The aptly named Demonic Defense 4 is a Flash-based castle defense game that has hoards of angry stick figures run at your medieval castle trying to take it down, with you and your mouse as the only thing standing between them and the stone structure. Prepare to earn experience, cast spells, buy upgrades and click your mouse rapidly as you face the army of sorcerers, bombers, archers, knights, catapults and a countless number of other units.
The very first thing you will want to do in Demonic Defense 4 is to mute the music. It’s quite annoying, so you wouldn’t want to let that ruin your game experience, which is actually great.
An army of hostile attackers is marching onto your castle and you’re trying to stop them. At first, your mouse is your only weapon, but as time passes, you are able to exchange the gold you earned during combat for spells, archers and additional upgrades. It’s a traditional defense-oriented stick men game, which adds a high amount of magical elements into the mix.
Towards later levels of game progression, you’re likely to have collected an extensive range of techniques in your book of spells, stronger towers and several archers, but the enemies will be catching up too. One of the most unusual encounters in the game are with tanks. Actual tanks that send your medieval castle walls crumbling with each of their shots. The best strategy to prevent excessive damage from being done to your castle is, of course, stopping the attackers in their tracks, but doing that is often harder than it sounds.
As far as graphics go, Demonic Defense 4 really excels in this field. Explosions that tear larger mechanical units into pieces once sufficient damage has been dealt are Flashy and great to look at. As a stick men game, it really put as much care to detail of its characters as possible. You’re even allowed a range of customization options for your castle, from the shape of your towers to window colors. It might not have any effect on actual gameplay, but is a nice little feature to have nevertheless.
Apart from some minor things, such as the difficulty of hitting the incoming units with your mouse, Demonic Defense 4 is an amazing stick men game worth checking out. Distribute your skills wisely, turn off that distracting tune and defend your castle!
