Upgrade fuel tanks and hull strength the most, choose depending on your last run. If you lost because you ran out of fuel, choose the former and vice versa. But if you do not have enough money sometimes to buy fuel tanks, buy drill strength instead. Once you reach the area where rocks start coming, you should get some steering wheel upgrades, and as soon as you go to the ruby areas buy a small bunch of radar power upgrades. Buy nitro boosts if your pressure is quite a bit extra when you lost. Do not try to buy anything unnecessary for the time being if you have extra money. Get mech mole as soon as possible as well as its upgrades. In the runs, just try to get as many riches as possible and try to go down. Once you get the 'And Beyond' award, try to get the Connoisseur award by going to the area where the final music just starts and go right (advisable to change controls to inverse when moving right) and get those diamonds. Once you do that, get the preceding award and so on.
4/5 stars. The top comments explain clearly why this should be 5 stars, but I give 4 stars because the controls feel a tad too slippery, and more content could be added to make this game more interesting and fun. Still, this is a really great game!
3/5. I like the concept and all, but there are 2 problems.
1. It is ridiculous how many buccaneers attack you during the send package mission, and takes the fun out of the game.
2. The real problem. There are 2 bugs, 1 is where we are about to reach the destination but then it turns to a trip to the moon, meaning that the trip will take literally forever. This happened only once, but the other bug is much more frequent. When you are about to start combat, it just kind of freezes there. You can scroll down that log in the bottom, but nothing else.
Please fix these problems!
4/5 stars and favourited. -1 star because after some levels the game started being slightly redundant and lacked some creativity. Nevertheless the creativity put into the types of towers and skills as well as enemies alone almost make up 4 stars.
So I was reading the journal pages, and a part of the last one shocked me:
"Luckily I made copies of everything just a few days ago"
William.. you friggin basta-
You might remember me as the person who wished for a map in the old game. Well, if you did not put the map on this game, my rating would be 9/10. But since you did, 10/10 for you! I love this game. :)
Whatever we cannot upgrade should have some sort of mark on it, or should be darkened. I have spent too much time wondering what is left to buy and if I can afford what I want beforehand.
Virus. Cuba, Greenland, Madagascar, or New Zealand. Buy Sneezing, Coughing. If Madagascar, buy Vomiting. Buy Moisture1, Heat1, Cold1. Sell Sweating. When non-starter region @4K infected, sell Vomiting; @8K, sell Coughing; @30K sell Sneezing. Wait for all infected. Buy in order: Drug4, Coughing, Hemorrhaging, Pulmonary Edema, Diarrhea, Kidney Failure, Hypersensitivity, Fever, Fatigue. Full details @ http://www.kongregate.com/forums/3/topics/34897
Full credit to solprovider! None of this is mine.
4/5. Everything is great with this game except for a few problems:
1. No minimap, as suggested by tdogg
2. Premium content. I am fine with the equipment, but the map with a lot of enemy kingdoms would have made this game a killer. Only that nobody knows how to get premium content. This is the main reason for the lost star.
3. Getting equipment. The fact that you have to depend on luck to get a full equipment set is annoying, but the ridiculous thing is that you actually have to lose 500 coins for imported items.
4. The fact that the developer is never going to listen to these comments and improve the game or give a highly-requested sequel.
When the game switches when you are at the edge of the jumping one, or about to barely escape the obstacle in the flying one, OR when the spike is nearly inside the circle by the skin of your teeth... very funny game...
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