)
But thats just my opinion and i still think that the name of this game is good fitting.

[macish]

What? Hero Defense is now a genre? Because of old wc3 maps that where names that way? Whaaaaat?!
Its not "a" Hero Defense game if you want to call this is a genre which i won't.. its just the title because you control "heroes" who "defend" ... so i can't see whats wrong with the name except it may be a tad too generic

[pineapplesauce]

this game is a hero tower defense not a hero defense game where you defend against waves with heroes like in battleborn or sanctum and the other games mentioned above

hero defense is definitely a genre , the devs can call their game whatever they want but technically this is a hero tower defense game

[Saboth]

Never heard of a "hero defense" genre either, and I've played a ton of TD/strategy games. I think this post is nonsense. A few addon maps in an ancient game does count as a genre. I'd like to see where Sanctum was defined as "hero defense".

[zzzzzz]

引用自 Saboth：

Never heard of a "hero defense" genre either, and I've played a ton of TD/strategy games. I think this post is nonsense. A few addon maps in an ancient game does count as a genre. I'd like to see where Sanctum was defined as "hero defense".

Way more than a few bud, and a multitude of games have come out of WC3 customs so why not hero defense too? I can't be the only one who specifically checked to see if it was similar to a genre I played often.

[Saboth]

引用自 Byuphya：

引用自 Saboth：

Never heard of a "hero defense" genre either, and I've played a ton of TD/strategy games. I think this post is nonsense. A few addon maps in an ancient game does count as a genre. I'd like to see where Sanctum was defined as "hero defense".

Way more than a few bud, and a multitude of games have come out of WC3 customs so why not hero defense too? I can't be the only one who specifically checked to see if it was similar to a genre I played often.

What other games are in the supposed "hero defense" genre besides old WC3 maps called "hero defense?" A search of the specific term "hero defense" brings up about 15 links for *this* game. So if there is a "hero defense" genre, there must be other games, and the top search results should be about those already-established games, if the genre is huge and been around forever. There's no wiki, no information at all about "hero defense". Sanctum has zero tags for "hero defense", but it does have tags for "tower defense" which it is. It's like saying there's a "bomb disposal" genre because CoD games always have maps/game modes concerning bomb disposal.

[Fyre]

引用自 Saboth：

引用自 Byuphya：

Way more than a few bud, and a multitude of games have come out of WC3 customs so why not hero defense too? I can't be the only one who specifically checked to see if it was similar to a genre I played often.

What other games are in the supposed "hero defense" genre besides old WC3 maps called "hero defense?" A search of the specific term "hero defense" brings up about 15 links for *this* game. So if there is a "hero defense" genre, there must be other games, and the top search results should be about those already-established games, if the genre is huge and been around forever. There's no wiki, no information at all about "hero defense". Sanctum has zero tags for "hero defense", but it does have tags for "tower defense" which it is. It's like saying there's a "bomb disposal" genre because CoD games always have maps/game modes concerning bomb disposal.

Bloodsports.TV is the only game I know of on steam that's a pure Hero Defense. God Mode kiiinnnda is like a Hero Defense. Also stop calling WC3 'some old game that obviously isn't important especially the custom maps', ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DotA came out of WC3 custom maps and created the MOBA genre. Hero Defense maps are still being made for SC2 ffs and it's not like if you said Hero Defense to most people they'd not know what you're talking about or think to themselves 'well that's obviously a tower defense with heroes instead of towers'. Most games have some sort of arena combat with mobs without making it the entire game (and usually with the heroes being the targets instead of a central building) like Dead Island, Secrets of Grindea, Binding of Isaac's greed mode, etc...

[Goose Whimsey, PhD]

While it is an enjoyable game once you get the swing of it, i wouldnt call it, or describe it, as anything other than a tower defense game. The only gimmick it has to differentiate it is the fact that the "towers" can move.

Calling it or describing it as any other genre seems disingenuous.

[macish]

Since when are the devs describing or calling it something else than a tower defense?


If "Hero Defense" is such an widely accepted genre.. where are the plentora of games for it? There is what, this one game on Steam and ancient WC3 maps.. wow.. again like i said in the other thread it seems some people just complain to complain. More people in this thread did not know the old "Hero Defense" stuff, this should be telling.

Please continue to complain about pointless things.. :D