The downside is that dug-in turrets can only shoot along a narrow cone, which you can turn and aim. One unique aspect of iBomber Defense Pacific is the ability to have turrets ‘dig in.’ This drastically increases their range and puts up little sandbags to help absorb bullets the enemy is firing back at you. A machine gun might cost $20 to place and $40 to upgrade, so you need to spend your money wisely and make sure you are getting the kills for your guns. An infantry kill is worth $1 while something like a vehicle may bring in $5 or even more. You earn money during the level by killing the enemy. These are unlocked by earning experience in the game and also by completing special objectives, like dropping a certain number of bombs. There are also up to three universal perks you can set into your character, which do everything from giving you more money to adding armor to your turrets to decreasing their reload times. There are never enough victory points, so players will need to spend them on the turrets they like best and find the most useful. You still have to spend money in the mission itself to actually get a machine gun from a level one popgun to a level three dual-barrel killing machine, but the victory points unlock the ability to do so. Repairs are relatively cheap compared to buying a brand new turret, so a watchful eye is a good thing in terms of turret health.Īfter a mission you are given victory points to spend, which are used to unlock turret upgrades. The enemy also shoots back at your gun emplacements, so you need to repair them from time to time. Early levels can be won with mostly machine guns and perhaps one or two turrets for backup when a tank or strong enemy comes barreling down the path. You start our with the standard machine gun turret that is weak but fires really fast, and a cannon turret which is powerful but slow. Normally when I found that I had messed up, it was a total disaster and I just replayed the entire thing. If you totally mess up a wave, you can rewind time and try again too, though once this is done you are prevented from doing it again for several waves. Higher difficulties give the enemy more armor and firepower of their own, while easier levels gives bonuses to the player.
There are three levels of difficulty for each mission you can set for the campaign, so you can select the challenge level that suits you. There is an overview screen where you get to see the various campaigns you will fight in, from Midway to Guadalcanal. The game puts you in charge of various Pacific outposts as the Americans slowly push back the Japanese in World War II. It’s actually a sequel to iBomber Defense, though it takes that concept, and tower defense games in general, and adds in some unique gameplay elements. It costs only a few dollars to own on either platform, so that’s quite a value.
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The game started life as an iPhone app from iTunes, and then migrated over to the PC through the Steam Internet service. That’s what happened to me with iBomber Defense Pacific, a game that combines my tastes for defensive-minded combat (like in tower defense titles) and my love for all things World War II. Sometimes as a gamer, you just happen to run into a title that seems custom made for you.
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