GemCraft Zero is here to pull you in for the long haul.Īnalysis: I was a little overwhelmed the first time I opened up the game and saw the sheer number of options available for everything, which makes the game appear much more difficult to pick up than it really is Gemcraft Zero is as difficult as you want it to be. For achievement fans, there are also an enormous number of amulets to try for, awarded for everything from defeating a particular number of monsters to using an ability to win a battle. Gaining a level allows you to purchase a wide variety of skills to help in the next fight, and even unlocks new battle modes for each area. Now winning a battle grants you experience which increases your level. If an enemy reaches your base, it does damage to your mana, which you use to create your defenses, and if your mana reaches zero, you lose the level.īut there's a lot more to GemCraft this time around, as your first encounter with the map screen should tell you. Enemies arrive in waves, and you can see when the next one is coming by keeping an eye on the bar at the left side of the screen. At its core, the gameplay is deceptively simple place magical gems atop towers to attack the monsters that arrive in waves and head towards your base. Prior experience with GemCraft isn't necessary, since the game provides you with tips and explanations throughout. If the story doesn't compel you, that's to be expected, because GemCraft's muscle lies in it's incredibly addictive gameplay. Now, strategy fans can rejoice, because GameInABottle has released Gemcraft Chapter Zero: Gem of Eternity, and it's even bigger and badder than the original.Īcting as a prequel to the original, GemCraft Chapter Zero tells the story of a wizard who has become so entangled in his search for the fabled Gem of Eternity that his colleagues have cast him out. It doesn’t do anything for the third, you fight it at the 4th.In mid-2008, we featured a game called GemCraft, which immediately went on to become one of the most well-received tower defense games of all time.

It indirectly attacks in the second by summoning monsters on a number of waves equivalent to using a grade 3 gem. Should it touch your orb in that state, you are instantly killed – it cannot be banished.Īctually, you can first see it after the FIRST crafting pyrlon. Shadows can also fire black projectiles that drain mana if they touch your orb (gems in towers can shoot these black projectiles and stop them), can rest to heal HP, and when their health is low enough, enter a “deadly attack” state where it begins slowly approaching your orb. Each one has between 410k and 420k HP, 900 initial armor, and a shield of 900. > Shadows, as superxchloe already mentioned, have shields and the ability to spawn monsters anywhere on the field.

The first time you get to _actually take one on_ is at the fourth Pylon level.

> The first time you get to _see_ a Shadow is when you beat the third Pylon level. > The Forgotten is sort of our arch-enemy, released by the wizard of GC0 and later kills him and possesses the GC1 wizard.

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