I was afraid the game was going to get stale after four or five levels, but Anomaly always throws new things in to keep you on your toes. The great thing about that is you can either find the best route in each level and strategically make your way through, or go head on and try your best to take everything out along the way.
The object of each level is to get past enemy towers by any means necessary.
The game play is where Anomaly really shines. Also, it felt like Bear Grylls was talking to me throughout most of the game. The story is told entirely through voice acting, and while the picture of the person talking is a still photo, the voices convey emotion very well. Last, but not least, the voice actors do a commendable job. When there isn’t much going on around you the music is low and eerie, but when things start heating up it picks up the pace and even has a little cultural influence depending on what city you are fighting in. The music is also very entertaining to listen to. The tanks, explosions and airplanes sound great as well. The sci-fi clicks, beeps and lasers sound appropriate and a little campy, but in a good way. First and foremost, the sound effects are spot on. While it might fade into the background when things get intense, the sound design in Anomaly has some great things going for it. It’s like I’m looking at one of those glass panels in Star Wars that have coordinates projected on them. I also can’t get over how cool the map screen looks. They look like they were pulled straight from a sci-fi movie, and there are different ones added throughout the game, so you will always have something new to look at. The alien towers also add a lot to the overall look. The cities look great in their destroyed state, and they have a surprising amount of color to them that isn’t brown. However, Anomaly is almost as fun to look at as it is to play. Top-down games are not usually known for their mind-blowing graphics. There may only be a few towers here, but they hit hard If I were those aliens I would have just built all of the towers blocking the roads, but that’s just me. Overall it is pretty straightforward, although it does have a couple “the princess is in another castle” moments. Naturally, the aliens don’t want any part of that so they will go out of their way to build just enough towers along the roadways for you to sneak through. An alien ship has crash-landed and it is your job as Commander of Unit 14 to go check it out. The plot of Anomaly mostly takes a backseat to the combat and overall game play, but it is not bad. There are many different ways to play, and later on it can get pretty frantic.
Players can choose from a good amount of different vehicles, and can either punch through using brute force, or cleverly maneuver their way around strategic routes avoiding the bulk of the defenses. Some might even call it a “tower attack.” The point of the game is to get your motorcade of tanks and other vehicles through gauntlets of hostile enemy towers and turrets by any means necessary. See that thing behind the buildings? That's the anomaly.Īnomaly is the complete opposite of a tower defense game.
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