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This game has a really random aspect to it.
On hard difficulty level, by the time I get a turret to level 3 it basically taking all the fire and it's almost destroyed.
I do like the balance between research and weapon developement..
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Yesterday, I discovered a bug where if you finish Easy then Normal, when you go to Hard it doesn't provide you with any aliens so there's no endgame. I figured it'd be interesting to see how many pop and money you get if you have all Econ built and upgraded to lvl. 2.
Interesting, Population caps at 8003B
Currently have 58,800,000 B dollars. Yay!
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Very nice game, my only complaint is that the difficulties are only different in the very beginning, after you get 4 or so fully upgraded missile launchers, it all becomes easy.
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Cowfoot's guide is good in that protecting the population is a big part of the strategy, however, its not the most efficient. To improve your chances, instead of starting out with 5 ions with 5 bunkers behind them, try instead 5 ions with 3 bunkers. Each ion placed with one space between them. Place a bunker between the ions on the side and a bunker behind the center one. This'll save you 100B and give you the same protection.
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To the people citing Crowfoot's "excelent" guide. It is no more likely to suceed as any other method. I've tried it several times and it certainly isn't going to work even 1/2 the time.
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Excellent game, after 3 solid nights of playing this, I finally beat Armageddon. This may be one of the best games I have played. I really look forward to Badges and Planet Defender 2.
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Played easy and normal. After normal I tried hard. Got into the game, placed a bunker and a ion gun but no enemies come. Built out all econ centers and upgraded to lvl. 2. Already at 5b+ population and 30,000B dollars. Gonna leave it overnight and see how high it goes :-)
MD
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really good game. well balanced and aesthetically pleasing. if you make a sequel (which you totally should) maybe add more defense weapons, a vaster array of enemies, the ability to choose a target to focus on, and some other stuff to make the game more in depth and longer. 5/5
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Awesome game, thoroughly enjoy it. The graphics are awesome, the music and sound effects are excellent. The gameplay was very satisfying. Already looking forward to a larger, more complex sequel.
A tally of "total dollars earned," "total population grown and/or lost," and tallies of various numbers / sizes of ships destroyed would make for a nice addition in a sequel.
It would be nice to be able to direct weapons to focus on capital ships or non-cap ships.
Much of the strat for beating hard (for me at least) early on involved "juggling" aggro between cannons. I'm not a big fan of this kind of required strat... but that's just me.
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In case you have trouble finding Crowflights AWESOME strat
Crowflight: Level 18 May. 07, 2008
Apocalypse strategy - Start by building 5 Ion Cannon on top row with bunker behind each one. Upgrade 3 Ion Cannon to level 2. Research Economics and build one Economic center. Upgrade 1 Ion Cannon to level 3. Upgrade Economic Center to level 2. Alternate between upgrading the remaining Ion Cannons to level 3 and building and upgrading another Economic center. When you have 3 level 3 Ion Cannon research Nuclear and alternate between building missile complex and economic centers. (Always upgrade fully before starting a new building). When you have 4 or 5 fully upgraded missile complexes you should have a decent enough income to research missile defense and planet shield. Upgrade everything to max. Sell off the economic centers and build more defenses. Tip: Always have a bunker next to (not diagonally) your defensive buildings to give full protection to your population.
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Needs a badge for Apocalypse mode.
Good game otherwise. I really enjoyed it. I would like a sequel with a much broader and non-linear research tree. Maybe they could add the option of building bases on other planets as well.
The one negative is the "randomness" of Apocalypse mode. I've won it three times using the same strat. But I've also lost like 20 times using the same strat..... It's pretty random. Sometimes the enemy destroys a tower early on, other times the enemy doesn't. If they do it's GG time. If they don't, you have a good shot of winning.
As for apocalypse strat. I build 3 towers above 1 bunker, upgrade the three towers, then research. Then build 1 industrial complex, then upgrade again. After that it's pretty easy, although like I said, sometimes I just die.
Build lots of nukes ASAP.
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Hey what happend to the menu on appocalypse ?????? it used to be of an other colure ! that gave to it a certain feeling , some more grave thing than on other difficultys .....
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I like the game, it is well made, looks good, and played very smoothly, at least for me. However, on every difficulty except for easy you run into a point in the game where there is nothing left to do, all squares are filled with maxed out buildings and all tech has been researched. I gave the game 3 stars, if there was more to do I would rate it higher.
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Great game - I love TD games and htis is a good variation. How is final score calculated - I thought I did well in normal, but am about 100th lol.
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Fairly good, but plays itself when you are maxed out. I found, although risky, that you can place an ion to the left of the center in the beginning of apocolypse, upgrade it, and place a bunker in the center. When you have enough money, place an ion above the bunker and upgrade it to level 3. The left turret will suffer and nearly die, but will survive and the top turret take most of the damage then all when at 3. Upgrade economics and have 4 level 3 turrets before building economic centers.
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ya crowflights guide was good after you get rid of the econo centers do checkerboard style bunkers with the defense stuff in between and your good
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Crowflight, thank you indeed... Your strategy worked perfectly for me the first time I tried it. Not sure why it worked so much better than what I was doing, but it did. Thank you for preventing me from a migraine headache in frustration.
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Thanks crowflight for the apocalypse tips - apocalypse successfully owned. :) Nice defense game, could use more buildings/upgrades esp. at the end of the game where there's nothing left to do and you have 20,000B. Would love to see a sequel.
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Anyone who says this game is too short has obviously not played apocalypse level. 5 stars. Would love to see a sequel with advancing through multiple worlds.
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Yeah, I just beat apoc. using Crowflight's help too! Wasn't using nearly enough bunkers before, was using roughly the same amount as I did in Hard.
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The interface needs to be better, none of that fading out to show the earth when we move the mouse away, have the shots travel on a layer ABOVE the buildings and show the turret life bars clearly for god's sake. A couple other issues, the turrets don't always make very bright choices, I want them to focus their fire, and to aim at carriers instead of at fighters, but they wont. In one game, a carrier parked all the way at the top of the map and none of my turrets could target it.
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to beat apocolypse, put 1 ion tower on the top of the right corner..lvl it to 2. then put an ion tower on the left corner to distract and absorb damage. then keep leveling the right corner to max then do w/e else and win game
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It's fun. Needs a progress bar, and like other people said..once you start crashing, since the economy is tied to your life you start crashing hard.
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I loved this game. It is a bit different then other defense games. Very difficult too until you can get some missles up. I'd like to see a version where you can send ships after the enemy! Maybe a multiplayer version like that...would be sweet!