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It has a kind of cheepiness (the minimal frontend & menus, the bitmap pick-ups, the unresponsive water, etc) but I suppose this is reflected by the price - and my God it's a lot of no-brainer fun!
I managed to get to about level 9 or so when those silver alien ships started to attack in massive waves - all of a sudden my usually vocal guys all went quiet because they'd all been killed with 50+ of the buggers bearing down on me!
Online co-op might have been a blast.
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I've just been trying to do level 15, which has had me on the floor with laughter. To me it seems like the absolute definition of 'futile'. In terms of scale it's like a woodlouse trying to attack a car! I don't know how I'm going to destroy that big thing as there's so much else to deal with first.
You have to give credit to the artists who have somehow managed to make all the ships and robots look like they are made of plastic and tin foil.
"In case of a nuclear attack, the protection of records is essential, if this country is to carry on its economy, and maintain our way of life."
chub wrote: I've just been trying to do level 15, which has had me on the floor with laughter. To me it seems like the absolute definition of 'futile'. In terms of scale it's like a woodlouse trying to attack a car! I don't know how I'm going to destroy that big thing as there's so much else to deal with first.
You wait until you get to level 18.
Little tip for you; Redo a few earlier levels, but at Normal or even higher difficulty (if you can), to get better weapon drops.
There's really no need to play on Easy at all. Bump the health up a bit and you've got plenty for just about anything, once you start killing things fast enough with better weapons. Nearing the end of the game I had to go back and re-play a few levels on Normal because I'd jumped up to Hard for the better weapon drops. Great fun!
I played all the way through on easy to begin with. It unlocks the levels for all difficulties. Then you cn find the easier levels on the harder settings for good drops.
You also have to finish easy for all the achievements, if your into that.
Actually I've been playing it on Normal so far, and I'm doing generally fine except for the robots (Walking Arms) which seem like right bastards to kill, so maybe I'm using the wrong weapon. Any suggestions?
"In case of a nuclear attack, the protection of records is essential, if this country is to carry on its economy, and maintain our way of life."
Straight-shot rockets with heavy damage are nice, but a quick fire with a fast reload is even better. Machine guns do nice things to them too, but for real stopping power get right in there with a shotgun. Nothing says "Hi!" like the big fat punch to the face of a shotgun.
chub wrote: I've just been trying to do level 15, which has had me on the floor with laughter. To me it seems like the absolute definition of 'futile'. In terms of scale it's like a woodlouse trying to attack a car! I don't know how I'm going to destroy that big thing as there's so much else to deal with first.
You wait until you get to level 18.
Little tip for you; Redo a few earlier levels, but at Normal or even higher difficulty (if you can), to get better weapon drops.
Level 22's handing my arse on a plate to me at the moment.
Guess I need practice in the vehicles, as this is the first level (on Easy ) where I think I really need to use them.
Jamesac wrote:Straight-shot rockets with heavy damage are nice, but a quick fire with a fast reload is even better. Machine guns do nice things to them too, but for real stopping power get right in there with a shotgun. Nothing says "Hi!" like the big fat punch to the face of a shotgun.
Aaah, that's better. The shotgun rules! I got through level 15, and when I got to the end I realised what I was doing wrong before.
Level 18 was funny too. It's definitely a Japanese game! Actually that level wasn't too bad for me difficulty wise, as I decided to keep my distance, which worked just fine.
"In case of a nuclear attack, the protection of records is essential, if this country is to carry on its economy, and maintain our way of life."
Has anyone managed anything on the harder 2 difficulty settings yet? I've managed a few on hard but I still find some levels are insanely difficult even on that middle setting.
I'm only on level 24 so my only hope is it gets a lot easier as you continue to level up.
It gets a lot easier when you beat the game and have over 1000HP. Then you can get to work on Hard and really rake in some fun weapons.
Once you start getting close to 1000HP, like 700+, you can poke into a few earlier levels and, if you've got the patience for retrying it a few times, mine them for bigger and more explosive toys. Fast fingers, a good weapon loadout, and a tolerance for the Game Over screen required.
