Aegis Defenders

Aegis Defenders is a fun little experiment of combining the 2D puzzle-platformer with Tower Defence in a stylish coop-friendly package.
Design-wise it seems to be as good as this concept can be. You play as up to 4 characters, each one of whom has differet abilities useful both in combat and puzzles. You can switch seamlessly between them, having a big range if instruments to work with. The main challange and fun of the game is in knowing which one to apply to which obstacle of big variety of traps and enemies.
The game consists of 6 areas, each one of 3 levels, with new mechanics introduced on every level. You always have something different to do, something new to explore, and it never becomes to boring or repetetive. The game never overstays its welcome.
It took be 18 hours to complete, but it's because I'm not very good at platformers or tower defence games, and I was playing on keyboard. For someone more adept, 13-15 hours will be enough.
I think, the optimal way to play is on controllers with a partner.
Aegis Defender features nice pixel art, very fine charcter art, and nice music. The story is thoughtful and heartfelt, with likeable characters, and a good lesson at the end... But I feel that the story is a bit constrained by the format. The lore, worldbuilding and character work seems a bit much for the runtime, and in some ways it comes out as a bit flat. But no less enjoyable.
Overall, I recommend this game as a good aesthetically pleasing brain teaser to play with a friend.

review the base game is good
secret do be warmed
once u done them u can not go back to them and the collectables are in them and it is tied to achievement. what idiot thought that be a good idea.

Fun game, the art from characters to maps is really cute and the gameplay is nice,
note that I was playing this game in local coop mode and that was working well.
If you like hidden gems give it a try, but tbh theres nothing extraordinary or anything that keeps you wanting more, you will get bored.

Tentative Recommendation
A 2D-platformer/tower defence hybrid with a (eventually) 4-character roster that can be switched between at all times to solve puzzles, find treasures, and build towers to defend objectives.
With a charming presentation -- both in terms of visuals and sound -- and some interesting gameplay ideas, the two discordant elements of the game's overall design come very close to meshing together into a harmonious whole, but the overall experience is let down by the clunky character swapping mechanics and schizophrenic difficulty curve, with stages being either extremely easy or frustratingly difficult with almost no in-between.
To be fair, these problems are mitigated somewhat by playing in co-op mode, but the lack of proper online support -- with multiplayer being local or remote play only -- makes doing so considerably more difficult than it should be, and I had to play through the full campaign solo (and suffer the full brunt of the difficulty spikes) as a result.
All-in-all, Aegis Defenders is a decent game, but its flaws prevent it from becoming an easily recommendable classic.
5.5/10 -- Worth a look on the cheap, but expect some real friction.

I recommend playing this game with a controller since the controls are a bit wonky on keyboard/mouse. Also recommend playing this with friend too (only 2 player co-op locally).
The soundtrack is surprisingly good along with a decent plotline/story.
Some of the tower defense sections did get a bit repetitive for me.

Great game - cool blend of 2d platformer and tower defense. Love the co-op

Pretty cool, I just wish it was possible to unlock characters sooner