Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (PC) Review

I will be honest—before I received the review opportunity for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, I had no idea the series was still alive and kicking. I remember seeing it back in the good old days of Xbox Live Arcade, and I had assumed, like so many great indies on that platform, it was a one-and-done experience. But little did I know it had been going strong until as recently as 2020.

It makes sense that Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap—or, for that matter, the entire series—would not have been on my radar, as I have never been the biggest fan of tower defence games. The last one I played in earnest was Fortified back in 2016, and I have genuinely never been a fan of that style of gameplay, often seeing its inclusion as the point where a game has run out of ideas.

However, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap genuinely hooked me thanks to the series’ central mechanic of directly involving the player in a much more interesting and action-packed way. And while I still cannot say I love the genre, I... Read more