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Towers N' Trolls HD – Strategy Game Review
Towers N' Trolls HD is a Strategy/Action game from Ember Entertainment, Inc., first launched in 23rd February 2012.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 57+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Towers N' Trolls HD Stand Out
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"It's an addictive, creative game with some lovely aesthetics and challenging levels. If you're anything like me, it'll probably steal your soul." – KOTAKU
"iPad App of the Week" – GIZMODO
"Game of the Month" – iDow.ru
Fast paced fantasy tower defense… from the creators of Toy Soldiers and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance!
Defend your kingdom from invading troll hordes, with addictive quick-to-learn but difficult-to-master gameplay. Towers N' Trolls combines fast-paced arcade action with quick-thinking strategy.
The tower defense genre is updated for 21st Century mobile gaming with nail-biting moments where your fate teeters on a razor's edge. No sitting and waiting for the enemy, they're already at your door – it's up to you to stop them!
Towers N' Trolls features beautifully hand-painted environments and playful, light-hearted monsters from the Age of Fantasy. Play across 11 worlds and 65 unique maps, including the Lonely Forest, Fertile Pastures, Snowy Forest, Underworld, Badlands, and the North.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
"Before playing Towers N' Trolls I could see only the visible light spectrum. Now I can see both ultraviolet and infrared! It's amazing, you should try it!"
"When Cyclops invaded my neighborhood, I knew to build Scout Towers immediately… Thank you Towers N' Trolls for saving my family's life. The Johnsons next-door only had Catapults, and perished tragically."
"My son was a real problem in school. Since I bought him Towers N' Trolls, his teachers love him and he's earned straight A's!"
"What other reason is there to buy an iPhone other than to play Towers N' Trolls?"
FEATURES
- Universal App (Works on iPhone & iPad)!
- 65 Levels!
- 4 Game Modes! (Story Campaign, Challenge, Open Mode, and Endless Journey)
- 11 different worlds across completely different environments!
- 10 Enemy types with thousands of frames of animation!
- 3 Levels of Difficulty!
- Unique, Hand Painted Backgrounds!
- Randomized loot generation provide countless hours of replayability!
- Full iPhone & iPad Retina Graphics Support!
- Leaderboards & Achievements!
- GameCenter Support!
- Outrageous Special Weapons including – Powder Kegs, Mine Fields, and Poison Gas Clouds!
EMBER ENTERTAINMENT
Visit us at Ember-Entertainment.com
Like us at facebook.com/EmberEntertainment
Follow us at twitter.com/Ember_Dev
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Towers N' Trolls HD is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st December 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Disabled ads.
- Bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Towers N' Trolls HD is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Towers N' Trolls HD 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:
This is our favorite game hands down. You need to get it. Hours of fun.
Loved this game super strategic and straight forward if you like Bloons vs monkeys youll love this more.
Now we're a huge fan of tower defense games and a game like this for free on iOS oh our god bruv this game is killer for time.
What an amazing game. We've been playing for months and haven't gotten bored yet! We wish there was a sequel.
At first this seemed like most tower defense games but it always keeps you on your toes and coming up with way to surprise the player! Other tower defenses just repeat the same pattern of enemies over and over with just one of them but you actually has a good random like preset patterns and you can actually change it to random not preset which we like also the enemies actually come in more then one kind each same we really like that to! Thats just a tiny bit of what we could write if we had the time.
Really fun, but it keeps crashing. Now to the point when if we choose it and reload it, it still won't work. So now we have to turn our phone off completely, then it loans. We're at the point now where it freezes so often that is not much fun anymore.
We bought the $7.99 map pack. Definitely worth the money. We just hope the developers fix the constant crashing at every level or every other level the game crashes and we have to re-open. We are using iPhone X with iOS 11.4. Also we found out that the gems you earn after every level only add up if you have an Internet connection. Found this out after beating 10-20 levels offline and no gems showing up in our account, but when we had internet connection and beat levels we started earning gems again. Also, in the upgrades section we only get part of the tooltip on iPhone X. We cant see the full tool tip. If these bugs are fixed for iPhone X would be perfect!!! Highly recommend this game.
There are no more ads and it is free, so why not try it. Personally we like it. You have to play the last Badlands level, 5-5, on Casual over and over to get gems. You can get over 100 in about 5 minutes of play. Anyway, if you like tower defense at all, this game is worth a try.
Fun game, when it works. On IPhone 14Pro, most recent IOS update (16.3). Try to play the game and it crashes on opening. Hope there is an update soon. Id hate to lose all of our progress.
The game itself is fun but Open Field 2 (12-3) crashes on round 23 and 24, with the app closing. Makes it impossible to go further.
In earlier versions of the game, endless was just as it sounds. You would play until you lost all your lives. Endless in this version should be this way. Of course, it would be nice if you could get the gems you earned, your game will end, and the current version only pays out gems if you win.
On our iPad Pro it hangs on the company screen then crashes after a few seconds. We tried it four or five times.
Wont even open on new iPad Air. Just crashes.
Okay, we paid the $7.99 up front and at first was ticked off with the game but now we realize there is a slight learning curve as well as the he ability to replay and earn needed gems to work up strength and character to meet challenges. We loath in app purchase games that are out to rake in money…we delete the app, never to go back to said developer, but this particular game is actually do-able, creative, challenging, charming, and TONS OF FUN That said we erased our negative review and actually now wish there were even more levels; however, there are many opps built in for replay-ability so we're a happy gamer. Thanks & kudos to developer…. Hope they connect to videos to watch for even more chance to earn.
Cant drag and drop powder keg or bombs on iPhone X. Dont know if its software issue or the app is not designed for X screen size. Cant make in app purchases. Fun to play though.
This was once a great game – a real treasure in the Tower Defense genre. Lots of levels, different forms of challenges, etc… Now, EVERY TIME the app is launched, the screen is taken up with an advertisement that you have to click through. WORSE, they now are putting VIDEO Advertisements up, which you have to suffer through before the game starts. Methinks this is a violation of Apple's policy…not sure. In any case, this game is NOT worth the toture.
Challenging and addicting , we absolutely love this game.
Honestly one of the better tower defense games we've played. Game offers made different game modes and is actually tough. It's also one of the few games where you can maze with your own towers. Good stuff. Only thing we'd ask is for them to add more towers.
Love the fast pace and challenging levels!!! Need more gems of this style.
Can't complain! Best game we've downloaded for our iPod at 5.1.1 and below.
We love this game. Every time you beat a level it gets harder. It's never boring :) <3.
Best tower game. We played. Easy to learn.
This is one of the best tower defense games we have ever played.
We like that u can play it on our iPhone 3 it's fun to it keeps us occupied.
This game is addictively fun!!! We love playing it everyday.
We like the game we wish for more weapons like lasers or mega bobms.
Good game just with gems were free lol.
So far our favorite tower defense game. Love it very challenging.
This game is harder than most tower defense games, which is why we give it 5 stars.
Great tower defense game. Annoying how expensive all the upgrades become.
This is THE best tower defense game out there. Once there becomes more than one lane it becomes harder but that make it more fun!(and you can change difficulty of it's really too hard.
It's a good game for the craper.
This is a fantastic tower defense game. And for FREE!!! Hours of fun. Can't put it down.
This game is so addicting to play.
Nice take on tower defense. Challenging with difficulty adjustment for replay.
You get 100 free gems for upgrades just for rating the app, uhm awesome? Lol.
Pretty fun tower defense game with lots of levels.
There are many options of game play and the ability to earn to upgrade… Restore purchases have always worked. The game does crash sometime but not enough to really upset us. Love this tower defense type game :).
We have really enjoyed playing this game.
It's a fun game play it any time:).
Great game… But more gems that spawn would be great.
Our favorite tower defense game to date. Nice graphics loads of options.
Really fun game. It's a great way to pass time and simple enough for kids to play.
This game is fun because you have to think of your strategies to protect the castle during the game not a lot of games are like that so we love this game.
Great tower game with "rpg" like build over time. Good replay ability.
If you have patience, this game is for you.
One of the more challenging tower defense games we have played.
One of the best twr def games we've ever played.
We stay play this game it's alotmofmfun.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.8
- Size: 304.30 MB
- iOS: 6.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Ember Entertainment, Inc.
Last updated: 21st December 2017 | Genre: Strategy, Action | Developer: Ember Entertainment, Inc.