Regardless, the biggest LOTR attribute of Kingdom Rush is this epic journey that you’re thrown into, where your purpose is to navigate the map even though you don’t know what’s ahead of you. I’m really no LOTR expert, so perhaps a bigger connoisseur could create a clearer comparison. The Dark Tower is like Isengard, Icewind Pass could be the Mines of Moria or Misty Mountains, Citadel could be Rohan or Minas Tirith, Forsaken Valley is like Mordor, and you begin battling in a makeshift shire. Even geographically, the map is set up in a way that can be matched with certain features of Tolkien’s LOTR. Elves become your allies later in the game. The goblins with armor can be equated to Urak-Hai, the enemy wizard is like Saruman, and his tower looks like a budget version of Sauron. The enemies – trolls, orcs, goblins, spiders – are seemingly taken directly from the novel. Granted it’s not as sophisticated as LOTR but the inspiration is still there. I notice so many Lord of the Rings similarities while I play it. One of the reasons I bring Kingdom Rush up, besides the fact that it’s awesome, is that like many of the games we’ve been playing, this game seems to draw from classic literature.
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The story begins with you defending the port from highwaymen and eventually progresses to full out war, which puts you deeper in the map with more defense options and way more enemies. There are a few sentences before every advance on the map, too. Full Game Leaderboard Level Leaderboard All Southport The Farmlands Pagras Twin Rivers Silveroak Forest The Citadel Coldstep Mines Icewind Pass Stormcloud Temple The Wastes Forsaken Valley The Dark Tower Ruins. The game’s narrative is a bit weak, but the Lord of the Rings similarities are obvious enough that the gamer can fill in the holes and naturally starts to invest more in the story than they actually give you. Kingdom Rush (Flash) (2011) Kingdom Rush series. Here’s a screenshot of a set-up early on in the game:
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Enemies arrive in waves, and as you kill enemies, you gain more gold and can upgrade your towers. Each structure has its pros and cons, including price, damage, and range. Basically, it’s your job to defend some unnamed kingdom from orcs, wolves, gargoyles, bandits, trolls, yetis, etc by building 4 types of defense – barracks, archer towers, mages, and bombards. The objective of the game is pretty simple and the concept isn’t particularly innovative. I got one of my friends hooked on it too, and we are both dangerously close to beating the game and thus, dangerously close to having nothing to live for anymore. I am addicted to Kingdom Rush, so much so that as I’m writing this, it’s open in another tab in my browser.
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