The gameplay sounds pretty basic at first but with most of these new wave strategy titles, it goes much deeper than it sounds. Essentially, you have to build a fortress to defend against an oncoming enemy attack. Sounds simple enough but that's where things start to get very interesting. There are two phases of gameplay, the first being the building sequence. Building is done while time stands still but you have a time limit depending on level and difficulty in which to set up your fortifications. The pieces that you use to build are dropped from the sky ala Tetris and you must quickly decide how and where to place them for the best possible defense and offense. You see during all this time your opponent is also building a fortress that you'll have to attack and destroy to gain victory. You'll have to set up things like walls, cannons, towers, and other instruments of destruction and defense. Once you're finished or your time is up you start the real time battle sequence. 

Once the battle begins the enemy, called twerps will start attacking you. As they bombard your fortress, additional blocks will fall from the sky allowing you to refortify and re-arm. Depending on the structures you create during the building phase and during the battle phase, you'll be given certain bonuses, blocks and,  units with which to attack the enemy. The objective isn't just to throw up a front gate and some cannons and start shooting. You'll need to create a well structured castle for the perfect balance of defense and offence while trying to get building bonuses for combos. There are foot soldiers, wizards, archers, medics and more all waiting to head into battle. But you'll have to use them wisely as manpower isn't unlimited. You'll have to decide how to use them best, will it be offence or defense? 

Well while you're trying to decide that you'll have to protect the entrance to your fortress, build additional armaments and rooms, deploy your forces for attack, rebuild destroyed sections, send in reinforcements for those downed twerps and somehow stay sane. Another feature of the game is where the units and weapons you use will change depending on the time period you choose. You'll start off in the Stone Ages (caveman days), head on through to the Dark ages, the age of piracy, the World War II era, and  then head off into the Space Age. The basic gameplay doesn't change much but you'll have to use different strategies to win as well as maintain a larger and more complex fortress. 

And what strategy/puzzle game on GBA would be complete without a multiplayer feature? Fortress is a game that practically screams LINK ME! And Majesco has promised a rich multiplayer experience for this title and I'm sure they'll deliver. I'm a big fan of strategy titles and Fortress looks to be a unique one at that. The GBA just keeps on rollin' with quality titles and this one will be no exception.

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