CastleStorm review: More like CastleParty, eh...I'm not funny
CastleStorm is the latest game from Zen Studios, the studio behind many great pinball games—like Pinball FX2, Zen Pinball 2, Marvel Pinball, and most recently, Star Wars Pinball—but CastleStorm is not a pinball game, it is a real-time action strategy game and a refreshing change from the pinnacle pinball studio. But change can be tricky, so, is this change a good thing?
Yes. CastleStorm is a fun blend of action and strategy, mixing Angry Birds and more casual MOBA-esque games, giving players multiple ways of defeating their enemies. The object of the main game is twofold: either destroy the enemy's castle or steal their flag (and occasionally more specific objectives). Destroying a castle is where the comparison to Angry Birds comes in as you use a combination of different projectiles in order to topple enemy castles—like exploding apples, battering sheep, and bundles of trash—but if destroying the castle isn't your style, you can steal the enemy's flag instead by sending various troops, who cost food, to break through the castle doors, steal the flag and return it to your castle without dying—you can even get down and dirty yourself, dropping into the action as one of a few different heroes. It may sound simple and easy, but it's not so easy because the enemy can do the same things to you.