Orcs Must Die! 3

Orcs Must Die! 3 is very familiar to players of the second game but still a fun and goofy action/tower-defense challenge.

A conservative but confident return to form from the masters of a much-loved genre.

Orcs Must Die 3, like its predecessors, will withstand the test of time for folks looking for a lighthearted strategic affair in the sadly-now-underrepresented trap genre.

Orcs Must Die! 3 is an excellent outing from Robot Entertainment, as it delivers exciting tower defense action along with some truly challenging sequences. The two new protagonists serve to usher the story in a new direction, while adding some flavor to gameplay. Playing with a friend is best, as it allows the two stars of the game to shine the brightest. Now free from the shackles of Google Stadia exclusivity, Orcs Must Die! 3 is the best entry in the series.

Orcs Must Die 3 is a captivating, funny, and varied tower defense/action game hybrid best suited to those that don't want to just be armchair generals. But with a massive difficulty spike halfway through the campaign, it doesn't quite find the perfect balance.

For me, many tower defense games feel like DPS checks against each wave, while Orcs Must Die feels active and engaging. Maybe it’s because it’s less about towers and more about traps, or perhaps it’s because of the physical nature of how the Orcs react to your traps, such as getting rag-dolled and knocked down. Either way, Orcs Must Die 3 is a clever game that combines strategic planning, creative trap laying, cooperation, and action into a tight little package of entertaining slaughter.

It's different, it's better, it's more orcish. If you're a fan of the tower defense genre or you just like orc slaughter, Orcs Must Die! 3 is a great game for you. It will entertain both fans of games where you destroy your enemies by the hundreds and where you feel like the absolute number one, as well as those who like to take tactics and let others do the work for them thanks to good planning.

Returning the franchise to the original style seems to have paid off. With brilliant, fast paced, tower defence gameplay on offer it will keep two cooping players thoroughly entertained and wanting to play just that one more level. There's a huge range of levels to play through, different modes to unlock, traps both big and small to upgrade, and so much more. The inclusion of the war scenario mode adds that wow factor of scale, without losing what makes Orcs Must Die 3 fun. There is always another wave of orcs, trolls, elementals and more ready to fight, and you'll want to defend against them time and time again!

Xbox fans of strategic horde smashing will find a perfect home with Robot Entertainment’s latest game in the series. There are plenty of maps, challenges, and a variety of ways to defend your tower from the orcs. There are not any glaring flaws as far as the eye can see, and for what it is worth, I think that is what makes Orcs Must Die! 3 an easy recommendation for the strategy fan.

A couple of notable modes and a few of new traps could not hold the wave of disenchantment with Orcs Must Die! 3.