By Quintin Smith on May 6th, 2011 at 2:35 pm.
Great as it is, Sanctum isn’t going to be the only action tower defense title that we’ll be gifted with this year. Orcs Must Die is arriving this summer, and is looking like a neat counterpart- dark and dingy where Sanctum was bright and shiny, and slapstick where Sanctum was all business. Our Dan Griliopolous made it sound fun enough in his preview, too, and the new trailer features exploding barrels, which as we all know is basically a seal of quality.
I actually have a plan regarding explosives barrels. If I ever make a video game I’m putting a single red barrel in it. If the game doesn’t feature guns, I will also place the game’s one and only gun next to the barrel. The moment the player shoots that barrel, their character will explode. That’s my plan.
06/05/2011 at 14:40 Rinox says:
For a second I thought this was a reference to Charlie Sheen’s cooking video.
‘All green things must die’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2THclH6VPc&feature=related
06/05/2011 at 14:49 McDan says:
You’re a barrel of laughs quinns.
06/05/2011 at 15:03 Horza says:
Obligatory link to the referenced song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpJCpAquKUY
06/05/2011 at 15:27 Grot_Punter says:
Obligatory link to song I will be listening to as I play this game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcYsT9WPcs
There’s another version somewhere, I can’t find it though.
06/05/2011 at 15:12 Kdansky says:
All the world is teal/orange, rather.
06/05/2011 at 16:12 Bodminzer says:
This looks absolutely ace, and I’ve never played a tower defence game in my life, aside from a couple of flash ones. I remember reading something about the devs having a one-Liner competition for this game, but I might just have hit my head.
06/05/2011 at 18:19 porps says:
if i hadnt read the preview before viewing the trailer i would have no interest in this game. Trailer did not impress
06/05/2011 at 18:40 Schteen says:
That little clip didn’t show a whole lot, but I do like the way you apparently interact directly with the props you place, rather than in Sanctum where you build the towers and let them do their job. Taking the hybridity of the genre one step further, might be worth keeping an eye on.
06/05/2011 at 20:27 Mr_Initials says:
So what the game is saying is the crossbow is only useful for shooting barrels and useless for killing things.
06/05/2011 at 23:23 magnus says:
Another DTTD game? Well the’ve got my attention (and money probably).
07/05/2011 at 00:55 mattjb says:
Why all the hate for orcs? Must they ALL die? Haven’t we learned anything from GTA’s “Kill all Haitians”? Fight prejudices, adopt an orc today! http://feedacutelittleorcaday.com/
09/05/2011 at 11:19 adonf says:
Am I the only one thinking that it’s stupid to play an advert before a trailer ? “This Orks Must Die ad is brought to you by Coca Cola”