Tower Defense but YOU are the Bad Guys

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

I want to see an actual reverse tower defense. You’re still playing a normal TD game, but you have to be bad at it. All the towers are really strong at base, and you have to place a certain number before you can advance to the next wave. All the upgrades and relics are trade-offs, and you have to minimize the benefit while maximizing the negatives.

[@SorwestChannel]

That would feel awful. We need it now

[@pawefratczak9868]

Capitalism TD How much money you can gain on cutting corners

[@gorgelon]

Tower escape is a great reverse td title

[@chickencow1598]

On It!

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

@JakeTaylor-o4n It’s 4 sentences. Go outside.

[@Neremworld]

Starcraft 2 actually has a Co-Op Commander whose entire gimmick was being a Reverse Tower Defense, where at regular intervals he'd spawn hordes of enemies to attack enemy positions. It's a great concept that should be used more.

[@TheAzureGhost]

There are also several missions of that reverse tower defense kind in the Heart if Swarm Campaign. Lot's if fun.

[@Neremworld]

@@TheAzureGhost Yeah I love oddball missions like that.

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Calling stukov a reverse td is disengenious seeing as its basically the same as pumping out 100s of lings and banes

[@vintageswiss9096]

I was just about to comment about the 3v3 tower defense custom game in SC2.

[@ham_the_spam4423]

@@vintageswiss9096which one are you talking about? Direct Strike?

[@switjive17]

Skipping through the upgrade pots hurts my soul 💀

[@loganshaw4527]

The why gamers should not start gaming late at night. Poor decisions making if you do.

[@KW8309]

Not once, but multiple times. ARUGH

[@KitsuneMasku]

And it's my first time seeing the game too Like aahhhh upgrade them aghhh

[@jaxryz_380]

what hurts more is grabbing the treasure payout just to pay more money immediately after to buy the item off the adventurer 😭 like buddy no

[@jimmuorejo4315]

I hear you buddy. He's just so stupid most of the times. This is why I'm unsubbing

[@shentium_522]

It's so funny to me that during the game Olexa is getting the free treasure that gives him gold and also gives the enemy an item and then spends 3x more to rebuy if from the adventurer 44:22

[@OlexaYT]

It’s a % chance to give them an item, not something that happens every time. Yes the treasure is complete shit if it was every time. Otherwise it’s just a risk reward item for extra money and that’s fun

[@Altair1243WAR]

Except you gambled, repeatedly, and lost some odd thousands of gold because of it. It's not a worthwhile gamble when you have a guaranteed 2/3rds chance to lose unless you desperately need gold.

[@OlexaYT]

And yet here we are, alive well and happy because it’s fake money in a videogame.

[@XiaoYueMao]

you get more gold overall by not gambling and just letting the adventurer keep dying, especially on the free chests​ he drops, than having to spend a bunch to buy items you gave him in a gamble. risk reward is a crucial skill to have, gambling by its very nature is set such that "im ALWAYS going to take the chests" is gurenteed to lose overall @@OlexaYT

[@OlexaYT]

Yup, and yet here it is, very fun to gamble every time

[@Patric_S]

reads ghost can be put on adjacent tile, sells monster to get to tombstone, then tries ghost later "oh it can go on adjacent tiles, thats good to know" lol

[@EpicBaah]

Yeah I've seen his videos because he actually explores some cool games. But he's quite terrible at understanding, adapting & learning the games. So it's quite a hard watch.

[@ChancellorV]

@@EpicBaah Why are you angry at someone learning through experience, that's literally what it means to be a human.

[@EpicBaah]

@@ChancellorV Not angry with him. Just stating what I'm seeing, that he explores cool games and he has a hard time understanding simple things.

[@valleyard8674]

Yeeeah, sometimes he does some really dumb plays Like right at the start "Oh damn, if I don't fight him at the chest he loots it" Lol

[@Altair1243WAR]

@ChancellorV he didn't learn through experience, bro. He was explicitly told something and just blanked on it. It's called reading comprehension and it's a crucial skill IRL. Put another way, if you had a kid that was old enough to understand and told them something was dangerous, but they ignored you and played with it anyways, you would totally get mad at them, for their own safety in this case, because they're just not listening to you....

[@Avarice-88]

I feel like this is one of those game advertisements where the player plays so bad that you want to buy the game yourself to do it correctly. I won't lie. I think it's working.

[@OlexaYT]

We won easily. Just because we didn’t fully understand the game at the start, doesn’t mean we played poorly. For 40 minutes of this video I basically clobbered the game with a wooden club.

[@bogey375]

@@OlexaYT Not too sure why people expect you to be the best there ever was at a new game you've never played before, also its not even like you did bad in these runs.

[@justseffstuff3308]

⁠@@bogey375 I've never played before either, but it doesn't take a genius to recognize that the Big Treasure is a really bad decision long-term

[@justseffstuff3308]

@@OlexaYT You made a few poor decisions, but overall I think you ended up doing pretty well.

[@OlexaYT]

The treasures are fun. It’s literally just risk reward. If they’re in the game, I’m gonna use them

[@fabianlaibin6956]

I like how he puts things he forgot or didn't read properly as "we're learning"

[@Altair1243WAR]

Noticed that, too, and I can't decide if he just literally didn't comprehend what he just read, or is passing it off and hoping nobody notices/calls him out on it.

[@stephenkamenar]

this is a tower defense, there's nothing reverse about it. you're not the one walking through the defense

[@OlexaYT]

It’s the idea of instead of building the maze and defending against enemies, the maze is built and you’re the enemy defending against the hero.

[@umbaupause]

@@OlexaYT Yeah but it's still not really correct... :P

[@stephenkamenar]

@@OlexaYT lots of TD don't let you maze yourself. you're just arguing the art is flipped, but this game is just a tower defense. I've seen games before where you play as the creeps trying to breach the tower defense.

[@OlexaYT]

Yeah, I hear you. I changed the title to reflect it.

[@thegreensunsetgroup2501]

@@OlexaYT What? Changing an inaccurate title because of viewer complaints? Come on Olexa you'll never be a *real* youtuber if you keep that up!

[@Chelsea_2001]

20:35 ahghhrrhr you read the text out loud but proceed to entirely disregard the latter half of the sentence “or on one of their adjacent tiles” and even ignored the indicator T.T cool game though. Ok you figured it out thanks :)

[@satibel]

yeah reading comprehension and olexa makes 3. also not using the level 3 upgrade potions on level 3 units is kinda trolling

[@charltonrodda]

I'm sorry but I'm losing my mind towards the end at you repeatedly having a ton of money, talking a big treasure chest for 800, and then losing like 2500-3000 buying the item off him.

[@OlexaYT]

It’s fun to have money

[@zac9933]

It is a cool looking little game, not sure I'd call it "reverse TD" though. It's still just TD, you place obstacles to prevent the opponent from making it to the other side.

[@CoAndCoLaptopAccount]

This. It's just a normal TD. A reverse TD would be getting a certain amount of points and choosing mobs to send against a series of towers and slowly growing your army as their towers evolve to match.

[@ultimasta]

36:44 Jailer is correct... Love how at least once per vid you seem to say something with complete blind confidence that ends up being terribly wrong

[@OlexaYT]

Genuinely have only ever seen it spelled jailor in my life.

[@_APV_]

@@OlexaYT Both are ok, probably a UK/US thing.

[@NextLevelDev]

it cna be also spelled as jailor thats why he said that, probably american/british/australian difference

[@conorgalvin4289]

@@OlexaYT WHERE ARE YOU SITUATED WHAT THE HELL

[@OlexaYT]

Fwiw the only time I’ve ever even seen the word jailor is in hidden role games. Town of Salem, Werewolf… And it’s always spelled “jailor”. It’s not exactly a common word I use daily lmao

[@mkmcookiemkm4364]

36:47 jailer is right

[@loganshaw4527]

Not a bad game, the hero acting weak to make the villian let down his guard by being proud of easily defeating the hero that he forgets to strengthen and get more powerful minions is a classic hero strategy. Your arrogance was your own undoing!!! Again that is so classic.

[@zirumi2491]

it hurt watching over and over as Alexa used the very powerful potions on the lower tier monsters, I was desperate to see what a tier 4 monster looked like

[@OlexaYT]

There aren’t, we tried to do that multiple times in the video

[@XiaoYueMao]

only the ultimate upgrades to tier 4 and he got that potion twice, and he had no tier 3 to use it on at the time but otherwise yes using powerful potions on tier 1 monsters are a waste of cash as they go from tier 2 to 3, it just can simply be used on tier 1 as well, but its not cost efficient

[@AbiyyuAH]

My man... I beg of you to read the description...​@@OlexaYT

[@sandllc1361]

The fact that he got so many potions(which are op) and didn't use them hurt me to my soul

[@Altair1243WAR]

OMG, your monster placement drives me insane... Why would you NOT put the ghost on the treasure chest at 21:55???

[@OlexaYT]

Bc it didn’t matter at all

[@Nathouuuutheone]

Indeed it drives me mad too. He also could have been putting spiders on webs, mobs on traps, and so much more.

[@daveclrk]

The whole video was driving me nuts. I can’t tell if he’s doing it on purpose or just terrible. I closed the video and tried to find a play through by somebody else but there’s nothing…

[@MrMistyEyes]

I feel this! I was thinking trap and ghost on chest please!!

[@Hardcore_Remixer]

10:18 Step 1: Get 225 coins and give the advebturer 2 items Step 2: Buy one of the adventurer's items for over 300 coins I mean, usually you try to make something out of that situation rather than just waste money.

[@OlexaYT]

Yeah, sometimes you take risks and they don’t pay off

[@laugus]

The game literally tells him "place a monster on the chest to get it at the end of the turn", and he gets confused twice as to why he doesn't pick up the chest...

[@OlexaYT]

Oh no

[@brandonchristen2472]

The LAST thing you should be doing is buying chests, especially if you aren’t struggling for gold. Yes it can give you an extra boost of gold, but it can give the guy an item that costs even more to buy off of him. You are gambling against the house, and the house always wins.

[@OlexaYT]

Completely agree. But counter argument, fun to gamble

[@SoloxBoy]

My man, i have been reading these comments and people are being very mean to you despite this being the first time ever playing the game and you didn't even do that bad, and even if you did like with buying the chests You didn't really have to play too well so why bother ​@@OlexaYT

[@dekina1198]

if i saw it correctly you can reroll the layout of the maps, i think that's the way to impact it. i actually liked watching this, would like more

[@Soshiplayz]

It wouldn't be a Olexa video if chat wasn't angry about him hitting it big in game xD While Olexa goes " video game moneh " :D I don't know how you do it man but you managed to hit a nerve of these casino crazy people.

[@puliverius]

"You don't need the Big Treasure", now he cannot buy out his items :D

[@princequincy5421]

46:16 I guess you could say, your strategy, walled him out

[@calemr]

1:53 that little jingle sent me down a series of memories trying to think where I'd heard it before. That noise is the Exact same sound that you get when you find a secret in Vaporum, if I've remembered correctly.

[@tadenhartley8626]

Metal gear solid

[@Т1000-м1и]

That's exactly how my first playthrough would look like

[@pigpantry4478]

If you could state the price at the start of Olexa Looks, that would be greatly appreciated :)

[@foolsanticsstudio]

This is still a tower defence, your towers just look like monsters. When I read the title I thought it was reverse roles. Like you send out hoards of minions strategically to get through levels with turrets. I’d change the title to reflect this. Like “Tower Defense but your towers are monsters” Sill looks like a fun flash game. The lack of hordes makes it kinda boring. Ending a bunch of minions at once is a lot of fun for me in any game. But even without hordes there should be more enemies. Could even have different class enemies. Like party memebers raiding a dungeon. It would come off more like a boss run game which is also fun.

[@muffinzforce5]

I feel like I would more label this as a reverse dungeon crawler

[@SuperFlamethrower]

Real reverse tower defense is that ancient Anomaly series. 4 games, the first three are that reverse defense type where you are the guys navigating the tower maze. The first game more than 10 yr old at this point. Pretty fun IMO.

[@KajtekBeary]

Yeah they were great. They were created by the same studio that later developed Frostpunk

[@LithmusEarth]

I feel like I saw a video on this a LONG time ago. I wonder how cheap it is now going into the steam sale. 43:50 Also don't be hating, it's literally a wall trap but that doesn't break / need replacing each session. It's just a perma-wall-trap eating through stamina.

[@MirageGSM]

One thing I don't understand is what the benefit of buying the treasure chests is if you have to buy the contents back from the adventurer afterwards. It seems to be beneficial to load all the squares behind your defensive line with high level monsters so you get more bonus levels at the end of a stage... I wonder if it's possible to soft-lock yourself if you don't do this enough. Those bonuses seem to be massive...

[@OlexaYT]

Bc it’s a 33% chance you don’t have to. It’s just risk reward

[@ianemerson2704]

Imagine a tower defense where you have to send the right enemies at the right time to penetrate a computer's defense.

[@Neremworld]

'Jailer' is actually correct but I don't think anyone would say anything about using 'jailor', it is fine. Unless you mean 'gaoler', but that's the British spelling.

[@fluteflies]

this gameplay hurt my soul

[@ssbanks2000]

This is the first vid I've watched from this channel. My guess. . .my HOPE, is that @Olexa is intentionally misplaying/flubbing the choices to increase comment interaction. If that's the case, he's good at it, as 7 minutes in I was so baffled and agitated by the cringe mistakes that I was compelled to make a comment. How does one read instructions, out loud, and flub the choice? How can one see that the adventurer needs stamina to use attacks, and place monsters, towers, closer to the adventurer's spawn where it would have more stamina to engage it? This is like watching someone read the instructions for a 5-step recipe, then skip the first and four steps. He's making a PB&J sandwich with no bread or knife.

[@OlexaYT]

We won repeatedly. It’s a videogame, chill

[@ssbanks2000]

@@OlexaYT, I appreciate that you engage your viewership. Your reply, invaluable advice, might have been better guided elsewhere. My comment was submitted to encourage follower and viewer engagement; no more, no less.

[@Leon-BS-Games]

Tower defense ❌ Tower destroyer ✅

[@sethmasters2147]

Hands down my favorite reverse td game was this wizard one, it was a flash game.

[@johnthomas1422]

Finding games is why I am here, so keep up the good work finding unheard of gems! Also, Magicraft is wonderful and just released in 1.0 recently.

[@____________________K]

dude at first you seen gonna loose but the end you are the true villian Lmao 😂😂

[@OrloxPhoenix]

This reminded me of "Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman"/"What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord"/"No Heroes Allowed" for the PSP Screw you, localizers. Pick a dang name 😅

[@shaylevinzon540]

Wow what a fun gameplay The classic mode looks crazy

[@Klero6869]

I would't call it reverse tower defence. I mean you are still placing tower and defending from people going in.

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

lol he’s so bad… Maybe he’s rage baiting

[@OlexaYT]

We… won with like flying colors

[@thegunnednoob]

trick is you want to have ur units closer to the exit so they catch them while tired edit: i just got to 6:45 now

[@danielh1589]

37:00 thats what the reroll is for - to get a better rng map

[@steve_cat5504]

That's a fun idea, and a really cute game. That ghost looks like Abigail from don't starve. Also pvz1 has a mode where you play as the zombies which is similar

[@SorwestChannel]

20 minutes in and Olexa not putting monsters and traps together is causing me psychic damage

[@OlexaYT]

I put monsters and traps together like all the time in this video lol

[@darianbentley3125]

Same, could of put that wall on a ghost

[@Taphosthewarlock]

While it looks like fun for a little bit, the game core balance design is a problem. You frontload all your defense while your opponent powers up. By the time its strong enough to beat what you have at the start, nothing else is a challenge. The reverse of this is you put a barrier at the start and take the time to upgrade whats behind it to be stronger (which, you ideally want to stop him sooner anyway as otherwise you're just constantly getting pushed back to your next strongest thing)... The game needs to utilise more debuffing. Walls/barriers/traps being oneshot make their value pretty poor. Your creatures not attacking while the adventurer is attacking barricades is a mistake etc. I think the design needs more thought otherwise the longevity and potential to win runs is likely to be very low.

[@_furogue]

"buys" the chest for 300 gold, gives an item to the hero, then uses 2000 gold to buy that item back, why?

[@OlexaYT]

It’s a % chance for the item. It’s risk reward. And when we’re winning easily, it’s fun to take risks. Playing optimally is lame

[@jacekwyszomierski]

This game looks like something i wanted to discover to play at these days when you litelary had an empty head for games

[@TimoRutanen]

Would this be.. a Tower Offense game ? If it's a reverse defense, that is.

[@dadsrule7975]

Format is a little different appreciate you taking the time to show us. Hope you have a good day.

[@rkidy]

Bro when he kept taking the treasure for the 300 gold and immediately spending 2000+ gold on buying the item off the adventurer I got so annoyed 😭

[@OlexaYT]

It’s a percentage chance for the enemy to get an item. It’s fun to take risks. It’s okay, you’ll survive.

[@rkidy]

@@OlexaYT yeah 2/3 chance to have to spend 2k vs 1/3 chance to get 300 is pretty bad tho 😭

[@OlexaYT]

Yeah, but it’s fun

[@rkidy]

@@OlexaYT fair enough, you’re definitely more of a relaxing content creator so stressing about optimising isn’t really your vibe anyways

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Why does he keep taking the gold chest for 820 just to then buy the gear it gives the adventurer for 2364…?

[@OlexaYT]

Because it’s fun.

[@wamogid7179]

because hes stupid

[@OlexaYT]

Or because it’s fun to gamble. There’s a chance the chest doesn’t give the adventurer an item. So you gamble for the chance. It’s a mechanic in the game, and we were winning easily. There’s no reason to not have a little fun and do it

[@denversan4205]

Bluds hired Odd1Out to make the humans. 💀

[@scrapbotcommander]

Is it just me or is "Isolde" a pun? As in, "I-solde my soul for you"

[@16BitsBR]

40:00 just loosing my mind seeing you have a strong butterfly and instead of using yout traps after it for future rounds, you just put them in the first tile where he's gonna die anyway, like WHY WHY

[@lootsorrow]

why do you keep taking the chests, they are mathematically guaranteed to screw you over

[@OlexaYT]

Because they’re fun. And we’re obliterating the game so why not?

[@D.U.D.E.-From-L0STR00MS]

"We unlocked no he's hot"

[@shrimpbear2544]

reminds me of the Japanese game No Heros Allowed thats also a rouge like about building your own dungeon to defend against waves of heros, really in depth game too

[@potencjalnypracownik2966]

There is Villanous on Kongregate...

[@quincyisrandom7487]

29:39 It's freaking Abagail from Don't Starve omg 😮

[@watermeloncatbrodda]

ah yes, the ghost that gets killed by any large enemy

[@grynte1]

*gets the adventurere an item... imediately buys it back for more than he got from giving it* xD Also you're not the bad guy?? clickbait title! you're the good guy in this story!

[@chrism167]

I swear, that sounds effect when you first get the spider is the exact same one from legend of grimrock when you find a secret...

[@kevinpalmer4137]

I feel like a reverse tower defense would be a crater assault

[@Cristina.Castillos]

This reminds me of Villainous, a flash game I was a huge fan of.

[@glenncalkins6154]

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that the guy called his sister "Him" @35:41

[@OlexaYT]

You better transvestigate the ghost now

[@BleachWizz]

15:00 - idk, you've been destroying all the webs, the black widow is spawning 2 spiders that only spawns the web. also there are rerolls... I feel like on this one you should indded start being behind rn...

[@Т1000-м1и]

The intro is pretty much a pitch for a new Clash of Clans clone

[@jacks_arts001]

Yup. Playing this. Thank you for the recommendation.

[@DrT_S_1]

Actual Reverse tower defence is Tower Attack If anyone wants that. read the millions of Korean Tower climbing Manhwah

[@Bob-n8h4x]

Ghost, spooky ghost, hot guy

[@wisteryia]

this was actually really charming

[@dementedgamer8123]

You could have upgraded the butterfly

[@OlexaYT]

Really? I’m like pretty sure we tried and couldn’t

[@dementedgamer8123]

@@OlexaYT u needed the big big pot on it

[@dementedgamer8123]

The one that looked like a culdrean

[@enbininja]

THANK YOU FINNALY SOMEONE SAID IT

[@Neremworld]

Anyways I bought this game thanks to this.

[@BleachWizz]

2:30 - the colors are cool but the numbers are kinda unreadable, a thin black border would do wonders there

[@Forgotten89]

48:45 Like whyyyyyyyyy,using ultimate potions on level 2 black widows when there are level 3 armored skeletons glowing to be upgraded.😭(I know it's late but whatever)

[@KajtekBeary]

Reverse tower defense… Reminds me of Anomaly Warzone Earth, first game by 11bits (studio that later created Frost Punk). Maybe it will be worth your time? I have really good memories with it

[@TealRubyy]

Bro got the treasure chest +225 gold just to spend it on removing the item 😂

[@Snyder_Snide]

This game looks awesome.

[@nobody15470]

42:16 its not hard to reed it, actually i read it yeah the mix of fond colour and size makes it hard but not inposible 😅

[@InklessPhotography]

YOU EFFECT THE LEVEL BY HITTING THE REROLL BUTTON BEFORE HITTING ACCEPT

[@Glidingwithdolphins]

Wtf how did i just sit through all 50min of that. For some reason the commentary was actually engaging but brother u keep giving me seizures when ur using the ultimate upgrade on lv 2 monsters

[@Dyingwood.]

its not really a reverse tower defense if the main loop is still setting up defenses for an enemy that goes through them

[@wonderweasle2212]

I think it's more reversed because you are the bad guy instead of the good guy.

[@wonderweasle2212]

I mean, how else would you reverse it?

[@OlexaYT]

Yeah, I hear y’all. I meant it to be that you’re the enemy, I’ve changed the title to reflect

[@wonderweasle2212]

@@OlexaYT I understood what you said. People just can't get things it seems today.

[@Dyingwood.]

@@wonderweasle2212 #1 its a better title regardless, #2 someone more anal would just see that and dislike the video

[@Elsnorko]

this is yet another game I would love to watch but not play, looks fun.

[@finalfun3641]

god that sound from 1:52 reminds me so much of legend of grimrock secret found sound

[@adilmzese5346]

Ik the font is hard to read and you stated that but like some things u straight up did not attempt to read to try to get even stronger units

[@OlexaYT]

And we still obliterated the game, it’s okay

[@ivo8655]

28:18 that ghost it a shild its the supreme mvp.

[@hsvwatts]

this guy seems like he finds hidden gem roguelikes. i heard he can even find pretty well hidden ones too.

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Jailer and jailor are both correct uses of the word. -or is a less common spelling.

[@trentisterrible586]

Never played this game but watching you play it made me so upset the misplay after misplay was ridiculous

[@OlexaYT]

Oh no, we won and you’re mad I didn’t win harder

[@trentisterrible586]

@@OlexaYT yes I want you to be a god at everything

[@trentisterrible586]

Keep making these videos on this game I will watch all the time and you will get to pro level

[@KHFN_YT]

​@@trentisterrible586Ikr and then he goes "oH iM pLaYiNg FoR fUn" like bruh you can have fun and play decently

[@OlexaYT]

We WON. How much more decently do you want me to play? We literally won, and won by like 7 extra levels than the expected win!

[@tulburetamas3099]

Bro made Dungeon Keeper in 2024

[@Queenbee88-w4g]

I hope you make a part 2 I'm so invested

[@Spikeba11]

Looks to me you can spend your rerolls to randomize the dungeon walls.

[@waifulhu]

stage 3 is just olenky creates dark souls. poor adventurer definitely would have refunded their game lmfao

[@sauceploxx4565]

This was pretty cool to watch. I liked the idea of how your guys gained power based on how well you did after completing the objectives.

[@TheDeadCobraTheDeadCobra]

How is this a Reversed Tower Defense you place towers you defend from enemies a reverse would be where you are the attacker

[@SoloxBoy]

Don't even argue with the haters, people are being way too mean for no reason what so ever

[@10CityStudio]

Man ever since i saw this video I've been on this game mon stop 😂💯 its fun thank you

[@StKildaFan]

The writing in the cutscenes is DREADFUL

[@paniiziima]

why