Defense Grid: The Awakening
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A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen. Tower construction is limited to specified platforms on where you can place 1 out of 10 diffrent upgradeable towers. Towers can not be destroyed by the enemies. Tower placement is key to progress in this game as they each have pros and cons. During the game you battle a variety of 15 diffrent "Insectoid" enemies with various abilitys to handle such as stealth, speed, armor and shields etc. The invaders can carry 1-3 powercores as they reach the powerstations and try to make their escape.
First Blood
CommonKill 1 alien.
Hey! That's mine!
CommonKill an alien carrying a power core.
Happy Returns
CommonRecover a loose core.
Field Promotion
CommonEarn at least one silver medal.
Leadhead
CommonBuild 5 Gun towers.
Eradicator
CommonKill 100 aliens.
Surplus
CommonWin with 1,000 resources remaining.
Yellow Beats Green
CommonUpgrade a tower.
Burn Baby Burn
CommonBuild 5 Inferno towers.
Salvage Rights
CommonDestroy at least one boss alien.
Penny Pincher
CommonWin with 5,000 resources remaining.
Pew Pew
CommonBuild 5 Laser towers.
I Spy
CommonActivate reconnaissance system.
Close Call
CommonSave a core less than 10 seconds away from the map exit.
What IS that?
CommonInspect 10 aliens.
Arsenal
CommonBuild 20 towers in one mission.
Exterminator
CommonDestroy 1000 aliens.
Flawless Victory
CommonEarn at least one gold medal.
Confident
CommonUse speed up controls for a total of 30 seconds in any one mission.
Boot Camp
CommonFinish the first 3 missions.
Not So Fast
CommonBuild 5 Temporal towers.
Great Ball of Fire
CommonBuild 5 Meteor towers.
Sharpshooter
CommonShoot down a flying alien.
Kaboom!
CommonBuild 5 Cannon towers.
No Sale
CommonNo towers sold in a single mission.
Liquidator
CommonSell 5 towers.
Filthy Rich
CommonWin with 10,000 resources remaining.
High Voltage
CommonBuild 5 Tesla towers.
Death From Above
CommonFire the orbital laser.
The Not-So-Friendly Skies
CommonBuild 5 Missile towers.
Pyrrhic Victory
CommonShoot down flying alien carrying a core.
Power Builder
CommonBuild 6 towers within 10 seconds.
Head Trauma
CommonBuild 5 Concussion towers.
Retry
CommonReload an earlier save checkpoint.
Overseer
CommonBuild 5 Command towers.
Annihilator
CommonKill 10,000 aliens.
Full Defense
CommonBuild 50 towers in one mission.
Indecisive
UncommonSell 10 towers in a single mission.
Tower Expert
UncommonBuild every tower and upgrade.
Base Defender
UncommonComplete the Story mode.
Relay Race
UncommonWitness 1 core handed off 10 times within 20 seconds.
Full Potential
UncommonBeat an advanced mission with only level 3 towers and no selling.
Flurry
UncommonEarn a gold medal on an adrenaline challenge mode.
Diversity
UncommonBuild all tower types in one mission.
The Long Road
UncommonAlien time until exit exceeds 5 minutes.
Siege Breaker
RareSurvive 100 waves on the Grinder challenge mode.
If At First You Don't Succeed, Retry Again
RareReload an earlier save checkpoint five times in a single mission.
Well Invested
RareGain 10000 resources from interest in a single mission.
Untouchable
RareBeat an advanced mission with zero cores captured.
Xenocide
RareKill 50,000 aliens.
Gun Crazy
RareBeat an advanced mission with only Gun towers.
Minimalist
RareBeat an advanced mission with only level 1 towers.
Nail Biter
RareWin mission with the last core less than 10 seconds away from the map exit.
Few and Proud
RareEarn at least a silver medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Divided Attention.
Kickstarter
RareBegin playing any mode of the Containment Campaign.
Planet Defender
RareEarn a silver medal on all missions in the Story mode.
Full House
RareBuild all upgrades of all tower types in one mission.
Shell-shocked
RareBeat an advanced mission with only Cannon towers.
Out of Bullets
RareBeat all 5 "Out of Bullets" challenge modes without using Gun or Cannon towers.
Alien Tears
RareEarn a gold medal on all missions in the Story mode.
Foresight is 20/20
RareEarn a Gold medal on any Containment mission without going back to a save checkpoint.
Majestic Pony
RareEarn a bronze medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.
Savant Genius
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on any story mission past 'Divided Attention' in the You Monster campaign.
Master Siege Breaker
LegendarySurvive 100 waves on any Super Grinder challenge mode.
The Container
LegendaryEarn at least a Bronze medal on all eight Story modes in the Containment campaign.
Regional Deluge
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Kill Zone and Overflow.
Combat Turmoil
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Service Interruption and Height of Confusion.
Civil Divergence
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Urban Planning and Tactical Diversion.
Firebug
LegendaryBeat an advanced mission with only Inferno towers.
Circular Hazard
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Risk Exposure and Roundabout.
Mostly Dead
LegendaryEarn a silver medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.
Contains Trace Amounts of Gold
LegendaryEarn a Gold medal on all eight Story modes in the Containment campaign.
Top of the Class
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on the Story and Story Challenge modes of Ghost in the Machine and Divided Attention.
Overflowing
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on all the modes of Overflow.
Master Strategist
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on any 100 missions in The Awakening campaign.
You Monster
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.
A Temporal Would've Been Nice
LegendaryEarn at least a Bronze medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Occupation using only Gun, Inferno, and Laser towers.
Faithful Companion
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on 10 challenge modes in the You Monster campaign.
Clean Getaway
LegendaryPrevent the aliens from stealing a core until they have arrived safely at the second core housing in the Story or Story Challenge mode of Auger.
So Many Spaces to Build On, So Little Time
LegendaryEarn at least a Bronze medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Foothold building ten towers or less without selling.
Best Friends Forever
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on all story challenge missions in the You Monster campaign.
This is…spartan.
LegendaryEarn a Gold medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Volition building fifteen towers or less without selling.
Beating A Dead Potato
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on any 35 missions in the You Monster campaign.
Clear Skies
LegendaryEarn a Gold medal in the Campaign Reversed mode of Passage without building any Meteor or Missile towers or using the Orbital Laser.
Fully Contained
LegendaryEarn at least a Bronze medal on all 40 modes in the Containment campaign.
Supreme Strategist
LegendaryEarn a gold medal on any 150 missions in The Awakening campaign.
Core Container
LegendaryEarn a Gold medal on all 40 modes in the Containment campaign.
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