Original flash game is MUCH better – Defend Your Castle HD Review

Why mess with a good thing? The original game had sharp, colorful (albeit simple) graphics. This game looks like somebody's junk drawer vomited on my screen. Buttons, string, bits of paper, receipts, playing cards, scrabble tiles...what the hell is this stuff? The graphics are also very blurry. Don't let the. "HD" in the title fool you--these are iPhone-sized images that have been resized to fit the iPad's screen. Lazy garbage, in other words. The graphics have a real impact on gameplay, as enemies seem to be larger (meaning fewer fit on screen), and they're just painful to look at. Creating henchmen is more difficult, and they don't seem to do anything. I watched a dozen archers (not really--unlike the original game, any number of henchmen are represented by a single button--I'm not kidding) sit around and do nothing while my castle was leveled. Bottom line: this game is a steaming pile of inferiority. Go play the original flash game and save yourself $5.
Review by Josh in California on Defend Your Castle HD.