Dungeon Defenders

  Dungeon Defenders is a action/adventure tower defense game with rpg elements.  The game is on XBLA, PSN, and PC.  First off, you are probably thinking, "How is this an action/adventure tower defense game with 'rpg' elements?" I respond with "Creativity."  Trendy Entertainment has made a tower defense game where you yourself can get in on the action.  The main focus, like with any tower defense game, is to keep creatures from getting to their destination, which in this case, is the Eternia Crystals.

  One of the best features that this game has to offer over any other tower defense game is the that you can get rid of the creatures yourself.  The other, bigger feature is that you can play with up to four players locally or over the internet.  But it does not stop there in terms of multi-player.  Some maps are so large that up to six or eight people can play together!  Considering DLC (Downloadable Content), each player can be a different character!  Speaking of which, there is quite a bit of DLC, spanning from additional characters to a new story.  This isn't to say that the normal game itself is short or bland, but you would miss out several of the unlockables.

  There is a lot of good things I could say about this game, it's definitely one of my favorite games, probably based on how much time I have spent on it.  However, there are several a lot irritating obstacles.  There are quite a number of bugs, lots of places to get stuck, and if you don't know what is going on or things get out of hand you can lose in a matter of seconds.  There can even be the occasional mishap of where you can be outside of the map and can't get back in.  That's quite a number of things that ruins the experience already.  I could probably make a list of about equal length of both good and bad things in the game.  The online experience is fine though.

  There is one major difference between the console and PC versions.  That difference would be the Steam Workshop.  First of all, Steam is a videogame provider that runs on PC, Mac, and even Linux.  Not every game runs on every platform, FYI.  So if you buy the Steam version, you can use the Steam Workshop and play and make items, enemies, props, maps, and what-have-you.  The result is over powered armor and weapons, some rare, but really neat maps, and almost no original content.  Also from the Steam version is four unique Team Fortress 2 pets and a Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device.

That is roughly everything in a nutshell, now for some final thoughts.  Without the DLC, I would say the game lasts about 4 hours, that is in terms of getting everything.  With DLC, the game lasts roughly 8 or more hours, so double basically.  Half the game is DLC, which is okay but not good by any means.  It is very fun, even more so online or with friends, and apparently it did well enough for Trendy Entertainment to start making a sequel.

I give Dungeon Defenders (for PC) a Green Star,

or a 4/5.