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The AI Opponent does not need unlimited specials when players have to operate on a shoe string budget. It doesn't make the game a challenge, it just makes it suck more later on.
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Unspent cash is preserved when you die, but not weapons :(. If you die in the later levels you actually have to FARM to be able to finish the game. Also, the item to check for hidden ammo is great in later levels, I've found 2 emp, 1000+ gold, and lots of weapons.
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Quick tip - If you're about to lose a game and don't want to lose all your weapons/money, just hit refresh before the game is over and you can restart with all your weapons/money available.
Much more fun than having to farm levels for money by losing repeatedly.
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Great graphics! But why does the carrier attack the enemy with rockets, but not by sendingthe waves of bombers?
Liked the gameplay features, too :)
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There's nothing wrong with the difficulty; it's your strategy that's the problem. Here are some tips: do not fire in straight lines unless you've hit something; no ship is smaller than 2 squares, so a checkerboard pattern over the whole board will reveal all ships, but don't START with such a fine checkerboard, because you want to find the large ships first. Instead hit every fourth square (adapting when you get a hit or near an island) so that you can fill in to every second square later on. You want to hit the large ships first because when you sink them, you reveal a huge section of the board. And so, you want to put YOUR large ships by the edge of the map to reduce the amount of map that is revealed when they sink. If you find a mine, there is a ship next to it. If you uncover a ship with radar, always hit it with plasma. Don't look for ammo near islands, just consider the squares around them explored. Rate up if this is helpful to you so that others may also see it.
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I am stuck on the 3rd or 4th level before the last on the map. No destroyers (no plasma cannon), and the enemy has a huge fleet and a ton of specials. I think I should replay the level a few times to save up 4-5k for EMP and air strikes/rockets if I am to have a chance, but it's boring. Overall quite enjoyable 3/5
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1/5. Earning money based on accuracy in a game where you have to GUESS is as unfair as an enemy who get's guaranteed hits under some circumstances. BAD. B. A. D. Bad
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The problem is that the AI is either cheating, incredibly lucky, or the game is plain broken. See, the player gets limited money to buy upgrades, but the AI has unlimited upgrades. So, they can fire expensive ass missiles again and again and again and again, while i get only three or four. Then, when i fail, I have less money to buy weapons and upgrades.
The player should get the same amount every time.
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Good game, but it would have been nice to see the weapons as upgrades, rather than buying them all over each round. (Eg. lvl 1 would be a single use each round. Weapon caches could still be some extra uses for the current round)
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The A1 is hitting me 11, 13, 15 times per game with specials: scanners; plasma; airflights; multiple missile volleys; torpedos; and so-on.
That costs more than can be earned in multiple games of farming - plus it's extremely tedious, and if I lose that game after spending so long saving up to purchase afraction of what the A1 can use every single game - I lose the weapons.
The graphics are nice, the music and sound effects are nice - the gameplay sucks... 1/5.
Games are supposed to be fun - not so fukkin tedious that it's a chore, and impossible to beat. BTW I made it to level 16 and I'm so sick of the inequity of force that I wonder wtf I even tried to get this far.
brb reevaluating my life. k. bye. stupid game.
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Cant beat level 11 with 70% accuracy. The better you do the more the AI cheats. And considering that do they really need unlimited specials.
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Player: "Uh Oh, I only have one ship left, lucky it's only two spaces long" Computer: "I don't feel like searching for it, I'll just peek. Player will never know."
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edit/ update.
Well I got mad at the game and so determined to beat it into submission. I finished all the levels, 21 of them if I remember, and it was annoying, and farming was necessary, and the payoff was pointless. I guess I am expecting too much from a free internet game. k. bye.
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infinite specials for the computer make this otherwise ok game worse. having you lose anything you've purchased -or found!- in the very, very, very likely case you lose adds to that .
1/5 cause you clearly like abusing your players.
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@lichstudios if it was that way there would be not lesss stratigy envolved, because one does not get to change their upgrades each round to suit their stratigy. The way he made this game is awesome and it is challenging however not impossible. It FUN!
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Fun remake of a classic. The only real complaint I have is the enemy AI...it cheats, big time. As a test, I scattered the map with tons of mines on a few levels, and never ONCE did the enemy hit a mine. I've seen mines get hit when I only had one...but you'd think having ten would increase the likelihood of a hit.
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That's a very nice game. I like it a lot! There goes some things you could improve: when deploying the fleet, make it so it's easy to know which way you will be facing the enemy. And when in battle, it would be nice to have each kind of ammo's quantity (like the one in the deploying phase) so you can better use it.
To the players, the key to the last phases is to play sometimes without specials and save the money so you can make a killer attack.
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Once in a while I will play the game here on Kong. But playing it hacked with all weapons and no money down is where it's at. I don't think even the U.S. Navy would send out one of their subs without torpedoes.
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C'mon guys, complaining about the computer cheating at Battleships is like whining it cheats at Tic-Tac-Toe. This would be a great variation of Battleships with very cool graphics and sound except for the purchasable options. Vote up TenderVittles and try to spend the minimum necessary to complete a level. It gets hard but it's not freakin' rocket science. 5/5
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buying special weapons increases their cost,and they are only usable with certain ships,and not all ships are available on all missions,which sucks.i lost twice on the same level while i needed 1 more shot to win(hit a gunboat[the last remaining] and all except 1 of the surrounding squares where already hit).
now some basic tactics if you actually wanna play this shit:shoot/explore every second square vertically and horizontally so that you can save a couple of shots.if the enemy gunboat(s) is busted do the same with every third square etc.
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Funny that the enemys sub isn't on the line where it hits your boats. Seeing as they only can shoot forward by the looks of it.
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Try to reserve as much cash as possible 'til the end, for instance, there's no need to use anything more than a few mines on the first 10 levels at least. The more cash you save early on, the easier the later levels will be. Also, if you lose a level, you can't lose cash, but will lose all unused specials.
As for the AI, it truly is random, sometimes gets huge lucky streaks and sometimes pulls the stupidest possible moves.
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vote up, if you want the graphics to be zoom scalable in your browser like other Kongregate games. The game is not playable on 1080p monitors.
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1/5 for incredibly "intelligent" AI. Yeah right, they dont shoot random. All ships get grazed in 5rd turn.
The AI is on a cheating spree and anyone who disagrees is a moron.