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Towers N' Trolls – Strategy Game Review
Towers N' Trolls is a Strategy/Action game from Ember Entertainment, Inc., first launched in 23rd February 2012.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 8+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Towers N' Trolls Stand Out
"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
- 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!
- 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!
- 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 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 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Towers N' Trolls 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:
We feel like the last person in the world playing this game, but its still great.
It's a good fun game but can be raging if your not good but over all it good when you get to the farther levels more towers you get.
The game is really fun but there r a lot of bugs in the game. There are also a lot of glitches.
Greatness awaits those who choose the blue pill!!!! :).
We love this game, ive had it for about a year its great no game like it comes close.
Good game if you're looking for some tower defense kinda stuff! Can't stop playing.
One of the better TD games. The progression element adds replay value.
It is not your typical tower defense game nice twist.
It's fun but hate the fact that you need to pay 500 gems for each world.
Not horrible. Hard to earn gems.
Fun but limited!!!! Why can't you just win and earn your way in games instead of buying your way.
This game is pretty good but when we spent all our hard earning gems to upgrade the towers, they did not improve at all. The towers are as slow, weak, and short ranging as they were at the beginning of the game. Seeing this made us extremely disappointed because we're a huge fan of defense games but the game showed no progress in terms of upgrade. Please fix.
Love this game. It's a lot of fun, and we like that you can earn gems while playing so that you don't need to spend any actual money to unlock new levels.
One of the best tower games available.
Awesome game hard to earn gems tho.
This game is one of the better tower defense games we know. Up there with Bloons.
This is the best tower game out.
Excellent,well balanced gameplay,great graphics.
Pretty good game, well balanced and hard enough to make it just a little frustrating.
Great game. Very fun and challenging.
Fun game! Earning gems takes a while.
Great defense game one of the better ones ive played.
Excellent tower defense, many thumbs up.
Great game first tower defense we've played that we actually really like :).
Great game! Needs more upgrades and levels.
It's great, could be easier to get gems without purchasing for a ridiculous amount but its great best so far.
Love all of the upgrades options.
Love this game!! Just wish upgrades weren't so much!!!! Have recommended it many times.
We're an avid TD fan and this one is up with some of the best.
Awesome game love it. We love the fact that you have to earn the gems to advance to the next world. We don't want to spend money on a game but but one we play it all day long.
Super fun game. Hard to put it down.
We've been playing for months. Our favorite app.
Similar to Tap defense but with great additional features.
Very fun strategy game,nice graphics.great way to use up some waiting time at the airport.
Smooth app. Long game play. We love upgrading firepower and starting all over. It's like playing a completely different game.
This one we tried and loved it. Very addicting.
Pretty graphics. Fun gameplay. Average towr def.
We got told about this game by a friend then quickly became addicted to it. After all the upgrades and how each new stage is so challenging it never gets old. Except your battery life that suffers terribly, well that's the price u pay to run the trolls.
Yeeeeeah buddy addicted. Good game bring it on.
Out of all the TD games this one has a great feel to it. One of our favs.
Lots of levels, and jewels allow you to enhance your experience with new worlds and improved abilities.
Next best thing to Kingdom Rush.
Wish there were more levels and new monsters The question is simple….. Will there be a part 2 to this fun game.
We started playing TD games in WC3 and this is the closest app we've found for the iPad that stays close to that formula. You'll have to run missions over and over again to get enough gems to unlock more levels or upgrade the effectiveness of your towers. In order to succeed at higher difficulty levels you'll be forced to spend gems on the tower upgrades.
We like how there's a puzzle to every level. That there's a particular way to achieve a perfect score is great for replay.
Although the general theme is very generic, it is at least slick in its implementation. Near everything requires gems to unlock, so be prepared to play levels multiple times as you grind for gems. Fortunately the gameplay itself is good enough to keep it from feeling completely like a chore.
Its good but levels are hard even on lowest difficulty.
Fairly addicting game! …we're just in it for the gems. ;).
Game keeps stalling, other then that, good game.
Good game. Needs more free levels.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.8
- Size: 55.29 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.