While Anomaly: Korea was lovely, it wasn't much of a sequel to the right war game for the iPad. 11 Bit Studios delivers a proper follow-up to the reverse tower defense hit this fall, when Anomaly 2 goes mobile.

Why would a tower defense "offense" game be the perfect inspiration for a beer? Because "warzone," spelled exactly that way, in Polish means "brewed." And the guys behind the Polish-developed Anomaly: Warzone series like to hoist a pint, too.

Anomaly: Korea wasn't really a sequel to Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a "reverse tower-defense" game released in 2011 in which you maneuver tanks and convoys around a battlefield and direct them to blow away alien towers. (Lots of people loved it.)

Last year, developer 11 bit studios released a scaled-down version of its reverse tower defense PC game, Anomaly Warzone Earth for the iPad, and it was wonderful. Look how far they've come with the soon-to-be-released sequel, Anomaly Korea.

Last year's Anomaly Warzone Earth flipped the tower defence genre on its head, putting you in the shoes of the guys trying to get past the powers, instead of the guys building them. It was, to keep things brief, brilliant.

Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD is the rare kind of iPad game that feels like it was improved by Apple's tablet.

We loved, loved Anomaly Warzone Earth when it came to the PC. What's to stop us from loving this backwards tower defense game when it hits the iPad and iPhone?

I think the moment where Anomaly Warzone Earth—I don't see a colon on the game's website; letting all three words of the title evenly plod from the mouth pleasingly highlights its Eastern European pedigree—really grabbed me was the first time I rerouted my caravan of tanks and mechanized walkers to loop to endlessly…