Orcs Must Die! is a tower defense game that ditches the usual bird's-eye perspective for a third-person view where you're in the thick of it. You set traps—spring-loaded spikes, wall-mounted arrows, floor grinders—then grab a crossbow and fight alongside your defenses as orc hordes charge through your fortress. The shift from overhead strategy to boots-on-ground action means you're placing barricades between waves, then scrambling to patch weak spots when your setup doesn't hold. It's about reading patrol routes, spending gold on the right gadgets, and personally plugging gaps when twenty orcs ignore your tar pit. If you want tower defense where you're also the last line of defense with a blunderbuss, this delivers that hybrid without going full action game.
