Hey Kongregate, can you see this? You need to let us X out the middle banner ad on this page the same way we can the other two. Because that's the one with all the ads that feature web-slowing graphics and unwanted audio (Opdivo and the "Spring Collection" one especially).
There's no challenge -- just time consumption. Straight down to this game's apparent refusal to ever save your progress. The sheer laziness of this game is perfectly summed up by the developers' decision to make the soundtrack nothing but an ambient hum and give it the tag "Good music." I wish I could give this a 0/5.
"Hur, dur, duh, looks like you logged in from another device!" said the game. Said me: "Uh, no, this is the exact same computer, with the exact same Kongregate account." What the god damn f*** is wrong with you TowardsMars?!!
Funny, every time I think you guys do deserve a second chance because you APPEAR to be doing something right that so many other Free-to-play developers are not, the game proceeds to do something utterly FUBAR. "Hey, sorry, we froze up right before you clicked on the Purification and now four of your heroes are dead! That'll be forty premium currency tokens please!" Yeah, screw you. I'm still not giving up completely, but I'll definitely be rescinding that extra star I gave you and avoid the money-paying mechanics as much as possible from now on.
Okay, Lu Muja is dead to me now. I tolerated a lot of small problems with this series, but seeing Lu Muja in person trolling everyone with "Well, have a guess!" sealed it. Screw the desktop game. I already gave you too much of my time -- be damned if you'll be getting my money too.
I'm very sorry, but how am I trolling anyone and when have I said that "in person"? I fail to see what you're so angry about, if you can explain it better I'll do all I can to make up for it. But not 'cause I want your money. I'm just trying to make enjoyable games.
Had to refresh the page at the tutorial right after acquiring the p.i.g. because it suddenly stopped doing anything. Hell of an oversight you're asking me to overlook.
Went to fight the boss, got a message saying it was "out of memory", reloaded and five of my heroes were dead. That's an absolutely EPIC screw-up. Was this your 8th grade comp-sci midterm? And if so, did you flunk out that year?
And just when it seemed like you couldn't possibly be any worse, you decide to blame the connection issues of your servers on the player. If it was possible to receive a 0/5, you would.
To anyone who wants to be done with this game ASAP: Feralheart is your friend. He's cheap enough that you can recruit him with the in-game currency they give you for free at the beginning, and he's an absolute beast. Switch your upgrades to x25, keep your mouse hovered over Feralheart's upgrade button, and be prepared to point and laugh as all the monsters that used to require you to mash your mouse buttons start to fall before you can even click on them once.
The ONLY credit I will give this stupid Clicker Heroes knock-off is that, when you upgrade your party members, this is a game that you can literally just run by itself while you're doing other things. Think about that: The greatest compliment I can give this game is that you don't have to play it. Let me join the chorus of people calling this 1/5 garbage.
To everyone complaining about lag: Enjoy it. I don't have a lag problem, which means I instead have a perfect view of all the ways this game is not just another "pay to win" scam, but one that outright revels in its greed and goes to insane lengths to try to punish any player who attempts to make it to Lv. 15 without paying them. I've lost track of how many times I screamed "F*** YOU!!!" at this game EXCLUSIVELY because some high-leveled enemy just suddenly came right the frig out of nowhere in a level I was replaying just to grind a bit. Screw Ninja Kiwi thrice, first for their unrestrained greed, second for their hatred of everyone not feeding their greed, and finally for the great pride they take in their capacity to deliver upon the other two.
Sorry Kongregate, but the charlatans over here at Ninja Kiwi were wise to the fact that you would put the badge right before the "pay to win" difficulty spike and accounted for it. You have an increased chance of running into "elite" enemies as your level progresses so you can't just grind the old missions. They'll even go as far as to have the ridiculously up-scaled enemy that will take you a long time to kill auto-spawn right back where it first appeared mere seconds after you kill it the first time. Yes, Ninja Kiwi is that devoted to bilking their consumers for money.
One bit of credit I have to give Kongregate: While they are absolutely 100% willing to host these miserable "pay to win" P.O.S. games, they do recognize when it goes from just standard B.S. to full blown "f*** you gimme' yo' money!" horse crap and put the badge right before that point. Yeah, the loader bot? Get bent six ways to Thursday for that Ninja Kiwi!
So far, this entry still contains the absolute best scare in the game. I speak, of course, of the moment with the record player. You can't really do jump-scares or tension in pixels... But dread? That you can do in pixels.
Did you think we would enjoy watching Rae become the very thing he'd made fun of during the first test? Well, sorry, I don't. Just the opposite; I felt like I did all that just to play "We Become What We Behold", another game that clearly assumes the player is a vile P.O.S. (and gets really mad if it turns out you are not). Want to prove me wrong and get me back on your side in time for the next chapters? Have Beth pull a King Solomon and Rae manages to yank his arm out all by himself (which will save you from having to redraw him with just one arm too).
And oh my bloody word, you actually have the bots move in letter formations? That spell out vulgarities? Wow, you are absolute garbage platon skedow. Shame on Kongregate for even allowing you to host your angry monkey turds on their website.
BEST OF 2017 MY ASS!!! This is not a GOOD tactical defense game -- this is a game that started off crap, was deliberately made even more crap, and slapped with the usual "UPGRADE TO PREMIUM!!!" cash grab crap all over it! Shame on Kongregate for even giving this festering turd consideration!
My god, just the load time alone for this thing was maddening. This didn't make Best of 2017 because it's good. This made best of 2017 because it's a "Part 3" and all the people who got fed up by Parts 1 and 2 forgot to eviscerate this one too.
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I'm very sorry, but how am I trolling anyone and when have I said that "in person"? I fail to see what you're so angry about, if you can explain it better I'll do all I can to make up for it. But not 'cause I want your money. I'm just trying to make enjoyable games.