

But once you add a second or third gem, things really get interesting.ĭifferent combinations of gems yield different kinds of attacks you of course you have your obligatory "slowing" type of tower, but there are many others that perform really cool abilities like damage-over-time, splash damage and cash-stealing.

A single gem only changes the Gomphus' attack to that element, which certain creeps are either resistant or susceptible to. These abilities are given to your Gomphus by adding different-colored gems to it, each gem representing an element (fire, water, earth, wind and thunder). There's only one type of Gomphus available to buy (which serves as the basic tower type), but that little brown mushroom can be upgraded and tweaked to provide many different abilities. Tap to cancel your purchase, and use the or keys to move around (or just drag the cursor to the edge of the map). Most of the action is controlled with the mouse just click a Gomphus in the bottom panel to buy it and place it on the field. You begin by purchasing and placing a Gomphus somewhere on the playing field, just like any other tower defense game.

There's a nice help screen that gives you the basics of what you need to know, which is more than adequate to get you started. There's really no drawn-out story as to why you're using mushrooms (called Gomphus) to defend against incoming waves of little Pokemon-looking creeps, yet the premise is so whimsical anyway that you probably won't mind. A large variety of both offensive and defensive tower types offer many different ways of completing each level, which is the main reason Mushroom Revolution stands out in a genre that's been forced to keep reinventing itself to stay relevant. At first glance, the comic-looking mushroom "towers" and cutesy creeps might seem like it chooses style over substance, but the gameplay is actually pretty engaging (and challenging), able to hold its own among most of today's popular tower defense games. A sequel to the obscure Mushroom Farm Defender, Mushroom Revolution is actually more of an updated an improved version of the original, with better graphics and bigger gameplay. Mushroom Revolution is a cartoon-styled strategy game rooted with the tried-and-true tower defense formula, with a simplified elemental tower system similar to last year's hit, GemCraft. A fantastic little tower defense game hit casual gaming websites last week, flying in under the radar with little fanfare, yet quite deserving.
