With its numerous game modes and customization options, there’s a lot to do in Dungeon Defenders. Too bad its fundamentals don’t measure up.

Orcs are crazy. All they ever want to do is smash things and terrorize villagers. Thankfully, brave heroes will always be there to help with a carefully calculated combination of turrets and traps.

If you played such games as Orcs Must Die! or Trenched, then you’re already familiar with the mechanics for Dungeon Defenders.

The goal is to protect one or more structures, called cores, from increasingly difficult waves of goblins, orcs, and other high-fantasy fiends. You do this using your character’s unique buildings and abilities, all of which you can upgrade and customize.

Score: 6.5 / fair