Monsters: Ultimate HD, by Pixel Junk, is a Vita port of the tower defense game that originally took the world by storm on the PSP. A PS3 port was made in 2008, and hot on it’s heels was a DLC pack that added another island, almost doubling the number of stages. If you are looking for a tower defense game that is going to gently ease you into the nuances of the game, slowly introducing a new tower and a new enemy with each stage of the campaign… then keep on looking, because this is not the game for you. Monsters is an unforgiving game that is not going to hold your hand in the least. There is a tutorial, to be sure. It teaches you how to raise towers and destroy towers, how to upgrade them and even how to purchase new towers each level. That is it. After the tutorial, I did ‘Medium 1’ on normal difficulty and promptly scuttled back to ‘Easy 1’ to grow somewhat more accustomed to the game. Even some of the levels on the easy track needed a couple goes at it.
