The challenge game of the week at Kongregate is a tower defense game with a backstory about galactic conflict, war, billions dead, yaddah yah. At some point, you realize that the waves of purple stuff are the Smooze from My Little Pony: The Movie, which kind of gives the entire game a different feeling. I choose to believe the red dots are flutterponies.
: Zubon
I hate to admit to being driven so much by pure aesthetics, but I prefer my Tower Defense games to have a certain high-tech coolness factor that’s best achieved via industrial / mechanical towers.
Coloured dots and / or ponies just don’t do it from me. Aside from the rare exception (Plants vs Zombies, although it’s not typical Tower Defense gameplay either), the cuteness factor is generally a turn-off.
Defense Grid is pretty much the epitome of the genre for me. I just wish they would crank out more maps or an editor.
But… but… nothing can stop the Smooze! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CnOysetlQw
I haven’t finished the training missions yet but already I like this game. I never saw any My Little ponies movies though so the smooze reference was lost on me.
my favorite character on the Plants Vs. Zombies game is none other than the Michael Jackson zombie.**-