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I liked this game... when it worked. Now all that happens is the swords hit the screen for the Armor Game's logo. Then nothing. What's the deal?
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Extra tip 1: You have decoys, they have decoys too - those small irritating things flying around... I think those are decoys since they don't seem to do much (any) damage. I just ignored them and it is a big help. Extra tip 2: Some ships are more powerful so take them out first. Extra tip 3: Some shoot big bullets - you can take out those so that you won't get the damage but try to quickly clear them to get to the source - the ships themselves. Extra tip 4: Remember to remember both turrets each break. Extra tip 5: Put the dual gun in the top left slot because it is out of range for most enemy ships and thus most safe. Have fun!
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Suggestion for those having trouble completing the campaign for the card: Use just ONE dual gun because none of the rest can match its speed. Thereafter when you can afford, you can buy a heath turret. That is ALL. Do NOT buy anything else. The money is "wasted" in this sense but who cares? You don't need it and you just want the card. When you lvl, spend the points you get on increasing firing rate and buff %. That is ALL. I made a mistake the first time by experimenting with most of the turrets - if you just want to explore, that's fine. Otherwise if you just want to get the badge, the above was how I managed it.
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A while ago, I said the original version was better than this. Now, I say this game stinks on ice, forget the card and the badges
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first campaign was incredibly fun.
second campaign rolls around and a swarm of those annoying tiny shits start flying around, and the game just stops being fun. i tried to get past that level for about 30 minutes and couldn't do it.
shame. 3.
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5/5.
Graphics = epic. I'm also v. impressed with the amount of crap you can get onscreen before slowdown
Audio = the music never gets annoying, and the sound effects are cool
Animation = everything blows up very nicely. Feels solid!
Design = while I sometimes feel limited in the ways I can build my base (shields are NECESSARY, some guns are useless) there's a lot of customizalbility here.
Gameplay = Controls are smooth and extremely responsive! I got a little tired of having to charge up the heavy cannon's shots but that's the price you pay for asskicking.
My winning strat was Heavy cannon in front, shield in back, damage booster in middle/bottom, and decoys. Shield the heavy cannon. Max out damage boost, HC damage, and shield bonus. Give decoys guns as soon as possible. After campaign 2 I never purchased a machine gun and always had 10-20k+ cash lying around at the end of a campaign.
Radio plasmids are practically useless, does anyone use those? v_V
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I was in the "Man, I played this game before, it's not that good" camp when I came back in for the card, but after getting stuck playing it for a while, I remembered why it's a favorite. Addictive, if nothing else, but I'm a sucker for "defense your arse" games like this.
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so many waves and i hate that the other cannons do nothing and its all just you. i would never play this if it wasnt for the card
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How can I get those decoy drones a gun? And there is coming only 1 of them per level... This game is bugging, unlike the older version.
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1st 2 missions I did with Dual machine gun + 2 snipers + 1 other. 3rd mission I did with Dual Machine, Shield, Sniper, upgraded damage on Dual Machine, then bought Damage Boost. After that it was easy!
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How weird. I got to a level with this big thing with a shield. I have only a machine gun, and it has no guns at all. Firing into the shield deals it 0 damage. it doesn't turn, it doesn't fight, it just sits there at a stalemate with neither of us able to do anything at all to the other.
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I had all of these campaigns completed beforehand, will it work for the card/badges or do I have to do the whole thing over?
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ok, check that...I can restart at the level that I'm on & not lose the 20 minutes. Crisis averted....and I'll retract that rating adjustment.
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Hmmm...I only have a machine gun and there's this bad guy with a shield. I basically have to forfeit and restart an *entire* campaign. *Not fair, not fun*. Boo! I'll give you credit for being sneaky and making us think though. Wish I could restart where I'm at and not lose 20+ minutes of effort. That blows, and I'm adjusting my rating accordingly.
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Double Machine Gun every level. On levels where you can afford to start w/ more than one turret, buy just the Double Mac and Sheild. Shield your Double Mac until it can afford its first damage upgrade, then buy a buff, then get a missile turret which is needed to kill the big shield ships. Game = Done. Easy does it.
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Really kakashi... Then why does it say "Deluxe! For just $5 you can get yourself..." and the fact that about half of the game's content is deluxe content? Learn punctuation.
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GUys Stop Complaing -.- Its simple. Sure you have to use the Machine Gun mostly at first but thats ok. Machine Gun at top. BAsic Gun Right Below. Damage Increase at back bottem and a sniper rifle in the bottem right
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I got the card. I don't hate it now as much as I did earlier. Upgrade your turrets; it's the only way to survive. I used the twin turret the entire way through the campaign. Used the sniper rifle about 7 times in the campaign, not sure if it was worth the $ for me...
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Got the card and a couple of badges on first try.
On Ocean guard have a double machine gun at the bottom left and have a heavy cannon in front of it soaking up most of the damage. Upgrade the cannon with health and buy another to keep in stock. When wave ends switch between two heavy cannons so you don't have to repair it.
For the other two posts I had a sniper which can be fired off occasionally when it's reloaded and a decoy at the top. Probably better combinations but it worked without much trouble.
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Er. The Kongregate Challenge badge is hardly "medium." I tried my one dual machine gun strategy first, and I died within 1:23. However, I had 63% accuracy, which gave me an accuracy bonus of 12600 points. That scored the badge. Super easy, more like.
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I like the game a lot, but it seems odd that the turrets you aren't actively controlling don't auto-fire, however bad the AI's aim would be.
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I played this game when it came out and beat it all :P haha ^_^ so i got it out easy. The Ocean guard is probably the hardest level... i had to use double machine gun + sniper just to stay alive. But after that, shield generater + double machine gun will insure you'll never die. There is one part in a mission but im too lazy :P.
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Not very good at all. Graphics are fine, but the randomization stinks something awful. The first time around I had about 3 big boats on screen at once and 10 of the little metal cannons shooting at me. The second time around I had 3 big boats TOTAL, and about that many bad cannons. I can't think of any reason why I should by this, since my money could be easily spent somewhere else.
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if you have a good strategy, the game can be pretty fun. it does get old kinda quickly though, and can be pretty frustrating. i got the card, so im probably done with it, but it was fun while it lasted =P