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It doesn't really matter what you do with your genome, as long as you're just a little fast with the mouse the "enemy" just can't keep up.
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@Tomatoman The first 5 seconds mater most. Just capture as many nodes as fast as possible since taking nuetral nodes doesn't cost anything. Having a good mouse helps here.
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jack of all trades syndrome = L1: jacK; L2: leeB, lovE, defE; L3: cooK, fasT; L4: incR, speD; L5: xdyA, aglE; L6: strH, desT, musL, agiY, repN, (optional mage, yell); L7: aflP, athL. made it while trying to gain max net stats, gives +6 all
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Full Speed, Strength and Reproduction with 750 to spare (in this order): hypR, runR, theF, jacK, leeB, homE, cooK, repN, micE, athL, aflP
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This is pretty easy, I just focused on reproduction and tried to balance out other stats (ended with max reproduction and lots of agility) I beat the game like nothing, just move your cells fast and try to control most of the cells, then you win
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Unlike some people... I found speed extremely useful when balanced with reproduction. With both maxed you can almost spam surges that get places super fast, and you end up taking key points so fast that the AI has no real chance to respond. Strength and defense are nice, but I found that moderation there, and max of speed and reproduction was better, faster, deadlier.
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It's actually possible to win the game with any two stats maxed out, You just need a small adjustment in your play style for each.
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Turns out that maxing out Defense and Reproduction is EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE if you use the Reproduction enhancement to outnumber the other viruses by sheer number, while you let the defense do it's work.
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i maxed out strength defese and reproduction and destroyed everything in my path, red cells are amazing :D and only use yellow, more room for awesomeness
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I really enjoyed the game and I hope to see a third. It should probably have difficulty settings as I felt later levels didn't give me the challenge the earlier ones did, even with out the buffed genome. Sorta like instead of getting more difficult, it got easier. Otherwise, very good game!
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I know this is an old game and it's been years since I first beat it, but I just noticed something while playing back through that I thought was interesting. Strength nodes reinforcing my other nodes doubled the number of virus' sent...this could then be sent back to the strength node and repeated indefinitely for near instant infinite virus'...
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i found this game EXTREMLY hard, completed it, and then realized i could upgrade my thingys xD 100000000000000000000000000000000000000/5
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You can erase your game status by deleting the folder "phage-wars-2-4013.swf" which is located somewhere on your drive C:. Simply search for "phage" on C:\. If you dont find it, retry with Administrator rights.
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To anyone having any issues with this game, all you need to do is be as aggressive as possible, put in all new genes at the beginning and than start focusing Str/Rep/Spd later in the game (you can trade Spd with Def if you want to, Karthwine provides a great example of it).
Also make sure to target the special cells first, x2 Reproduction is EXTREMELY useful.
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After repeating several experiments to get multiple of the same type of gene, I came out with 8-9-9-8-7. Well... I got bored.
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Here's an idea for a sequel: We create another virus to counter that virus, which could be considered a cure I guess.
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spam speed, move out quickly to have more cells which means more reproduction in general then just take back any cells which are attacked as soon as possible to maintain your advantage.
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booM, layZ, micE, desT, defE, incR, strH, xdyA, musL, walL, irnC, and you get max strength, defence, and reproduction, plus theres enough space left over you can use all or any of the three colorants. XD hope this helps.
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I think around after the photophobic round, using all the stats it gave me, was able to fly through the following rounds without needing/using any further upgrades.
Game was a bit easy, but I always love these.
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Also, mechanics are very important. In the begging you will want to capture as many cells as possible and pay attention to what each cell does. 2x reproduction cells are very important and help keep you ahead of your opponents. If you take over a Bacterial cell it gives 2x strength and you will want to transfer viruses from other cells to it and use it for all your attacks
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fun game 5/5 Hardest level is the first few when your learning how to play. After that its super easy especially with the rep/def/str upgrades. People say this game is easy, I didint mind until I beat the 50% half of the game in less than a minute and the last 25% of the game in less than 30 seconds lol. I say the biggest issue is that the AI makes it really easy to get the special (x2 spd, def, rep, str) cells. Still a fun game (:
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Easy way to win is to get high strength, def, and reproduction, the enemy won't be able to out grow you and won't be able to take over your cells, and in the last levels you use speed cells so it don't matter what your speed is.
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Strength, Defense, and Reproduction. Then just spread to every cell on the screen right at the start and reinforce anything being attacked. If this initial burst doesn't win it, just attack anything still being controlled with everything nearby.
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Good game but unfortunately it gets easier as you progress instead of harder. Max reproduction and the rest really doesn't matter much.