I was SO glad when I finally got 70% completion. Yeah I agree with you all - the game is very slow. An alternate way to gain exp or a fast forward button would be nice to have. But overall, a pretty decent game :)
If you're having trouble with the Gentle Giant badge, all you have to do is use in/out or straight, at right motion or fixed, whatever it is that you're comfortable with. Then, stay in the back and focus on collecting yellows. Once you've collected 100 yellows then move your mouse off screen, but dont click. You wont collect anything, but you also wont be hit by reds while the game is still play. So if you dont get hit you'll pretty much get the badge easily.
The game isnt that challenging, rather kinda gets old easily. I got bored before I even finished the first world. However, the badges and challenge from Kong made it worthy to play :D
Complete all 16 stages on "epic," killing the epic yeti :D The key to the last challenge is to assault with fast and pretty tough units like phantom and were-tiger. Once you get past the big yeti it cant hurt you. Use shield to help get some of your units across to the castle.
For fast and easy money, play the bomb challenge on normal and assault asap. Just sit and watch and you'll get 50k in less then 5 minutes.
An alternative is to play the goblin madness. Killing all those goblins gives you big loot. Just have your units keep on killing them as long as you can then charge the castle when you're ready to spend your loot.
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My internet and computer speed is fine, but this game slows everything stop and sometimes it freezes. Great game, but needs some work. I hope to see improvements in a sequel. :)