"Karl - King of Beetles" - ant tower defense, which will not leave you indifferent

In an anthill on the branches of a magic tree that stood in the thick forest, the inhabitants of the ant kingdom rolled a great feast to celebrate the end of summer. King Charles and his entourage carried away triumph and did not notice the approaching storm. The storm destroyed their house, and Charles as the true ruler, will have to look for his people a new home. His way is through an abandoned forest, concealing a lot of dangers, and without your help the ants do not exactly get along.

The colorful opening clip we are introduced to the background and immediately thrown into battle. However, the first couple of levels is greater training and introduces us to the mechanics of the game.

If you've played tower defense, which I do not doubt, you should be familiar with the basics. As usual, we have different types of protective turrets that can be improved over the bonuses received during battles, traps, opening at higher levels, as well as the hero, whose death can not be allowed in any case. King Charles is armed with a sword and wears armor, but if the enemy will attack him a crowd, he did not survive. Therefore, your task will be to prevent the breakthrough beetles, bugs, bees and other insects unfriendly to a safe area, where the crowned ant.

The main thrust of manpower have to deter enemy towers in the game of more than 30, and each of them can also be pumped. Our ants are very well developed technology, but the storm has destroyed all that they have created, so you'll have to start small. In the lower levels you do simple catapults and cannons with soap bubbles, but soon get your hands on the destructive power of electricity, heat and other elements. They will help you to cope with the crowds of more sophisticated enemies who do not keep you waiting.

Each tower has its own parameters: the damage, range projectile flight, duration, and other effects. They are improving for gems, which are given for completing levels. More of them in the game does not earn, so it makes sense to complete all the levels in the "three stars". Bout you start with the first level of the towers, they need to be upgraded for the energy got from killing enemies, but only on condition that the upgrades you have already studied.

In addition to the towers, you will be in your pocket pair of aces. Firstly, it is a trap - clever ant device, capable to neutralize enemies. There are five types: grenades, stakes, rockfall, web and mines. Some of them act against certain enemies, others are weapons of mass destruction.

Secondly, apart from the traps you can also pump the hedge, fence, which is fenced off meadow Karl: from ordinary blades of grass, he turns into a reliable palisade that can temporarily contain bugs until your tower understand with them.

Last line of defense is the King Charles, he is not only person of royal blood, but also a strong warrior. At first, he is armed with a simple sword, but by the workers-ants in the smithy you can forge a more perfect blade with heavy losses. The same goes for armor: like swords, of which there are three types, and each of them are amenable to upgrade.

After each battle you get back to the nest to celebrate and spend earned resources to improve. All upgrades, which were discussed above, are studied here. There is a smithy, and laboratory engineers working on improving the towers. If some resources are not enough, you can buy them on the market, which is located here.

As for enemies, they are very diverse. Opponents vary in size (small, medium and large) and by type (air and ground). Each insect their habits and weaknesses, and to correctly build your defense and win, you have to learn them all. Help you card with a description of new enemies as they appear and your tactical ability. Note will not be easy - the game over 40 unique enemies and the mothers of 3 boss.

"Karl - King of Beetles" is framed in a beautiful fantasy style, it has great graphics and interesting art. The developers came to the creation of the game very thoroughly and added a huge amount of content. Only one level of more than 20 pieces, and scattered them in the three worlds, who will have to pass the ants on their way to a new home. The complexity is well balanced, you definitely will not be easy. Moreover, each stage can be replayed on a higher difficulty level, earning more resources. Game mechanics are much deeper than in other games of this type: there are a lot of various improvements, various types of weapons and additional capacity.

We can say with confidence that "Karl - King of Beetles" does not entice you for one night. Plunged into the world of the ant, you just can not leave it until you pass the whole game.