You need to gradually increase the difficulty during survival mode or else a player can go forever. I used Mana increase, Angel, Earthquake (destroys 25% of the top unfinished level), and some damage spells (I chose fireball and blades and didn't even need a 3rd). I got to 2 1/2 hours but my PC blue-screened :(
david, it's based on the size of the cell you're trying to take over. In all neutral cells there is a field called "occupied" - it shows the number of your units that you need to send in order to conquer it. Smaller ones take 3 units. Larger ones can take up to 50 or so.
ugh, this game is ridiculous. way too easy. i had over 25 minutes left and 2.5 million points when i fell asleep at the keyboard. You need to make the clock come out less frequently as the game goes on. Also add more than 4 colors as time goes by to make the game more difficult. 1/5
WTF? I had to go at least 30 laps in order for the game to register that I had completed 10 laps. The Play Again button doesn't work (not that there is any reason to play the game in the first place, let alone suffer through it again). 0/5
the reason why this game is so much easier than Untangle is because each node has a max of 4 connections. Once you start figuring how to place the nodes in groups of 4, it becomes simple
nightmonkey - you need to keep clearing more levels. as you do, you'll get skill pts and you'll unlock more skills. once you're at level 40 you can unlock the "number of high grade starter gems" which lets you start the game with level 6 gems. once you have these, you can easily send wave after wave right away in order to increase your score
javelin still broken; high jump is ridiculous (my guy jumps off the screen); long jump guy can slide out to 16+ meters; hurdles speed has no relation to how fast the arrow is being pressed; 1/5
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