Overview:

If you don't mind having your towers getting removed to the point where you keep having to spend rebuilt them (sometimes from scratch), then you might like this game. To me, it's just not fun and is incredibly annoying instead.

Instead of reacting and adapting to the enemies, you'll find yourself hoarding coins to try to keep what you already had in the first place, so gone are the days of watching the gradual progression of your towers in different locations and adapting to enemy waves.

Summary:

This game stopped being fun when my towers kept getting deleted. Although I'm well aware that this type of mechanic is done in other tower defense games (which I don't mind), I absolutely hate it in this game.

On one of the maps I played, my tower got eaten, so I used my coins to get it back (which happens a lot on this map), only for my tower to get eaten again the second after it became active, so it felt like a complete waste of time killing enemies to even afford the tower to begin with.

Although I've been a longtime fan of this franchise, I can't see myself being a fan of this franchise any longer if the expectation is that I need to keep saving my coins to repurchase tower that keep getting removed over and again, or just outright permanently deleted.

This will likely be one of the few games that I've ever uninstall because of how irritating I find it due to the gameplay mechanics that weren't very prevalent earlier in the series.

I've played every Kingdom Rush to date. My initial opinion at launch was it was comparable, maybe a slight improvement over Vengeance. However with the addition of the latest updates, I find this might be taking the place as the worst Kingdom Rush game yet. The original and Frontiers are still close to first, followed by Origins, followed by Vengeance, and now by this one.

NB : I've already commented on the new DLC's page, but I feel like it will get more visibility in the main game page, which is important because it's about a potential problem, not about bragging or sh*tposting.

Important message for devs and players alike (but especially devs) :

Dunno whether it's a bug or something completely normal and I'm dumb, but when I use Kratoa's ultimate spell near him, he dies instantly. Even with only a single meteor hitting him. I would humbly ask for a fix, if you don't mind.

Even though he does respawn much faster than most heroes and you can move him while he's just a heap of magma - including the fact that one of his passives is to buff nearby towers when he respawns - it's frankly annoying not being able to use an AOE spell near a melee-based hero that I use for stalling enemies. If I am mistaken in that, my bad.

Otherwise I enjoy the DLC so far and don't think I will change my mind - unless the bosses have an overpowered destroy-tower mechanic (by that I mean there would be no option to rebuild the tower AND they can just spam it and scr*w you. Either give a not so pricey rebuild option or limit the rate of tower destruction.

For what it's worth, a bad example is Umbra in KRF where there's a point it's just impossible to get 3 stars because you only have sh*t towers or not enough ; a good example is Spider Goddess in KRO who only destroys 3 towers (although I feel she should destroy like 4 on casual-normal and 5 in veteran-Impossible because you easily get the gold) or the Shark Captain in KRV (nothing to change according to me).

Abominor in KRA (this Kingdom Rush game) was just an annoying ducker before update (however, I think the tower rebuild should be based on the tower's price including upgrades, because 200g (if I remember correctly) for a lvl1 is not the same as 200g for a fully-upgraded lvl 4. In my opinion, he should have had a tower block - he would try to swallow a tower with his mouth-arm and you would have to pay some gold to the Arborean mage to prevent him from swallowing the tower, or click a few times as for Vez'nan in KR, in an increasingly shorter span of time to keep the tension. But never utterly destroying the tower in a ''f*ck you'' way.

Another small problem in the Heroic/Iron stage of Darksteel Gates : the Giant Automaton' feet do not open most of the time, which is more of a marginal annoyance than a real pain, but still.

Anyway, I've always loved the Kingdom Rush Series (own all games except Legends, wasn't attracted by the turn-by-turn formula) since the Flash era (would spend hours on Twin Rivers Pass Iron in the 2010's). My most heartfelt thanks to the development team and the community (it's always nice to find some lore or strategy I hadn't thought of)

They charge you for the entire game, and then ask for more money for dlc that's so tiny?

I've loved this game series for 10+ years, sad to see you fall so low.

kingdom Rush 5 Alliance is a great game, Ironhide studios made a gem with these tower defense strategy games. I love all of them. This one is by far the best although vengeance does give it a run for its money. I really am Not happy with having to pay for a DLC when I paid full price for this game. The price tag was hard enough having to cough up but because I am such a fan I bought it. But charging for the DLC is what gets me and why Ironhide is losing fans, and I am one of them. This is coming from the guy that bought all kingdom rush games on phone, Ipad, and PC. I have had enough with this price gouging, and it started a long time ago but Kingdom Rush vengeance is what really started the annoyance that turned into anger. I am no longer spending money on the game, enough is enough.

Rating: ★★½☆☆

Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD uses the same Kingdom Rush formula with a few changes as part of the new alliance system. It’s a cool idea, but honestly, it doesn’t make much of a difference compared to the previous games. It scratches my tower defense itch, but that’s about it. It feels like the series is playing it too safe to make any real changes.

• What’s New?: The alliance system lets you team up with Kingdom and Veznan's factions and allows two heroes at the same time, which is neat. But it’s more of a small twist than a big leap forward.
  
• The Experience: Classic Kingdom Rush. Great visuals, smooth gameplay, and all the charm you’d expect. Still, it’s starting to feel a little too familiar.
  
• Biggest Letdown: They didn’t take any risks. The alliance mechanic is nice, but it’s not enough to make this feel fresh or exciting.

If you love Kingdom Rush, you’ll have a good time, but don’t expect to be blown away. For newcomers, it’s a fun game, but maybe check out the earlier titles first—they feel just as good, if not better.

9/11 There is no bestiary but it allows you to have multiple strategies

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5/5 star

Best tower defense game i have ever played.