was going to rate 4 because the good ending is only possible if you get everything perfect, but seeing the black wizard get thumped the same way you did nets you that last star.
It pains me to see that the sequel of a fun game has nearly no gameplay improvement, and hardly any new content. The blood heal system is gone, so now we have wasted and more random heals, and the special arrow effects are gone as well. There are only about one third of the achievements still here, and the fourth tier spells and one third of the stages are behind an unnecessary pay wall that you cant even get through on this site. Whats the point of that? The damage all being dealt in ranges is also annoying. Its fine on the spells, but the arrows at least should have consistent damage.
That said, the rank 3 effects were a nice touch, as was arrow puncture and the level star descriptions being in level. The graphics also have a definite upgrade. I really wish more of the suggestions from the first game comments had been followed, because there were some really easy improvements there, such as (one of my favorites) graphical changes with upgrades.
I love how you can get screwed by "power ups" because they are still weak to the same balloons as their normal counterparts. From what I can tell, they don't benefit from research either. A couple, like the monkey mage, cant even deal with normal bloons if they are shielded; it just doesn't have the dps. I don't want to have to dodge certain power ups because they are useless!
good thing i already have shiny companion, because i cant complete this game. if so many people cant get the game to work, it shouldnt be badge of the day.
there needs to be another way to kill darkin other than when you unlock a teleporter. for completion purposes, and so that you are able to kill the ones in more punnishing positions if you mess up getting to them
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