The Keeper of 4 Elements review for PS Vita, PS4

Platform: PS Vita
Also On: PS4
Publisher: Smartphone Labs
Developer: Smartphone Labs
Medium: Digital
Players: 1
Online: No
ESRB: E

Thatโ€™s pretty much all there is to say about it, to be totally frank. If youโ€™ve played one of them before, ever, on any system, youโ€™ll have gotten the full experience of what this game has to offer. The Keeper of the 4 Elements doesnโ€™t add in anything new, nor does it throw in some crazy twist. It just gives you a map, a variety of enemies moving along set pathways, and towers of varying abilities. This isnโ€™t a game looking to reinvent the wheel.

The theme, such as it is, is that thereโ€™s a wizard involved, so that explains how you get towers shooting the titular four elements. It also covers why you can summon storms of various sorts. I guess if thatโ€™s the kind of thing thatโ€™s bothered you about other tower defense games, you can be happy The Keeper of the 4 Elements answers your question. Iโ€™ve never stopped to ponder that, so, needless to say, it leaves me indifferent.

In fact, as you can probably tell, everything about The Keeper of the 4 Elements leaves me indifferent. There are about a dozen other tower defense games on the Vita, and this one does precisely nothing to set itself apart. Itโ€™s neither good nor bad enough to be memorable. Itโ€™s just there, ready and waiting for the day someone says to themselves, โ€œMight as well have a tower defense game on my Vita.โ€ When that day comes, this game will be here, waiting as unobtrusively and blandly as possible.

Grade: C-
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