I am a huge critic of games like this. When I began the game, I thought hmmm, many buttons. But after the tutorial and noob island I cannot put this game away. Very well set up, and good humor along the way. It is very clear that a lot of effort and thought has gone into this game. I do not give out 5's easily, but this game clearly deserves it. Absolutely beautiful game.
I think the real challenge to this game is to choose evolutions that don't help your health at all. Try killing santa that way. Much harder. Also alot more fun :)
I have been reading the negative scored comments, but one I have noticed has a good point. The auto-loot function. Or if not that, then a message pop up saying "You are throwing away loot, are you sure?" I am a big fan of your games, but its taxing to have to click the loot after you win the battle and open a chest. Out of the entire game, accidentally throwing away great loot is the only thing I dont like.
Showing the win/loss scores for your own family after it has been uploaded would be great. Meaning, if you have been challenged and the outcomes of said battles.
Having both Maya and Kane has allowed me to make this game way too easy. The enemy can never too more than 15-30 damage at one time. Even ramping up the difficulty doesn't do much other than make the fight longer.
Please let us be able to choose the level up stats and skills of out party members too. Having a warrior that doesn't do any damage is really useless. Andras doesn't put enough stats into strength so he cant event use the items that are dropped.
Story and progression is good, but the "time" had very little meaning and once you get all the upgrade gold had almost no value to the game. I think I had 500k by the time I got to the bug dude. All things considering, great game 4/5. Only reason for the 4, is because there isn't any continue to play (or play again) value.
I have gotten to -14, -13, -12, -16 only for the last level or the second to last level to completely wig out and suddenly be extremely hard. I really hate this game.
AcidFlux: Yes this game is based on luck. Especially the later levels. If you get all numbers you dont need, there goes your 3 stars. I got -15 all the way to the final 6/6 hole, then the game fked me over with absolutely nothing for 10ish cards. The game is luck based. There are many ways to enhance your luck, by planning ahead, many steps. But in the end, it depends on the luck of the draw.
There isn't much value to winning, especially since there are infinite lives. The ending was just disheartening. I think the only thing i got of value from this game were the badges.