![]() ![]() Off the field, the game most closely resembles tower-defense as you plan actions on a map that displays enemy towers that will meet your troops. The fourteen levels of Anomaly 2 take place from within two viewpoints. As the name suggests, it’s a strange amalgamation of genres and design that is hard to qualify. Anomaly is all about action, which is what made the original stand out. Waiting for impending doom is boring, but I won’t notice if you give me sun drops or coins to collect. The dividing factor is basically “action” or the lack thereof. I either love or hate tower defense games with very little room between the two extremes. Anomaly 2 is a more complex and difficult game, but it doesn’t fix the faults in the winning formula 11 bit Studios established in 2011. ![]() ![]() The key difference is that in this game the player has a say in the pace and positioning.Īnomaly 2 builds upon the first entry by accentuating the game’s twitch-based elements and introducing story elements that differentiate missions. It’s not entirely dissimilar to the tower defense genre since Anomaly still revolves around choosing the right units in preparation of foe types to come. The first Anomaly was an unexpected sleeper hit that found a successful formula on flipping tower defense on its head by putting the player in the role of the invader. Don’t let the screenshots fool you: This isn’t the game you think it is. ![]()
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