the first mission isn't actually that hard... I only died once because I never even noticed that if I pressed space I'd shoot missiles, and that boys and girls, is why you don't skip the tutorial, even if it tells you where the obvious health bar is.
a few things: if you can stall, enemies should be able to stall. Allies should maybe, oh I dunno, fire at enemies. maybe have a difficulty setting that you can change so that you can save for an easier difficulty and for the more intense players, the difficulty without the saving option and harder enemies or something I dunno. Enemies will stalk you until you are dead, because they can't stall yet again
I CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER! THERE IS NO DAUGHTER YOUR GONNA BLOW UP D: that's how I felt multiple times, when I looked at the map, she doesn't even live here the evidence proposes, maybe she's safe somewhere? I don't know, but I sure do know I have looked in every building and every icon is even checked off, I'm scared D: xD
uhh... I didn't even get max everything, and I could keep him going up and up and up, forever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and I got 8 billion points because I got bored with keeping him flying up.. lol