Good game, horrible mini-games – DOFUS : Battles HD Review

Dofus is a good combination of tower defense and RPG. Rated solely on the tower defense portions, I would rate closer to a 4 out of 5. You have 10 different characters that you can summon, most supporting one of four roles: tank, damage, heal, or support. Early on the game is fairly simple and gives you a chance to work out some of the common character combinations as well as where to best place each character. But, it quickly becomes more difficult to plan out combats since you will be faced with many rows of monsters that you won't have much, if any time to plan against. You really only can plan for the first waves. This will lead you to playing through a single wave multiple times, and a single level even more times depending on the number of waves. Best bet is to level up your different characters as high as possible by completing each level on each of the difficulties; easy, medium, and hard. Your safest bet is also to support a strong central defense with damage and tank support on the left and right of the battle field. The most annoying thing about the game are the mini games. Specifically the many ones that utilize the tilt feature of the iPad. From the complete lack of physical memory involved (all learning is visual based only, no audio or physical cues on how far to tilt) as well as some poorly designed elements due to certain monsters not being placed in the same spot each time. I spent half an hour trying to do just the second fairground level with getting all the presents and all I got was a cramp from trying to control the tilt of my iPad for too long. Really, really, really, really need an on-screen joystick alternative for these mini-games. Also, just as a note to others, the "spin the wheel" gamble gives a message making it look like you should try again due to a malfunction. Don't fall for it, it's just asking you to throw away more of your money on another spin.
Review by cgoodno on DOFUS : Battles HD.