Siege of Centauri

Siege of Centauri is a tower defense video game developed by Stardock for Microsoft Windows. It takes place in the same universe as Ashes of the Singularity, a game developed by Oxide Games and published by Stardock. The game was released on September 12, 2019, earning mixed reviews as a standard implementation of the Tower Defense genre.

Siege of Centauri
Developer(s)Stardock Entertainment
Publisher(s)Stardock Entertainment
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseSeptember 12, 2019
Genre(s)Tower defense
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Siege of Centauri is a tower defense video game where players must defend colonies from endless hordes of killer machines.[1] The game takes place in the same universe as Ashes of the Singularity, a game developed by Oxide Games and published by Stardock.[2][3] Different from most other tower defense games where players position their defenses on designated pedestals, players can drop turrets anywhere within a preset area.[1] Different weapons have different advantages against different enemies,[1] and defeating each level rewards the player with access to new weapons.[2]

Reception

Upon its release on September 12, 2019, Siege of Centauri received an average score of 68 on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[4] Kyle Hilliard of PC Gamer described the game as "a basic tower defense game with many concepts I have used before and it did little to get me excited about what was coming next."[2] Ollie Toms of Rock Paper Shotgun found the game enjoyable, while calling it “one of the most uninspired games I’ve ever played”.[5] According to Cody Medillin of Worth Playing, Siege of Centauri is a game that a player "wouldn't mind playing but won't rush out to buy immediately, making this difficult to recommend unless you devour every game in the tower defense genre".[6] While Jordan Boyrd of Screen Rant said that it "isn't a groundbreaking game," they also said it "does its job in doing justice to that niche despite a lackluster story and some technical issues".[7] Tony Bae from COG Connected said that the game "felt dull after only a few hours of play", that they "didn’t feel a hint of passion in Siege of Centauri", and "[i]f there ever was a game that felt phoned-in, this is it."[8] Still, Sean Anthony of Gaming Trend suggested that while the game "doesn’t do anything groundbreaking, it doesn’t necessarily do anything wrong for the genre."[9]

References
  1. Wong, Steven (2019-04-16). "Siege Of Centauri Preview – That Escalated Fast". PC Invasion. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. Hilliard, Kyle (2019-10-02). "Siege of Centauri's novel setting isn't enough to save it from tower defense tedium". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. Chalk, Andy (2019-03-11). "Battle 'tens of thousands' of enemies in Stardock's new tower defense game". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. "Siege of Centauri". Metacritic. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  5. Toms, Ollie (2019-11-18). "Siege of Centauri is one of the least original but most enjoyable Tower Defence games I've played". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  6. Medellin, Cody (October 15, 2019). "PC Review - 'Siege of Centauri'". WorthPlaying. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  7. Boyd, Jordan (2019-10-07). "Siege of Centauri Review". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  8. Bae, Tony (September 23, 2019). "Siege of Centauri Review - Drowning in a Saturated Market". COGconnected. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  9. Anthony, Sean (2019-09-13). "A fortified tower defense title that stands on its own - Siege of Centauri review". Gaming Trend. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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