I don't hate the game because it's hard, I hate it because when you need to eat something and you're building your web, you should be allowed to finish the strand you're on and go eat instead, and vice versa. Apart from that, it's an original game, with enemies that require strategies to work around. 4/5
The Blues Clues theory: The green guy is Steve, and you are a Steve from an alternate universe that is more athletic, and has cloaking technology, which believes that only the smartest Steves can be allowed to survive (Nazi Steve, if you will). Steve knows you're coming to get him, so he hires security, and hides in an art gallery for a quick escape route. (The guards aren't looking at walls, they're looking at pictures!) You teleport in from the pictures and kill Steve while he's doing that ridiculous dance to try and escape. If the guards see the body, they'll try to find you, but there are a million escape routes so they won't bother after some time. This game follows Nazi Steve as he tries to kill the Steves he deems unfit to live.
For those who are finding this difficult: The trick is to not get low on ammo. The best way of doing this is to kill two enemies with one shot, which will more or less guarantee you'll get all your ammo back. So don't shoot randomly! Walk until you're in a position where you can shoot two enemies at once. Try focusing your cursor on a slow(er) enemy, and then walking until your shot aligns with another enemy. All the levels have some sort of slow enemy, and it is possible to complete the game with 200+% accuracy. Even in the later levels, the enemies that kill you are slow, which means you usually have ample time to get another enemy into the shot. Just think about what you are shooting at, and you will get the hard badge on the first try. + so others can see
Some levels make pixel-perfect jumping mandatory, and the hitboxes for spikes and sawblades are larger than they should be. That is combined with the fact that jumping is hard to control, especially in levels that require accurate jumps. That shouldn't be part of a game that needs all these things. 3/5 for graphics and voices alone.
Chapter 2 intro: That beaver definitely does NOT look like it's going to pick up that mushroom. Especially when his back is facing me. AND ESPECIALLY when the mushroom is right beside him! I REALLY hope he's not doing what I think he's doing...
The menu music is so amazing it will give you anything from goosebumps to making you vomit on the floor. So, if you're new, this is one of the few games where headphones are NOT recommended.
Army mentality: Holy crap, the leader of our batallion was killed! And we can't run through this battlefield or anything, because we're obviously not competent soldiers! I mean, that was obviously not the reason why we were put into prisons or anything!
I have to say, people have *got* to stop voting 5/5 on everything they see. Liking a game when they get started is one thing, but after playing a while games tend to change, and whether that is for the better or the worse is what players really should be judging.
To get all badges you'll need to spam manapool (M key) during waves to increase your score (and level) faster. As you level up, top out all mana upgrades and keep them that way. Then prioritize gem cost and building cost. Put what's left in gems and mastery (spend more in higher-grade gems and pure mastery) but invest all gem/mastery points in high-grade gems once you get them (put the remainder in pure mastery and lower-grade gems, but place those points in high-grade as well when you get enough points to do so). Use high-grade gems to max out every level you see. Finally, master pure mastery, then dual, then the rest. By then you'll be maxing out most stages first run through, dying only in later stages. NOTE - Manapool will be essential for completing later stages, but if used at the wrong time, it may even kill you, so be wary when buying (to stay safe, have 2-3K extra mana in waves 25+ when expecting enemies to make it to the hut and 15K near epic bosses). + this so others can see
Prepare for the first in a long, long, LONG line of games ending in -eria, which all pretty much involve cooking, except let's face it, you're going to play them anyway, because badges.
The famous Sonny glitch: On the first tutorial mission, skip your turn (click on the ! with the blue ring around it near the bottom of the screen) until you die. Then when you respawn, the screen will look like it's glitching out. Click on the brown "World Map" icon, click on the rightmost location, click on the red "Next Battle" button and skip your turn again. You'll get all four badges. + this so everyone can see.
Villager: "Oh, exalted leader! Thanks to your divine power of terraforming, we have a giant village full of several houses!" Leader: "Right, destroy the village, we're building a castle instead."
Some people couldn't figure out how to get to the final boss, so thought I'd share. To get to the final boss, you need to complete all seven tracks. The first four are completed by staying on the right side of the screen 0, 1, 2 and 3 times. The other three tracks are completed by using the "other" exit on the left side of the screen 1, 2 and 3 times. Then you'll get to access the final boss. Stay on the left side of the screen to get turbo, and drive to the side of the weak points before jumping on them. When the final middle point opens up, turbo near the middle to get momentum, then drive into the middle section and jump in. The boss will die and you'll get the hard badge. Like this if it helped. :)
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