Idle Defense: Dark Forest
Indie Magic Tower Defense Game, Use Magic and Summon Demons to Defense Forest.
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4.07
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Simple and easy to understand gameplay
- Good potential for fun despite bugs
- No forced ads, players can choose to watch for rewards
- Cute graphics and enjoyable storyline
- Decent time:killer
Cons
- Game suffers from lag issues, particularly in later chapters
- Frequent crashes and bugs that affect gameplay
- High reliance on ads for progression and rewards
- Lack of meaningful offline progress
- Confusing mechanics and instructions
Most mentioned
- Lag and performance issues
- Frequent crashing and bugs
- Ad heavy gameplay
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Recent rating average:
3.10
All time rating average:
4.07
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-03 |  | | Still buggy and looks to be abandoned however its still a great time killer. There's a few instant crashes and even though it gives you an E-mail to send it don't bother as it just bounces back. Also the problem of it getting worse the longer it plays still it there but seeing as the last update was in 2021 I don't see it getting fixed. As I said its largely an abandoned game but as long as you don't expect too much from it it's a decent tower defense game. |
| 2022-03-15 |  | | Honestly, a game with a large amount of potential, yes there are bugs, yes this game is a bit unfinished/unpolished for all the small inconveniences, but it is a good game that is very easy to understand and play and the difficulty scales with the levels. I've been playing casually a few days and I have not had 1 forced ad, you can watch an ad if you want spare rewards but there arnt forced ads like every other free game, recommended |
| 2022-03-02 |  | | I was hopeful, but the game suffers from some bad lag issues. I found references to this issue that are over a year old. There are other bugs where banner.description is displayed instead of the actual description. This should be easy to fix. At the time of writing this, the last update was around 10 months ago so I doubt anything else is going to get fixed. 2 stars as it was entertaining, but given that development seems to have stopped and the existing bugs are probably not going to get fixed. |
| 2022-02-19 |  | | It's a good game but once you reach chapter 15 in-game, it appears the game stutters horribly because there is too much going on. As soon as the enemies spawn in, it lags. As soon as the turrets start firing, it lags. It worked flawlessly early game. I have a brand new phone too so it can't be my device. Will update rating if it gets fixed, but for now it's unplayable. |
| 2020-08-06 |  | | First; I agree it isn't a *true* idle game. When you are offline, there is no advancement. However, you do continue to get money which is nice. Currently there doesn't seem to be a cap on how long you collect offline earnings for. But haven't really looked into it. It is a very simple merge/tower defense game. You buy towers, place them on plots that you've purchased, level towers and then merge them with another same level tower to evolve them. Graphics are cute. The demons are a nice touch, but not a unique idea. Ads are well.. just like any other game out there. Not horrible. |
| 2020-05-12 |  | | This is a nice simple idle game. If your looking for a deep game with a lot of content, look elsewhere. This game has a few big issues. Even on the low graphic settings the game lags after a while. There are a lot of grammatical and textual errors - for instance "Evolve" is used in many places to describe several different mechanics, leading to a lot of confusion. Can't write a review without mentioning ads. There are a lot of ads, but you only have to watch them if you want the cool stuff. |
| 2020-04-17 |  | | First, the tutorial says to build and it seemed simple enough. Then when gameplay starts, the submenu changes without explanation. There's a long ad for EVERY "bonus". And they even have a gift box show up during the battle which is yet another ad for a bonus. So I didn't even finish the first wave and uninstalled. Too many interruptions. Not enough intuitive interface. |
| 2020-03-26 | | | I like the gameplay and the storyline. I cannot get past lvl 32 because the game keeps crashing. Made sure it was updated and even on low graphics, still crashes. I know it's new, hopefully the developers can fix this bug because I would like to keep going. Edit"" After told to delete and re download the game. My progress was saved but all of the towers I had disappeared. It seems less laggy now but it took a while to catch back up to where I was... |
| 2020-03-20 | | | Great idle game with a fair amount of interactive and idle functions and an amazing scaling for time:rewards ratio. Ads are NOT forced and you are given many OPTIONS to opt in or out of an ad for extra rewards. A few minor bugs and the gatchya mechanics on summoning new demons is kinda brutal. This game is VERY close to a 5 star game (I'm super picky) but is still missing something (probably fine tuning demons) to make it a 5* game. |
| 2020-02-04 | | | As it is, the game is roughly 80% watching ads, 20% actual gameplay. The core mechanics are fine for a tower defense, but the balance is set up so that if you don't watch ads, you'll get nowhere with the level progression. Towers also appear to get increasingly more expensive, without any guide to what combinations make what towers. The solution, of course, is to watch more ads to generate gold and supplies. There's a summoning system as advertised, but that too is tedious and requires ads. |
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