Tower of Oz

In Brief

A tower defense game similar to Plants and Zombies. Towers of Oz was originally given away July 27th 2014 where it received a 64% positive rating out of 303 votes. You can see the communities comments about the game HERE.

Introduction:

Help Timothy gain his footing in the wondrous 3D world of Oz and then guide him as he battles wooden soldiers, saber-toothed tigers and giant frogs in intense tactical battles. Unlock new attacks, use strategy to eliminate foes and defend your towers to the last brick! With simple point-and-click game play, decent graphics and a story line that will have you in stitches, Tower of Oz offers hours of fun for the whole family!

Reference accessed HERE 26th July 2014

Game play Videos and Slideshow:

I've posted around 45 images to one of my photobucket accounts, which you can see HERE. I've also posted a few video's of game play HERE, HERE and HERE.

The Game:

Towers of Oz is a tower defense game similar in mechanics to the first Plants & Zombies game where you have several lanes arranged like a bowling alley, except instead of Plants and Zombies we have towers and soldiers based on the Wizard of Oz story. As you progress through the levels you are introduced to new defenses such as bombs, lightning, double shooters, blocking walls etc, but there are also negative atticking forces, with upgrades such as the wooden soldier or the drummer, who gives the attacking forces more strength, so they are harder to destroy.

There is no tutorial as such, but the simple instructions given at the beginning are enough to get you started. This is a tactical game. You need to create your defenses sensibly or you will be over run. Mana is important as this is your currency for purchasing the other defenses. Don't place your defenses randomly, for example, only place towers and other defenses in the various lanes once you see an attacking soldier in that lane because those defenses only work in that particular lane. Build up as many Mana fountains as you can in between creating defenses to earn more Mana, which can then be spent on more defenses. I found two rows of Mana fountains sufficient once you got past level 6.

Edited reference accessed HERE originally posted by Whiterabbit-uk 26th July 2014 re-posted 28th September 2019.

Conclusion:

I loved the original Plants & Zombies (P&Z), so have so far enjoyed playing this game. I do think it's a little harder than P&Z, as the game progresses faster, with your enemy soldiers moving much faster than the zombies in P&Z; that said, with a little practice, you should overcome the initial difficulties. This promises to be an interesting and challenging alternative to the more sedate Plants and Zombies game.

I highly recommend downloading this game. It's challenging but a lot of fun to play. Don't be put off by the lack of a decent tutorial. Once you've picked up the gist of how to play the game, I’m sure you'll love it. Watching the videos should give you an idea of the rules for this game.

My advice is create a couple of Mana fountains first, then only buy the defenses for the lanes that require defenses, i.e. wait until a soldier starts moving towards the crystals in a particular lane before you start to add any sort of defense. Once past level 5 or 6, by the end of the level you should have at least one row, if not two rows of Mana fountains. The more of these you have, the quicker you can purchase new defenses; of course that is determined by the cool down for each defense as it takes up to a minute to be able to create new towers, lightning, bombs and walls etc. As you progress, more defenses become available, as mentioned above, I’ve been unable to progress beyond level 7 at this time, so can’t tell you what other defenses there will be, but if the game follows in the footsteps of P&Z, they promise to be interesting