Developed by Vanpool and available purely on the Nintendo e-shop for $9.99, Dillon’s Rolling Western is a colorful mix of action-adventure and tower defense elements with the aesthetic of a Sly Cooper game. The basic concept and many of the key design choices are implemented well and show a lot of potential, but some glaring issues with the controls and some rather punishing difficulty are holding the game back. Note that this review is of the 2012 original, not the sequel, Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger. Gameplay As mentioned before, Dillon’s Rolling Western is a hybrid of action-adventure and tower defense mechanics. Players play as the eponymous Dillon, an anthropomorphic armadillo wild west ranger, and journey from frontier town to frontier town defending them against armless rock creatures called grocks. Each town is a gameplay map with the gameplay split up into phases. During the morning, Dillon explores, gathers resources, and builds defenses....
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:01:06 +0000