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Released: 15 Jul, 2010

Reviewer: Andrew Nesvadba

Version: 1.0.0 (iOS 4.0 Tested) Size: 18.9 MB

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Star Wars: Battle for Hoth

$1.99

Save: 80% Was: $0.99Action Games1.0.0 (iOS 4.0 Tested)THQ, Inc.

PROS

Great mix of towers for strategic use.
Target prioritisation controls.
Recogniseable units in a great story setting.

CONS

Unit positioning can be awkward.
Weak AI.

VERDICT

Star Wars: Battle for Hoth isn't going to blast its way to the top of most tower defense fan's lists, but it's still a great game and well worth checking out for devotees of the Force.

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Star Wars: Battle for Hoth by THQ is almost a perfect storm of nerdy ideas. Lets run the list: Star Wars? Check. Tower Defense? Check. Situated on Hoth? Check. I mean, just how can this go wrong?

Those familiar with tower defense titles won't be too surprised by the basic controls and gameplay of Battle for Hoth, with units slowly being added to your roster as you progress through the main campaign to highlight their use and importance in your arsenal. In a small twist, these 'towers' can all be directly attacked, which makes the use of trenches or place buildings on strategic high-spots a pivotal strategy to master. These trenches not only block the path of units but also provide a minor defense bonus to some of your units. Another positive addition is the ability to assign individual or global prioritization for each tower, giving players a lot of strategic control.

While many of the units are easily recogniseable, the artwork isn't as sharp as you'd expect and the animations are kept to a dreary minimum. It would be easy enough to forgive the visual direction if placement of units wasn't also oddly archaic, with players needing to use an notoriously innacurate method of positioning towers underneath their finger. The AI is also wickedly easy to exploit as cheap sacrificial units can be placed to distract the enemy away from deadlier expensive towers.

For the most part the good outweighs the bad and Battle for Hoth is a still a fun tower defense title, however we can't but feel this isn't the game we've been looking for.

App Store Info

The Galactic Civil War rages: Imperial forces have discovered the location of the Rebel base on the ice planet Hoth. Darth Vader orders his forces to commence a ground assault aimed at destroying Echo Base's main power generator and enabling bombardment of the planet from space. The Rebel's only hope is that its forces can resist the Imperial advance long enough to evacuate the doomed base.

Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth is a fast-paced tower-defense game that puts you in command of Echo Base's defenses. Can you use guile, strategy and reflexes to defend Echo Base from attack? At your command are Infantry Units, Gun Towers, Snowspeeders and more. Facing you is an army of Droids, Snowtroopers and the terrifying AT-ATs. The stage is set for a climatic clash of technology, tactics and action...

Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth features:

15 action-packed levels of combat for control of the ice planet Hoth.
2 gameplay modes, Classic & Fortress for added replay value.
Difficulty settings to enable you to control the level of challenge.
Original music and sounds effects from the movies.
Original video footage that brings the story to life.
Target-control command for all Rebel units.

Weapons and units from the Star Wars universe including AT-ST and AT-AT Walkers, Snowspeeders, DF.9 Anti-Infantry Batteries, Ion Cannons, X-Wing Fighters and Laser Cannons.

OpenFeint support with leader-boards and achievements for extra replay value (also allows connection to Facebook and Twitter).

The future of the Rebel Alliance is in your hands. You are their only hope!