![]() ![]() The main single player mode is more of a traditional ‘defense’ mode, charging players with defending their tower from wave on oncoming baddies. Several play modes are possible thanks to these more adaptable gameplay options. Your Cubemen can also be upgraded, giving bonuses like extra firepower and health. The Cubemen can also be moved around to pick up power-ups to give the player an advantage, such as extra damage or a bonus set of cubes to spend. Similarly, the Cubemen can be moved away from the action if they face an opponent that is sure to defeat them. This allows players to far more easily adapt to changing game conditions, for example by moving the men around to different chokepoints on the map, rather than having to sell and re-purchase static towers. Firstly, you are free to move your Cubemen around the map as you see fit, they are no longer affixed to the ground like typical towers. The classes all have their own unique capabilities ranging from basic shooters, to long range snipers and rocket launchers.Ĭubemen 2 differs from traditional tower defense games in some important areas, however. ![]() You can use these cubes to purchase various classes of Cubemen and place these around your base to protect your tower. You are tasked with using a limited pool of resources (cubes, in this case) to defend your base tower. Enter Cubemen 2, a mix of tower defense and real time strategy genres from 3 Sprockets and Nnooo that does a great job of capitalising on the GamePad’s touch screen to deliver their unique take on these genres.Ĭubemen 2 will feel familiar to fans of the tower defense genre. It is surprising then, that we have seen so very few touch-controlled real time strategy games on the Wii U. "The mix of touch and Wii U GamePad controls is a perfect fit for the fast multiplayer gameplay.While most real-time strategy style titles have traditionally suffered with the limitations of modern controllers, the Wii U’s touch-screen equipped GamePad seems like a perfect place for developers to experiment with pointer based strategy games. "It's such a great console to develop for and it's a blast to see Cubemen 2 up and running on the TV," added 3 Sprockets director Seon Rozenblum. Now they can create levels, share them and battle with other players across multiple platforms! This is great, not only for Nintendo gamers, but for gaming in general." "We already know Nintendo players love to create and share amazing artwork and creations in Miiverse. "Cubemen 2 is not just a fantastic game, it's breaking new ground for an indie game on a Nintendo console," said Nnooo creative director Nic Watt. Since the Steam version launched in April 2013 and the iOS port came out in May, there are already over 8000 user-generated levels available. Players can either play against each other or team up in co-op and face off against the game's AI.Īdditionally, players can create their own maps and share these across all platforms. This Wii U port of Cubemen 2 will cost £6.99 / €7.99 / $7.99 / $10.49AUD.ĭeveloped by Melbourne-based studio 3 Sprockets, Cubemen 2 offers seven game modes in its single-player, while five of these modes can be tackled online with multiplayer options for up to six people. Could Cubemen 2 be the start of Nintendo allowing cross-platform support? Even though this is a third-party game, it's still a big step for Nintendo's famously conservative online presence. ![]() Now, that game is finally coming out on 4th September on the Wii U eShop in Europe, the Americas and Australia, publisher Nnooo has announced. Last year I wrote about how 3D strategy game Cubemen 2 would be paving new ground by being the first Wii U game that offers cross-platform compatibility with non-Nintendo devices - specifically PC, Mac, Linux and iOS.
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