Death by Game Show

For the first 10 minutes I didn’t get it. I was ready to hate. You can’t shoot, you can’t jump, the humor is for morons and overall I was ready to get a refund. Three hours later, I’m hooked. The game isn’t casual, it’s got a real learning curve that I wasn’t prepared for. You’re not going to start and win. For the first time in a long time, I’ve found a game that doesn’t hand hold me on the big picture. I had to learn to play and even decipher the story and setting. That moronic humor makes sense. The game world is meant to feel dumb. The signs in the background tell a story of fake media, robot overlords behind the scenes and mass mind control. How all very relevant. It’s definitely not for everyone. If you’re unwilling to put some effort into the mechanics, skip it. If you want something with hidden meaning then check it out - at least while it's on sale. 4 out of 5.

The weird theme is the game's best part, and although it has a lot of polish, it is a flawed gaming experience. The gameplay is like a two-tracked lane-defense game, with a lot of power-ups, upgrades, and unlocks. It has a solid series of several tutorial levels, although owners may quit playing even before completing them. The game is off-putting with its confusing mix of item upgrades, limited controls, and odd menus. For example, the game never describes the vital "pack-up building" action, which is also inaccessible on the gamepad controller. Overall, this dry game lacks a certain fun-factor. To illustrate just how many people get turned off by this game, only 3.5% of game owners get the achievement that is automatically obtained shortly after the campaign tutorial levels! If you can finally get into the gameplay, then the levels offer rewards for replaying. And there are a lot of levels in the campaign, then steam workshop levels to play. I enjoyed the pacing and narrative that ...

I start playing and think "Cute". Then the language is off, to the point of making the instructions confusing. Then I come to see this is a very simple resource allocation game where you order droids to counter an onslaught of enemy droids. Then I think "Hmm...that sounds familiar." This is almost exactly like that resource allocation game where you order plants to counter an onslaught of zomblies. The difference? The language in PvZ isn't off and PvZ is F2P. I applaud whoever worked so hard on the art, but sorry, this is not terribly original and definitely not how I thought I'd be killed on something called Death by Gameshow. Maybe the devs need to revisit the seminal works in the death-by-gameshow genre: SmashTV and the movie The Running Man.

This game is good but almost gets unbeatable by the 9th stage for me. Seeing as how there are no walkthroughs out yet I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. The reason I would recomend is because you can tell they put alot of effort in this game and it's not their fault I suck.

[h1]Death by Game Show Review[/h1] [u]Background Info:[/u] I bought the game on release day, and waited to post this review so I could spend a decent amount of time with it. This is my personal review, not for any company and with no benefits towards myself. [u]Main Game Features:[/u] [list] [*]Strategy/Tower Defense [*]Game show setting [*]Place buildings and send droids to win challenges [*]Asset Creation, Level Editor, and Text Editor. [/list] [u]Quick Comparison:[/u] This is a very unique game. I honestly haven't found any other game like it (there may be one, but I have not come across it). However, if I had to compare it to something to help someone get a gist of if they'd like it. It would be a mix of Swords & Soldiers and Castlestorm. [u]First Impressions:[/u] The first few levels are tutorials. Short and sweet to tell you the controls and get familiar with objectives. However, not the best I've experienced. It does well in explaining the core concepts o...

Most confusing game. The interface is ugly, the overall esthetics is revulsive, and the controls are curious (stand still and press some key to have a spinner to get random money ???). You can only move either right or left (no jump), and you have a grappling hook which apparently is unable to catch unything. You only produce robots which will move in the direction you're looking at and then will beat other robots. Nonsense.

this game feels like a Plants vs Zmoibes clone, only much harder and non-intuitive

If you want a game that mixes tower defense with robot mayhem, Death by Game Show is worth checking out. The mechanics aren't hard to learn, but will take a lot of practice. The challenges in the game will have you either surviving the onslaught or completing an objective (collecting money or destroying buildings) before timer goes out. The game also has an Editor mode, which you can make your own challenge and present it to other players via Steam Workshop, which is a very nice feature to have. However, I find the difficulty spike to be pretty rediculous and the grinding aspect of the game is really tedious. However, I manage to have fun with Death by Game Show, and I'm always finding new ways to get through the challenges. Rating: B

This is a pretty good strategy game with twisted humour thrown in. Some levels will feel a bit impossible but if you keep trying you will get a bit further which nudges you to try and complete a bit more of the game.

I love this game its design is suited for a tower defence but something so different. I would recommend this game if your a fan of the tower defence genre. My one and only complaint is the Cuttered feel its very overwhelming when first learning the mechanics. All in all alot of fun :D