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Earth Defender is a screen tapping fest of the highest quality. You are tasked with the unenviable role of defending earth from hordes of aliens.

You start of with a basic bombs which when timed right can create devastating and super satisfying chains. You can also pick up power-ups including electric shock and blackholes (my favourite) and a limited supply of nukes. The aliens are well varied, and of different types that require constant micro managing with a boss fight at the end of each of the 6 rounds.

The graphics are beautiful, the game very well thought and extremely fun we found it very difficult to put down, this is also our biggest complaint. It’s simply too short I played through the whole of Earth Defender in one sitting which lasted less than an hour. I also found it too easy and would like to have seen different difficulty options.

Verdict: Serious fun, great graphics and epic battles, but please make it longer! 4/5