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Fieldrunners 2 – Action Game Review
Fieldrunners 2 is a Action/Strategy/Entertainment game from Subatomic Studios, LLC, first launched in 19th July 2012.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 1,330+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Fieldrunners 2 Stand Out
OVERVIEW
The fieldrunners are back! With legions of soldiers and a gaggle of new tricks, they’re ready to conquer the globe. Or so they think! Our top scientists at SubaLabs have built a bleeding-edge arsenal of devastating weapons for any heroes willing to stop these dastardly invaders. Help your people by taking action – DEFEND THE WORLD!
Strategic-Action-Puzzle-Defense has never been this fun and addicting! Defend your world from the invasion by building winding paths out of imaginative, new weapons. Call in airstrikes and set explosive traps to hit the enemies where it hurts. Over 20 new levels span the grassiest fields, driest deserts, sparkling cities, and even an infernal volcano lair! Challenge your mind with the exciting new gameplay styles in Puzzle, Sudden Death, and Time Trial levels. Are you ready to stop the fieldrunners once and for all? Join the defense now!
KEY FEATURES
• Gorgeous artwork at full Retina resolution!
• Tons of levels – countless hours of action!
• 20 unique, upgradable weapons!
• Revolutionary AI with stunning realism!
• Pick the perfect weapons for each battle!
• Air strikes, mines, and powerful items!
• Refreshing game modes, which include Time Trial, Sudden Death, and Puzzle maps!
• Trenches, bridges, and tunnels!
• Elite enemies invade at the most unexpected times!
• iCloud support lets you transfer saves between your devices!
• A tower that launches bee hives!
OFFICIAL TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6AK8w50354
AWARDS
• Kotaku – Gaming App of the Day
• GameTrailers – App of the Day
• G4TV – Best Mobile Games
• Macworld – Editors’ Choice
• 148Apps – Editor’s Choice
• Slide to Play – Game of the Month
• AppAdvice – Game of the Week
• Chicago Tribune – Game of the Week
• TUAW – App of the Day
QUOTES
• IGN: “One of the best iOS games of 2012”
• Penny Arcade: "This is a game that everyone needs to try"
• New York Times: "At last we have a sequel!"
• G4TV: “You need to download this game immediately”
• TouchArcade: “It will eat your soul and have you thanking it”
• CNET: “You will love this game”
• The Verge/Polygon: “One of the strongest TD games I’ve ever played”
• 148Apps: “The king of tower defense returns!”
• GamesBeat: “Innovating and redefining tower defense”
• Apple’N’Apps: “The best game we saw at E3”
CONTACT SUBATOMIC STUDIOS
• Twitter: @Fieldrunners
• Facebook: facebook.com/fieldrunners
• Web: subatomicstudios.com
• Forums: subatomicstudios.com/forum
• Tech Support: bugs[at]subatomicstudios.com
THANK YOU
Everyone here at Subatomic Studios thanks you for playing! Please take a moment to rate Fieldrunners 2.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Fieldrunners 2 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th April 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
USER EXPERIENCE
• Added full support for iPhone X.
Download & Availability
Fieldrunners 2 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Fieldrunners 2 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Please fix this absolute classic!! Nothing can beat this tower defense game that has recalculated enemy paths. Unlike the other TD games where its a boring fixed path. Its sad to play one of the Best games of all time, when it makes the iPhone massively heat up and buttons dont work.
No tower defense game that Ive found is as good.
App will not let us purchase new towers, we have enough coins and stars. App needs update for the people who have been enjoying this game for many many years. Just a simple bug fix.
We miss this game so much. No tower defense game compares.
This game is amazing and extremely addictive. However there are two important things that you must know in order to enjoy this game. 1. Due to the age of the game and it not being updated in many years in order to enjoy and play game without button glitches. You must go to Settings->Display and Brightness-> Display Text-> and select Zoomed OR Larger Text This important, part of the game will not work if you do not do this. 2. Also this game is battery hog so keep a charger near by or have a full charge. This is amazing game that never ends. Highly recommend game.
When trying to select different power ups its very easy to swipe out of the game. The power ups are too close to the bottom. We love this game and have been playing for years since 2016 or longer and would love if this problem could be resolved.
Love the game and would love to see a new version or update come out. Its been 6 years since the last update and this game is 9 years old. We need a great tower defense game again. Hope this reaches someone that can pull whatever strings are needed to make it happen.
Great game, left wanting to do even more levels after completing the game. Wish they would add an Apple TV version.
Some of the interface elements are not very easy to use with the newer versions of iOS. For example all of the options for selecting towers is to close to the bottom of the screen and it makes it very easy to accidentally swipe out of the app.
For some reason we cannot make any purchases inside the game to buy extra mines, freezes, using store coins.
We love this game. It just needs an update since 2019.
Dear team work, we have iPhone X and some time its freezing on loading screen . Regrads best lover for this game.
One of the best games ever we enjoy playing this game until 2020 to 2050 Be sure of that We need Fieldrunners 3 It must be.
The most fun game Ive had on iPhone since it came out. Hopefully you guys put on Fieldrunners3.
This game is addictive. 9 years later and were waiting for Fieldrunners 3.
Great strategy game and low levels of violence.
We LOVE TGSI GAME ITS DO FUN but we sadly have terrible guns.
This game is amazing and we cant stop playing it! We thought field runners 1 was great, but it is no match for the awesomeness of field runners 2! Great game, we are awaiting Field Runners 3.
This game is fun, plain and simple. Ive been playing it for years and it never gets old. We go back to it time and time again. Classic tower game with three levels of difficulty and a fun map that keeps you obsessed until its complete, which ultimately leaves you wanting more!! The graphics are fun, colorful, and were ahead of their time when this game was originally released. Theyre still competitive with the graphics from newer games. We wish they would create a new Fieldrunners game that is like the originals. We would love to see what new things they would come up with.
Ive tried literally 14 different TD games and NONE come close to this perfection. Kingdom Rush games are second best, but Fieldrunners just hits every mark for us. We hope the devs are still involved because updates or a new FR3 would be awesome. But Ill never delete this beauty – its the best game of its type.
Why we cant buy weapons and we still have coins.
We like that you can buy perks. And like that it has different levels. You Should buy it.
When will you add the field guide to the game? You know, like the steam version has.
Will we ever see another field runners game.
We love this game. Have been playing it since it came out many years ago. Im glad theyve resume the upgrades. We think we lost a couple of them that we purchased and were not upgraded. Thanks for keeping it going. Its so entertaining and makes you use your mind to plan out your strategy.
Brings back our child hood memories.
Still to this day. This game is fun.
Ive loved this game for a few years now. Playing on the iPhone X is a little tricky since the edge of the screen wants to swipe up on occasion when trying to pull a tower out.
It's just more fieldrunners but really that's a great thing! Accept for its not compatible with the xs Max cant buy towers.
This game to us is #1 in strategy.
Fun tower defense game, gridlike system, and replayability comes from the difficulty and the new towers to unlock. Some of them require a lot of coins, causing you to replay levels, thus realizing you need to be on a higher difficulty to earn more coins, rinse repeat. Love this game.
The best toser defensa game that we played!! Ever.
Please add support for the iPhone XS Max.
Enjoy the game and stategy. 1 and 2 are fun with 2 being better. Would really like more missions or another game like 2.
Simply the best tower defense game ever made. Period. It has the highest graphic resolution as well. All others look like 2-bit junk :).
All of the studios websites 404. Purchased coins not useable on iPhone version. Loved the game, but it appears that support is gone and even though you can still purchase coins, the iPhone X version is broken.
You dont need any other games when you have this. Cant tell you how many hours of life spent playing this. This is a strategic game with puzzles and mazes and guns. This is not confusing or difficult to learn. And its the best of its kind in this genre! Very brilliant game. Each level is different from the other and fun it their own ways. A game where you lay down weapons and kill little army men and tanks and planes before they reach the finish line. Build creative paths and have fun planning your weapons. Start with field runners one, and enjoy then play number 2. Number is our fav. But we liked playing in order.
We have a suggestion that shouldnt be too hard to do. Can you make a sandbox mode where there are an infinite number of waves and an infinite amount of money? Sometimes we just want to see if we can make an impenetrable setup. Thanks.
Great game. Ive played it since it came out. However now on iPhone X you cant do the Mean Steets Map (and we assume maps like it) fully because of bottom swiping. If you fix this Ill rate it 5 stars.
Great game! Many levels to play.played this game since we first got app 4 or 5 yrs ago nearly every day. Simple or as hard as you can stand levels.
Love this game, but even years later we still cant buy any towers. The game is broken and could be so amazing if this one bug was fixed.
Please update the game to accommodate the screen size for the iPhone 15. We cant use the bottom slots for placing down. The game size needs to be reduced. Otherwise its very fun to play.
FR2 is just as good as the original. Havent delved too deep as of yet. However, our only gripe is that the full screen format isnt supported on iPhone mini. Icons are cut off by screen edges which is annoying, but still playable. Be 5 stars for us if that was addressed since we just paid for it.
This has always been one of our favorite tower defense games and its very difficult to play kn the iPhone 14 Pro because of where the interface to place towers is. It overlaps with the line at the bottom of the screen so when we go to place a tower it tries to exit the app.
We love this game, but Ive earned tens of thousands of coins but cant spend them go buy new towers or more mines, rewinds, etc. We love the game, but its tough to keep playing if we cant ever get bew towers.
We love this game, but we came back to play it again and it wont let us buy anything with our coins we purchased. Needs an update. Please keep this game going.
We recently came back and starting playing this game. This is an upgrade to the original with so many great weapons and maps. Unfortunately Im only able to use items and weapons that were unlocked when playing the game originally. We cannot purchase anything in the game. PLEASE FIX THIS BUG. We love playing but am getting to the end of the rope on weapon combos.
YALL we CANT BE THE ONLY MF WHO INSTALLED IT AFTER PLAYING IT LN THE OLIVE GARDEN TABLETS.
We live this game, but since we changed our iphone o cant buy anything with our coins. The buttons dont work.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9.180445
- Size: 87.24 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Subatomic Studios, LLC
Last updated: 11th April 2018 | Genre: Action, Strategy | Developer: Subatomic Studios, LLC