TapDefense

Gaming is a great cure for boredom. Sometimes, when reality seems too much, it is good to take refuge in virtual reality. Among the many interesting games you could play on your Apple iPhone, Apple iPod Touch and Apple iPad, TapDefense is one of the best ones.

About TapDefense for iPhone
Voted as one of the top free video games on the iPhone platform, TapDefense is all about defending the 'Gates of Heaven' from the enemies unleashed from hell. All that stands between the enemies from hell and the gates of heaven are the towers that need to be defended and you are assigned to that task. The game is brought to you by Tap Joy game developers. It has great graphics and it's easy to play the game through intuitive controls.

To win, you have to become a supreme tower defense master. In all, you have to pass through 42 levels, battle 7 enemy types and defend six tower types. It also offers six different play modes. It is a path style game with tower defense. The goal is to stop the creatures of hell from entering the gates of heaven by stopping and destroying them in the path.

To stop them you need to build towers of various types. Each tower has different powers. The three basic towers are the arrow tower, bomb tower and water tower. As you research further and go to higher levels, you get access to more tower types like Ice, Magic and Earthquake. The more damage a tower can cause to the enemy ranks, higher is its cost.

An arrows tower costs 12 gold, inflicts a damage of 8 and has a range of 85. A bombs tower has a fast firing rate, costs 25 gold and inflicts a damage of 12 with a range of 65. Water tower slows down enemies, inflicts a damage of 5, has a range of 55 and costs 25 gold. An Earthquake tower costs 500 gold and causes a damage of 400, though its range is only 80. Other than these, you can use the magic and storm towers too. To win TapDefense, you need to understand the value of every one of these towers and marshal your limited resources to strategically place them around paths at every level.

Strategy
Let me share some tips on strategy that will help you get ahead through the various levels of this game and win.

• Don't build too many towers of one type. Don't erect too many arrows towers in the first stage. Use your gold wisely. Remember that you will need more gold at higher stages.
• Diversify the tower types that you build.
• Placing the towers in the right places is essential if you want to inflict maximum damage. Instead of having many towers, have strategically placed towers that can create traps. This is the key to win TapDefense.
• Use the functions of all the towers strategically to your benefit. Use water towers to slow down enemies at turns. Use bomb towers, earthquake towers sparingly and more of arrow towers.
• When upgrading towers, give top priority to the towers built in central locations.
• Use halos for upgrading interest. Upgrade storm and ice towers to higher levels as soon as possible.

As you go on playing the game, keep noting the mistakes that you make and don't repeat them. As you play more, you will be able to develop your own strategy. The key is strategic placing of towers and economical use of resources.

There are similar strategy games that you can find on the Internet that can be played on a computer. After reading this article, I am sure that you will want to download and play this game on your iPhone as soon as possible. Just visit the iPhone Apps Store to download it.