# Dungeon Defenders
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [November 1, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528 "2011-11-01T18:10:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/1 "2011-11-01T18:10:38Z")
Anyone playing this yet? I bought the four pack on Steam and sold the extra copies fairly quickly. I think I’ve probably played close to 20 hours of it and it’s a lot of fun. It’s a multiplayer tower defense game with RPG elements in it as well. I have to admit, I’m usually a sucker for leveling stuff up.
Maybe we can get a SDMB game going if it turns out a few of you play.
For the rest of you, I’d recommend buying it but you’ll probably want to wait a few weeks in case they decide to discount it for their Black Friday sale.
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/2 "2011-11-04T09:22:58Z")
Haven’t got it but I’m definitely tempted, really enjoyed playing Orc Must Die and Sanctum and they’re in the same genre. I’m a bit leery of anything that forces you to play multi but apparently it has a decent matching system so maybe I should just give it a go.
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/3 "2011-11-04T18:18:27Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#):
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> Haven’t got it but I’m definitely tempted, really enjoyed playing Orc Must Die and Sanctum and they’re in the same genre. I’m a bit leery of anything that forces you to play multi but apparently it has a decent matching system so maybe I should just give it a go.
You don’t really HAVE to play multiplayer.
Well, you sort of do. You play the multiplayer mode alone. You can start a private multiplayer game so pubs can’t get in and just don’t invite any friends.
A lot of times, it’s easier to complete a level alone too because you can do exactly what you want.
Also, you can switch characters mid-game so you can start round one with a squire, build some blockades, then switch to an apprentice for the second round for some turrets, then a monk before the third round for some auras.
A lot, if not all, of the regular levels can be beat solo once you develop your character enough. Sometimes you just need another player though (this is mostly for the challenges).
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/4 "2011-11-05T00:03:05Z")
The review I read said it’s perfectly possible to play solo, but that you’re missing out on the whole experience by not doing it with others as it’s effectively a co-op game. It was more that I meant I’d like to try it out the way it’s designed to be played, whereas I usually prefer to play solo, so that’s a mental hurdle I’ll need to overcome 🙂
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/5 "2011-11-29T19:02:38Z")
Bumping this to see if anyone got the game during the Steam Autumn Sale.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/6 "2011-11-30T01:27:44Z")
I did, and I think SenorBeef bought the 4-pack to distribute. I’d be down to play this weekend sometime.
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### Author:  [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/7 "2011-11-30T02:51:43Z")
Yep, I got in on the pack with SenorBeef, but I’m happy to play with others, too.
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-defenders/601528/8 "2011-11-30T09:42:59Z")
I’d happily join in but a) Skyrim and b) in Europe, so play tiimes aren’t likely to coincide.