Another thing I just found out there's no revive protection so if a bunch of wraiths kill you it's gg cause they won't get far enough away before you revive to not insta gib you again. Really earned a 2/5.
The hit detection on the third boss is incredibly terrible. The aoe hits you when you're no where near it and effect isn't even touching your character.
Don't get hit A+ perfect rating. Get touched by one bullet from the first enemy fired while he's somehow immune to my attacks, C rating. Honestly don't get why enemies sometimes are immune to multiple attacks and sometimes not and this is the first wave of the game.
Decided to play again. The one challenge level is only hard because your tower cannot hit anything once it's halfway to your tower. You don't have the money to raise it at the start either. It's pure frustration.
Feels like I need double my damage throughout the entire game. Even when I have rapid spread some enemies in the 2nd sector take way too long to kill even with 70% double damage and 3 drones that give more damage.
Winning and losing is directly tied to how many spiders you get near to each other. The only difference between a win on a level and losing is getting 5 spiders in a row with enemies to block any attempts to hit the eggs.
Fair warning the 2nd weapon pick DO NOT PICK THE BOMB LAUNCHER. It's beyond awful and can't hit most ships before they start firing. Wish I could get my railgun back even if it did reduced damage because bomb launcher is awful damage and huge travel time.
Mission 19 is the hardest mission in the game even after unlocking everything. The balance on that mission is so wonky in that you need strong anti-air to kill the air units in time, but also strong ground to eventually stop the shielded enemies on 30+
As good as this game is there's some massive oversights. Why do you keep the same health between levels even if you switch difficulty? Why do you need to use the mouse to skip cutscenes? Why does the robot boss get essentially free hits because the treads knock you into the melee? Why can't you remap keys so block isn't an awful button? Why do you gate weapon upgrades with difficulty? Why does the crounching punch have basically no hitstun when it's 9/10 the move you use after mashing punch for fury?
Game froze when I talked to Grandma in the morning and game won't load save file. Not in a rush to play if there's issues with the first 2 minutes of game.
For people having trouble with getting diamond my tip for you is put skeleton, if at all, furthest in the back. On diamond killing enemies before they reach skeletons is how you win. Skeletons only purpose is the few second pause it takes for enemies to move into position to attack them as they require just too much gold to make them work on diamond. Instead go for 2-4 arrow and magic towers.
In addition try to group all the towers near to each other so they can stack their attacks together. Also be careful about getting ice towers early as they only really shine with 2-3 points into the stun.