That being said, we could still tell that Anomaly 2 was a special case upon our first hour with it. This particular reviewer isn’t particularly accustomed to playing tower defence games, but we’ve dabbled in titles like Dungeon Defenders and Toy Soldiers. Accompanied by the assorted noise of lasers, gunfire, and machinery that characterise futuristic warfare, the sound department gets the job done in creating a bit more tension and excitement during gameplay. The voice acting may be a dud, but the staticky, technological sound effects when selecting options and activating abilities provide cool, satisfactory aural feedback. We must stress, though, that the lacklustre aspects of the game are outweighed by what it does right in every other area. We chuckled at how bad it was and groaned every time certain bits of dialogue would repeat far too often. The one-dimensional and stereotypical cast of individuals doesn’t help either you’ve got the old German scientist, meathead American soldier, stubborn military commander, and so on that – while humorous and entertaining on rare occasions – have awful dialogue that’s neither written nor voiced well. The narrative is straightforward and filled with clichés, which only becomes slightly interesting near the end with an unexpected mission where you actually have a say in how the story ends. The sacrifices and bravery of soldiers in the events of the first game have given you, First Lieutenant Simon Lynx, the opportunity to end this conflict with the power of the Combat Suit as you lead your forces into battle.Īs you can tell, there’s nothing that original about the premise, and the same goes for the rest of the story and characters. Desperate for a way to regain their home, the remaining military forces are fighting for mankind in the hope of creating an experimental weapon known as Project Shockwave. Most of the Earth has frozen over after a massive climate change when humanity lost a war against an alien race called the Machines. We can certainly admire the aspirations of the developer in trying to design something where no game has gone before, but is this alien endeavour too ambitious and experimental for its own good, or is it a commendable push in invigorating its static genre with much-needed innovation? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play as the attacking force – usually the “bad guys” – in a tower defence game? Speculate no further because 11 Bit Studios has answered that question with something it likes to call “tower offence”. The slow pace and constant, strategic management of resources that characterises the games may sound like either a fun time or a monotonous drag to you, but something like Anomaly 2 is, er, an anomaly. Tower defence is more of a niche genre for a particular subset of gamers.
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