Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense

Very much a refined version of the old custom games from starcraft etc. Worth giving a shot. Not pay to win but there is microtransactions geared very much towards tossing some more money to the devs.

great game based on a sc2 map. active community, regular updates. sc2 custom community has largely moved on but this game retains some of the glory days of starcraft ums.

amazingly fun game. really dynamic each game. endless hours of fun

One of the best td games you can find. Learning curve is kinda tough at the beginning but there is so much you can do in this game that your never gonna run outta strats and dumb things to do anyway. 10/10

Despite simple premise and seemingly repetitive nature, despite not having some huge game-altering limited time events (there are modifiers though), this game is unexpectedly replayable when playing with friends.
It has nice features like
- Single player campaigns to learn the basics.
- Gimmicks such as clans and cards, some players may appreciate the reward system made by devs.
- Tons of detailed (albeit sometimes strange) information that is collected about each game, that can later
be viewed to improve.
- Helpful UI, so the player should not remember everything to make a correct decision.

As with all of the indie games, the development of new features and units can sometimes feel slow compared to AAA projects, but I don't know many AAA projects that are actively developed after release for as long as this game is.

However, there is a list of things I want to see in the future, such as:
- more diverse (and more radical) modifiers in classic, that underline the co-op nature of this game. Like swapping my units with the units of my ally each couple turns. Or adding random numbers to several values,
like unit price, wave unit count, etc. Maybe some mode where all units are sold each wave and everyone is chaos, that would be chaotic and fun) I would also enjoy pathfinding modifiers (for example, make enemy units go to other player field if any minions present there, or let just one of two players to build on mid while send all units to one of the players, to emulate echelon-based defence. Maybe even create a mode, where the goal is not to save the king, but to accumulate some amount of gold before your enemy, and wave units that reach the king are just teleported on enemy lines so enemy can loot them for gold.
I know such modifiers are painful when it comes to balancing them, but they are worth it,
- Probably some modifiers that affect the game but cannot be predicted from the start of the game. For example, the weather, that you can see for the next 3 waves (near the wave units) and that can inflict slow, DOT, and specific damage type multipliers for your and enemy units. This would keep the players constantly adapting.
- Map change modifiers - Adding interactive things to the map can be fun. Like adding an immovable aura tree, or pond/rock that requires enemies to avoid it, etc. If you heard of Entropy TD you know what I mean.
- More unit synergy types. There is a tree of life that affects the unit built behind it. It would be cool to have units that affect units that are positioned in some way relative to the unit in question in combat. Like shield that absorbs ranged attacks aimed at units that are currently behind it. Or some bouncing buff that only affects one unit and is forever lost if that unit dies while being buffed (that would allow for insane mindgames if the player calculates when each of their units will die and the bouncing process is deterministic). Maybe some t6 unit that can gain control over 1 of the wave units.
- Some relative statistics. Like how much have you lost to a particular enemy player and how much you've won them. In case it will result in increased amount of leavers, then ignore this idea. But if it won't, this would be a cool gimmick to make enemies feel less like a random people, and more like opponents that you are familiar with. This will also encourage people to search each other's tactics and use that knowledge against their enemy, driving the desire to innovate and be unpredictable.

Legion TD 2 is an amazing game. In ways its very similar to the old school Warcraft 3 version, Which i very much enjoy. However they have tweaked and added a new style on it making it more strategic with how you build. Very fun, Highly recomend, and encourage you give it a try. Currently iv'e played over 800 hours since i bought it, which wasn't very long ago.

Great game. Can be a little difficult to learn placement early on but tutorial helps a lot. Highly recommend giving it a try

This game is a great. I've got a few hours on record, so I'm a bit biased, but the developers have put a lot of love into this game.

Have been playing this game very competitively for around 2 years. Was Top 3 for a season, now I'm more mediocre after a long hiatus. Now playing it on and off every other week, so I could say that I got some experience with the game itself.

Pros:

- Jules (Dev) is super down to earth, listens to feedback and tries his best to get the best results based on data.
- Game is very complex. Units are added every other patch, so complexity is rising.
- Regular balance patches.
- A very dedicated community.
- For the money you pay, you'll likely be busy for a while, especially if you like strategic PvP games.


Cons:

- While the community is dedicated, it is also very small. Means, you'll likely find the same people over and over again once you hit a certain point in the game. This can be good and bad, but I would see it more as a downsite as different opponents is what helps players improve. More competition means more improvement, more diversity in playstyles and so on. Additionally, if you get someone that doesn't like you, it can be the case that they'll waste the next 20-50 minutes of your time, depending on how long the game goes.
- Despite the constant balance patches, the meta feels kind of stale. This started a good 2 years ago or longer. People got very good and efficient in the way they build. A lot of RNG has been erdicated (which is great!), so a lot comes down to who can spam the most workers early game and/or generate a lot of income, resulting in the game becoming a income fest in many cases. People with the best rolls will likely win in that scenario, given that players are equally skilled. The implementation of the Auto send feature just made this way worse.
- Due to the lack of players, the elo system can be extremely wonky. This could mean that you're sometimes getting matched with people 2-400 MMR above/below you, resulting in very fluctuating MMR gains/losses. This can be very frustrating, especially when losing a lot.


Neutral:

- The game has a very high learning curve. Fantastic for people who like the challenge and enjoy learning new things, not so great for casual players overall.
- Meta will likely remain the same. Subjectively speaking, I'm not the biggest fan of that, as I value impactful decisions more throughout the entire game and not just wave 11-20.
- Game demands a lot of time investment if you want to get good in it.


Legion TD2 and its community has been there for me when I was at the lowest point of my life, and I will honestly never forget that. And while I dislike certain parts of the current state of the game, it's a fantastic and well thought out game overall. If you really do enjoy strategy games or even just Tower Defense games, I can wholeheartly recommend giving it a shot.

Super fun to meme around with friends, fun and addicting multiplayer tower defense game with a lot more to unpack than meets the eye. Regular updates and devs that are involved in their community - THEY LISTEN! :D

I've played the game while I eat dinner every day for the last 3 years and it's never been a very good use of my time. It's one of the very few games that I know of with no major flaw. 8/10

If you like auto battlers, this is a terrific game for you. Very in depth and lots of opportunities to flex your strategy skills. I love it

Great game from that was originally from Warcraft III. Would recommend for anyone that likes that game mode in Warcraft III.

My friend and I really enjoy this game . No pay to win BS and it's plain good ol fun.

If you liked the first game in wc3 and squadron td, you'll love this one. Matches are quick and engaging and the ranked grind is real.

Still loving it after almost 130 hours!

Sigh. The AI bots deliberately cheat making it impossible to win some games. Come on devs, this is just not cool.

in legion td 2 in starcraft 2 you had about 20 factions to choose from.
here it is 8!
they say most people play random anyway and they are a small studio and all, so they only introduce one new unit at a time.
still having only 8 complete factions and about 100 random units is a big dissapointment to the game.
for example every second unit they created could have been for a new faction, just combine them in the end and give them a bit more synergie, but no that would take too much effort.

just play legion td in starcraft 2 custom lobbies.
its free and has better gameplay anyway.

This game's learning curve is too steep. I guess that's why the playerbase is pretty small.

I really enjoyed this game a few years ago. The mechanics are so fun and addicting, especially if you like auto chess games. However, anytime I play this game now, I immediately get matched with the highest ranked players, even though my rank is only gold. I think the matchmaking is so desperate for players, that you'll never find a balanced game. On the other hand, this game also has one of the most toxic communities I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. So, between getting matched with the sweatiest no-lifers possible, you're also getting flamed constantly every game by your team, the enemies team, and everyone in between. Just to be clear, this happens EVERY TIME. The learning curve of this game is also pretty steep. So good luck to new players that want to enjoy learning this fun game, because the community will repeatedly harass you about not being good enough, or for not understanding how the game works. I would not recommend this to new players. Just let all the elitist, who thrive off of the dopamine dumps this game gives, to burn this game out until there is nothing left. You know they've got nothing better to do with their time.

This game is stupid. I cant place defenders 1/2 the time. I have no idea whats going on. I went through the tutorial, thought I understood. Started the campaign and it wouldn't let my place defenders the first round. It more complex then it needs to be. More wasted money. its not worth 15$ maybe if it goes on sale for free sometime it might be worth it?

Great price, great mechanics, great replayability.

What do I think? amazing. kills time, engages strategic thought, and its more than just a tower game.
The developers added lots of randomized content, special events like PVE mode where you focus on building tower and buying workers but whats sent every wave is the same for everyone. Superhero mode where every 6 waves you gave a ability to place on a tower. These modes/events are on a schedule that you can view, there is 2v2 and 4v4, and endless mode. The developers put emphasis on feedback after every patch. Content is never boring and even if it was, just roll YOLO. All your units will become randomized, and you'll never have the same experience!

The game in a nutshell:
Use gold to buy worker, worker gives you 1 myth resource every 10 seconds, spend 20myth on snail, snail attacks your opponents lane and gives 5 gold income, after wave ends receive 5 gold, use gold to buy tower or worker. Repeat the process except you can buy more than just snails, the more myth you spend the higher tier the minion you send.
Place towers on a square somewhere in your lane, professionals do so to make the wave attack multiple towers(splitting the lane)
Now factor in weakness's. every tower and minion, have an atttack impact, magic, pierce, and defense fortified, natural or arcane, each one is weak against one type and strong against another.
Professionals save myth for multiple waves, then send a big attack.
You lose when your king dies, you win when your opponent leaks and their king dies.

well made TD. gfx are nothing to write home about, but more importantly the core gameplay is solid. multiplayer is where its at.

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good strategy game that's generally easy on beginners while remaining fun for experienced players

It's so heavily tied to the steam token, it's ridiculous. Have the slightest of internet problems and you need to log out of steam, and back into steam in order for the game to reconnect to MP.

This is a great game to play with a friend. Strategic. Good against solo AI too. Online community is solid.

I really tried to like this game, especially for the multi-player implications but ultimately, it's just not fun to play. I like the TD genre in general, but this is just ... rough around the edges.

I am disappointed with this purchase, as I was expecting a lot of single player content for the money. Was shocked to see that only one map is available and the other are unlockable as (expensive) DLCs and unfortunately I only noticed that after being 10 hours into the game.

I left the comments option open, as I am happy to hear some arguments against my negative perception.

Other negatives:
- very boring and bad voice acting. very little effort put into it. generic music
- outdated graphics, even for its release year
- no effort into tutorial. for how bad it was, first 3 tutorial missions should've been done in a single take
- bad general atmosphere, basically
- some bad mechanics - like the idea of putting some ranged units in front so they tank a few hits before your melee units get in front
- I avoided multiplayer because the game seems prone to some build optimizations and punishes doing things in your style
- there is a lot of complexity that is not straightforward to understand. for example when hovering over next wave, I would appreciate a highlight on units that are vulnerable and units that are strong against incoming monsters
- no optimizations for this game's complexity. takes up a lot of memory and sometimes it freezes for more than a minute when trying to exit game

Note: I am still working on finishing Hard campaign on first map, which will take several more hours of gameplay, but my expectations were higher than this. I will probably stop playing after I finish the campaign.

Great game, suffering a bit from low player count.
Pros:
* Unique twist on tower defense
* Relaxed autobattle gameplay
* Strategic
* Easy to learn, hard to master
* Small but pleasant community
* Game is designed for mastermind (random fighters every game), and it's really fun and different every match

Neutrals:
* Same waves every game: Something to learn and base your strategies on, but repetitive
* No pay-to-win, but there are microtransactions for skins, cards and other cosmetic stuff

Negatives:
* Classic is a mind-numbing slog for casuals. Once you learn the basics, please play ranked
* Due to turn-based nature of this 2v2 game, it's very hard to carry an incompetent teammate
* Some players on lower ranks refuse to coordinate (I suspect they might be bots)
* In-game automatic coach is trying its best, but it's really bad at explaining what you should improve. New players should consult other players, ideally duo with an experienced friend

Great continuation of already good WC3 mod. Has unique gameplay, lots of depth once you start min-maxing the meta, but is also enjoyable from the first match.

Great game, I come from Battlegrounds and TFT, this is a unique take on the auto battler genre

Great game, really enjoy it. Could need a graphic upgrade :)

really fun strategy game with a mixure of Tower defense, some light resource managment and good teamplay

The game is great and really unique. It is a tower defense, but be aware, PvP brings some unique mechanics not seen often in typical TD game. It's kinda tower defense + auto battler PvP. There is no established name for such type of games, that's why I call it unique. I would call it a "Tower defense crack". It has infinite replayability, short matches (~ 20 minutes average), regular updates. It is perfectly balanced. Easy to start, hard to master. No bugs. It has some single player content, but the core game is 2v2 command PvP (or 4v4 mode). It requires internet for PvP. I find the community is also great - for more than 100 hours I did not vitness mean behavior in game, never no one was throwing a game.

good game, devs really seem to care, best patch notes i've seen, they are well thought changes and have the funny charm of old League patch notes. Refreshing as well that the devs actually play the game.

Though game is good reason for the negative review is greed, you pay a expensive price for game which is a free td in both wc3 and starcraft that they basically stole all ideas from, then in game they got micro-transactions. We can't support those whom try to triple dip.

incredible depth, many modes, just a great TD.

I had the privilege to experience LTD from like 0.7 through the 1.03c 'incident'. This allows for the main established & balanced factions to continue. More importantly, as a stand~alone title, they get to tickle the imagination that sprouted from Hybrid & Mastermind back in the day. That fascination of witnessing the gameplay upgrading in real time was surreal. At that time, the other go~to Tower Defense games were all on like Kongregate or operated on a whole other formula in the WCCustoms soup. Apparently there's a bloons spinoff that's TDpvp but I don't much care for mobile games but hey thats a thing so I know of TWO PvP Tower Defense games and this is one of them.

Nowadays RTS is about niche and they have carved out special events for the 4v4 classic matchups. This popped up on my radar for it's 1.0 premier and am quite grateful to the Steam Store bot suggesting this to me because this is legit a piece of my childhood that still lives strong. Bought it without a second thought. Been on/off for the past fourish years. There are three types of players, the casuals, the ranked, and the trolls. Sometimes the lines blur between the ranked and casuals, however, together we fight the troll plague! Highly recommended.

TL;DR ~
EDIT/ADDITION :: The way this game breaks down is there are games of either 4v4 or 2v2. You build towers with gold. Towers spawn at wave start, fight, win or die, then respawn at the start of the next phase 100%. Gold can also be spent on workers. Workers dig mythium. Mythium is spent on either king upgrades or sending extra foes to your opponents' lane. The more mythium you spend, the more you gain in passive gold per lvl on some like permanent interest outta free air. It's a balancing act of protect ya neck and smoke a ninja.

PPS :: Waves now reach engame on 20 instead of 30 when this was on battlenet; meaning, classic games average 30 minutes instead of 60 and ranked is about 10-20 min a match! Thank you for this subtle + respectful change.

Fun little tactical game with matches that last 30 min or less, decent international community

If you like bloons TD youll love this. Just replace bloons with different creatures and you can place your "Monkeys" where you want. Little bit of a learning curve but once you get it its pretty fun.

Came back with hope. Classic is still the joke it has been for ages. Please, make it either full casual or ranked adjacent. Make a decision. Upset one of the groups. but make a GD decisions to fix it. Ranked is just teammate roulette.

Yall had something, now its just unplayable.

This game has the worst MMR matchmaking I have ever seen, and this is coming from someone who played siege for many years. You will enjoy your first season but after that it only goes down hill unless you can gather people who will play with you alot and speak your language ,and is open to discuss and plan things out. Matching with randoms is just spinning a roulette and hoping you don't lose or match against players who are clearly way out of your league.

Hello, Legion TD2 Team,

I have played this game a lot—over 2300+ hours. I don’t know how to reach you directly, but I sincerely beg you to please remove auto-send from ranked mode. In most high-level games, having a teammate who uses auto-send often results in an instant loss. The same goes for Fiesta—it can be fun, but not in ranked. It really takes the enjoyment out of the game.

A really fun strategic game with a lot of depth. At first I was off-put by how small the numbers were, but once I started really understanding the game I realized just how much nuance there is. The game has a dedicated community and monthly tournaments, and single-player content if you're not confident or that's just not your jazz.

Good tower defense that has variety and multiplayer matches. Community is quite friendly so far!

Best strategic game invented after the chess. Being Legion TD fan since Warcraft 3, I can recommend it here and now. The community is great, the game is balanced, devs are doing regular updates.

Games buggy as hell. If you have to reconnect to a game for any reason, You cant see your income, mythrium, gold. Such a retarded bug to have.

Great game! scratches my Warcraft/Starcraft TD itch

Really good game. Not the biggest playerbase, but fast queue times and rather short games (~15 minutes). Lots of ways to play and the devs add new units and playstyles regularly. Best if you have a friend to play with, but going solo is also possible. Definitely worth the price.