Mega Bits

Title: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
System: Xbox Live Arcade
Game play rating: 3
Plot rating: 2
Replayability rating: 2
Bonus points: 0

Overall Score: 7

South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play hits it right on the mark, combining an otherwise rather boring game of “watch the baddies walk past your defenses and hope that you have enough money to upgrade on the next round” with the witty and crude commentary of the Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and, of course, Cartman. With 12 additional unlockable characters, each with their own abilities and attitude, this will tickle you for many hours. High marks all around!

Highly recommended!

Plot – 2 stars
As an Xbox Live Arcade game, you don’t expect this to have any sort of real plot. And while the plot is kinda…contrived, it at least exists, and there’s some kind of cohesion between what’s happening in the gameplay and what happens between the gameplay. Not only that, but it has a twist ending that leaves you chuckling and wondering how they came up with THAT. Way to go Matt and Trey!

Game Play – 3 stars
This is one of the most complex tower defense games that I know of. I was first introduced to tower defense in the original Warcraft game. Although it was not meant to be a tower defense game, you did have to defend your peons somehow. We learned quickly that forcing the enemy through a corridor of towers was a great way to decimate entire raiding parties without losing your precious troops…until they could build those stupid catapults and ballistas. Anyway, traditional tower defense games give you space to build towers and sometimes walls, but that’s it. You get money for the baddies you destroy so you can build more towers and upgrade them. This game adds an element of interaction and cooperation, movement, and special abilities to add to the mix. And it’s awesome.

Replayability – 2 stars
I mentioned above that there are twelve unlockable characters. Each of these characters have differing statistics for movement speed, throw rate, damage, AND a special ability. While there are only eleven campaign levels to play, there are also five challenge stages to test your adaptability. That’s a combination that gives you a potentially new experience every time you play. Also, play with friends. It’s better and more hilarious. Trust me.

Bonus Points – 0 star
I didn’t give any bonus points because while this game is super duper fun, I can’t think of anything it does outside of the stuff mentioned above. Maybe if the Xbox 360 Achievements were a little more creative or difficult…in fact, if you’re a gamerscore snob, get this game also, because the 200 GP are definitely doable within a day or so…if you have at least one buddy.