I liked Starship Troopers: Extermination when I reviewed it back in 2024, even though it was technically uneven and added a truly awful single player experience that it did not need. Regardless, there's something about Extermination's take on tower defence that felt distinct from anything else I've played.
The way you had 16 players constructing a base and then defending it in rapid succession, the massive bug-piles you could create as you slaughter the arachnid menace by the dozen. It was novel enough to stand out even with the massive, looming shadow of Helldivers 2.
