SpiderSid's TD Review

[spidersid]

SpiderSid's TD Review
for DEFEND YOUR KINGDOM
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poor................*
fair................**
average.......***
good.........****
excellent..*****
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Board Type - path
Difficulty - average
Time investment - short
Game Type - waves
Number of waves - endless (?)
Point System - cash
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Learning Curve...***
Game Play............**
Design..................**
Animation...............*
Variety..................**
Music/sound fx........*
Addictive................**
Challenging............**
Satisfying...............**
Replay Value.........***

Overall Score = 40/100
Star Rating **

Quick Review:
This game is buggy. Don't even bother using the auto aim feature. It's actually a better game than I originally gave it credit for, though not by much. I don't mind simple but it has to work.

-s
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[fredg999]

I just realized that your scoring system doesn't allow for less than 20/100, so you could try to make it so that it can really reach zero (although I don't hope for a game to get this low...). Perhaps just adding a score of 0 stars.

[spidersid]

the lowest score that a game can get is 20/100 or *(1 star).
Here's how it works;

There are 10 categories, each categories is worth 10 points, each category can receive anywhere from 1 to 5 stars which are worth 2 points. No category can get less than one star, so the lowest score for any game can only be 20 points or 1 star. That being said the only way for a game to get 5 stars is to get a perfect score (a bell curve system). which is why I decided to include the point score as well as a star score. I am thinking of changing it to a 10 star system or include 1/2 stars...
What do you think? Any input would be appreciated.
-sid

[fredg999]

I had guessed, that's why in a game I said that you wrote 62% instead of 72%, according to the stars. I guessed too that every star is worth 2%, because the maximum is 50 stars.

[spidersid]

So I've changed the star rating system to include half and zero stars. All previous reviews have now been edited. This still means that that the only way to get five stars is with a perfect score but at least now there's more distinction in the scoring. I've also updated all reviews to the new format. I'm thinking of including this sites star rating as a comparison. Any thoughts?
-s

[ShadowRunner]

Originally Posted by spidersid

So I've changed the star rating system to include half and zero stars. All previous reviews have now been edited. This still means that that the only way to get five stars is with a perfect score but at least now there's more distinction in the scoring. I've also updated all reviews to the new format. I'm thinking of including this sites star rating as a comparison. Any thoughts?
-s

"Game Type - waves, levels, optional"

It can be both of them too. Like GemCraft Chapter Zero: Each level has a certain amount of waves. And what about optional, do you mean if you can choose if the game is going to be with waves or levels?

[fredg999]

Also, spidersid, I think that it would be nice if you included links to the game on TD.net in your reviews, like on the second line where the title is in CAPITAL LETTERS, you know... I know it's quite long to do, but it will push more the others to try the games you rate and review. It's your choice if you want to do it, and it's only a suggestion (that I mentioned in the Questions/Feedback Assistance forum in the "Other Game links" thread, which also suggests prequels and sequels). Talking of those, for bloons reviews, you would have to make three separate links if you do that.