Hard badge tips:
(1) Once you get Bullet Storm, start saving cash, then buy Shock and Awe.
(2) Shock and Awe can push bosses out of the arena so they can't shoot and you can finish them later, after minions are cleared.
(3) Laptop players: if the game lags too much - go to in-game settings and decrease quality - "Efficiency Mode".
(4) Aim Bullet Storm's special at the center of larger enemies for heavy damage / insta kills.
(5) You can switch ships during the mission.
The character tends to jump "too far" and there is no feeling of "flow"... like for example in Fancy Pants Adventures games where you can run and just time the jumps correctly.
How to save and load games in hardcore mode: Find files named party1.sol party2.sol party3.sol. Those are saves for your 3 party slots. Location of those files will be different on your system but it will be something like C: \ Users \ YourUserName \ AppData \ Roaming \ Macromedia \ Flash Player \ #SharedObjects \ 7BWSTQAA4 \ chat.kongregate.com \ gamez \ 0000 \ 5407 \ live \ monstersdenk.swf \ party1.sol Copy the saves into some safe place when you want to save, and copy the save file back when you want to load the game. When your party dies the game just deletes its save file. Copy it back and you'll be able to load game. Also, this way you can have more than 3 saves, just store the extra files elsewhere and move them back when needed.
First boss tip: if right clicking does not work, move your mouse over the left rectangle and press the "menu" key on your keyboard (between right Alt and Ctrl), then click the button. It worked for me in Win7/Chrome.
It needs an endless mode where you fight for the record (height and/or money). That would make it replayable like / ESCAPE \ which I played hundreds of times and returned to many times. This one I beat in a few minutes and it's over, I'll probably never play it again. So, this game has a lot of wasted potential because graphics and mechanics are good. The endless mode should always start without money and upgrades (but they could be bought later when paused). And it should be harder. Now there are not enough threats and too powerful upgrades make it all too easy.
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