Some tooltips would have been nice, but once you get the hang of it, it seems there is only one tactical approach that pays off.
The key units are 4 of the strongest melee units in the front column and lots of Monks in the back. The 10% attack buffs of the monks stack and the shield duration increases with the number of monks.
One of each unit for their special and the rest filled up with archer type units. They are cheapest to upgrade and their special ability is strong.
Start each round with the shield and your units will finish the first row without taking damage.
This game starts off really nice. Beautiful graphics, bearable soundtrack, good pace. Solid five star material.
But when you approach the end, it really lacks things.
When the going gets tough, a good game invites the player to experiment with the tactics. This is not possible here, the units are too expensive and income is too low to venture far. An easy remedy would be the possibility to sell units for the value they were bought.
There is no grinding. Played levels disappear. When you get stuck on the last of a set of levels, you can only play that one until you have the cash to advance.
The game feels nice and smooth. Once you mastered the gameplay, new units are added and you can work on strategies. But the dialogues are a bit tedious and level 15 feels like running into a wall. The difficulty suddenly jumps up beyond expectation.
I like the concept and the gameplay. However, i have a few issues.
The game is not challenging enough, apart from the challenge mode.
More ranged thumbs would be cool.
The use of the mines and dynamite would work a lot more fluent with hotkeys instead of drag&drop.
Music would be nice, as well as a few more sound effects
And the glitch with the spacebar needs to be fixed.
can you let the z key have a similar effect than the y key?
with a non english keyboard layout your hand starts to cramp when attempting to use y x and c on jumps.
really well made. upgrading and flying are fun, the level's well designed and it doesn't get boring. Only game in this genre i played through more than once.
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