Awesome game: The mouse controls are great. I must say that to me, Touhou player, this game is very easy even on frantic difficulty - but i understand very well that for normal people this is very hard!
*because i have the full version and i played it a lot so i have great skills.
Fix'd because after re-reading my previous post, it didn't make much sense.
Lol, i remember when i first discovered this game 2M seemed very hard... now i can get it without even wanting to, because i have the full version :D and 3M scored without any problems ^_^
1) Lvl 9 glitch is either not fixed, or there is new glitch - you have to use first gun.
2) Level codes DO interfere with this badge, but only on lvl 9.
225 OMG WOOT YES after many months of playing few games a week, i finally got it! 9/15 balls reached, 9 balls is called "terribly hard", i wonder what 10+ are called?
Mystrion: Nice strategy! (almost same as mine, lol) I used Inferno + E.M.P. instead of The Exploder, because paralysing tanks is a very good thing when attacked by multiple tanks at once. The Exploder's description is unclear if it gives additional damage or just damages area. If it just damaged area, then it would be less useful, as tanks are away from each other 65% of the time. However, if it adds damage, then it's probably better, even though Inferno adds damage too.
You must be either doing something wrong, or your reactions are too slow. With correct updates, general mode is pretty easy. I have played only 2 games in my life: easiest mode for first badge and knowledge about upgrades, and months later general, which i beat on first try. You just have to save after every level AND BEFORE BUYING UPGRADES, because you can accidentally buy something else than you wanted.
Also, boss levels are easy - just kill everyone except boss and wait for timeout (they have too high hp to be killed in time anyway on general mode).
Only the lvl 50 boss has to be killed, but that's not hard, just annoying because it takes like 5 minutes >:(
Tip: if you aren't skilled enough to survive General mode, try surviving first 15 waves and then buy Antimatter shield and just hold space/mouse button. Running out of time = autowin. That will take long time though. I'm currently doing it using normal strategy (= i try to not use antimatter shield except in dangerous situations)
3,925,285.2, 6 gold bullets left, body mine left, 40 nukes left, still need 100 goombas achiev and 5 hours achiev. When i get them, i could probably get 10M+ with luck. STUPID SPIKES
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