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Tower Defense games are way too popular on the iPhone. Don’t get me wrong — I enjoy tower defense, but not so much that I want to download 100 different versions of that particular game style. When I first heard about Slug Wars, I was given the impression that it was a tower defense game, which just made me yawn. It wasn’t until I actually started playing the game when I realized that it’s not technically TD, but instead a creative take on the genre  that combines Real-time strategy with TD.

Chances are, you know what TD is all about. You build towers that have different types of attack powers to any enemies that may walk past you, and the more enemy kills you have the more towers you can build and upgrade to higher powers. Slug Wars, in contrast, is a side-scrolling game in which your “towers” are actually slugs.

There’s three lanes that your slugs can enter on. Your slugs come in from the right, your opponent comes in from the left. The goal is to get three of your slugs all the way over to the far left side before your opponent can get three of theirs to your side of the screen. Each type of slug has different attack powers, so there is definitely some strategy involved in exactly how you can overwhelm your opponent and push them back far enough to get your slugs through the left side.

I found Slug Wars to be an enjoyable game, and I was entertained throughout the whole experience. I was, however, concerned that since it involves slugs, the gameplay itself turned out to be rather slow. I kept hoping the slugs would start crawling faster, attacking faster, etc. It also lacks multiplayer over WiFi or 3G, which I’m hoping will be resolved in a future update.

Overall, I found the $1.99 price tag to be fair given the level of gameplay, entertainment value and challenge. It’s certainly worth a look, so go grab it at the App Store or click on the button below.