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Epic War TD is a pretty pretty and solid tower defense title.

It’s also a blatant ripoff of Starcraft.

I mean, seriously, you take a look at the units running past you, and they are pretty well exactly Starcraft units with little changes. Oh, look, here’s some Zerglings, only they’re slightly glow-y. Here are some Battleships, only the stripes are a bit different. Here are some Thors, only they’re just a little boxier. It’s kind of amazing in that way. What’s more amazing is that the towers aren’t really Starcraft ripoffs too. I was shocked by that.

Still, if you can get over someone painstakingly remaking the enemy models from Starcraft, this is a really solid tower defense game. Many tower defense games will get you into a situation where, even though enemies have weaknesses, you can mostly just spam one tower and win. In Epic War, enemies are near impervious to damage that isn’t by their weakness. You could take a guy down with just machine gun towers if they’re weak to missiles, but you’re going to need a shit-ton of towers, and they’ll probably go down so slow you’ll let several slip past in the meantime. You really have to make sure you have a wide variety of towers, and look ahead to incoming waves to see if you need to build more of a certain type to survive it. It’s pretty useful that way.

The game also has a pretty nice tower upgrade system. In most tower defense games, you just upgrade when you have spare money, and it’s just a straight bonus. In this, you upgrade damage, fire rate, and range separately. The costs jump up very quickly, but an upgraded tower is much better than a couple of towers with no upgrades. It makes decisions hard: do you need another tower, or should you save up for another boost to the towers you have? It’s solid.

Other than that, it’s just tower defense. There are maps, and difficulty modes. The interface on my iPad works fantastically. I haven’t misclicked anything yet. It’s not reinventing the whole tower defense thing, but it’s a really good tower defense thing. It’s just a shame it’s such a Starcraft knockoff. If they had just taken the time to come up with their own enemy designs, it would be much easier to recommend. Still, it’s not bad, for the dollar I paid.