Featuring classic tower defense strategy and polished third-person action, Orcs Must Die made my October. I gleefully stabbed, smashed, burned, melted, impaled, and taunted green skins. Unfortunately, enthusiastic War Mages like myself were still unable to completely eradicate the orc menace. Enter the sequel:
"In 2011, we implored players to kill the orcs," said Robot Entertainment CEO Patrick Hudson. "As many as possible. Yet, only 3.4 billion orcs have been slaughtered to date. The only way we will get to a respectable orc death toll is by adding another killing machine and cooperative play."
The Orcs Must Die 2 feature rundown from Robot:
Orcs Must Die 2 is a PC exclusive. No firm release date yet beyond "summer," but the game will make its debut at this week's PAX East in Boston, and I plan on playing the articles index index.html output pc undisqus.bash out of it.New Campaign – Orcs Must Die 2 features a full campaign that you can play in single-player or with a friend in co-op. Choose to play the campaign as the War Mage, a headstrong hero who charges into danger, or play as the more nuanced Sorceress, a new hero who keeps enemies at bay with mind-control and magic.
More Enemies – An army of vile new creatures is set to pour through the rifts, and they've brought all of your favorite trap-fodder from the original Orcs Must Die! along with them.
More Defenses – Orcs Must Die 2 has an enormous armory of new and classic defenses, including an all new assortment of magical trinkets. Use your new spellbook to buy defenses and upgrades the way you choose to, building up your arsenal based on how you play the game.
New Upgrade System – The skull system has been completely redesigned. You will always earn skulls for replaying levels, and the skulls can be spent on multiple persistent upgrades for each of your defenses.