Game: City Conquest

It's something of a given these days that developers have done everything they can do with the tower defense genre; the only solution, it seems, is to take what works and turn it on its head. In this case, Intelligence Engine Design System has attempted what could have turned out to be the Frankenstein's monster of casual gaming: Over a solid skeleton of real time strategy elements that should sit well with fans of city builders as well, they've stitched together fragments of the some of the best traditional tower defense games on the market. It's a testament to their skill that the end result attracts rather than repulses.