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I've done this game before and gotten both badges, but I decided to try playing again when I saw it for BotD and no matter what I do the hedgehog gets launched into the ground. I don't remember this being the case before
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Sorry, but how the hell am I supposed to get to mars in 3 days? The early game is so very heavily stuck in the land of probability. You have so little fuel to maneuver with, it is either "hit a bunch of really high value coins randomly and also hit a bunch of high value platforms" or "go up, come down, never see a coin or platform, waste your day".
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I get that you need to launch through the ground first, because you're using the gravity of the earth's center to gain some speed. But it feels so slow and underwhelming even when you're doing it right...
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I don't get these types of Hard badges... You basically have to start over and over until you get lucky enough. That's neither fun nor skillful... it's pretty pointless.
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I don't know which is more ridiculous - the requirements for the hard badge, or that someone actually went out and tested if it was possible.
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Trying to earn $1600 in one day was tough. I think I tried about 25 times - the most I could get was about $900. Then on final time, I strung together enough purple platforms that I got $6000 and fell very slightly shy of getting to Mars on the second day. It just takes a very lucky first day to get the hard badge.
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There's something wrong with the design of a launch game where you can end up with anywhere between $5 and $4400 on a first day launch. Mostly it's the ludicrous way everything multiplies -- purple platforms give you extra money and a huge bounce (adding to your time and height multipliers) but it is totally random what platforms you encounter especially till you buy rader.
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So basically the only way of beating this game in 3 days is being lucky and pick a lot of high-value platforms and coins?
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aha! The aeronautical hedgehog master I truly am! I made it on the second day, on my second try! Now allow me to enjoy a brief moment basking in a small feeling of accomplishment before the realization sets in that it's really a pointless feat in the grand scheme of things and that, unlike most feats, I'll never be able to go into a bar and say "Hey sweet cheeks. Wanna hear about the one time I shot a hedgehog to mars?...For real? No, not for real, it was in an online game. Impressive, I know. Hey, where are you going?"
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To all of you who want to get it in three days or less, I will tell you it isn't as hard as it sounds. First, start off giving two squares to height, 1 to band, and one to width. To make everything easy, start the first day and earn at least 1600. After day 1, use that to buy two radar squares. Now, buy rocket level 2, and use whatever is left over on fuel. After this day you should at least make it to the moon. (If not, restart.) Use most of your money to buy high fuel and the rest on radar 3 and fuel sucker 2. If you have anything left over, spend it on regular fuel. Watch for purple platforms, and start using your rockets when you get to space. You should make it now.
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Hard badge:
day 1: height 2, width 1, band 1. Stay up in the air for as long as possible, and if you don't get around $5,000 just reset.
day 2: 3 radar, 2 e-rocket, 8 height, 4 width, 4 band, fuel tank 6, left rocket 3, right rocket 3. Use any remaining money in the same proportions. Again try to stay in the air for as long as possible. It should be easy because of the radar and e-rockets. You should get $10,000 to proceed, but you might get way more (I got 80k on first try)
day 3: 4 fuel sucker, raise width and band to the same level as height, if you can, raise e-rocket to 3 or 4, and use the rest on fuel tank, right rocket and left rocket. Just try to get as high as possible with e-rockets and platforms, shouldn't be too hard.
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Game's not bad, but dang that 3-days goal is too much RNG. Start off with level 1 in fuels and rockets, make sure you get enough money for radar and more fuel (or e-rocket if you can afford it) and try to hit the moon on day 2. If you does that your should be good to go hitting mars on day 3 - radar, e-rockets and fuel are kings.
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Brutal game. Very slow start, very little skill involved, stupid launching concept. This is the second worst of these types of games...and that's saying something. 2/5
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First day get fuel tank and 1 left 1 right rocket or two of one side, either way works. Might as well spend last money on height.
If on first day you can not get at least 400 for level 2 radar, restart. Otherwise get level 2 or 3 radar, fuel tank, some increase in left right rocket and fuel tank
Second day i you need to carefully aim for each platform trying to say up in the air as much as you can and earn as much money as you can. Don't use rockets unless you can see a platform to aim for. Hopefully you have a level 3 radar and can aim for the yellow and pink platforms otherwise you have to make do. With enough upgrade from day 1 you can stay in the air a super long time so upgrade everything and remember to ditch comrade at the equator. Reserve E-rockets for situations like if you see yellow and pink plats well above you but nothing great around you. If you save the e-rockets well enough you can win
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if you want the hard badge you ll need at least 5k the first day. radar 3 and fuel sucker 3 means limitless fuel. so with both bought after the first day i could go mars in 2 days.
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WARNING!!! Anyone going for the badges, be sure to play STORY MODE, and not free play. I made the mistake of playing free play and spend 17 minutes going 100,000ft looking for mars in never ending space on day three. Save yourself the time and sanity and + so others can learn from my failure...
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Launch your hedgehog (pull it to the bottom part of the screen) hope you get about $1000 on your first launch, buy the level 2 radar and the level 1 fuel sucker, spend the remaining money on fuel tank, on 2nd day it will be much easier to get money, just hit as many platforms as you can and you should be able to get about $9000, buy the last level of fuel sucker and radar, spend the remaining money on the fuel tank then the rockets, then the launcher, on the 3rd day as long as you don't run out of platforms it should be easy, you should never run out of fuel, if you can't see any platform just go full thrust left and you should hit one pretty soon getting you back on track, if you have to choose platforms colors always choose: purple, then yellow, then green, last blue. Got the hard badge on about 15th try.
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I took a long time but I did it. I got the Mars badge, however I think it is a way to low number for reaching it. I mean 3 days really, it takes NASA much longer to do that and they have billions of dollars on them. It becomes more of a luck badge than anything.