Dungeons 3

This is a really neat game that continues the tradition of Dungeon Keeper and brings it to the next level. You're an Evil entity that commands a dungeon and defends it against heroes. In this mode, the game is Tower Defense. When you bring your creatures to the surface, the game becomes Real Time Strategy as you attack heroes and fortifications.

THE GOOD:

• Great hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy
• The Easy mode is pretty relaxed and easy, with an occasional moment of adrenaline. Just the way I like it.
• Great humour and dialogue that is actually fun to listen to (obviously, Your Mileage May Vary). They make fun of or reference pretty much every Fantasy trope imaginable, especially other video games.
• The game controls are easy to understand, and it's pretty straightforward to figure out how to build a successful dungeon.
• It was fun for me to figure out the traps and watch the dumb heroes fall into them and die.
• I found the main plot surprisingly fun! It actually has a bit of hidden depth to it, with a theme of: Be Careful When You Fight Monsters Lest You Become One Yourself

THE BAD:

• Like with that other Kalipso game Tropico, it does get repetitive after a while. The start of every level pretty much means doing the same thing again. They alleviate this somewhat by constantly introducing new things every new level, but it doesn't entirely solve this problem.
• For combat, it was tough for me to figure out any kind of coherent strategy per se. I could tell that certain enemies should be attacked first (e.g. healers and area attackers), but otherwise didn't have enough information on the combat mechanics to possibly come up with a real strategy other than: build a big army.

THE UGLY:

• I once encountered a bug where a dangerous tear in reality, which I was supposed to destroy, was inaccessible. This was really frustrating. The bug fixed itself before it was too late, but for a little while there it looked like I was going to have to load from my save of 30 minutes ago.
• There were a couple parts where I ended up having to load the game because the protagonist died. I wasn't paying attention for a few moments and she just died almost instantly. It was a bit frustrating to redo a whole previous sequence. A good tip would be to quick save with F5 fairly often to reduce the impact of this.
• The UI for loading your game is a bit confusing. They seem to mix up the order. It can be hard to find the game you were last playing.