Risen Dragons

Risen Dragons makes you part of a story in which you have to protect what’s left of your homeland, a floating island, from the invading enemy that has shattered your world. You must now help protect the sorceress from the countless waves of monsters until she closes the portals they use to travel.

For a casual game, Risen Dragons has a really nice design. The world you play in is made up of multiple scattered islands that float around. All of them can be attached to a main fragment and used to rebuild the original island but some can’t be, until you destroy the portal which the enemy uses to enter your world.

As each island is original in design, every level you start also takes you into a beautiful place where unfortunately you have to battle giant spiders and dinosaurs.

Risen Dragons is primarily a tower defense game. Apart from the initial dragon that you can use to defeat the incoming waves of enemies, you can also build three core towers which can then be upgraded several times. Every time you enhance a tower it gains a special ability and you have to figure out the best way to combine them because the monsters in each wave might be resilient to one or more types of attacks.

New dragons can also be unlocked using skill points, and each of them comes with its unique abilities. Powerups are also available in Risen Dragons. Apart from the ones you initially get, you can also craft extra ones using the bonus points and artifacts that can be won by completing match three mini-games.

On a closing note, Risen Dragons is exactly that kind of game you want to play when you simply want to pass the time in a relaxed manner. Of course, it does have its challenging moments, as should all tower defense games should have.