Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

I'm a huge fan of the original Defender's Quest, I liked the aesthetics and the story of the original game, I liked how much the difficulty ramps up (new game+ is easily twenty hours). Tower Defense has been one of my favorite genres ever since the golden age of Flash, which most of you whippersnappers weren't even alive for... But old man rambling aside, DQ2 is a huge step back from the first game. Every mission is...

61 found this helpful, 2026-02-18

It just feels so hollow compared to the first game. If 5/10 is a perfectly average game this is like a 4-4.5/10. If you are comparing it to the first game, it's a 2/10. Art style overall feels like a downgrade. Characters during text scenes and cut scenes overall look better than the first game, but "entities" and enemies look pretty awful and the maps feel very samey. Enemy diversity is low. Like 10-12 enemies,...

21 found this helpful, 2025-11-20

This was the long-awaited sequel to a beloved tower-defense classic... that was basically nothing like the original. First of all, the look changed a lot, especially for the characters in the cutscenes, and I would say it was for the worse. Sure they looked different and more diverse, but art style and design also made them somewhat ugly. In the game itself, the characters looked fine. The story had no link...

15 found this helpful, 2026-05-30