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the trick is to realise your mercenaries are useless. just buy the upgrades for yourself in both xp and silver. only when you max out yourself then buy mercs. and always save at least 70 chakra for the boss so u can super slash him the moment he appears. i got through all 3 modes like this.
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Oh, I see. The reason my upgrades were disappearing is that, if you lose a province, you lose all the upgrades you bought while playing it. That sucks *hard* because it means that bad upgrade choices early on completely sink you -- you can't grind levels to earn back the money you wasted on stuff you shouldn't have bought (but bought when you didn't really know what you needed). Instead, you just get stuck in a position where your party isn't good enough to win the later levels and your only option is to completely restart the game. I'm sorry but that's seriously shitty game design. Come on, Nerdook. You can do better than this.
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Expert tracker is a waste of 75 gold. If you follow the footprints correctly(skip three spaces out in front of it), then you can get very good click yields without it. Also, the footprints always turn towards the center when they turn, and daimyos never are in blocks with mooks. So, if you are three spaces out and have no footprints, the daimyo must have turned towards the center, and there are only two spaces he could have turned on. Pick the one closer to the center(checks for turns on the other line) and continue tracking.
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I've bought Regeneration at least once and Mercenary Armour at least twice and they keep disappearing, despite being 'permanent upgrades'. WTF?
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btw - im not good at most flashgames - but still i found rhis very easy, but sometimes to random to find a boss -> 9/10 -> 4/5
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found a bug: i ran out of clicks -> i bought "time" two times for getting a total of 2 additional clicks -> it said i had two more clicks, but i could not click anything, where i have been before. bad for me: the only clickable option was defeating the last boss, so i can't say if it is even buggy after joining a fight. nice game though ;)
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You know what's great about this game? Restarting it over and over and OVER again until you find the right combination of upgrades. =/
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Tips for upgrades and exp usage: Companions are mainly for catching arrows and distracting mooks, so unlock them, but don't waste exp on their stats unless you have spare points (getting merc armor for them is an option if you have tons of silve, but there are higher priorities). Your important unit is the samurai. For samurai: stat priorities in order: health, damage, attack speed. Most important upgrades are Expert Tracker to maximize click yields and Multi Strike to kill multiple enemies with each attack. Then focus on battle upgrades like bamboo armor, focus: slash, focus: chakra, daimyo hunter, souldrinker. Even with careful planning you probably won't have silver for much more than that, but it's enough to see you through normal and large parts of hard without getting beaten.
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Idk if it is just me that this is happening to...but every once and a while the skills that i buy disappear and i have to re-buy them.
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Tips for tracking down the Daimyo: Buy the expert tracker skill early, it saves a lot of clicks, which means you can choose between turning leftover clicks into exp or silver. Leftover clicks after beating a Daimyo are converted to exp, but uncovering mountains and beating mooks in the field yields better silver returns. If you find the boss early, you can prepare for the fight and the choice between more exp or silver is yours. TRACKING: Footprints don't always point in the direction of the boss, they show his "path". With expert tracker, you can see footprints in neighboring tiles. Once you found footprints, click a few tiles ahead in the same direction. You'll either uncover more tracks in that direction or you'll find the turns the daimyo took. When you click a tile and uncover footprints, but there are no turns or new prints in the direction they point to, the Daimyo is on that "empty" tile.
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the game is honestly annoying, i get you wanted it hard but the fact there's so many upgrades you can get but only a few will actually help you win makes the rest kinda worthless what is really needed is a small amount of exp and silver kept even during losses, even if its 10% of what you earned it at least gives you the option to grind out a bit.
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How I beat the game: bought the 4 companions as soon as I could, with the spare xp I bought health for the samurai. Once I had all 4, I started buffing damage and attack speed of the samurai. Buy the Chakra upgrade, that's a must, and also get yourself the ultimate strike thingie upgrade, then try to save it till last battle (you will obviously have spare energy since it only costs 70, so upgrade and spam your dagger throw). Basically, buff up your samurai after getting the 3 companions, and try to play on survivability.
ANother excellent game by Nerdook, 5/5. :D
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Best way to clear everything on normal:
start in the provence most to the east, and work your way to the west. Keep as many clicks in each provence as possible, preferebly around 10. Don't get yourself a buddy, except the Brute. He is the only one that is able to survive.
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I have finished most of the games on this site, but the freaking 15 point badge is eluding me. "Generally, any (permanent) upgrades will let you win."
Not in my experience: I have tried both buying the low end upgrades and saving up for the high end upgrades. I try to fight the mooks as they come and save heals for later in the round. I'm still just not able to win the next to last battle reliably and the last battle still hasn't happened.
I'm sure there *is* a combo that works, but I sure haven't found it.
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normal mode: "ok its a bit challenging
hardcore mode: "dude this is tough, gotta get serious"
nightmare mode: (RAGE QUIT)
well actually i was delighted by the game and have also been waiting for a long time for another NERDOOK game so it was awesome but nonetheless i have to agree with the others that this game is a bit too difficult
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comparison to mine sweeper is a bit off, but overall a very fun game. I thought it sucked at first because of that and then started to understand what needed to be done in this game...
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I would like to see that once you buy your upgrade you get to keep it whether you die or not. I think its crucial to the upgrade system.
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nerdook - it's out! enjoy the game. :D
DEVELOPER RESPONSE FROM NERDOOK - this is me, replying to myself on a comment I made!
loooooooool
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My tips - buy friends, for sure. For upgrades, get upgrades that bulk up your friends (+50 health between battles, +75 health permanent). Buy upgrade that increases kill meter. Buy upgrade that increases health of shadow clone.
Then, on later levels, kill mooks until you have at least 75 in your kill meter, then attack the daimyo (doesn't really matter how much health you have left, though if you have less than 250 or so, you may have a challenge). Immediately summon a shadow clone, then a second when you have enough. That should do it - if you have leftover points in your meter, you can use for revival (if necessary) or the first attack.
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Just completed this game on "Normal" and gained One Star from the game. Went to continue playing the game (to earn a Second Star) and, lo and behold, all of my upgrades anbd progress were gone! What a shame.
As for the game, itself, I'd give it a 4/5. Good game!
BDJ
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4/5 A wonderful game but it was a little short mainly due to the lack of grind-ability. I would love to grind myself to Rurouni Kenshin level epicness rather than try and figure out which abilities compliment my play style. I understand why it was designed this way, but nevertheless it ruins the experience for me a little.