Crazy Defense Heroes is a play-to-earn NFT game that is also free-to-play for starters. Combining tower defense and card strategy game mechanics, this fun game may suit the casual or lazy player or someone who simply wants to pass the time. But before any of our readers dismiss it, we’d love to take a closer look at what it offers inside.
An overview of Crazy Defense Heroes
Last time, we told you about how Crazy Defense Heroes (CDH) is one of those best play-to-earn NFT games anyone can start with. By anyone, we mean to include those who aren’t even familiar with non-fungible tokens.
Once you download the mobile game from Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, you can begin playing it right away.
It’s among the best in the sense that it’s fun and easy. It’s a tower-defense battle game, but it’s also strategy-based. If you’re fond of role-playing games (RPGs), then you’ll find a taste of that inside Crazy Defense Heroes, too. You have card collectibles inside, plus you can go for a multiplayer mode.
Crazy Defense Heroes: the game experience
To be fair, I’m not yet at the master level of this game, but I played enough with it to describe it to you from the inside.
CDH has an easy-to-follow game tutorial
First up, you will appreciate the welcome tutorial. It’s easy to follow and won’t overwhelm you with so many details. You could also get started with a test game right away.
The above photo shows part of the CDH game tutorial. It describes the summary of the game mechanics. You’ll have battle card options available (the red arrow on the lower left points to some of these cards). Each card represents a “defense hero” or avatar.
Your ultimate goal is to prevent attackers from reaching that blue shield (in the upper right corner in the photo above).
All over the grassy battlefield, you’ll see scattered hexagon-shaped tower bases. You can pick from any of your available cards and choose where to position your heroes among the bases.
You start off with an easy first game
Your first few games would include a simple battlefield layout and a few tower bases. The characters you see in the screenshot below are some of the defending heroes.
Among my favorite avatars are the Centurion and the Archer Tower. The Centurion is the guy who holds a sword in his right hand. You can move him around wherever he’s needed while in the battle. Meanwhile, that yellow-haired Archer girl can’t run from her tower. But, she’s very efficient when it comes to shooting arrows from a distance.
The “Call Early” button on the lower right allows you to call the attackers early on. You could just wait for them to arrive—which would be a good option if you’re in your first one or two rounds—or you could go brave and say, “come on in!”
Add your card characters in strategic locations
Anyway, you won’t be as startled by enemy attacks if you positioned your defense heroes strategically. From my experience, I would say it’s best to put a couple of Archer Towers near the entrance of the attackers, and then the rest of the Archers need to be scattered all around the battlefield.
Once your chosen heroes are in position, you could just watch the game happen. You could be proactive if you want. That is, you could follow the prompts to upgrade characters during battle, or, you could just let them do all the work. And that’s exactly why I described it as a lazy player’s game.
Succeeding rounds would be a little more “challenging”
Well, they may not be as challenging as the ones in Thetan Arena, for example, but you would notice the difference from the first few test games.
To see the whole battlefield, you need to pinch the screen inwards. You’ll be able to discover more places to build towers on. You’d also spot other enemy entrances.
Luckily, you could choose to “upgrade” your Towers while in the battle. That opportunity comes whenever you see the golden plus sign on your characters. You only need to tap on them twice to confirm the upgrade.
At some point while on the battle, you’d also see the remaining (and reserved) battle cards on the deck turn colored (from being greyed out). Tap on the one you’d want to add, and the tower bases would light up. You’d spot a few options where a hero’s presence may be needed to up the defense.
By the fourth round, you can expect the battle to go crazy. Attackers would come simultaneously from all possible enemy entrances. To make sure you’re not losing rewards points, you need to watch out for your vulnerable avatars.
In the image below, my Centurion has 50% of his life left (see upper left corner). Because he’s not on top of a tower, he’s exposed to hand-to-hand (or more appropriately, sword-to-sword) combat. He could be hit and wounded, and that’s what’s reducing his life bar.
Meanwhile, my Behemoth (the big guy beside my Centurion on the upper left corner), is quite tougher. He can withstand more hits, so he’s also a great asset on the ground.
If you come out of the battle victorious, you would level up your Avatar. And, you could unlock new levels and game functionalities, such as belonging to clans.
Anyway, I won’t spoil you with every single game detail. It would be nice for you to experience the game yourself. Before I go, though, I’ll discuss a bit about what makes Crazy Defense Heroes a play-to-earn NFT game.
The TOWER token
What’s a P2E game without a token? Crazy Defense Heroes has its own ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain. They call it the TOWER token. I personally think that’s a fitting name for a game that’s essentially a tower defense type.
Anyway, the TOWER token is the game’s medium of exchange. That means you could use it throughout the Crazy Kings franchise. Crazy Kings, by the way, is the earlier and smaller version of the expanded game CDH. Both are produced by Animoca Brands.
If you hold some TOWER tokens, you could use them both in Crazy Defense Heroes and Crazy Kings. You could earn these tokens by playing the games. Or, you could also purchase TOWER via SushiSwap and various exchanges.
Once you get some TOWER, you could also use them to purchase NFTs from the Crazy Kings franchise.
While you can easily create an account on the mobile app via your Google or Apple ID, you also need to go to crazydefenseheroes.com, log in, and connect your Ethereum wallet. That allows you to claim and use TOWER tokens.
Experience Crazy Defense Heroes today
One of the best reasons to experience CDH now is to be among the first to learn about its Play-to-Earn events on mobile. The same is true for Crazy Kings. You could also join the CDH Discord server to read important updates and announcements.
While the CDH creators are still developing a new blockchain PC version of the game, you could already enjoy the mobile releases.
If you’re the kind of player who just wants to put out some defense strategy at the outset and then laze around the rest of the time, Crazy Defense Heroes might be the NFT game for you.
Let us know once you’ve played it and what you think about your experience!
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