{"id":31411,"date":"2024-08-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/main.blog-mgmt.greenmangaming.com\/?p=31411"},"modified":"2024-08-11T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T10:00:00","slug":"cataclismo-a-glorious-smashing-of-lego-and-tower-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vpce-0921aaf1c67156043-4t1vg0wq.vpce-svc-0cf8d5d00172470c2.us-east-1.vpce.amazonaws.com\/cataclismo-a-glorious-smashing-of-lego-and-tower-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataclismo: A Glorious Smashing of LEGO and Tower Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hooded Horse just might be one of the most exciting publishers around right now. Outside of the incredible Manor Lords, they also launched Against the Storm last year, and Empires of the Undergrowth this year. There are loads of other good games too, but the one I want to talk about today is Cataclismo<\/a>, which is sort of like if LEGO and a zombie horde survival game had a weird, video game baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At its core, you get to design and build your own fortresses on an incredibly granular level in true sandbox style. How granular this building is, however, is pretty hard to express so just imagine building using virtual LEGO and you will have a pretty good idea. It doesn\u2019t stop there though, because as you\u2019re building your castle up, and trying to make it look as good and as strong as possible, you have to fight off hordes of zombie-like horrors from the Mist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These horrors will probe your defences during the day but it\u2019s at night that they truly test your building skills. And we aren\u2019t just talking one night, because Cataclismo tasks you with withstanding the onslaught night after night. It all sounds simple, but the way you have to micro-manage the running, upkeep and defence of your fortress is a constant, but thoroughly enjoyable, struggle. There\u2019s also no end to the joy each player can have as they find their preferred construction style; whilst some will delight in the ability to create literal marvels, others will be happy to just make a nice box fort and be done with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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